Match Centre

Saturday March 26th, 1927

Football League Division Three (South)

Newport County

5 - 3

5

R. Weaver (??', ??'), W. James (??', ??'), B. Hiles (??')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

3

H. Morris (??', ??', ??')
R. Weaver (??', ??'), W. James (??', ??'), B. Hiles (??')
(HT: 2-2)

Attendance: 4,751

H. Morris (??', ??', ??')
H.E. Gray
Somerton Park, Newport

Lineups


1
MAIDMENT
2
ANDERSON
3
HINTON
4
NAIRN
5
PRITCHARD
6
BOWSHER
7
WARDELL
8
WEAVER
9
JAMES
10
GITTINS
11
HILES
1
BOURNE
2
WYLIE
3
WESTON
4
FURNISS
5
BEW
6
ARCHER
7
DENYER
8
JEFFRIES
9
MORRIS
10
EDDLESTON
11
JOHNSON
Newport County
1Jimmy MAIDMENT
2Bobby ANDERSON
3Ivor HINTON
4Billy NAIRN
5Tommy PRITCHARD
6Stan BOWSHER
7Nippy WARDELL
8Reg WEAVER
9Wilf JAMES
10Jimmy GITTINS
11Billy HILES
Manager/Head Coach
Jimmy HINDMARSH
Swindon Town
1Jack BOURNE1
2Tommy WYLIE2
3Tober WESTON3
4Sam FURNISS4
5Danny BEW5
6Archie ARCHER6
7Bertie DENYER7
8Bill JEFFRIES8
9Harry MORRIS9
10Joe EDDLESTON10
11Sam JOHNSON11
Manager/Head Coach
Sam ALLEN

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday March 26th, 1927:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 26th, 1927:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Bristol City Bristol City 33 16 1 0 60 22 7 6 3 29 21 23 7 3 89 43 2.07 53
2 Millwall Millwall 33 13 2 2 46 13 5 6 5 21 26 18 8 7 67 39 1.72 44
3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 33 13 3 1 56 19 4 6 6 13 18 17 9 7 69 37 1.86 43
4 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 32 11 4 0 38 9 6 5 6 36 43 17 9 6 74 52 1.42 43
5 Swindon Town Swindon 34 14 2 1 52 20 4 5 8 30 42 18 7 9 82 62 1.32 43
6 Newport County Newport County 33 15 2 0 40 17 4 1 11 16 40 19 3 11 56 57 0.98 41
7 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 33 11 4 2 48 24 5 3 8 21 35 16 7 10 69 59 1.17 39
8 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 34 10 2 5 41 22 4 5 8 27 36 14 7 13 68 58 1.17 35
9 Luton Town Luton Town 34 8 9 0 35 18 3 4 10 19 38 11 13 10 54 56 0.96 35
10 Exeter City Exeter City 34 12 3 2 37 13 1 5 11 28 49 13 8 13 65 62 1.05 34
11 Brentford Brentford 31 10 5 2 44 18 2 2 10 19 33 12 7 12 63 51 1.24 31
12 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 33 9 4 3 36 21 3 3 11 13 29 12 7 14 49 50 0.98 31
13 Southend United Southend United 34 10 3 4 39 20 2 2 13 18 45 12 5 17 57 65 0.88 29
14 Coventry City Coventry City 34 10 1 6 40 30 3 2 12 17 46 13 3 18 57 76 0.75 29
15 Norwich City Norwich City 33 9 4 4 36 21 1 4 11 15 41 10 8 15 51 62 0.82 28
16 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 33 8 3 5 32 24 3 3 11 21 42 11 6 16 53 66 0.80 28
17 Merthyr Town Merthyr Town 33 8 4 4 35 22 2 2 13 18 45 10 6 17 53 67 0.79 26
18 Watford Watford 34 8 3 6 31 23 3 1 13 17 48 11 4 19 48 71 0.68 26
19 Gillingham Gillingham 33 8 4 4 26 16 1 3 13 14 37 9 7 17 40 53 0.75 25
20 Northampton Town Northampton Town 34 9 4 3 27 16 1 1 16 20 58 10 5 19 47 74 0.64 25
21 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 33 6 7 3 32 24 2 1 14 16 44 8 8 17 48 68 0.71 24
22 Aberdare Athletic Aberdare 34 6 1 10 31 37 1 5 11 21 46 7 6 21 52 83 0.63 20