The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 BRISTOL ROVERS - Mon Mar 26, 1951 (League Tier 3)

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

Goals:
Wally Ardron
Tommy Capel

BRISTOL ROVERS
Manager: Bert Tann
Prior form: WWDLWD (Old to recent)

Goals:
?

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Harry Walker
2	D	Bill Whare
3	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	Jack Burkitt
5	D	Horace Gager
6	M	William Morley
7	F	Freddie Scott
8	F	Roland 'Tot' Leverton
9	M	Wally Ardron
10	F	Tommy Capel
11	F	Collin Collindridge

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 3S on this day (Mon Mar 26, 1951)

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
1	Nottingham Forest	34	21	8	5	82	29	11	4	1	45	12	10	4	4	37	17	2.828	50	LWLWWD
2	Norwich City	34	18	12	4	57	31	12	6	0	31	8	6	6	4	26	23	1.839	48	LWWDWD
3	Reading	37	19	10	8	75	45	13	4	2	49	16	6	6	6	26	29	1.667	48	WDWLWD
4	Bristol Rovers	34	18	10	6	52	28	13	3	0	36	10	5	7	6	16	18	1.857	46	WWDLWD
5	Southend United	37	18	8	11	77	52	12	3	3	51	21	6	5	8	26	31	1.481	44	WWDWDW
6	Ipswich Town	37	19	4	14	57	46	12	3	3	41	20	7	1	11	16	26	1.239	42	LWWLWW
7	Plymouth Argyle	36	17	7	12	64	43	13	3	2	41	12	4	4	10	23	31	1.488	41	DLWLDD
8	Millwall	35	16	8	11	63	51	11	6	2	43	23	5	2	9	20	28	1.235	40	LLLWDD
9	Bristol City	35	17	6	12	53	47	13	2	2	33	16	4	4	10	20	31	1.128	40	WWDDLW
10	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	36	17	5	14	54	52	14	4	1	41	15	3	1	13	13	37	1.038	39	LWDWDD
11	Exeter City	36	15	5	16	57	62	8	3	7	29	24	7	2	9	28	38	.919	35	WLLLDD
12	Newport County	33	13	7	13	53	47	9	2	6	35	23	4	5	7	18	24	1.128	33	DDWLWD
13	Swindon Town	37	15	3	19	42	55	13	3	2	29	12	2	0	17	13	43	.764	33	LDLWWL
14	Port Vale	34	12	8	14	44	51	10	3	2	24	15	2	5	12	20	36	.863	32	LWDWLL
15	Brighton and Hove Albion	36	9	14	13	51	68	8	7	4	36	29	1	7	9	15	39	.750	32	LDDWWL
16	Northampton Town	35	10	11	14	47	47	8	6	3	35	20	2	5	11	12	27	1.000	31	LWLDLL
17	Colchester United	36	11	9	16	50	60	10	3	6	36	22	1	6	10	14	38	.833	31	LLLWWL
18	Leyton Orient	36	13	5	18	47	62	11	2	4	32	18	2	3	14	15	44	.758	31	LWWLWW
19	Aldershot	35	12	7	16	48	73	8	6	3	30	18	4	1	13	18	55	.658	31	WLDLWL
20	Gillingham	37	10	9	18	57	81	8	7	4	34	23	2	2	14	23	58	.704	29	DDLLDW
21	Walsall	37	11	6	20	40	55	9	2	7	25	17	2	4	13	15	38	.727	28	WWDLLL
22	Torquay United	38	10	7	21	53	76	10	2	7	38	35	0	5	14	15	41	.697	27	LLLWLD
23	Watford	37	8	9	20	47	71	7	5	8	26	23	1	4	12	21	48	.662	25	LLWLLD
24	Crystal Palace	36	8	6	22	27	65	6	3	9	16	29	2	3	13	11	36	.415	22	DDLWLD

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	Result(s)
	1	Nottingham Forest	35	22	8	5	84	30	12	4	1	47	13	10	4	4	37	17	2.800	52	WLWWDW	2-1
	2	Norwich City	35	19	12	4	59	32	13	6	0	33	9	6	6	4	26	23	1.844	50	WWDWDW	2-1
	3	Reading	38	19	11	8	78	48	13	4	2	49	16	6	7	6	29	32	1.625	49	DWLWDD	3-3
	4	Bristol Rovers	35	18	10	7	53	30	13	3	0	36	10	5	7	7	17	20	1.767	46	WDLWDL	1-2
	5	Southend United	38	19	8	11	81	52	13	3	3	55	21	6	5	8	26	31	1.558	46	WDWDWW	4-0
	6	Ipswich Town	38	20	4	14	59	47	13	3	3	43	21	7	1	11	16	26	1.255	44	WWLWWW	2-1
	7	Plymouth Argyle	37	17	8	12	66	45	13	4	2	43	14	4	4	10	23	31	1.467	42	LWLDDD	2-2
	8	Millwall	36	16	9	11	65	53	11	6	2	43	23	5	3	9	22	30	1.226	41	LLWDDD	2-2
	9	Bristol City	36	17	7	12	56	50	13	3	2	36	19	4	4	10	20	31	1.120	41	WDDLWD	3-3
	10	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	37	17	5	15	55	54	14	4	1	41	15	3	1	14	14	39	1.019	39	WDWDDL
	11	Exeter City	37	16	5	16	59	63	9	3	7	31	25	7	2	9	28	38	.937	37	LLLDDW	2-1
1	12	Swindon Town	38	16	3	19	46	55	14	3	2	33	12	2	0	17	13	43	.836	35	DLWWLW	4-0
1	13	Port Vale	35	13	8	14	46	51	10	3	2	24	15	3	5	12	22	36	.902	34	WDWLLW	2-0
2	14	Newport County	34	13	7	14	54	49	9	2	6	35	23	4	5	8	19	26	1.102	33	DWLWDL	1-2
3	15	Leyton Orient	37	13	6	18	48	63	11	2	4	32	18	2	4	14	16	45	.762	32	WWLWWD	1-1
1	16	Brighton and Hove Albion	36	9	14	13	51	68	8	7	4	36	29	1	7	9	15	39	.750	32	LDDWWL
1	17	Northampton Town	35	10	11	14	47	47	8	6	3	35	20	2	5	11	12	27	1.000	31	LWLDLL
1	18	Colchester United	37	11	9	17	51	64	10	3	6	36	22	1	6	11	15	42	.797	31	LLWWLL	1-4
	19	Aldershot	36	12	7	17	48	77	8	6	3	30	18	4	1	14	18	59	.623	31	LDLWLL	0-4
2	20	Torquay United	39	11	7	21	57	77	11	2	7	42	36	0	5	14	15	41	.740	29	LLWLDW	4-1
	21	Walsall	38	11	7	20	41	56	9	3	7	26	18	2	4	13	15	38	.732	29	WDLLLD	1-1
2	22	Gillingham	38	10	9	19	57	85	8	7	4	34	23	2	2	15	23	62	.671	29	DLLDWL	0-4
	23	Watford	38	8	9	21	48	73	7	5	8	26	23	1	4	13	22	50	.658	25	LWLLDL	1-2
	24	Crystal Palace	37	8	6	23	27	67	6	3	10	16	31	2	3	13	11	36	.403	22	DLWLDL	0-2