The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 LEEDS UNITED - Sat Apr 04, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 04, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leeds United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 04 April 1953

Season:: 1952-53
Referee:: C Fletcher
Attendance:: 18,734
League Week:: 36 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 5 4
Opp Before/After:: 10 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield United (League Tier 2)
Leeds United:: Apr 22, 1953

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1939 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1114 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2134 (of 5828)
Total:: 3287 (of 7633)
Played:: 73 years, 5 months, 4 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Jack Burkitt (44')
Tot Leverton (75')

LEEDS UNITED
Manager: Major Frank Buckley
Prior form: WLDWLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Nightingale (46')

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 (44')
7	F	26	Alan Moore
8	F	26	Tot Leverton (75')
9	M	34	Wally Ardron
10	F	30	Tommy Capel
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Scott
2	D	Dunn
3	D	Hair
4	D	Kirfoot
5	D	Marsden
6	M	Burden
7	M	McCall
8	M	Nightingale
9	M	Forrest
10	F	Iggleden
11	F	Meek

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 04, 1953)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	0-1	Southampton
Blackburn Rovers	1-1	Luton Town
Brentford	1-1	Rotherham United
Everton	2-0	Plymouth Argyle
Huddersfield Town	1-0	Leicester City
Hull City	2-0	Birmingham City
Lincoln City	4-0	Bury
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Leeds United
Sheffield United	2-1	Notts County
Swansea Town	4-1	West Ham 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 United	36	22	8	6	89	49	13	3	2	55	23	9	5	4	34	26	40	52	WWDWWD	Safe
	2	Huddersfield Town	35	19	9	7	65	27	10	4	3	34	10	9	5	4	31	17	38	47	LWDDWL	Safe
	3	Luton Town	35	20	5	10	74	43	13	1	4	46	15	7	4	6	28	28	31	45	LDWWWL	Safe
	4	Plymouth Argyle	36	18	7	11	58	49	10	4	4	31	20	8	3	7	27	29	9	43	WDLWLW	Safe
	5	Nottingham Forest	35	17	7	11	71	53	10	4	3	41	25	7	3	8	30	28	18	41	WDDWWW	Safe
	6	Fulham	37	16	9	12	72	60	13	1	4	46	22	3	8	8	26	38	12	41	WDLDWW	Safe
	7	Leicester City	35	15	9	11	79	68	11	5	2	49	25	4	4	9	30	43	11	39	LDDLDW	Safe
	8	Birmingham City	35	15	9	11	59	57	9	3	6	37	33	6	6	5	22	24	2	39	DLLWDL	Safe
	9	Blackburn Rovers	37	15	7	15	56	56	11	3	5	35	19	4	4	10	21	37	0	37	DDDLWW
	10	Leeds United	35	12	12	11	58	51	11	3	4	37	22	1	9	7	21	29	7	36	WLDWLL
	11	West Ham United	36	11	13	12	49	46	8	5	6	35	26	3	8	6	14	20	3	35	DDWWLL
	12	Rotherham United	36	15	5	16	68	68	8	5	5	37	28	7	0	11	31	40	0	35	DWLDLD
	13	Swansea Town	36	12	11	13	65	70	7	8	2	35	21	5	3	11	30	49	-5	35	WWWWLD
	14	Doncaster Rovers	36	10	14	12	50	56	7	8	3	22	16	3	6	9	28	40	-6	34	LWLDWW
	15	Brentford	35	12	8	15	50	65	8	5	4	32	22	4	3	11	18	43	-15	32	WWWLLD
	16	Everton	34	9	13	12	59	56	6	7	3	30	18	3	6	9	29	38	3	31	DDDLDD
	17	Bury	36	11	9	16	48	65	8	6	5	29	29	3	3	11	19	36	-17	31	WLDLWW
	18	Notts County	36	12	7	17	54	79	9	5	5	38	31	3	2	12	16	48	-25	31	DLWLWL
	19	Lincoln City	35	7	16	12	48	65	6	9	3	31	25	1	7	9	17	40	-17	30	LDLLDW
	20	Hull City	35	11	6	18	49	63	9	4	4	31	17	2	2	14	18	46	-14	28	LWWWLL
	21	Southampton	35	6	11	18	54	78	3	5	9	35	40	3	6	9	19	38	-24	23	WLLLLD
	22	Barnsley	36	5	7	24	44	95	4	3	10	29	37	1	4	14	15	58	-51	17	LDLLLL

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	37	23	8	6	91	50	14	3	2	57	24	9	5	4	34	26	41	54	WDWWDW	Safe	2-1
	2	Huddersfield Town	36	20	9	7	66	27	11	4	3	35	10	9	5	4	31	17	39	49	WDDWLW	Safe	1-0
	3	Luton Town	36	20	6	10	75	44	13	1	4	46	15	7	5	6	29	29	31	46	DWWWLD	Safe	1-1
1	4	Nottingham Forest	36	18	7	11	73	54	11	4	3	43	26	7	3	8	30	28	19	43	DDWWWW	Safe	2-1
1	5	Plymouth Argyle	37	18	7	12	58	51	10	4	4	31	20	8	3	8	27	31	7	43	DLWLWL	Safe	0-2
	6	Fulham	37	16	9	12	72	60	13	1	4	46	22	3	8	8	26	38	12	41	WDLDWW	Safe
	7	Leicester City	36	15	9	12	79	69	11	5	2	49	25	4	4	10	30	44	10	39	DDLDWL	Safe	0-1
	8	Birmingham City	36	15	9	12	59	59	9	3	6	37	33	6	6	6	22	26	0	39	LLWDLL	Safe	0-2
	9	Blackburn Rovers	38	15	8	15	57	57	11	4	5	36	20	4	4	10	21	37	0	38	DDLWWD	Safe	1-1
3	10	Swansea Town	37	13	11	13	69	71	8	8	2	39	22	5	3	11	30	49	-2	37	WWWLDW		4-1
1	11	Leeds United	36	12	12	12	59	53	11	3	4	37	22	1	9	8	22	31	6	36	LDWLLL		1-2
	12	Rotherham United	37	15	6	16	69	69	8	5	5	37	28	7	1	11	32	41	0	36	WLDLDD		1-1
2	13	West Ham United	37	11	13	13	50	50	8	5	6	35	26	3	8	7	15	24	0	35	DWWLLL		1-4
	14	Doncaster Rovers	36	10	14	12	50	56	7	8	3	22	16	3	6	9	28	40	-6	34	LWLDWW
1	15	Everton	35	10	13	12	61	56	7	7	3	32	18	3	6	9	29	38	5	33	DDLDDW		2-0
1	16	Brentford	36	12	9	15	51	66	8	6	4	33	23	4	3	11	18	43	-15	33	WWLLDD		1-1
2	17	Lincoln City	36	8	16	12	52	65	7	9	3	35	25	1	7	9	17	40	-13	32	DLLDWW		4-0
1	18	Bury	37	11	9	17	48	69	8	6	5	29	29	3	3	12	19	40	-21	31	LDLWWL		0-4
1	19	Notts County	37	12	7	18	55	81	9	5	5	38	31	3	2	13	17	50	-26	31	LWLWLL		1-2
	20	Hull City	36	12	6	18	51	63	10	4	4	33	17	2	2	14	18	46	-12	30	WWWLLW		2-0
	21	Southampton	36	7	11	18	55	78	3	5	9	35	40	4	6	9	20	38	-23	25	LLLLDW		1-0
	22	Barnsley	37	5	7	25	44	96	4	3	11	29	38	1	4	14	15	58	-52	17	DLLLLL	Relegated	0-1