The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 LEICESTER CITY - Sat Jan 23, 1954 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 23, 1954 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: F Thurman
Attendance:: 34,423
League Week:: 28 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 6 4
Opp Before/After:: 1 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Aston Villa (Friendly)
League:: Stoke City
Leicester City:: Aug 22, 1955

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1973 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1148 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2169 (of 5824)
Total:: 3324 (of 7629)
Played:: 72 years, 6 months, 26 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Tommy Capel (11')
Hugh McLaren (69') - Hugh McLaren first goal
Hugh McLaren (86')

LEICESTER CITY
Manager: Norman Bullock
Prior form: LWWDLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Rowley (77')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	37	Harry Walker
2	D	27	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	32	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	30	Alan Orr
5	D	36	Horace Gager
6	M	28	Jack Burkitt
7	F	26	Alan Moore
8	F	32	Noel Kelly
9	M	35	Wally Ardron
10	F	31	Tommy Capel (11')
11	F	27	Hugh McLaren (69') (86')	Debut

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Anderson
2	D	Lever
3	D	Jackson
4	D	Baldwin
5	D	Fincham
6	M	Russell
7	M	Griffiths
8	M	Morris
9	M	Hines
10	F	Rowley
11	F	Small

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Jan 23, 1954)

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

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	27	13	8	6	65	44	10	2	2	46	17	3	6	4	19	27	21	34	LWWDLL
	2	Everton	26	12	10	4	50	38	8	4	1	31	17	4	6	3	19	21	12	34	LDWWDD
	3	Doncaster Rovers	27	15	3	9	44	33	9	1	3	23	12	6	2	6	21	21	11	33	WWLLWL
	4	Birmingham City	27	13	6	8	61	39	8	4	2	38	13	5	2	6	23	26	22	32	LWWLLW
	5	Blackburn Rovers	27	13	6	8	55	37	7	4	2	31	14	6	2	6	24	23	18	32	WWWLWW
	6	Nottingham Forest	27	13	6	8	57	41	11	3	0	45	18	2	3	8	12	23	16	32	DLWWWL
	7	Luton Town	27	12	8	7	47	40	8	4	2	27	17	4	4	5	20	23	7	32	WLLWWD
	8	Rotherham United	28	14	3	11	52	51	8	3	4	30	21	6	0	7	22	30	1	31	LLLDWW
	9	Stoke City	27	8	12	7	47	39	6	5	3	32	19	2	7	4	15	20	8	28	WDLDWW
	10	Fulham	27	10	7	10	61	53	7	2	5	39	27	3	5	5	22	26	8	27	LWWDWL
	11	Bristol Rovers	27	8	10	9	46	41	5	5	4	21	14	3	5	5	25	27	5	26	WLLDWD
	12	West Ham United	26	11	4	11	47	42	8	1	3	30	10	3	3	8	17	32	5	26	LWLWLW
	13	Leeds United	27	9	8	10	58	56	7	4	2	34	17	2	4	8	24	39	2	26	LWLLWL
	14	Derby County	27	10	6	11	49	53	8	2	3	28	17	2	4	8	21	36	-4	26	DLWWLD
	15	Hull City	26	11	2	13	40	38	10	0	3	32	9	1	2	10	8	29	2	24	DWWWLW
	16	Lincoln City	27	9	6	12	41	52	8	4	2	33	14	1	2	10	8	38	-11	24	LLLWLD
	17	Plymouth Argyle	27	6	11	10	38	46	4	9	1	28	19	2	2	9	10	27	-8	23	LWLDLW
	18	Swansea Town	27	9	5	13	35	51	7	4	3	23	16	2	1	10	12	35	-16	23	LLDLLD
	19	Notts County	27	8	6	13	30	56	4	3	6	13	22	4	3	7	17	34	-26	22	WDLWLL
	20	Bury	26	5	10	11	34	49	5	4	3	28	23	0	6	8	6	26	-15	20	LWDWLD
	21	Brentford	27	6	8	13	21	49	5	4	4	12	16	1	4	9	9	33	-28	20	DDWLLD
	22	Oldham Athletic	26	5	5	16	26	56	5	3	4	15	13	0	2	12	11	43	-30	15	DLLLWL

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	1	Everton	27	12	11	4	52	40	8	4	1	31	17	4	7	3	21	23	12	35	DWWDDD		2-2
2	2	Birmingham City	28	14	6	8	62	39	9	4	2	39	13	5	2	6	23	26	23	34	WWLLWW		1-0
2	3	Blackburn Rovers	28	14	6	8	58	38	8	4	2	34	15	6	2	6	24	23	20	34	WWLWWW		3-1
2	4	Nottingham Forest	28	14	6	8	60	42	12	3	0	48	19	2	3	8	12	23	18	34	LWWWLW		3-1
4	5	Leicester City	28	13	8	7	66	47	10	2	2	46	17	3	6	5	20	30	19	34	WWDLLL		1-3
3	6	Doncaster Rovers	28	15	4	9	46	35	9	2	3	25	14	6	2	6	21	21	11	34	WLLWLD		2-2
	7	Luton Town	28	12	9	7	48	41	8	5	2	28	18	4	4	5	20	23	7	33	LLWWDD		1-1
	8	Rotherham United	29	14	4	11	53	52	8	3	4	30	21	6	1	7	23	31	1	32	LLDWWD		1-1
1	9	Fulham	28	11	7	10	63	54	7	2	5	39	27	4	5	5	24	27	9	29	WWDWLW		2-1
1	10	Stoke City	28	8	12	8	47	40	6	5	3	32	19	2	7	5	15	21	7	28	DLDWWL		0-1
	11	Bristol Rovers	28	8	11	9	47	42	5	5	4	21	14	3	6	5	26	28	5	27	LLDWDD		1-1
	12	West Ham United	27	11	5	11	48	43	8	2	3	31	11	3	3	8	17	32	5	27	WLWLWD		1-1
1	13	Derby County	28	10	7	11	49	53	8	3	3	28	17	2	4	8	21	36	-4	27	LWWLDD		0-0
1	14	Leeds United	28	9	8	11	59	58	7	4	3	35	19	2	4	8	24	39	1	26	WLLWLL		1-2
1	15	Lincoln City	28	10	6	12	42	52	8	4	2	33	14	2	2	10	9	38	-10	26	LLWLDW		1-0
1	16	Hull City	27	11	2	14	41	41	10	0	3	32	9	1	2	11	9	32	0	24	WWWLWL		1-3
	17	Plymouth Argyle	28	6	12	10	39	47	4	10	1	29	20	2	2	9	10	27	-8	24	WLDLWD		1-1
	18	Swansea Town	28	9	6	13	36	52	7	4	3	23	16	2	2	10	13	36	-16	24	LDLLDD		1-1
	19	Notts County	28	8	7	13	30	56	4	3	6	13	22	4	4	7	17	34	-26	23	DLWLLD		0-0
	20	Bury	27	6	10	11	35	49	6	4	3	29	23	0	6	8	6	26	-14	22	WDWLDW		1-0
	21	Brentford	28	6	8	14	21	50	5	4	5	12	17	1	4	9	9	33	-29	20	DWLLDL		0-1
	22	Oldham Athletic	27	5	5	17	26	57	5	3	4	15	13	0	2	13	11	44	-31	15	LLLWLL		0-1