The City Ground

SEASON: 1950-51

Prev Season: 1949-50
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)

Top Goalscorer:: Wally Ardron (36 goals)

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%

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)

FA Cup:: Newcastle United
League Cup:
League Trophy:
Community Shield:

SEASON RECORDS

Most Goals scored: 9
9-2 (Sat Nov 18, 1950, Gillingham, Home, League Tier 3)

Biggest Winning Margin: 7
7-0 (Sat Sep 30, 1950, Aldershot, Home, League Tier 3)
9-2 (Sat Nov 18, 1950, Gillingham, Home, League Tier 3)

Most Goals Conceded: 3
2-3 (Sat Sep 23, 1950, Torquay United, Away, League Tier 3)
1-3 (Sat Dec 09, 1950, Rotherham United, Away, FA Cup)
2-3 (Sat Feb 10, 1951, Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic, Away, League Tier 3)
2-3 (Tue Apr 10, 1951, Southend United, Away, League Tier 3)

Biggest Losing Margin: 2
1-3 (Sat Dec 09, 1950, Rotherham United, Away, FA Cup)
0-2 (Sat Dec 23, 1950, Norwich City, Away, League Tier 3)

Clean Sheets:: 19
Yellow Cards:: 0
Red Cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 0 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 5
Penalties conceded:: 3
Penalties missed:: 3
Penalties saved:: 0

TABLE

THIRD DIVISION SOUTH (Tier 3) - 1950-51

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Nottingham Forest	46	30	10	6	110	40	16	6	1	57	17	14	4	5	53	23	2.750	70	Promoted as Champions
2	Norwich City	46	25	14	7	82	45	16	6	1	42	14	9	8	6	40	31	1.822	64		4-2	0-2
3	Reading	46	21	15	10	88	53	15	6	2	57	17	6	9	8	31	36	1.660	57		1-1	2-0
4	Plymouth Argyle	46	24	9	13	85	55	16	5	2	54	19	8	4	11	31	36	1.545	57		4-1	2-0
5	Millwall	46	23	10	13	80	57	15	6	2	52	23	8	4	11	28	34	1.404	56		2-0	1-1
6	Bristol Rovers	46	20	15	11	64	42	15	7	1	46	18	5	8	10	18	24	1.524	55		2-1	2-0
7	Southend United	46	21	10	15	92	69	15	4	4	64	27	6	6	11	28	42	1.333	52		3-0	2-3
8	Ipswich Town	46	23	6	17	69	58	15	4	4	48	24	8	2	13	21	34	1.190	52		0-0	3-1
9	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	46	22	7	17	65	57	17	5	1	49	16	5	2	16	16	41	1.140	51		1-0	2-3
10	Bristol City	46	20	11	15	64	59	15	4	4	41	25	5	7	11	23	34	1.085	51		0-0	3-0
11	Newport County	46	19	9	18	77	70	13	4	6	48	25	6	5	12	29	45	1.100	47		2-1	2-0
12	Port Vale	46	16	13	17	60	65	13	6	4	35	24	3	7	13	25	41	.923	45		2-1	1-1
13	Brighton and Hove Albion	46	13	17	16	71	79	11	8	4	51	31	2	9	12	20	48	.899	43		4-0	2-1
14	Exeter City	46	18	6	22	62	85	11	4	8	33	30	7	2	14	29	55	.729	42		2-2	5-0
15	Walsall	46	15	10	21	52	62	12	4	7	32	20	3	6	14	20	42	.839	40		4-0	2-0
16	Colchester United	46	14	12	20	63	76	12	5	6	43	25	2	7	14	20	51	.829	40		0-0	2-0
17	Swindon Town	46	18	4	24	55	67	15	4	4	38	17	3	0	20	17	50	.821	40		2-1	3-2
18	Aldershot	46	15	10	21	56	88	11	8	4	37	20	4	2	17	19	68	.636	40		7-0	0-1
19	Leyton Orient	46	15	8	23	53	75	13	2	8	36	28	2	6	15	17	47	.707	38		0-1	4-0
20	Torquay United	46	14	9	23	64	81	13	2	8	47	39	1	7	15	17	42	.790	37		3-1	2-3
21	Northampton Town	46	10	16	20	55	67	8	9	6	39	30	2	7	14	16	37	.821	36		2-2	2-2
22	Gillingham	46	13	9	24	69	101	10	7	6	41	30	3	2	18	28	71	.683	35		9-2	4-1
23	Watford	46	9	11	26	54	88	8	5	10	29	28	1	6	16	25	60	.614	29	Re-elected	2-1	1-1
24	Crystal Palace	46	8	11	27	33	84	6	5	12	18	39	2	6	15	15	45	.393	27	Re-elected	1-0	6-1

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

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

GAMES

Manager for all games: Billy Walker
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Aug 19, 1950	Newport County	A	2-0	16,595	6	Collindridge (17'), Johnson (22')
2	Wed Aug 23, 1950	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	4-0	22,312	1	Capel (13', 63'), Collindridge (30'), Ardron (50')
3	Sat Aug 26, 1950	Norwich City	H	4-2	28,250	1	Ardron (15', 46'), Capel (55', 78')
4	Wed Aug 30, 1950	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	2-1	13,665	1	Ardron (30'), Collindridge (62')
5	Sat Sep 02, 1950	Northampton Town	A	2-2	17,887	1	Capel (20'), Leverton (68')
6	Wed Sep 06, 1950	Plymouth Argyle	H	4-1	17,596	1	Neil Dougall (13' OG), Collindridge (18'), Leverton (39'), Gager (89' pen)
7	Sat Sep 09, 1950	Port Vale	H	2-1	29,295	1	Capel (31'), Ardron (80')
8	Wed Sep 13, 1950	Plymouth Argyle	A	2-0	19,939	1	Ardron (20', 26')
9	Sat Sep 16, 1950	Reading	A	2-0	19,341	1	Ardron (2', 72')
10	Sat Sep 23, 1950	Torquay United	A	2-3	10,909	1	Capel (52', 71')
11	Sat Sep 30, 1950	Aldershot	H	7-0	15,841	1	Scott (15', 47'), Ardron (31', 38', 89'), Capel (70'), Collindridge (75')
12	Sat Oct 07, 1950	Ipswich Town	H	0-0	26,668	2
13	Sat Oct 14, 1950	Leyton Orient	A	4-0	15,348	1	Ardron (15', 52'), Capel (30', 70')
14	Sat Oct 21, 1950	Walsall	H	4-0	26,454	1	Capel (6', 63'), Johnson (30'), Ardron (86')
15	Sat Oct 28, 1950	Watford	A	1-1	14,699	1	Collindridge (46')
16	Sat Nov 04, 1950	Millwall	H	2-0	33,472	1	Ardron (24'), Scott (43')
17	Sat Nov 11, 1950	Bristol City	A	3-0	32,878	1	Collindridge (70' pen, 78'), Scott (76')
18	Sat Nov 18, 1950	Gillingham	H	9-2	20,639	1	Capel (9', 20', 27', 42'), Ardron (30', 44', 73'), Johnson (57', 64')
19	Sat Dec 02, 1950	Exeter City	H	2-2	24,128	1	Johnson (30'), Collindridge (74')
20	Sat Dec 23, 1950	Norwich City	A	0-2	29,818	1
21	Mon Dec 25, 1950	Colchester United	H	0-0	20,111	1
22	Tue Dec 26, 1950	Colchester United	A	2-0	12,874	1	Ardron (52', 58')
23	Sat Jan 06, 1951	Crystal Palace	H	1-0	12,923	1	Capel (32')
24	Sat Jan 13, 1951	Port Vale	A	1-1	13,148	1	Capel (15')
25	Sat Jan 20, 1951	Reading	H	1-1	24,206	1	Leverton (25')
26	Sat Jan 27, 1951	Crystal Palace	A	6-1	17,179	1	Ardron (16', 70'), Leverton (53'), Johnson (54'), Scott (68'), Collindridge (73')
27	Sat Feb 03, 1951	Torquay United	H	3-1	20,965	1	Leverton (32'), Johnson (42'), Ardron (87')
28	Sat Feb 10, 1951	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	A	2-3	15,882	1	Burkitt (20'), Ardron (76')
29	Sat Feb 17, 1951	Aldershot	A	0-1	8,543	1
30	Sat Feb 24, 1951	Ipswich Town	A	3-1	17,620	1	Capel (25'), Ardron (59', 67')
31	Sat Mar 03, 1951	Leyton Orient	H	0-1	22,504	1
32	Sat Mar 10, 1951	Walsall	A	2-0	14,247	1	Collindridge (75'), Leverton (88')	Safe
33	Sat Mar 17, 1951	Watford	H	2-1	14,944	1	Scott (13'), Collindridge (35')	Safe
34	Sat Mar 24, 1951	Millwall	A	1-1	21,981	1	Scott (70')	Safe
35	Mon Mar 26, 1951	Bristol Rovers	H	2-1	27,245	1	Capel (22'), Ardron (55')	Safe
36	Sat Mar 31, 1951	Bristol City	H	0-0	16,811	1		Safe
37	Sat Apr 07, 1951	Gillingham	A	4-1	13,845	1	Ardron (10', 42', 44'), Collindridge (81')	Safe
38	Tue Apr 10, 1951	Southend United	A	2-3	9,513	1	Gager (75' pen), Scott (77')	Safe
39	Sat Apr 14, 1951	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	H	1-0	22,428	2	Scott (50')	Safe
40	Wed Apr 18, 1951	Swindon Town	H	2-1	27,644	2	Capel (13'), Ardron (47')	Safe
41	Sat Apr 21, 1951	Exeter City	A	5-0	11,003	1	Johnson (25', 44', 70'), Ardron (30', 33')	Safe
42	Wed Apr 25, 1951	Northampton Town	H	2-2	27,244	1	Johnson (15', 47')	Safe
43	Sat Apr 28, 1951	Southend United	H	3-0	17,384	1	Ardron (13'), Collindridge (67' pen), Johnson (83')	Safe
44	Wed May 02, 1951	Newport County	H	2-1	21,468	1	Collindridge (30' pen), Capel (61')	Champion
45	Thu May 03, 1951	Bristol Rovers	A	2-0	27,676	1	Love (12'), Johnson (44')	Champion
46	Sat May 05, 1951	Swindon Town	A	3-2	10,707	1	Ardron (40'), Johnson (63'), Collindridge (89')	Champion

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Nov 25, 1950	Torquay United	1		H	6-1	18,459	Scott (6'), Collindridge (17', 65'), Johnson (23', 70', 80')
Sat Dec 09, 1950	Rotherham United	2		A	1-3	25,000	Capel (68')

Friendly

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

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Billy Walker
Sat Aug 19, 1950	League Tier 3	Newport County		A	2-0	16,595	Collindridge (17'), Johnson (22')
Wed Aug 23, 1950	League Tier 3	Brighton and Hove Albion		H	4-0	22,312	Capel (13', 63'), Collindridge (30'), Ardron (50')
Sat Aug 26, 1950	League Tier 3	Norwich City		H	4-2	28,250	Ardron (15', 46'), Capel (55', 78')
Wed Aug 30, 1950	League Tier 3	Brighton and Hove Albion		A	2-1	13,665	Ardron (30'), Collindridge (62')
Sat Sep 02, 1950	League Tier 3	Northampton Town		A	2-2	17,887	Capel (20'), Leverton (68')
Wed Sep 06, 1950	League Tier 3	Plymouth Argyle		H	4-1	17,596	Neil Dougall (13' OG), Collindridge (18'), Leverton (39'), Gager (89' pen)
Sat Sep 09, 1950	League Tier 3	Port Vale		H	2-1	29,295	Capel (31'), Ardron (80')
Wed Sep 13, 1950	League Tier 3	Plymouth Argyle		A	2-0	19,939	Ardron (20', 26')
Sat Sep 16, 1950	League Tier 3	Reading		A	2-0	19,341	Ardron (2', 72')
Sat Sep 23, 1950	League Tier 3	Torquay United		A	2-3	10,909	Capel (52', 71')
Sat Sep 30, 1950	League Tier 3	Aldershot		H	7-0	15,841	Scott (15', 47'), Ardron (31', 38', 89'), Capel (70'), Collindridge (75')
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 (15', 52'), Capel (30', 70')
Sat Oct 21, 1950	League Tier 3	Walsall		H	4-0	26,454	Capel (6', 63'), Johnson (30'), Ardron (86')
Sat Oct 28, 1950	League Tier 3	Watford		A	1-1	14,699	Collindridge (46')
Sat Nov 04, 1950	League Tier 3	Millwall		H	2-0	33,472	Ardron (24'), Scott (43')
Sat Nov 11, 1950	League Tier 3	Bristol City		A	3-0	32,878	Collindridge (70' pen, 78'), Scott (76')
Sat Nov 18, 1950	League Tier 3	Gillingham		H	9-2	20,639	Capel (9', 20', 27', 42'), Ardron (30', 44', 73'), Johnson (57', 64')
Sat Nov 25, 1950	FA Cup	Torquay United	1	H	6-1	18,459	Scott (6'), Collindridge (17', 65'), Johnson (23', 70', 80')
Sat Dec 02, 1950	League Tier 3	Exeter City		H	2-2	24,128	Johnson (30'), Collindridge (74')
Sat Dec 09, 1950	FA Cup	Rotherham United	2	A	1-3	25,000	Capel (68')
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 (52', 58')
Sat Jan 06, 1951	League Tier 3	Crystal Palace		H	1-0	12,923	Capel (32')
Sat Jan 13, 1951	League Tier 3	Port Vale		A	1-1	13,148	Capel (15')
Sat Jan 20, 1951	League Tier 3	Reading		H	1-1	24,206	Leverton (25')
Sat Jan 27, 1951	League Tier 3	Crystal Palace		A	6-1	17,179	Ardron (16', 70'), Leverton (53'), Johnson (54'), Scott (68'), Collindridge (73')
Sat Feb 03, 1951	League Tier 3	Torquay United		H	3-1	20,965	Leverton (32'), Johnson (42'), Ardron (87')
Sat Feb 10, 1951	League Tier 3	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic		A	2-3	15,882	Burkitt (20'), Ardron (76')
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	Capel (25'), Ardron (59', 67')
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	Collindridge (75'), Leverton (88')	Safe
Sat Mar 17, 1951	League Tier 3	Watford		H	2-1	14,944	Scott (13'), Collindridge (35')	Safe
Sat Mar 24, 1951	League Tier 3	Millwall		A	1-1	21,981	Scott (70')	Safe
Mon Mar 26, 1951	League Tier 3	Bristol Rovers		H	2-1	27,245	Capel (22'), Ardron (55')	Safe
Sat Mar 31, 1951	League Tier 3	Bristol City		H	0-0	16,811		Safe
Sat Apr 07, 1951	League Tier 3	Gillingham		A	4-1	13,845	Ardron (10', 42', 44'), Collindridge (81')	Safe
Tue Apr 10, 1951	League Tier 3	Southend United		A	2-3	9,513	Gager (75' pen), Scott (77')	Safe
Sat Apr 14, 1951	League Tier 3	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic		H	1-0	22,428	Scott (50')	Safe
Wed Apr 18, 1951	League Tier 3	Swindon Town		H	2-1	27,644	Capel (13'), Ardron (47')	Safe
Sat Apr 21, 1951	League Tier 3	Exeter City		A	5-0	11,003	Johnson (25', 44', 70'), Ardron (30', 33')	Safe
Wed Apr 25, 1951	League Tier 3	Northampton Town		H	2-2	27,244	Johnson (15', 47')	Safe
Sat Apr 28, 1951	League Tier 3	Southend United		H	3-0	17,384	Ardron (13'), Collindridge (67' pen), Johnson (83')	Safe
Wed May 02, 1951	League Tier 3	Newport County		H	2-1	21,468	Collindridge (30' pen), Capel (61')	Champion
Thu May 03, 1951	League Tier 3	Bristol Rovers		A	2-0	27,676	Love (12'), Johnson (44')	Champion
Sat May 05, 1951	League Tier 3	Swindon Town		A	3-2	10,707	Ardron (40'), Johnson (63'), Collindridge (89')	Promoted
Sat May 12, 1951	Friendly	RC Malines		H	3-1	18,094	Love (?), Capel (?), Johnson (?)

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Sat Nov 25, 1950	Torquay United	1		H	6-1	18,459
Sat Dec 09, 1950	Rotherham United	2		A	1-3	25,000

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Sat May 12, 1951	RC Malines	Belgium	H	3-1	18,094

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

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Harry Walker	England	34	48	31	10	7
Defenders
D		Bill Whare	England	25	42	26	9	7
D		Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	England	24	47	30	10	7
D		Horace Gager	England	33	48	31	10	7	2
D		Jack Hutchinson	England	29	6	5	1
D		James Clarke	England	26	1	1
Midfielders
M		Bill Morley	England	25	44	28	10	6
M		Jack Burkitt	England	24	44	27	10	7	1
M		John Anderson	England	28	8	7		1
M		Wally Ardron	England	31	47	30	10	7	36
Forwards
F		Collin Collindridge	England	29	48	31	10	7	18
F		Freddie Scott	England	33	48	31	10	7	10
F		John Love	Scotland	26	4	3		1	1
F		Tommy Capel	England	28	37	23	9	5	24
F		Tot Leverton	England	24	22	15	5	2	6
F		Tucker Johnson	England	28	34	22	6	6	18

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 15

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
36	Wally Ardron	47
24	Tommy Capel	37
18	Collin Collindridge	48
18	Tucker Johnson	34
10	Freddie Scott	48
6	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