Match Centre

Saturday January 31st, 1959

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

0 - 2

0

Halifax Town

Halifax Town

2

C. Smith (6'), A. Blackburn (11')
(HT: 0-2)

Attendance: 9,568

C. Smith (6'), A. Blackburn (11')
G.W. Pullin

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
NEAL
3
LEE
4
FOUNTAIN
5
HUDSON
6
OWEN
7
CORBETT
8
MIDDLETON
9
KELLY
10
MICKLEWRIGHT
11
JACKSON
1
JOHNSON
2
STANLEY
3
LONSDALE
4
HARRISON
5
LORENSON
6
SOUTH
7
SHARP
8
TILLEY
9
BLACKBURN
10
SMITH
11
McCALL

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Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday January 31st, 1959:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 0-0 Rochdale Rochdale
Bradford City Bradford 3-2 Wrexham Wrexham
Brentford Brentford 2-1 Accrington Stanley Accrington
Colchester United Colchester United 1-0 Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers
Hull City Hull City 3-0 Southampton Southampton
Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 2-1 Newport County Newport County
Norwich City Norwich City 5-1 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Notts County Notts County 3-1 Chesterfield Chesterfield
Reading Reading 0-2 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle
Southend United Southend United 1-0 Bury Bury
Stockport County Stockport County 1-0 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers
Swindon Town Swindon 0-2 Halifax Town Halifax Town

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday January 31st, 1959:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 28 11 3 0 38 15 5 6 3 23 20 16 9 3 61 35 1.74 41
2 Hull City Hull City 31 13 2 1 47 16 4 4 7 16 23 17 6 8 63 39 1.62 40
3 Southend United Southend United 30 8 5 2 32 17 5 2 8 20 31 13 7 10 52 48 1.08 33
4 Colchester United Colchester United 26 10 1 3 29 15 2 7 3 17 18 12 8 6 46 33 1.39 32
5 Brentford Brentford 27 8 4 2 23 13 3 5 5 11 17 11 9 7 34 30 1.13 31
6 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 31 10 4 2 28 11 3 1 11 20 36 13 5 13 48 47 1.02 31
7 Bury Bury 29 7 6 1 35 14 4 2 9 15 26 11 8 10 50 40 1.25 30
8 Reading Reading 29 9 4 2 29 13 2 4 8 15 25 11 8 10 44 38 1.16 30
9 Southampton Southampton 28 7 5 1 37 17 3 4 8 23 31 10 9 9 60 48 1.25 29
10 Swindon Town Swindon 27 9 2 4 24 15 2 5 5 11 14 11 7 9 35 29 1.21 29
11 Accrington Stanley Accrington 27 7 4 2 29 18 4 3 7 19 22 11 7 9 48 40 1.20 29
12 Halifax Town Halifax Town 27 7 2 3 21 15 6 1 8 26 36 13 3 11 47 51 0.92 29
13 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 28 7 3 4 27 15 4 3 7 19 27 11 6 11 46 42 1.10 28
14 Chesterfield Chesterfield 30 6 5 4 25 18 4 3 8 22 28 10 8 12 47 46 1.02 28
15 Newport County Newport County 27 9 1 3 26 16 1 6 7 18 28 10 7 10 44 44 1 27
16 Wrexham Wrexham 28 8 3 2 27 21 2 4 9 16 28 10 7 11 43 49 0.88 27
17 Norwich City Norwich City 26 6 4 4 30 22 3 4 5 14 18 9 8 9 44 40 1.10 26
18 Bradford City Bradford 27 7 3 4 30 19 3 3 7 20 30 10 6 11 50 49 1.02 26
19 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 28 7 4 2 24 18 3 2 10 19 38 10 6 12 43 56 0.77 26
20 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 27 7 2 4 25 28 2 5 7 21 32 9 7 11 46 60 0.77 25
21 Stockport County Stockport County 28 6 3 5 18 14 3 2 9 24 36 9 5 14 42 50 0.84 23
22 Notts County Notts County 28 4 8 4 29 29 1 3 8 11 31 5 11 12 40 60 0.67 21
23 Rochdale Rochdale 28 5 4 5 15 18 0 3 11 10 32 5 7 16 25 50 0.50 17
24 Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers 29 6 1 6 20 20 1 1 14 7 41 7 2 20 27 61 0.44 16

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