The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 SHEFFIELD UNITED - Mon Apr 06, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Mon Apr 06, 1953 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Nottingham Journal - Tuesday 07 April 1953

Season:: 1952-53
Referee:: J Houston
Attendance:: 30,630
League Week:: 37 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 4 4
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Luton Town (League Tier 2)
Sheffield United:: Jan 08, 1955

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1940 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1115 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2135 (of 5824)
Total:: 3288 (of 7629)
Played:: 73 years, 4 months, 15 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Collin Collindridge (39')

SHEFFIELD UNITED
Manager: Reg Freeman
Prior form: WDWWDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Ringstead (52')

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	20	Bob McKinlay
6	M	27	Jack Burkitt
7	F	26	Alan Moore
8	F	26	Tot Leverton
9	M	34	Wally Ardron
10	F	30	Tommy Capel
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge (39')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Burgin
2	D	Furniss
3	D	G Shaw
4	D	J Shaw
5	D	Latham
6	M	Toner
7	M	Ringstead
8	M	Hagan
9	M	Browning
10	F	Brook
11	F	Hawksworth

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Mon Apr 06, 1953)

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

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

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	38	23	9	6	92	51	14	3	2	57	24	9	6	4	35	27	41	55	DWWDWD	Safe	1-1
	2	Huddersfield Town	37	20	9	8	67	29	11	4	3	35	10	9	5	5	32	19	38	49	DDWLWL	Safe	1-2
	3	Luton Town	37	21	6	10	79	45	14	1	4	50	16	7	5	6	29	29	34	48	WWWLDW	Safe	4-1
	4	Nottingham Forest	37	18	8	11	74	55	11	5	3	44	27	7	3	8	30	28	19	44	DWWWWD	Safe	1-1
	5	Plymouth Argyle	38	18	8	12	60	53	10	5	4	33	22	8	3	8	27	31	7	44	LWLWLD	Safe	2-2
	6	Fulham	38	16	9	13	74	63	13	1	5	48	25	3	8	8	26	38	11	41	DLDWWL	Safe	2-3
1	7	Birmingham City	37	16	9	12	61	60	10	3	6	39	34	6	6	6	22	26	1	41	LWDLLW	Safe	2-1
1	8	Leicester City	37	15	10	12	79	69	11	5	2	49	25	4	5	10	30	44	10	40	DLDWLD	Safe	0-0
	9	Blackburn Rovers	39	16	8	15	61	58	11	4	5	36	20	5	4	10	25	38	3	40	DLWWDW	Safe	4-1
	10	Swansea Town	38	14	11	13	72	73	9	8	2	42	24	5	3	11	30	49	-1	39	WWLDWW	Safe	3-2
	11	Leeds United	37	12	13	12	61	55	11	3	4	37	22	1	10	8	24	33	6	37	DWLLLD	Safe	2-2
1	12	West Ham United	38	12	13	13	53	52	8	5	6	35	26	4	8	7	18	26	1	37	WWLLLW	Safe	3-2
1	13	Rotherham United	38	15	7	16	69	69	8	6	5	37	28	7	1	11	32	41	0	37	LDLDDD	Safe	0-0
1	14	Everton	36	11	13	12	63	57	8	7	3	34	19	3	6	9	29	38	6	35	DLDDWW		2-1
1	15	Doncaster Rovers	37	10	14	13	51	58	7	8	3	22	16	3	6	10	29	42	-7	34	WLDWWL		1-2
1	16	Lincoln City	37	8	17	12	53	66	7	9	3	35	25	1	8	9	18	41	-13	33	LLDWWD		1-1
1	17	Brentford	37	12	9	16	53	69	8	6	4	33	23	4	3	12	20	46	-16	33	WLLDDL		2-3
1	18	Notts County	38	12	8	18	57	83	9	5	5	38	31	3	3	13	19	52	-26	32	WLWLLD		2-2
1	19	Hull City	37	12	7	18	52	64	10	5	4	34	18	2	2	14	18	46	-12	31	WWLLWD		1-1
2	20	Bury	38	11	9	18	49	73	8	6	5	29	29	3	3	13	20	44	-24	31	DLWWLL		1-4
	21	Southampton	37	7	12	18	57	80	3	6	9	37	42	4	6	9	20	38	-23	26	LLLDWD		2-2
	22	Barnsley	38	5	7	26	45	100	4	3	12	30	42	1	4	14	15	58	-55	17	LLLLLL	Relegated	1-4