Match Centre

Saturday December 29th, 1928

Football League Division Three (South)

Bristol Rovers

1 - 4

1

J. Phillips (??')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

4

H. Morris (??', ??', ??'), W. Dickinson (??')
J. Phillips (??')
(HT: 1-2)

Attendance: 5,593

H. Morris (??', ??', ??'), W. Dickinson (??')
F.W. Reeve
Eastville, Bristol

Lineups


1
WHATLEY
2
ROTHERHAM
3
BENNETT
4
BRITTON
5
McCAIG
6
FALCONER
7
REAY
8
PATERSON
9
PHILLIPS
10
WALTER
11
KING
1
NASH
2
DICKINSON
3
WYLIE
4
LOW
5
BEW
6
ARCHER
7
POWELL
8
EDDLESTON
9
MORRIS
10
ROBERTS
11
WALKER
Bristol Rovers
1Jesse WHATLEY
2Albert ROTHERHAM
3Fred BENNETT
4Cliff BRITTON
5David McCAIG
6Fleming FALCONER
7George REAY
8Jock PATERSON
9Jack PHILLIPS
10Joe WALTER
11Alf KING
Manager/Head Coach
Joe PALMER
Swindon Town
1Teddy NASH1
2Wally DICKINSON2
3Tommy WYLIE3
4Dave LOW4
5Danny BEW5
6Archie ARCHER6
7Albert POWELL7
8Joe EDDLESTON8
9Harry MORRIS9
10Les ROBERTS10
11John WALKER11
Manager/Head Coach
Sam ALLEN

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday December 29th, 1928:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday December 29th, 1928:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Fulham Fulham 21 9 2 0 36 13 3 3 4 17 16 12 5 4 53 29 1.83 29
2 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 22 8 2 1 29 7 4 3 4 16 19 12 5 5 45 26 1.73 29
3 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 22 8 3 0 26 12 3 4 4 17 20 11 7 4 43 32 1.34 29
4 Northampton Town Northampton Town 23 8 2 1 39 13 3 3 6 17 23 11 5 7 56 36 1.56 27
5 Luton Town Luton Town 21 9 1 0 29 13 3 2 6 16 23 12 3 6 45 36 1.25 27
6 Coventry City Coventry City 22 7 2 1 23 6 3 3 6 12 19 10 5 7 35 25 1.40 25
7 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 20 6 3 0 24 9 4 2 5 18 22 10 5 5 42 31 1.35 25
8 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 21 7 2 1 26 12 2 4 5 19 25 9 6 6 45 37 1.22 24
9 Swindon Town Swindon 22 7 2 2 25 15 3 2 6 18 26 10 4 8 43 41 1.05 24
10 Watford Watford 21 9 1 2 29 21 2 1 6 7 15 11 2 8 36 36 1 24
11 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 21 7 1 3 18 13 3 3 4 20 26 10 4 7 38 39 0.97 24
12 Walsall Walsall 21 7 4 1 29 16 2 0 7 13 31 9 4 8 42 47 0.89 22
13 Southend United Southend United 21 4 4 2 17 11 3 3 5 21 26 7 7 7 38 37 1.03 21
14 Torquay United Torquay United 21 7 1 3 31 18 1 1 8 8 26 8 2 11 39 44 0.89 18
15 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 21 6 1 3 19 17 1 2 8 10 24 7 3 11 29 41 0.71 17
16 Norwich City Norwich City 21 6 1 3 23 13 1 1 9 9 25 7 2 12 32 38 0.84 16
17 Brentford Brentford 21 5 2 4 19 14 1 2 7 8 21 6 4 11 27 35 0.77 16
18 Gillingham Gillingham 22 5 3 3 17 14 1 1 9 9 26 6 4 12 26 40 0.65 16
19 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 21 5 3 3 18 12 1 0 9 11 29 6 3 12 29 41 0.71 15
20 Exeter City Exeter City 21 3 3 4 19 17 1 3 7 13 25 4 6 11 32 42 0.76 14
21 Merthyr Town Merthyr Town 21 5 2 3 18 16 0 2 9 9 37 5 4 12 27 53 0.51 14
22 Newport County Newport County 21 2 3 6 15 18 1 3 6 12 25 3 6 12 27 43 0.63 12