The City Ground

FOREST 5 - 0 NOTTS COUNTY - Sat Oct 10, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 10, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Notts County
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 5-0 WON
: Half-time: 3-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post, Saturday, October 10, 1953

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: A Murdoch
Attendance:: 30,559
League Week:: 13 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 6 4
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Lincoln City (League Tier 2)
Notts County:: Feb 27, 1954

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1958 (of 5060)
League Tier 2:: 1133 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2153 (of 5790)
Total:: 3308 (of 7585)
Played:: 72 years, 2 months, 3 days ago

Review
County had no less than 5 former Forest players in their lineup including their captain Tot Leverton

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

Goal Scorers
Horace Gager (15') (Pen)
Collin Collindridge (28')
Tommy Capel (38')
Sid Thompson (74') - Sid Thompson first goal
Johnston (80') (OG)

NOTTS COUNTY
Manager: George Poyser
Prior form: LLDLLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Bill Farmer
2	D	28	Bill Whare
3	D	27	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	F	28	Jack French
5	D	36	Horace Gager (15')
6	M	27	Jack Burkitt
7	F	26	Alan Moore
8	F	25	Sid Thompson (74')
9	F	21	Arthur Lemon
10	F	31	Tommy Capel (38')
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge (28')

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	25	Bill Farmer	4		7	1
2	D	28	Bill Whare	127	1	7	1
3	D	27	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	205		7	1
4	F	28	Jack French	41	1	7	1
5	D	36	Horace Gager (15')	235	5	7	1
6	M	27	Jack Burkitt	188	9	7	1
7	F	26	Alan Moore	58	23	7	1
8	F	25	Sid Thompson (74')	3		7	1
9	F	21	Arthur Lemon	4		7	1
10	F	31	Tommy Capel (38')	137	59	7	1
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge (28')	137	45	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bradley
2	D	Southwell
3	D	Deans
4	D	Johnston
5	D	Baxter
6	M	Jarvis
7	M	Coole
8	M	Wylie
9	M	Tot Leverton (c)
10	F	Edwards
11	F	Crookes

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Oct 10, 1953)

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

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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