Match Centre

Saturday October 24th, 1959

Football League Division Three

Shrewsbury Town

3 - 0

3

A. Rowley (2', 76'), M. Starkey (74')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

A. Rowley (2', 76'), M. Starkey (74')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 8,552

J.E. Carr
Gay Meadow, Shrewsbury

Lineups


1
HUMPHREYS
2
HOBSON
3
SKEECH
4
WALLACE
5
POUNTNEY
6
HARLEY
7
TUCKER
8
STARKEY
9
EDGLEY
10
ROWLEY
11
WHITAKER
1
BURTON
2
CHAMBERLAIN
3
BINGLEY
4
FOUNTAIN
5
HUDSON
6
WOODRUFF
7
STEPHENS
8
EDWARDS
9
GAULD
10
HOSKINS
11
DARCY
Shrewsbury Town
1Alan HUMPHREYS
2Norman HOBSON
3Gordon SKEECH
4Joe WALLACE
5Dave POUNTNEY
6Albert HARLEY
7Ken TUCKER
8Malcolm STARKEY
9Brian EDGLEY
10Arthur ROWLEY
11Colin WHITAKER
Manager/Head Coach
Arthur ROWLEY
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2Peter CHAMBERLAIN2
3Walter BINGLEY3
4Jack FOUNTAIN4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Bobby WOODRUFF6
7Johnny STEPHENS7
8Bob EDWARDS8
9Jimmy GAULD9
10John HOSKINS10
11Arnold DARCY11
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday October 24th, 1959:

Barnsley Barnsley 2-0 Bradford City Bradford
Brentford Brentford 3-0 Accrington Stanley Accrington
Bury Bury 2-0 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Colchester United Colchester United 1-2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Halifax Town Halifax Town 1-2 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town
Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 6-2 Wrexham Wrexham
Norwich City Norwich City 1-0 Newport County Newport County
Port Vale Port Vale 3-1 Chesterfield Chesterfield
Reading Reading 1-0 York City York City
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 3-0 Swindon Town Swindon
Southampton Southampton 5-1 Coventry City Coventry City
Southend United Southend United 7-1 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday October 24th, 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 18 8 0 1 16 5 3 2 4 8 6 11 2 5 24 11 2.18 24
2 Norwich City Norwich City 17 6 1 1 20 8 4 2 3 15 14 10 3 4 35 22 1.59 23
3 Southampton Southampton 18 8 1 1 36 19 1 4 3 13 15 9 5 4 49 34 1.44 23
4 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 18 6 3 0 15 2 3 1 5 16 15 9 4 5 31 17 1.82 22
5 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 17 6 2 1 29 12 3 2 3 17 17 9 4 4 46 29 1.59 22
6 Halifax Town Halifax Town 17 6 1 2 18 10 3 3 2 8 9 9 4 4 26 19 1.37 22
7 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 18 6 2 1 25 10 2 3 4 14 18 8 5 5 39 28 1.39 21
8 Coventry City Coventry City 18 5 3 1 15 6 3 2 4 15 16 8 5 5 30 22 1.36 21
9 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 18 7 0 1 22 9 3 1 6 12 22 10 1 7 34 31 1.10 21
10 Brentford Brentford 18 5 3 1 19 11 3 1 5 14 16 8 4 6 33 27 1.22 20
11 Newport County Newport County 17 7 0 1 22 13 1 3 5 7 18 8 3 6 29 31 0.94 19
12 Barnsley Barnsley 18 5 1 3 13 9 2 3 4 12 13 7 4 7 25 22 1.14 18
13 Swindon Town Swindon 18 5 2 2 16 13 3 0 6 11 21 8 2 8 27 34 0.79 18
14 Colchester United Colchester United 18 6 2 1 21 11 1 1 7 13 25 7 3 8 34 36 0.94 17
15 York City York City 18 5 3 1 17 11 0 4 5 6 14 5 7 6 23 25 0.92 17
16 Port Vale Port Vale 17 7 1 1 18 8 1 0 7 10 27 8 1 8 28 35 0.80 17
17 Reading Reading 18 4 2 4 21 16 1 2 5 16 19 5 4 9 37 35 1.06 14
18 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 18 5 3 1 24 9 0 1 8 5 21 5 4 9 29 30 0.97 14
19 Bradford City Bradford 18 5 2 2 18 12 0 2 7 11 24 5 4 9 29 36 0.81 14
20 Southend United Southend United 17 6 0 3 20 15 0 2 6 7 20 6 2 9 27 35 0.77 14
21 Wrexham Wrexham 17 4 1 3 15 13 0 2 7 12 31 4 3 10 27 44 0.61 11
22 Accrington Stanley Accrington 18 2 3 3 13 14 2 0 8 8 31 4 3 11 21 45 0.47 11
23 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 17 2 4 2 18 18 1 0 8 11 30 3 4 10 29 48 0.60 10
24 Chesterfield Chesterfield 16 4 1 3 17 16 0 0 8 9 26 4 1 11 26 42 0.62 9

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