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OLDHAM ATHLETIC 1 - 3 FOREST - Sat Apr 24, 1954 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 24, 1954 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Oldham Athletic
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Boundary Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-1 (Won)

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:
Attendance:: 8,301
Pos Before/After:: 4 4
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Midlands XI (Friendly)
League:: Luton Town
Oldham Athletic:: Nov 09, 1974

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1987 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1162 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2183 (of 5679)
Total:: 3336 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals:
Horace Gager - Horace Gager last goal
Alan Moore
Tommy Capel - Tommy Capel last goal

OLDHAM ATHLETIC
Manager: George Hardwick
Prior form: LLLLWD (Old to recent)

Goals:
?

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Walker
2	D	Bill Whare
3	D	James Clarke	Last game
4	M	Alan Orr
5	D	Horace Gager
6	F	Tom Martin
7	F	Alan Moore
8	F	Hugh McLaren
9	F	Tommy Wilson
10	F	Tommy Capel	Last game
11	F	Collin Collindridge	Last game

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Apr 24, 1954)

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

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
	1	Leicester City	41	22	10	9	94	59	15	4	2	63	23	7	6	7	31	36	1.59322	54	WWWLDW
	2	Blackburn Rovers	41	22	9	10	85	50	14	4	2	53	16	8	5	8	32	34	1.70000	53	WDWWWL
	3	Everton	40	18	16	6	87	58	12	6	2	54	27	6	10	4	33	31	1.50000	52	LLDWDD
	4	Nottingham Forest	41	19	12	10	83	58	15	5	1	61	27	4	7	9	22	31	1.43103	50	WDWDLD
	5	Birmingham City	41	18	11	12	78	57	12	6	3	49	18	6	5	9	29	39	1.36842	47	DWLDLD
	6	Rotherham United	40	20	6	14	75	66	12	4	4	47	26	8	2	10	28	40	1.13636	46	WLDWWD
	7	Luton Town	41	17	12	12	63	59	11	7	3	36	23	6	5	9	27	36	1.06780	46	LWWDWL
	8	Fulham	41	17	10	14	96	81	12	3	6	62	39	5	7	8	34	42	1.18519	44	LWWLDW
	9	Leeds United	41	15	12	14	88	80	12	5	4	56	30	3	7	10	32	50	1.10000	42	LWDDLW
	10	Bristol Rovers	41	13	16	12	61	56	9	7	4	29	17	4	9	8	32	39	1.08929	42	LWLWLD
	11	Doncaster Rovers	40	16	8	16	56	56	9	4	7	29	25	7	4	9	27	31	1.00000	40	LLDLWL
	12	Stoke City	40	11	17	12	66	55	7	8	5	40	26	4	9	7	26	29	1.20000	39	LWDDLD
	13	West Ham United	41	15	9	17	66	66	11	6	4	44	20	4	3	13	22	46	1.00000	39	WLDDLL
	14	Hull City	41	16	5	20	63	65	14	0	6	46	21	2	5	14	17	44	.96923	37	LLWLWD
	15	Notts County	41	12	13	16	51	73	7	6	7	23	28	5	7	9	28	45	.69863	37	WLLWDD
	16	Bury	41	11	14	16	54	71	9	7	4	39	31	2	7	12	15	40	.76056	36	DDWWLW
	17	Lincoln City	41	13	9	19	61	81	10	6	4	42	21	3	3	15	19	60	.75309	35	WLWLLD
	18	Derby County	41	12	10	19	63	81	9	4	7	37	34	3	6	12	26	47	.77778	34	LLLWLW
	19	Swansea Town	41	13	8	20	58	81	11	5	5	34	25	2	3	15	24	56	.71605	34	LWLWWL
	20	Plymouth Argyle	40	9	15	16	60	76	6	12	3	38	31	3	3	13	22	45	.78947	33	WDLDWW
	21	Brentford	41	10	11	20	39	75	9	5	6	24	23	1	6	14	15	52	.52000	31	LWDLWL
	22	Oldham Athletic	40	8	9	23	39	82	6	7	6	25	24	2	2	17	14	58	.47561	25	LLLLWD

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	Result(s)
	1	Leicester City	42	23	10	9	97	60	15	4	2	63	23	8	6	7	34	37	1.61667	56	WWLDWW	3-1
	2	Blackburn Rovers	42	23	9	10	86	50	15	4	2	54	16	8	5	8	32	34	1.72000	55	DWWWLW	1-0
	3	Everton	41	19	16	6	88	58	13	6	2	55	27	6	10	4	33	31	1.51724	54	LDWDDW	1-0
	4	Nottingham Forest	42	20	12	10	86	59	15	5	1	61	27	5	7	9	25	32	1.45763	52	DWDLDW	3-1
2	5	Luton Town	42	18	12	12	64	59	11	7	3	36	23	7	5	9	28	36	1.08475	48	WWDWLW	1-0
1	6	Birmingham City	42	18	11	13	78	58	12	6	3	49	18	6	5	10	29	40	1.34483	47	WLDLDL	0-1
1	7	Rotherham United	41	20	7	14	76	67	12	4	4	47	26	8	3	10	29	41	1.13433	47	LDWWDD	1-1
	8	Fulham	42	17	10	15	98	85	12	3	6	62	39	5	7	9	36	46	1.15294	44	WWLDWL	2-4
1	9	Bristol Rovers	42	14	16	12	64	58	10	7	4	32	19	4	9	8	32	39	1.10345	44	WLWLDW	3-2
1	10	Leeds United	42	15	13	14	89	81	12	5	4	56	30	3	8	10	33	51	1.09877	43	WDDLWD	1-1
	11	Doncaster Rovers	41	16	9	16	59	59	9	5	7	32	28	7	4	9	27	31	1.00000	41	LDLWLD	3-3
	12	Stoke City	41	11	17	13	68	58	7	8	5	40	26	4	9	8	28	32	1.17241	39	WDDLDL	2-3
	13	West Ham United	42	15	9	18	67	69	11	6	4	44	20	4	3	14	23	49	.97101	39		1-3
1	14	Notts County	42	13	13	16	54	74	8	6	7	26	29	5	7	9	28	45	.72973	39	LLWDDW	3-1
1	15	Hull City	42	16	6	20	64	66	14	1	6	47	22	2	5	14	17	44	.96970	38	LWLWDD	1-1
1	16	Lincoln City	42	14	9	19	65	83	11	6	4	46	23	3	3	15	19	60	.78313	37	LWLLDW	4-2
1	17	Bury	42	11	14	17	54	72	9	7	5	39	32	2	7	12	15	40	.75000	36	DWWLWL	0-1
	18	Derby County	42	12	11	19	64	82	9	5	7	38	35	3	6	12	26	47	.78049	35	LLWLWD	1-1
1	19	Plymouth Argyle	41	9	16	16	63	79	6	12	3	38	31	3	4	13	25	48	.79747	34	DLDWWD	3-3
1	20	Swansea Town	42	13	8	21	58	82	11	5	5	34	25	2	3	16	24	57	.70732	34	WLWWLL	0-1
	21	Brentford	42	10	11	21	40	78	9	5	7	25	26	1	6	14	15	52	.51282	31	WDLWLL	1-3
	22	Oldham Athletic	41	8	9	24	40	85	6	7	7	26	27	2	2	17	14	58	.47059	25	LLLWDL	1-3