The City Ground

LUTON TOWN 3 - 0 FOREST - Sat Apr 11, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 11, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Luton Town
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Kenilworth Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-3 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 11 April 1953

Season:: 1952-53
Referee:: R Smith
Attendance:: 18,599
League Week:: 38 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 4 5
Opp Before/After:: 3 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Clyde (Friendly)
League:: Birmingham City
Luton Town:: Aug 26, 1953

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1941 (of 5060)
League Tier 2:: 1116 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2136 (of 5790)
Total:: 3289 (of 7585)
Played:: 72 years, 8 months, 2 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

LUTON TOWN
Manager: Dally Duncan
Prior form: WWWLDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Watkins (28')
Mitchell (40')
Davies (87')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	36	Harry Walker
2	D	27	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	200th appearance
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	28	Tom Martin
9	F	26	Tot Leverton
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	255		5	1
2	D	27	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	199		14	3
3	D	31	Jack Hutchinson	156		5	1
4	F	28	Jack French	24	1	5	1
5	D	36	Horace Gager	218	5	7	2
6	M	27	Jack Burkitt	171	7	5	1
7	F	26	Alan Moore	43	15	5	1
8	F	28	Tom Martin	18	3	35	6
9	F	26	Tot Leverton	87	31	5	1
10	F	30	Tommy Capel	121	53	5	1
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge	120	39	5	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Baynham
2	D	Jones
3	D	Pemberton
4	D	Morton
5	D	Owen
6	M	Shanks
7	M	Davies
8	M	Turner
9	M	Pye
10	F	Watkins
11	F	Mitchell

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 11, 1953)

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

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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