The City Ground

WALSALL 1 - 3 FOREST - Sat Dec 24, 1949 (League Tier 3)

Date:: Sat Dec 24, 1949 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Walsall
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Fellows Park
Game Type:: League Tier 3
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 24 December 1949

Season:: 1949-50
Referee:: J Platt
Attendance:: 10,910
League Week:: 21 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 7 6
Opp Before/After:: 11 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Norwich City (League Tier 3)
Walsall:: Oct 21, 1950

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1794 (of 5083)
League Tier 3:: 21 (of 226)
Competitive:: 1983 (of 5824)
Total:: 3123 (of 7629)
Played:: 76 years, 7 months, 27 days ago

Review
Again we were wearing dark blue shirts with light blue sleeves as our change strip. We were up 3-0 with eight minutes when the referee then called time! The players were headed off before the mistake was realised and the game was restarted, which gave Walsall enough time to pull back a consolation goal with three minutes to go.

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

Goal Scorers
Wally Ardron (60')
Tucker Johnson (67')
Wally Ardron (75')

WALSALL
Manager: Harry Hibbs
Prior form: DWWWWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Devlin (87')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	33	Harry Walker
2	D	24	Bill Whare
3	D	28	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	28	John Anderson
5	D	32	Horace Gager
6	M	23	Jack Burkitt
7	F	33	Freddie Scott
8	F	28	Tucker Johnson (67')
9	M	31	Wally Ardron (60') (75')
10	F	27	Tommy Capel
11	F	25	Gordon Kaile

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	33	Harry Walker	108		7	1
2	D	24	Bill Whare	3		7	1
3	D	28	Jack Hutchinson	76		7	1
4	M	28	John Anderson	12	1	7	1
5	D	32	Horace Gager	78	1	7	1
6	M	23	Jack Burkitt	53	1	7	1
7	F	33	Freddie Scott	135	14	7	1
8	F	28	Tucker Johnson (67')	25	6	126	22
9	M	31	Wally Ardron (60') (75')	22	12	7	1
10	F	27	Tommy Capel	7	3	7	1
11	F	25	Gordon Kaile	47	6	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Lewis
2	D	Jones
3	D	Skidmore
4	D	Walters
5	D	Foulkes
6	M	Newman
7	M	Hewitt
8	M	McLaughlin
9	M	Devlin
10	F	Whitehouse
11	F	Betts

All Games In Division 3S On This Day (Sat Dec 24, 1949)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol City	1-2	Norwich City
Exeter City	3-1	Watford
Ipswich Town	4-4	Crystal Palace
Leyton Orient	2-1	Reading
Millwall	3-0	Aldershot
Northampton Town	2-1	Brighton and Hove Albion
Notts County	2-0	Bristol Rovers
Port Vale	1-1	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Swindon Town	1-2	Torquay United
Walsall	1-3	Nottingham Forest

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	19	13	4	2	46	18	7	2	0	28	6	6	2	2	18	12	28	30	DWWDWL
2	Northampton Town	20	11	4	5	39	26	6	2	2	20	10	5	2	3	19	16	13	26	LDWLWW
3	Norwich City	20	11	3	6	40	26	8	1	2	30	9	3	2	4	10	17	14	25	WDDWWW
4	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	21	10	5	6	32	28	6	3	2	21	9	4	2	4	11	19	4	25	LWLWLW
5	Torquay United	20	11	3	6	32	30	8	3	0	20	9	3	0	6	12	21	2	25	WWLDDW
6	Reading	21	10	4	7	42	33	8	0	2	26	11	2	4	5	16	22	9	24	WDWDLW
7	Nottingham Forest	20	10	3	7	30	17	7	0	4	20	7	3	3	3	10	10	13	23	LWWWLL
8	Southend United	18	9	5	4	29	17	9	1	0	25	5	0	4	4	4	12	12	23	DWDWLW
9	Watford	20	8	7	5	20	15	5	2	2	11	7	3	5	3	9	8	5	23	WDDDLW
10	Port Vale	19	8	5	6	21	13	6	3	0	15	3	2	2	6	6	10	8	21	WLWDLL
11	Walsall	19	7	5	7	33	22	6	3	1	22	8	1	2	6	11	14	11	19	DWWWWL
12	Bristol City	20	8	3	9	29	32	7	2	1	20	7	1	1	8	9	25	-3	19	DWLDWL
13	Brighton and Hove Albion	20	7	5	8	29	39	3	4	3	16	17	4	1	5	13	22	-10	19	LWWDWW
14	Crystal Palace	19	6	4	9	22	30	5	2	2	16	13	1	2	7	6	17	-8	16	WLLLLW
15	Bristol Rovers	19	7	2	10	18	28	5	2	3	13	12	2	0	7	5	16	-10	16	WLWLLW
16	Newport County	20	6	4	10	33	52	6	2	2	22	16	0	2	8	11	36	-19	16	DWLDWL
17	Swindon Town	19	5	5	9	30	29	5	4	1	24	9	0	1	8	6	20	1	15	LDLDWL
18	Aldershot	19	6	3	10	18	25	5	1	4	11	9	1	2	6	7	16	-7	15	LLLLWW
19	Leyton Orient	19	4	6	9	25	41	4	3	1	12	7	0	3	8	13	34	-16	14	LLWDLL
20	Millwall	20	6	1	13	27	36	6	0	5	22	17	0	1	8	5	19	-9	13	LLLWWL
21	Ipswich Town	19	3	6	10	24	38	2	3	3	14	15	1	3	7	10	23	-14	12	DLLLDL
22	Exeter City	19	4	3	12	26	50	2	2	4	14	17	2	1	8	12	33	-24	11	DLLLLL

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	20	14	4	2	48	18	8	2	0	30	6	6	2	2	18	12	30	32	WWDWLW		2-0
	2	Northampton Town	21	12	4	5	41	27	7	2	2	22	11	5	2	3	19	16	14	28	DWLWWW		2-1
	3	Norwich City	21	12	3	6	42	27	8	1	2	30	9	4	2	4	12	18	15	27	DDWWWW		2-1
1	4	Torquay United	21	12	3	6	34	31	8	3	0	20	9	4	0	6	14	22	3	27	WLDDWW		2-1
1	5	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	22	10	6	6	33	29	6	3	2	21	9	4	3	4	12	20	4	26	WLWLWD		1-1
1	6	Nottingham Forest	21	11	3	7	33	18	7	0	4	20	7	4	3	3	13	11	15	25	WWWLLW		3-1
1	7	Reading	22	10	4	8	43	35	8	0	2	26	11	2	4	6	17	24	8	24	DWDLWL		1-2
	8	Southend United	18	9	5	4	29	17	9	1	0	25	5	0	4	4	4	12	12	23	DWDWLW
	9	Watford	21	8	7	6	21	18	5	2	2	11	7	3	5	4	10	11	3	23	DDDLWL		1-3
	10	Port Vale	20	8	6	6	22	14	6	4	0	16	4	2	2	6	6	10	8	22	LWDLLD		1-1
	11	Walsall	20	7	5	8	34	25	6	3	2	23	11	1	2	6	11	14	9	19	WWWWLL		1-3
	12	Bristol City	21	8	3	10	30	34	7	2	2	21	9	1	1	8	9	25	-4	19	WLDWLL		1-2
	13	Brighton and Hove Albion	21	7	5	9	30	41	3	4	3	16	17	4	1	6	14	24	-11	19	WWDWWL		1-2
	14	Crystal Palace	20	6	5	9	26	34	5	2	2	16	13	1	3	7	10	21	-8	17	LLLLWD		4-4
4	15	Leyton Orient	20	5	6	9	27	42	5	3	1	14	8	0	3	8	13	34	-15	16	LWDLLW		2-1
	16	Newport County	20	6	4	10	33	52	6	2	2	22	16	0	2	8	11	36	-19	16	DWLDWL
2	17	Bristol Rovers	20	7	2	11	18	30	5	2	3	13	12	2	0	8	5	18	-12	16	LWLLWL		0-2
1	18	Swindon Town	20	5	5	10	31	31	5	4	2	25	11	0	1	8	6	20	0	15	DLDWLL		1-2
1	19	Millwall	21	7	1	13	30	36	7	0	5	25	17	0	1	8	5	19	-6	15	LLWWLW		3-0
2	20	Aldershot	20	6	3	11	18	28	5	1	4	11	9	1	2	7	7	19	-10	15	LLLWWL		0-3
	21	Ipswich Town	20	3	7	10	28	42	2	4	3	18	19	1	3	7	10	23	-14	13	LLLDLD		4-4
	22	Exeter City	20	5	3	12	29	51	3	2	4	17	18	2	1	8	12	33	-22	13	LLLLLW		3-1