Match Centre

Saturday March 21st, 1959

Football League Division Three

Reading

3 - 1

3

G. Hudson (1' o.g.), D. Webb (25', 55')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

J. Skull (20')
G. Hudson (1' o.g.), D. Webb (25', 55')
(HT: 2-1)

Attendance: 10,950

J. Skull (20')
J.H. Clough
Elm Park, Reading

Lineups


1
JONES
2
McLAREN
3
REEVES
4
SPIERS
5
DAVIES
6
EVANS
7
WALKER
8
WEBB
9
AYRE
10
SHREEVES
11
WHEELER
1
CHANDLER
2
NEAL
3
BINGLEY
4
FOUNTAIN
5
HUDSON
6
OWEN
7
SKULL
8
RICHARDS
9
MARSHALL
10
MICKLEWRIGHT
11
DARCY
Reading
1Dave JONES
2Eddie McLAREN
3Ray REEVES
4Dick SPIERS
5Bill DAVIES
6Maurice EVANS
7Johnny WALKER
8Duggie WEBB
9Bobby AYRE
10Peter SHREEVES
11Jimmy WHEELER
Swindon Town
1Ray CHANDLER1
2Johnny NEAL2
3Walter BINGLEY3
4Jack FOUNTAIN4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Maurice OWEN6
7Johnny SKULL7
8John RICHARDS8
9Willie MARSHALL9
10Andy MICKLEWRIGHT10
11Arnold DARCY11

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Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday March 21st, 1959:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday March 21st, 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 37 13 4 2 51 24 7 7 4 30 27 20 11 6 81 51 1.59 51
2 Hull City Hull City 36 16 2 1 57 17 6 4 7 20 24 22 6 8 77 41 1.88 50
3 Brentford Brentford 35 11 4 2 34 16 6 7 5 24 19 17 11 7 58 35 1.66 45
4 Colchester United Colchester United 36 12 2 4 37 23 4 8 6 22 27 16 10 10 59 50 1.18 42
5 Southend United Southend United 37 11 5 2 43 21 6 2 11 26 38 17 7 13 69 59 1.17 41
6 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 38 12 3 5 41 21 5 4 9 24 36 17 7 14 65 57 1.14 41
7 Reading Reading 36 12 4 2 38 16 4 4 10 24 33 16 8 12 62 49 1.27 40
8 Bury Bury 37 10 6 2 42 17 5 3 11 18 29 15 9 13 60 46 1.30 39
9 Norwich City Norwich City 31 9 4 4 40 25 5 4 5 17 19 14 8 9 57 44 1.30 36
10 Southampton Southampton 37 9 6 3 47 28 4 4 11 28 40 13 10 14 75 68 1.10 36
11 Accrington Stanley Accrington 36 8 6 4 32 22 5 4 9 26 31 13 10 13 58 53 1.09 36
12 Newport County Newport County 37 13 2 4 38 21 1 6 11 21 38 14 8 15 59 59 1 36
13 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 37 10 6 2 29 12 4 2 13 22 45 14 8 15 51 57 0.89 36
14 Halifax Town Halifax Town 34 9 4 3 27 19 6 1 11 27 44 15 5 14 54 63 0.86 35
15 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 36 10 5 3 36 25 4 2 12 24 45 14 7 15 60 70 0.86 35
16 Chesterfield Chesterfield 37 7 5 6 31 24 5 4 10 25 33 12 9 16 56 57 0.98 33
17 Swindon Town Swindon 35 10 2 6 31 21 2 6 9 13 24 12 8 15 44 45 0.98 32
18 Bradford City Bradford 37 8 4 6 32 22 4 4 11 30 47 12 8 17 62 69 0.90 32
19 Wrexham Wrexham 34 9 3 3 30 24 2 7 10 20 35 11 10 13 50 59 0.85 32
20 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 35 10 2 5 34 33 2 6 10 27 48 12 8 15 61 81 0.75 32
21 Stockport County Stockport County 36 8 5 6 27 20 3 2 12 26 44 11 7 18 53 64 0.83 29
22 Notts County Notts County 37 5 9 5 32 32 3 3 12 18 43 8 12 17 50 75 0.67 28
23 Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers 38 11 1 7 34 29 1 1 17 8 49 12 2 24 42 78 0.54 26
24 Rochdale Rochdale 37 7 5 7 18 21 0 4 14 13 43 7 9 21 31 64 0.48 23

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