The City Ground

EXETER CITY 0 - 5 FOREST - Sat Apr 21, 1951 (League Tier 3)

Date:: Sat Apr 21, 1951 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Exeter City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: St. James Park (Exeter)
Game Type:: League Tier 3
Score:: 5-0 WON
: Half-time: 4-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: ENFA.co.uk

Season:: 1950-51
Referee:: R Tarratt
Attendance:: 11,003
League Week:: 41 of 46
Pos Before/After:: 2 1
Opp Before/After:: 11 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Northampton Town (League Tier 3)
Exeter City:: Feb 19, 1979

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1856 (of 5083)
League Tier 3:: 83 (of 226)
Competitive:: 2047 (of 5824)
Total:: 3194 (of 7629)
Played:: 75 years, 4 months, 0 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Tucker Johnson (25')
Wally Ardron (30')
Wally Ardron (33')
Tucker Johnson (44')
Tucker Johnson (70')

EXETER CITY
Manager: George Roughton
Prior form: DWLDWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

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	Bill Morley
5	D	34	Horace Gager
6	M	25	Jack Burkitt
7	F	34	Freddie Scott
8	F	29	Tucker Johnson (25') (44') (70')
9	M	32	Wally Ardron (30') (33')
10	F	28	Tommy Capel
11	F	30	Collin Collindridge

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	34	Harry Walker	171		3	1
2	D	25	Bill Whare	60		7	2
3	D	25	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	146		3	1
4	M	25	Bill Morley	81	3	3	1
5	D	34	Horace Gager	135	4	3	1
6	M	25	Jack Burkitt	102	3	3	1
7	F	34	Freddie Scott	198	26	3	1
8	F	29	Tucker Johnson (25') (44') (70')	56	18	11	3
9	M	32	Wally Ardron (30') (33')	84	57	3	1
10	F	28	Tommy Capel	60	32	3	1
11	F	30	Collin Collindridge	42	15	3	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Barney Singleton
2	D	Cyril Johnstone
3	D	Stan Rowe
4	D	Peter Fallon
5	D	Les Doyle
6	M	Fred Davey
7	M	Bill Harrower
8	M	Peter Smyth
9	M	Archie Smith
10	F	Angus Mackay
11	F	Charlie McClelland

All Games In Division 3S On This Day (Sat Apr 21, 1951)

Home	Score	Away
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	0-0	Torquay United
Bristol City	2-0	Swindon Town
Exeter City	0-5	Nottingham Forest
Gillingham	3-0	Aldershot
Ipswich Town	2-1	Newport County
Leyton Orient	2-1	Brighton and Hove Albion
Millwall	2-0	Colchester United
Plymouth Argyle	2-1	Norwich City
Reading	2-0	Northampton Town
Southend United	1-1	Port Vale
Walsall	0-0	Crystal Palace
Watford	1-0	Bristol Rovers

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	Norwich City	41	24	12	5	73	35	15	6	0	38	10	9	6	5	35	25	38	60	WLWWWW	Safe
2	Nottingham Forest	40	25	9	6	93	35	14	5	1	50	14	11	4	5	43	21	58	59	WDWLWW	Safe
3	Reading	42	20	13	9	85	51	14	5	2	54	16	6	8	7	31	35	34	53	DDDWLD	Safe
4	Bristol Rovers	40	18	13	9	56	35	13	5	0	38	12	5	8	9	18	23	21	49	LDLLDD	Safe
5	Plymouth Argyle	42	20	9	13	76	51	15	5	2	52	18	5	4	11	24	33	25	49	DWDWLW	Safe
6	Southend United	43	20	9	14	86	64	14	3	4	58	25	6	6	10	28	39	22	49	WLLWDL	Safe
7	Millwall	41	20	9	12	71	55	13	6	2	45	23	7	3	10	26	32	16	49	DLWWWW	Safe
8	Ipswich Town	43	20	6	17	62	56	13	4	4	44	23	7	2	13	18	33	6	46	WDDLLL	Safe
9	Bristol City	41	18	10	13	59	54	14	4	3	39	23	4	6	10	20	31	5	46	DDDLDW	Safe
10	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	41	19	6	16	59	56	15	4	1	44	16	4	2	15	15	40	3	44	DLWWLD	Safe
11	Exeter City	41	18	6	17	61	66	11	4	7	33	25	7	2	10	28	41	-5	42	DWLDWW	Safe
12	Newport County	40	17	7	16	70	65	11	2	6	43	24	6	5	10	27	41	5	41	WWLWWL	Safe
13	Brighton and Hove Albion	41	11	17	13	68	73	10	8	4	50	31	1	9	9	18	42	-5	39	LDDDWW	Safe
14	Port Vale	39	15	9	15	54	59	12	4	2	31	20	3	5	13	23	39	-5	39	LWWWLD	Safe
15	Swindon Town	42	17	4	21	50	60	14	4	3	34	14	3	0	18	16	46	-10	38	LWDWLL	Safe
16	Colchester United	42	13	10	19	59	72	12	3	6	41	23	1	7	13	18	49	-13	36	LWLLWD	Safe
17	Aldershot	41	13	10	18	52	80	9	8	3	33	19	4	2	15	19	61	-28	36	LDDLWD	Safe
18	Walsall	42	13	9	20	48	60	11	3	7	31	20	2	6	13	17	40	-12	35	LDDWDW	Safe
19	Leyton Orient	42	14	7	21	50	70	12	2	6	33	23	2	5	15	17	47	-20	35	DLWLDL	Safe
20	Northampton Town	42	10	14	18	51	59	8	9	5	38	27	2	5	13	13	32	-8	34	LLLLDD
21	Torquay United	43	13	8	22	62	80	12	2	8	45	39	1	6	14	17	41	-18	34	DWWDWL
22	Gillingham	42	11	9	22	63	96	8	7	5	35	27	3	2	17	28	69	-33	31	WLLLWL
23	Watford	42	8	10	24	51	81	7	5	9	27	25	1	5	15	24	56	-30	26	DLDLLL
24	Crystal Palace	41	8	8	25	29	75	6	4	12	17	38	2	4	13	12	37	-46	24	DLLDDL

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	1	Nottingham Forest	41	26	9	6	98	35	14	5	1	50	14	12	4	5	48	21	63	61	DWLWWW	Safe	5-0
1	2	Norwich City	42	24	12	6	74	37	15	6	0	38	10	9	6	6	36	27	37	60	LWWWWL	Safe	1-2
	3	Reading	43	21	13	9	87	51	15	5	2	56	16	6	8	7	31	35	36	55	DDWLDW	Safe	2-0
1	4	Plymouth Argyle	43	21	9	13	78	52	16	5	2	54	19	5	4	11	24	33	26	51	WDWLWW	Safe	2-1
2	5	Millwall	42	21	9	12	73	55	14	6	2	47	23	7	3	10	26	32	18	51	LWWWWW	Safe	2-0
	6	Southend United	44	20	10	14	87	65	14	4	4	59	26	6	6	10	28	39	22	50	LLWDLD	Safe	1-1
3	7	Bristol Rovers	41	18	13	10	56	36	13	5	0	38	12	5	8	10	18	24	20	49	DLLDDL	Safe	0-1
1	8	Bristol City	42	19	10	13	61	54	15	4	3	41	23	4	6	10	20	31	7	48	DDLDWW	Safe	2-0
1	9	Ipswich Town	44	21	6	17	64	57	14	4	4	46	24	7	2	13	18	33	7	48	DDLLLW	Safe	2-1
	10	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	42	19	7	16	59	56	15	5	1	44	16	4	2	15	15	40	3	45	LWWLDD	Safe	0-0
	11	Exeter City	42	18	6	18	61	71	11	4	8	33	30	7	2	10	28	41	-10	42	WLDWWL	Safe	0-5
	12	Newport County	41	17	7	17	71	67	11	2	6	43	24	6	5	11	28	43	4	41	WLWWLL	Safe	1-2
1	13	Port Vale	40	15	10	15	55	60	12	4	2	31	20	3	6	13	24	40	-5	40	WWWLDD	Safe	1-1
1	14	Brighton and Hove Albion	42	11	17	14	69	75	10	8	4	50	31	1	9	10	19	44	-6	39	DDDWWL	Safe	1-2
	15	Swindon Town	43	17	4	22	50	62	14	4	3	34	14	3	0	19	16	48	-12	38	WDWLLL	Safe	0-2
3	16	Leyton Orient	43	15	7	21	52	71	13	2	6	35	24	2	5	15	17	47	-19	37	LWLDLW	Safe	2-1
1	17	Walsall	43	13	10	20	48	60	11	4	7	31	20	2	6	13	17	40	-12	36	DDWDWD	Safe	0-0
2	18	Colchester United	43	13	10	20	59	74	12	3	6	41	23	1	7	14	18	51	-15	36	WLLWDL	Safe	0-2
2	19	Aldershot	42	13	10	19	52	83	9	8	3	33	19	4	2	16	19	64	-31	36	DDLWDL	Safe	0-3
1	20	Torquay United	44	13	9	22	62	80	12	2	8	45	39	1	7	14	17	41	-18	35	WWDWLD	Safe	0-0
1	21	Northampton Town	43	10	14	19	51	61	8	9	5	38	27	2	5	14	13	34	-10	34	LLLDDL		0-2
	22	Gillingham	43	12	9	22	66	96	9	7	5	38	27	3	2	17	28	69	-30	33	LLLWLW		3-0
	23	Watford	43	9	10	24	52	81	8	5	9	28	25	1	5	15	24	56	-29	28	LDLLLW		1-0
	24	Crystal Palace	42	8	9	25	29	75	6	4	12	17	38	2	5	13	12	37	-46	25	LLDDLD		0-0