FOREST 3 - 0 BRISTOL CITY - Wed Aug 24, 1949 (League Tier 3)
- Date:
- Wed Aug 24, 1949 (7:45 PM)
- Opponent:
- Bristol City
- Home/Away:
- Home
- Ground:
- City Ground
- Game Type:
- League Tier 3
- Score:
- 3-0 WON
- Half-time: 1-0
- Sources:
- Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
- Nottingham Journal - Thursday 25 August 1949
- NEXT GAMES:
- Next Game:
- Walsall (League Tier 3)
- Bristol City:
- Aug 30, 1949
- GAME COUNT:
- League:
- 1775 (of 5045)
- League Tier 3:
- 2 (of 226)
- Competitive:
- 1962 (of 5768)
- Total:
- 3102 (of 7556)
- Played:
- 75 years, 10 months, 11 days ago
FOREST
Manager: Billy Walker
Prior form: D (Old to recent)
Goals
Gordon Kaile (27')
Wally Ardron (62') (Pen)
Fred Stone (85') (OG)
Lineup
| Num | Pos | Age | Player | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | 33 |  Harry Walker | |
| 2 | D | 23 | Geoff Thomas (1944-60) | |
| 3 | M | 33 | Bob McCall | |
| 4 | M | 23 | Jack Burkitt | |
| 5 | D | 32 | Horace Gager | |
| 6 | M | 24 | Bill Morley | |
| 7 | F | 32 | Freddie Scott | |
| 8 | F | 25 |  John Love | |
| 9 | M | 30 | Wally Ardron  (62') | |
| 10 | F | 24 | Gordon Kaile (27') | |
| 11 | F | 23 | Tot Leverton | |
Lineup
| Num | Pos | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Frank Coombs |
| 2 | D | Fred Stone |
| 3 | D | Jack Bailey |
| 4 | D | Don Freeman |
| 5 | D | Dennis Roberts |
| 6 | M | Cliff Edwards |
| 7 | M | Sid Williams |
| 8 | M | Arnie White |
| 9 | M | John McCarthy |
| 10 | F | Alec Eisentrager |
| 11 | F | Tommy Rudkin |
| Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|
| Aldershot | 0-1 | Brighton and Hove Albion |
| Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic | 2-0 | Exeter City |
| Crystal Palace | 1-1 | Leyton Orient |
| Norwich City | 4-3 | Notts County |
| Nottingham Forest | 3-0 | Bristol City |
| Swindon Town | 1-1 | Millwall |
| Torquay United | 2-1 | Walsall |
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 | Notts County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99.99900 | 2 | W | |||
| 2 | Swindon Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99.99900 | 2 | W | |||
| 3 | Bristol City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00000 | 2 | W | |||
| 4 | Torquay United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.00000 | 2 | W | |||
| 5 | Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2.00000 | 2 | W | |||
| 6 | Bristol Rovers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.00000 | 2 | LW | |||
| 7 | Exeter City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00000 | 2 | W | |||
| 8 | Newport County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.50000 | 2 | W | |||
| 9 | Port Vale | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00000 | 2 | WL | |||
| 10 | Southend United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .50000 | 2 | LW | |||
| 11 | Brighton and Hove Albion | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00000 | 1 | D | |||
| 12 | Nottingham Forest | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00000 | 1 | D | |||
| 13 | Aldershot | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00000 | 1 | D | |||
| 14 | Leyton Orient | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00000 | 1 | D | |||
| 15 | Walsall | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00000 | 1 | D | |||
| 16 | Watford | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00000 | 1 | D | |||
| 17 | Norwich City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .66667 | 0 | L | |||
| 18 | Crystal Palace | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .50000 | 0 | L | |||
| 19 | Millwall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .33333 | 0 | L | |||
| 20 | Northampton Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .33333 | 0 | L | |||
| 21 | Ipswich Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .25000 | 0 | LL | |||
| 22 | Reading | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .00000 | 0 | L | |||
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) | |
 4 | 1 | Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4.00000 | 4 | WW | 2-0 | |
| 2 | 2 | Torquay United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2.50000 | 4 | WW | 2-1 | |
 1 | 3 | Swindon Town | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00000 | 3 | WD | 1-1 | |
| 8 | 4 | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.50000 | 3 | DW | 3-0 | |
| 6 | 5 | Brighton and Hove Albion | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.50000 | 3 | DW | 1-0 | |
| 6 | Bristol Rovers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.00000 | 2 | LW | |||
| 1 | 7 | Newport County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.50000 | 2 | W | ||
| 7 | 8 | Notts County | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1.25000 | 2 | WL | 3-4 | |
| 5 | 9 | Leyton Orient | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00000 | 2 | DD | 1-1 | |
| 7 | 10 | Norwich City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.00000 | 2 | LW | 4-3 | |
| 2 | 11 | Port Vale | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00000 | 2 | WL | ||
| 9 | 12 | Bristol City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .75000 | 2 | WL | 0-3 | |
| 6 | 13 | Exeter City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .66667 | 2 | WL | 0-2 | |
| 4 | 14 | Southend United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .50000 | 2 | LW | ||
| 3 | 15 | Crystal Palace | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .66667 | 1 | LD | 1-1 | |
| 3 | 16 | Millwall | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .50000 | 1 | LD | 1-1 | |
| 2 | 17 | Walsall | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .50000 | 1 | DL | 1-2 | |
| 5 | 18 | Aldershot | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00000 | 1 | DL | 0-1 | |
| 3 | 19 | Watford | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00000 | 1 | D | ||
| 20 | Northampton Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .33333 | 0 | L | |||
| 21 | Ipswich Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .25000 | 0 | LL | |||
| 22 | Reading | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .00000 | 0 | L | |||