The City Ground

FOREST 7 - 0 ALDERSHOT - Sat Sep 30, 1950 (League Tier 3)

Date:: Sat Sep 30, 1950 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Aldershot
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 3
Score:: 7-0 WON
: Half-time: 3-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 30 September 1950

Season:: 1950-51
Referee:: W Rogers
Attendance:: 15,841
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 14 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Ipswich Town (League Tier 3)
Aldershot:: Feb 17, 1951

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1826 (of 5039)
League Tier 3:: 53 (of 226)
Competitive:: 2015 (of 5761)
Total:: 3162 (of 7549)
Played:: 74 years, 6 months, 22 days ago

Review
Fresh from our first defeat of the season last week, we put 7 past Aldershot this afternoon. Wally Ardon scored a hat trick and missed a penalty, too.

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

Goals
Freddie Scott (15')
Wally Ardron (31')
Wally Ardron (38')
Freddie Scott (47')
Tommy Capel (70')
Collin Collindridge (75')
Wally Ardron (89')

ALDERSHOT
Manager: Gordon Clark
Prior form: DDLLWW (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	34	Harry Walker
2	D	25	Bill Whare
3	D	24	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	25	Bill Morley
5	D	33	Horace Gager
6	M	24	Jack Burkitt
7	F	33	Freddie Scott (15') (47')
8	F	29	Tucker Johnson
9	M	32	Wally Ardron (31') (38') (89')
10	F	28	Tommy Capel (70')
11	F	29	Collin Collindridge (75')

	So Far	Last Game*
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	34	Harry Walker	139		7	1
2	D	25	Bill Whare	34		7	1
3	D	24	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	114		7	1
4	M	25	Bill Morley	49	3	24	5
5	D	33	Horace Gager	103	5	7	1
6	M	24	Jack Burkitt	73	2	7	1
7	F	33	Freddie Scott (15') (47')	166	16	7	1
8	F	29	Tucker Johnson	31	9	7	1
9	M	32	Wally Ardron (31') (38') (89')	53	36	7	1
10	F	28	Tommy Capel (70')	35	17	7	1
11	F	29	Collin Collindridge (75')	10	4	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Warnes
2	D	Rogers
3	D	Jefferson
4	D	White
5	D	Bullington
6	M	Woodward
7	M	Bonner
8	M	McNichol
9	M	Gormley
10	F	Durkin
11	F	Flint

All Games In Division 3S On This Day (Sat Sep 30, 1950)

Home	Score	Away
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	0-2	Plymouth Argyle
Bristol City	4-1	Leyton Orient
Exeter City	1-3	Reading
Gillingham	0-1	Ipswich Town
Millwall	2-0	Walsall
Newport County	2-4	Crystal Palace
Northampton Town	2-1	Colchester United
Norwich City	2-0	Bristol Rovers
Nottingham Forest	7-0	Aldershot
Port Vale	2-1	Swindon Town
Southend United	3-0	Torquay United
Watford	1-1	Brighton and Hove Albion

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	10	8	1	1	26	10	4	0	0	14	4	4	1	1	12	6	2.60000	17	DWWWWL
2	Millwall	11	7	3	1	24	12	4	2	0	14	6	3	1	1	10	6	2.00000	17	DWWWWD
3	Norwich City	10	6	3	1	15	9	3	2	0	6	1	3	1	1	9	8	1.66667	15	DWDWWW
4	Exeter City	10	7	0	3	12	7	4	0	1	5	1	3	0	2	7	6	1.71429	14	WLWWWW
5	Bristol Rovers	10	4	4	2	12	6	4	1	0	9	1	0	3	2	3	5	2.00000	12	LWDLDW
6	Newport County	11	5	2	4	21	14	3	2	1	15	7	2	0	3	6	7	1.50000	12	WLDWDL
7	Southend United	10	5	2	3	17	12	3	0	2	10	7	2	2	1	7	5	1.41667	12	LDLWWW
8	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	10	5	2	3	18	14	4	1	0	14	4	1	1	3	4	10	1.28571	12	DLWWWL
9	Leyton Orient	11	5	2	4	18	18	4	0	1	10	3	1	2	3	8	15	1.00000	12	WLDLLW
10	Colchester United	10	4	3	3	18	12	3	1	1	14	6	1	2	2	4	6	1.50000	11	WWWLLL
11	Bristol City	10	5	0	5	15	12	5	0	0	11	1	0	0	5	4	11	1.25000	10	WWLLWL
12	Northampton Town	11	2	6	3	14	13	1	2	1	7	7	1	4	2	7	6	1.07692	10	LDDWDL
13	Torquay United	11	3	4	4	18	17	3	1	2	14	11	0	3	2	4	6	1.05882	10	WDDLWL
14	Aldershot	11	3	4	4	12	20	1	4	0	6	4	2	0	4	6	16	.60000	10	DDLLWW
15	Swindon Town	10	4	1	5	8	10	4	1	0	7	1	0	0	5	1	9	.80000	9	LWWLLW
16	Ipswich Town	10	3	3	4	9	12	3	3	0	9	5	0	0	4	0	7	.75000	9	LLWDLW
17	Brighton and Hove Albion	10	2	4	4	12	18	1	2	2	8	9	1	2	2	4	9	.66667	8	WDLLDW
18	Plymouth Argyle	10	3	2	5	8	13	3	1	2	6	5	0	1	3	2	8	.61538	8	WLWLLL
19	Gillingham	10	3	2	5	12	23	3	2	0	11	6	0	0	5	1	17	.52174	8	WLLWWL
20	Watford	10	2	3	5	15	19	2	1	2	9	5	0	2	3	6	14	.78947	7	DLWDLD
21	Port Vale	10	3	1	6	7	14	3	0	1	3	3	0	1	5	4	11	.50000	7	LWLDWL
22	Reading	10	3	1	6	7	14	3	1	2	5	5	0	0	4	2	9	.50000	7	WLLDLL
23	Crystal Palace	10	2	1	7	6	18	2	0	3	4	8	0	1	4	2	10	.33333	5	LLDWLL
24	Walsall	10	1	2	7	8	15	1	1	3	5	6	0	1	4	3	9	.53333	4	LLLLLW

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	11	9	1	1	33	10	5	0	0	21	4	4	1	1	12	6	3.30000	19	WWWWLW		7-0
	2	Millwall	12	8	3	1	26	12	5	2	0	16	6	3	1	1	10	6	2.16667	19	WWWWDW		2-0
	3	Norwich City	11	7	3	1	17	9	4	2	0	8	1	3	1	1	9	8	1.88889	17	WDWWWW		2-0
3	4	Southend United	11	6	2	3	20	12	4	0	2	13	7	2	2	1	7	5	1.66667	14	DLWWWW		3-0
1	5	Exeter City	11	7	0	4	13	10	4	0	2	6	4	3	0	2	7	6	1.30000	14	LWWWWL		1-3
1	6	Bristol Rovers	11	4	4	3	12	8	4	1	0	9	1	0	3	3	3	7	1.50000	12	WDLDWL		0-2
4	7	Bristol City	11	6	0	5	19	13	6	0	0	15	2	0	0	5	4	11	1.46154	12	WLLWLW		4-1
2	8	Newport County	12	5	2	5	23	18	3	2	2	17	11	2	0	3	6	7	1.27778	12	LDWDLL		2-4
3	9	Northampton Town	12	3	6	3	16	14	2	2	1	9	8	1	4	2	7	6	1.14286	12	DDWDLW		2-1
2	10	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	11	5	2	4	18	16	4	1	1	14	6	1	1	3	4	10	1.12500	12	LWWWLL		0-2
2	11	Leyton Orient	12	5	2	5	19	22	4	0	1	10	3	1	2	4	9	19	.86364	12	LDLLWL		1-4
2	12	Colchester United	11	4	3	4	19	14	3	1	1	14	6	1	2	3	5	8	1.35714	11	WWLLLL		1-2
3	13	Ipswich Town	11	4	3	4	10	12	3	3	0	9	5	1	0	4	1	7	.83333	11	LWDLWW		1-0
1	14	Torquay United	12	3	4	5	18	20	3	1	2	14	11	0	3	3	4	9	.90000	10	DDLWLL		0-3
3	15	Plymouth Argyle	11	4	2	5	10	13	3	1	2	6	5	1	1	3	4	8	.76923	10	LWLLLW		2-0
2	16	Aldershot	12	3	4	5	12	27	1	4	0	6	4	2	0	5	6	23	.44444	10	DLLWWL		0-7
2	17	Swindon Town	11	4	1	6	9	12	4	1	0	7	1	0	0	6	2	11	.75000	9	WWLLWL		1-2
1	18	Brighton and Hove Albion	11	2	5	4	13	19	1	2	2	8	9	1	3	2	5	10	.68421	9	DLLDWD		1-1
3	19	Reading	11	4	1	6	10	15	3	1	2	5	5	1	0	4	5	10	.66667	9	LLDLLW		3-1
1	20	Port Vale	11	4	1	6	9	15	4	0	1	5	4	0	1	5	4	11	.60000	9	WLDWLW		2-1
1	21	Watford	11	2	4	5	16	20	2	2	2	10	6	0	2	3	6	14	.80000	8	LWDLDD		1-1
3	22	Gillingham	11	3	2	6	12	24	3	2	1	11	7	0	0	5	1	17	.50000	8	LLWWLL		0-1
	23	Crystal Palace	11	3	1	7	10	20	2	0	3	4	8	1	1	4	6	12	.50000	7	LDWLLW		4-2
	24	Walsall	11	1	2	8	8	17	1	1	3	5	6	0	1	5	3	11	.47059	4	LLLLWL		0-2