Match Centre

Wednesday September 9th, 1959

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

3 - 2

3

D. Layne (6', 16' pen), B. Woodruff (90')

Grimsby Town

Grimsby Town

2

R. Hunt (10'), R. Rafferty (22')
D. Layne (6', 16' pen), B. Woodruff (90')
(HT: 2-2)

Attendance: 12,678

R. Hunt (10'), R. Rafferty (22')
J.H. Brooks

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
THOMPSON
3
BINGLEY
4
MORGAN
5
MELLOR
6
WOODRUFF
7
CORBETT
8
RICHARDS
9
LAYNE
10
GAULD
11
DARCY
1
BARNETT
2
DONOVAN
3
RICHARDSON
4
WELBOURNE
5
JOBLING
6
BIRBECK
7
SCOTT
8
CULLEN
9
RAFFERTY
10
HUNT
11
FELL

Results


Football League Division Three results on Wednesday September 9th, 1959:

Norwich City Norwich City 0-0 Barnsley Barnsley
Reading Reading 2-3 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Swindon Town Swindon 3-2 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Wednesday September 9th, 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 Bury Bury 6 3 0 0 9 2 1 1 1 5 2 4 1 1 14 4 3.50 9
2 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 6 3 0 0 13 2 1 1 1 6 5 4 1 1 19 7 2.71 9
3 Norwich City Norwich City 6 2 1 0 7 2 1 2 0 5 3 3 3 0 12 5 2.40 9
4 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 6 1 1 1 6 3 2 1 0 8 4 3 2 1 14 7 2 8
5 Bradford City Bradford 6 3 0 0 7 1 0 2 1 5 7 3 2 1 12 8 1.50 8
6 Halifax Town Halifax Town 6 1 1 0 4 3 2 1 1 4 3 3 2 1 8 6 1.33 8
7 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 6 2 1 0 5 0 1 0 2 7 5 3 1 2 12 5 2.40 7
8 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 6 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 2 3 4 3 1 2 8 5 1.60 7
9 Coventry City Coventry City 6 2 1 1 7 4 0 2 0 3 3 2 3 1 10 7 1.43 7
10 Brentford Brentford 6 1 2 0 6 4 1 1 1 7 7 2 3 1 13 11 1.18 7
11 Swindon Town Swindon 6 2 1 0 9 6 1 0 2 4 5 3 1 2 13 11 1.18 7
12 Southampton Southampton 6 2 1 0 10 7 0 2 1 5 6 2 3 1 15 13 1.15 7
13 Newport County Newport County 6 2 0 1 5 5 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 2 6 8 0.75 7
14 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 6 2 1 0 11 1 0 0 3 2 7 2 1 3 13 8 1.63 5
15 Barnsley Barnsley 6 1 0 2 5 6 0 3 0 3 3 1 3 2 8 9 0.89 5
16 York City York City 6 2 1 1 5 4 0 0 2 0 4 2 1 3 5 8 0.63 5
17 Port Vale Port Vale 6 1 1 1 2 4 1 0 2 3 11 2 1 3 5 15 0.33 5
18 Chesterfield Chesterfield 6 2 0 1 8 7 0 0 3 4 10 2 0 4 12 17 0.71 4
19 Colchester United Colchester United 6 1 2 0 5 4 0 0 3 4 11 1 2 3 9 15 0.60 4
20 Wrexham Wrexham 6 1 1 1 4 4 0 1 2 4 10 1 2 3 8 14 0.57 4
21 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 6 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 3 4 10 1 2 3 5 11 0.45 4
22 Accrington Stanley Accrington 6 1 2 0 6 5 0 0 3 1 14 1 2 3 7 19 0.37 4
23 Southend United Southend United 6 1 0 2 3 8 0 1 2 2 6 1 1 4 5 14 0.36 3
24 Reading Reading 6 0 1 3 7 10 0 0 2 4 7 0 1 5 11 17 0.65 1

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