The City Ground

PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 0 - 3 FOREST - Sat Mar 28, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 28, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Plymouth Argyle
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Home Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: GreensOnScreen.com (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 28 March 1953

Season:: 1952-53
Referee:: R Burgess
Attendance:: 14,538
League Week:: 35 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 5 4
Opp Before/After:: 4 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leeds United (League Tier 2)
Plymouth Argyle:: Aug 22, 1953

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1938 (of 5060)
League Tier 2:: 1113 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2133 (of 5790)
Total:: 3286 (of 7585)
Played:: 72 years, 8 months, 15 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Jack French (60') - Jack French first goal
Wally Ardron (63')
Tot Leverton (73')

PLYMOUTH ARGYLE
Manager: Jimmy Rae
Prior form: WWWDLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	36	Harry Walker
2	D	27	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	31	Jack Hutchinson
4	F	28	Jack French (60')
5	D	36	Horace Gager
6	M	27	Jack Burkitt
7	F	26	Alan Moore
8	F	26	Tot Leverton (73')
9	M	34	Wally Ardron (63')
10	F	30	Tommy Capel
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	36	Harry Walker	252		7	1
2	D	27	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	198		7	1
3	D	31	Jack Hutchinson	153		7	1
4	F	28	Jack French (60')	21		7	1
5	D	36	Horace Gager	216	5	7	1
6	M	27	Jack Burkitt	168	6	7	1
7	F	26	Alan Moore	40	15	7	1
8	F	26	Tot Leverton (73')	84	29	7	1
9	M	34	Wally Ardron (63')	160	111	7	1
10	F	30	Tommy Capel	118	53	7	1
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge	117	38	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bill Shortt
2	D	Jack Smith
3	D	Pat Jones
4	D	Rex Tilley
5	D	Jack Chisholm
6	M	George Robertson
7	M	Harold Dobbie
8	M	Neil Dougall
9	M	Eric Davis
10	F	George Dews
11	F	Alex Govan

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 28, 1953)

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

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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