The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 PORT VALE - Sat Apr 29, 1950 (League Tier 3)

Date:: Sat Apr 29, 1950 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Port Vale
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 3
Score:: 2-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Star Green 'un - Saturday 29 April 1950

Season:: 1949-50
Referee:: L Richardson
Attendance:: 5,906
League Week:: 42 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 5 3
Opp Before/After:: 10 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Gooi Hilversum (Friendly)
League:: Newport County
Port Vale:: Sep 09, 1950

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1815 (of 5083)
League Tier 3:: 42 (of 226)
Competitive:: 2004 (of 5824)
Total:: 3145 (of 7629)
Played:: 76 years, 3 months, 19 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Gordon Kaile (55') - Gordon Kaile last goal
Wally Ardron (77')

PORT VALE
Manager: Gordon Hodgson
Prior form: LLLWDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Laurie Platts	Last game
2	D	24	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	M	34	Bob McCall
4	M	28	John Anderson
5	D	33	Horace Gager
6	M	24	Bill Morley
7	F	33	Freddie Scott
8	F	26	John Love
9	M	31	Wally Ardron (77')
10	F	27	Tommy Capel
11	F	25	Gordon Kaile (55')	Last game

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	28	Laurie Platts	7		224	36
2	D	24	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	104		147	25
3	M	34	Bob McCall	175	1	7	2
4	M	28	John Anderson	33	1	7	2
5	D	33	Horace Gager	92	2	28	7
6	M	24	Bill Morley	42	3	7	2
7	F	33	Freddie Scott	155	16	7	2
8	F	26	John Love	51	18	7	2
9	M	31	Wally Ardron (77')	42	24	7	2
10	F	27	Tommy Capel	25	9	7	2
11	F	25	Gordon Kaile (55')	68	8	7	2

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	King
2	D	Hamlett
3	D	Butler
4	D	McGarry
5	D	Cheadle
6	M	Todd
7	M	Hulligan
8	M	Aveyard
9	M	Pinchbeck
10	F	Polk
11	F	Bennett

All Games In Division 3S On This Day (Sat Apr 29, 1950)

Home	Score	Away
Aldershot	5-0	Ipswich Town
Bristol City	3-2	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Millwall	3-1	Reading
Newport County	2-3	Bristol Rovers
Northampton Town	5-1	Notts County
Norwich City	0-0	Southend United
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Port Vale
Swindon Town	0-1	Leyton Orient
Torquay United	1-4	Exeter City
Walsall	1-1	Watford

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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
1	Notts County	40	25	7	8	92	43	17	3	1	60	12	8	4	7	32	31	49	57	WDLLWW	Champions
2	Southend United	39	19	10	10	63	45	15	4	2	43	15	4	6	8	20	30	18	48	WDWWWL	Safe
3	Northampton Town	40	19	10	11	67	49	11	6	3	38	20	8	4	8	29	29	18	48	WLWWWL	Safe
4	Torquay United	41	19	10	12	65	59	13	6	1	39	19	6	4	11	26	40	6	48	LLDDDL	Safe
5	Nottingham Forest	41	19	9	13	65	39	12	0	8	35	15	7	9	5	30	24	26	47	WLWWLL	Safe
6	Watford	41	16	12	13	44	34	10	6	5	26	13	6	6	8	18	21	10	44	WLDWWD	Safe
7	Crystal Palace	41	15	14	12	54	51	12	5	4	35	21	3	9	8	19	30	3	44	DDWWDD	Safe
8	Reading	40	17	8	15	69	60	15	2	3	48	20	2	6	12	21	40	9	42	DDWLLD	Safe
9	Brighton and Hove Albion	41	15	12	14	56	69	8	8	4	31	24	7	4	10	25	45	-13	42	DWWDWD	Safe
10	Port Vale	40	15	11	14	46	38	12	6	3	33	13	3	5	11	13	25	8	41	LLLWDL	Safe
11	Norwich City	40	16	9	15	65	61	11	4	5	44	21	5	5	10	21	40	4	41	WLWLLL	Safe
12	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	40	15	10	15	53	53	10	6	4	36	19	5	4	11	17	34	0	40	LLLWWD	Safe
13	Swindon Town	40	15	10	15	58	60	9	6	4	40	28	6	4	11	18	32	-2	40	DDWWLL	Safe
14	Bristol Rovers	39	17	4	18	47	49	12	4	4	34	18	5	0	14	13	31	-2	38	LLWLWW	Safe
15	Bristol City	40	14	9	17	56	58	11	4	5	35	17	3	5	12	21	41	-2	37	WLWLLD	Safe
16	Exeter City	40	13	10	17	57	72	9	7	4	35	25	4	3	13	22	47	-15	36	WWLLWW	Safe
17	Ipswich Town	40	11	11	18	55	80	8	6	6	34	35	3	5	12	21	45	-25	33	WDLLWW
18	Newport County	40	12	8	20	63	94	11	5	4	48	31	1	3	16	15	63	-31	32	WWLDDL
19	Leyton Orient	40	11	10	19	50	83	10	5	5	31	28	1	5	14	19	55	-33	32	DWLLWD
20	Walsall	40	8	15	17	57	60	7	7	5	33	23	1	8	12	24	37	-3	31	LDLLLD
21	Aldershot	40	12	7	21	42	59	9	4	6	24	15	3	3	15	18	44	-17	31	WLLLWW
22	Millwall	39	13	4	22	51	59	10	1	8	35	26	3	3	14	16	33	-8	30	LWDWDL

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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Notts County	41	25	7	9	93	48	17	3	1	60	12	8	4	8	33	36	45	57	DLLWWL	Champions	1-5
1	2	Northampton Town	41	20	10	11	72	50	12	6	3	43	21	8	4	8	29	29	22	50	LWWWLW	Safe	5-1
2	3	Nottingham Forest	42	20	9	13	67	39	13	0	8	37	15	7	9	5	30	24	28	49	LWWLLW	Safe	2-0
2	4	Southend United	40	19	11	10	63	45	15	4	2	43	15	4	7	8	20	30	18	49	DWWWLD	Safe	0-0
1	5	Torquay United	42	19	10	13	66	63	13	6	2	40	23	6	4	11	26	40	3	48	LDDDLL	Safe	1-4
	6	Watford	42	16	13	13	45	35	10	6	5	26	13	6	7	8	19	22	10	45	LDWWDD	Safe	1-1
	7	Crystal Palace	41	15	14	12	54	51	12	5	4	35	21	3	9	8	19	30	3	44	DDWWDD	Safe
	8	Reading	41	17	8	16	70	63	15	2	3	48	20	2	6	13	22	43	7	42	DWLLDL	Safe	1-3
2	9	Norwich City	41	16	10	15	65	61	11	5	5	44	21	5	5	10	21	40	4	42	LWLLLD	Safe	0-0
1	10	Brighton and Hove Albion	41	15	12	14	56	69	8	8	4	31	24	7	4	10	25	45	-13	42	DWWDWD	Safe
1	11	Port Vale	41	15	11	15	46	40	12	6	3	33	13	3	5	12	13	27	6	41	LLWDLL	Safe	0-2
	12	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	41	15	10	16	55	56	10	6	4	36	19	5	4	12	19	37	-1	40	LLWWDL	Safe	2-3
1	13	Bristol Rovers	40	18	4	18	50	51	12	4	4	34	18	6	0	14	16	33	-1	40	LWLWWW	Safe	3-2
1	14	Swindon Town	41	15	10	16	58	61	9	6	5	40	29	6	4	11	18	32	-3	40	DWWLLL	Safe	0-1
	15	Bristol City	41	15	9	17	59	60	12	4	5	38	19	3	5	12	21	41	-1	39	LWLLDW	Safe	3-2
	16	Exeter City	41	14	10	17	61	73	9	7	4	35	25	5	3	13	26	48	-12	38	WLLWWW	Safe	4-1
2	17	Leyton Orient	41	12	10	19	51	83	10	5	5	31	28	2	5	14	20	55	-32	34	WLLWDW		1-0
3	18	Aldershot	41	13	7	21	47	59	10	4	6	29	15	3	3	15	18	44	-12	33	LLLWWW		5-0
2	19	Ipswich Town	41	11	11	19	55	85	8	6	6	34	35	3	5	13	21	50	-30	33	DLLWWL		0-5
	20	Walsall	41	8	16	17	58	61	7	8	5	34	24	1	8	12	24	37	-3	32	DLLLDD		1-1
1	21	Millwall	40	14	4	22	54	60	11	1	8	38	27	3	3	14	16	33	-6	32	WDWDLW		3-1
4	22	Newport County	41	12	8	21	65	97	11	5	5	50	34	1	3	16	15	63	-32	32	WLDDLL		2-3