The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 3 LEICESTER CITY - Sat Oct 11, 1952 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 11, 1952 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-3 LOST
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 11 October 1952

Season:: 1952-53
Referee:: A Bond
Attendance:: 39,282
League Week:: 13 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 6 10
Opp Before/After:: 3 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Ham United (League Tier 2)
Leicester City:: Feb 28, 1953

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1916 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1091 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2109 (of 5828)
Total:: 3261 (of 7633)
Played:: 73 years, 11 months, 1 day ago

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

Goal Scorers
Tommy Capel (43')

LEICESTER CITY
Manager: Norman Bullock
Prior form: DLLDWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Dryburgh (7')
Hines (54')
Rowley (56')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	36	Harry Walker
2	D	26	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	28	James Clarke
4	M	28	Alan Orr
5	D	35	Horace Gager
6	M	26	Jack Burkitt
7	F	25	Alan Moore
8	F	36	Freddie Scott
9	M	34	Wally Ardron
10	F	30	Tommy Capel (43')
11	F	31	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Anderson
2	D	Lever
3	D	Millburn
4	D	Baldwin
5	D	Gillies
6	M	King
7	M	Griffiths
8	M	Morris
9	M	Hines
10	F	Rowley
11	F	Dryburgh

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Oct 11, 1952)

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

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 United	12	7	2	3	22	16	5	0	1	15	5	2	2	2	7	11	6	16	WDWWLW
	2	Huddersfield Town	11	5	5	1	21	9	3	2	1	12	4	2	3	0	9	5	12	15	DDWDDL
	3	Leicester City	11	6	2	3	26	20	4	2	0	15	4	2	0	3	11	16	6	14	DLLDWW
	4	Plymouth Argyle	10	5	3	2	20	15	4	2	0	15	8	1	1	2	5	7	5	13	WWDLDL
	5	Fulham	11	6	1	4	26	20	5	0	1	20	9	1	1	3	6	11	6	13	DLWWLW
	6	Nottingham Forest	12	6	1	5	23	19	3	1	1	14	7	3	0	4	9	12	4	13	WDLLWW
	7	Birmingham City	11	5	3	3	15	16	2	2	1	10	9	3	1	2	5	7	-1	13	WWDLWL
	8	Notts County	11	6	1	4	17	24	4	1	1	12	8	2	0	3	5	16	-7	13	DWLWLW
	9	Rotherham United	11	5	2	4	24	20	3	2	1	12	8	2	0	3	12	12	4	12	WLDWWW
	10	Hull City	11	4	4	3	16	14	3	2	0	11	3	1	2	3	5	11	2	12	LDWDWL
	11	Everton	10	4	3	3	21	14	2	1	1	10	3	2	2	2	11	11	7	11	WWDWWD
	12	Luton Town	11	4	3	4	19	16	3	1	1	10	4	1	2	3	9	12	3	11	WDLDWW
	13	West Ham United	11	2	6	3	12	12	2	2	2	10	9	0	4	1	2	3	0	10	DDWDDL
	14	Lincoln City	11	3	4	4	18	20	2	2	1	11	7	1	2	3	7	13	-2	10	LDDLDL
	15	Swansea Town	11	3	4	4	21	24	2	3	1	11	9	1	1	3	10	15	-3	10	LDWDLD
	16	Blackburn Rovers	11	4	2	5	14	20	3	1	1	8	5	1	1	4	6	15	-6	10	WWLDDL
	17	Bury	10	3	3	4	13	12	2	2	1	9	4	1	1	3	4	8	1	9	LLDWWW
	18	Leeds United	12	2	5	5	15	17	2	2	2	6	4	0	3	3	9	13	-2	9	WDDDLL
	19	Brentford	11	3	3	5	13	20	2	1	2	7	9	1	2	3	6	11	-7	9	LLDLLW
	20	Southampton	12	2	3	7	18	24	1	1	4	12	14	1	2	3	6	10	-6	7	DDLDLL
	21	Barnsley	10	2	2	6	14	24	2	0	3	11	10	0	2	3	3	14	-10	6	LLLLDW
	22	Doncaster Rovers	11	2	2	7	12	24	2	2	2	8	8	0	0	5	4	16	-12	6	DLLWLL

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 United	13	8	2	3	24	17	6	0	1	17	6	2	2	2	7	11	7	18	DWWLWW		2-1
	2	Huddersfield Town	12	6	5	1	24	9	4	2	1	15	4	2	3	0	9	5	15	17	DWDDLW		3-0
	3	Leicester City	12	7	2	3	29	21	4	2	0	15	4	3	0	3	14	17	8	16	LLDWWW		3-1
	4	Plymouth Argyle	11	6	3	2	23	15	4	2	0	15	8	2	1	2	8	7	8	15	WDLDLW		3-0
4	5	Rotherham United	12	6	2	4	27	21	3	2	1	12	8	3	0	3	15	13	6	14	LDWWWW		3-1
4	6	Hull City	12	5	4	3	19	15	4	2	0	14	4	1	2	3	5	11	4	14	DWDWLW		3-1
	7	Birmingham City	12	5	4	3	16	17	2	2	1	10	9	3	2	2	6	8	-1	14	WDLWLD		1-1
3	8	Everton	11	5	3	3	22	14	3	1	1	11	3	2	2	2	11	11	8	13	WDWWDW		1-0
4	9	Fulham	12	6	1	5	27	23	5	0	1	20	9	1	1	4	7	14	4	13	LWWLWL		1-3
4	10	Nottingham Forest	13	6	1	6	24	22	3	1	2	15	10	3	0	4	9	12	2	13	DLLWWL		1-3
3	11	Notts County	12	6	1	5	17	25	4	1	1	12	8	2	0	4	5	17	-8	13	WLWLWL		0-1
4	12	Blackburn Rovers	12	5	2	5	17	20	4	1	1	11	5	1	1	4	6	15	-3	12	WLDDLW		3-0
1	13	Luton Town	12	4	3	5	19	19	3	1	1	10	4	1	2	4	9	15	0	11	DLDWWL		0-3
1	14	Swansea Town	12	3	5	4	22	25	2	4	1	12	10	1	1	3	10	15	-3	11	DWDLDD		1-1
4	15	Brentford	12	4	3	5	16	20	3	1	2	10	9	1	2	3	6	11	-4	11	LDLLWW		3-0
1	16	Bury	11	3	4	4	14	13	2	2	1	9	4	1	2	3	5	9	1	10	LDWWWD		1-1
3	17	Lincoln City	12	3	4	5	19	23	2	2	2	12	10	1	2	3	7	13	-4	10	DDLDLL		1-3
5	18	West Ham United	12	2	6	4	12	15	2	2	2	10	9	0	4	2	2	6	-3	10	DWDDLL		0-3
1	19	Leeds United	13	2	5	6	16	19	2	2	2	6	4	0	3	4	10	15	-3	9	DDDLLL		1-2
	20	Southampton	13	2	3	8	18	27	1	1	4	12	14	1	2	4	6	13	-9	7	DLDLLL		0-3
1	21	Doncaster Rovers	12	2	3	7	13	25	2	3	2	9	9	0	0	5	4	16	-12	7	LLWLLD		1-1
1	22	Barnsley	11	2	2	7	14	27	2	0	4	11	13	0	2	3	3	14	-13	6	LLLDWL		0-3