Match Centre

Saturday October 8th, 1927

Football League Division Three (South)

Merthyr Town

8 - 2

8

B. Mays (??', ??'), J. McWhirr (??', ??'), G. Lawley (??', ??'), M. Jones (??', ??')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

H. Morris (??'), L. Roberts (??')
B. Mays (??', ??'), J. McWhirr (??', ??'), G. Lawley (??', ??'), M. Jones (??', ??')
(HT: 5-1)

Attendance: 5,418

H. Morris (??'), L. Roberts (??')
G.T. Gould
Penydarren Park, Merthyr

Lineups


1
LINDON
2
PAGE
3
PEDLAR
4
CREWE
5
BISHOP
6
McLACHLAN
7
LAWLEY
8
JONES
9
MAYS
10
McWHIRR
11
FORD
1
BOURNE
2
DICKINSON
3
WESTON
4
ARCHER
5
BEW
6
JOHNSON
7
DENYER
8
ROBERTS
9
MORRIS
10
EDDLESTON
11
THOM
Merthyr Town
1Albert LINDON
2Jack PAGE
3Philip PEDLAR
4Billy CREWE
5George BISHOP
6Alex McLACHLAN
7George LAWLEY
8Mickey JONES
9Billy MAYS
10James McWHIRR
11Ewart FORD
Manager/Head Coach
Albert LINDON
Swindon Town
1Jack BOURNE1
2Wally DICKINSON2
3Tober WESTON3
4Archie ARCHER4
5Danny BEW5
6Sam JOHNSON6
7Bertie DENYER7
8Les ROBERTS8
9Harry MORRIS9
10Joe EDDLESTON10
11Alec THOM11
Manager/Head Coach
Sam ALLEN

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday October 8th, 1927:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 1-1 Torquay United Torquay United
Brentford Brentford 1-1 Exeter City Exeter City
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 1-0 Norwich City Norwich City
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 3-1 Watford Watford
Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 1-1 Millwall Millwall
Gillingham Gillingham 1-2 Coventry City Coventry City
Luton Town Luton Town 6-1 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Merthyr Town Merthyr Town 8-2 Swindon Town Swindon
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 3-0 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Southend United Southend United 2-0 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Walsall Walsall 0-3 Newport County Newport County

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday October 8th, 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 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 9 3 2 0 6 3 1 3 0 7 6 4 5 0 13 9 1.44 13
2 Brentford Brentford 10 3 1 0 12 3 3 0 3 14 16 6 1 3 26 19 1.37 13
3 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 10 3 1 1 15 11 3 0 2 6 6 6 1 3 21 17 1.24 13
4 Norwich City Norwich City 9 4 0 0 13 2 1 2 2 8 9 5 2 2 21 11 1.91 12
5 Northampton Town Northampton Town 9 4 0 0 17 6 2 0 3 8 8 6 0 3 25 14 1.79 12
6 Southend United Southend United 9 5 0 0 13 1 1 0 3 7 12 6 0 3 20 13 1.54 12
7 Millwall Millwall 10 4 0 0 19 4 1 2 3 6 15 5 2 3 25 19 1.32 12
8 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 9 4 1 0 16 3 0 2 2 5 8 4 3 2 21 11 1.91 11
9 Newport County Newport County 9 3 1 0 10 5 2 0 3 11 10 5 1 3 21 15 1.40 11
10 Merthyr Town Merthyr Town 10 3 2 1 15 9 0 3 1 2 7 3 5 2 17 16 1.06 11
11 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 9 3 0 2 10 9 1 2 1 8 7 4 2 3 18 16 1.13 10
12 Exeter City Exeter City 9 2 2 0 11 7 1 2 2 4 9 3 4 2 15 16 0.94 10
13 Walsall Walsall 9 3 1 1 12 9 1 0 3 5 12 4 1 4 17 21 0.81 9
14 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 9 3 1 1 13 8 0 0 4 5 14 3 1 5 18 22 0.82 7
15 Coventry City Coventry City 9 1 2 1 8 5 1 1 3 6 14 2 3 4 14 19 0.74 7
16 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 9 2 1 1 4 3 0 2 3 7 20 2 3 4 11 23 0.48 7
17 Watford Watford 9 3 0 2 11 8 0 0 4 4 10 3 0 6 15 18 0.83 6
18 Swindon Town Swindon 8 1 2 1 10 6 1 0 3 7 16 2 2 4 17 22 0.77 6
19 Luton Town Luton Town 9 2 0 2 14 11 0 1 4 4 10 2 1 6 18 21 0.86 5
20 Gillingham Gillingham 9 1 1 3 7 9 0 2 2 9 13 1 3 5 16 22 0.73 5
21 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 10 1 3 2 10 10 0 0 4 2 11 1 3 6 12 21 0.57 5
22 Torquay United Torquay United 9 0 2 2 3 8 1 1 3 5 16 1 3 5 8 24 0.33 5