The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 BRISTOL CITY - Wed Aug 24, 1949 (League Tier 3)

Date:: Wed Aug 24, 1949 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 3
Score:: 3-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Nottingham Journal - Thursday 25 August 1949

Season:: 1949-50
Referee:: G Clarke
Attendance:: 27,043
League Week:: 2 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 12 4
Opp Before/After:: 3 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Walsall (League Tier 3)
Bristol City:: Aug 30, 1949

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1775 (of 5083)
League Tier 3:: 2 (of 226)
Competitive:: 1962 (of 5824)
Total:: 3102 (of 7629)
Played:: 76 years, 11 months, 28 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Gordon Kaile (27')
Wally Ardron (62') (Pen)
Fred Stone (85') (OG)

BRISTOL CITY
Manager: Bob Wright
Prior form: W (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

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 (62')
10	F	24	Gordon Kaile (27')
11	F	23	Tot Leverton

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	33	Harry Walker	88		4	1
2	D	23	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	85		4	1
3	M	33	Bob McCall	151	1	4	1
4	M	23	Jack Burkitt	32	1	4	1
5	D	32	Horace Gager	57	1	4	1
6	M	24	Bill Morley	28	3	4	1
7	F	32	Freddie Scott	114	12	4	1
8	F	25	John Love	14	7	4	1
9	M	30	Wally Ardron (62')	1	1	4	1
10	F	24	Gordon Kaile (27')	27	2	123	4
11	F	23	Tot Leverton	26	11	4	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Frank Coombs
2	D	Fred Stone
3	D	Jack Bailey
4	D	Don Freeman
5	D	Dennis Roberts
6	M	Cliff Edwards
7	M	Sid Williams
8	M	Arnie White
9	M	John McCarthy
10	F	Alec Eisentrager
11	F	Tommy Rudkin

All Games In Division 3S On This Day (Wed Aug 24, 1949)

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

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)
4	1	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	2	2	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	3	4	WW		2-0
2	2	Torquay United	2	2	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	3	1	3	4	WW		2-1
1	3	Swindon Town	2	1	1	0	3	1	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	WD		1-1
8	4	Nottingham Forest	2	1	1	0	5	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	3	DW		3-0
6	5	Brighton and Hove Albion	2	1	1	0	3	2	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	DW		1-0
	6	Bristol Rovers	2	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	LW
1	7	Newport County	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W
7	8	Notts County	2	1	0	1	5	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	3	4	1	2	WL		3-4
5	9	Leyton Orient	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	DD		1-1
7	10	Norwich City	2	1	0	1	6	6	1	0	0	4	3	0	0	1	2	3	0	2	LW		4-3
2	11	Port Vale	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	WL
9	12	Bristol City	2	1	0	1	3	4	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	3	-1	2	WL		0-3
6	13	Exeter City	2	1	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	-1	2	WL		0-2
4	14	Southend United	2	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	-1	2	LW
3	15	Crystal Palace	2	0	1	1	2	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	1	LD		1-1
3	16	Millwall	2	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	0	1	1	-2	1	LD		1-1
2	17	Walsall	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	1	DL		1-2
5	18	Aldershot	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	-1	1	DL		0-1
3	19	Watford	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D
	20	Northampton Town	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	L
	21	Ipswich Town	2	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	-3	0	LL
	22	Reading	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L