The City Ground

BLACKBURN ROVERS 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Nov 14, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 14, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ewood Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post, Saturday, November 14, 1953

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: E Crawford
Attendance:: 16,549
League Week:: 18 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 2 4
Opp Before/After:: 10 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Doncaster Rovers (League Tier 2)
Blackburn Rovers:: Apr 17, 1954

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1963 (of 5061)
League Tier 2:: 1138 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2158 (of 5791)
Total:: 3313 (of 7586)
Played:: 72 years, 1 month, 1 day ago

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

Goal Scorers

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Johnny Carey
Prior form: WLWLDD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Briggs (60')
Briggs (73')

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
8	F	25	Sid Thompson
9	F	21	Arthur Lemon
10	F	31	Tommy Capel
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	25	Bill Farmer	7		7	1
2	D	28	Bill Whare	132	1	7	1
3	D	27	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	210		7	1
4	F	28	Jack French	46	1	7	1
5	D	36	Horace Gager	240	6	7	1
6	M	27	Jack Burkitt	193	9	7	1
7	F	26	Alan Moore	63	25	7	1
8	F	25	Sid Thompson	8	3	7	1
9	F	21	Arthur Lemon	9	1	7	1
10	F	31	Tommy Capel	142	64	7	1
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge	142	46	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Elvy
2	D	Suart
3	D	Ekersley
4	D	Smith
5	D	Kelly
6	M	Bell
7	M	McLean
8	M	Crossan
9	M	Briggs
10	F	Quigley
11	F	Langton

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Nov 14, 1953)

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

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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