The City Ground

EVERTON 3 - 3 FOREST - Sat Dec 12, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 12, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Everton
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Goodison Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-3 DRAWN
: Half-time: 2-3

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post, Saturday, December 12, 1953

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: T Seymour
Attendance:: 33,192
League Week:: 22 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 6 6
Opp Before/After:: 3 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Plymouth Argyle (League Tier 2)
Everton:: Dec 14, 1957

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1967 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1142 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2162 (of 5828)
Total:: 3317 (of 7633)
Played:: 72 years, 8 months, 29 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Sid Thompson (27')
Horace Gager (34') (Pen)
Alan Moore (85')

EVERTON
Manager: Cliff Britton
Prior form: LWDDWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Hickson (10')
Parker (13')
Hickson (36')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	37	Harry Walker
2	D	27	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	32	Jack Hutchinson
4	F	28	Jack French
5	D	36	Horace Gager (34')
6	M	27	Jack Burkitt
7	F	26	Alan Moore (85')
8	F	25	Sid Thompson (27')
9	M	35	Wally Ardron
10	F	31	Noel Kelly
11	F	21	Arthur Lemon

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	O�Neill
2	D	Moore
3	D	Lindsay
4	D	Farrell
5	D	Donovan
6	M	Lello
7	M	Buckle
8	M	Fielding
9	M	Hickson
10	F	Parker
11	F	Egglington

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 12, 1953)

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

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	21	11	7	3	53	28	8	2	1	37	11	3	5	2	16	17	25	29	WLDWLW
	2	Doncaster Rovers	21	12	3	6	36	24	7	1	2	18	8	5	2	4	18	16	12	27	WLWDLD
	3	Everton	21	10	7	4	41	34	6	2	1	22	13	4	5	3	19	21	7	27	LWDDWL
	4	Birmingham City	21	10	6	5	48	27	7	4	1	33	10	3	2	4	15	17	21	26	WDLDWW
	5	Rotherham United	22	12	2	8	42	37	7	2	3	24	16	5	0	5	18	21	5	26	LLLDWW
	6	Nottingham Forest	21	10	5	6	45	31	9	3	0	38	15	1	2	6	7	16	14	25	DWLDLD
	7	Luton Town	21	9	7	5	38	33	6	4	2	22	15	3	3	3	16	18	5	25	DDWWWW
	8	Leeds United	21	7	8	6	45	40	6	4	1	27	14	1	4	5	18	26	5	22	DWDWLD
	9	Stoke City	22	6	10	6	35	34	4	5	2	22	16	2	5	4	13	18	1	22	LLWLDW
	10	Lincoln City	21	8	5	8	35	37	7	3	0	27	8	1	2	8	8	29	-2	21	WLWLDL
	11	Swansea Town	21	9	3	9	30	37	7	2	2	19	10	2	1	7	11	27	-7	21	LWWWLW
	12	Bristol Rovers	21	6	8	7	42	34	4	3	3	18	11	2	5	4	24	23	8	20	DDLDWL
	13	West Ham United	21	8	4	9	38	33	7	1	3	29	10	1	3	6	9	23	5	20	LWLDLL
	14	Fulham	21	7	6	8	45	42	5	2	4	29	21	2	4	4	16	21	3	20	WWDWDW
	15	Blackburn Rovers	20	7	6	7	35	33	4	4	1	20	11	3	2	6	15	22	2	20	DDWLLL
	16	Derby County	20	7	4	9	39	44	6	2	2	23	14	1	2	7	16	30	-5	18	LLLLWL
	17	Plymouth Argyle	21	4	10	7	28	36	2	8	1	20	17	2	2	6	8	19	-8	18	LDLWWD
	18	Notts County	21	6	5	10	24	43	2	2	5	9	16	4	3	5	15	27	-19	17	WWDWDW
	19	Hull City	21	7	2	12	23	34	6	0	3	15	8	1	2	9	8	26	-11	16	WWLLWD
	20	Brentford	21	5	5	11	17	42	4	2	4	9	15	1	3	7	8	27	-25	15	DDWLLL
	21	Bury	21	3	8	10	26	46	3	4	3	21	23	0	4	7	5	23	-20	14	LLDDWL
	22	Oldham Athletic	21	4	5	12	22	38	4	3	3	12	11	0	2	9	10	27	-16	13	WLWLLD

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	22	11	7	4	54	30	8	2	1	37	11	3	5	3	17	19	24	29	LDWLWL		1-2
	2	Doncaster Rovers	22	13	3	6	37	24	8	1	2	19	8	5	2	4	18	16	13	29	LWDLDW		1-0
	3	Everton	22	10	8	4	44	37	6	3	1	25	16	4	5	3	19	21	7	28	WDDWLD		3-3
3	4	Luton Town	22	10	7	5	40	34	6	4	2	22	15	4	3	3	18	19	6	27	DWWWWW		2-1
1	5	Birmingham City	22	10	6	6	48	30	7	4	1	33	10	3	2	5	15	20	18	26	DLDWWL		0-3
	6	Nottingham Forest	22	10	6	6	48	34	9	3	0	38	15	1	3	6	10	19	14	26	WLDLDD		3-3
2	7	Rotherham United	23	12	2	9	42	40	7	2	3	24	16	5	0	6	18	24	2	26	LLDWWL		0-3
1	8	Stoke City	23	6	11	6	35	34	4	5	2	22	16	2	6	4	13	18	1	23	LWLDWD		0-0
3	9	Bristol Rovers	22	7	8	7	44	35	5	3	3	20	12	2	5	4	24	23	9	22	DLDWLW		2-1
3	10	West Ham United	22	9	4	9	40	34	7	1	3	29	10	2	3	6	11	24	6	22	WLDLLW		2-1
4	11	Blackburn Rovers	21	8	6	7	38	33	5	4	1	23	11	3	2	6	15	22	5	22	DWLLLW		3-0
4	12	Leeds United	22	7	8	7	45	42	6	4	1	27	14	1	4	6	18	28	3	22	WDWLDL		0-2
3	13	Lincoln City	22	8	5	9	36	39	7	3	1	28	10	1	2	8	8	29	-3	21	LWLDLL		1-2
3	14	Swansea Town	22	9	3	10	30	38	7	2	2	19	10	2	1	8	11	28	-8	21	WWWLWL		0-1
1	15	Fulham	22	7	6	9	46	44	5	2	4	29	21	2	4	5	17	23	2	20	WDWDWL		1-2
	16	Derby County	21	8	4	9	41	45	7	2	2	25	15	1	2	7	16	30	-4	20	LLLWLW		2-1
1	17	Notts County	22	7	5	10	26	43	3	2	5	11	16	4	3	5	15	27	-17	19	WDWDWW		2-0
1	18	Hull City	22	8	2	12	26	34	7	0	3	18	8	1	2	9	8	26	-8	18	WLLWDW		3-0
2	19	Plymouth Argyle	22	4	10	8	28	39	2	8	1	20	17	2	2	7	8	22	-11	18	DLWWDL		0-3
1	20	Bury	22	4	8	10	29	46	4	4	3	24	23	0	4	7	5	23	-17	16	LDDWLW		3-0
1	21	Brentford	22	5	6	11	17	42	4	3	4	9	15	1	3	7	8	27	-25	16	DWLLLD		0-0
	22	Oldham Athletic	22	4	5	13	23	40	4	3	4	13	13	0	2	9	10	27	-17	13	LWLLDL		1-2