Match Centre

Saturday September 5th, 1959

Football League Division Three

Coventry City

3 - 1

3

R. Straw (46'), G. Stewart (48', 63')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

D. Layne (40' pen)
R. Straw (46'), G. Stewart (48', 63')
(HT: 0-1)

Attendance: 16,354

D. Layne (40' pen)
N.N. Hough
Highfield Road, Coventry

Lineups


1
LIGHTENING
2
KIRK
3
AUSTIN
4
NICHOLAS
5
CURTIS
6
FARMER
7
DALEY
8
STRAW
9
STEWART
10
RYAN
11
BOXLEY
1
BURTON
2
THOMPSON
3
BINGLEY
4
MORGAN
5
MELLOR
6
TILLEY
7
STEPHENS
8
RICHARDS
9
LAYNE
10
GAULD
11
DARCY
Coventry City
1Arthur LIGHTENING
2Roy KIRK
3Frank AUSTIN
4Brian NICHOLAS
5George CURTIS
6Ron FARMER
7Alan DALEY
8Ray STRAW
9George STEWART
10Reg RYAN
11Jack BOXLEY
Manager/Head Coach
Billy FRITH
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2Freddy THOMPSON2
3Walter BINGLEY3
4Keith MORGAN4
5Ken MELLOR5
6Rex TILLEY6
7Johnny STEPHENS7
8John RICHARDS8
9David LAYNE9
10Jimmy GAULD10
11Arnold DARCY11
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday September 5th, 1959:

Barnsley Barnsley 4-1 Southend United Southend United
Bradford City Bradford 1-0 Chesterfield Chesterfield
Bury Bury 4-1 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town
Coventry City Coventry City 3-1 Swindon Town Swindon
Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 4-0 Accrington Stanley Accrington
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 3-0 Newport County Newport County
Reading Reading 3-3 Brentford Brentford
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 1-3 Norwich City Norwich City
Southampton Southampton 4-2 Colchester United Colchester United
Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 6-0 Port Vale Port Vale
Wrexham Wrexham 1-2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
York City York City 1-2 Halifax Town Halifax Town

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday September 5th, 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 5 3 0 0 13 2 1 1 0 4 2 4 1 0 17 4 4.25 9
2 Bury Bury 5 3 0 0 9 2 1 0 1 4 1 4 0 1 13 3 4.33 8
3 Norwich City Norwich City 5 2 0 0 7 2 1 2 0 5 3 3 2 0 12 5 2.40 8
4 Halifax Town Halifax Town 5 1 1 0 4 3 2 1 0 4 2 3 2 0 8 5 1.60 8
5 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 5 2 1 0 5 0 1 0 1 6 3 3 1 1 11 3 3.67 7
6 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 5 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 7 3 2.33 7
7 Bradford City Bradford 5 3 0 0 7 1 0 1 1 3 5 3 1 1 10 6 1.67 7
8 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 5 1 1 1 6 3 1 1 0 5 2 2 2 1 11 5 2.20 6
9 Coventry City Coventry City 5 2 0 1 5 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 2 1 8 5 1.60 6
10 Brentford Brentford 5 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 1 7 7 2 2 1 12 10 1.20 6
11 Southampton Southampton 5 2 1 0 10 7 0 1 1 4 5 2 2 1 14 12 1.17 6
12 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 5 2 1 0 11 1 0 0 2 1 5 2 1 2 12 6 2 5
13 Swindon Town Swindon 5 1 1 0 6 4 1 0 2 4 5 2 1 2 10 9 1.11 5
14 Newport County Newport County 5 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 2 4 7 0.57 5
15 Barnsley Barnsley 5 1 0 2 5 6 0 2 0 3 3 1 2 2 8 9 0.89 4
16 Wrexham Wrexham 5 1 1 1 4 4 0 1 1 3 5 1 2 2 7 9 0.78 4
17 Port Vale Port Vale 5 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 3 11 2 0 3 4 14 0.29 4
18 York City York City 5 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 2 0 4 1 1 3 3 7 0.43 3
19 Southend United Southend United 5 1 0 1 3 6 0 1 2 2 6 1 1 3 5 12 0.42 3
20 Colchester United Colchester United 5 0 2 0 4 4 0 0 3 4 11 0 2 3 8 15 0.53 2
21 Chesterfield Chesterfield 5 1 0 1 3 6 0 0 3 4 10 1 0 4 7 16 0.44 2
22 Accrington Stanley Accrington 5 0 2 0 4 4 0 0 3 1 14 0 2 3 5 18 0.28 2
23 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 5 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 10 0 2 3 3 11 0.27 2
24 Reading Reading 5 0 1 2 5 7 0 0 2 4 7 0 1 4 9 14 0.64 1

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