The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 NEWPORT COUNTY - Wed May 02, 1951 (League Tier 3)

Date:: Wed May 02, 1951 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Newport County
Country:: Wales
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 3
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-1

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

Season:: 1950-51
Referee:: W Dellow
Attendance:: 21,468
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 11 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bristol Rovers (League Tier 3)

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1859 (of 5043)
League Tier 3:: 86 (of 226)
Competitive:: 2050 (of 5766)
Total:: 3197 (of 7554)
Played:: 74 years, 17 days ago

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

Goals
Collin Collindridge (30') (Pen)
Tommy Capel (61')

NEWPORT COUNTY
Manager: Fred Stansfield
Prior form: WLLDDW (Old to recent)

Goals
Reg Parker (24')

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	29	Tucker Johnson
9	M	32	Wally Ardron
10	F	28	Tommy Capel (61')
11	F	30	Collin Collindridge (30')

	So Far	Last Game*
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	34	Harry Walker	174		4	1
2	D	25	Bill Whare	63		4	1
3	D	25	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	149		4	1
4	M	25	Jack Burkitt	105	3	4	1
5	D	34	Horace Gager	138	6	4	1
6	M	25	Bill Morley	84	3	4	1
7	F	34	Freddie Scott	201	26	4	1
8	F	29	Tucker Johnson	59	24	4	1
9	M	32	Wally Ardron	87	62	4	1
10	F	28	Tommy Capel (61')	62	32	7	2
11	F	30	Collin Collindridge (30')	45	16	4	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Terry Pope
2	D	Len Staples
3	D	Dougie Hayward
4	D	Billy Stroud
5	D	Ray Wilcox
6	M	Danny Newall
7	M	Billy Molloy
8	M	George Beattie
9	M	Reg Parker
10	F	Billy Shergold
11	F	Beriah Moore

All Games In Division 3S On This Day (Wed May 02, 1951)

Home	Score	Away
Aldershot	3-0	Crystal Palace
Gillingham	2-1	Swindon Town
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Newport County
Reading	1-1	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	43	27	10	6	103	37	15	6	1	55	16	12	4	5	48	21	2.78378	64	LWWWDW	Safe
2	Norwich City	45	24	14	7	79	44	15	6	1	39	13	9	8	6	40	31	1.79545	62	WWLDLD	Safe
3	Reading	44	21	14	9	87	51	15	5	2	56	16	6	9	7	31	35	1.70588	56	DWLDWD	Safe
4	Plymouth Argyle	45	23	9	13	83	54	16	5	2	54	19	7	4	11	29	35	1.53704	55	WLWWWW	Safe
5	Bristol Rovers	44	20	14	10	63	39	15	6	0	45	15	5	8	10	18	24	1.61538	54	DDLWWD	Safe
6	Millwall	44	22	9	13	78	56	15	6	2	52	23	7	3	11	26	33	1.39286	53	WWWWWL	Safe
7	Southend United	45	20	10	15	87	68	14	4	4	59	26	6	6	11	28	42	1.27941	50	LWDLDL	Safe
8	Ipswich Town	45	22	6	17	67	58	14	4	4	46	24	8	2	13	21	34	1.15517	50	DLLLWW	Safe
9	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	45	21	7	17	64	57	16	5	1	48	16	5	2	16	16	41	1.12281	49	LDDWWL	Safe
10	Bristol City	44	19	11	14	62	57	15	4	4	41	25	4	7	10	21	32	1.08772	49	LDWWLD	Safe
11	Newport County	44	18	9	17	73	68	12	4	6	45	25	6	5	11	28	43	1.07353	45	WLLDDW	Safe
12	Port Vale	44	16	12	16	59	63	13	6	3	35	23	3	6	13	24	40	.93651	44	DDLDDW	Safe
13	Brighton and Hove Albion	44	13	17	14	71	75	11	8	4	51	31	2	9	10	20	44	.94667	43	DWWLWW	Safe
14	Exeter City	45	18	6	21	61	80	11	4	8	33	30	7	2	13	28	50	.76250	42	WWLLLL	Safe
15	Swindon Town	44	18	4	22	52	62	15	4	3	36	14	3	0	19	16	48	.83871	40	DWLLLW	Safe
16	Colchester United	45	14	11	20	62	75	12	4	6	42	24	2	7	14	20	51	.82667	39	LWDLWD	Safe
17	Leyton Orient	45	15	8	22	53	73	13	2	7	36	26	2	6	15	17	47	.72603	38	LDLWLD	Safe
18	Torquay United	45	14	9	22	64	80	13	2	8	47	39	1	7	14	17	41	.80000	37	WDWLDW	Safe
19	Walsall	44	13	10	21	48	61	11	4	7	31	20	2	6	14	17	41	.78689	36	DWDWDL	Safe
20	Aldershot	44	13	10	21	52	88	9	8	4	33	20	4	2	17	19	68	.59091	36	LWDLLL	Safe
21	Northampton Town	45	10	15	20	54	66	8	9	6	39	30	2	6	14	15	36	.81818	35	LDDLDL	Safe
22	Gillingham	44	12	9	23	66	98	9	7	5	38	27	3	2	18	28	71	.67347	33	LLWLWL	Safe
23	Watford	45	9	11	25	53	85	8	5	9	28	25	1	6	16	25	60	.62353	29	LLLWLD
24	Crystal Palace	44	8	11	25	32	78	6	5	12	18	39	2	6	13	14	39	.41026	27	DDLDDD

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	44	28	10	6	105	38	16	6	1	57	17	12	4	5	48	21	2.76316	66	WWWDWW	Champions	2-1
	2	Norwich City	45	24	14	7	79	44	15	6	1	39	13	9	8	6	40	31	1.79545	62	WWLDLD	Safe
	3	Reading	45	21	15	9	88	52	15	6	2	57	17	6	9	7	31	35	1.69231	57	WLDWDD	Safe	1-1
	4	Plymouth Argyle	45	23	9	13	83	54	16	5	2	54	19	7	4	11	29	35	1.53704	55	WLWWWW	Safe
	5	Bristol Rovers	44	20	14	10	63	39	15	6	0	45	15	5	8	10	18	24	1.61538	54	DDLWWD	Safe
	6	Millwall	45	22	10	13	79	57	15	6	2	52	23	7	4	11	27	34	1.38596	54	WWWWLD	Safe	1-1
	7	Southend United	45	20	10	15	87	68	14	4	4	59	26	6	6	11	28	42	1.27941	50	LWDLDL	Safe
	8	Ipswich Town	45	22	6	17	67	58	14	4	4	46	24	8	2	13	21	34	1.15517	50	DLLLWW	Safe
	9	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	45	21	7	17	64	57	16	5	1	48	16	5	2	16	16	41	1.12281	49	LDDWWL	Safe
	10	Bristol City	44	19	11	14	62	57	15	4	4	41	25	4	7	10	21	32	1.08772	49	LDWWLD	Safe
	11	Newport County	45	18	9	18	74	70	12	4	6	45	25	6	5	12	29	45	1.05714	45	LLDDWL	Safe	1-2
	12	Port Vale	44	16	12	16	59	63	13	6	3	35	23	3	6	13	24	40	.93651	44	DDLDDW	Safe
	13	Brighton and Hove Albion	44	13	17	14	71	75	11	8	4	51	31	2	9	10	20	44	.94667	43	DWWLWW	Safe
	14	Exeter City	45	18	6	21	61	80	11	4	8	33	30	7	2	13	28	50	.76250	42	WWLLLL	Safe
	15	Swindon Town	45	18	4	23	53	64	15	4	3	36	14	3	0	20	17	50	.82813	40	WLLLWL	Safe	1-2
	16	Colchester United	45	14	11	20	62	75	12	4	6	42	24	2	7	14	20	51	.82667	39	LWDLWD	Safe
	17	Leyton Orient	45	15	8	22	53	73	13	2	7	36	26	2	6	15	17	47	.72603	38	LDLWLD	Safe
2	18	Aldershot	45	14	10	21	55	88	10	8	4	36	20	4	2	17	19	68	.62500	38	WDLLLW	Safe	3-0
1	19	Torquay United	45	14	9	22	64	80	13	2	8	47	39	1	7	14	17	41	.80000	37	WDWLDW	Safe
1	20	Walsall	44	13	10	21	48	61	11	4	7	31	20	2	6	14	17	41	.78689	36	DWDWDL	Safe
	21	Northampton Town	45	10	15	20	54	66	8	9	6	39	30	2	6	14	15	36	.81818	35	LDDLDL	Safe
	22	Gillingham	45	13	9	23	68	99	10	7	5	40	28	3	2	18	28	71	.68687	35	LWLWLW	Safe	2-1
	23	Watford	45	9	11	25	53	85	8	5	9	28	25	1	6	16	25	60	.62353	29	LLLWLD
	24	Crystal Palace	45	8	11	26	32	81	6	5	12	18	39	2	6	14	14	42	.39506	27	DLDDDL		0-3