Match Centre

Saturday November 21st, 1959

Football League Division Three

Colchester United

0 - 0

0

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 6,537

K. Stokes
Layer Road, Colchester

Lineups


1
AMES
2
LAIDLAW
3
FOWLER
4
PARKER
5
MILLIGAN
6
HAMMOND
7
WILLIAMS
8
HILL
9
McCURLEY
10
KING
11
WRIGHT
1
MEDLOCK
2
HIGGINS
3
BINGLEY
4
FOUNTAIN
5
HUDSON
6
WOODRUFF
7
DARCY
8
RICHARDS
9
GAULD
10
EDWARDS
11
HOSKINS
Colchester United
1Percy AMES
2John LAIDLAW
3John FOWLER
4Derek PARKER
5Chic MILLIGAN
6Cyril HAMMOND
7Tommy WILLIAMS
8Bobby HILL
9Kevin McCURLEY
10Martyn KING
11Peter WRIGHT
Manager/Head Coach
Benny FENTON
Swindon Town
1Owen MEDLOCK1
2John HIGGINS2
3Walter BINGLEY3
4Jack FOUNTAIN4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Bobby WOODRUFF6
7Arnold DARCY7
8John RICHARDS8
9Jimmy GAULD9
10Bob EDWARDS10
11John HOSKINS11
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday November 21st, 1959:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday November 21st, 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 21 9 0 2 19 9 4 2 4 10 6 13 2 6 29 15 1.93 28
2 Southampton Southampton 21 10 1 1 41 20 1 5 3 15 17 11 6 4 56 37 1.51 28
3 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 20 7 3 1 33 15 3 3 3 20 20 10 6 4 53 35 1.51 26
4 Norwich City Norwich City 20 7 1 2 24 14 4 3 3 16 15 11 4 5 40 29 1.38 26
5 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 21 7 1 1 23 10 5 1 6 18 25 12 2 7 41 35 1.17 26
6 Coventry City Coventry City 21 6 3 1 17 6 4 2 5 21 20 10 5 6 38 26 1.46 25
7 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 21 6 3 1 26 11 3 4 4 19 22 9 7 5 45 33 1.36 25
8 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 21 6 3 1 17 6 3 2 6 18 18 9 5 7 35 24 1.46 23
9 Halifax Town Halifax Town 20 6 1 4 18 15 3 4 2 9 10 9 5 6 27 25 1.08 23
10 Brentford Brentford 20 5 3 2 20 13 4 1 5 18 18 9 4 7 38 31 1.23 22
11 Barnsley Barnsley 21 6 2 3 18 12 2 3 5 12 17 8 5 8 30 29 1.03 21
12 Colchester United Colchester United 21 7 3 1 23 12 1 2 7 13 25 8 5 8 36 37 0.97 21
13 Newport County Newport County 20 8 0 1 26 13 1 3 7 9 23 9 3 8 35 36 0.97 21
14 York City York City 21 6 3 1 19 12 1 4 6 8 17 7 7 7 27 29 0.93 21
15 Swindon Town Swindon 21 5 3 2 17 14 3 1 7 13 24 8 4 9 30 38 0.79 20
16 Port Vale Port Vale 20 8 1 2 20 10 1 0 8 10 28 9 1 10 30 38 0.79 19
17 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 21 5 4 1 27 12 1 1 9 8 23 6 5 10 35 35 1 17
18 Bradford City Bradford 20 5 3 2 18 12 1 2 7 13 24 6 5 9 31 36 0.86 17
19 Southend United Southend United 20 7 0 4 27 18 0 2 7 7 22 7 2 11 34 40 0.85 16
20 Reading Reading 20 4 2 5 22 18 1 3 5 17 20 5 5 10 39 38 1.03 15
21 Accrington Stanley Accrington 21 2 4 3 15 16 3 0 9 11 37 5 4 12 26 53 0.49 14
22 Chesterfield Chesterfield 19 4 1 4 17 18 2 0 8 14 29 6 1 12 31 47 0.66 13
23 Wrexham Wrexham 21 5 1 4 18 16 0 2 9 14 37 5 3 13 32 53 0.60 13
24 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 20 3 4 3 24 23 1 0 9 12 32 4 4 12 36 55 0.65 12

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