Bristol City v Nottingham Forest

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894 CITY 1894 IN CARTOONS 1894 1894
with club historian David Woods
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MATCH REPORT
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0 6Tait 15, 18,
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Atyeo 42, 60, 74, 821894
Saturday, December 16th 1961
Football League Division Three
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George Smith couldn’t recall having
a more hectic game between the
sticks for County. The mercurial
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Alex Tait took his goals
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well,
particularly the headed opener,
whilst John Atyeo’s last two were
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The visit of Forest up on January 3rd 1948, followed
well executed as City clinched a
here tonight by 29,663 on November 20th
fifth successive victory, though the
brings to mind 1948, and 32,491 on March 4th
fans were somewhat disappointed
that they set 1950 when Notts were on the way
as a number of good goal scoring
the points record for the Third to promotion.
opportunities were spurned.
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Division (South) in 1950/51, a
City: Cook, Briggs, Thresher;
feat which City equalled four Unfortunately, it was a different Etheridge, Connor, Casey; Rogers,
years later.
scenario during the visitor’s Atyeo, Tait, R Williams, Derrick.
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centenary season, on 1894
December Notts County: Smith; 1894
Butler, Noon;
However, despite this
16th 1961, when they clashed Sheridan, Loxley, Carver; Moore,
achievement, it was Forest’s in the Third Division which
Horobin, Hateley, Forrest, Withers.
neighbours Notts County who had come into being when
Referee: ET Jennings (Stourbridge)
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were the glamour team of 1894
the regional sections were 1894 1894
Attendance and gate receipts:
the era, this because of the discontinued in 1958.
12,805 (£1,600.12s.6d)
audacious record £20,000 signing
in November 1947 of the then This cartoon of the game is
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England centre-forward from the work of the ‘Bristol Evening City’s overall League record of
Chelsea.
World’ cartoonist, Jim Neal P98 W42 D22 L34 F147 A133
(Spot), who had taken over from
against County sees them,
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Tommy Lawton proved a big 1894
Arthur Potts (Spot) after 1894
the war.
together with Millwall, 1894
as the
attraction on Third Division His output appeared in both the
club that City have met most
grounds, not least at Ashton Gate daily paper as well as the Pink Un
where 35,287 spectators turned sports paper.
often in the league.
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32 | T HE ROB NS Nottingham Forest