The City Ground

DONCASTER ROVERS 0 - 1 FOREST - Sat Feb 09, 1952 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 09, 1952 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Doncaster Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Belle Vue
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:: T Wood
Attendance:: 25,470
League Week:: 30 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 5 3
Opp Before/After:: 18 19

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Luton Town (League Tier 2)
Doncaster Rovers:: Sep 20, 1952

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1891 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1066 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2084 (of 5824)
Total:: 3232 (of 7629)
Played:: 74 years, 6 months, 12 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Tommy Capel (85')

DONCASTER ROVERS
Manager: Peter Doherty
Prior form: WDLLLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	35	Harry Walker
2	D	25	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	30	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	26	Bill Morley
5	D	35	Horace Gager
6	M	26	Jack Burkitt
7	F	24	Alan Moore
8	F	35	Freddie Scott
9	M	33	Wally Ardron
10	F	29	Tommy Capel (85')
11	F	25	Tot Leverton

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ken Hardwick
2	D	Bert Rouse
3	D	Len Graham
4	D	Walter Jones
5	D	Bill Paterson
6	M	Dave Miller
7	M	Alf Calverley
8	M	Kit Lawlor
9	M	Ray Harrison
10	F	Peter Doherty
11	F	Bert Tindill

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 09, 1952)

Home	Score	Away
Brentford	0-0	Queens Park Rangers
Bury	3-0	Barnsley
Coventry City	1-2	West Ham United
Doncaster Rovers	0-1	Nottingham Forest
Everton	2-0	Leicester City
Leeds United	3-0	Rotherham United
Luton Town	1-1	Hull City
Notts County	0-1	Blackburn Rovers
Sheffield Wednesday	4-2	Cardiff City
Southampton	2-0	Birmingham City
Swansea Town	3-1	Sheffield 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	Cardiff City	28	14	7	7	46	32	12	1	1	35	11	2	6	6	11	21	14	35	DWDWLW
	2	Birmingham City	29	13	8	8	44	34	6	5	4	21	15	7	3	4	23	19	10	34	WWWLWL
	3	Leicester City	28	13	7	8	58	43	9	4	2	38	18	4	3	6	20	25	15	33	LLWWWW
	4	Sheffield Wednesday	29	13	7	9	66	50	9	2	3	33	17	4	5	6	33	33	16	33	DLWLLD
	5	Nottingham Forest	29	12	9	8	55	46	8	5	2	29	17	4	4	6	26	29	9	33	DWLLWW
	6	Rotherham United	28	13	6	9	60	51	9	3	2	34	16	4	3	7	26	35	9	32	LLWDLD
	7	Leeds United	28	12	8	8	42	39	7	6	1	24	13	5	2	7	18	26	3	32	WWLDWW
	8	Sheffield United	29	13	5	11	65	52	10	2	3	40	19	3	3	8	25	33	13	31	WLLWLL
	9	Brentford	28	12	7	9	34	30	9	2	2	22	10	3	5	7	12	20	4	31	LLDWLL
	10	Everton	29	11	8	10	45	47	7	4	3	26	20	4	4	7	19	27	-2	30	LDWDWW
	11	Luton Town	28	10	8	10	50	47	5	4	4	29	20	5	4	6	21	27	3	28	LWLLLL
	12	Notts County	29	12	4	13	51	50	8	3	3	32	19	4	1	10	19	31	1	28	WLLWLW
	13	Barnsley	28	9	10	9	43	45	7	5	3	30	22	2	5	6	13	23	-2	28	WDWDDL
	14	Blackburn Rovers	29	12	3	14	39	45	8	1	6	27	22	4	2	8	12	23	-6	27	LWWWWW
	15	West Ham United	29	10	7	12	46	59	9	4	2	34	22	1	3	10	12	37	-13	27	WLWDWL
	16	Southampton	29	9	8	12	41	58	6	5	3	24	19	3	3	9	17	39	-17	26	WWLDWL
	17	Swansea Town	29	8	9	12	50	55	7	3	4	31	17	1	6	8	19	38	-5	25	DLLLWW
	18	Doncaster Rovers	29	8	9	12	38	43	7	3	4	24	18	1	6	8	14	25	-5	25	WDLLLL
	19	Bury	29	9	6	14	47	50	8	2	4	29	14	1	4	10	18	36	-3	24	LWWLLL
	20	Coventry City	28	9	5	14	39	56	5	5	4	23	21	4	0	10	16	35	-17	23	WWLLDW
	21	Queens Park Rangers	29	7	9	13	40	64	5	6	4	27	29	2	3	9	13	35	-24	23	DWLWWL
	22	Hull City	29	8	6	15	44	47	7	3	5	33	19	1	3	10	11	28	-3	22	LWLWLW

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)
3	1	Sheffield Wednesday	30	14	7	9	70	52	10	2	3	37	19	4	5	6	33	33	18	35	LWLLDW		4-2
1	2	Cardiff City	29	14	7	8	48	36	12	1	1	35	11	2	6	7	13	25	12	35	WDWLWL		2-4
2	3	Nottingham Forest	30	13	9	8	56	46	8	5	2	29	17	5	4	6	27	29	10	35	WLLWWW		1-0
2	4	Birmingham City	30	13	8	9	44	36	6	5	4	21	15	7	3	5	23	21	8	34	WWLWLL		0-2
2	5	Leeds United	29	13	8	8	45	39	8	6	1	27	13	5	2	7	18	26	6	34	WLDWWW		3-0
3	6	Leicester City	29	13	7	9	58	45	9	4	2	38	18	4	3	7	20	27	13	33	LWWWWL		0-2
2	7	Brentford	29	12	8	9	34	30	9	3	2	22	10	3	5	7	12	20	4	32	LDWLLD		0-0
2	8	Rotherham United	29	13	6	10	60	54	9	3	2	34	16	4	3	8	26	38	6	32	LWDLDL		0-3
1	9	Everton	30	12	8	10	47	47	8	4	3	28	20	4	4	7	19	27	0	32	DWDWWW		2-0
2	10	Sheffield United	30	13	5	12	66	55	10	2	3	40	19	3	3	9	26	36	11	31	LLWLLL		1-3
	11	Luton Town	29	10	9	10	51	48	5	5	4	30	21	5	4	6	21	27	3	29	WLLLLD		1-1
2	12	Blackburn Rovers	30	13	3	14	40	45	8	1	6	27	22	5	2	8	13	23	-5	29	WWWWWW		1-0
2	13	West Ham United	30	11	7	12	48	60	9	4	2	34	22	2	3	10	14	38	-12	29	LWDWLW		2-1
2	14	Notts County	30	12	4	14	51	51	8	3	4	32	20	4	1	10	19	31	0	28	LLWLWL		0-1
2	15	Barnsley	29	9	10	10	43	48	7	5	3	30	22	2	5	7	13	26	-5	28	DWDDLL		0-3
	16	Southampton	30	10	8	12	43	58	7	5	3	26	19	3	3	9	17	39	-15	28	WLDWLW		2-0
	17	Swansea Town	30	9	9	12	53	56	8	3	4	34	18	1	6	8	19	38	-3	27	LLLWWW		3-1
1	18	Bury	30	10	6	14	50	50	9	2	4	32	14	1	4	10	18	36	0	26	WWLLLW		3-0
1	19	Doncaster Rovers	30	8	9	13	38	44	7	3	5	24	19	1	6	8	14	25	-6	25	DLLLLL		0-1
1	20	Queens Park Rangers	30	7	10	13	40	64	5	6	4	27	29	2	4	9	13	35	-24	24	WLWWLD		0-0
1	21	Hull City	30	8	7	15	45	48	7	3	5	33	19	1	4	10	12	29	-3	23	WLWLWD		1-1
2	22	Coventry City	29	9	5	15	40	58	5	5	5	24	23	4	0	10	16	35	-18	23	WLLDWL		1-2