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)

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	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Nottingham Forest	46	30	10	6	110	40	16	6	1	57	17	14	4	5	53	23	2.75000	70	Promoted as Champions
2	Norwich City	46	25	14	7	82	45	16	6	1	42	14	9	8	6	40	31	1.82222	64		4-2	0-2
3	Reading	46	21	15	10	88	53	15	6	2	57	17	6	9	8	31	36	1.66038	57		1-1	2-0
4	Plymouth Argyle	46	24	9	13	85	55	16	5	2	54	19	8	4	11	31	36	1.54545	57		4-1	2-0
5	Millwall	46	23	10	13	80	57	15	6	2	52	23	8	4	11	28	34	1.40351	56		2-0	1-1
6	Bristol Rovers	46	20	15	11	64	42	15	7	1	46	18	5	8	10	18	24	1.52381	55		2-1	2-0
7	Southend United	46	21	10	15	92	69	15	4	4	64	27	6	6	11	28	42	1.33333	52		3-0	2-3
8	Ipswich Town	46	23	6	17	69	58	15	4	4	48	24	8	2	13	21	34	1.18966	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	1.14035	51		1-0	2-3
10	Bristol City	46	20	11	15	64	59	15	4	4	41	25	5	7	11	23	34	1.08475	51		0-0	3-0
11	Newport County	46	19	9	18	77	70	13	4	6	48	25	6	5	12	29	45	1.10000	47		2-1	2-0
12	Port Vale	46	16	13	17	60	65	13	6	4	35	24	3	7	13	25	41	.92308	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	.89873	43		4-0	2-1
14	Exeter City	46	18	6	22	62	85	11	4	8	33	30	7	2	14	29	55	.72941	42		2-2	5-0
15	Walsall	46	15	10	21	52	62	12	4	7	32	20	3	6	14	20	42	.83871	40		4-0	2-0
16	Colchester United	46	14	12	20	63	76	12	5	6	43	25	2	7	14	20	51	.82895	40		0-0	2-0
17	Swindon Town	46	18	4	24	55	67	15	4	4	38	17	3	0	20	17	50	.82090	40		2-1	3-2
18	Aldershot	46	15	10	21	56	88	11	8	4	37	20	4	2	17	19	68	.63636	40		7-0	0-1
19	Leyton Orient	46	15	8	23	53	75	13	2	8	36	28	2	6	15	17	47	.70667	38		0-1	4-0
20	Torquay United	46	14	9	23	64	81	13	2	8	47	39	1	7	15	17	42	.79012	37		3-1	2-3
21	Northampton Town	46	10	16	20	55	67	8	9	6	39	30	2	7	14	16	37	.82090	36		2-2	2-2
22	Gillingham	46	13	9	24	69	101	10	7	6	41	30	3	2	18	28	71	.68317	35		9-2	4-1
23	Watford	46	9	11	26	54	88	8	5	10	29	28	1	6	16	25	60	.61364	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	.39286	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	Johnson (?), Collindridge (?)
2	Wed Aug 23, 1950	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	4-0	22,312	1	Ardron (?), Capel (?, ?), Collindridge (?)
3	Sat Aug 26, 1950	Norwich City	H	4-2	28,250	1	Ardron (?, ?), Capel (?, ?)
4	Wed Aug 30, 1950	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	2-1	13,665	1	Ardron (?), Collindridge (?)
5	Sat Sep 02, 1950	Northampton Town	A	2-2	17,887	1	Leverton (?), Capel (?)
6	Wed Sep 06, 1950	Plymouth Argyle	H	4-1	17,596	1	Gager (? pen), Leverton (?), Collindridge (?), Dougall (? OG)
7	Sat Sep 09, 1950	Port Vale	H	2-1	29,295	1	Ardron (?), Capel (?)
8	Wed Sep 13, 1950	Plymouth Argyle	A	2-0	19,939	1	Ardron (?, ?)
9	Sat Sep 16, 1950	Reading	A	2-0	19,341	1	Ardron (?, ?)
10	Sat Sep 23, 1950	Torquay United	A	2-3	10,909	1	Capel (?, ?)
11	Sat Sep 30, 1950	Aldershot	H	7-0	15,841	1	Scott (?, ?), Ardron (?, ?, ?), Collindridge (?), Capel (?)
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 (?, ?), Capel (?, ?)
14	Sat Oct 21, 1950	Walsall	H	4-0	26,454	1	Johnson (?), Ardron (?), Capel (?, ?)
15	Sat Oct 28, 1950	Watford	A	1-1	14,699	1	Collindridge (?)
16	Sat Nov 04, 1950	Millwall	H	2-0	33,472	1	Scott (?), Ardron (?)
17	Sat Nov 11, 1950	Bristol City	A	3-0	32,878	1	Scott (?), Collindridge (?, ?)
18	Sat Nov 18, 1950	Gillingham	H	9-2	20,639	1	Johnson (?, ?), Ardron (?, ?, ?), Capel (?, ?, ?, ?)
19	Sat Dec 02, 1950	Exeter City	H	2-2	24,128	1	Johnson (?), Collindridge (?)
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 (?, ?)
23	Sat Jan 06, 1951	Crystal Palace	H	1-0	12,923	1	Capel (?)
24	Sat Jan 13, 1951	Port Vale	A	1-1	13,148	1	Capel (?)
25	Sat Jan 20, 1951	Reading	H	1-1	24,206	1	Leverton (?)
26	Sat Jan 27, 1951	Crystal Palace	A	6-1	17,179	1	Scott (?), Leverton (?), Ardron (?, ?), Johnson (?), Collindridge (?)
27	Sat Feb 03, 1951	Torquay United	H	3-1	20,965	1	Leverton (?), Ardron (?), Johnson (?)
28	Sat Feb 10, 1951	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	A	2-3	15,882	1	Burkitt (?), Ardron (?)
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	Ardron (?, ?), Capel (?)
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	Leverton (?), Collindridge (?)
33	Sat Mar 17, 1951	Watford	H	2-1	14,944	1	Scott (?), Collindridge (?)
34	Sat Mar 24, 1951	Millwall	A	1-1	21,981	1	Scott (?)
35	Mon Mar 26, 1951	Bristol Rovers	H	2-1	27,245	1	Ardron (?), Capel (?)
36	Sat Mar 31, 1951	Bristol City	H	0-0	16,811	1
37	Sat Apr 07, 1951	Gillingham	A	4-1	13,845	1	Ardron (?, ?, ?), Collindridge (?)
38	Tue Apr 10, 1951	Southend United	A	2-3	9,513	1	Gager (?), Scott (?)
39	Sat Apr 14, 1951	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	H	1-0	22,428	2	Scott (?)
40	Wed Apr 18, 1951	Swindon Town	H	2-1	27,644	2	Ardron (?), Capel (?)
41	Sat Apr 21, 1951	Exeter City	A	5-0	11,003	1	Johnson (?, ?, ?), Ardron (?, ?)
42	Wed Apr 25, 1951	Northampton Town	H	2-2	27,244	1	Johnson (?, ?)
43	Sat Apr 28, 1951	Southend United	H	3-0	17,384	1	Johnson (?), Ardron (?), Collindridge (?)
44	Wed May 02, 1951	Newport County	H	2-1	21,468	1	Capel (?), Collindridge (?)	Champion
45	Thu May 03, 1951	Bristol Rovers	A	2-0	27,676	1	Love (?), Johnson (?)	Champion
46	Sat May 05, 1951	Swindon Town	A	3-2	10,707	1	Ardron (40'), Johnson (63'), Collindridge (89')	Promoted

FA Cup

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

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat May 12, 1951	RC Malines	Belgium	H	3-1	18,094	Capel (?), Love (?), 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	Johnson (?), Collindridge (?)
Wed Aug 23, 1950	League Tier 3	Brighton and Hove Albion		H	4-0	22,312	Ardron (?), Capel (?, ?), Collindridge (?)
Sat Aug 26, 1950	League Tier 3	Norwich City		H	4-2	28,250	Ardron (?, ?), Capel (?, ?)
Wed Aug 30, 1950	League Tier 3	Brighton and Hove Albion		A	2-1	13,665	Ardron (?), Collindridge (?)
Sat Sep 02, 1950	League Tier 3	Northampton Town		A	2-2	17,887	Leverton (?), Capel (?)
Wed Sep 06, 1950	League Tier 3	Plymouth Argyle		H	4-1	17,596	Gager (? pen), Leverton (?), Collindridge (?), Dougall (? OG)
Sat Sep 09, 1950	League Tier 3	Port Vale		H	2-1	29,295	Ardron (?), Capel (?)
Wed Sep 13, 1950	League Tier 3	Plymouth Argyle		A	2-0	19,939	Ardron (?, ?)
Sat Sep 16, 1950	League Tier 3	Reading		A	2-0	19,341	Ardron (?, ?)
Sat Sep 23, 1950	League Tier 3	Torquay United		A	2-3	10,909	Capel (?, ?)
Sat Sep 30, 1950	League Tier 3	Aldershot		H	7-0	15,841	Scott (?, ?), Ardron (?, ?, ?), Collindridge (?), Capel (?)
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 (?, ?), Capel (?, ?)
Sat Oct 21, 1950	League Tier 3	Walsall		H	4-0	26,454	Johnson (?), Ardron (?), Capel (?, ?)
Sat Oct 28, 1950	League Tier 3	Watford		A	1-1	14,699	Collindridge (?)
Sat Nov 04, 1950	League Tier 3	Millwall		H	2-0	33,472	Scott (?), Ardron (?)
Sat Nov 11, 1950	League Tier 3	Bristol City		A	3-0	32,878	Scott (?), Collindridge (?, ?)
Sat Nov 18, 1950	League Tier 3	Gillingham		H	9-2	20,639	Johnson (?, ?), Ardron (?, ?, ?), Capel (?, ?, ?, ?)
Sat Nov 25, 1950	FA Cup	Torquay United	1	H	6-1	18,459	Scott (?, ?), Johnson (?, ?, ?), Collindridge (?)
Sat Dec 02, 1950	League Tier 3	Exeter City		H	2-2	24,128	Johnson (?), Collindridge (?)
Sat Dec 09, 1950	FA Cup	Rotherham United	2	A	1-3	25,000	Capel (?)
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 (?, ?)
Sat Jan 06, 1951	League Tier 3	Crystal Palace		H	1-0	12,923	Capel (?)
Sat Jan 13, 1951	League Tier 3	Port Vale		A	1-1	13,148	Capel (?)
Sat Jan 20, 1951	League Tier 3	Reading		H	1-1	24,206	Leverton (?)
Sat Jan 27, 1951	League Tier 3	Crystal Palace		A	6-1	17,179	Scott (?), Leverton (?), Ardron (?, ?), Johnson (?), Collindridge (?)
Sat Feb 03, 1951	League Tier 3	Torquay United		H	3-1	20,965	Leverton (?), Ardron (?), Johnson (?)
Sat Feb 10, 1951	League Tier 3	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic		A	2-3	15,882	Burkitt (?), Ardron (?)
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	Ardron (?, ?), Capel (?)
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	Leverton (?), Collindridge (?)
Sat Mar 17, 1951	League Tier 3	Watford		H	2-1	14,944	Scott (?), Collindridge (?)
Sat Mar 24, 1951	League Tier 3	Millwall		A	1-1	21,981	Scott (?)
Mon Mar 26, 1951	League Tier 3	Bristol Rovers		H	2-1	27,245	Ardron (?), Capel (?)
Sat Mar 31, 1951	League Tier 3	Bristol City		H	0-0	16,811
Sat Apr 07, 1951	League Tier 3	Gillingham		A	4-1	13,845	Ardron (?, ?, ?), Collindridge (?)
Tue Apr 10, 1951	League Tier 3	Southend United		A	2-3	9,513	Gager (?), Scott (?)
Sat Apr 14, 1951	League Tier 3	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic		H	1-0	22,428	Scott (?)
Wed Apr 18, 1951	League Tier 3	Swindon Town		H	2-1	27,644	Ardron (?), Capel (?)
Sat Apr 21, 1951	League Tier 3	Exeter City		A	5-0	11,003	Johnson (?, ?, ?), Ardron (?, ?)
Wed Apr 25, 1951	League Tier 3	Northampton Town		H	2-2	27,244	Johnson (?, ?)
Sat Apr 28, 1951	League Tier 3	Southend United		H	3-0	17,384	Johnson (?), Ardron (?), Collindridge (?)
Wed May 02, 1951	League Tier 3	Newport County		H	2-1	21,468	Capel (?), Collindridge (?)	Champion
Thu May 03, 1951	League Tier 3	Bristol Rovers		A	2-0	27,676	Love (?), Johnson (?)	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	Capel (?), Love (?), 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	17
F		Freddie Scott	England	33	48	31	10	7	11
F		John Love	Scotland	26	4	3		1	1
F		Roland 'Tot' Leverton	England	24	22	15	5	2	6
F		Tommy Capel	England	28	37	23	9	5	24
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	Tucker Johnson	34
17	Collin Collindridge	48
11	Freddie Scott	48
6	Roland '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