Football League Division Three (South)
L.E. Gibbs
Lineups
1
BURTON
BURTON
2
YOUNG
YOUNG
3
EMERY
EMERY
4
KAYE
KAYE
5
ITHELL
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
PAINTER
7
MAGUIRE
MAGUIRE
8
LUCAS
LUCAS
9
OWEN
OWEN
10
WILLIAMS
WILLIAMS
11
BAIN
BAIN
1
WEARE
WEARE
2
BAMFORD
BAMFORD
3
WATKINS
WATKINS
4
PITT
PITT
5
WARREN
WARREN
6
McARTHUR
McARTHUR
7
WOOKEY
WOOKEY
8
HODGES
HODGES
9
LEAMON
LEAMON
10
MORGAN
MORGAN
11
CRANFIELD
CRANFIELD
| Swindon Town | |
|---|---|
| 1Sam BURTON | |
| 2Albert YOUNG | |
| 3Don EMERY | |
| 4Harry KAYE | |
| 5Jimmy ITHELL | |
| 6Eddie PAINTER | |
| 7Ted MAGUIRE | |
| 8Billy LUCAS | |
| 9Maurice OWEN | |
| 10Gordon WILLIAMS | |
| 11Jimmy BAIN |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Louis PAGE |
| Bristol Rovers | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Jack WEARE1 | ||
| 2Harry BAMFORD2 | ||
| 3Barry WATKINS3 | ||
| 4Jackie PITT4 | ||
| 5Ray WARREN5 | ||
| 6Wally McARTHUR6 | ||
| 7Ken WOOKEY7 | ||
| 8Len HODGES8 | ||
| 9Fred LEAMON9 | ||
| 10Jimmy MORGAN10 | ||
| 11Harry CRANFIELD11 |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Brough FLETCHER |
Results
Football League Division Three (South) results on Wednesday September 3rd, 1947:
Aldershot
Aldershot
|
2-0 | 
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
2-0 | 
Notts County
Notts County
|
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
1-0 | 
Newport County
Newport County
|
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town
|
4-0 | 
Southend United
Southend United
|
Reading
Reading
|
2-1 | 
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
1-1 | 
Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers
|
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
4-2 | 
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
Watford
Watford
|
4-1 | 
Swansea Town
Swansea Town
|
Table
Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Wednesday September 3rd, 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 |
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2 | 
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 6 |
| 3 |
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2.25 | 5 |
| 4 |
Newport County
Newport County
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1.67 | 5 |
| 5 |
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1.40 | 5 |
| 6 |
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 
Port Vale
Port Vale
|
4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 |
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 
Walsall
Walsall
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1.80 | 4 |
| 10 |
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1.40 | 4 |
| 11 |
Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1.25 | 4 |
| 12 |
Reading
Reading
|
4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 |
Swansea Town
Swansea Town
|
4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0.83 | 3 |
| 14 |
Aldershot
Aldershot
|
4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0.80 | 3 |
| 15 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0.67 | 3 |
| 16 |
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0.43 | 3 |
| 17 |
Southend United
Southend United
|
4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 0.31 | 3 |
| 18 |
Watford
Watford
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0.75 | 2 |
| 19 | 
Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0.60 | 2 |
| 20 |
Notts County
Notts County
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.57 | 2 |
| 21 | 
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0.43 | 2 |
| 22 | 
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0.33 | 2 |