Match Centre

Monday December 27th, 1926

Football League Division Three (South)

Merthyr Town

1 - 2

1

C. Sutherland (??')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

J. Eddleston (??'), H. Morris (??')
C. Sutherland (??')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 8,662

J. Eddleston (??'), H. Morris (??')
F.W. Reeve
Penydarren Park, Merthyr

Lineups


1
LINDON
2
WOODWARD
3
PEDLAR
4
PAGE
5
BISHOP
6
CLARKE
7
JENKINS
8
CREWE
9
PHILLIPS
10
SUTHERLAND
11
DAVIES
1
BOURNE
2
DICKINSON
3
WESTON
4
COOPER
5
BEW
6
JOHNSON
7
DAVIES
8
PETRIE
9
MORRIS
10
EDDLESTON
11
THOM
Merthyr Town
1Albert LINDON
2John WOODWARD
3Philip PEDLAR
4Jack PAGE
5George BISHOP
6George CLARKE
7Thomas JENKINS
8Billy CREWE
9Jack PHILLIPS
10Charles SUTHERLAND
11Bill DAVIES
Swindon Town
1Jack BOURNE1
2Wally DICKINSON2
3Tober WESTON3
4Reggie COOPER4
5Danny BEW5
6Sam JOHNSON6
7Bertie DAVIES7
8Charlie PETRIE8
9Harry MORRIS9
10Joe EDDLESTON10
11Alec THOM11

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Monday December 27th, 1926:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Monday December 27th, 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 20 11 1 0 41 14 3 3 2 17 20 14 4 2 58 34 1.71 32
2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 19 9 1 1 37 12 4 3 1 8 7 13 4 2 45 19 2.37 30
3 Bristol City Bristol City 20 9 0 0 33 11 3 5 3 20 18 12 5 3 53 29 1.83 29
4 Millwall Millwall 22 9 1 1 35 10 2 4 5 12 22 11 5 6 47 32 1.47 27
5 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 21 8 2 0 23 4 2 4 5 17 26 10 6 5 40 30 1.33 26
6 Newport County Newport County 21 8 2 0 16 7 3 1 7 10 24 11 3 7 26 31 0.84 25
7 Luton Town Luton Town 19 7 5 0 26 12 2 0 5 9 20 9 5 5 35 32 1.09 23
8 Brentford Brentford 19 7 3 1 30 12 2 1 5 14 18 9 4 6 44 30 1.47 22
9 Southend United Southend United 20 8 1 3 29 12 2 1 5 12 23 10 2 8 41 35 1.17 22
10 Exeter City Exeter City 19 7 2 2 25 8 1 2 5 14 21 8 4 7 39 29 1.34 20
11 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 19 5 2 2 24 14 2 3 5 10 18 7 5 7 34 32 1.06 19
12 Watford Watford 20 6 1 3 19 8 3 0 7 10 25 9 1 10 29 33 0.88 19
13 Norwich City Norwich City 21 6 3 2 25 13 1 2 7 11 33 7 5 9 36 46 0.78 19
14 Merthyr Town Merthyr Town 20 6 2 3 21 10 1 1 7 9 23 7 3 10 30 33 0.91 17
15 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 19 3 2 2 15 10 3 3 6 17 26 6 5 8 32 36 0.89 17
16 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 20 3 3 5 17 19 2 2 5 10 16 5 5 10 27 35 0.77 15
17 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 21 4 2 2 21 13 2 1 10 15 37 6 3 12 36 50 0.72 15
18 Coventry City Coventry City 20 5 0 4 19 16 2 1 8 10 33 7 1 12 29 49 0.59 15
19 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 18 3 2 2 15 9 2 2 7 8 21 5 4 9 23 30 0.77 14
20 Gillingham Gillingham 20 4 3 2 19 14 1 1 9 6 21 5 4 11 25 35 0.71 14
21 Northampton Town Northampton Town 21 3 4 3 16 12 1 0 10 12 34 4 4 13 28 46 0.61 12
22 Aberdare Athletic Aberdare 21 2 0 7 12 24 1 2 9 13 32 3 2 16 25 56 0.45 8