The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 COVENTRY CITY - Sat Mar 15, 1952 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 15, 1952 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Coventry City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1951-52
Referee:: H Wright
Attendance:: 31,096
League Week:: 34 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 20 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Ham United (League Tier 2)
Coventry City:: Oct 15, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1895 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1070 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2088 (of 5824)
Total:: 3237 (of 7629)
Played:: 74 years, 5 months, 11 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Wally Ardron (31')
Tot Leverton (89')
Dick Mason (75') (OG)

COVENTRY CITY
Manager: Harry Storer
Prior form: WLWWLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
George Lowrie (72')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	35	Harry Walker
2	D	26	Bill Whare
3	D	30	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	26	Bill Morley
5	D	35	Horace Gager
6	M	26	Jack Burkitt
7	F	25	Alan Moore
8	F	35	Freddie Scott
9	M	33	Wally Ardron (31')
10	F	29	Tommy Capel
11	F	25	Tot Leverton (89')

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	35	Harry Walker	207		7	1
2	D	26	Bill Whare	82		49	6
3	D	30	Jack Hutchinson	117		7	1
4	M	26	Bill Morley	122	5	7	1
5	D	35	Horace Gager	171	4	7	1
6	M	26	Jack Burkitt	123	3	7	1
7	F	25	Alan Moore	6	3	7	1
8	F	35	Freddie Scott	239	31	7	1
9	M	33	Wally Ardron (31')	124	84	7	1
10	F	29	Tommy Capel	88	43	7	1
11	F	25	Tot Leverton (89')	65	23	14	2

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter Taylor
2	D	Dick Mason
3	D	Jimmy Harrison
4	D	Don Dorman
5	D	Roy Kirk
6	M	Noel Simpson
7	M	Gordon Nutt
8	M	Les Cook
9	M	Eddie Brown
10	F	George Lowrie
11	F	Norman Lockhart

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 15, 1952)

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

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	Nottingham Forest	33	15	10	8	62	50	9	5	2	30	17	6	5	6	32	33	12	40	WWWDWW
2	Sheffield Wednesday	33	15	8	10	80	57	11	2	3	43	19	4	6	7	37	38	23	38	LDWLWD
3	Leicester City	33	15	8	10	66	50	9	5	2	39	19	6	3	8	27	31	16	38	WLWLDW
4	Birmingham City	33	15	8	10	48	41	7	5	4	24	16	8	3	6	24	25	7	38	WLLLWW
5	Cardiff City	32	14	8	10	51	45	12	2	1	36	12	2	6	9	15	33	6	36	LWLLDL
6	Rotherham United	33	15	6	12	65	58	10	3	3	37	18	5	3	9	28	40	7	36	DLLLWW
7	Leeds United	32	14	8	10	48	45	9	6	1	28	13	5	2	9	20	32	3	36	WWWLWL
8	Sheffield United	33	15	5	13	76	59	12	2	3	49	20	3	3	10	27	39	17	35	LLLWLW
9	Everton	33	13	9	11	50	48	9	4	3	31	20	4	5	8	19	28	2	35	WWWLWD
10	Notts County	33	14	5	14	61	54	9	4	4	37	22	5	1	10	24	32	7	33	LWLWWD
11	Brentford	32	12	9	11	39	39	9	4	2	25	13	3	5	9	14	26	0	33	LLDLDL
12	Southampton	34	12	9	13	48	61	9	5	3	30	20	3	4	10	18	41	-13	33	LWDWWL
13	Blackburn Rovers	33	14	4	15	42	47	9	2	6	28	22	5	2	9	14	25	-5	32	WWWWLD
14	West Ham United	33	12	8	13	51	63	10	4	3	36	24	2	4	10	15	39	-12	32	WLWWDL
15	Luton Town	32	10	11	11	58	58	5	6	5	34	28	5	5	6	24	30	0	31	LLDDDL
16	Swansea Town	33	10	10	13	59	59	9	3	5	39	20	1	7	8	20	39	0	30	WWWWDL
17	Barnsley	32	10	10	12	48	54	8	5	4	35	27	2	5	8	13	27	-6	30	DLLWLL
18	Doncaster Rovers	33	10	9	14	45	50	7	3	6	25	24	3	6	8	20	26	-5	29	LLLWLW
19	Bury	33	11	6	16	52	55	10	2	5	34	18	1	4	11	18	37	-3	28	LLWLLW
20	Coventry City	33	11	5	17	45	65	6	5	6	27	27	5	0	11	18	38	-20	27	WLWWLL
21	Hull City	33	9	8	16	48	56	8	4	5	36	21	1	4	11	12	35	-8	26	LWDDLW
22	Queens Park Rangers	33	8	10	15	42	70	6	6	5	29	32	2	4	10	13	38	-28	26	WLDLLW

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	Nottingham Forest	34	16	10	8	65	51	10	5	2	33	18	6	5	6	32	33	14	42	WWDWWW		3-1
	2	Sheffield Wednesday	34	16	8	10	82	58	12	2	3	45	20	4	6	7	37	38	24	40	DWLWDW		2-1
	3	Leicester City	34	16	8	10	69	51	10	5	2	42	20	6	3	8	27	31	18	40	LWLDWW		3-1
	4	Birmingham City	34	16	8	10	51	41	8	5	4	27	16	8	3	6	24	25	10	40	LLLWWW		3-0
	5	Cardiff City	33	15	8	10	54	45	13	2	1	39	12	2	6	9	15	33	9	38	WLLDLW		3-0
1	6	Leeds United	33	15	8	10	49	45	10	6	1	29	13	5	2	9	20	32	4	38	WWLWLW		1-0
1	7	Rotherham United	34	15	7	12	66	59	10	4	3	38	19	5	3	9	28	40	7	37	LLLWWD		1-1
	8	Sheffield United	34	15	5	14	76	62	12	2	3	49	20	3	3	11	27	42	14	35	LLWLWL		0-3
2	9	Brentford	33	13	9	11	42	40	10	4	2	28	14	3	5	9	14	26	2	35	LDLDLW		3-1
1	10	Everton	34	13	9	12	51	51	9	4	4	32	23	4	5	8	19	28	0	35	WWLWDL		1-3
1	11	Southampton	35	13	9	13	52	61	10	5	3	34	20	3	4	10	18	41	-9	35	WDWWLW		4-0
2	12	Notts County	34	14	5	15	61	58	9	4	4	37	22	5	1	11	24	36	3	33	WLWWDL		0-4
2	13	Luton Town	33	11	11	11	61	59	5	6	5	34	28	6	5	6	27	31	2	33	LDDDLW		3-1
1	14	Blackburn Rovers	34	14	4	16	42	48	9	2	6	28	22	5	2	10	14	26	-6	32	WWWLDL		0-1
1	15	West Ham United	34	12	8	14	52	66	10	4	3	36	24	2	4	11	16	42	-14	32	LWWDLL		1-3
	16	Swansea Town	34	10	10	14	60	62	9	3	5	39	20	1	7	9	21	42	-2	30	WWWDLL		1-3
1	17	Doncaster Rovers	34	10	10	14	46	51	7	4	6	26	25	3	6	8	20	26	-5	30	LLWLWD		1-1
1	18	Barnsley	33	10	10	13	48	57	8	5	4	35	27	2	5	9	13	30	-9	30	LLWLLL		0-3
	19	Bury	34	11	7	16	53	56	10	2	5	34	18	1	5	11	19	38	-3	29	LWLLWD		1-1
1	20	Hull City	34	9	9	16	49	57	8	4	5	36	21	1	5	11	13	36	-8	27	WDDLWD		1-1
1	21	Coventry City	34	11	5	18	46	68	6	5	6	27	27	5	0	12	19	41	-22	27	LWWLLL		1-3
	22	Queens Park Rangers	34	8	10	16	43	72	6	6	5	29	32	2	4	11	14	40	-29	26	LDLLWL		1-2