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
Manager/Head Coach
Albert HOSKINS
Swindon Town
1Jack BOURNE1
2Percy BROOKE2
3Tober WESTON3
4Sam FURNISS4
5Danny BEW5
6Archie ARCHER6
7Bertie DENYER7
8Bill JEFFRIES8
9Harry MORRIS9
10Joe EDDLESTON10
11Jerry BAILEY11
Manager/Head Coach
Sam ALLEN

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