The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 SWANSEA TOWN - Sat Jan 02, 1954 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 02, 1954 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Swansea Town
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 (Won)

Attendance:: 18,795
Position Before:: 5
Position After:: 4
Referee:
Season:: 1953-54

NEXT GAMES:
FA Cup:: Plymouth Argyle
League:: Rotherham United
League Tier 2:: Rotherham United

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1970 (of 4796)
League Tier 2: 1145 (of 2379)
Competitive:: 2165 (of 5488)
Total:: 3308 (of 7228)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)

FOREST
Manager: Billy Walker

Goals:
Wally Ardron
Wally Ardron

SWANSEA TOWN
Manager:

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Walker
2	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	M	Jack Hutchinson
4	F	Jack French
5	D	Horace Gager
6	M	Jack Burkitt
7	F	Alan Moore
8	F	Noel Kelly
9	M	Wally Ardron
10	F	Tommy Capel
11	F	Arthur Lemon
Subs
12		-
13		-
14		-
15		-
16		-
17		-
18		-

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Other league games on this day (Sat Jan 02, 1954)

Home	F	A	Away
Birmingham City	2	3	Rotherham United
Blackburn Rovers	6	0	Lincoln City
Derby County	0	1	Bristol Rovers
Doncaster Rovers	4	2	Notts County
Fulham	4	1	Brentford
Leeds United	7	1	Leicester City
Luton Town	2	1	Plymouth Argyle
Nottingham Forest	2	1	Swansea City

Table before:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
	1	Leicester City	25	13	8	4	61	33	10	2	1	43	13	3	6	3	18	20	1.848	34
	2	Everton	25	12	9	4	50	38	8	3	1	31	17	4	6	3	19	21	1.316	33
	3	Doncaster Rovers	25	14	3	8	39	28	8	1	3	19	10	6	2	5	20	18	1.393	31
	4	Birmingham City	25	12	6	7	55	33	8	4	1	36	10	4	2	6	19	23	1.667	30
	5	Nottingham Forest	25	12	6	7	55	37	10	3	0	43	17	2	3	7	12	20	1.486	30
	6	Luton Town	25	11	7	7	44	38	7	4	2	25	16	4	3	5	19	22	1.158	29
	7	Blackburn Rovers	25	11	6	8	44	37	6	4	2	25	14	5	2	6	19	23	1.189	28
	8	Rotherham United	26	12	3	11	46	49	7	3	4	27	21	5	0	7	19	28	.939	27
	9	Stoke City	26	7	12	7	43	39	5	5	3	28	19	2	7	4	15	20	1.103	26
	10	Fulham	25	9	7	9	54	48	6	2	4	32	22	3	5	5	22	26	1.125	25
	11	Derby County	25	10	5	10	47	50	8	2	2	28	16	2	3	8	19	34	.940	25
	12	West Ham United	25	10	4	11	43	39	8	1	3	30	10	2	3	8	13	29	1.103	24
	13	Leeds United	25	8	8	9	51	51	6	4	2	27	16	2	4	7	24	35	1.000	24
	14	Bristol Rovers	25	7	9	9	45	41	5	4	4	21	14	2	5	5	24	27	1.098	23
	15	Lincoln City	25	9	5	11	39	44	8	3	2	31	12	1	2	9	8	32	.886	23
	16	Hull City	25	10	2	13	37	37	9	0	3	29	8	1	2	10	8	29	1.000	22
	17	Swansea City	25	9	4	12	33	48	7	3	3	22	15	2	1	9	11	33	.688	22
	18	Notts County	25	8	6	11	28	47	4	3	5	13	17	4	3	6	15	30	.596	22
	19	Plymouth Argyle	25	5	11	9	32	44	3	9	1	23	19	2	2	8	9	25	.727	21
	20	Bury	25	5	9	11	34	49	5	4	3	28	23	0	5	8	6	26	.694	19
	21	Brentford	25	6	7	12	20	45	5	4	4	12	16	1	3	8	8	29	.444	19
	22	Oldham Athletic	25	5	5	15	26	51	5	3	4	15	13	0	2	11	11	38	.510	15

Table after:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
	1	Leicester City	26	13	8	5	62	40	10	2	1	43	13	3	6	4	19	27	1.550	34
	2	Doncaster Rovers	26	15	3	8	43	30	9	1	3	23	12	6	2	5	20	18	1.433	33
	3	Everton	25	12	9	4	50	38	8	3	1	31	17	4	6	3	19	21	1.316	33
	4	Nottingham Forest	26	13	6	7	57	38	11	3	0	45	18	2	3	7	12	20	1.500	32
	5	Luton Town	26	12	7	7	46	39	8	4	2	27	17	4	3	5	19	22	1.179	31
	6	Birmingham City	26	12	6	8	57	36	8	4	2	38	13	4	2	6	19	23	1.583	30
	7	Blackburn Rovers	26	12	6	8	50	37	7	4	2	31	14	5	2	6	19	23	1.351	30
	8	Rotherham United	27	13	3	11	49	51	7	3	4	27	21	6	0	7	22	30	.961	29
	9	Fulham	26	10	7	9	58	49	7	2	4	36	23	3	5	5	22	26	1.184	27
	10	Leeds United	26	9	8	9	58	52	7	4	2	34	17	2	4	7	24	35	1.115	26
	11	Stoke City	26	7	12	7	43	39	5	5	3	28	19	2	7	4	15	20	1.103	26
	12	Bristol Rovers	26	8	9	9	46	41	5	4	4	21	14	3	5	5	25	27	1.122	25
	13	Derby County	26	10	5	11	47	51	8	2	3	28	17	2	3	8	19	34	.922	25
	14	West Ham United	25	10	4	11	43	39	8	1	3	30	10	2	3	8	13	29	1.103	24
	15	Lincoln City	26	9	5	12	39	50	8	3	2	31	12	1	2	10	8	38	.780	23
	16	Hull City	25	10	2	13	37	37	9	0	3	29	8	1	2	10	8	29	1.000	22
	17	Swansea City	26	9	4	13	34	50	7	3	3	22	15	2	1	10	12	35	.680	22
	18	Notts County	26	8	6	12	30	51	4	3	5	13	17	4	3	7	17	34	.588	22
	19	Plymouth Argyle	26	5	11	10	33	46	3	9	1	23	19	2	2	9	10	27	.717	21
	20	Bury	25	5	9	11	34	49	5	4	3	28	23	0	5	8	6	26	.694	19
	21	Brentford	26	6	7	13	21	49	5	4	4	12	16	1	3	9	9	33	.429	19
	22	Oldham Athletic	25	5	5	15	26	51	5	3	4	15	13	0	2	11	11	38	.510	15

Nottingham Forest from 1865 | Number of seasons: 155 | Number of matches: 5488 | Number of goals: 8038 | Number of players: 1834