Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, September 10, 1949

Nottingham Forest Swindon Town
A.Ashman (75'), W.Ardron (78')
HT: 0-0 M.Jones (49' pen)
Attendance:  24,709   Referee:  A.H. Blythe


1
WALKER
2
THOMAS
3
MCCALL
4
BURKITT
5
GAGER
6
KNIGHT
7
SCOTT
8
LOVE
9
ARDRON
10
ASHMAN
11
KAILE
1
BOULTON
2
COWIE
3
YOUNG
4
KAYE
5
HUDSON
6
FOXTON
7
LUNN
8
JONES
9
OWEN
10
SIMNER
11
BAIN

Lineups
1
Harry WALKER
                 
Frank BOULTON
1
2
Geoff THOMAS
                 
Andy COWIE
2
3
Bob MCCALL
                 
Albert YOUNG
3
4
Jack BURKITT
                 
Harry KAYE
4
5
Horace GAGER
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
Frank KNIGHT
                 
Jack FOXTON
6
7
Freddie SCOTT
                 
Harry LUNN
7

8
Jack LOVE
               
Morris JONES
8

9
Wally ARDRON
               
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Allan ASHMAN
               
Joe SIMNER
10
11
Gordon KAILE
                 
Jimmy BAIN
11















Results on Saturday, September 10, 1949: League Table

 
  Aldershot 3 - 5 Torquay United  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 3 - 0 Southend United  
  Bristol Rovers 2 - 3 Bristol City  
  Crystal Palace 1 - 2 Notts County  
  Leyton Orient 4 - 1 Exeter City  
  Newport County 0 - 1 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Northampton Town 1 - 0 Millwall  
  Norwich City 3 - 2 Walsall  
  Nottingham Forest 2 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Reading 3 - 1 Ipswich Town  
  Watford 0 - 2 Port Vale  

Table as at Saturday, September 10, 1949:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Notts County 7 5 1 1 20 8 2.50 11 
2 Nottingham Forest 7 4 2 1 11 5 2.20 10 
3 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 7 4 2 1 11 6 1.83 10 
4 Northampton Town 7 4 2 1 14 9 1.56 10 
5 Norwich City 7 5 0 2 19 14 1.36 10 
6 Torquay United 7 5 0 2 18 17 1.06 10 
7 Southend United 7 4 1 2 12 6 2.00
8 Port Vale 7 3 3 1 9 5 1.80
9 Reading 7 4 1 2 15 10 1.50
10 Millwall 7 3 1 3 11 9 1.22
11 Leyton Orient 7 2 3 2 10 12 0.83
12 Brighton and Hove Albion 7 2 3 2 8 12 0.67
13 Bristol City 6 3 0 3 12 11 1.09
14 Crystal Palace 7 2 2 3 9 9 1.00
15 Swindon Town 6 2 1 3 6 6 1.00
16 Exeter City 7 2 1 4 12 17 0.71
17 Ipswich Town 7 1 2 4 8 13 0.62
18 Bristol Rovers 7 2 0 5 8 14 0.57
19 Aldershot 7 1 2 4 7 14 0.50
20 Watford 7 0 4 3 3 7 0.43
21 Walsall 7 1 1 5 11 12 0.92
22 Newport County 7 1 0 6 10 28 0.36

Key: Promotion Re-election