Match Centre

Saturday August 26th, 1939

Football League Division Three (South)

Northampton Town

1 - 0

1

R. Ellwood (30')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

R. Ellwood (30')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 8,315

G. Clark
County Ground, Northampton

Lineups


1
CLIFFORD
2
McCULLOUGH
3
STRATHIE
4
BLUNT
5
SIMONS
6
MILLER
7
KING
8
JENNINGS
9
MELANIPHY
10
ELLWOOD
11
BARRON
1
WILDMAN
2
LAWRENCE
3
LOWE
4
COUSINS
5
OLNEY
6
RYAN
7
JONES
8
FRANCIS
9
MORTON
10
LUCAS
11
HEDLEY
Northampton Town
1John CLIFFORD
2Keiller McCULLOUGH
3James STRATHIE
4Eddie BLUNT
5Reuben SIMONS
6Harold MILLER
7Bobby KING
8Bill JENNINGS
9Ted MELANIPHY
10Reginald ELLWOOD
11Bill BARRON
Swindon Town
1Frank WILDMAN1
2Sid LAWRENCE2
3Harry LOWE3
4Harry COUSINS4
5Jim OLNEY5
6Tommy RYAN6
7Eddie JONES7
8Cliff FRANCIS8
9Ben MORTON9
10Billy LUCAS10
11Foster HEDLEY11

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday August 26th, 1939:

Aldershot Aldershot 0-1 Bristol City Bristol City
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 0-0 Port Vale Port Vale
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 2-2 Reading Reading
Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 2-2 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town
Exeter City Exeter City 2-2 Torquay United Torquay United
Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 4-5 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Northampton Town Northampton Town 1-0 Swindon Town Swindon
Norwich City Norwich City 1-2 Cardiff City Cardiff City
Notts County Notts County 2-1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 2-2 Watford Watford
Southend United Southend United 3-2 Walsall Walsall

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday August 26th, 1939:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Cardiff City Cardiff City 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 2
2 Notts County Notts County 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 2
3 Southend United Southend United 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 1.50 2
4 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 5 4 1.25 2
5 Bristol City Bristol City 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
6 Northampton Town Northampton Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
7 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 1
8 Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 1
9 Exeter City Exeter City 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 1
10 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 1 1
11 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 1
12 Reading Reading 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 1 1
13 Torquay United Torquay United 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 1 1
14 Watford Watford 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 1 1
15 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
16 Port Vale Port Vale 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
17 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 1 0 0 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 0.80 0
18 Walsall Walsall 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 1 2 3 0.67 0
19 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0.50 0
20 Norwich City Norwich City 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.50 0
21 Aldershot Aldershot 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
22 Swindon Town Swindon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0

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