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COLCHESTER UNITED 0 - 2 FOREST - Tue Dec 26, 1950 (League Tier 3)

Date:: Tue Dec 26, 1950 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Colchester United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Layer Road
Game Type:: League Tier 3
Score:: 2-0 WON

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: ColuData (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1950-51
Referee:: A Bond
Attendance:: 12,874
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 16 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Crystal Palace (League Tier 3)
Colchester United:: Jan 02, 2006

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1837 (of 5007)
League Tier 3:: 64 (of 226)
Competitive:: 2028 (of 5724)
Total:: 3174 (of 7505)
Played:: 73 years, 3 months, 24 days ago

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

Goals
Wally Ardron
Wally Ardron

COLCHESTER UNITED
Manager: Jimmy Allen
Prior form: LWDWDD (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	34	Harry Walker
2	D	29	Jack Hutchinson
3	D	24	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	25	Bill Morley
5	D	33	Horace Gager
6	M	29	John Anderson
7	F	34	Freddie Scott
8	F	24	Roland 'Tot' Leverton
9	M	32	Wally Ardron
10	F	29	Tucker Johnson
11	F	30	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	George Wright
2	D	John Harrison
3	D	Bob Allen
4	D	Harry Bearrymann
5	D	Reg Stewart
6	M	Jimmy Elder
7	M	Len Jones
8	M	Fred Cutting
9	M	Arthur Turner
10	F	Joe Locherty
11	F	Jose Gallego

All the games in Division 3S on this day (Tue Dec 26, 1950)

Home	Score	Away
Bournemouth	3-1	Southend United
Brighton and Hove Albion	1-1	Norwich City
Bristol Rovers	2-0	Port Vale
Colchester United	0-2	Nottingham Forest
Exeter City	3-0	Aldershot
Leyton Orient	1-2	Watford
Millwall	4-0	Ipswich Town
Newport County	3-0	Walsall
Northampton Town	2-0	Crystal Palace
Plymouth Argyle	2-0	Bristol City
Reading	1-1	Gillingham
Torquay United	1-0	Swindon Town

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	21	14	5	2	58	17	8	3	0	38	8	6	2	2	20	9	3.41176	33	WWWDLD
	2	Norwich City	20	13	6	1	34	14	9	3	0	20	2	4	3	1	14	12	2.42857	32	DWWWWW
	3	Bristol Rovers	21	11	7	3	31	15	8	2	0	21	5	3	5	3	10	10	2.06667	29	WWWWDD
	4	Millwall	22	11	5	6	40	29	6	4	0	23	10	5	1	6	17	19	1.37931	27	LWLLLL
	5	Bristol City	22	12	2	8	32	25	10	0	1	21	6	2	2	7	11	19	1.28000	26	LLLWWW
	6	Ipswich Town	22	11	4	7	32	26	6	3	1	20	11	5	1	6	12	15	1.23077	26	LWWLLW
	7	Reading	22	10	5	7	35	25	6	2	2	19	6	4	3	5	16	19	1.40000	25	WLDWWW
	8	Plymouth Argyle	21	11	2	8	40	23	7	1	2	24	8	4	1	6	16	15	1.73913	24	LWWLWL
	9	Northampton Town	23	7	10	6	31	24	5	5	2	23	16	2	5	4	8	8	1.29167	24	LWDWDD
	10	Southend United	22	11	2	9	45	35	8	0	3	31	13	3	2	6	14	22	1.28571	24	WLLWLW
	11	Exeter City	21	11	2	8	31	29	5	1	4	14	13	6	1	4	17	16	1.06897	24	WLLDDL
	12	Bournemouth	22	10	2	10	32	34	8	1	1	23	6	2	1	9	9	28	.94118	22	WLWLWL
	13	Port Vale	21	8	5	8	25	28	8	1	2	17	11	0	4	6	8	17	.89286	21	LDWWDD
	14	Aldershot	22	8	5	9	29	44	4	5	2	18	13	4	0	7	11	31	.65909	21	WWWLWW
	15	Newport County	22	8	3	11	35	34	6	2	5	28	20	2	1	6	7	14	1.02941	19	LLWLWD
	16	Colchester United	22	6	7	9	34	35	5	2	4	24	14	1	5	5	10	21	.97143	19	LWDWDD
	17	Swindon Town	22	9	1	12	25	30	9	1	2	21	9	0	0	10	4	21	.83333	19	LWWLLW
	18	Torquay United	23	7	4	12	36	44	7	1	4	27	21	0	3	8	9	23	.81818	18	LWLWLL
	19	Brighton and Hove Albion	21	5	7	9	26	45	4	3	4	17	20	1	4	5	9	25	.57778	17	WLLWLL
	20	Walsall	22	6	4	12	18	29	4	2	4	12	9	2	2	8	6	20	.62069	16	WWLLWD
	21	Leyton Orient	22	6	3	13	24	45	5	1	2	12	8	1	2	11	12	37	.53333	15	LLLDLL
	22	Watford	22	4	6	12	31	41	4	3	5	16	13	0	3	7	15	28	.75610	14	LLWLDW
	23	Crystal Palace	22	6	2	14	20	45	5	1	6	12	18	1	1	8	8	27	.44444	14	LLWLWD
	24	Gillingham	22	4	5	13	29	57	3	5	3	16	16	1	0	10	13	41	.50877	13	DLWLLL

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	22	15	5	2	60	17	8	3	0	38	8	7	2	2	22	9	3.52941	35	WWDLDW		2-0
	2	Norwich City	21	13	7	1	35	15	9	3	0	20	2	4	4	1	15	13	2.33333	33	WWWWWD		1-1
	3	Bristol Rovers	22	12	7	3	33	15	9	2	0	23	5	3	5	3	10	10	2.20000	31	WWWDDW		2-0
	4	Millwall	23	12	5	6	44	29	7	4	0	27	10	5	1	6	17	19	1.51724	29	WLLLLW		4-0
3	5	Plymouth Argyle	22	12	2	8	42	23	8	1	2	26	8	4	1	6	16	15	1.82609	26	WWLWLW		2-0
1	6	Reading	23	10	6	7	36	26	6	3	2	20	7	4	3	5	16	19	1.38462	26	LDWWWD		1-1
2	7	Northampton Town	24	8	10	6	33	24	6	5	2	25	16	2	5	4	8	8	1.37500	26	WDWDDW		2-0
3	8	Bristol City	23	12	2	9	32	27	10	0	1	21	6	2	2	8	11	21	1.18519	26	LLWWWL		0-2
2	9	Exeter City	22	12	2	8	34	29	6	1	4	17	13	6	1	4	17	16	1.17241	26	LLDDLW		3-0
4	10	Ipswich Town	23	11	4	8	32	30	6	3	1	20	11	5	1	7	12	19	1.06667	26	WWLLWL		0-4
1	11	Southend United	23	11	2	10	46	38	8	0	3	31	13	3	2	7	15	25	1.21053	24	LLWLWL		1-3
	12	Bournemouth	23	11	2	10	35	35	9	1	1	26	7	2	1	9	9	28	1.00000	24	LWLWLW		3-1
2	13	Newport County	23	9	3	11	38	34	7	2	5	31	20	2	1	6	7	14	1.11765	21	LWLWDW		3-0
1	14	Port Vale	22	8	5	9	25	30	8	1	2	17	11	0	4	7	8	19	.83333	21	DWWDDL		0-2
1	15	Aldershot	23	8	5	10	29	47	4	5	2	18	13	4	0	8	11	34	.61702	21	WWLWWL		0-3
2	16	Torquay United	24	8	4	12	37	44	8	1	4	28	21	0	3	8	9	23	.84091	20	WLWLLW		1-0
1	17	Colchester United	23	6	7	10	34	37	5	2	5	24	16	1	5	5	10	21	.91892	19	WDWDDL		0-2
1	18	Swindon Town	23	9	1	13	25	31	9	1	2	21	9	0	0	11	4	22	.80645	19	WWLLWL		0-1
	19	Brighton and Hove Albion	22	5	8	9	27	46	4	4	4	18	21	1	4	5	9	25	.58696	18	LLWLLD		1-1
2	20	Watford	23	5	6	12	33	42	4	3	5	16	13	1	3	7	17	29	.78571	16	LWLDWW		2-1
1	21	Walsall	23	6	4	13	18	32	4	2	4	12	9	2	2	9	6	23	.56250	16	WLLWDL		0-3
1	22	Leyton Orient	23	6	3	14	25	47	5	1	3	13	10	1	2	11	12	37	.53191	15	LLDLLL		1-2
1	23	Gillingham	23	4	6	13	30	58	3	5	3	16	16	1	1	10	14	42	.51724	14	LWLLLD		1-1
1	24	Crystal Palace	23	6	2	15	20	47	5	1	6	12	18	1	1	9	8	29	.42553	14	LWLWDL		0-2