Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, April 21, 1951

Bristol City Swindon Town
A.Rodgers (3', 41')
 HT: 2-0
Attendance:  14,422   Referee:  A. Bond


1
SULLIVAN
2
GUY
3
STONE
4
PRESLEY
5
PEACOCK
6
BEASLEY
7
BOYD
8
WHITE
9
RODGERS
10
EISENTRAGER
11
BOXLEY
1
BURTON
2
LLOYD
3
MAY
4
KAYE
5
HUDSON
6
HILL
7
LUNN
8
ONSLOW
9
OWEN
10
MILLAR
11
BAIN

Lineups
1
Con SULLIVAN
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Ivor GUY
                 
Billy LLOYD
2
3
Fred STONE
                 
Harry MAY
3
4
Derek PRESLEY
                 
Harry KAYE
4
5
Ernie PEACOCK
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
Pat BEASLEY  
                 
Midge HILL
6
7
John BOYD
                 
Harry LUNN
7

8
Arnie WHITE
                 
Roy ONSLOW
8

9
Arnold RODGERS
               
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Alec EISENTRAGER
                 
William MILLAR
10
11
Jack BOXLEY
                 
Jimmy BAIN
11















Results on Saturday, April 21, 1951: League Table
 
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 0 - 0 Torquay United  
  Bristol City 2 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Exeter City 0 - 5 Nottingham Forest  
  Gillingham 3 - 0 Aldershot  
  Ipswich Town 2 - 1 Newport County  
  Leyton Orient 2 - 1 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Millwall 2 - 0 Colchester United  
  Plymouth Argyle 2 - 1 Norwich City  
  Reading 2 - 0 Northampton Town  
  Southend United 1 - 1 Port Vale  
  Walsall 0 - 0 Crystal Palace  
  Watford 1 - 0 Bristol Rovers  

Table as at Saturday, April 21, 1951:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Nottingham Forest 41 26 9 6 98 35 2.80 61 
2 Norwich City 42 24 12 6 74 37 2.00 60 
3 Reading 43 21 13 9 87 51 1.71 55 
4 Plymouth Argyle 43 21 9 13 78 52 1.50 51 
5 Millwall 42 21 9 12 73 55 1.33 51 
6 Southend United 44 20 10 14 87 65 1.34 50 
7 Bristol Rovers 41 18 13 10 56 36 1.56 49 
8 Bristol City 42 19 10 13 61 54 1.13 48 
9 Ipswich Town 44 21 6 17 64 57 1.12 48 
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 42 19 7 16 59 56 1.05 45 
11 Exeter City 42 18 6 18 61 71 0.86 42 
12 Newport County 41 17 7 17 71 67 1.06 41 
13 Port Vale 40 15 10 15 55 60 0.92 40 
14 Brighton and Hove Albion 42 11 17 14 69 75 0.92 39 
15 Swindon Town 43 17 4 22 50 62 0.81 38 
16 Leyton Orient 43 15 7 21 52 71 0.73 37 
17 Colchester United 43 13 10 20 59 74 0.80 36 
18 Walsall 43 13 10 20 48 60 0.80 36 
19 Aldershot 42 13 10 19 52 83 0.63 36 
20 Torquay United 44 13 9 22 62 80 0.78 35 
21 Northampton Town 43 10 14 19 51 61 0.84 34 
22 Gillingham 43 12 9 22 66 96 0.69 33 
23 Watford 43 9 10 24 52 81 0.64 28 
24 Crystal Palace 42 8 9 25 29 75 0.39 25 

Key: Promotion Re-election