The City Ground

LEEDS UNITED 0 - 2 FOREST - Sat Dec 26, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 26, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leeds United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Elland Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: K Collinge
Attendance:: 22,135
League Week:: 25 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 5 5
Opp Before/After:: 11 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Swansea City (League Tier 2)
Leeds United:: Sep 18, 1954

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1970 (of 5060)
League Tier 2:: 1145 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2165 (of 5790)
Total:: 3320 (of 7585)
Played:: 71 years, 11 months, 17 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Wally Ardron (63')
Alan Moore (78')

LEEDS UNITED
Manager: Raich Carter
Prior form: WLDLWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

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
6	M	27	Jack Burkitt
7	F	26	Alan Moore (78')
8	F	31	Noel Kelly
9	M	35	Wally Ardron (63')
10	F	29	Tom Martin
11	F	25	Sid Thompson

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	37	Harry Walker	272		1	1
2	D	27	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	217		1	1
3	D	32	Jack Hutchinson	171		1	1
4	F	28	Jack French	53	1	1	1
5	D	36	Horace Gager	246	7	1	1
6	M	27	Jack Burkitt	200	9	1	1
7	F	26	Alan Moore (78')	70	28	1	1
8	F	31	Noel Kelly	25	3	1	1
9	M	35	Wally Ardron (63')	166	116	1	1
10	F	29	Tom Martin	25	4	105	17
11	F	25	Sid Thompson	14	6	7	2

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Wood
2	D	Dunn
3	D	Hair
4	D	Kerfoot
5	D	Marsden
6	M	Burden
7	M	Williams
8	M	Nightingale
9	M	Charles
10	F	Iggleden
11	F	Burbank

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 26, 1953)

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

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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