The City Ground

FOREST 6 - 4 SWANSEA TOWN - Sat Sep 27, 1952 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Sep 27, 1952 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Swansea Town
Country:: Wales
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 6-4 WON
: Half-time: 2-2

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 27 September 1952

Season:: 1952-53
Referee:: H Pearce
Attendance:: 18,035
League Week:: 11 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 10 8
Opp Before/After:: 13 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Huddersfield Town (League Tier 2)
Swansea Town:: Feb 14, 1953

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1914 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1089 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2107 (of 5824)
Total:: 3259 (of 7629)
Played:: 73 years, 10 months, 25 days ago

Review
As of 2023, this is still the only time we've had a 6-4 scoreline!

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

Goal Scorers
Wally Ardron (29')
Jack Burkitt (36')
Alan Moore (56')
Wally Ardron (58')
Collin Collindridge (67') (Pen)
Alan Moore (77')

SWANSEA TOWN
Manager: Billy McCandless
Prior form: WDLDWD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Lucas (22') (Pen)
G Beech (42')
Griffiths (48')
Allchurch (81')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	36	Harry Walker
2	D	27	Bill Whare
3	D	28	James Clarke
4	D	19	Bob McKinlay
5	D	35	Horace Gager
6	M	26	Jack Burkitt (36')
7	F	25	Alan Moore (56') (77')
8	F	35	Freddie Scott
9	M	34	Wally Ardron (29') (58')
10	F	30	Tommy Capel
11	F	31	Collin Collindridge (67')

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	36	Harry Walker	226		5	1
2	D	27	Bill Whare	89		5	1
3	D	28	James Clarke	9		5	1
4	D	19	Bob McKinlay	3		5	1
5	D	35	Horace Gager	190	4	5	1
6	M	26	Jack Burkitt (36')	142	3	5	1
7	F	25	Alan Moore (56') (77')	21	7	5	1
8	F	35	Freddie Scott	257	33	5	1
9	M	34	Wally Ardron (29') (58')	138	95	7	2
10	F	30	Tommy Capel	106	47	5	1
11	F	31	Collin Collindridge (67')	93	31	5	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	King
2	D	Leavy
3	D	G Beech
4	D	Lucas
5	D	Kiley
6	M	Thomas
7	M	Griffiths
8	M	Palmer
9	M	Medwin
10	F	Allchurch
11	F	C Beech

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Sep 27, 1952)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	2-0	Southampton
Blackburn Rovers	1-1	Huddersfield Town
Bury	3-0	Brentford
Everton	7-1	Doncaster Rovers
Hull City	4-0	Sheffield United
Leeds United	0-1	Leicester City
Lincoln City	1-1	Barnsley
Luton Town	5-1	Notts County
Nottingham Forest	6-4	Swansea Town
Plymouth Argyle	1-1	West Ham United
Rotherham United	1-0	Fulham

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	Huddersfield Town	9	5	4	0	19	6	3	2	0	11	2	2	2	0	8	4	13	14	WWDDWD
2	Sheffield United	10	6	2	2	19	12	4	0	1	12	5	2	2	1	7	7	7	14	LWWDWW
3	Plymouth Argyle	8	5	2	1	19	12	4	1	0	14	7	1	1	1	5	5	7	12	DWWWDL
4	Fulham	9	5	1	3	22	17	4	0	1	16	7	1	1	2	6	10	5	11	LWDLWW
5	Birmingham City	9	4	3	2	13	13	1	2	1	8	9	3	1	1	5	4	0	11	DWWWDL
6	Notts County	9	5	1	3	13	17	3	1	1	9	6	2	0	2	4	11	-4	11	WLDWLW
7	Hull City	9	3	4	2	11	9	2	2	0	7	3	1	2	2	4	6	2	10	DLLDWD
8	Leicester City	9	4	2	3	23	20	3	2	0	13	4	1	0	3	10	16	3	10	WWDLLD
9	West Ham United	9	2	5	2	9	7	2	2	1	8	5	0	3	1	1	2	2	9	DLDDWD
10	Nottingham Forest	10	4	1	5	15	14	2	1	1	8	3	2	0	4	7	11	1	9	LWWDLL
11	Leeds United	10	2	5	3	13	13	2	2	1	6	3	0	3	2	7	10	0	9	LLWDDD
12	Lincoln City	9	3	3	3	15	15	2	1	1	10	6	1	2	2	5	9	0	9	WDLDDL
13	Swansea Town	9	3	3	3	15	16	2	2	1	9	7	1	1	2	6	9	-1	9	WDLDWD
14	Blackburn Rovers	9	4	1	4	13	16	3	0	1	7	4	1	1	3	6	12	-3	9	LLWWLD
15	Everton	8	3	2	3	12	11	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	2	9	9	1	8	LDWWDW
16	Rotherham United	9	3	2	4	19	18	2	2	1	11	8	1	0	3	8	10	1	8	LWWLDW
17	Southampton	10	2	3	5	17	19	1	1	3	11	11	1	2	2	6	8	-2	7	WLDDLD
18	Luton Town	9	2	3	4	11	14	2	1	1	5	3	0	2	3	6	11	-3	7	DLWDLD
19	Brentford	9	2	3	4	11	17	2	1	2	7	9	0	2	2	4	8	-6	7	LWLLDL
20	Doncaster Rovers	9	2	2	5	11	15	2	2	1	8	6	0	0	4	3	9	-4	6	LWDLLW
21	Bury	8	1	3	4	7	12	0	2	1	3	4	1	1	3	4	8	-5	5	DLLLDW
22	Barnsley	8	1	1	6	8	22	1	0	3	6	9	0	1	3	2	13	-14	3	WLLLLL

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	Huddersfield Town	10	5	5	0	20	7	3	2	0	11	2	2	3	0	9	5	13	15	WDDWDD		1-1
	2	Sheffield United	11	6	2	3	19	16	4	0	1	12	5	2	2	2	7	11	3	14	WWDWWL		0-4
	3	Plymouth Argyle	9	5	3	1	20	13	4	2	0	15	8	1	1	1	5	5	7	13	WWWDLD		1-1
1	4	Birmingham City	10	5	3	2	15	13	2	2	1	10	9	3	1	1	5	4	2	13	WWWDLW		2-0
2	5	Hull City	10	4	4	2	15	9	3	2	0	11	3	1	2	2	4	6	6	12	LLDWDW		4-0
2	6	Leicester City	10	5	2	3	24	20	3	2	0	13	4	2	0	3	11	16	4	12	WDLLDW		1-0
3	7	Fulham	10	5	1	4	22	18	4	0	1	16	7	1	1	3	6	11	4	11	WDLWWL		0-1
2	8	Nottingham Forest	11	5	1	5	21	18	3	1	1	14	7	2	0	4	7	11	3	11	WWDLLW		6-4
3	9	Notts County	10	5	1	4	14	22	3	1	1	9	6	2	0	3	5	16	-8	11	LDWLWL		1-5
5	10	Everton	9	4	2	3	19	12	2	1	1	10	3	2	1	2	9	9	7	10	DWWDWW		7-1
2	11	West Ham United	10	2	6	2	10	8	2	2	1	8	5	0	4	1	2	3	2	10	LDDWDD		1-1
4	12	Rotherham United	10	4	2	4	20	18	3	2	1	12	8	1	0	3	8	10	2	10	WWLDWW		1-0
1	13	Lincoln City	10	3	4	3	16	16	2	2	1	11	7	1	2	2	5	9	0	10	DLDDLD		1-1
	14	Blackburn Rovers	10	4	2	4	14	17	3	1	1	8	5	1	1	3	6	12	-3	10	LWWLDD		1-1
3	15	Luton Town	10	3	3	4	16	15	3	1	1	10	4	0	2	3	6	11	1	9	LWDLDW		5-1
5	16	Leeds United	11	2	5	4	13	14	2	2	2	6	4	0	3	2	7	10	-1	9	LWDDDL		0-1
4	17	Swansea Town	10	3	3	4	19	22	2	2	1	9	7	1	1	3	10	15	-3	9	DLDWDL		4-6
3	18	Bury	9	2	3	4	10	12	1	2	1	6	4	1	1	3	4	8	-2	7	LLLDWW		3-0
2	19	Southampton	11	2	3	6	17	21	1	1	3	11	11	1	2	3	6	10	-4	7	LDDLDL		0-2
1	20	Brentford	10	2	3	5	11	20	2	1	2	7	9	0	2	3	4	11	-9	7	WLLDLL		0-3
1	21	Doncaster Rovers	10	2	2	6	12	22	2	2	1	8	6	0	0	5	4	16	-10	6	WDLLWL		1-7
	22	Barnsley	9	1	2	6	9	23	1	0	3	6	9	0	2	3	3	14	-14	4	LLLLLD		1-1