The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 BRISTOL ROVERS - Mon Mar 26, 1951 (League Tier 3)

Date:: Mon Mar 26, 1951 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 3
Score:: 2-1 WON

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

Season:: 1950-51
Referee:: A Bond
Attendance:: 27,245
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 4 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bristol City (League Tier 3)
Bristol Rovers:: May 03, 1951

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1850 (of 5007)
League Tier 3:: 77 (of 226)
Competitive:: 2041 (of 5724)
Total:: 3187 (of 7505)
Played:: 73 years, 24 days ago

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

Goals
Wally Ardron
Tommy Capel

BRISTOL ROVERS
Manager: Bert Tann
Prior form: WWDLWD (Old to recent)

Goals
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	34	Harry Walker
2	D	25	Bill Whare
3	D	25	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	25	Jack Burkitt
5	D	34	Horace Gager
6	M	25	Bill Morley
7	F	34	Freddie Scott
8	F	24	Roland 'Tot' Leverton
9	M	32	Wally Ardron
10	F	28	Tommy Capel
11	F	30	Collin Collindridge

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 (Mon Mar 26, 1951)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol City	3-3	Reading
Crystal Palace	0-2	Port Vale
Exeter City	2-1	Bournemouth
Ipswich Town	2-1	Watford
Norwich City	2-1	Newport County
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Bristol Rovers
Plymouth Argyle	2-2	Millwall
Southend United	4-0	Gillingham
Swindon Town	4-0	Aldershot
Torquay United	4-1	Colchester United
Walsall	1-1	Leyton Orient

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	Nottingham Forest	34	21	8	5	82	29	11	4	1	45	12	10	4	4	37	17	2.82759	50	LWLWWD
	2	Norwich City	34	18	12	4	57	31	12	6	0	31	8	6	6	4	26	23	1.83871	48	LWWDWD
	3	Reading	37	19	10	8	75	45	13	4	2	49	16	6	6	6	26	29	1.66667	48	WDWLWD
	4	Bristol Rovers	34	18	10	6	52	28	13	3	0	36	10	5	7	6	16	18	1.85714	46	WWDLWD
	5	Southend United	37	18	8	11	77	52	12	3	3	51	21	6	5	8	26	31	1.48077	44	WWDWDW
	6	Ipswich Town	37	19	4	14	57	46	12	3	3	41	20	7	1	11	16	26	1.23913	42	LWWLWW
	7	Plymouth Argyle	36	17	7	12	64	43	13	3	2	41	12	4	4	10	23	31	1.48837	41	DLWLDD
	8	Millwall	35	16	8	11	63	51	11	6	2	43	23	5	2	9	20	28	1.23529	40	LLLWDD
	9	Bristol City	35	17	6	12	53	47	13	2	2	33	16	4	4	10	20	31	1.12766	40	WWDDLW
	10	Bournemouth	36	17	5	14	54	52	14	4	1	41	15	3	1	13	13	37	1.03846	39	LWDWDD
	11	Exeter City	36	15	5	16	57	62	8	3	7	29	24	7	2	9	28	38	.91935	35	WLLLDD
	12	Newport County	33	13	7	13	53	47	9	2	6	35	23	4	5	7	18	24	1.12766	33	DDWLWD
	13	Swindon Town	37	15	3	19	42	55	13	3	2	29	12	2	0	17	13	43	.76364	33	LDLWWL
	14	Port Vale	34	12	8	14	44	51	10	3	2	24	15	2	5	12	20	36	.86275	32	LWDWLL
	15	Brighton and Hove Albion	36	9	14	13	51	68	8	7	4	36	29	1	7	9	15	39	.75000	32	LDDWWL
	16	Northampton Town	35	10	11	14	47	47	8	6	3	35	20	2	5	11	12	27	1.00000	31	LWLDLL
	17	Colchester United	36	11	9	16	50	60	10	3	6	36	22	1	6	10	14	38	.83333	31	LLLWWL
	18	Leyton Orient	36	13	5	18	47	62	11	2	4	32	18	2	3	14	15	44	.75806	31	LWWLWW
	19	Aldershot	35	12	7	16	48	73	8	6	3	30	18	4	1	13	18	55	.65753	31	WLDLWL
	20	Gillingham	37	10	9	18	57	81	8	7	4	34	23	2	2	14	23	58	.70370	29	DDLLDW
	21	Walsall	37	11	6	20	40	55	9	2	7	25	17	2	4	13	15	38	.72727	28	WWDLLL
	22	Torquay United	38	10	7	21	53	76	10	2	7	38	35	0	5	14	15	41	.69737	27	LLLWLD
	23	Watford	37	8	9	20	47	71	7	5	8	26	23	1	4	12	21	48	.66197	25	LLWLLD
	24	Crystal Palace	36	8	6	22	27	65	6	3	9	16	29	2	3	13	11	36	.41538	22	DDLWLD

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	Nottingham Forest	35	22	8	5	84	30	12	4	1	47	13	10	4	4	37	17	2.80000	52	WLWWDW		2-1
	2	Norwich City	35	19	12	4	59	32	13	6	0	33	9	6	6	4	26	23	1.84375	50	WWDWDW		2-1
	3	Reading	38	19	11	8	78	48	13	4	2	49	16	6	7	6	29	32	1.62500	49	DWLWDD		3-3
	4	Bristol Rovers	35	18	10	7	53	30	13	3	0	36	10	5	7	7	17	20	1.76667	46	WDLWDL		1-2
	5	Southend United	38	19	8	11	81	52	13	3	3	55	21	6	5	8	26	31	1.55769	46	WDWDWW		4-0
	6	Ipswich Town	38	20	4	14	59	47	13	3	3	43	21	7	1	11	16	26	1.25532	44	WWLWWW		2-1
	7	Plymouth Argyle	37	17	8	12	66	45	13	4	2	43	14	4	4	10	23	31	1.46667	42	LWLDDD		2-2
	8	Millwall	36	16	9	11	65	53	11	6	2	43	23	5	3	9	22	30	1.22642	41	LLWDDD		2-2
	9	Bristol City	36	17	7	12	56	50	13	3	2	36	19	4	4	10	20	31	1.12000	41	WDDLWD		3-3
	10	Bournemouth	37	17	5	15	55	54	14	4	1	41	15	3	1	14	14	39	1.01852	39	WDWDDL		1-2
	11	Exeter City	37	16	5	16	59	63	9	3	7	31	25	7	2	9	28	38	.93651	37	LLLDDW		2-1
1	12	Swindon Town	38	16	3	19	46	55	14	3	2	33	12	2	0	17	13	43	.83636	35	DLWWLW		4-0
1	13	Port Vale	35	13	8	14	46	51	10	3	2	24	15	3	5	12	22	36	.90196	34	WDWLLW		2-0
2	14	Newport County	34	13	7	14	54	49	9	2	6	35	23	4	5	8	19	26	1.10204	33	DWLWDL		1-2
3	15	Leyton Orient	37	13	6	18	48	63	11	2	4	32	18	2	4	14	16	45	.76190	32	WWLWWD		1-1
1	16	Brighton and Hove Albion	36	9	14	13	51	68	8	7	4	36	29	1	7	9	15	39	.75000	32	LDDWWL
1	17	Northampton Town	35	10	11	14	47	47	8	6	3	35	20	2	5	11	12	27	1.00000	31	LWLDLL
1	18	Colchester United	37	11	9	17	51	64	10	3	6	36	22	1	6	11	15	42	.79688	31	LLWWLL		1-4
	19	Aldershot	36	12	7	17	48	77	8	6	3	30	18	4	1	14	18	59	.62338	31	LDLWLL		0-4
2	20	Torquay United	39	11	7	21	57	77	11	2	7	42	36	0	5	14	15	41	.74026	29	LLWLDW		4-1
	21	Walsall	38	11	7	20	41	56	9	3	7	26	18	2	4	13	15	38	.73214	29	WDLLLD		1-1
2	22	Gillingham	38	10	9	19	57	85	8	7	4	34	23	2	2	15	23	62	.67059	29	DLLDWL		0-4
	23	Watford	38	8	9	21	48	73	7	5	8	26	23	1	4	13	22	50	.65753	25	LWLLDL		1-2
	24	Crystal Palace	37	8	6	23	27	67	6	3	10	16	31	2	3	13	11	36	.40299	22	DLWLDL		0-2