Match Centre

Saturday April 18th, 1959

Football League Division Three

Southend United

0 - 2

0

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

J. Richards (30', 70')
(HT: 0-1)

Attendance: 7,384

J. Richards (30', 70')
R.H. Windle
Roots Hall, Southend-on-Sea

Lineups


1
RONSON
2
WILLIAMSON
3
ANDERSON
4
MORRISON
5
COSTELLO
6
DUFFY
7
STENHOUSE
8
McCRORY
9
HOLLIS
10
HOUGHTON
11
PUNTON
1
CHANDLER
2
NEAL
3
BINGLEY
4
FOUNTAIN
5
HUDSON
6
TILLEY
7
STEPHENS
8
RICHARDS
9
MARSHALL
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
Southend United
1Brian RONSON
2Arthur WILLIAMSON
3Sandy ANDERSON
4Willie MORRISON
5Lou COSTELLO
6John DUFFY
7Alec STENHOUSE
8Sammy McCRORY
9Roy HOLLIS
10Bud HOUGHTON
11Bill PUNTON
Manager/Head Coach
Eddie PERRY
Swindon Town
1Ray CHANDLER1
2Johnny NEAL2
3Walter BINGLEY3
4Jack FOUNTAIN4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Rex TILLEY6
7Johnny STEPHENS7
8John RICHARDS8
9Willie MARSHALL9
10Bob EDWARDS10
11Arnold DARCY11
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday April 18th, 1959:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 0-0 Notts County Notts County
Bury Bury 1-1 Brentford Brentford
Colchester United Colchester United 1-0 Chesterfield Chesterfield
Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers 1-1 Wrexham Wrexham
Norwich City Norwich City 1-0 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 1-0 Southampton Southampton
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 1-1 Hull City Hull City
Reading Reading 1-3 Newport County Newport County
Rochdale Rochdale 0-3 Bradford City Bradford
Southend United Southend United 0-2 Swindon Town Swindon
Stockport County Stockport County 0-1 Halifax Town Halifax Town
Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 9-0 Accrington Stanley Accrington

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday April 18th, 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 43 14 6 2 54 26 8 8 5 32 31 22 14 7 86 57 1.51 58
2 Hull City Hull City 43 18 3 1 63 21 6 6 9 22 29 24 9 10 85 50 1.70 57
3 Brentford Brentford 42 13 5 2 39 17 6 9 7 27 27 19 14 9 66 44 1.50 52
4 Norwich City Norwich City 42 12 5 4 49 28 8 7 6 31 29 20 12 10 80 57 1.40 52
5 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 44 15 3 5 53 22 6 4 11 29 42 21 7 16 82 64 1.28 49
6 Reading Reading 43 15 4 3 46 21 5 4 12 26 38 20 8 15 72 59 1.22 48
7 Southend United Southend United 44 13 6 3 47 24 7 2 13 32 48 20 8 16 79 72 1.10 48
8 Bury Bury 44 12 8 2 49 22 5 5 12 18 32 17 13 14 67 54 1.24 47
9 Halifax Town Halifax Town 41 12 5 3 41 23 7 2 12 30 48 19 7 15 71 71 1 45
10 Colchester United Colchester United 41 13 2 6 40 29 4 8 8 22 32 17 10 14 62 61 1.02 44
11 Southampton Southampton 43 11 6 4 53 31 5 4 13 31 43 16 10 17 84 74 1.14 42
12 Bradford City Bradford 43 11 4 6 45 25 5 6 11 36 50 16 10 17 81 75 1.08 42
13 Chesterfield Chesterfield 44 11 5 6 39 26 5 5 12 26 36 16 10 18 65 62 1.05 42
14 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 43 12 6 3 44 27 5 2 15 25 48 17 8 18 69 75 0.92 42
15 Swindon Town Swindon 43 11 4 6 33 21 3 9 10 19 30 14 13 16 52 51 1.02 41
16 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 43 11 8 2 37 17 4 3 15 25 50 15 11 17 62 67 0.93 41
17 Accrington Stanley Accrington 43 10 7 5 41 30 5 4 12 28 48 15 11 17 69 78 0.88 41
18 Newport County Newport County 42 14 2 5 41 23 2 6 13 25 42 16 8 18 66 65 1.02 40
19 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 43 11 5 6 37 38 3 7 11 32 52 14 12 17 69 90 0.77 40
20 Wrexham Wrexham 43 10 5 5 33 28 2 8 13 23 47 12 13 18 56 75 0.75 37
21 Stockport County Stockport County 43 8 7 7 29 23 4 3 14 32 51 12 10 21 61 74 0.82 34
22 Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers 44 13 2 7 40 30 1 2 19 9 57 14 4 26 49 87 0.56 32
23 Notts County Notts County 43 5 9 8 33 38 3 4 14 20 48 8 13 22 53 86 0.62 29
24 Rochdale Rochdale 43 8 6 8 21 26 0 5 16 16 49 8 11 24 37 75 0.49 27

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