The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 WATFORD - Sat Mar 17, 1951 (League Tier 3)

Date:: Sat Mar 17, 1951 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Watford
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 3
Score:: 2-1 WON

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

Season:: 1950-51
Referee:: G Pankhurst
Attendance:: 14,944
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 23 23

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Millwall (League Tier 3)
Watford:: Mar 02, 1961

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1848 (of 5007)
League Tier 3:: 75 (of 226)
Competitive:: 2039 (of 5724)
Total:: 3185 (of 7505)
Played:: 73 years, 1 month, 3 days ago

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

Goals
Freddie Scott
Collin Collindridge

WATFORD
Manager: Ron Gray
Prior form: LWDLLW (Old to recent)

Goals
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	34	Harry Walker
2	D	29	Jack Hutchinson
3	D	25	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	25	Bill Morley
5	D	34	Horace Gager
6	M	25	Jack Burkitt
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	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 3S on this day (Sat Mar 17, 1951)

Home	Score	Away
Aldershot	3-1	Leyton Orient
Brighton and Hove Albion	4-1	Exeter City
Bristol Rovers	4-0	Reading
Colchester United	3-0	Plymouth Argyle
Crystal Palace	0-2	Southend United
Northampton Town	2-2	Bristol City
Norwich City	2-0	Gillingham
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Watford
Swindon Town	2-0	Ipswich Town
Torquay United	3-2	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	Nottingham Forest	32	20	7	5	79	27	10	4	1	43	11	10	3	4	36	16	2.92593	47	WLLWLW
	2	Reading	34	18	9	7	70	38	12	3	2	44	13	6	6	5	26	25	1.84211	45	DWWWDW
	3	Norwich City	32	17	11	4	55	31	11	6	0	29	8	6	5	4	26	23	1.77419	45	WDLWWD
	4	Bristol Rovers	32	17	9	6	48	28	12	3	0	32	10	5	6	6	16	18	1.71429	43	DLWWDL
	5	Plymouth Argyle	33	17	5	11	63	39	13	2	2	41	12	4	3	9	22	27	1.61538	39	DWWDLW
	6	Southend United	34	16	7	11	72	51	11	3	3	48	20	5	4	8	24	31	1.41176	39	DWDWWD
	7	Millwall	33	16	6	11	61	49	11	4	2	41	21	5	2	9	20	28	1.24490	38	WWLLLW
	8	Ipswich Town	34	17	4	13	52	44	11	3	3	38	20	6	1	10	14	24	1.18182	38	LWWLWW
	9	Bristol City	32	16	5	11	46	40	12	2	2	30	15	4	3	9	16	25	1.15000	37	WDDWWD
	10	Bournemouth	34	17	3	14	53	51	14	2	1	40	14	3	1	13	13	37	1.03922	37	WWLWDW
	11	Exeter City	33	15	3	15	53	55	8	2	7	27	22	7	1	8	26	33	.96364	33	LLLWLL
	12	Newport County	32	13	6	13	51	45	9	2	6	35	23	4	4	7	16	22	1.13333	32	WDDWLW
	13	Port Vale	33	12	8	13	43	48	10	3	2	24	15	2	5	11	19	33	.89583	32	WLWDWL
	14	Northampton Town	32	10	10	12	43	37	8	5	3	33	18	2	5	9	10	19	1.16216	30	LLLLWL
	15	Swindon Town	34	13	3	18	38	53	12	3	2	27	12	1	0	16	11	41	.71698	29	WLWLDL
	16	Aldershot	33	11	7	15	45	71	7	6	2	27	16	4	1	13	18	55	.63380	29	LLWLDL
	17	Walsall	35	11	6	18	37	50	9	2	7	25	17	2	4	11	12	33	.74000	28	WLWWDL
	18	Brighton and Hove Albion	33	7	14	12	41	63	6	7	4	27	27	1	7	8	14	36	.65079	28	WLDLDD
	19	Colchester United	33	9	9	15	44	56	8	3	6	30	21	1	6	9	14	35	.78571	27	DLWLLL
	20	Leyton Orient	33	11	5	17	42	57	9	2	4	28	16	2	3	13	14	41	.73684	27	LLWLWW
	21	Gillingham	34	9	8	17	54	78	7	6	4	31	22	2	2	13	23	56	.69231	26	WWLDDL
	22	Torquay United	35	9	6	20	47	69	9	2	7	35	33	0	4	13	12	36	.68116	24	LLDLLL
	23	Watford	34	8	8	18	44	65	7	4	7	24	19	1	4	11	20	46	.67692	24	LWDLLW
	24	Crystal Palace	34	8	5	21	26	62	6	3	8	16	27	2	2	13	10	35	.41935	21	LLDDLW

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	33	21	7	5	81	28	11	4	1	45	12	10	3	4	36	16	2.89286	49	LLWLWW		2-1
1	2	Norwich City	33	18	11	4	57	31	12	6	0	31	8	6	5	4	26	23	1.83871	47	DLWWDW		2-0
1	3	Bristol Rovers	33	18	9	6	52	28	13	3	0	36	10	5	6	6	16	18	1.85714	45	LWWDLW		4-0
2	4	Reading	35	18	9	8	70	42	12	3	2	44	13	6	6	6	26	29	1.66667	45	WWWDWL		0-4
1	5	Southend United	35	17	7	11	74	51	11	3	3	48	20	6	4	8	26	31	1.45098	41	WDWWDW		2-0
1	6	Plymouth Argyle	34	17	5	12	63	42	13	2	2	41	12	4	3	10	22	30	1.50000	39	WWDLWL		0-3
	7	Millwall	33	16	6	11	61	49	11	4	2	41	21	5	2	9	20	28	1.24490	38	WWLLLW
1	8	Bristol City	33	16	6	11	48	42	12	2	2	30	15	4	4	9	18	27	1.14286	38	DDWWDD		2-2
1	9	Ipswich Town	35	17	4	14	52	46	11	3	3	38	20	6	1	11	14	26	1.13043	38	WWLWWL		0-2
	10	Bournemouth	34	17	3	14	53	51	14	2	1	40	14	3	1	13	13	37	1.03922	37	WWLWDW
	11	Exeter City	34	15	3	16	54	59	8	2	7	27	22	7	1	9	27	37	.91525	33	LLWLLL		1-4
	12	Newport County	32	13	6	13	51	45	9	2	6	35	23	4	4	7	16	22	1.13333	32	WDDWLW
	13	Port Vale	33	12	8	13	43	48	10	3	2	24	15	2	5	11	19	33	.89583	32	WLWDWL
	14	Northampton Town	33	10	11	12	45	39	8	6	3	35	20	2	5	9	10	19	1.15385	31	LLLWLD		2-2
	15	Swindon Town	35	14	3	18	40	53	13	3	2	29	12	1	0	16	11	41	.75472	31	LWLDLW		2-0
	16	Aldershot	34	12	7	15	48	72	8	6	2	30	17	4	1	13	18	55	.66667	31	LWLDLW		3-1
1	17	Brighton and Hove Albion	34	8	14	12	45	64	7	7	4	31	28	1	7	8	14	36	.70313	30	LDLDDW		4-1
1	18	Colchester United	34	10	9	15	47	56	9	3	6	33	21	1	6	9	14	35	.83929	29	LWLLLW		3-0
2	19	Walsall	36	11	6	19	39	53	9	2	7	25	17	2	4	12	14	36	.73585	28	LWWDLL		2-3
	20	Leyton Orient	34	11	5	18	43	60	9	2	4	28	16	2	3	14	15	44	.71667	27	LWLWWL		1-3
1	21	Torquay United	36	10	6	20	50	71	10	2	7	38	35	0	4	13	12	36	.70423	26	LDLLLW		3-2
1	22	Gillingham	35	9	8	18	54	80	7	6	4	31	22	2	2	14	23	58	.67500	26	WLDDLL		0-2
	23	Watford	35	8	8	19	45	67	7	4	7	24	19	1	4	12	21	48	.67164	24	WDLLWL		1-2
	24	Crystal Palace	35	8	5	22	26	64	6	3	9	16	29	2	2	13	10	35	.40625	21	LDDLWL		0-2