The City Ground

BURY 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Nov 28, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 28, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bury
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Gigg Lane
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post, Saturday, November 28, 1953

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: H Hawthorne
Attendance:: 11,915
League Week:: 20 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 4 5
Opp Before/After:: 22 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Oldham Athletic (League Tier 2)
Bury:: Apr 03, 1954

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1965 (of 5060)
League Tier 2:: 1140 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2160 (of 5790)
Total:: 3315 (of 7585)
Played:: 72 years, 15 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Alan Moore (81')

BURY
Manager: Johnny McNeil
Prior form: LLLLDD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Horace Gager (2') (OG) - Own goal in the 2nd minute
Tilley (61')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	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 (81')
8	F	25	Sid Thompson
9	F	21	Arthur Lemon
10	F	31	Tommy Capel
11	F	33	Collin Collindridge

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	26	Bill Farmer	9		7	1
2	D	28	Bill Whare	134	1	7	1
3	D	27	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	212		7	1
4	F	28	Jack French	48	1	7	1
5	D	36	Horace Gager	242	6	7	1
6	M	27	Jack Burkitt	195	9	7	1
7	F	26	Alan Moore (81')	65	25	7	1
8	F	25	Sid Thompson	10	5	7	1
9	F	21	Arthur Lemon	11	1	7	1
10	F	31	Tommy Capel	144	64	7	1
11	F	33	Collin Collindridge	144	46	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Goram
2	D	Fairclough
3	D	Griffiths
4	D	Daniel
5	D	Hart
6	M	Bardsley
7	M	Gleadall
8	M	Tilley
9	M	Plant
10	F	Kelly
11	F	Imlach

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Nov 28, 1953)

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

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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