Match Centre

Saturday October 31st, 1959

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

1 - 1

1

B. Edwards (49')

Halifax Town

Halifax Town

1

A. McCall (55')
B. Edwards (49')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 11,312

A. McCall (55')
E.T. Jennings
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
MEDLOCK
2
LYONS
3
BINGLEY
4
FOUNTAIN
5
HUDSON
6
WOODRUFF
7
DARCY
8
HUNT
9
GAULD
10
EDWARDS
11
HOSKINS
1
JOHNSON
2
ROSCOE
3
LONSDALE
4
HARRISON
5
LORENSON
6
LARGE
7
VERITY
8
SMITH
9
SOUTH
10
McCALL
11
BLACKBURN
Swindon Town
1Owen MEDLOCK
2Mike LYONS
3Walter BINGLEY
4Jack FOUNTAIN
5Garth HUDSON
6Bobby WOODRUFF
7Arnold DARCY
8Ernie HUNT
9Jimmy GAULD
10Bob EDWARDS
11John HOSKINS
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD
Halifax Town
1Arthur JOHNSON1
2Phil ROSCOE2
3Stan LONSDALE3
4Eric HARRISON4
5Roy LORENSON5
6Frank LARGE6
7Kevin VERITY7
8Conway SMITH8
9Alex SOUTH9
10Andy McCALL10
11Alan BLACKBURN11
Manager/Head Coach
Harry HOOPER

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday October 31st, 1959:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday October 31st, 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 19 8 0 1 16 5 4 2 4 10 6 12 2 5 26 11 2.36 26
2 Norwich City Norwich City 18 6 1 1 20 8 4 3 3 16 15 10 4 4 36 23 1.57 24
3 Southampton Southampton 19 8 1 1 36 19 1 5 3 15 17 9 6 4 51 36 1.42 24
4 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 18 6 2 1 29 12 3 3 3 20 20 9 5 4 49 32 1.53 23
5 Coventry City Coventry City 19 6 3 1 17 6 3 2 4 15 16 9 5 5 32 22 1.45 23
6 Halifax Town Halifax Town 18 6 1 2 18 10 3 4 2 9 10 9 5 4 27 20 1.35 23
7 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 19 6 3 1 17 6 3 1 5 16 15 9 4 6 33 21 1.57 22
8 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 19 6 3 1 26 11 2 3 4 14 18 8 6 5 40 29 1.38 22
9 Brentford Brentford 19 5 3 1 19 11 4 1 5 18 18 9 4 6 37 29 1.28 22
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 19 7 1 1 23 10 3 1 6 12 22 10 2 7 35 32 1.09 22
11 Newport County Newport County 18 8 0 1 26 13 1 3 5 7 18 9 3 6 33 31 1.06 21
12 York City York City 19 6 3 1 19 12 0 4 5 6 14 6 7 6 25 26 0.96 19
13 Swindon Town Swindon 19 5 3 2 17 14 3 0 6 11 21 8 3 8 28 35 0.80 19
14 Barnsley Barnsley 19 5 1 3 13 9 2 3 5 12 17 7 4 8 25 26 0.96 18
15 Colchester United Colchester United 19 6 2 1 21 11 1 2 7 13 25 7 4 8 34 36 0.94 18
16 Port Vale Port Vale 18 7 1 1 18 8 1 0 8 10 28 8 1 9 28 36 0.78 17
17 Reading Reading 19 4 2 4 21 16 1 3 5 17 20 5 5 9 38 36 1.06 15
18 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 19 5 4 1 27 12 0 1 8 5 21 5 5 9 32 33 0.97 15
19 Bradford City Bradford 19 5 3 2 18 12 0 2 7 11 24 5 5 9 29 36 0.81 15
20 Southend United Southend United 18 6 0 3 20 15 0 2 7 7 22 6 2 10 27 37 0.73 14
21 Wrexham Wrexham 19 5 1 4 18 16 0 2 7 12 31 5 3 11 30 47 0.64 13
22 Accrington Stanley Accrington 19 2 4 3 15 16 2 0 8 8 31 4 4 11 23 47 0.49 12
23 Chesterfield Chesterfield 18 4 1 4 17 18 1 0 8 12 28 5 1 12 29 46 0.63 11
24 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 18 2 4 2 18 18 1 0 9 12 32 3 4 11 30 50 0.60 10

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