Match Centre

Saturday September 12th, 1959

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

1 - 1

1

D. Layne (53')

York City

York City

1

N. Wilkinson (71')
D. Layne (53')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 12,908

N. Wilkinson (71')
J.K. Taylor
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
THOMPSON
3
BINGLEY
4
MORGAN
5
MELLOR
6
WOODRUFF
7
CORBETT
8
RICHARDS
9
LAYNE
10
GAULD
11
DARCY
1
GRANGER
2
RAMSEY
3
HOWE
4
BATTYE
5
JACKSON
6
WRAGG
7
HUGHES
8
EDGAR
9
WILKINSON
10
ADDISON
11
POWELL
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2Freddy THOMPSON
3Walter BINGLEY
4Keith MORGAN
5Ken MELLOR
6Bobby WOODRUFF
7Dave CORBETT
8John RICHARDS
9David LAYNE
10Jimmy GAULD
11Arnold DARCY
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD
York City
1Mick GRANGER1
2Bob RAMSEY2
3George HOWE3
4John BATTYE4
5Barry JACKSON5
6Peter WRAGG6
7Billy HUGHES7
8Johnny EDGAR8
9Norman WILKINSON9
10Colin ADDISON10
11John POWELL11
Manager/Head Coach
Sam BARTRAM

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday September 12th, 1959:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday September 12th, 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 Norwich City Norwich City 7 3 1 0 12 3 1 2 0 5 3 4 3 0 17 6 2.83 11
2 Halifax Town Halifax Town 7 2 1 0 5 3 2 1 1 4 3 4 2 1 9 6 1.50 10
3 Bury Bury 7 3 0 0 9 2 1 1 2 5 3 4 1 2 14 5 2.80 9
4 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 7 2 1 0 5 0 2 0 2 9 6 4 1 2 14 6 2.33 9
5 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 7 3 0 0 13 2 1 1 2 8 9 4 1 2 21 11 1.91 9
6 Coventry City Coventry City 7 2 1 1 7 4 1 2 0 6 3 3 3 1 13 7 1.86 9
7 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 7 3 0 0 9 3 1 1 2 3 4 4 1 2 12 7 1.71 9
8 Southampton Southampton 7 2 1 0 10 7 1 2 1 9 8 3 3 1 19 15 1.27 9
9 Brentford Brentford 7 2 2 0 8 5 1 1 1 7 7 3 3 1 15 12 1.25 9
10 Newport County Newport County 7 3 0 1 7 5 1 1 1 1 3 4 1 2 8 8 1 9
11 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 7 1 1 1 6 3 2 1 1 9 6 3 2 2 15 9 1.67 8
12 Bradford City Bradford 7 3 0 0 7 1 0 2 2 5 9 3 2 2 12 10 1.20 8
13 Swindon Town Swindon 7 2 2 0 10 7 1 0 2 4 5 3 2 2 14 12 1.17 8
14 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 7 3 1 0 15 2 0 0 3 2 7 3 1 3 17 9 1.89 7
15 Barnsley Barnsley 7 1 0 2 5 6 1 3 0 7 4 2 3 2 12 10 1.20 7
16 Colchester United Colchester United 7 2 2 0 9 6 0 0 3 4 11 2 2 3 13 17 0.76 6
17 York City York City 7 2 1 1 5 4 0 1 2 1 5 2 2 3 6 9 0.67 6
18 Port Vale Port Vale 7 1 1 1 2 4 1 0 3 4 16 2 1 4 6 20 0.30 5
19 Chesterfield Chesterfield 7 2 0 2 8 10 0 0 3 4 10 2 0 5 12 20 0.60 4
20 Wrexham Wrexham 7 1 1 1 4 4 0 1 3 5 14 1 2 4 9 18 0.50 4
21 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 7 0 2 1 2 5 1 0 3 4 10 1 2 4 6 15 0.40 4
22 Accrington Stanley Accrington 7 1 2 1 7 7 0 0 3 1 14 1 2 4 8 21 0.38 4
23 Southend United Southend United 7 1 0 3 5 12 0 1 2 2 6 1 1 5 7 18 0.39 3
24 Reading Reading 7 0 1 3 7 10 0 0 3 6 11 0 1 6 13 21 0.62 1

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