Match Centre

Saturday November 28th, 1959

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

2 - 0

2

B. Edwards (53'), J. Hoskins (57')

Southend United

Southend United

0

B. Edwards (53'), J. Hoskins (57')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 8,822

A.J. Rowbottom

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HIGGINS
3
BINGLEY
4
FOUNTAIN
5
MELLOR
6
WOODRUFF
7
DARCY
8
RICHARDS
9
GAULD
10
EDWARDS
11
HOSKINS
1
THREADGOLD
2
WILLIAMSON
3
ANDERSON
4
COSTELLO
5
WATSON
6
MORRISON
7
STENHOUSE
8
McCRORY
9
HOLLIS
10
HOUGHTON
11
PRICE

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Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday November 28th, 1959:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday November 28th, 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 22 9 0 2 19 9 5 2 4 13 7 14 2 6 32 16 2 30
2 Southampton Southampton 22 10 1 1 41 20 2 5 3 19 19 12 6 4 60 39 1.54 30
3 Coventry City Coventry City 22 7 3 1 19 7 4 2 5 21 20 11 5 6 40 27 1.48 27
4 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 22 7 3 1 28 12 3 4 4 19 22 10 7 5 47 34 1.38 27
5 Norwich City Norwich City 21 7 1 2 24 14 4 4 3 17 16 11 5 5 41 30 1.37 27
6 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 22 7 2 1 24 11 5 1 6 18 25 12 3 7 42 36 1.17 27
7 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 21 7 3 1 33 15 3 3 4 21 22 10 6 5 54 37 1.46 26
8 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 22 6 4 1 19 8 3 2 6 18 18 9 6 7 37 26 1.42 24
9 Newport County Newport County 21 9 0 1 31 14 1 3 7 9 23 10 3 8 40 37 1.08 23
10 Colchester United Colchester United 22 7 3 1 23 12 2 2 7 16 27 9 5 8 39 39 1 23
11 Halifax Town Halifax Town 21 6 1 4 18 15 3 4 3 10 15 9 5 7 28 30 0.93 23
12 Brentford Brentford 21 5 3 2 20 13 4 1 6 19 20 9 4 8 39 33 1.18 22
13 Barnsley Barnsley 22 6 2 3 18 12 2 4 5 13 18 8 6 8 31 30 1.03 22
14 Swindon Town Swindon 22 6 3 2 19 14 3 1 7 13 24 9 4 9 32 38 0.84 22
15 York City York City 22 6 3 2 21 15 1 4 6 8 17 7 7 8 29 32 0.91 21
16 Port Vale Port Vale 21 8 1 2 20 10 1 1 8 12 30 9 2 10 32 40 0.80 20
17 Bradford City Bradford 21 5 4 2 19 13 1 2 7 13 24 6 6 9 32 37 0.86 18
18 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 22 5 4 2 29 16 1 1 9 8 23 6 5 11 37 39 0.95 17
19 Southend United Southend United 21 7 0 4 27 18 0 2 8 7 24 7 2 12 34 42 0.81 16
20 Reading Reading 21 4 2 5 22 18 1 3 6 18 22 5 5 11 40 40 1 15
21 Wrexham Wrexham 22 6 1 4 20 17 0 2 9 14 37 6 3 13 34 54 0.63 15
22 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 21 3 4 3 24 23 2 0 9 13 32 5 4 12 37 55 0.67 14
23 Accrington Stanley Accrington 22 2 4 4 16 19 3 0 9 11 37 5 4 13 27 56 0.48 14
24 Chesterfield Chesterfield 20 4 1 5 17 19 2 0 8 14 29 6 1 13 31 48 0.65 13

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