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
Manager/Head Coach
Harry JOHNSTON
Swindon Town
1Ray CHANDLER1
2Johnny NEAL2
3Walter BINGLEY3
4Jack FOUNTAIN4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Maurice OWEN6
7Johnny SKULL7
8John RICHARDS8
9Willie MARSHALL9
10Andy MICKLEWRIGHT10
11Arnold DARCY11
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD

Newspaper Reports


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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