Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town
0 - 0
0
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
0
(HT: 0-0)
Attendance: 17,619
Attendance: 17,619
G.S. Blackhall
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
GRAHAM
GRAHAM
2
HARDING
HARDING
3
DAWES
DAWES
4
LEWIS
LEWIS
5
BASSETT
BASSETT
6
MILLBANK
MILLBANK
7
MYCOCK
MYCOCK
8
KURZ
KURZ
9
ROBSON
ROBSON
10
REECE
REECE
11
LEWIS
LEWIS
| 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 |
| Crystal Palace | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Dick GRAHAM1 | ||
| 2Ted HARDING2 | ||
| 3Fred DAWES3 | ||
| 4Jack LEWIS4 | ||
| 5Billy BASSETT5 | ||
| 6Joe MILLBANK6 | ||
| 7Albert MYCOCK7 | ||
| 8Fred KURZ8 | ||
| 9Bert ROBSON9 | ||
| 10Tom REECE10 | ||
| 11Glyn LEWIS11 |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Jack BUTLER |
Newspaper Reports
Results
Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday September 6th, 1947:
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
2-0 | 
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
3-2 | 
Swansea Town
Swansea Town
|
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town
|
1-1 | 
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient
|
2-2 | 
Newport County
Newport County
|
Port Vale
Port Vale
|
6-4 | 
Aldershot
Aldershot
|
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
2-0 | 
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
Reading
Reading
|
3-1 | 
Notts County
Notts County
|
|
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
0-0 |
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
1-2 | 
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
Walsall
Walsall
|
6-0 | 
Southend United
Southend United
|
Watford
Watford
|
3-2 | 
Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers
|
Table
Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday September 6th, 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 |
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 10 |
| 2 |
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 |
Walsall
Walsall
|
5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 3.20 | 8 |
| 4 |
Port Vale
Port Vale
|
5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 1.20 | 7 |
| 5 |
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town
|
5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 |
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 1.83 | 6 |
| 7 |
Reading
Reading
|
5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1.50 | 6 |
| 8 |
Newport County
Newport County
|
5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1.40 | 6 |
| 9 |
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 |
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 |
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0.63 | 5 |
| 12 |
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1.14 | 4 |
| 13 |
Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers
|
5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 |
Watford
Watford
|
5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 0.90 | 4 |
| 15 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0.67 | 4 |
| 16 |
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0.45 | 4 |
| 17 |
Swansea Town
Swansea Town
|
5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0.78 | 3 |
| 18 |
Aldershot
Aldershot
|
5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0.73 | 3 |
| 19 |
Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient
|
5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0.63 | 3 |
| 20 |
Southend United
Southend United
|
5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 0.21 | 3 |
| 21 |
Notts County
Notts County
|
5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0.50 | 2 |
| 22 |
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 0.33 | 2 |
Match Programme
