The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 0 BRISTOL CITY - Sat Mar 31, 1951 (League Tier 3)

Date:: Sat Mar 31, 1951 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 3
Score:: 0-0 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

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

Season:: 1950-51
Referee:: G Roden
Attendance:: 16,811
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 9 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Gillingham (League Tier 3)
Bristol City:: Nov 12, 1955

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1851 (of 5007)
League Tier 3:: 78 (of 226)
Competitive:: 2042 (of 5724)
Total:: 3188 (of 7505)
Played:: 73 years, 20 days ago

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

Goals

BRISTOL CITY
Manager: Pat Beasley
Prior form: WDDLWD (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 (Sat Mar 31, 1951)

Home	Score	Away
Aldershot	1-1	Watford
Brighton and Hove Albion	1-1	Reading
Bristol Rovers	1-1	Ipswich Town
Colchester United	1-0	Leyton Orient
Crystal Palace	0-1	Plymouth Argyle
Newport County	6-1	Southend United
Northampton Town	0-1	Bournemouth
Norwich City	3-0	Exeter City
Nottingham Forest	0-0	Bristol City
Port Vale	4-3	Gillingham
Swindon Town	1-1	Walsall
Torquay United	2-1	Millwall

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

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	36	22	9	5	84	30	12	5	1	47	13	10	4	4	37	17	2.80000	53	LWWDWD		0-0
	2	Norwich City	36	20	12	4	62	32	14	6	0	36	9	6	6	4	26	23	1.93750	52	WDWDWW		3-0
	3	Reading	39	19	12	8	79	49	13	4	2	49	16	6	8	6	30	33	1.61224	50	WLWDDD		1-1
	4	Bristol Rovers	36	18	11	7	54	31	13	4	0	37	11	5	7	7	17	20	1.74194	47	DLWDLD		1-1
	5	Southend United	39	19	8	12	82	58	13	3	3	55	21	6	5	9	27	37	1.41379	46	DWDWWL		1-6
	6	Ipswich Town	39	20	5	14	60	48	13	3	3	43	21	7	2	11	17	27	1.25000	45	WLWWWD		1-1
	7	Plymouth Argyle	38	18	8	12	67	45	13	4	2	43	14	5	4	10	24	31	1.48889	44	WLDDDW		1-0
1	8	Bristol City	37	17	8	12	56	50	13	3	2	36	19	4	5	10	20	31	1.12000	42	DDLWDD		0-0
1	9	Millwall	37	16	9	12	66	55	11	6	2	43	23	5	3	10	23	32	1.20000	41	LWDDDL		1-2
	10	Bournemouth	38	18	5	15	56	54	14	4	1	41	15	4	1	14	15	39	1.03704	41	DWDDLW		1-0
	11	Exeter City	38	16	5	17	59	66	9	3	7	31	25	7	2	10	28	41	.89394	37	LLDDWL		0-3
1	12	Port Vale	36	14	8	14	50	54	11	3	2	28	18	3	5	12	22	36	.92593	36	DWLLWW		4-3
1	13	Swindon Town	39	16	4	19	47	56	14	4	2	34	13	2	0	17	13	43	.83929	36	LWWLWD		1-1
	14	Newport County	35	14	7	14	60	50	10	2	6	41	24	4	5	8	19	26	1.20000	35	WLWDLW		6-1
	15	Brighton and Hove Albion	38	9	16	13	52	69	8	8	4	37	30	1	8	9	15	39	.75362	34	DWWLDD		1-1
2	16	Colchester United	38	12	9	17	52	64	11	3	6	37	22	1	6	11	15	42	.81250	33	LWWLLW		1-0
1	17	Northampton Town	37	10	12	15	47	48	8	7	4	35	21	2	5	11	12	27	.97917	32	LDLLDL		0-1
1	18	Leyton Orient	38	13	6	19	48	64	11	2	4	32	18	2	4	15	16	46	.75000	32	WLWWDL		0-1
	19	Aldershot	37	12	8	17	49	78	8	7	3	31	19	4	1	14	18	59	.62821	32	DLWLLD		1-1
	20	Torquay United	40	12	7	21	59	78	12	2	7	44	37	0	5	14	15	41	.75641	31	LWLDWW		2-1
	21	Walsall	39	11	8	20	42	57	9	3	7	26	18	2	5	13	16	39	.73684	30	DLLLDD		1-1
	22	Gillingham	39	10	9	20	60	89	8	7	4	34	23	2	2	16	26	66	.67416	29	LLDWLL		3-4
	23	Watford	39	8	10	21	49	74	7	5	8	26	23	1	5	13	23	51	.66216	26	WLLDLD		1-1
	24	Crystal Palace	38	8	6	24	27	68	6	3	11	16	32	2	3	13	11	36	.39706	22	LWLDLL		0-1