Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, May 5, 1951

Swindon Town Nottingham Forest
A.Wheeler (27'), H.Kaye (82')
HT: 1-1 W.Ardron (40'), T.Johnson (63'), C.Collindridge (89')
Attendance:  10,707   Referee:  S.V. Davis


1
BURTON
2
PAGE
3
MAY
4
FARR
5
HUDSON
6
KAYE
7
LUNN
8
WHEELER
9
ONSLOW
10
MILLAR
11
THOMAS
1
WALKER
2
WHARE
3
THOMAS
4
ANDERSON
5
GAGER
6
MORLEY
7
SCOTT
8
LOVE
9
ARDRON
10
JOHNSON
11
COLLINDRIDGE

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Harry WALKER
1
2
Mick PAGE
                 
Billy WHARE
2
3
Harry MAY
                 
Geoff THOMAS
3
4
Brian FARR
                 
Johnny ANDERSON
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Horace GAGER
5
6
Harry KAYE
               
Bill MORLEY
6
7
Harry LUNN
                 
Freddie SCOTT
7

8
Alf WHEELER
               
Jack LOVE
8

9
Roy ONSLOW
               
Wally ARDRON
9
10
William MILLAR
               
Tom JOHNSON
10
11
John THOMAS
               
Colin COLLINDRIDGE
11















Results on Saturday, May 5, 1951: League Table

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

Final table:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Nottingham Forest 46 30 10 6 110 40 2.75 70 
2 Norwich City 46 25 14 7 82 45 1.82 64 
3 Reading 46 21 15 10 88 53 1.66 57 
4 Plymouth Argyle 46 24 9 13 85 55 1.55 57 
5 Millwall 46 23 10 13 80 57 1.40 56 
6 Bristol Rovers 46 20 15 11 64 42 1.52 55 
7 Southend United 46 21 10 15 92 69 1.33 52 
8 Ipswich Town 46 23 6 17 69 58 1.19 52 
9 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 46 22 7 17 65 57 1.14 51 
10 Bristol City 46 20 11 15 64 59 1.08 51 
11 Newport County 46 19 9 18 77 70 1.10 47 
12 Port Vale 46 16 13 17 60 65 0.92 45 
13 Brighton and Hove Albion 46 13 17 16 71 79 0.90 43 
14 Exeter City 46 18 6 22 62 85 0.73 42 
15 Walsall 46 15 10 21 52 62 0.84 40 
16 Colchester United 46 14 12 20 63 76 0.83 40 
17 Swindon Town 46 18 4 24 55 67 0.82 40 
18 Aldershot 46 15 10 21 56 88 0.64 40 
19 Leyton Orient 46 15 8 23 53 75 0.71 38 
20 Torquay United 46 14 9 23 64 81 0.79 37 
21 Northampton Town 46 10 16 20 55 67 0.82 36 
22 Gillingham 46 13 9 24 69 101 0.68 35 
23 Watford 46 9 11 26 54 88 0.61 29 
24 Crystal Palace 46 8 11 27 33 84 0.39 27 

Key: Promoted Re-elected