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
Manager/Head Coach
Albert LINDON
Swindon Town
1Jack BOURNE1
2Wally DICKINSON2
3Tober WESTON3
4Reggie COOPER4
5Danny BEW5
6Sam JOHNSON6
7Bertie DAVIES7
8Charlie PETRIE8
9Harry MORRIS9
10Joe EDDLESTON10
11Alec THOM11
Manager/Head Coach
Sam ALLEN

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