Match Centre

Saturday December 24th, 1927

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

4 - 3

4

W. Dickinson (??' pen), H. Morris (??'), A. Thom (??', ??')

Brighton and Hove Albion

Brighton and Hove Albion

3

T. Cook (??', ??'), T. Simpson (??')
W. Dickinson (??' pen), H. Morris (??'), A. Thom (??', ??')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 7,445

T. Cook (??', ??'), T. Simpson (??')
F.W. Reeve
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
NASH
2
DICKINSON
3
WYLIE
4
LOW
5
HUMPHRIES
6
ARCHER
7
DENYER
8
ROBERTS
9
MORRIS
10
EDDLESTON
11
THOM
1
WILLIAMS
2
JENKINS
3
CURRAN
4
WILKINSON
5
MOONEY
6
LITTLE
7
SIMPSON
8
JAMES
9
COOK
10
HOPKINS
11
WILSON
Swindon Town
1Teddy NASH
2Wally DICKINSON
3Tommy WYLIE
4Dave LOW
5Brinley HUMPHRIES
6Archie ARCHER
7Bertie DENYER
8Les ROBERTS
9Harry MORRIS
10Joe EDDLESTON
11Alec THOM
Manager/Head Coach
Sam ALLEN
Brighton and Hove Albion
1Skilly WILLIAMS1
2Jack JENKINS2
3Jack CURRAN3
4Reg WILKINSON4
5Paul MOONEY5
6Wally LITTLE6
7Tommy SIMPSON7
8Dai JAMES8
9Tommy COOK9
10Jimmy HOPKINS10
11Tug WILSON11
Manager/Head Coach
Charlie WEBB

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday December 24th, 1927:

Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 1-6 Millwall Millwall
Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 4-3 Luton Town Luton Town
Coventry City Coventry City 2-4 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Gillingham Gillingham 3-0 Norwich City Norwich City
Merthyr Town Merthyr Town 0-3 Exeter City Exeter City
Newport County Newport County 3-2 Southend United Southend United
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 5-1 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 2-0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Swindon Town Swindon 4-3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Watford Watford 1-1 Brentford Brentford

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday December 24th, 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 Millwall Millwall 20 8 1 0 44 11 5 2 4 22 20 13 3 4 66 31 2.13 29
2 Northampton Town Northampton Town 18 9 0 1 34 10 4 1 3 17 13 13 1 4 51 23 2.22 27
3 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 19 8 1 0 31 10 3 2 5 13 18 11 3 5 44 28 1.57 25
4 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 18 6 3 0 15 9 2 5 2 13 17 8 8 2 28 26 1.08 24
5 Exeter City Exeter City 18 5 4 1 24 14 3 3 2 8 9 8 7 3 32 23 1.39 23
6 Newport County Newport County 18 5 2 1 18 11 3 3 4 15 15 8 5 5 33 26 1.27 21
7 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 19 4 2 3 17 13 5 1 4 11 10 9 3 7 28 23 1.22 21
8 Southend United Southend United 17 8 0 1 21 5 2 0 6 13 24 10 0 7 34 29 1.17 20
9 Swindon Town Swindon 16 4 3 1 26 14 3 2 3 17 21 7 5 4 43 35 1.23 19
10 Brentford Brentford 20 5 2 2 21 13 3 1 7 18 27 8 3 9 39 40 0.98 19
11 Norwich City Norwich City 18 6 2 2 26 13 1 2 5 12 19 7 4 7 38 32 1.19 18
12 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 18 5 2 3 20 15 2 2 4 14 16 7 4 7 34 31 1.10 18
13 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 19 5 4 2 20 14 1 1 6 10 21 6 5 8 30 35 0.86 17
14 Coventry City Coventry City 19 4 2 3 25 17 3 1 6 11 30 7 3 9 36 47 0.77 17
15 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 18 5 3 2 16 10 0 3 5 12 30 5 6 7 28 40 0.70 16
16 Merthyr Town Merthyr Town 20 5 2 3 23 18 0 4 6 5 22 5 6 9 28 40 0.70 16
17 Gillingham Gillingham 18 3 1 4 12 11 1 5 4 16 27 4 6 8 28 38 0.74 14
18 Watford Watford 19 4 1 4 16 14 1 2 7 13 24 5 3 11 29 38 0.76 13
19 Torquay United Torquay United 18 2 4 4 10 15 2 1 5 8 26 4 5 9 18 41 0.44 13
20 Luton Town Luton Town 18 5 1 3 28 15 0 1 8 13 25 5 2 11 41 40 1.03 12
21 Walsall Walsall 18 4 1 3 18 13 1 1 8 8 40 5 2 11 26 53 0.49 12
22 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 18 4 2 2 21 17 0 0 10 13 32 4 2 12 34 49 0.69 10