Match Centre

Saturday February 8th, 1947

Football League Division Three (South)

Bristol City

3 - 1

3

C. Williams (53', 60'), B. Thomas (69')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

M. Owen (89')
C. Williams (53', 60'), B. Thomas (69')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 13,205

M. Owen (89')
S. Milner

Lineups


1
COUSINS
2
GUY
3
FOX
4
PEACOCK
5
ROBERTS
6
KEARNEY
7
CHILCOTT
8
THOMAS
9
CLARK
10
WILLIAMS
11
WILLIAMS
1
BOULTON
2
LLOYD
3
YOUNG
4
LOVESEY
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
STEPHENS
8
LUCAS
9
OWEN
10
PATERSON
11
EMERY

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday February 8th, 1947:

Aldershot Aldershot 1-1 Notts County Notts County
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 3-3 Norwich City Norwich City
Bristol City Bristol City 3-1 Swindon Town Swindon
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 1-1 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 3-1 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town
Southend United Southend United 2-3 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers
Watford Watford 2-1 Reading Reading

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday February 8th, 1947:

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 26 11 1 0 42 7 10 1 3 27 12 21 2 3 69 19 3.63 44
2 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 25 10 2 3 28 10 5 4 1 15 7 15 6 4 43 17 2.53 36
3 Bristol City Bristol City 26 8 2 3 36 13 6 4 3 31 25 14 6 6 67 38 1.76 34
4 Southend United Southend United 27 7 4 4 27 16 6 2 4 23 23 13 6 8 50 39 1.28 32
5 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 27 6 4 4 21 13 5 5 3 19 19 11 9 7 40 32 1.25 31
6 Reading Reading 27 9 2 3 45 23 2 5 6 20 28 11 7 9 65 51 1.27 29
7 Swindon Town Swindon 27 8 3 1 34 15 3 4 8 17 35 11 7 9 51 50 1.02 29
8 Torquay United Torquay United 25 8 2 2 25 15 3 4 6 14 21 11 6 8 39 36 1.08 28
9 Walsall Walsall 26 6 4 4 25 18 4 3 5 16 18 10 7 9 41 36 1.14 27
10 Exeter City Exeter City 25 7 5 1 25 14 3 2 7 17 27 10 7 8 42 41 1.02 27
11 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 29 6 5 4 25 29 3 4 7 14 24 9 9 11 39 53 0.74 27
12 Port Vale Port Vale 25 8 2 2 31 16 2 4 7 11 21 10 6 9 42 37 1.14 26
13 Watford Watford 28 9 1 5 29 18 3 1 9 15 37 12 2 14 44 55 0.80 26
14 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 26 7 3 3 25 13 3 2 8 18 22 10 5 11 43 35 1.23 25
15 Northampton Town Northampton Town 26 7 1 3 25 14 4 2 9 18 28 11 3 12 43 42 1.02 25
16 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 27 7 4 3 23 14 3 1 9 13 33 10 5 12 36 47 0.77 25
17 Notts County Notts County 27 7 2 4 23 13 2 3 9 18 30 9 5 13 41 43 0.95 23
18 Aldershot Aldershot 27 5 3 5 20 18 3 2 9 18 42 8 5 14 38 60 0.63 21
19 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 29 6 3 5 17 19 1 4 10 13 38 7 7 15 30 57 0.53 21
20 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 28 3 4 6 15 22 4 1 10 14 32 7 5 16 29 54 0.54 19
21 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 24 5 3 4 22 18 0 2 10 7 28 5 5 14 29 46 0.63 15
22 Norwich City Norwich City 27 3 2 8 25 35 2 2 10 15 38 5 4 18 40 73 0.55 14

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