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)

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
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2Freddy THOMPSON2
3Walter BINGLEY3
4Keith MORGAN4
5Ken MELLOR5
6Rex TILLEY6
7Johnny STEPHENS7
8John RICHARDS8
9David LAYNE9
10Jimmy GAULD10
11Arnold DARCY11

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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