Match Centre

Saturday March 28th, 1959

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

2 - 0

2

A. Darcy (70'), W. Marshall (88')

Colchester United

Colchester United

0

A. Darcy (70'), W. Marshall (88')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 8,876

W. Clements

Lineups


1
CHANDLER
2
NEAL
3
BINGLEY
4
FOUNTAIN
5
CHAMBERLAIN
6
TILLEY
7
SKULL
8
RICHARDS
9
MARSHALL
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
1
AMES
2
MARSHALL
3
FOWLER
4
HAMMOND
5
MILLIGAN
6
HUNT
7
BLAKE
8
HILL
9
LANGMAN
10
WILLIAMS
11
WRIGHT

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Results


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

Accrington Stanley Accrington 4-2 Rochdale Rochdale
Bradford City Bradford 6-1 Southend United Southend United
Brentford Brentford 1-1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Chesterfield Chesterfield 3-2 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers
Halifax Town Halifax Town 5-1 Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers
Hull City Hull City 3-3 Norwich City Norwich City
Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 1-0 Reading Reading
Newport County Newport County 0-1 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle
Notts County Notts County 0-2 Stockport County Stockport County
Southampton Southampton 1-0 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Swindon Town Swindon 2-0 Colchester United Colchester United
Wrexham Wrexham 0-0 Bury Bury

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday March 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 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 39 13 4 2 51 24 8 7 5 31 30 21 11 7 82 54 1.52 53
2 Hull City Hull City 38 16 3 1 60 20 6 4 8 20 25 22 7 9 80 45 1.78 51
3 Brentford Brentford 37 12 5 2 38 17 6 7 5 24 19 18 12 7 62 36 1.72 48
4 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 40 13 3 5 42 21 5 4 10 26 39 18 7 15 68 60 1.13 43
5 Reading Reading 38 12 4 2 38 16 5 4 11 25 34 17 8 13 63 50 1.26 42
6 Colchester United Colchester United 38 12 2 5 38 26 4 8 7 22 29 16 10 12 60 55 1.09 42
7 Southend United Southend United 38 11 5 2 43 21 6 2 12 27 44 17 7 14 70 65 1.08 41
8 Bury Bury 39 10 6 2 42 17 5 4 12 18 32 15 10 14 60 49 1.22 40
9 Southampton Southampton 39 10 6 3 48 28 5 4 11 31 41 15 10 14 79 69 1.14 40
10 Accrington Stanley Accrington 39 10 6 5 39 28 5 4 9 26 31 15 10 14 65 59 1.10 40
11 Norwich City Norwich City 33 9 4 4 40 25 6 5 5 22 22 15 9 9 62 47 1.32 39
12 Chesterfield Chesterfield 39 9 5 6 37 26 5 4 10 25 33 14 9 16 62 59 1.05 37
13 Halifax Town Halifax Town 35 10 4 3 32 20 6 1 11 27 44 16 5 14 59 64 0.92 37
14 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 39 10 6 2 29 12 4 3 14 25 49 14 9 16 54 61 0.89 37
15 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 38 11 5 3 38 26 4 2 13 24 46 15 7 16 62 72 0.86 37
16 Newport County Newport County 38 13 2 5 38 22 1 6 11 21 38 14 8 16 59 60 0.98 36
17 Bradford City Bradford 39 9 4 6 38 23 4 5 11 31 48 13 9 17 69 71 0.97 35
18 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 37 11 2 5 35 33 2 7 10 29 50 13 9 15 64 83 0.77 35
19 Swindon Town Swindon 37 11 2 6 33 21 2 6 10 13 26 13 8 16 46 47 0.98 34
20 Wrexham Wrexham 36 9 4 4 30 25 2 7 10 20 35 11 11 14 50 60 0.83 33
21 Stockport County Stockport County 38 8 6 6 28 21 4 2 12 28 44 12 8 18 56 65 0.86 32
22 Notts County Notts County 39 5 9 6 32 34 3 3 13 19 45 8 12 19 51 79 0.65 28
23 Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers 40 12 1 7 36 29 1 1 18 9 54 13 2 25 45 83 0.54 28
24 Rochdale Rochdale 39 7 6 7 20 23 0 4 15 15 47 7 10 22 35 70 0.50 24

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