The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 QUEENS PARK RANGERS - Sat Apr 26, 1952 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 26, 1952 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Queens Park Rangers
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:: W Everett
Attendance:: 18,975
League Week:: 42 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 4 4
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Brighton and Hove Albion (Testimonial)
League:: Blackburn Rovers
Queens Park Rangers:: Oct 11, 1961

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1903 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1078 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2096 (of 5824)
Total:: 3246 (of 7629)
Played:: 74 years, 3 months, 26 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Collin Collindridge (43')
Wally Ardron (62')
Alan Moore (80')

QUEENS PARK RANGERS
Manager: Dave Mangnall
Prior form: DLDLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Billy Muir (75')

Penalties Missed:
Collin Collindridge

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	35	Harry Walker
2	D	26	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	25	Alan Moore (80')
8	F	35	Freddie Scott
9	M	33	Wally Ardron (62')
10	F	29	Tommy Capel
11	F	31	Collin Collindridge (43')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Harry Brown
2	D	Johnny Poppitt
3	D	Tony Ingham
4	D	Lew Clayton
5	D	Bill Spence
6	M	Des Farrow
7	M	Billy Muir
8	M	Harry Gilberg
9	M	Bert Addinall
10	F	Conway Smith
11	F	Ernie Shepherd

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 26, 1952)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	3-1	Luton Town
Brentford	1-1	Blackburn Rovers
Cardiff City	3-0	Bury
Doncaster Rovers	0-1	Hull City
Everton	1-1	Barnsley
Leeds United	3-1	Coventry City
Leicester City	1-1	Notts County
Nottingham Forest	3-1	Queens Park Rangers
Rotherham United	1-3	Swansea Town
Sheffield Wednesday	2-2	West Ham United
Southampton	0-1	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	Sheffield Wednesday	41	21	10	10	98	64	14	3	3	52	21	7	7	7	46	43	34	52	WWWDWW	Champions
	2	Birmingham City	41	20	9	12	64	55	10	6	4	33	20	10	3	8	31	35	9	49	DWWWLL	Safe
	3	Cardiff City	40	18	11	11	66	53	16	2	1	46	14	2	9	10	20	39	13	47	DLWWDW	Safe
	4	Nottingham Forest	41	17	13	11	74	61	11	6	3	38	21	6	7	8	36	40	13	47	LDDWDL	Safe
	5	Leicester City	41	19	8	14	77	63	12	5	3	47	23	7	3	11	30	40	14	46	LLWWWL	Safe
	6	Leeds United	40	17	11	12	55	53	12	7	1	32	14	5	4	11	23	39	2	45	WLDWDL	Safe
	7	Everton	41	17	9	15	63	57	12	4	4	41	24	5	5	11	22	33	6	43	WLWWLW	Safe
	8	Rotherham United	41	17	8	16	72	68	11	4	5	39	22	6	4	11	33	46	4	42	WWLLLL	Safe
	9	Luton Town	40	15	12	13	72	73	8	7	5	42	33	7	5	8	30	40	-1	42	LWWWLD	Safe
	10	Southampton	41	15	11	15	61	72	11	6	3	40	24	4	5	12	21	48	-11	41	LWDDWL	Safe
	11	West Ham United	41	15	10	16	65	75	13	5	3	48	29	2	5	13	17	46	-10	40	DWLLWD	Safe
	12	Sheffield United	40	17	5	18	88	74	13	2	5	56	26	4	3	13	32	48	14	39	WWLLLL	Safe
	13	Brentford	40	14	11	15	52	54	10	6	3	32	19	4	5	12	20	35	-2	39	WLDLLD	Safe
	14	Blackburn Rovers	41	17	5	19	53	62	11	3	7	35	30	6	2	12	18	32	-9	39	LWLWWL	Safe
	15	Notts County	41	16	6	19	70	67	11	5	5	45	27	5	1	14	25	40	3	38	LLLLWW	Safe
	16	Doncaster Rovers	40	13	12	15	55	58	9	4	7	29	27	4	8	8	26	31	-3	38	WWDWLD	Safe
	17	Bury	41	15	7	19	67	66	13	2	6	43	22	2	5	13	24	44	1	37	LLWLWW	Safe
	18	Hull City	41	12	11	18	59	70	11	5	5	44	23	1	6	13	15	47	-11	35	DWLLWW
	19	Barnsley	40	11	13	16	56	67	8	7	6	39	33	3	6	10	17	34	-11	35	WDLDLD
	20	Swansea Town	41	11	12	18	69	75	10	4	7	45	26	1	8	11	24	49	-6	34	LDLDLW
	21	Coventry City	41	14	6	21	58	79	9	5	7	36	33	5	1	14	22	46	-21	34	LWDLWL
	22	Queens Park Rangers	40	10	12	18	49	77	8	8	5	35	35	2	4	13	14	42	-28	32	DLDLWW

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	Sheffield Wednesday	42	21	11	10	100	66	14	4	3	54	23	7	7	7	46	43	34	53	WWDWWD	Champions	2-2
	2	Birmingham City	42	21	9	12	67	56	11	6	4	36	21	10	3	8	31	35	11	51	WWWLLW	Safe	3-1
	3	Cardiff City	41	19	11	11	69	53	17	2	1	49	14	2	9	10	20	39	16	49	LWWDWW	Safe	3-0
	4	Nottingham Forest	42	18	13	11	77	62	12	6	3	41	22	6	7	8	36	40	15	49	DDWDLW	Safe	3-1
	5	Leicester City	42	19	9	14	78	64	12	6	3	48	24	7	3	11	30	40	14	47	LWWWLD	Safe	1-1
	6	Leeds United	41	18	11	12	58	54	13	7	1	35	15	5	4	11	23	39	4	47	LDWDLW	Safe	3-1
	7	Everton	42	17	10	15	64	58	12	5	4	42	25	5	5	11	22	33	6	44	LWWLWD	Safe	1-1
	8	Rotherham United	42	17	8	17	73	71	11	4	6	40	25	6	4	11	33	46	2	42	WLLLLL	Safe	1-3
	9	Luton Town	41	15	12	14	73	76	8	7	5	42	33	7	5	9	31	43	-3	42	WWWLDL	Safe	1-3
2	10	Sheffield United	41	18	5	18	89	74	13	2	5	56	26	5	3	13	33	48	15	41	WLLLLW	Safe	1-0
	11	West Ham United	42	15	11	16	67	77	13	5	3	48	29	2	6	13	19	48	-10	41	WLLWDD	Safe	2-2
2	12	Southampton	42	15	11	16	61	73	11	6	4	40	25	4	5	12	21	48	-12	41	WDDWLL	Safe	0-1
	13	Brentford	41	14	12	15	53	55	10	7	3	33	20	4	5	12	20	35	-2	40	LDLLDD	Safe	1-1
	14	Blackburn Rovers	42	17	6	19	54	63	11	3	7	35	30	6	3	12	19	33	-9	40	WLWWLD	Safe	1-1
	15	Notts County	42	16	7	19	71	68	11	5	5	45	27	5	2	14	26	41	3	39	LLLWWD	Safe	1-1
	16	Doncaster Rovers	41	13	12	16	55	59	9	4	8	29	28	4	8	8	26	31	-4	38	WDWLDL	Safe	0-1
	17	Bury	42	15	7	20	67	69	13	2	6	43	22	2	5	14	24	47	-2	37	LWLWWL	Safe	0-3
	18	Hull City	42	13	11	18	60	70	11	5	5	44	23	2	6	13	16	47	-10	37	WLLWWW	Safe	1-0
1	19	Swansea Town	42	12	12	18	72	76	10	4	7	45	26	2	8	11	27	50	-4	36	DLDLWW	Safe	3-1
1	20	Barnsley	41	11	14	16	57	68	8	7	6	39	33	3	7	10	18	35	-11	36	DLDLDD	Safe	1-1
	21	Coventry City	42	14	6	22	59	82	9	5	7	36	33	5	1	15	23	49	-23	34	WDLWLL	Relegated	1-3
	22	Queens Park Rangers	41	10	12	19	50	80	8	8	5	35	35	2	4	14	15	45	-30	32	LDLWWL	Relegated	1-3