Match Centre

Saturday August 29th, 1959

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

5 - 3

5

J. Richards (38', 47', 60'), J. Gauld (46', 78')

Bradford City

Bradford City

3

J. McCole (55'), B. Webb (58', 75')
J. Richards (38', 47', 60'), J. Gauld (46', 78')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 12,268

J. McCole (55'), B. Webb (58', 75')
S. Yates
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
THOMPSON
3
BINGLEY
4
FOUNTAIN
5
MELLOR
6
TILLEY
7
STEPHENS
8
RICHARDS
9
LAYNE
10
GAULD
11
DARCY
1
WILKINSON
2
FLOCKETT
3
BARNES
4
JACKSON
5
LAWLOR
6
ROBERTS
7
WEBB
8
BOYLE
9
McCOLE
10
JACKSON
11
STOKES
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2Freddy THOMPSON
3Walter BINGLEY
4Jack FOUNTAIN
5Ken MELLOR
6Rex TILLEY
7Johnny STEPHENS
8John RICHARDS
9David LAYNE
10Jimmy GAULD
11Arnold DARCY
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD
Bradford City
1Joe WILKINSON1
2Tommy FLOCKETT2
3Billy BARNES3
4Peter JACKSON4
5Jimmy LAWLOR5
6Colin ROBERTS6
7Bobby WEBB7
8David BOYLE8
9John McCOLE9
10David JACKSON10
11Derek STOKES11
Manager/Head Coach
Peter JACKSON

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday August 29th, 1959:

Accrington Stanley Accrington 2-2 Wrexham Wrexham
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 2-1 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers
Brentford Brentford 2-2 Southampton Southampton
Chesterfield Chesterfield 0-4 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Colchester United Colchester United 2-2 Barnsley Barnsley
Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 1-1 Halifax Town Halifax Town
Newport County Newport County 0-2 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town
Norwich City Norwich City 4-2 Reading Reading
Port Vale Port Vale 0-3 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Southend United Southend United 0-4 Bury Bury
Swindon Town Swindon 5-3 Bradford City Bradford
York City York City 1-1 Coventry City Coventry City

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday August 29th, 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 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 3 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 4 2 2 1 0 9 3 3 5
2 Norwich City Norwich City 3 2 0 0 7 2 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 9 4 2.25 5
3 Halifax Town Halifax Town 3 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 4 2 2 5
4 Brentford Brentford 3 1 1 0 5 3 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 7 4 1.75 5
5 Bury Bury 3 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 4 1 2 0 1 7 2 3.50 4
6 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 6 3 2 0 1 8 3 2.67 4
7 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 2 1 2 0 5 2 2.50 4
8 Port Vale Port Vale 3 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 1 4 5 0.80 4
9 Coventry City Coventry City 3 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1.50 3
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 3
11 Bradford City Bradford 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 3 5 1 1 1 5 5 1 3
12 Swindon Town Swindon 3 1 1 0 6 4 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 6 6 1 3
13 Newport County Newport County 3 1 0 1 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 4 0.75 3
14 York City York City 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 3 0.67 3
15 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 3 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 2 6 6 1 2
16 Southampton Southampton 3 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 4 5 0 2 1 6 7 0.86 2
17 Barnsley Barnsley 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2 1 4 5 0.80 2
18 Colchester United Colchester United 3 0 2 0 4 4 0 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 5 7 0.71 2
19 Wrexham Wrexham 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 5 0 2 1 3 5 0.60 2
20 Accrington Stanley Accrington 3 0 2 0 4 4 0 0 1 1 5 0 2 1 5 9 0.56 2
21 Southend United Southend United 3 1 0 1 3 6 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 4 8 0.50 2
22 Chesterfield Chesterfield 3 1 0 1 3 6 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 2 4 11 0.36 2
23 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 3 0.33 2
24 Reading Reading 3 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 2 4 7 0 0 3 6 10 0.60 0

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