Match Centre

Saturday April 25th, 1959

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

4 - 3

4

B. Butler (10' o.g.), A. Darcy (25'), W. Marshall (63'), J. Richards (85')

Norwich City

Norwich City

3

T. Bly (19', 68'), T. Allcock (70')
B. Butler (10' o.g.), A. Darcy (25'), W. Marshall (63'), J. Richards (85')
(HT: 2-1)

Attendance: 11,225

T. Bly (19', 68'), T. Allcock (70')
P.J. Smyth
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
CHANDLER
2
NEAL
3
BINGLEY
4
FOUNTAIN
5
HUDSON
6
TILLEY
7
STEPHENS
8
RICHARDS
9
MARSHALL
10
MICKLEWRIGHT
11
DARCY
1
KENNON
2
MULLETT
3
ASHMAN
4
McCROHAN
5
BUTLER
6
CROWE
7
CROSSAN
8
ALLCOCK
9
BLY
10
HILL
11
BRENNAN
Swindon Town
1Ray CHANDLER
2Johnny NEAL
3Walter BINGLEY
4Jack FOUNTAIN
5Garth HUDSON
6Rex TILLEY
7Johnny STEPHENS
8John RICHARDS
9Willie MARSHALL
10Andy MICKLEWRIGHT
11Arnold DARCY
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD
Norwich City
1Sandy KENNON1
2Joe MULLETT2
3Ron ASHMAN3
4Roy McCROHAN4
5Barry BUTLER5
6Matt CROWE6
7Errol CROSSAN7
8Terry ALLCOCK8
9Terry BLY9
10Jimmy HILL10
11Bobby BRENNAN11
Manager/Head Coach
Archie MACAULAY

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday April 25th, 1959:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday April 25th, 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 45 19 3 1 65 21 7 6 9 24 29 26 9 10 89 50 1.78 61
2 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 45 14 6 2 54 26 9 9 5 34 32 23 15 7 88 58 1.52 61
3 Brentford Brentford 44 15 5 2 49 18 6 9 7 27 27 21 14 9 76 45 1.69 56
4 Norwich City Norwich City 44 12 6 4 49 28 8 7 7 34 33 20 13 11 83 61 1.36 53
5 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 46 15 3 5 53 22 6 5 12 29 45 21 8 17 82 67 1.22 50
6 Reading Reading 45 15 4 3 46 21 5 4 14 27 42 20 8 17 73 63 1.16 48
7 Colchester United Colchester United 43 14 2 6 43 30 5 8 8 23 32 19 10 14 66 62 1.06 48
8 Halifax Town Halifax Town 44 13 5 4 44 24 7 3 12 31 49 20 8 16 75 73 1.03 48
9 Southend United Southend United 45 13 6 3 47 24 7 2 14 33 54 20 8 17 80 78 1.03 48
10 Bury Bury 45 12 8 2 49 22 5 5 13 18 34 17 13 15 67 56 1.20 47
11 Bradford City Bradford 45 13 4 6 47 25 5 6 11 36 50 18 10 17 83 75 1.11 46
12 Southampton Southampton 45 12 7 4 57 33 5 4 13 31 43 17 11 17 88 76 1.16 45
13 Swindon Town Swindon 45 13 4 6 39 25 3 9 10 19 30 16 13 16 58 55 1.05 45
14 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 45 12 8 2 39 17 5 3 15 29 51 17 11 17 68 68 1 45
15 Chesterfield Chesterfield 45 12 5 6 40 26 5 5 12 26 36 17 10 18 66 62 1.06 44
16 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 45 13 6 3 47 27 5 2 16 25 49 18 8 19 72 76 0.95 44
17 Newport County Newport County 44 15 2 5 43 23 2 6 14 25 43 17 8 19 68 66 1.03 42
18 Accrington Stanley Accrington 45 10 8 5 42 31 5 4 13 29 51 15 12 18 71 82 0.87 42
19 Wrexham Wrexham 45 11 6 5 35 29 2 8 13 23 47 13 14 18 58 76 0.76 40
20 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 45 11 5 7 38 42 3 7 12 33 54 14 12 19 71 96 0.74 40
21 Stockport County Stockport County 45 8 7 7 29 23 4 3 16 32 55 12 10 23 61 78 0.78 34
22 Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers 46 13 2 8 40 32 1 3 19 10 58 14 5 27 50 90 0.56 33
23 Notts County Notts County 45 5 9 9 33 39 3 4 15 20 52 8 13 24 53 91 0.58 29
24 Rochdale Rochdale 45 8 6 8 21 26 0 5 18 16 53 8 11 26 37 79 0.47 27

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