The City Ground

FULHAM 0 - 1 FOREST - Sat Mar 14, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 14, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Fulham
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Craven Cottage
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 14 March 1953

Season:: 1952-53
Referee:: H Toothill
Attendance:: 22,892
League Week:: 33 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 8 5
Opp Before/After:: 6 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Rotherham United (League Tier 2)
Fulham:: Sep 26, 1953

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1936 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1111 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2131 (of 5828)
Total:: 3284 (of 7633)
Played:: 73 years, 5 months, 26 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Gareth Taylor (38') (OG)

FULHAM
Manager: Bill Dodgin Sr.
Prior form: DLWDWD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	36	Harry Walker
2	D	27	Bill Whare
3	D	31	Jack Hutchinson
4	F	28	Jack French
5	D	36	Horace Gager
6	M	27	Jack Burkitt
7	F	26	Alan Moore
8	F	26	Tot Leverton
9	M	34	Wally Ardron
10	F	21	Arthur Lemon
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Black
2	D	Bacuzzi
3	D	Lawler
4	D	Smith
5	D	Gareth Taylor
6	M	Hill
7	M	Stevens
8	M	Brennan
9	M	Jezzard
10	F	Haynes
11	F	Mitten

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 14, 1953)

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

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	33	20	7	6	80	43	12	3	2	52	22	8	4	4	28	21	37	47	WWLWWD	Safe
	2	Huddersfield Town	32	18	8	6	59	25	9	4	3	29	10	9	4	3	30	15	34	44	WWLLWD	Safe
	3	Luton Town	31	17	5	9	63	39	11	1	4	37	13	6	4	5	26	26	24	39	WWWLLD
	4	Plymouth Argyle	32	16	7	9	50	43	10	4	2	30	15	6	3	7	20	28	7	39	WWWWWD
	5	Leicester City	32	14	8	10	75	64	10	5	1	45	21	4	3	9	30	43	11	36	LLDLDD
	6	Fulham	33	14	8	11	62	55	12	1	3	41	21	2	7	8	21	34	7	36	DLWDWD
	7	Birmingham City	31	14	8	9	53	51	9	2	5	34	29	5	6	4	19	22	2	36	WWWLDL
	8	Nottingham Forest	32	14	7	11	63	50	9	4	3	37	22	5	3	8	26	28	13	35	DDLWDD
	9	Leeds United	32	11	12	9	56	46	10	3	3	35	18	1	9	6	21	28	10	34	LWDWLD
	10	Rotherham United	33	15	3	15	63	62	8	3	5	35	26	7	0	10	28	36	1	33	LWLDWL
	11	Blackburn Rovers	33	13	6	14	50	53	10	3	4	32	16	3	3	10	18	37	-3	32	DWWLDD
	12	West Ham United	32	9	13	10	40	39	7	5	4	30	20	2	8	6	10	19	1	31	LLLDDD
	13	Swansea Town	32	10	10	12	55	66	6	8	2	30	20	4	2	10	25	46	-11	30	WLWDWW
	14	Everton	31	9	11	11	53	48	6	6	3	27	15	3	5	8	26	33	5	29	DWLDDD
	15	Brentford	31	11	7	13	46	54	8	4	3	31	18	3	3	10	15	36	-8	29	DLDWWW
	16	Doncaster Rovers	32	8	13	11	43	51	6	7	3	21	16	2	6	8	22	35	-8	29	DDWLLW
	17	Lincoln City	31	6	15	10	42	58	5	9	2	28	22	1	6	8	14	36	-16	27	LWDDLD
	18	Notts County	32	10	7	15	48	67	7	5	4	33	24	3	2	11	15	43	-19	27	WLLLDL
	19	Bury	32	9	8	15	40	59	6	5	5	22	26	3	3	10	18	33	-19	26	LDDWWL
	20	Hull City	31	9	6	16	43	57	8	4	4	30	17	1	2	12	13	40	-14	24	DLLDLW
	21	Southampton	32	6	10	16	49	65	3	4	8	30	32	3	6	8	19	33	-16	22	DDDWLL
	22	Barnsley	32	5	7	20	41	79	4	3	9	28	34	1	4	11	13	45	-38	17	LLDDLD

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	34	21	7	6	82	44	12	3	2	52	22	9	4	4	30	22	38	49	WLWWDW	Safe	2-1
	2	Huddersfield Town	33	18	9	6	60	26	9	4	3	29	10	9	5	3	31	16	34	45	WLLWDD	Safe	1-1
	3	Luton Town	32	18	5	9	69	39	12	1	4	43	13	6	4	5	26	26	30	41	WWLLDW	Safe	6-0
	4	Plymouth Argyle	33	16	7	10	51	45	10	4	3	31	17	6	3	7	20	28	6	39	WWWWDL		1-2
3	5	Nottingham Forest	33	15	7	11	64	50	9	4	3	37	22	6	3	8	27	28	14	37	DLWDDW		1-0
3	6	Leeds United	33	12	12	9	58	47	11	3	3	37	19	1	9	6	21	28	11	36	WDWLDW		2-1
2	7	Leicester City	33	14	8	11	77	67	10	5	2	47	24	4	3	9	30	43	10	36	LDLDDL		2-3
2	8	Fulham	34	14	8	12	62	56	12	1	4	41	22	2	7	8	21	34	6	36	LWDWDL		0-1
2	9	Birmingham City	32	14	8	10	54	53	9	2	6	35	31	5	6	4	19	22	1	36	WWLDLL		1-2
	10	Rotherham United	34	15	4	15	63	62	8	4	5	35	26	7	0	10	28	36	1	34	WLDWLD		0-0
1	11	West Ham United	33	10	13	10	43	40	8	5	4	33	21	2	8	6	10	19	3	33	LLDDDW		3-1
1	12	Blackburn Rovers	34	13	7	14	50	53	10	3	4	32	16	3	4	10	18	37	-3	33	WWLDDD		0-0
	13	Swansea Town	33	11	10	12	59	67	6	8	2	30	20	5	2	10	29	47	-8	32	LWDWWW		4-1
1	14	Brentford	32	12	7	13	49	56	8	4	3	31	18	4	3	10	18	38	-7	31	LDWWWW		3-2
1	15	Everton	32	9	11	12	54	51	6	6	3	27	15	3	5	9	27	36	3	29	WLDDDL		1-3
	16	Doncaster Rovers	33	8	13	12	46	55	6	7	3	21	16	2	6	9	25	39	-9	29	DWLLWL		3-4
1	17	Notts County	33	11	7	15	52	70	8	5	4	37	27	3	2	11	15	43	-18	29	LLLDLW		4-3
1	18	Lincoln City	32	6	15	11	43	60	5	9	2	28	22	1	6	9	15	38	-17	27	WDDLDL		1-2
	19	Bury	33	9	9	15	41	60	6	6	5	23	27	3	3	10	18	33	-19	27	DDWWLD		1-1
	20	Hull City	32	10	6	16	45	58	8	4	4	30	17	2	2	12	15	41	-13	26	LLDLWW		2-1
	21	Southampton	33	6	10	17	50	69	3	4	9	31	36	3	6	8	19	33	-19	22	DDWLLL		1-4
	22	Barnsley	33	5	7	21	41	85	4	3	9	28	34	1	4	12	13	51	-44	17	LDDLDL		0-6