Match Centre

Saturday September 19th, 1959

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

1 - 0

1

B. Edwards (31')

Bury

Bury

0

B. Edwards (31')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 11,241

J.W. Hunt
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
CHAMBERLAIN
3
BINGLEY
4
MORGAN
5
MELLOR
6
WOODRUFF
7
DARCY
8
EDWARDS
9
LAYNE
10
GAULD
11
HOSKINS
1
ADAMS
2
ROBERTSON
3
CONROY
4
TURNER
5
McGRATH
6
ATHERTON
7
CALDER
8
WATSON
9
HEPTON
10
JACKSON
11
HUBBARD
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2Peter CHAMBERLAIN
3Walter BINGLEY
4Keith MORGAN
5Ken MELLOR
6Bobby WOODRUFF
7Arnold DARCY
8Bob EDWARDS
9David LAYNE
10Jimmy GAULD
11John HOSKINS
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD
Bury
1Frank ADAMS1
2Eddie ROBERTSON2
3Bobby CONROY3
4Brian TURNER4
5John McGRATH5
6Gordon ATHERTON6
7Bill CALDER7
8Don WATSON8
9Stan HEPTON9
10Alan JACKSON10
11Johnny HUBBARD11
Manager/Head Coach
Dave RUSSELL

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday September 19th, 1959:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday September 19th, 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 Halifax Town Halifax Town 9 3 1 0 8 5 3 1 1 6 4 6 2 1 14 9 1.56 14
2 Norwich City Norwich City 9 3 1 0 12 3 2 2 1 7 6 5 3 1 19 9 2.11 13
3 Southampton Southampton 9 4 1 0 18 11 1 2 1 9 8 5 3 1 27 19 1.42 13
4 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 9 3 2 0 8 0 2 0 2 9 6 5 2 2 17 6 2.83 12
5 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 9 4 1 0 17 3 1 1 2 8 9 5 2 2 25 12 2.08 12
6 Coventry City Coventry City 9 2 2 1 8 5 2 2 0 9 4 4 4 1 17 9 1.89 12
7 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 9 3 1 1 13 6 2 1 1 9 6 5 2 2 22 12 1.83 12
8 Bury Bury 9 4 0 0 10 2 1 1 3 5 4 5 1 3 15 6 2.50 11
9 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 9 4 0 0 12 4 1 1 3 3 7 5 1 3 15 11 1.36 11
10 Newport County Newport County 9 3 0 1 7 5 1 3 1 4 6 4 3 2 11 11 1 11
11 Swindon Town Swindon 9 3 2 0 11 7 1 0 3 4 8 4 2 3 15 15 1 10
12 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 9 3 2 0 17 4 0 1 3 3 8 3 3 3 20 12 1.67 9
13 Barnsley Barnsley 9 2 0 3 8 8 1 3 0 7 4 3 3 3 15 12 1.25 9
14 Brentford Brentford 9 2 2 0 8 5 1 1 3 8 11 3 3 3 16 16 1 9
15 York City York City 9 3 1 1 6 4 0 2 2 1 5 3 3 3 7 9 0.78 9
16 Bradford City Bradford 9 3 0 2 12 9 0 2 2 5 9 3 2 4 17 18 0.94 8
17 Port Vale Port Vale 9 2 1 1 5 5 1 0 4 6 19 3 1 5 11 24 0.46 7
18 Colchester United Colchester United 9 2 2 0 9 6 0 0 5 7 18 2 2 5 16 24 0.67 6
19 Accrington Stanley Accrington 9 1 2 1 7 7 1 0 4 7 21 2 2 5 14 28 0.50 6
20 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 9 0 3 1 3 6 1 0 4 6 15 1 3 5 9 21 0.43 5
21 Chesterfield Chesterfield 8 2 0 2 8 10 0 0 4 4 11 2 0 6 12 21 0.57 4
22 Wrexham Wrexham 8 1 1 2 5 6 0 1 3 5 14 1 2 5 10 20 0.50 4
23 Southend United Southend United 9 1 0 3 5 12 0 2 3 4 11 1 2 6 9 23 0.39 4
24 Reading Reading 9 1 1 3 11 11 0 0 4 8 14 1 1 7 19 25 0.76 3

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