The City Ground

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)
League Cup:: Not started

Top Goalscorer:: Wally Ardron (21 goals)

LEAGUE POSITIONS

SEASON END TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1952-53								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 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

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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%

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

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 39,282 (Leicester City)
Lowest League Attendance:: 7,432 (Southampton)
Average League Attendance:: 22,818
Highest Cup Attendance:: -
Lowest Cup Attendance:: -

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 10
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 23, 1952	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-2	Loss	26,985	15	Scott (?)
2	Wed Aug 27, 1952	Barnsley	A	2-0	Win	14,186	9	Moore (?), Ardron (?)
3	Sat Aug 30, 1952	Notts County	A	2-3	Loss	39,920	15	Scott (?), Ardron (?)
4	Wed Sep 03, 1952	Barnsley	H	3-0	Win	19,009	8	Moore (?), Capel (?), Collindridge (?)
5	Sat Sep 06, 1952	Everton	A	0-3	Loss	34,254	12
6	Wed Sep 10, 1952	Lincoln City	A	3-2	Win	21,726	7	Ardron (?), Capel (?), Collindridge (?)
7	Sat Sep 13, 1952	Brentford	H	3-0	Win	26,923	8	Ardron (?, ?), Collindridge (?)
8	Wed Sep 17, 1952	Lincoln City	H	1-1	Draw	24,159	6	Capel (?)
9	Sat Sep 20, 1952	Doncaster Rovers	A	0-1	Loss	16,645	10
10	Mon Sep 22, 1952	Sheffield United	A	0-2	Loss	26,455	10
11	Sat Sep 27, 1952	Swansea Town	H	6-4	Win	18,035	8	Burkitt (?), Moore (?, ?), Ardron (?, ?), Collindridge (?)
12	Sat Oct 04, 1952	Huddersfield Town	A	2-1	Win	27,813	6	Whare (?), Capel (?)
13	Sat Oct 11, 1952	Leicester City	H	1-3	Loss	39,282	10	Capel (?)
14	Sat Oct 18, 1952	West Ham United	A	2-3	Loss	21,444	12	Ardron (?), Collindridge (?)
15	Sat Oct 25, 1952	Fulham	H	0-1	Loss	20,979	12
16	Sat Nov 01, 1952	Rotherham United	A	3-2	Win	19,488	10	Leverton (?), Collindridge (?, ?)
17	Sat Nov 08, 1952	Plymouth Argyle	H	3-1	Win	24,006	9	Scott (?), Leverton (?), Capel (?)
18	Sat Nov 22, 1952	Luton Town	H	4-3	Win	22,924	9	Burkitt (?), Leverton (?), Martin (?), Collindridge (?)
19	Sat Nov 29, 1952	Birmingham City	A	5-0	Win	17,794	8	Moore (?), Ardron (?, ?, ?), Collindridge (?)
20	Sat Dec 06, 1952	Bury	H	4-1	Win	19,686	7	Scott (?, ?), Ardron (?), Collindridge (?)
21	Sat Dec 13, 1952	Southampton	A	2-2	Draw	14,216	6	Scott (?), Ardron (?)
22	Sat Dec 20, 1952	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-2	Loss	12,794	7	Leverton (?)
23	Fri Dec 26, 1952	Hull City	H	4-1	Win	25,363	6	Ardron (?, ?, ?, ?)
24	Sat Dec 27, 1952	Hull City	A	1-3	Loss	22,838	7	Moore (?)
25	Sat Jan 03, 1953	Notts County	H	1-0	Win	38,002	6	Moore (?)
26	Sat Jan 17, 1953	Everton	H	3-3	Draw	22,298	6	Ardron (?), Capel (?, ?)
27	Sat Jan 24, 1953	Brentford	A	1-1	Draw	15,110	6	Gager (?)
28	Sat Feb 07, 1953	Doncaster Rovers	H	2-2	Draw	16,857	7	Martin (?), Pateron (? OG)
29	Sat Feb 14, 1953	Swansea Town	A	1-2	Loss	15,946	8	Moore (?)
30	Sat Feb 21, 1953	Huddersfield Town	H	1-0	Win	25,224	8	Martin (?)
31	Sat Feb 28, 1953	Leicester City	A	1-1	Draw	27,009	8	Moore (?)
32	Sat Mar 07, 1953	West Ham United	H	0-0	Draw	18,088	8
33	Sat Mar 14, 1953	Fulham	A	1-0	Win	22,892	5	Taylor (? OG)
34	Sat Mar 21, 1953	Rotherham United	H	4-3	Win	18,225	5	Burkitt (?), Moore (?), Ardron (?, ?)
35	Sat Mar 28, 1953	Plymouth Argyle	A	3-0	Win	14,538	4	French (?), Leverton (?), Ardron (?)
36	Sat Apr 04, 1953	Leeds United	H	2-1	Win	18,734	4	Burkitt (?), Leverton (?)
37	Mon Apr 06, 1953	Sheffield United	H	1-1	Draw	30,630	4	Collindridge (?)
38	Sat Apr 11, 1953	Luton Town	A	0-3	Loss	18,599	5
39	Sat Apr 18, 1953	Birmingham City	H	0-2	Loss	16,353	6
40	Wed Apr 22, 1953	Leeds United	A	1-2	Loss	11,497	6	Moore (?)
41	Sat Apr 25, 1953	Bury	A	0-2	Loss	10,647	7
42	Wed Apr 29, 1953	Southampton	H	2-3	Loss	7,432	7	Capel (?), Collindridge (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 10, 1953	Mansfield Town	3			A	1-0	Win	22,572	Moore (?)
Sat Jan 31, 1953	Everton	4			A	1-4	Loss	48,904	Capel (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Nov 15, 1952	Leeds United	England	A	0-0	Aba	15,729
Wed Apr 15, 1953	Clyde	Scotland	H	6-0	Win	5,100	? (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
Thu Apr 30, 1953	Mansfield Town	England	A	1-1	Draw	3,702	? (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Billy Walker
Sat Aug 23, 1952	League Tier 2	Blackburn Rovers		H	1-2	26,985	Scott (?)
Wed Aug 27, 1952	League Tier 2	Barnsley		A	2-0	14,186	Moore (?), Ardron (?)
Sat Aug 30, 1952	League Tier 2	Notts County		A	2-3	39,920	Scott (?), Ardron (?)
Wed Sep 03, 1952	League Tier 2	Barnsley		H	3-0	19,009	Moore (?), Capel (?), Collindridge (?)
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 (?), Capel (?), Collindridge (?)
Sat Sep 13, 1952	League Tier 2	Brentford		H	3-0	26,923	Ardron (?, ?), Collindridge (?)
Wed Sep 17, 1952	League Tier 2	Lincoln City		H	1-1	24,159	Capel (?)
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	Burkitt (?), Moore (?, ?), Ardron (?, ?), Collindridge (?)
Sat Oct 04, 1952	League Tier 2	Huddersfield Town		A	2-1	27,813	Whare (?), Capel (?)
Sat Oct 11, 1952	League Tier 2	Leicester City		H	1-3	39,282	Capel (?)
Sat Oct 18, 1952	League Tier 2	West Ham United		A	2-3	21,444	Ardron (?), Collindridge (?)
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	Leverton (?), Collindridge (?, ?)
Sat Nov 08, 1952	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle		H	3-1	24,006	Scott (?), Leverton (?), Capel (?)
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 (?), Leverton (?), Martin (?), Collindridge (?)
Sat Nov 29, 1952	League Tier 2	Birmingham City		A	5-0	17,794	Moore (?), Ardron (?, ?, ?), Collindridge (?)
Sat Dec 06, 1952	League Tier 2	Bury		H	4-1	19,686	Scott (?, ?), Ardron (?), Collindridge (?)
Sat Dec 13, 1952	League Tier 2	Southampton		A	2-2	14,216	Scott (?), Ardron (?)
Sat Dec 20, 1952	League Tier 2	Blackburn Rovers		A	1-2	12,794	Leverton (?)
Fri Dec 26, 1952	League Tier 2	Hull City		H	4-1	25,363	Ardron (?, ?, ?, ?)
Sat Dec 27, 1952	League Tier 2	Hull City		A	1-3	22,838	Moore (?)
Sat Jan 03, 1953	League Tier 2	Notts County		H	1-0	38,002	Moore (?)
Sat Jan 10, 1953	FA Cup	Mansfield Town	3	A	1-0	22,572	Moore (?)
Sat Jan 17, 1953	League Tier 2	Everton		H	3-3	22,298	Ardron (?), Capel (?, ?)
Sat Jan 24, 1953	League Tier 2	Brentford		A	1-1	15,110	Gager (?)
Sat Jan 31, 1953	FA Cup	Everton	4	A	1-4	48,904	Capel (?)
Sat Feb 07, 1953	League Tier 2	Doncaster Rovers		H	2-2	16,857	Martin (?), Pateron (? OG)
Sat Feb 14, 1953	League Tier 2	Swansea Town		A	1-2	15,946	Moore (?)
Sat Feb 21, 1953	League Tier 2	Huddersfield Town		H	1-0	25,224	Martin (?)
Sat Feb 28, 1953	League Tier 2	Leicester City		A	1-1	27,009	Moore (?)
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 (? OG)
Sat Mar 21, 1953	League Tier 2	Rotherham United		H	4-3	18,225	Burkitt (?), Moore (?), Ardron (?, ?)
Sat Mar 28, 1953	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle		A	3-0	14,538	French (?), Leverton (?), Ardron (?)
Sat Apr 04, 1953	League Tier 2	Leeds United		H	2-1	18,734	Burkitt (?), Leverton (?)
Mon Apr 06, 1953	League Tier 2	Sheffield United		H	1-1	30,630	Collindridge (?)
Sat Apr 11, 1953	League Tier 2	Luton Town		A	0-3	18,599
Wed Apr 15, 1953	Friendly	Clyde		H	6-0	5,100	? (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
Sat Apr 18, 1953	League Tier 2	Birmingham City		H	0-2	16,353
Wed Apr 22, 1953	League Tier 2	Leeds United		A	1-2	11,497	Moore (?)
Sat Apr 25, 1953	League Tier 2	Bury		A	0-2	10,647
Wed Apr 29, 1953	League Tier 2	Southampton		H	2-3	7,432	Capel (?), Collindridge (?)
Thu Apr 30, 1953	Friendly	Mansfield Town		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
Nov 09, 1952	Tom Martin	Bought	£20,000
Nov 10, 1952	Jack French	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		England	Harry Walker	44	19	8	17
Defenders
D		England	Bill Whare	27	13	7	7	1
D		Scotland	Bob McKinlay	3	1	1	1
D		England	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	20	6	3	11
D		England	Horace Gager	43	19	7	17	1
D		England	Jack Hutchinson	31	17	6	8
D		England	James Clarke	10	2		8
Midfielders
M		Scotland	Alan Orr	3			3
M		England	Jack Burkitt	44	19	8	17	4
M		England	Wally Ardron	32	16	7	9	21
M		England	William Morley	8	4	1	3
Forwards
F		England	Alan Moore	31	13	5	13	12
F		Wales	Arthur Lemon	3	1	2
F		England	Collin Collindridge	42	18	7	17	12
F		England	Freddie Scott	30	14	3	13	6
F		England	Jack French	29	13	7	9	1
F		Rep. of Ire.	Noel Kelly	5	2	1	2
F		England	Roland 'Tot' Leverton	22	11	2	9	6
F		England	Sid Thompson	2	1		1
F		Scotland	Tom Martin	20	8	6	6	3
F		England	Tommy Capel	30	11	5	14	10
F		England	Tommy Wilson	5	1	2	2

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
21	Wally Ardron	32
12	Alan Moore	31
12	Collin Collindridge	42
10	Tommy Capel	30
6	Freddie Scott	30
6	Roland '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
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