Match Centre

Saturday October 17th, 1959

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

0 - 4

0

Reading

Reading

4

J. Wheeler (4', 83'), R. Reeves (56' pen), G. MacLuckie (60')
(HT: 0-1)

Attendance: 14,706

J. Wheeler (4', 83'), R. Reeves (56' pen), G. MacLuckie (60')
K.G. Aston
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
CHAMBERLAIN
3
BINGLEY
4
MORGAN
5
MELLOR
6
WOODRUFF
7
STEPHENS
8
RICHARDS
9
LAYNE
10
GAULD
11
DARCY
1
MEESON
2
GOODALL
3
REEVES
4
WALKER
5
NEATE
6
EVANS
7
McILVENNY
8
WHEELER
9
AYRE
10
SHREEVES
11
MacLUCKIE
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2Peter CHAMBERLAIN
3Walter BINGLEY
4Keith MORGAN
5Ken MELLOR68'
6Bobby WOODRUFF
7Johnny STEPHENS
8John RICHARDS
9David LAYNE
10Jimmy GAULD
11Arnold DARCY
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD
Reading
1Dave MEESON1
2Bernard GOODALL2
3Ray REEVES3
4Johnny WALKER4
5Gordon NEATE5
6Maurice EVANS6
7John McILVENNY7
8Jimmy WHEELER8
9Bobby AYRE9
10Peter SHREEVES10
11George MacLUCKIE11
Manager/Head Coach
Harry JOHNSTON

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday October 17th, 1959:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday October 17th, 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 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 17 6 3 0 15 2 3 1 4 16 13 9 4 4 31 15 2.07 22
2 Bury Bury 17 7 0 1 14 5 3 2 4 8 6 10 2 5 22 11 2 22
3 Halifax Town Halifax Town 16 6 1 1 17 8 3 3 2 8 9 9 4 3 25 17 1.47 22
4 Coventry City Coventry City 17 5 3 1 15 6 3 2 3 14 11 8 5 4 29 17 1.71 21
5 Norwich City Norwich City 16 5 1 1 19 8 4 2 3 15 14 9 3 4 34 22 1.55 21
6 Southampton Southampton 17 7 1 1 31 18 1 4 3 13 15 8 5 4 44 33 1.33 21
7 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 16 5 2 1 26 12 3 2 3 17 17 8 4 4 43 29 1.48 20
8 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 17 6 2 1 25 10 1 3 4 12 17 7 5 5 37 27 1.37 19
9 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 17 7 0 1 22 9 2 1 6 10 21 9 1 7 32 30 1.07 19
10 Brentford Brentford 17 4 3 1 16 11 3 1 5 14 16 7 4 6 30 27 1.11 18
11 Swindon Town Swindon 17 5 2 2 16 13 3 0 5 11 18 8 2 7 27 31 0.87 18
12 Colchester United Colchester United 17 6 2 0 20 9 1 1 7 13 25 7 3 7 33 34 0.97 17
13 York City York City 17 5 3 1 17 11 0 4 4 6 13 5 7 5 23 24 0.96 17
14 Newport County Newport County 15 6 0 1 18 10 1 3 4 7 17 7 3 5 25 27 0.93 17
15 Barnsley Barnsley 17 4 1 3 11 9 2 3 4 12 13 6 4 7 23 22 1.05 16
16 Port Vale Port Vale 15 6 1 1 15 7 1 0 6 7 23 7 1 7 22 30 0.73 15
17 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 17 5 3 1 24 9 0 1 7 4 14 5 4 8 28 23 1.22 14
18 Bradford City Bradford 17 5 2 2 18 12 0 2 6 11 22 5 4 8 29 34 0.85 14
19 Reading Reading 17 3 2 4 20 16 1 2 5 16 19 4 4 9 36 35 1.03 12
20 Southend United Southend United 16 5 0 3 13 14 0 2 6 7 20 5 2 9 20 34 0.59 12
21 Wrexham Wrexham 16 4 1 3 15 13 0 2 6 10 25 4 3 9 25 38 0.66 11
22 Accrington Stanley Accrington 17 2 3 3 13 14 2 0 7 8 28 4 3 10 21 42 0.50 11
23 Chesterfield Chesterfield 15 4 1 3 17 16 0 0 7 8 23 4 1 10 25 39 0.64 9
24 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 16 1 4 2 12 16 1 0 8 11 30 2 4 10 23 46 0.50 8

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