Match Centre

Saturday February 28th, 1959

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

3 - 4

3

W. Marshall (27', 88'), P. Anderson (75' o.g.)

Plymouth Argyle

Plymouth Argyle

4

J. Gauld (12', 16', 86'), P. Anderson (37')
W. Marshall (27', 88'), P. Anderson (75' o.g.)
(HT: 1-3)

Attendance: 13,090

J. Gauld (12', 16', 86'), P. Anderson (37')
A.E. Westwood
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
CHANDLER
2
NEAL
3
BINGLEY
4
FOUNTAIN
5
HUDSON
6
OWEN
7
CORBETT
8
MICKLEWRIGHT
9
MARSHALL
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
1
BARNSLEY
2
FULTON
3
BELLETT
4
WILLIAMS
5
WYATT
6
CASEY
7
PENK
8
CARTER
9
JENKINS
10
GAULD
11
ANDERSON
Swindon Town
1Ray CHANDLER
2Johnny NEAL
3Walter BINGLEY
4Jack FOUNTAIN
5Garth HUDSON
6Maurice OWEN
7Dave CORBETT
8Andy MICKLEWRIGHT
9Willie MARSHALL
10Bob EDWARDS
11Arnold DARCY
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD
Plymouth Argyle
1Geoff BARNSLEY1
2Bryce FULTON2
3Wally BELLETT3
4Johnny WILLIAMS4
5Reg WYATT5
6Len CASEY6
7Harry PENK7
8Wilf CARTER8
9Reg JENKINS9
10Jimmy GAULD10
11Peter ANDERSON11
Manager/Head Coach
Jack ROWLEY

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday February 28th, 1959:

Bradford City Bradford 1-2 Reading Reading
Brentford Brentford 5-2 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers
Chesterfield Chesterfield 2-3 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Halifax Town Halifax Town 1-0 Southend United Southend United
Hull City Hull City 3-1 Stockport County Stockport County
Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 3-1 Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers
Newport County Newport County 1-1 Bury Bury
Notts County Notts County 1-1 Rochdale Rochdale
Southampton Southampton 0-0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Swindon Town Swindon 3-4 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle
Wrexham Wrexham 2-0 Colchester United Colchester United

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday February 28th, 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 Hull City Hull City 35 15 2 1 54 17 6 4 7 20 24 21 6 8 74 41 1.80 48
2 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 32 11 4 1 39 17 6 7 3 28 24 17 11 4 67 41 1.63 45
3 Colchester United Colchester United 32 11 2 3 34 17 3 8 5 21 24 14 10 8 55 41 1.34 38
4 Brentford Brentford 31 10 4 2 31 15 4 6 5 13 18 14 10 7 44 33 1.33 38
5 Reading Reading 34 11 4 2 35 15 4 4 9 23 30 15 8 11 58 45 1.29 38
6 Southend United Southend United 34 9 5 2 35 18 6 2 10 24 35 15 7 12 59 53 1.11 37
7 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 33 10 3 4 36 17 4 4 8 22 33 14 7 12 58 50 1.16 35
8 Southampton Southampton 33 8 6 2 44 20 4 4 9 27 36 12 10 11 71 56 1.27 34
9 Bury Bury 33 8 6 2 38 16 4 3 10 16 28 12 9 12 54 44 1.23 33
10 Halifax Town Halifax Town 31 8 4 3 25 18 6 1 9 26 40 14 5 12 51 58 0.88 33
11 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 35 10 5 2 29 12 3 2 13 21 45 13 7 15 50 57 0.88 33
12 Norwich City Norwich City 29 7 4 4 33 22 5 4 5 17 19 12 8 9 50 41 1.22 32
13 Accrington Stanley Accrington 31 7 6 3 30 20 4 4 7 19 22 11 10 10 49 42 1.17 32
14 Chesterfield Chesterfield 34 7 5 6 31 24 5 3 8 24 29 12 8 14 55 53 1.04 32
15 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 32 10 2 4 34 31 2 6 8 23 36 12 8 12 57 67 0.85 32
16 Wrexham Wrexham 32 9 3 3 30 24 2 6 9 19 31 11 9 12 49 55 0.89 31
17 Swindon Town Swindon 32 9 2 6 28 21 2 6 7 11 18 11 8 13 39 39 1 30
18 Bradford City Bradford 32 7 4 5 31 21 4 4 8 26 37 11 8 13 57 58 0.98 30
19 Newport County Newport County 31 10 2 4 31 20 1 6 8 18 31 11 8 12 49 51 0.96 30
20 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 32 7 5 3 26 22 4 2 11 23 43 11 7 14 49 65 0.75 29
21 Notts County Notts County 33 5 9 4 31 30 2 3 10 13 38 7 12 14 44 68 0.65 26
22 Stockport County Stockport County 32 6 4 6 20 17 3 2 11 26 41 9 6 17 46 58 0.79 24
23 Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers 34 8 1 7 29 27 1 1 16 8 47 9 2 23 37 74 0.50 20
24 Rochdale Rochdale 33 6 4 6 17 20 0 4 13 13 42 6 8 19 30 62 0.48 20

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