The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 READING - Sat Oct 22, 1949 (League Tier 3)

Date:: Sat Oct 22, 1949 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Reading
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 3
Score:: 1-2 LOST

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1949-50
Referee:: H Pearce
Attendance:: 21,688
Pos Before/After:: 3 4
Opp Before/After:: 10 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Watford (League Tier 3)
Reading:: Mar 11, 1950

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1787 (of 5007)
League Tier 3:: 14 (of 226)
Competitive:: 1974 (of 5724)
Total:: 3113 (of 7505)
Played:: 74 years, 5 months, 28 days ago

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

Goals
Wally Ardron

READING
Manager: Ted Drake
Prior form: DWLLLL (Old to recent)

Goals
?
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	33	Harry Walker
2	D	23	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	M	33	Bob McCall
4	M	28	John Anderson
5	D	32	Horace Gager
6	M	23	Jack Burkitt
7	F	33	Freddie Scott
8	F	25	John Love
9	M	31	Wally Ardron
10	F	21	Alan Ashman
11	M	24	Bill Morley

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 3S on this day (Sat Oct 22, 1949)

Home	Score	Away
Aldershot	0-1	Watford
Brighton and Hove Albion	2-3	Notts County
Bristol City	2-0	Port Vale
Millwall	0-1	Bristol Rovers
Newport County	1-0	Ipswich Town
Northampton Town	3-0	Leyton Orient
Norwich City	1-2	Exeter City
Nottingham Forest	1-2	Reading
Swindon Town	3-1	Bournemouth
Torquay United	1-0	Crystal Palace
Walsall	1-1	Southend United

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	THIRD DIVISION SOUTH								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Notts County	12	9	2	1	34	11	6	1	0	24	5	3	1	1	10	6	3.09091	20	WWWWDW
	2	Bournemouth	14	7	5	2	21	14	5	3	0	15	5	2	2	2	6	9	1.50000	19	DWDWDW
	3	Nottingham Forest	13	7	3	3	22	10	5	0	1	14	2	2	3	2	8	8	2.20000	17	LLWWWD
	4	Northampton Town	13	7	3	3	23	18	3	1	1	9	5	4	2	2	14	13	1.27778	17	WLWDLW
	5	Port Vale	12	6	4	2	13	7	4	3	0	8	3	2	1	2	5	4	1.85714	16	WDLWWW
	6	Southend United	12	6	3	3	19	12	6	1	0	18	5	0	2	3	1	7	1.58333	15	LDLWDW
	7	Norwich City	13	7	1	5	26	22	5	0	1	18	6	2	1	4	8	16	1.18182	15	LWWDLL
	8	Torquay United	13	7	1	5	25	25	5	1	0	15	7	2	0	5	10	18	1.00000	15	LWLDWL
	9	Watford	13	5	4	4	12	9	3	1	2	8	6	2	3	2	4	3	1.33333	14	WLWWWW
	10	Reading	14	6	2	6	26	22	5	0	2	15	6	1	2	4	11	16	1.18182	14	DWLLLL
	11	Crystal Palace	12	4	4	4	15	15	3	2	1	9	5	1	2	3	6	10	1.00000	12	LDWLWD
	12	Bristol City	13	5	1	7	20	25	4	1	1	13	5	1	0	6	7	20	.80000	11	LLWLDL
	13	Aldershot	13	4	3	6	14	19	3	1	2	9	7	1	2	4	5	12	.73684	11	WLLDWW
	14	Leyton Orient	12	3	5	4	17	26	3	3	0	10	5	0	2	4	7	21	.65385	11	WDWLLD
	15	Ipswich Town	12	3	4	5	19	21	2	2	2	13	10	1	2	3	6	11	.90476	10	LDDLWW
	16	Brighton and Hove Albion	13	3	4	6	17	27	1	3	2	8	10	2	1	4	9	17	.62963	10	LWDLLL
	17	Walsall	12	3	3	6	20	18	3	2	1	15	7	0	1	5	5	11	1.11111	9	LWLWDD
	18	Swindon Town	12	3	3	6	15	16	3	2	1	12	5	0	1	5	3	11	.93750	9	LWLDLD
	19	Millwall	13	4	1	8	20	22	4	0	3	15	11	0	1	5	5	11	.90909	9	LLLWLL
	20	Bristol Rovers	12	3	2	7	11	19	2	2	3	7	10	1	0	4	4	9	.57895	8	LDLLWD
	21	Exeter City	12	3	2	7	15	27	2	1	3	9	11	1	1	4	6	16	.55556	8	LWDLLL
	22	Newport County	13	3	2	8	17	36	3	1	2	10	11	0	1	6	7	25	.47222	8	WLWDDL

Table after:

	THIRD DIVISION SOUTH								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Notts County	13	10	2	1	37	13	6	1	0	24	5	4	1	1	13	8	2.84615	22	WWWDWW		3-2
2	2	Northampton Town	14	8	3	3	26	18	4	1	1	12	5	4	2	2	14	13	1.44444	19	LWDLWW		3-0
1	3	Bournemouth	15	7	5	3	22	17	5	3	0	15	5	2	2	3	7	12	1.29412	19	WDWDWL		1-3
1	4	Nottingham Forest	14	7	3	4	23	12	5	0	2	15	4	2	3	2	8	8	1.91667	17	LWWWDL		1-2
3	5	Torquay United	14	8	1	5	26	25	6	1	0	16	7	2	0	5	10	18	1.04000	17	WLDWLW		1-0
	6	Southend United	13	6	4	3	20	13	6	1	0	18	5	0	3	3	2	8	1.53846	16	DLWDWD		1-1
2	7	Port Vale	13	6	4	3	13	9	4	3	0	8	3	2	1	3	5	6	1.44444	16	DLWWWL		0-2
1	8	Watford	14	6	4	4	13	9	3	1	2	8	6	3	3	2	5	3	1.44444	16	LWWWWW		1-0
1	9	Reading	15	7	2	6	28	23	5	0	2	15	6	2	2	4	13	17	1.21739	16	WLLLLW		2-1
3	10	Norwich City	14	7	1	6	27	24	5	0	2	19	8	2	1	4	8	16	1.12500	15	WWDLLL		1-2
1	11	Bristol City	14	6	1	7	22	25	5	1	1	15	5	1	0	6	7	20	.88000	13	LWLDLW		2-0
1	12	Crystal Palace	13	4	4	5	15	16	3	2	1	9	5	1	2	4	6	11	.93750	12	DWLWDL		0-1
5	13	Swindon Town	13	4	3	6	18	17	4	2	1	15	6	0	1	5	3	11	1.05882	11	WLDLDW		3-1
1	14	Aldershot	14	4	3	7	14	20	3	1	3	9	8	1	2	4	5	12	.70000	11	LLDWWL		0-1
1	15	Leyton Orient	13	3	5	5	17	29	3	3	0	10	5	0	2	5	7	24	.58621	11	DWLLDL		0-3
1	16	Walsall	13	3	4	6	21	19	3	3	1	16	8	0	1	5	5	11	1.10526	10	WLWDDD		1-1
2	17	Ipswich Town	13	3	4	6	19	22	2	2	2	13	10	1	2	4	6	12	.86364	10	DDLWWL		0-1
2	18	Brighton and Hove Albion	14	3	4	7	19	30	1	3	3	10	13	2	1	4	9	17	.63333	10	WDLLLL		2-3
1	19	Bristol Rovers	13	4	2	7	12	19	2	2	3	7	10	2	0	4	5	9	.63158	10	DLLWDW		1-0
1	20	Exeter City	13	4	2	7	17	28	2	1	3	9	11	2	1	4	8	17	.60714	10	WDLLLW		2-1
1	21	Newport County	14	4	2	8	18	36	4	1	2	11	11	0	1	6	7	25	.50000	10	LWDDLW		1-0
3	22	Millwall	14	4	1	9	20	23	4	0	4	15	12	0	1	5	5	11	.86957	9	LLWLLL		0-1