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SEASON: 1950-51

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This Season: 1950-51
Next Season: 1951-52

DIVISION:: English Third Division (South) (Tier 3)
MANAGER(s):: Billy Walker
FA Cup:: 2nd Round (Rotherham United (A) 1-3)
League Cup:: Did not exist

Top Goalscorer:: Wally Ardron (36 goals)

LEAGUE POSITIONS

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Season: 1950-51
Division: 3

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Season: 1950-51
Division: 3
Forest Division: 3S
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Competitive Games:: 48
Competitive Goals:: 117
Goals per game:: 2.4
League Games:: 46
League Points:: 70 out of 92 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 76.1%

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	7 times	19 times	5 times	6 times	5 times
Conceded	18 times	7 times	4 times
Won By	9 times	10 times	4 times	3 times	5 times
Lost By	5 times	2 times

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days			Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days		Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
				-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Not included: Week 1 game against Newport County (2-0) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 33,472 (Millwall)
Lowest League Attendance:: 12,923 (Crystal Palace)
Average League Attendance:: 22,631
Highest Cup Attendance:: 18,459 (Torquay United)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 18,459 (Torquay United)

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 19
Yellow Cards:: 0
Red Cards:: 0 ()
Own goals (for):: 1 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Own goals (for):: 1
Penalties scored:: 1
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 3
Penalties saved:: 0

GAMES

Manager for all games: Billy Walker
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 19, 1950	Newport County	A	2-0	Win	16,595	6	Johnson (?), Collindridge (?)
2	Wed Aug 23, 1950	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	4-0	Win	22,312	1	Ardron (?), Capel (?, ?), Collindridge (?)
3	Sat Aug 26, 1950	Norwich City	H	4-2	Win	28,250	1	Ardron (?, ?), Capel (?, ?)
4	Wed Aug 30, 1950	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	2-1	Win	13,665	1	Ardron (?), Collindridge (?)
5	Sat Sep 02, 1950	Northampton Town	A	2-2	Draw	17,887	1	Leverton (?), Capel (?)
6	Wed Sep 06, 1950	Plymouth Argyle	H	4-1	Win	17,596	1	Gager (? pen), Leverton (?), Collindridge (?), Dougall (? OG)
7	Sat Sep 09, 1950	Port Vale	H	2-1	Win	29,295	1	Ardron (?), Capel (?)
8	Wed Sep 13, 1950	Plymouth Argyle	A	2-0	Win	19,939	1	Ardron (?, ?)
9	Sat Sep 16, 1950	Reading	A	2-0	Win	19,341	1	Ardron (?, ?)
10	Sat Sep 23, 1950	Torquay United	A	2-3	Loss	10,909	1	Capel (?, ?)
11	Sat Sep 30, 1950	Aldershot	H	7-0	Win	15,841	1	Scott (?, ?), Ardron (?, ?, ?), Collindridge (?), Capel (?)
12	Sat Oct 07, 1950	Ipswich Town	H	0-0	Draw	26,668	2
13	Sat Oct 14, 1950	Leyton Orient	A	4-0	Win	15,348	1	Ardron (?, ?), Capel (?, ?)
14	Sat Oct 21, 1950	Walsall	H	4-0	Win	26,454	1	Johnson (?), Ardron (?), Capel (?, ?)
15	Sat Oct 28, 1950	Watford	A	1-1	Draw	14,699	1	Collindridge (?)
16	Sat Nov 04, 1950	Millwall	H	2-0	Win	33,472	1	Scott (?), Ardron (?)
17	Sat Nov 11, 1950	Bristol City	A	3-0	Win	32,878	1	Scott (?), Collindridge (?, ?)
18	Sat Nov 18, 1950	Gillingham	H	9-2	Win	20,639	1	Johnson (?, ?), Ardron (?, ?, ?), Capel (?, ?, ?, ?)
19	Sat Dec 02, 1950	Exeter City	H	2-2	Draw	24,128	1	Johnson (?), Collindridge (?)
20	Sat Dec 23, 1950	Norwich City	A	0-2	Loss	29,818	1
21	Mon Dec 25, 1950	Colchester United	H	0-0	Draw	20,111	1
22	Tue Dec 26, 1950	Colchester United	A	2-0	Win	12,874	1	Ardron (?, ?)
23	Sat Jan 06, 1951	Crystal Palace	H	1-0	Win	12,923	1	Capel (?)
24	Sat Jan 13, 1951	Port Vale	A	1-1	Draw	13,148	1	Capel (?)
25	Sat Jan 20, 1951	Reading	H	1-1	Draw	24,206	1	Leverton (?)
26	Sat Jan 27, 1951	Crystal Palace	A	6-1	Win	17,179	1	Scott (?), Leverton (?), Ardron (?, ?), Johnson (?), Collindridge (?)
27	Sat Feb 03, 1951	Torquay United	H	3-1	Win	20,965	1	Leverton (?), Ardron (?), Johnson (?)
28	Sat Feb 10, 1951	Bournemouth	A	2-3	Loss	15,882	1	Burkitt (?), Ardron (?)
29	Sat Feb 17, 1951	Aldershot	A	0-1	Loss	8,543	1
30	Sat Feb 24, 1951	Ipswich Town	A	3-1	Win	17,620	1	Ardron (?, ?), Capel (?)
31	Sat Mar 03, 1951	Leyton Orient	H	0-1	Loss	22,504	1
32	Sat Mar 10, 1951	Walsall	A	2-0	Win	14,247	1	Leverton (?), Collindridge (?)
33	Sat Mar 17, 1951	Watford	H	2-1	Win	14,944	1	Scott (?), Collindridge (?)
34	Sat Mar 24, 1951	Millwall	A	1-1	Draw	21,981	1	Scott (?)
35	Mon Mar 26, 1951	Bristol Rovers	H	2-1	Win	27,245	1	Ardron (?), Capel (?)
36	Sat Mar 31, 1951	Bristol City	H	0-0	Draw	16,811	1
37	Sat Apr 07, 1951	Gillingham	A	4-1	Win	13,845	1	Ardron (?, ?, ?), Collindridge (?)
38	Tue Apr 10, 1951	Southend United	A	2-3	Loss	9,513	1	Gager (?), Scott (?)
39	Sat Apr 14, 1951	Bournemouth	H	1-0	Win	22,428	2	Scott (?)
40	Wed Apr 18, 1951	Swindon Town	H	2-1	Win	27,644	2	Ardron (?), Capel (?)
41	Sat Apr 21, 1951	Exeter City	A	5-0	Win	11,003	1	Johnson (?, ?, ?), Ardron (?, ?)
42	Wed Apr 25, 1951	Northampton Town	H	2-2	Draw	27,244	1	Johnson (?, ?)
43	Sat Apr 28, 1951	Southend United	H	3-0	Win	17,384	1	Johnson (?), Ardron (?), Collindridge (?)
44	Wed May 02, 1951	Newport County	H	2-1	Win	21,468	1	Capel (?), Collindridge (?)
45	Thu May 03, 1951	Bristol Rovers	A	2-0	Win	27,676	1	Love (?), Johnson (?)
46	Sat May 05, 1951	Swindon Town	A	3-2	Win	10,707	1	Ardron (40), Johnson (63), Collindridge (89)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Nov 25, 1950	Torquay United	1			H	6-1	Win	18,459	Scott (?, ?), Johnson (?, ?, ?), Collindridge (?)
Sat Dec 09, 1950	Rotherham United	2			A	1-3	Loss	25,000	Capel (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat May 12, 1951	RC Malines	Belgium	H	3-1	Win	18,094	Capel (?), Love (?), Johnson (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Billy Walker
Sat Aug 19, 1950	League Tier 3	Newport County		A	2-0	16,595	Johnson (?), Collindridge (?)
Wed Aug 23, 1950	League Tier 3	Brighton and Hove Albion		H	4-0	22,312	Ardron (?), Capel (?, ?), Collindridge (?)
Sat Aug 26, 1950	League Tier 3	Norwich City		H	4-2	28,250	Ardron (?, ?), Capel (?, ?)
Wed Aug 30, 1950	League Tier 3	Brighton and Hove Albion		A	2-1	13,665	Ardron (?), Collindridge (?)
Sat Sep 02, 1950	League Tier 3	Northampton Town		A	2-2	17,887	Leverton (?), Capel (?)
Wed Sep 06, 1950	League Tier 3	Plymouth Argyle		H	4-1	17,596	Gager (? pen), Leverton (?), Collindridge (?), Dougall (? OG)
Sat Sep 09, 1950	League Tier 3	Port Vale		H	2-1	29,295	Ardron (?), Capel (?)
Wed Sep 13, 1950	League Tier 3	Plymouth Argyle		A	2-0	19,939	Ardron (?, ?)
Sat Sep 16, 1950	League Tier 3	Reading		A	2-0	19,341	Ardron (?, ?)
Sat Sep 23, 1950	League Tier 3	Torquay United		A	2-3	10,909	Capel (?, ?)
Sat Sep 30, 1950	League Tier 3	Aldershot		H	7-0	15,841	Scott (?, ?), Ardron (?, ?, ?), Collindridge (?), Capel (?)
Sat Oct 07, 1950	League Tier 3	Ipswich Town		H	0-0	26,668
Sat Oct 14, 1950	League Tier 3	Leyton Orient		A	4-0	15,348	Ardron (?, ?), Capel (?, ?)
Sat Oct 21, 1950	League Tier 3	Walsall		H	4-0	26,454	Johnson (?), Ardron (?), Capel (?, ?)
Sat Oct 28, 1950	League Tier 3	Watford		A	1-1	14,699	Collindridge (?)
Sat Nov 04, 1950	League Tier 3	Millwall		H	2-0	33,472	Scott (?), Ardron (?)
Sat Nov 11, 1950	League Tier 3	Bristol City		A	3-0	32,878	Scott (?), Collindridge (?, ?)
Sat Nov 18, 1950	League Tier 3	Gillingham		H	9-2	20,639	Johnson (?, ?), Ardron (?, ?, ?), Capel (?, ?, ?, ?)
Sat Nov 25, 1950	FA Cup	Torquay United	1	H	6-1	18,459	Scott (?, ?), Johnson (?, ?, ?), Collindridge (?)
Sat Dec 02, 1950	League Tier 3	Exeter City		H	2-2	24,128	Johnson (?), Collindridge (?)
Sat Dec 09, 1950	FA Cup	Rotherham United	2	A	1-3	25,000	Capel (?)
Sat Dec 23, 1950	League Tier 3	Norwich City		A	0-2	29,818
Mon Dec 25, 1950	League Tier 3	Colchester United		H	0-0	20,111
Tue Dec 26, 1950	League Tier 3	Colchester United		A	2-0	12,874	Ardron (?, ?)
Sat Jan 06, 1951	League Tier 3	Crystal Palace		H	1-0	12,923	Capel (?)
Sat Jan 13, 1951	League Tier 3	Port Vale		A	1-1	13,148	Capel (?)
Sat Jan 20, 1951	League Tier 3	Reading		H	1-1	24,206	Leverton (?)
Sat Jan 27, 1951	League Tier 3	Crystal Palace		A	6-1	17,179	Scott (?), Leverton (?), Ardron (?, ?), Johnson (?), Collindridge (?)
Sat Feb 03, 1951	League Tier 3	Torquay United		H	3-1	20,965	Leverton (?), Ardron (?), Johnson (?)
Sat Feb 10, 1951	League Tier 3	Bournemouth		A	2-3	15,882	Burkitt (?), Ardron (?)
Sat Feb 17, 1951	League Tier 3	Aldershot		A	0-1	8,543
Sat Feb 24, 1951	League Tier 3	Ipswich Town		A	3-1	17,620	Ardron (?, ?), Capel (?)
Sat Mar 03, 1951	League Tier 3	Leyton Orient		H	0-1	22,504
Sat Mar 10, 1951	League Tier 3	Walsall		A	2-0	14,247	Leverton (?), Collindridge (?)
Sat Mar 17, 1951	League Tier 3	Watford		H	2-1	14,944	Scott (?), Collindridge (?)
Sat Mar 24, 1951	League Tier 3	Millwall		A	1-1	21,981	Scott (?)
Mon Mar 26, 1951	League Tier 3	Bristol Rovers		H	2-1	27,245	Ardron (?), Capel (?)
Sat Mar 31, 1951	League Tier 3	Bristol City		H	0-0	16,811
Sat Apr 07, 1951	League Tier 3	Gillingham		A	4-1	13,845	Ardron (?, ?, ?), Collindridge (?)
Tue Apr 10, 1951	League Tier 3	Southend United		A	2-3	9,513	Gager (?), Scott (?)
Sat Apr 14, 1951	League Tier 3	Bournemouth		H	1-0	22,428	Scott (?)
Wed Apr 18, 1951	League Tier 3	Swindon Town		H	2-1	27,644	Ardron (?), Capel (?)
Sat Apr 21, 1951	League Tier 3	Exeter City		A	5-0	11,003	Johnson (?, ?, ?), Ardron (?, ?)
Wed Apr 25, 1951	League Tier 3	Northampton Town		H	2-2	27,244	Johnson (?, ?)
Sat Apr 28, 1951	League Tier 3	Southend United		H	3-0	17,384	Johnson (?), Ardron (?), Collindridge (?)
Wed May 02, 1951	League Tier 3	Newport County		H	2-1	21,468	Capel (?), Collindridge (?)
Thu May 03, 1951	League Tier 3	Bristol Rovers		A	2-0	27,676	Love (?), Johnson (?)
Sat May 05, 1951	League Tier 3	Swindon Town		A	3-2	10,707	Ardron (40), Johnson (63), Collindridge (89)
Sat May 12, 1951	Friendly	RC Malines		H	3-1	18,094	Capel (?), Love (?), Johnson (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (1) - £12,500					Out (1) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee		Date	Player	Details	Fee
Aug 19, 1950	Collin Collindridge	Bought	£12,500			John Anderson	Sold

SQUAD

				Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Country	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		England	Harry Walker	48	31	10	7
Defenders
D		England	Bill Whare	42	26	9	7
D		England	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	47	30	10	7
D		England	Horace Gager	48	31	10	7	2
D		England	Jack Hutchinson	6	5	1
D		England	James Clarke	1	1
Midfielders
M		England	Jack Burkitt	44	27	10	7	1
M		England	John Anderson	8	7		1
M		England	Wally Ardron	47	30	10	7	36
M		England	William Morley	44	28	10	6
Forwards
F		England	Collin Collindridge	48	31	10	7	17
F		England	Freddie Scott	48	31	10	7	11
F		Scotland	John Love	4	3		1	1
F		England	Roland 'Tot' Leverton	22	15	5	2	6
F		England	Tom Johnson	34	22	6	6	18
F		England	Tommy Capel	37	23	9	5	24

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
36	Wally Ardron	47
24	Tommy Capel	37
18	Tom Johnson	34
17	Collin Collindridge	48
11	Freddie Scott	48
6	Roland 'Tot' Leverton	22
2 (1)	Horace Gager	48
1	Jack Burkitt	44
1	John Love	4
1	Own Goals	48

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Brighton and Hove Albion	Wed Aug 23, 1950	Home	4-0	Wed Aug 30, 1950	Away	2-1
Bristol Rovers	Mon Mar 26, 1951	Home	2-1	Thu May 03, 1951	Away	2-0
Crystal Palace	Sat Jan 06, 1951	Home	1-0	Sat Jan 27, 1951	Away	6-1
Gillingham	Sat Nov 18, 1950	Home	9-2	Sat Apr 07, 1951	Away	4-1
Newport County	Sat Aug 19, 1950	Away	2-0	Wed May 02, 1951	Home	2-1
Plymouth Argyle	Wed Sep 06, 1950	Home	4-1	Wed Sep 13, 1950	Away	2-0
Swindon Town	Wed Apr 18, 1951	Home	2-1	Sat May 05, 1951	Away	3-2
Walsall	Sat Oct 21, 1950	Home	4-0	Sat Mar 10, 1951	Away	2-0

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score