Football League Division Three
Reading
2 - 3
2
G. Broskom (??'), J. Bailey (??')
Swindon Town
Swindon Town
3
B. Wareing (??'), B. Batty (??', ??')
G. Broskom (??'), J. Bailey (??')
(HT: 0-1)
Attendance: ~11,000
Attendance: ~11,000
B. Wareing (??'), B. Batty (??', ??')
J.T. Howcroft
Lineups
1
CRAWFORD
CRAWFORD
2
SMITH
SMITH
3
HORLER
HORLER
4
CHRISTIE
CHRISTIE
5
MAVIN
MAVIN
6
GOODMAN
GOODMAN
7
BROSKOM
BROSKOM
8
BAILEY
BAILEY
9
CAMERON
CAMERON
10
ANDREWS
ANDREWS
11
CARR
CARR
1
SKILLER
SKILLER
2
KAY
KAY
3
WESTON
WESTON
4
LANGFORD
LANGFORD
5
HAWLEY
HAWLEY
6
WAREING
WAREING
7
JEFFERSON
JEFFERSON
8
METCALF
METCALF
9
DENYER
DENYER
10
BATTY
BATTY
11
DAVIES
DAVIES
| Reading | |
|---|---|
| 1Sid CRAWFORD | |
| 2Jack SMITH | |
| 3George HORLER | |
| 4Alex CHRISTIE | |
| 5Fred MAVIN | |
| 6George GOODMAN | |
| 7George BROSKOM | |
| 8Joe BAILEY | |
| 9Duncan CAMERON | |
| 10Len ANDREWS | |
| 11Jimmy CARR |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Harry MATTHEWS |
| Swindon Town | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Len SKILLER1 | ||
| 2Harry KAY2 | ||
| 3Tober WESTON3 | ||
| 4Tommy LANGFORD4 | ||
| 5Fred HAWLEY5 | ||
| 6Billy WAREING6 | ||
| 7Bob JEFFERSON7 | ||
| 8Arthur METCALF8 | ||
| 9Bertie DENYER9 | ||
| 10Billy BATTY10 | ||
| 11Bertie DAVIES11 |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Sam ALLEN |
Results
Football League Division Three results on Saturday December 25th, 1920:
Brentford
Brentford
|
0-2 | 
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
0-2 | 
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers
|
1-2 | 
Swansea Town
Swansea Town
|
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
2-5 | 
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town
|
1-1 | 
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
Luton Town
Luton Town
|
1-1 | 
Southampton
Southampton
|
Millwall
Millwall
|
0-0 | 
Merthyr Town
Merthyr Town
|
Newport County
Newport County
|
1-1 | 
Southend United
Southend United
|
Plymouth Argyle
Plymouth Argyle
|
0-0 | 
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
|
Reading
Reading
|
2-3 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
Watford
Watford
|
3-2 | 
Portsmouth
Portsmouth
|
Table
Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday December 25th, 1920:
| Pos. | Team | P | Home | Away | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | |||
| 1 |
Southampton
Southampton
|
20 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 14 | 2.57 | 28 |
| 2 |
Watford
Watford
|
19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 18 | 1.94 | 26 |
| 3 |
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 19 | 1.68 | 26 |
| 4 |
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 16 | 2.19 | 24 |
| 5 |
Merthyr Town
Merthyr Town
|
19 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 1.63 | 24 |
| 6 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 25 | 1.60 | 24 |
| 7 |
Millwall
Millwall
|
20 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 1.50 | 24 |
| 8 |
Luton Town
Luton Town
|
19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 33 | 0.91 | 21 |
| 9 |
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 35 | 0.80 | 20 |
| 10 |
Swansea Town
Swansea Town
|
20 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 0.79 | 20 |
| 11 |
Plymouth Argyle
Plymouth Argyle
|
20 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 1.36 | 19 |
| 12 |
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
20 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 1.28 | 19 |
| 13 |
Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town
|
20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 0.78 | 18 |
| 14 |
Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers
|
19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 0.78 | 17 |
| 15 |
Southend United
Southend United
|
21 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 29 | 0.69 | 17 |
| 16 |
Newport County
Newport County
|
20 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 34 | 0.62 | 17 |
| 17 |
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
20 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 33 | 0.61 | 17 |
| 18 |
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
20 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 0.71 | 16 |
| 19 |
Brentford
Brentford
|
20 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 32 | 0.53 | 16 |
| 20 |
Portsmouth
Portsmouth
|
19 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 19 | 1.05 | 15 |
| 21 |
Reading
Reading
|
20 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 31 | 0.74 | 14 |
| 22 |
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
18 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 0.44 | 12 |