Match Centre

Saturday December 25th, 1926

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

3 - 2

3

A. Thom (??'), H. Morris (??'), W. Dickinson (??' pen)

Merthyr Town

Merthyr Town

2

C. Sutherland (??'), J. Phillips (??')
A. Thom (??'), H. Morris (??'), W. Dickinson (??' pen)
(HT: 2-1)

Attendance: 9,330

C. Sutherland (??'), J. Phillips (??')
F.W. Reeve
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BOURNE
2
DICKINSON
3
WESTON
4
COOPER
5
BEW
6
ARCHER
7
DENYER
8
WALL
9
MORRIS
10
EDDLESTON
11
THOM
1
LEWIS
2
WOODWARD
3
PEDLAR
4
CREWE
5
BISHOP
6
CLARKE
7
JENKINS
8
BELL
9
PHILLIPS
10
SUTHERLAND
11
DAVIES
Swindon Town
1Jack BOURNE
2Wally DICKINSON
3Tober WESTON
4Reggie COOPER
5Danny BEW
6Archie ARCHER
7Bertie DENYER
8Alec WALL
9Harry MORRIS
10Joe EDDLESTON
11Alec THOM
Merthyr Town
1Ben LEWIS1
2John WOODWARD2
3Philip PEDLAR3
4Billy CREWE4
5George BISHOP5
6George CLARKE6
7Thomas JENKINS7
8Tommy BELL8
9Jack PHILLIPS9
10Charles SUTHERLAND10
11Bill DAVIES11

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday December 25th, 1926:

Aberdare Athletic Aberdare 3-7 Bristol City Bristol City
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 2-0 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 5-1 Southend United Southend United
Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 3-0 Gillingham Gillingham
Coventry City Coventry City 3-1 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Luton Town Luton Town 6-0 Millwall Millwall
Newport County Newport County 2-1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Norwich City Norwich City 2-1 Brentford Brentford
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 2-0 Exeter City Exeter City
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 2-4 Watford Watford
Swindon Town Swindon 3-2 Merthyr Town Merthyr Town

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday December 25th, 1926:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Swindon Town Swindon 19 11 1 0 41 14 2 3 2 15 19 13 4 2 56 33 1.70 30
2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 18 9 1 1 37 12 4 2 1 8 7 13 3 2 45 19 2.37 29
3 Bristol City Bristol City 19 8 0 0 31 10 3 5 3 20 18 11 5 3 51 28 1.82 27
4 Millwall Millwall 21 8 1 1 28 10 2 4 5 12 22 10 5 6 40 32 1.25 25
5 Newport County Newport County 20 8 2 0 16 7 3 1 6 9 22 11 3 6 25 29 0.86 25
6 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 20 8 2 0 23 4 1 4 5 15 26 9 6 5 38 30 1.27 24
7 Luton Town Luton Town 18 7 5 0 26 12 2 0 4 9 13 9 5 4 35 25 1.40 23
8 Exeter City Exeter City 18 7 2 1 25 6 1 2 5 14 21 8 4 6 39 27 1.44 20
9 Brentford Brentford 18 6 3 1 27 12 2 1 5 14 18 8 4 6 41 30 1.37 20
10 Southend United Southend United 19 7 1 3 27 11 2 1 5 12 23 9 2 8 39 34 1.15 20
11 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 18 5 2 1 23 12 2 3 5 10 18 7 5 6 33 30 1.10 19
12 Watford Watford 19 6 1 2 18 6 3 0 7 10 25 9 1 9 28 31 0.90 19
13 Norwich City Norwich City 20 6 3 2 25 13 1 2 6 11 30 7 5 8 36 43 0.84 19
14 Merthyr Town Merthyr Town 19 6 2 2 20 8 1 1 7 9 23 7 3 9 29 31 0.94 17
15 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 18 2 2 2 13 9 3 3 6 17 26 5 5 8 30 35 0.86 15
16 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 19 3 3 5 17 19 2 2 4 9 14 5 5 9 26 33 0.79 15
17 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 17 3 2 2 15 9 2 1 7 7 20 5 3 9 22 29 0.76 13
18 Gillingham Gillingham 19 4 2 2 18 13 1 1 9 6 21 5 3 11 24 34 0.71 13
19 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 20 4 2 2 21 13 1 1 10 13 36 5 3 12 34 49 0.69 13
20 Coventry City Coventry City 19 5 0 4 19 16 1 1 8 8 32 6 1 12 27 48 0.56 13
21 Northampton Town Northampton Town 20 3 3 3 16 12 1 0 10 12 34 4 3 13 28 46 0.61 11
22 Aberdare Athletic Aberdare 20 2 0 7 12 24 1 2 8 12 30 3 2 15 24 54 0.44 8