Match Centre

Monday December 26th, 1927

Football League Division Three (South)

Newport County

1 - 3

1

B. Young (??')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

3

H. Morris (??'), A. Thom (??'), J. Eddleston (??')
B. Young (??')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 3,610

H. Morris (??'), A. Thom (??'), J. Eddleston (??')
R.O. Rees
Somerton Park, Newport

Lineups


1
MAIDMENT
2
ANDERSON
3
HINTON
4
RICHARDSON
5
BOWSHER
6
PUGH
7
BRITTAN
8
GITTINS
9
WATERSTON
10
THOMAS
11
YOUNG
1
NASH
2
DICKINSON
3
WYLIE
4
LOW
5
HUMPHRIES
6
ARCHER
7
DENYER
8
ROBERTS
9
MORRIS
10
EDDLESTON
11
THOM
Newport County
1Jimmy MAIDMENT
2Bobby ANDERSON
3Ivor HINTON
4Sammy RICHARDSON
5Stan BOWSHER
6Bob PUGH
7Charlie BRITTAN
8Jimmy GITTINS
9Archie WATERSTON
10Billy THOMAS
11Bert YOUNG
Manager/Head Coach
Jimmy HINDMARSH
Swindon Town
1Teddy NASH1
2Wally DICKINSON2
3Tommy WYLIE3
4Dave LOW4
5Brinley HUMPHRIES5
6Archie ARCHER6
7Bertie DENYER7
8Les ROBERTS8
9Harry MORRIS9
10Joe EDDLESTON10
11Alec THOM11
Manager/Head Coach
Sam ALLEN

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Monday December 26th, 1927:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 3-1 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Exeter City Exeter City 2-0 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle
Merthyr Town Merthyr Town 2-3 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers
Newport County Newport County 1-3 Swindon Town Swindon
Northampton Town Northampton Town 6-5 Luton Town Luton Town
Southend United Southend United 3-2 Brentford Brentford

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Monday December 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 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 19 10 0 1 40 15 4 1 3 17 13 14 1 4 57 28 2.04 29
3 Exeter City Exeter City 19 6 4 1 26 14 3 3 2 8 9 9 7 3 34 23 1.48 25
4 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 20 8 1 0 31 10 3 2 6 13 20 11 3 6 44 30 1.47 25
5 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 18 6 3 0 15 9 2 5 2 13 17 8 8 2 28 26 1.08 24
6 Southend United Southend United 18 9 0 1 24 7 2 0 6 13 24 11 0 7 37 31 1.19 22
7 Swindon Town Swindon 17 4 3 1 26 14 4 2 3 20 22 8 5 4 46 36 1.28 21
8 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
9 Newport County Newport County 19 5 2 2 19 14 3 3 4 15 15 8 5 6 34 29 1.17 21
10 Brentford Brentford 21 5 2 2 21 13 3 1 8 20 30 8 3 10 41 43 0.95 19
11 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 20 6 4 2 23 15 1 1 6 10 21 7 5 8 33 36 0.92 19
12 Norwich City Norwich City 18 6 2 2 26 13 1 2 5 12 19 7 4 7 38 32 1.19 18
13 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 19 5 2 3 20 15 2 2 5 15 19 7 4 8 35 34 1.03 18
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 21 5 2 4 25 21 0 4 6 5 22 5 6 10 30 43 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 19 5 1 3 28 15 0 1 9 18 31 5 2 12 46 46 1 12
21 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 19 4 2 2 21 17 1 0 10 16 34 5 2 12 37 51 0.73 12
22 Walsall Walsall 18 4 1 3 18 13 1 1 8 8 40 5 2 11 26 53 0.49 12