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BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION 2 - 2 FOREST - Sat Aug 20, 1949 (League Tier 3)

Date:: Sat Aug 20, 1949 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Brighton and Hove Albion
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Goldstone Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 3
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN
: Half-time: 2-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 20 August 1949

Season:: 1949-50
Referee:: A Bond
Attendance:: 21,625
League Week:: 1 of 42
Pos Before/After:: - 10
Opp Before/After:: - 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bristol City (League Tier 3)
Brighton and Hove Albion:: Dec 17, 1949

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1774 (of 5087)
League Tier 3:: 1 (of 226)
Competitive:: 1961 (of 5829)
Total:: 3101 (of 7634)
Played:: 77 years, 24 days ago

Review
Tucker Johnson left the field for several minutes after a tackle left him limping and Wally Ardron scored our second during that time. We couldn't hold onto a 2-0 lead and ened up leacking two goals in the last 15 minutes to start our Third Division life with a draw.

FOREST
Manager: Billy Walker

Goal Scorers
Willard (10') (OG)
Wally Ardron (25') - Wally Ardron first goal

BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION
Manager: Don Welsh

Goal Scorers
Lancellote (75')
Davies (84')

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 (25')	Debut
10	F	27	Tucker Johnson
11	F	23	Tot Leverton

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	33	Harry Walker	87		105	1
2	D	23	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	84		105	1
3	M	33	Bob McCall	150	1	105	1
4	M	23	Jack Burkitt	31	1	105	1
5	D	32	Horace Gager	56	1	105	1
6	M	24	Bill Morley	27	3	126	5
7	F	32	Freddie Scott	113	12	105	1
8	F	25	John Love	13	7	105	1
9	M	30	Wally Ardron (25')	Debut
10	F	27	Tucker Johnson	24	6	105	1
11	F	23	Tot Leverton	25	11	105	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Baldwin
2	D	Tennant
3	D	Small
4	D	Willard
5	D	Whent
6	M	Sim
7	M	Reed
8	M	Lancellote
9	M	Pinchbeck
10	F	McNichol
11	F	Davies

All Games In Division 3S On This Day (Sat Aug 20, 1949)

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

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
1	Notts County	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W		2-0
2	Port Vale	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W		1-0
3	Swindon Town	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W		2-0
4	Bristol City	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W		3-1
5	Torquay United	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	2	2	W		3-1
6	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	W		2-1
7	Exeter City	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W		2-1
8	Newport County	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W		3-2
9	Brighton and Hove Albion	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D		2-2
10	Nottingham Forest	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D		2-2
11	Aldershot	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D		0-0
12	Leyton Orient	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D		0-0
13	Walsall	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D		0-0
14	Watford	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D		0-0
15	Norwich City	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	-1	0	L		2-3
16	Crystal Palace	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L		1-2
17	Ipswich Town	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L		1-2
18	Millwall	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	L		1-3
19	Northampton Town	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	L		1-3
20	Bristol Rovers	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L		0-1
21	Reading	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L		0-2
22	Southend United	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L		0-2