The City Ground

FOREST 5 - 0 NOTTS COUNTY - Sat Oct 10, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 10, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Notts County
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 5-0 WON
: Half-time: 3-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post, Saturday, October 10, 1953

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: A Murdoch
Attendance:: 30,559
Pos Before/After:: 6 4
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Lincoln City (League Tier 2)
Notts County:: Feb 27, 1954

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1958 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1133 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2153 (of 5724)
Total:: 3307 (of 7505)
Played:: 70 years, 6 months, 17 days ago

Review
County had no less than 5 former Forest players in their lineup including their captain Tot Leverton

FOREST
Manager: Billy Walker
Prior form: LLWWLW (Old to recent)

Goals
Horace Gager (15') (Pen)
Collin Collindridge (28')
Tommy Capel (38')
Sid Thompson (74') - Sid Thompson first goal
Johnston (80') (OG)

NOTTS COUNTY
Manager: George Poyser
Prior form: LLDLLL (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Bill Farmer
2	D	28	Bill Whare
3	D	27	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	F	28	Jack French
5	D	36	Horace Gager (15')
6	M	27	Jack Burkitt
7	F	26	Alan Moore
8	F	25	Sid Thompson (74')
9	F	21	Arthur Lemon
10	F	31	Tommy Capel (38')
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge (28')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bradley
2	D	Southwell
3	D	Deans
4	D	Johnston
5	D	Baxter
6	M	Jarvis
7	M	Coole
8	M	Wylie
9	M	Tot Leverton (c)
10	F	Edwards
11	F	Crookes

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Oct 10, 1953)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	1-0	Lincoln City
Fulham	5-2	Derby County
Leeds United	3-3	Bristol Rovers
Leicester City	2-0	Doncaster Rovers
Luton Town	3-1	Hull City
Nottingham Forest	5-0	Notts County
Plymouth Argyle	4-0	Everton
Rotherham United	1-0	Bury
Stoke City	3-0	Blackburn Rovers
Swansea Town	4-0	Oldham Athletic
West Ham United	0-1	Brentford

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Everton	12	7	4	1	26	14	5	0	0	15	6	2	4	1	11	8	1.85714	18	WWDWWL
	2	Doncaster Rovers	12	8	1	3	24	12	4	1	1	11	4	4	0	2	13	8	2.00000	17	WLWWLL
	3	Rotherham United	13	8	1	4	27	24	5	1	1	16	10	3	0	3	11	14	1.12500	17	WWWDWW
	4	Leicester City	12	5	6	1	26	16	4	2	0	18	6	1	4	1	8	10	1.62500	16	WWDDWD
	5	Lincoln City	12	6	3	3	21	12	5	1	0	18	2	1	2	3	3	10	1.75000	15	WWLWWW
	6	Nottingham Forest	12	7	1	4	26	18	6	1	0	23	9	1	0	4	3	9	1.44444	15	LLWWLW
	7	West Ham United	12	6	3	3	26	19	5	0	1	20	5	1	3	2	6	14	1.36842	15	DDWWLL
	8	Derby County	11	5	4	2	21	15	4	2	0	14	5	1	2	2	7	10	1.40000	14	WDWWLW
	9	Blackburn Rovers	11	5	4	2	21	18	2	3	0	9	5	3	1	2	12	13	1.16667	14	WDWDLW
	10	Birmingham City	12	5	3	4	28	17	4	2	1	22	8	1	1	3	6	9	1.64706	13	WLLDWD
	11	Bristol Rovers	12	5	3	4	25	16	3	1	2	11	6	2	2	2	14	10	1.56250	13	WDLLWW
	12	Stoke City	13	2	9	2	20	23	1	5	0	10	9	1	4	2	10	14	.86957	13	WDLDDD
	13	Leeds United	12	4	4	4	26	24	3	2	1	16	8	1	2	3	10	16	1.08333	12	DWDLLD
	14	Bury	12	2	6	4	15	20	2	3	1	12	10	0	3	3	3	10	.75000	10	LDWLWL
	15	Luton Town	12	2	5	5	18	22	2	3	2	12	10	0	2	3	6	12	.81818	9	LLWDDL
	16	Plymouth Argyle	12	1	7	4	12	21	0	5	1	7	9	1	2	3	5	12	.57143	9	DWDLLD
	17	Fulham	12	2	4	6	21	27	1	2	3	11	14	1	2	3	10	13	.77778	8	LLLDWW
	18	Oldham Athletic	12	2	4	6	11	20	2	3	1	4	4	0	1	5	7	16	.55000	8	LDWLWL
	19	Swansea Town	12	3	2	7	13	25	2	2	2	7	7	1	0	5	6	18	.52000	8	DLLWLD
	20	Hull City	12	3	1	8	12	21	3	0	2	9	5	0	1	6	3	16	.57143	7	WLLLWL
	21	Brentford	12	2	3	7	10	26	2	1	3	5	12	0	2	4	5	14	.38462	7	LLLDLW
	22	Notts County	12	2	2	8	12	31	1	0	4	4	13	1	2	4	8	18	.38710	6	LLDLLL

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
2	1	Rotherham United	14	9	1	4	28	24	6	1	1	17	10	3	0	3	11	14	1.16667	19	WWDWWW		1-0
2	2	Leicester City	13	6	6	1	28	16	5	2	0	20	6	1	4	1	8	10	1.75000	18	WDDWDW		2-0
2	3	Everton	13	7	4	2	26	18	5	0	0	15	6	2	4	2	11	12	1.44444	18	WDWWLL		0-4
2	4	Nottingham Forest	13	8	1	4	31	18	7	1	0	28	9	1	0	4	3	9	1.72222	17	LWWLWW		5-0
3	5	Doncaster Rovers	13	8	1	4	24	14	4	1	1	11	4	4	0	3	13	10	1.71429	17	LWWLLL		0-2
4	6	Birmingham City	13	6	3	4	29	17	5	2	1	23	8	1	1	3	6	9	1.70588	15	LLDWDW		1-0
2	7	Lincoln City	13	6	3	4	21	13	5	1	0	18	2	1	2	4	3	11	1.61538	15	WLWWWL		0-1
1	8	West Ham United	13	6	3	4	26	20	5	0	2	20	6	1	3	2	6	14	1.30000	15	DWWLLL		0-1
3	9	Stoke City	14	3	9	2	23	23	2	5	0	13	9	1	4	2	10	14	1.00000	15	DLDDDW		3-0
1	10	Bristol Rovers	13	5	4	4	28	19	3	1	2	11	6	2	3	2	17	13	1.47368	14	DLLWWD		3-3
3	11	Derby County	12	5	4	3	23	20	4	2	0	14	5	1	2	3	9	15	1.15000	14	DWWLWL		2-5
3	12	Blackburn Rovers	12	5	4	3	21	21	2	3	0	9	5	3	1	3	12	16	1.00000	14	DWDLWL		0-3
	13	Leeds United	13	4	5	4	29	27	3	3	1	19	11	1	2	3	10	16	1.07407	13	WDLLDD		3-3
1	14	Luton Town	13	3	5	5	21	23	3	3	2	15	11	0	2	3	6	12	.91304	11	LWDDLW		3-1
1	15	Plymouth Argyle	13	2	7	4	16	21	1	5	1	11	9	1	2	3	5	12	.76190	11	WDLLDW		4-0
1	16	Fulham	13	3	4	6	26	29	2	2	3	16	16	1	2	3	10	13	.89655	10	LLDWWW		5-2
3	17	Bury	13	2	6	5	15	21	2	3	1	12	10	0	3	4	3	11	.71429	10	DWLWLL		0-1
1	18	Swansea Town	13	4	2	7	17	25	3	2	2	11	7	1	0	5	6	18	.68000	10	LLWLDW		4-0
2	19	Brentford	13	3	3	7	11	26	2	1	3	5	12	1	2	4	6	14	.42308	9	LLDLWW		1-0
2	20	Oldham Athletic	13	2	4	7	11	24	2	3	1	4	4	0	1	6	7	20	.45833	8	DWLWLL		0-4
1	21	Hull City	13	3	1	9	13	24	3	0	2	9	5	0	1	7	4	19	.54167	7	LLLWLL		1-3
	22	Notts County	13	2	2	9	12	36	1	0	4	4	13	1	2	5	8	23	.33333	6	LDLLLL		0-5