The City Ground

SEASON: 1951-52

Prev Season: 1950-51
This Season: 1951-52
Next Season: 1952-53

DIVISION:: English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Billy Walker
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Blackburn Rovers (A) 0-2)
League Cup:: Not started

Top Goalscorer:: Wally Ardron (29 goals)

LEAGUE POSITIONS

SEASON END TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1951-52								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Sheffield Wednesday	42	21	11	10	100	66	14	4	3	54	23	7	7	7	46	43	1.515	53	Promoted as Champions	2-1	1-1
2	Cardiff City	42	20	11	11	72	54	18	2	1	52	15	2	9	10	20	39	1.333	51	Promoted	2-3	1-4
3	Birmingham City	42	21	9	12	67	56	11	6	4	36	21	10	3	8	31	35	1.196	51		0-1	2-0
4	Nottingham Forest	42	18	13	11	77	62	12	6	3	41	22	6	7	8	36	40	1.242	49
5	Leicester City	42	19	9	14	78	64	12	6	3	48	24	7	3	11	30	40	1.219	47		2-2	1-3
6	Leeds United	42	18	11	13	59	57	13	7	1	35	15	5	4	12	24	42	1.035	47		1-1	0-0
7	Everton	42	17	10	15	64	58	12	5	4	42	25	5	5	11	22	33	1.103	44		2-0	0-1
8	Luton Town	42	16	12	14	77	78	9	7	5	46	35	7	5	9	31	43	.987	44		2-0	3-3
9	Rotherham United	42	17	8	17	73	71	11	4	6	40	25	6	4	11	33	46	1.028	42		4-2	2-1
10	Brentford	42	15	12	15	54	55	11	7	3	34	20	4	5	12	20	35	.982	42		2-0	1-1
11	Sheffield United	42	18	5	19	90	76	13	2	6	57	28	5	3	13	33	48	1.184	41		0-2	4-1
12	West Ham United	42	15	11	16	67	77	13	5	3	48	29	2	6	13	19	48	.870	41		0-0	1-3
13	Southampton	42	15	11	16	61	73	11	6	4	40	25	4	5	12	21	48	.836	41		3-0	2-5
14	Blackburn Rovers	42	17	6	19	54	63	11	3	7	35	30	6	3	12	19	33	.857	40		1-0	2-3
15	Notts County	42	16	7	19	71	68	11	5	5	45	27	5	2	14	26	41	1.044	39		3-2	2-2
16	Doncaster Rovers	42	13	12	17	55	60	9	4	8	29	28	4	8	9	26	32	.917	38		1-1	1-0
17	Bury	42	15	7	20	67	69	13	2	6	43	22	2	5	14	24	47	.971	37		1-0	0-2
18	Hull City	42	13	11	18	60	70	11	5	5	44	23	2	6	13	16	47	.857	37		4-0	4-1
19	Swansea Town	42	12	12	18	72	76	10	4	7	45	26	2	8	11	27	50	.947	36		2-2	2-1
20	Barnsley	42	11	14	17	59	72	8	7	6	39	33	3	7	11	20	39	.819	36		3-3	1-1
21	Coventry City	42	14	6	22	59	82	9	5	7	36	33	5	1	15	23	49	.720	34	Relegated	3-1	3-3
22	Queens Park Rangers	42	11	12	19	52	81	8	8	5	35	35	3	4	14	17	46	.642	34	Relegated	3-1	3-4

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Competitive Games:: 44
Competitive Goals:: 79
Goals per game:: 1.8
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 49 out of 84 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 58.3%

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	11 times	14 times	8 times	4 times
Conceded	14 times	9 times	7 times	2 times	1 time
Won By	7 times	7 times	3 times	1 time
Lost By	5 times	5 times	2 times

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1	35	1	4	3	1	-	11	5	7	Sheffield United (4-1), Rotherham United (4-2), Sheffield Wednesday (1-1), Sheffield Wednesday (2-1)
2	14	2	1	1	-	-	2	0	2	Luton Town (2-0)
3	28	3	2	1	-	1	3	1	2	Southampton (3-0), Birmingham City (0-1)
4	12	4	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Leeds United (0-0)
5	48	5	4	-	4	-	6	6	4	Leicester City (2-2), Notts County (2-2), Brentford (1-1), Leeds United (1-1)
6	37	6	3	1	1	1	6	5	3	Cardiff City (2-3), Swansea Town (2-2), Brentford (2-0)
7	38	7	2	1	-	1	3	4	2	Everton (2-0), Cardiff City (1-4)
8	35	8	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Sheffield United (0-2)
9	2	9	1	-	-	1	1	3	0	Leicester City (1-3)
10	5	10	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Bury (0-2)
11		11	1	-	1	-	3	3	1	Luton Town (3-3)
12	3	12	1	1	-	-	3	2	2	Notts County (3-2)
13	2	13	2	-	1	1	1	2	1	Everton (0-1), Doncaster Rovers (1-1)
14		14	1	-	-	1	2	3	0	Blackburn Rovers (2-3)
15		15	2	1	-	1	3	3	2	Birmingham City (2-0), West Ham United (1-3)
16		16	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	Swansea Town (2-1)
17		17	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Barnsley (1-1)
18		18	2	1	1	-	1	0	3	West Ham United (0-0), Doncaster Rovers (1-0)
19		19	2	-	1	1	6	7	1	Barnsley (3-3), Queens Park Rangers (3-4)
20		20	5	4	-	1	14	7	8	Southampton (2-5), Hull City (4-1), Bury (1-0), Coventry City (3-1), Hull City (4-0)
21		21	1	-	1	-	3	3	1	Coventry City (3-3)
22		22	2	2	-	-	4	1	4	Blackburn Rovers (1-0), Queens Park Rangers (3-1)

Not included: Week 1 game against Rotherham United (2-1) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 40,005 (Notts County)
Lowest League Attendance:: 18,975 (Queens Park Rangers)
Average League Attendance:: 28,158
Highest Cup Attendance:: 24,976 (Blackburn Rovers)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 24,976 (Blackburn Rovers)

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 11
Yellow cards:: 0
Red cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 2 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 1
Penalties saved:: 0

GAMES

Manager for all games: Billy Walker
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 18, 1951	Rotherham United	A	2-1	Win	18,463	7	Johnson (?, ?)
2	Wed Aug 22, 1951	Southampton	H	3-0	Win	32,470	2	Johnson (?), Ardron (?, ?)
3	Sat Aug 25, 1951	Cardiff City	H	2-3	Loss	31,776	3	Ardron (?), Collindridge (?)
4	Wed Aug 29, 1951	Southampton	A	2-5	Loss	19,392	10	Scott (?), Ardron (?)
5	Sat Sep 01, 1951	Birmingham City	A	2-0	Win	23,192	6	Ardron (?), Collindridge (?)
6	Wed Sep 05, 1951	Everton	A	0-1	Loss	33,613	12
7	Sat Sep 08, 1951	Leicester City	H	2-2	Draw	37,642	10	Scott (?), Ardron (?)
8	Wed Sep 12, 1951	Everton	H	2-0	Win	24,253	5	Ardron (?, ?)
9	Sat Sep 15, 1951	Notts County	A	2-2	Draw	44,087	6	Love (?), Collindridge (?)
10	Sat Sep 22, 1951	Brentford	A	1-1	Draw	26,350	7	Love (?)
11	Sat Sep 29, 1951	Doncaster Rovers	H	1-1	Draw	26,713	6	Scott (?)
12	Sat Oct 06, 1951	Luton Town	H	2-0	Win	31,257	5	Ardron (?, ?)
13	Sat Oct 13, 1951	Bury	A	0-2	Loss	16,007	8
14	Sat Oct 20, 1951	Swansea Town	H	2-2	Draw	20,553	8	Johnson (?), Collindridge (?)
15	Sat Oct 27, 1951	Coventry City	A	3-3	Draw	19,250	7	Kelly (?, ?), Johnson (?)
16	Sat Nov 03, 1951	West Ham United	H	0-0	Draw	20,743	7
17	Sat Nov 10, 1951	Sheffield United	A	4-1	Win	40,118	6	Ardron (?, ?), Capel (?, ?)
18	Sat Nov 17, 1951	Barnsley	H	3-3	Draw	23,151	7	Capel (?, ?), Normanton (? OG)
19	Sat Nov 24, 1951	Hull City	A	4-1	Win	24,924	5	Ardron (?, ?), Capel (?), Collindridge (?)
20	Sat Dec 01, 1951	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-0	Win	24,335	5	Scott (?)
21	Sat Dec 08, 1951	Queens Park Rangers	A	3-4	Loss	12,113	6	Ardron (?, ?), Capel (?)
22	Sat Dec 15, 1951	Rotherham United	H	4-2	Win	31,091	5	Ardron (?, ?), Capel (?), Collindridge (?)
23	Sat Dec 22, 1951	Cardiff City	A	1-4	Loss	19,860	6	Capel (?)
24	Tue Dec 25, 1951	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-1	Draw	61,062	7	Kelly (?)
25	Wed Dec 26, 1951	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2-1	Win	39,530	5	Leverton (?), Ardron (?)
26	Sat Dec 29, 1951	Birmingham City	H	0-1	Loss	34,316	7
27	Sat Jan 05, 1952	Leicester City	A	1-3	Loss	31,194	8	Ardron (?)
28	Sat Jan 19, 1952	Notts County	H	3-2	Win	40,005	8	Morley (?), Ardron (?, ?)
29	Sat Jan 26, 1952	Brentford	H	2-0	Win	21,649	5	Moore (?), Ardron (?)
30	Sat Feb 09, 1952	Doncaster Rovers	A	1-0	Win	25,470	3	Capel (?)
31	Sat Feb 16, 1952	Luton Town	A	3-3	Draw	18,369	1	Moore (?), Leverton (?, ?)
32	Sat Mar 01, 1952	Bury	H	1-0	Win	26,221	1	Morley (?)
33	Sat Mar 08, 1952	Swansea Town	A	2-1	Win	22,281	1	Moore (?), Collindridge (?)
34	Sat Mar 15, 1952	Coventry City	H	3-1	Win	31,096	1	Ardron (?), Leverton (?), Mason (? OG)
35	Sat Mar 22, 1952	West Ham United	A	1-3	Loss	23,129	2	Ardron (?)
36	Sat Mar 29, 1952	Sheffield United	H	0-2	Loss	20,543	2
37	Sat Apr 05, 1952	Barnsley	A	1-1	Draw	11,341	3	Moore (?)
38	Fri Apr 11, 1952	Leeds United	H	1-1	Draw	28,808	3	Leverton (?)
39	Sat Apr 12, 1952	Hull City	H	4-0	Win	26,201	3	Ardron (?, ?), Capel (?), Collindridge (?)
40	Mon Apr 14, 1952	Leeds United	A	0-0	Draw	26,511	3
41	Sat Apr 19, 1952	Blackburn Rovers	A	2-3	Loss	24,312	3	Ardron (?), Collindridge (?)
42	Sat Apr 26, 1952	Queens Park Rangers	H	3-1	Win	18,975	4	Moore (?), Ardron (?), Collindridge (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 12, 1952	Blackburn Rovers	3			H	2-2	Draw	24,976	Scott (?), Capel (?)
Wed Jan 16, 1952	Blackburn Rovers	3	Y	1	A	0-2	Loss	34,813

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Feb 23, 1952	Bolton Wanderers	England	H	3-3	Draw	22,651	Moore (?), Capel (?), Ardron (?)
Mon Apr 07, 1952	Bexhill-on-Sea	England	A	12-1	Win	-	Moore (?, ?, ?, ?, ?), Ardron (?, ?, ?), Leverton (?, ?), Capel (?), Morley (?)
Wed May 14, 1952	Guernsey XI	England	A	5-2	Win	-	Ardron (?, ?), Collindridge (?, ?), Leverton (?)

Testimonial

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Fri May 02, 1952	Brighton and Hove Albion	England	A	4-5	Loss	6,000	Moore (?), Leverton (?), Ardron (?), Scott (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Billy Walker
Sat Aug 18, 1951	League Tier 2	Rotherham United			A	2-1	18,463	Johnson (?, ?)
Wed Aug 22, 1951	League Tier 2	Southampton			H	3-0	32,470	Johnson (?), Ardron (?, ?)
Sat Aug 25, 1951	League Tier 2	Cardiff City			H	2-3	31,776	Ardron (?), Collindridge (?)
Wed Aug 29, 1951	League Tier 2	Southampton			A	2-5	19,392	Scott (?), Ardron (?)
Sat Sep 01, 1951	League Tier 2	Birmingham City			A	2-0	23,192	Ardron (?), Collindridge (?)
Wed Sep 05, 1951	League Tier 2	Everton			A	0-1	33,613
Sat Sep 08, 1951	League Tier 2	Leicester City			H	2-2	37,642	Scott (?), Ardron (?)
Wed Sep 12, 1951	League Tier 2	Everton			H	2-0	24,253	Ardron (?, ?)
Sat Sep 15, 1951	League Tier 2	Notts County			A	2-2	44,087	Love (?), Collindridge (?)
Sat Sep 22, 1951	League Tier 2	Brentford			A	1-1	26,350	Love (?)
Sat Sep 29, 1951	League Tier 2	Doncaster Rovers			H	1-1	26,713	Scott (?)
Sat Oct 06, 1951	League Tier 2	Luton Town			H	2-0	31,257	Ardron (?, ?)
Sat Oct 13, 1951	League Tier 2	Bury			A	0-2	16,007
Sat Oct 20, 1951	League Tier 2	Swansea Town			H	2-2	20,553	Johnson (?), Collindridge (?)
Sat Oct 27, 1951	League Tier 2	Coventry City			A	3-3	19,250	Kelly (?, ?), Johnson (?)
Sat Nov 03, 1951	League Tier 2	West Ham United			H	0-0	20,743
Sat Nov 10, 1951	League Tier 2	Sheffield United			A	4-1	40,118	Ardron (?, ?), Capel (?, ?)
Sat Nov 17, 1951	League Tier 2	Barnsley			H	3-3	23,151	Capel (?, ?), Normanton (? OG)
Sat Nov 24, 1951	League Tier 2	Hull City			A	4-1	24,924	Ardron (?, ?), Capel (?), Collindridge (?)
Sat Dec 01, 1951	League Tier 2	Blackburn Rovers			H	1-0	24,335	Scott (?)
Sat Dec 08, 1951	League Tier 2	Queens Park Rangers			A	3-4	12,113	Ardron (?, ?), Capel (?)
Sat Dec 15, 1951	League Tier 2	Rotherham United			H	4-2	31,091	Ardron (?, ?), Capel (?), Collindridge (?)
Sat Dec 22, 1951	League Tier 2	Cardiff City			A	1-4	19,860	Capel (?)
Tue Dec 25, 1951	League Tier 2	Sheffield Wednesday			A	1-1	61,062	Kelly (?)
Wed Dec 26, 1951	League Tier 2	Sheffield Wednesday			H	2-1	39,530	Leverton (?), Ardron (?)
Sat Dec 29, 1951	League Tier 2	Birmingham City			H	0-1	34,316
Sat Jan 05, 1952	League Tier 2	Leicester City			A	1-3	31,194	Ardron (?)
Sat Jan 12, 1952	FA Cup	Blackburn Rovers	3		H	2-2	24,976	Scott (?), Capel (?)
Wed Jan 16, 1952	FA Cup	Blackburn Rovers	3	1	A	0-2	34,813
Sat Jan 19, 1952	League Tier 2	Notts County			H	3-2	40,005	Morley (?), Ardron (?, ?)
Sat Jan 26, 1952	League Tier 2	Brentford			H	2-0	21,649	Moore (?), Ardron (?)
Sat Feb 09, 1952	League Tier 2	Doncaster Rovers			A	1-0	25,470	Capel (?)
Sat Feb 16, 1952	League Tier 2	Luton Town			A	3-3	18,369	Moore (?), Leverton (?, ?)
Sat Feb 23, 1952	Friendly	Bolton Wanderers			H	3-3	22,651	Moore (?), Capel (?), Ardron (?)
Sat Mar 01, 1952	League Tier 2	Bury			H	1-0	26,221	Morley (?)
Sat Mar 08, 1952	League Tier 2	Swansea Town			A	2-1	22,281	Moore (?), Collindridge (?)
Sat Mar 15, 1952	League Tier 2	Coventry City			H	3-1	31,096	Ardron (?), Leverton (?), Mason (? OG)
Sat Mar 22, 1952	League Tier 2	West Ham United			A	1-3	23,129	Ardron (?)
Sat Mar 29, 1952	League Tier 2	Sheffield United			H	0-2	20,543
Sat Apr 05, 1952	League Tier 2	Barnsley			A	1-1	11,341	Moore (?)
Mon Apr 07, 1952	Friendly	Bexhill-on-Sea			A	12-1	-	Moore (?, ?, ?, ?, ?), Ardron (?, ?, ?), Leverton (?, ?), Capel (?), Morley (?)
Fri Apr 11, 1952	League Tier 2	Leeds United			H	1-1	28,808	Leverton (?)
Sat Apr 12, 1952	League Tier 2	Hull City			H	4-0	26,201	Ardron (?, ?), Capel (?), Collindridge (?)
Mon Apr 14, 1952	League Tier 2	Leeds United			A	0-0	26,511
Sat Apr 19, 1952	League Tier 2	Blackburn Rovers			A	2-3	24,312	Ardron (?), Collindridge (?)
Sat Apr 26, 1952	League Tier 2	Queens Park Rangers			H	3-1	18,975	Moore (?), Ardron (?), Collindridge (?)
Fri May 02, 1952	Testimonial	Brighton and Hove Albion			A	4-5	6,000	Moore (?), Leverton (?), Ardron (?), Scott (?)
Wed May 14, 1952	Friendly	Guernsey XI			A	5-2	-	Ardron (?, ?), Collindridge (?, ?), Leverton (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (7) - £0				Out (4) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Alan Orr	Bought			Bob McCall	Sold
	Brian Burton	Bought			Danny Canning	Retired
	William Farmer	Bought			John Love	Sold
July 1951	Danny Canning	Bought			Tom Johnson	Sold
Jul 01, 1951	Noel Kelly	Bought
Oct 06, 1951	Tommy Wilson	Bought
Jan 1952	Alan Moore	Bought

SQUAD

				Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Country	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Wales	Danny Canning	5	2	1	2
GK		England	Harry Walker	39	16	13	10
GK		England	William Farmer
Defenders
D		England	Bill Whare	22	9	6	7
D		Scotland	Bob McKinlay	2		2
D		England	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	32	13	12	7
D		England	Horace Gager	39	17	11	11
D		England	Jack Hutchinson	33	14	10	9
D		England	James Clarke	1			1
Midfielders
M		Scotland	Alan Orr	24	9	9	6
M		England	Bob McCall	1		1
M		England	Jack Burkitt	25	10	8	7
M		England	Wally Ardron	41	18	12	11	29
M		England	William Morley	42	18	12	12	2
Forwards
F		England	Alan Moore	15	8	4	3	5
F		England	Brian Burton	1		1
F		England	Collin Collindridge	35	13	11	11	10
F		England	Freddie Scott	43	18	13	12	5
F		Scotland	John Love	6		5	1	2
F		Rep. of Ire.	Noel Kelly	17	6	6	5	3
F		England	Roland 'Tot' Leverton	15	7	4	4	5
F		England	Tom Johnson	11	3	6	2	5
F		England	Tommy Capel	33	16	7	10	11
F		England	Tommy Wilson	2	1		1

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
29	Wally Ardron	41
11	Tommy Capel	33
10	Collin Collindridge	35
5	Alan Moore	15
5	Freddie Scott	43
5	Roland 'Tot' Leverton	15
5	Tom Johnson	11
3	Noel Kelly	17
2	John Love	6
2	Own Goals	44
2	William Morley	42

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Hull City	Sat Nov 24, 1951	Away	4-1	Sat Apr 12, 1952	Home	4-0
Rotherham United	Sat Aug 18, 1951	Away	2-1	Sat Dec 15, 1951	Home	4-2