The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 BLACKBURN ROVERS - Sat Dec 01, 1951 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 01, 1951 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1951-52
Referee:: A Murdoch
Attendance:: 24,335
League Week:: 20 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 5 5
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Queens Park Rangers (League Tier 2)
Blackburn Rovers:: Jan 12, 1952

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1881 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1056 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2072 (of 5828)
Total:: 3220 (of 7633)
Played:: 74 years, 9 months, 9 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Freddie Scott (68')

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Jackie Bestall
Prior form: LLLLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	35	Harry Walker
2	D	30	Jack Hutchinson
3	D	25	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	27	Alan Orr
5	D	34	Horace Gager
6	M	26	Bill Morley
7	F	35	Freddie Scott (68')
8	F	29	Noel Kelly
9	M	33	Wally Ardron
10	F	29	Tommy Capel
11	F	31	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Reg Elvy
2	D	Ron Suart
3	D	Bill Eckersley
4	D	Jackie Campbell
5	D	Willie Kelly
6	M	Eric Bell
7	M	Davie Gray
8	M	Eddie Quigley
9	M	Joe Harris
10	F	Albert Nightingale
11	F	Jackie Wharton

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 01, 1951)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	2-0	Notts County
Brentford	2-1	Hull City
Cardiff City	3-0	Luton Town
Doncaster Rovers	1-2	Barnsley
Everton	1-0	Sheffield United
Leeds United	1-1	Swansea Town
Leicester City	4-0	Queens Park Rangers
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Blackburn Rovers
Rotherham United	4-3	Bury
Sheffield Wednesday	3-1	Coventry City
Southampton	1-2	West Ham United

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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Rotherham United	18	11	3	4	44	25	8	0	1	24	6	3	3	3	20	19	19	25	WDWWWD
	2	Sheffield United	18	11	3	4	53	32	9	0	1	34	12	2	3	3	19	20	21	25	WWDLLW
	3	Brentford	18	9	5	4	23	13	7	1	0	15	2	2	4	4	8	11	10	23	WDWLWD
	4	Cardiff City	18	9	4	5	30	21	7	1	1	22	9	2	3	4	8	12	9	22	DLWWWD
	5	Nottingham Forest	19	7	8	4	37	28	3	5	1	17	11	4	3	3	20	17	9	22	DDDWDW
	6	Luton Town	18	7	8	3	31	25	3	4	1	18	11	4	4	2	13	14	6	22	DDWWDD
	7	Sheffield Wednesday	19	9	4	6	41	36	7	1	1	23	10	2	3	5	18	26	5	22	WDWLWW
	8	Leeds United	18	8	5	5	28	25	5	3	1	17	9	3	2	4	11	16	3	21	WWWWDW
	9	Doncaster Rovers	19	7	6	6	30	24	6	2	1	19	6	1	4	5	11	18	6	20	DDWWWL
	10	Birmingham City	19	6	8	5	22	24	3	5	2	11	11	3	3	3	11	13	-2	20	WLWWLW
	11	Leicester City	18	6	7	5	36	31	5	4	1	25	14	1	3	4	11	17	5	19	WWDDWL
	12	Notts County	19	7	4	8	30	33	5	3	2	20	11	2	1	6	10	22	-3	18	WLLLLD
	13	Everton	19	6	6	7	31	36	3	3	3	16	19	3	3	4	15	17	-5	18	LDDWWD
	14	Bury	18	6	5	7	34	27	5	1	2	22	8	1	4	5	12	19	7	17	LDDWLL
	15	Swansea Town	19	5	7	7	34	37	5	2	2	20	10	0	5	5	14	27	-3	17	DDLLLL
	16	Southampton	19	6	5	8	28	41	4	4	1	16	10	2	1	7	12	31	-13	17	DWLLWL
	17	West Ham United	19	5	6	8	26	36	5	4	1	20	13	0	2	7	6	23	-10	16	LLDWLD
	18	Barnsley	18	5	5	8	28	34	5	3	2	21	15	0	2	6	7	19	-6	15	LWLDDD
	19	Queens Park Rangers	18	3	8	7	21	33	3	5	2	17	15	0	3	5	4	18	-12	14	DDLLLL
	20	Coventry City	18	4	4	10	22	40	3	4	2	15	15	1	0	8	7	25	-18	12	LDLLLW
	21	Hull City	19	3	5	11	24	36	2	3	5	16	18	1	2	6	8	18	-12	11	LDLLLL
	22	Blackburn Rovers	18	4	2	12	18	34	2	1	6	11	17	2	1	6	7	17	-16	10	LLLLWW

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Rotherham United	19	12	3	4	48	28	9	0	1	28	9	3	3	3	20	19	20	27	DWWWDW		4-3
1	2	Brentford	19	10	5	4	25	14	8	1	0	17	3	2	4	4	8	11	11	25	DWLWDW		2-1
1	3	Sheffield United	19	11	3	5	53	33	9	0	1	34	12	2	3	4	19	21	20	25	WDLLWL		0-1
	4	Cardiff City	19	10	4	5	33	21	8	1	1	25	9	2	3	4	8	12	12	24	LWWWDW		3-0
	5	Nottingham Forest	20	8	8	4	38	28	4	5	1	18	11	4	3	3	20	17	10	24	DDWDWW		1-0
1	6	Sheffield Wednesday	20	10	4	6	44	37	8	1	1	26	11	2	3	5	18	26	7	24	DWLWWW		3-1
1	7	Leeds United	19	8	6	5	29	26	5	4	1	18	10	3	2	4	11	16	3	22	WWWDWD		1-1
2	8	Luton Town	19	7	8	4	31	28	3	4	1	18	11	4	4	3	13	17	3	22	DWWDDL		0-3
1	9	Birmingham City	20	7	8	5	24	24	4	5	2	13	11	3	3	3	11	13	0	22	LWWLWW		2-0
1	10	Leicester City	19	7	7	5	40	31	6	4	1	29	14	1	3	4	11	17	9	21	WDDWLW		4-0
2	11	Doncaster Rovers	20	7	6	7	31	26	6	2	2	20	8	1	4	5	11	18	5	20	DWWWLL		1-2
1	12	Everton	20	7	6	7	32	36	4	3	3	17	19	3	3	4	15	17	-4	20	DDWWDW		1-0
2	13	Swansea Town	20	5	8	7	35	38	5	2	2	20	10	0	6	5	15	28	-3	18	DLLLLD		1-1
2	14	Notts County	20	7	4	9	30	35	5	3	2	20	11	2	1	7	10	24	-5	18	LLLLDL		0-2
2	15	West Ham United	20	6	6	8	28	37	5	4	1	20	13	1	2	7	8	24	-9	18	LDWLDW		2-1
2	16	Bury	19	6	5	8	37	31	5	1	2	22	8	1	4	6	15	23	6	17	DDWLLL		3-4
1	17	Barnsley	19	6	5	8	30	35	5	3	2	21	15	1	2	6	9	20	-5	17	WLDDDW		2-1
2	18	Southampton	20	6	5	9	29	43	4	4	2	17	12	2	1	7	12	31	-14	17	WLLWLL		1-2
	19	Queens Park Rangers	19	3	8	8	21	37	3	5	2	17	15	0	3	6	4	22	-16	14	DLLLLL		0-4
	20	Coventry City	19	4	4	11	23	43	3	4	2	15	15	1	0	9	8	28	-20	12	DLLLWL		1-3
	21	Hull City	20	3	5	12	25	38	2	3	5	16	18	1	2	7	9	20	-13	11	DLLLLL		1-2
	22	Blackburn Rovers	19	4	2	13	18	35	2	1	6	11	17	2	1	7	7	18	-17	10	LLLWWL		0-1