Match Centre

Saturday April 9th, 1927

Football League Division Three (South)

Gillingham

4 - 4

4

P. Bradley (??', ??'), A. Fairclough (??'), B. Arblaster (??')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

4

J. Bailey (??'), J. Eddleston (??'), T. Weston (??' pen), H. Morris (??')
P. Bradley (??', ??'), A. Fairclough (??'), B. Arblaster (??')
(HT: 0-3)

Attendance: 3,724

J. Bailey (??'), J. Eddleston (??'), T. Weston (??' pen), H. Morris (??')
Capt. A.J. Prince-Cox
Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham

Lineups


1
KELLY
2
BARTLEY
3
PICKERING
4
ROGERS
5
NICHOL
6
HILLIER
7
MESTON
8
BROWN
9
FAIRCLOUGH
10
ARBLASTER
11
BRADLEY
1
BOURNE
2
BROOKE
3
WESTON
4
FURNISS
5
BEW
6
ARCHER
7
DENYER
8
JEFFRIES
9
MORRIS
10
EDDLESTON
11
BAILEY
Gillingham
1John KELLY
2Jim BARTLEY
3Bill PICKERING
4Dave ROGERS
5Jimmy NICHOL
6Stan HILLIER
7Sammy MESTON
8Fred BROWN
9Albert FAIRCLOUGH
10Bill ARBLASTER
11Patrick BRADLEY
Swindon Town
1Jack BOURNE1
2Percy BROOKE2
3Tober WESTON3
4Sam FURNISS4
5Danny BEW5
6Archie ARCHER6
7Bertie DENYER7
8Bill JEFFRIES8
9Harry MORRIS9
10Joe EDDLESTON10
11Jerry BAILEY11

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday April 9th, 1927:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday April 9th, 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 35 16 1 1 60 24 7 6 4 29 23 23 7 5 89 47 1.89 53
2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 36 14 3 1 59 21 6 6 6 16 18 20 9 7 75 39 1.92 49
3 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 34 12 4 0 40 10 7 5 6 39 44 19 9 6 79 54 1.46 47
4 Millwall Millwall 35 13 2 3 47 16 6 6 5 25 27 19 8 8 72 43 1.67 46
5 Swindon Town Swindon 36 15 2 1 55 22 4 6 8 34 46 19 8 9 89 68 1.31 46
6 Newport County Newport County 35 15 2 1 40 18 4 1 12 16 44 19 3 13 56 62 0.90 41
7 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 35 11 5 2 49 25 5 3 9 22 38 16 8 11 71 63 1.13 40
8 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 36 11 2 5 44 23 4 6 8 27 36 15 8 13 71 59 1.20 38
9 Luton Town Luton Town 36 9 9 0 39 19 3 4 11 19 39 12 13 11 58 58 1 37
10 Exeter City Exeter City 36 13 3 2 42 14 1 5 12 28 50 14 8 14 70 64 1.09 36
11 Brentford Brentford 34 10 6 2 44 18 3 2 11 22 36 13 8 13 66 54 1.22 34
12 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 35 10 4 3 38 21 3 3 12 15 32 13 7 15 53 53 1 33
13 Southend United Southend United 36 11 3 4 42 21 2 3 13 19 46 13 6 17 61 67 0.91 32
14 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 35 9 3 5 36 24 3 3 12 22 44 12 6 17 58 68 0.85 30
15 Coventry City Coventry City 36 10 2 6 41 31 3 2 13 18 50 13 4 19 59 81 0.73 30
16 Watford Watford 36 9 3 6 32 23 3 2 13 18 49 12 5 19 50 72 0.69 29
17 Merthyr Town Merthyr Town 35 8 5 4 36 23 2 3 13 19 46 10 8 17 55 69 0.80 28
18 Norwich City Norwich City 35 9 4 5 36 22 1 4 12 15 43 10 8 17 51 65 0.78 28
19 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 35 7 7 3 33 24 3 1 14 17 44 10 8 17 50 68 0.74 28
20 Northampton Town Northampton Town 37 10 4 4 30 20 1 1 17 21 61 11 5 21 51 81 0.63 27
21 Gillingham Gillingham 36 8 5 5 31 22 1 3 14 15 42 9 8 19 46 64 0.72 26
22 Aberdare Athletic Aberdare 36 7 1 10 33 38 1 5 12 23 49 8 6 22 56 87 0.64 22