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SEASON: 1952-53

Prev Season: 1951-52
This Season: 1952-53
Next Season: 1953-54

DIVISION: English Second Division (Tier 2)

MANAGER(s):: Billy Walker
FA Cup:: 4th Round (Everton (A) 1-4)

Top Goalscorer:: Wally Ardron (22 goals)

Competitive Games:: 44
Competitive Goals:: 79
Goals per game:: 1.8
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 44 out of 84 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 52.4%

Highest League Attendance:: 39,282 (Leicester City)
Lowest League Attendance:: 7,432 (Southampton)
Average League Attendance:: 22,810
Highest Cup Attendance:: -
Lowest Cup Attendance:: -

Champions:: Arsenal
FA Cup:: Blackpool
Community Shield:: Manchester United

SEASON RECORDS

Most Goals scored: 6
6-4 (Sat Sep 27, 1952, Swansea Town, Home, League Tier 2)

Biggest Winning Margin: 5
5-0 (Sat Nov 29, 1952, Birmingham City, Away, League Tier 2)

Most Goals Conceded: 4
6-4 (Sat Sep 27, 1952, Swansea Town, Home, League Tier 2)
1-4 (Sat Jan 31, 1953, Everton, Away, FA Cup)

Biggest Losing Margin: 3
0-3 (Sat Sep 06, 1952, Everton, Away, League Tier 2)
1-4 (Sat Jan 31, 1953, Everton, Away, FA Cup)
0-3 (Sat Apr 11, 1953, Luton Town, Away, League Tier 2)

Clean Sheets:: 10
Yellow Cards:: 0
Red Cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 0 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 2
Penalties conceded:: 9
Penalties missed:: 1
Penalties saved:: 0

TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1952-53

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Sheffield United	42	25	10	7	97	55	15	3	3	60	27	10	7	4	37	28	1.764	60	Promoted as Champions	1-1	0-2
2	Huddersfield Town	42	24	10	8	84	33	14	4	3	51	14	10	6	5	33	19	2.545	58	Promoted	1-0	2-1
3	Luton Town	42	22	8	12	84	49	15	1	5	53	17	7	7	7	31	32	1.714	52		4-3	0-3
4	Plymouth Argyle	42	20	9	13	65	60	12	5	4	37	24	8	4	9	28	36	1.083	49		3-1	3-0
5	Leicester City	42	18	12	12	89	74	13	6	2	55	29	5	6	10	34	45	1.203	48		1-3	1-1
6	Birmingham City	42	19	10	13	71	66	11	3	7	44	38	8	7	6	27	28	1.076	48		0-2	5-0
7	Nottingham Forest	42	18	8	16	77	67	11	5	5	46	32	7	3	11	31	35	1.149	44
8	Fulham	42	17	10	15	81	71	14	1	6	52	28	3	9	9	29	43	1.141	44		0-1	1-0
9	Blackburn Rovers	42	18	8	16	68	65	12	4	5	40	20	6	4	11	28	45	1.046	44		1-2	1-2
10	Leeds United	42	14	15	13	71	63	13	4	4	42	24	1	11	9	29	39	1.127	43		2-1	1-2
11	Swansea Town	42	15	12	15	78	81	10	9	2	45	26	5	3	13	33	55	.963	42		6-4	1-2
12	Rotherham United	42	16	9	17	75	74	9	7	5	41	30	7	2	12	34	44	1.014	41		4-3	3-2
13	Doncaster Rovers	42	12	16	14	58	64	9	9	3	26	17	3	7	11	32	47	.906	40		2-2	0-1
14	West Ham United	42	13	13	16	58	60	9	5	7	38	28	4	8	9	20	32	.967	39		0-0	2-3
15	Lincoln City	42	11	17	14	64	71	9	9	3	41	26	2	8	11	23	45	.901	39		1-1	3-2
16	Everton	42	12	14	16	71	75	9	8	4	38	23	3	6	12	33	52	.947	38		3-3	0-3
17	Brentford	42	13	11	18	59	76	8	8	5	38	29	5	3	13	21	47	.776	37		3-0	1-1
18	Hull City	42	14	8	20	57	69	11	6	4	36	19	3	2	16	21	50	.826	36		4-1	1-3
19	Notts County	42	14	8	20	60	88	11	5	5	41	31	3	3	15	19	57	.682	36		1-0	2-3
20	Bury	42	13	9	20	53	81	10	6	5	33	30	3	3	15	20	51	.654	35		4-1	0-2
21	Southampton	42	10	13	19	68	85	5	7	9	45	44	5	6	10	23	41	.800	33	Relegated	2-3	2-2
22	Barnsley	42	5	8	29	47	108	4	4	13	31	46	1	4	16	16	62	.435	18	Relegated	3-0	2-0

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	15 times	8 times	7 times	4 times	2 times
Conceded	11 times	11 times	10 times	2 times
Won By	10 times	3 times	5 times		1 time
Lost By	9 times	5 times	3 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		1	2	1	1	-	3	2	3	Huddersfield Town (2-1), Sheffield United (1-1)
2		2	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	Huddersfield Town (1-0)
3		3	4	1	-	3	4	9	2	Sheffield United (0-2), Leicester City (1-3), Plymouth Argyle (3-1), Luton Town (0-3)
4	13	4	3	3	-	-	9	4	6	Lincoln City (3-2), Rotherham United (3-2), Plymouth Argyle (3-0)
5	22	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6	60	6	5	3	1	1	11	5	7	Fulham (0-1), Luton Town (4-3), Birmingham City (5-0), Leicester City (1-1), Fulham (1-0)
7	31	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	47	8	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Lincoln City (1-1)
9	31	9	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Birmingham City (0-2)
10	21	10	3	3	-	-	8	4	6	Barnsley (2-0), Rotherham United (4-3), Leeds United (2-1)
11		11	2	1	-	1	4	2	2	Brentford (3-0), Leeds United (1-2)
12	16	12	3	2	1	-	4	0	5	Barnsley (3-0), Notts County (1-0), West Ham United (0-0)
13		13	1	1	-	-	6	4	2	Swansea Town (6-4)
14	2	14	2	-	1	1	5	6	1	Notts County (2-3), Everton (3-3)
15	8	15	1	-	1	-	2	2	1	Doncaster Rovers (2-2)
16		16	1	1	-	-	4	1	2	Bury (4-1)
17		17	2	1	-	1	5	3	2	Hull City (4-1), Swansea Town (1-2)
18		18	3	-	1	2	4	7	1	West Ham United (2-3), Hull City (1-3), Brentford (1-1)
19		19	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Blackburn Rovers (1-2)
20		20	2	-	-	2	0	3	0	Doncaster Rovers (0-1), Bury (0-2)
21		21	2	-	1	1	4	5	1	Southampton (2-2), Southampton (2-3)
22		22	1	-	-	1	0	3	0	Everton (0-3)

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

GAMES

Manager for all games: Billy Walker
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Aug 23, 1952	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-2	26,985	15	Scott (20')
2	Wed Aug 27, 1952	Barnsley	A	2-0	14,186	9	Moore (12'), Ardron (59')
3	Sat Aug 30, 1952	Notts County	A	2-3	39,920	15	Scott (71'), Ardron (84')
4	Wed Sep 03, 1952	Barnsley	H	3-0	19,009	8	Capel (31'), Collindridge (62' pen), Moore (67')
5	Sat Sep 06, 1952	Everton	A	0-3	34,254	12
6	Wed Sep 10, 1952	Lincoln City	A	3-2	21,726	7	Ardron (20'), Collindridge (37'), Capel (85')
7	Sat Sep 13, 1952	Brentford	H	3-0	26,923	8	Ardron (17', 89'), Collindridge (82')
8	Wed Sep 17, 1952	Lincoln City	H	1-1	24,159	6	Capel (23')
9	Sat Sep 20, 1952	Doncaster Rovers	A	0-1	16,645	10
10	Mon Sep 22, 1952	Sheffield United	A	0-2	26,455	10
11	Sat Sep 27, 1952	Swansea Town	H	6-4	18,035	8	Ardron (29', 58'), Burkitt (36'), Moore (56', 77'), Collindridge (67' pen)
12	Sat Oct 04, 1952	Huddersfield Town	A	2-1	27,813	6	Capel (3'), Whare (80')
13	Sat Oct 11, 1952	Leicester City	H	1-3	39,282	10	Capel (43')
14	Sat Oct 18, 1952	West Ham United	A	2-3	21,444	12	Collindridge (38'), Ardron (47')
15	Sat Oct 25, 1952	Fulham	H	0-1	20,979	12
16	Sat Nov 01, 1952	Rotherham United	A	3-2	19,488	10	Collindridge (25', 85'), Leverton (43')
17	Sat Nov 08, 1952	Plymouth Argyle	H	3-1	24,006	9	Leverton (2'), Capel (27'), Scott (64')
18	Sat Nov 22, 1952	Luton Town	H	4-3	22,924	9	Burkitt (8'), Collindridge (15'), Martin (30'), Leverton (77')
19	Sat Nov 29, 1952	Birmingham City	A	5-0	17,794	8	Ardron (9', 16', 76'), Collindridge (52'), Moore (80')
20	Sat Dec 06, 1952	Bury	H	4-1	19,686	7	Scott (15', 87'), Ardron (24'), Collindridge (85')
21	Sat Dec 13, 1952	Southampton	A	2-2	14,216	6	Scott (32'), Ardron (87')
22	Sat Dec 20, 1952	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-2	12,794	7	Leverton (88')
23	Fri Dec 26, 1952	Hull City	H	4-1	25,363	6	Ardron (7', 37', 39', 65')
24	Sat Dec 27, 1952	Hull City	A	1-3	22,838	7	Moore (43')
25	Sat Jan 03, 1953	Notts County	H	1-0	37,835	6	Moore (31')
26	Sat Jan 17, 1953	Everton	H	3-3	22,298	6	Capel (30', 64'), Ardron (40')
27	Sat Jan 24, 1953	Brentford	A	1-1	15,110	6	Gager (77')
28	Sat Feb 07, 1953	Doncaster Rovers	H	2-2	16,857	7	Martin (44'), Paterson (56' OG)
29	Sat Feb 14, 1953	Swansea Town	A	1-2	15,946	8	Moore (46')
30	Sat Feb 21, 1953	Huddersfield Town	H	1-0	25,224	8	Martin (13')
31	Sat Feb 28, 1953	Leicester City	A	1-1	27,009	8	Moore (72')
32	Sat Mar 07, 1953	West Ham United	H	0-0	18,088	8
33	Sat Mar 14, 1953	Fulham	A	1-0	22,892	5	Taylor (38' OG)
34	Sat Mar 21, 1953	Rotherham United	H	4-3	18,225	5	Burkitt (26'), Moore (31'), Ardron (57', 67')	Safe
35	Sat Mar 28, 1953	Plymouth Argyle	A	3-0	14,538	4	French (60'), Ardron (63'), Leverton (73')	Safe
36	Sat Apr 04, 1953	Leeds United	H	2-1	18,734	4	Burkitt (44'), Leverton (75')	Safe
37	Mon Apr 06, 1953	Sheffield United	H	1-1	30,630	4	Collindridge (39')	Safe
38	Sat Apr 11, 1953	Luton Town	A	0-3	18,599	5		Safe
39	Sat Apr 18, 1953	Birmingham City	H	0-2	16,353	6		Safe
40	Wed Apr 22, 1953	Leeds United	A	1-2	11,497	6	Moore (6')	Safe
41	Sat Apr 25, 1953	Bury	A	0-2	10,647	7		Safe
42	Wed Apr 29, 1953	Southampton	H	2-3	7,432	7	Collindridge (28'), Capel (62')	Safe

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 10, 1953	Mansfield Town	3		A	1-0	22,572	Ardron (13')
Sat Jan 31, 1953	Everton	4		A	1-4	48,904	Capel (39')

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Nov 15, 1952	Leeds United	England	A	0-0	15,729
Wed Apr 15, 1953	Clyde	Scotland	H	6-0	5,100	Capel (13', 31', 65'), Scott (39'), Leverton (60'), Moore (88')
Thu Apr 30, 1953	Mansfield Town	England	A	1-1	3,702	Capel (52')

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Billy Walker
Sat Aug 23, 1952	League Tier 2	Blackburn Rovers		H	1-2	26,985	Scott (20')
Wed Aug 27, 1952	League Tier 2	Barnsley		A	2-0	14,186	Moore (12'), Ardron (59')
Sat Aug 30, 1952	League Tier 2	Notts County		A	2-3	39,920	Scott (71'), Ardron (84')
Wed Sep 03, 1952	League Tier 2	Barnsley		H	3-0	19,009	Capel (31'), Collindridge (62' pen), Moore (67')
Sat Sep 06, 1952	League Tier 2	Everton		A	0-3	34,254
Wed Sep 10, 1952	League Tier 2	Lincoln City		A	3-2	21,726	Ardron (20'), Collindridge (37'), Capel (85')
Sat Sep 13, 1952	League Tier 2	Brentford		H	3-0	26,923	Ardron (17', 89'), Collindridge (82')
Wed Sep 17, 1952	League Tier 2	Lincoln City		H	1-1	24,159	Capel (23')
Sat Sep 20, 1952	League Tier 2	Doncaster Rovers		A	0-1	16,645
Mon Sep 22, 1952	League Tier 2	Sheffield United		A	0-2	26,455
Sat Sep 27, 1952	League Tier 2	Swansea Town		H	6-4	18,035	Ardron (29', 58'), Burkitt (36'), Moore (56', 77'), Collindridge (67' pen)
Sat Oct 04, 1952	League Tier 2	Huddersfield Town		A	2-1	27,813	Capel (3'), Whare (80')
Sat Oct 11, 1952	League Tier 2	Leicester City		H	1-3	39,282	Capel (43')
Sat Oct 18, 1952	League Tier 2	West Ham United		A	2-3	21,444	Collindridge (38'), Ardron (47')
Sat Oct 25, 1952	League Tier 2	Fulham		H	0-1	20,979
Sat Nov 01, 1952	League Tier 2	Rotherham United		A	3-2	19,488	Collindridge (25', 85'), Leverton (43')
Sat Nov 08, 1952	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle		H	3-1	24,006	Leverton (2'), Capel (27'), Scott (64')
Sat Nov 15, 1952	Friendly	Leeds United		A	0-0	15,729
Sat Nov 22, 1952	League Tier 2	Luton Town		H	4-3	22,924	Burkitt (8'), Collindridge (15'), Martin (30'), Leverton (77')
Sat Nov 29, 1952	League Tier 2	Birmingham City		A	5-0	17,794	Ardron (9', 16', 76'), Collindridge (52'), Moore (80')
Sat Dec 06, 1952	League Tier 2	Bury		H	4-1	19,686	Scott (15', 87'), Ardron (24'), Collindridge (85')
Sat Dec 13, 1952	League Tier 2	Southampton		A	2-2	14,216	Scott (32'), Ardron (87')
Sat Dec 20, 1952	League Tier 2	Blackburn Rovers		A	1-2	12,794	Leverton (88')
Fri Dec 26, 1952	League Tier 2	Hull City		H	4-1	25,363	Ardron (7', 37', 39', 65')
Sat Dec 27, 1952	League Tier 2	Hull City		A	1-3	22,838	Moore (43')
Sat Jan 03, 1953	League Tier 2	Notts County		H	1-0	37,835	Moore (31')
Sat Jan 10, 1953	FA Cup	Mansfield Town	3	A	1-0	22,572	Ardron (13')
Sat Jan 17, 1953	League Tier 2	Everton		H	3-3	22,298	Capel (30', 64'), Ardron (40')
Sat Jan 24, 1953	League Tier 2	Brentford		A	1-1	15,110	Gager (77')
Sat Jan 31, 1953	FA Cup	Everton	4	A	1-4	48,904	Capel (39')
Sat Feb 07, 1953	League Tier 2	Doncaster Rovers		H	2-2	16,857	Martin (44'), Paterson (56' OG)
Sat Feb 14, 1953	League Tier 2	Swansea Town		A	1-2	15,946	Moore (46')
Sat Feb 21, 1953	League Tier 2	Huddersfield Town		H	1-0	25,224	Martin (13')
Sat Feb 28, 1953	League Tier 2	Leicester City		A	1-1	27,009	Moore (72')
Sat Mar 07, 1953	League Tier 2	West Ham United		H	0-0	18,088
Sat Mar 14, 1953	League Tier 2	Fulham		A	1-0	22,892	Taylor (38' OG)
Sat Mar 21, 1953	League Tier 2	Rotherham United		H	4-3	18,225	Burkitt (26'), Moore (31'), Ardron (57', 67')	Safe
Sat Mar 28, 1953	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle		A	3-0	14,538	French (60'), Ardron (63'), Leverton (73')	Safe
Sat Apr 04, 1953	League Tier 2	Leeds United		H	2-1	18,734	Burkitt (44'), Leverton (75')	Safe
Mon Apr 06, 1953	League Tier 2	Sheffield United		H	1-1	30,630	Collindridge (39')	Safe
Sat Apr 11, 1953	League Tier 2	Luton Town		A	0-3	18,599		Safe
Wed Apr 15, 1953	Friendly	Clyde		H	6-0	5,100	Capel (13', 31', 65'), Scott (39'), Leverton (60'), Moore (88')	Safe
Sat Apr 18, 1953	League Tier 2	Birmingham City		H	0-2	16,353		Safe
Wed Apr 22, 1953	League Tier 2	Leeds United		A	1-2	11,497	Moore (6')	Safe
Sat Apr 25, 1953	League Tier 2	Bury		A	0-2	10,647		Safe
Wed Apr 29, 1953	League Tier 2	Southampton		H	2-3	7,432	Collindridge (28'), Capel (62')	Safe
Thu Apr 30, 1953	Friendly	Mansfield Town		A	1-1	3,702	Capel (52')	Safe

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Sat Jan 10, 1953	Mansfield Town	3		A	1-0	22,572
Sat Jan 31, 1953	Everton	4		A	1-4	48,904

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Sat Nov 15, 1952	Leeds United	England	A	0-0	15,729
Wed Apr 15, 1953	Clyde	Scotland	H	6-0	5,100
Thu Apr 30, 1953	Mansfield Town	England	A	1-1	3,702

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (4) - £20,000				Out (0) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Arthur Lemon	Bought
	Sid Thompson	Bought
Oct 30, 1952	Jack French	Bought
Oct 30, 1952	Tom Martin	Bought	£20,000

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Harry Walker	England	36	44	19	8	17
Defenders
D		Bill Whare	England	27	27	13	7	7	1
D		Bob McKinlay	Scotland	19	3	1	1	1
D		Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	England	26	20	6	2	12
D		Horace Gager	England	35	43	19	7	17	1
D		Jack Hutchinson	England	31	31	17	7	7
D		James Clarke	England	28	10	2		8
Midfielders
M		Alan Orr	Scotland	28	3			3
M		Bill Morley	England	27	8	4	1	3
M		Jack Burkitt	England	26	44	19	8	17	4
M		Wally Ardron	England	33	32	16	7	9	22
Forwards
F		Alan Moore	England	25	31	13	5	13	11
F		Arthur Lemon	Wales	20	3	1	2
F		Collin Collindridge	England	31	42	18	7	17	12
F		Freddie Scott	England	35	30	14	3	13	6
F		Jack French	England	27	29	13	7	9	1
F		Noel Kelly	Rep. of Ire.	30	5	2	1	2
F		Sid Thompson	England	24	2	1		1
F		Tom Martin	Scotland	27	20	8	6	6	3
F		Tommy Capel	England	30	30	11	5	14	10
F		Tommy Wilson	England	21	5	1	2	2
F		Tot Leverton	England	26	22	11	2	9	6

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 15

Goals (Pens)	Player	Num Games
22	Wally Ardron	32
12	Collin Collindridge	42
11	Alan Moore	31
10	Tommy Capel	30
6	Freddie Scott	30
6	Tot Leverton	22
4	Jack Burkitt	44
3	Tom Martin	20
2	Own Goals	44
1	Bill Whare	27
1	Horace Gager	43
1	Jack French	29

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Barnsley	Wed Aug 27, 1952	Away	2-0	Wed Sep 03, 1952	Home	3-0
Huddersfield Town	Sat Oct 04, 1952	Away	2-1	Sat Feb 21, 1953	Home	1-0
Plymouth Argyle	Sat Nov 08, 1952	Home	3-1	Sat Mar 28, 1953	Away	3-0
Rotherham United	Sat Nov 01, 1952	Away	3-2	Sat Mar 21, 1953	Home	4-3

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score
Blackburn Rovers	Sat Aug 23, 1952	Home	1-2		Sat Dec 20, 1952	Away	1-2