The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 2 DERBY COUNTY - Sat Nov 07, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 07, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Derby County
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-2 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post, Saturday, November 07, 1953

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: A Luty
Attendance:: 31,397
League Week:: 17 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 3 2
Opp Before/After:: 13 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Blackburn Rovers (League Tier 2)
Derby County:: Apr 10, 1954

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1962 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1137 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2157 (of 5828)
Total:: 3312 (of 7633)
Played:: 72 years, 10 months, 1 day ago

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

Goal Scorers
Alan Moore (13')
Tommy Capel (65')
Arthur Lemon (75') - Arthur Lemon only goal
Tommy Capel (88')

DERBY COUNTY
Manager: Jack Barker
Prior form: LWLWLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
McLaren (83')
Wilkins (89')

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
6	M	27	Jack Burkitt
7	F	26	Alan Moore (13')
8	F	25	Sid Thompson
9	F	21	Arthur Lemon (75')
10	F	31	Tommy Capel (65') (88')
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Middleton
2	D	Mozley
3	D	Savin
4	D	Walker
5	D	Oliver
6	M	Mays
7	M	Parry
8	M	McLaren
9	M	Wilkins
10	F	Dunn
11	F	Law

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Nov 07, 1953)

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

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	Leicester City	16	9	6	1	36	19	6	2	0	21	6	3	4	1	15	13	17	24	WDWWWW
	2	Doncaster Rovers	16	11	1	4	29	15	6	1	1	14	4	5	0	3	15	11	14	23	LLLWWW
	3	Nottingham Forest	16	9	3	4	37	22	8	1	0	31	10	1	2	4	6	12	15	21	LWWDWD
	4	Everton	16	8	5	3	31	23	5	1	1	18	10	3	4	2	13	13	8	21	WLLDWL
	5	Rotherham United	17	10	1	6	32	29	6	1	2	18	12	4	0	4	14	17	3	21	WWWWLL
	6	Birmingham City	16	8	4	4	39	21	6	2	1	28	9	2	2	3	11	12	18	20	WDWDWW
	7	Lincoln City	16	7	4	5	25	16	6	2	0	22	4	1	2	5	3	12	9	18	WWLDLW
	8	West Ham United	16	7	3	6	29	25	6	0	2	22	7	1	3	4	7	18	4	17	LLLLWL
	9	Blackburn Rovers	15	6	5	4	29	26	3	4	0	16	8	3	1	4	13	18	3	17	LWLWLD
	10	Stoke City	17	4	9	4	27	25	3	5	0	17	9	1	4	4	10	16	2	17	DDWLWL
	11	Bristol Rovers	16	5	6	5	33	26	3	3	2	15	10	2	3	3	18	16	7	16	WWDDLD
	12	Leeds United	16	5	6	5	35	32	4	3	1	22	12	1	3	4	13	20	3	16	LDDLWD
	13	Derby County	15	6	4	5	28	28	5	2	1	18	10	1	2	4	10	18	0	16	LWLWLL
	14	Luton Town	16	5	6	5	27	27	4	3	2	16	11	1	3	3	11	16	0	16	DLWWWD
	15	Swansea Town	16	5	3	8	20	30	4	2	2	12	7	1	1	6	8	23	-10	13	LDWDWL
	16	Fulham	16	4	4	8	31	37	2	2	4	17	18	2	2	4	14	19	-6	12	WWWLLW
	17	Plymouth Argyle	16	2	8	6	19	28	1	6	1	14	12	1	2	5	5	16	-9	12	LDWLDL
	18	Brentford	16	4	4	8	15	33	3	2	3	8	14	1	2	5	7	19	-18	12	LWWWLD
	19	Hull City	16	5	1	10	16	25	5	0	2	12	5	0	1	8	4	20	-9	11	WLLWLW
	20	Bury	16	2	6	8	18	33	2	3	3	15	18	0	3	5	3	15	-15	10	WLLLLL
	21	Oldham Athletic	16	3	4	9	14	28	3	3	2	7	7	0	1	7	7	21	-14	10	WLLLLW
	22	Notts County	16	3	3	10	19	41	2	0	5	8	15	1	3	5	11	26	-22	9	LLLLDW

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	Leicester City	17	9	6	2	37	22	6	2	1	22	9	3	4	1	15	13	15	24	DWWWWL		1-3
1	2	Nottingham Forest	17	10	3	4	41	24	9	1	0	35	12	1	2	4	6	12	17	23	WWDWDW		4-2
1	3	Doncaster Rovers	17	11	1	5	30	18	6	1	1	14	4	5	0	4	16	14	12	23	LLWWWL		1-3
	4	Everton	17	9	5	3	35	25	5	1	1	18	10	4	4	2	17	15	10	23	LLDWLW		4-2
1	5	Birmingham City	17	8	5	4	39	21	6	3	1	28	9	2	2	3	11	12	18	21	DWDWWD		0-0
1	6	Rotherham United	18	10	1	7	32	30	6	1	3	18	13	4	0	4	14	17	2	21	WWWLLL		0-1
1	7	West Ham United	17	8	3	6	34	25	7	0	2	27	7	1	3	4	7	18	9	19	LLLWLW		5-0
1	8	Lincoln City	17	7	4	6	27	20	6	2	0	22	4	1	2	6	5	16	7	18	WLDLWL		2-4
3	9	Leeds United	17	6	6	5	38	33	5	3	1	25	13	1	3	4	13	20	5	18	DDLWDW		3-1
1	10	Blackburn Rovers	16	6	6	4	29	26	3	4	0	16	8	3	2	4	13	18	3	18	WLWLDD		0-0
	11	Bristol Rovers	17	5	7	5	36	29	3	3	2	15	10	2	4	3	21	19	7	17	WDDLDD		3-3
2	12	Luton Town	17	5	7	5	28	28	4	4	2	17	12	1	3	3	11	16	0	17	LWWWDD		1-1
3	13	Stoke City	18	4	9	5	29	29	3	5	1	19	13	1	4	4	10	16	0	17	DWLWLL		2-4
1	14	Derby County	16	6	4	6	30	32	5	2	1	18	10	1	2	5	12	22	-2	16	WLWLLL		2-4
	15	Swansea Town	17	6	3	8	24	32	5	2	2	16	9	1	1	6	8	23	-8	15	DWDWLW		4-2
	16	Fulham	17	5	4	8	34	38	3	2	4	20	19	2	2	4	14	19	-4	14	WWLLWW		3-1
2	17	Hull City	17	6	1	10	19	26	5	0	2	12	5	1	1	8	7	21	-7	13	LLWLWW		3-1
1	18	Plymouth Argyle	17	2	9	6	22	31	1	7	1	17	15	1	2	5	5	16	-9	13	DWLDLD		3-3
1	19	Brentford	17	4	5	8	16	34	3	2	3	8	14	1	3	5	8	20	-18	13	WWWLDD		1-1
2	20	Notts County	17	4	3	10	20	41	2	0	5	8	15	2	3	5	12	26	-21	11	LLLDWW		1-0
	21	Oldham Athletic	17	3	4	10	15	31	3	3	2	7	7	0	1	8	8	24	-16	10	LLLLWL		1-3
2	22	Bury	17	2	6	9	18	38	2	3	3	15	18	0	3	6	3	20	-20	10	LLLLLL		0-5