Match Centre

Saturday December 12th, 1959

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

2 - 3

2

D. Layne (15'), W. Marshall (59')

Port Vale

Port Vale

3

G. Barnett (13'), B. Jackson (40'), C. Portwood (83')
D. Layne (15'), W. Marshall (59')
(HT: 1-2)

Attendance: 7,716

G. Barnett (13'), B. Jackson (40'), C. Portwood (83')
C.W. Kingston
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HIGGINS
3
BINGLEY
4
FOUNTAIN
5
MELLOR
6
WOODRUFF
7
STEPHENS
8
MARSHALL
9
LAYNE
10
GAULD
11
DARCY
1
POOLE
2
RAINE
3
SPROSON
4
LEAKE
5
FORD
6
MILES
7
JACKSON
8
STEELE
9
POOLE
10
BARNETT
11
PORTWOOD
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2John HIGGINS
3Walter BINGLEY
4Jack FOUNTAIN
5Ken MELLOR
6Bobby WOODRUFF
7Johnny STEPHENS
8Willie MARSHALL
9David LAYNE
10Jimmy GAULD
11Arnold DARCY
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD
Port Vale
1John POOLE1
2David RAINE2
3Roy SPROSON3
4Albert LEAKE4
5Peter FORD5
6Terry MILES6
7Brian JACKSON7
8Stan STEELE8
9Harry POOLE9
10Graham BARNETT10
11Cliff PORTWOOD11
Manager/Head Coach
Norman LOW

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday December 12th, 1959:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday December 12th, 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 23 9 0 2 19 9 5 3 4 15 9 14 3 6 34 18 1.89 31
2 Southampton Southampton 23 10 1 1 41 20 2 5 4 19 21 12 6 5 60 41 1.46 30
3 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 22 8 3 1 37 15 3 3 4 21 22 11 6 5 58 37 1.57 28
4 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 23 7 4 1 30 14 3 4 4 19 22 10 8 5 49 36 1.36 28
5 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 23 7 3 1 24 11 5 1 6 18 25 12 4 7 42 36 1.17 28
6 Coventry City Coventry City 23 7 3 1 19 7 4 2 6 23 24 11 5 7 42 31 1.35 27
7 Norwich City Norwich City 22 7 1 2 24 14 4 4 4 18 18 11 5 6 42 32 1.31 27
8 Newport County Newport County 22 10 0 1 35 16 1 3 7 9 23 11 3 8 44 39 1.13 25
9 Colchester United Colchester United 23 7 3 1 23 12 3 2 7 18 28 10 5 8 41 40 1.03 25
10 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 23 6 4 1 19 8 3 2 7 19 20 9 6 8 38 28 1.36 24
11 Barnsley Barnsley 23 7 2 3 20 13 2 4 5 13 18 9 6 8 33 31 1.06 24
12 Halifax Town Halifax Town 22 6 1 4 18 15 3 4 4 11 17 9 5 8 29 32 0.91 23
13 Brentford Brentford 22 5 3 2 20 13 4 1 7 21 24 9 4 9 41 37 1.11 22
14 Port Vale Port Vale 22 8 1 2 20 10 2 1 8 15 32 10 2 10 35 42 0.83 22
15 Swindon Town Swindon 23 6 3 3 21 17 3 1 7 13 24 9 4 10 34 41 0.83 22
16 York City York City 23 6 3 2 21 15 1 4 7 8 21 7 7 9 29 36 0.81 21
17 Bradford City Bradford 22 6 4 2 21 13 1 2 7 13 24 7 6 9 34 37 0.92 20
18 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 23 6 4 2 33 18 1 1 9 8 23 7 5 11 41 41 1 19
19 Reading Reading 22 5 2 5 26 20 1 3 6 18 22 6 5 11 44 42 1.05 17
20 Southend United Southend United 22 7 0 4 27 18 0 3 8 7 24 7 3 12 34 42 0.81 17
21 Chesterfield Chesterfield 22 5 1 5 19 20 3 0 8 17 30 8 1 13 36 50 0.72 17
22 Wrexham Wrexham 23 7 1 4 22 18 0 2 9 14 37 7 3 13 36 55 0.65 17
23 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 22 3 4 3 24 23 2 0 10 15 36 5 4 13 39 59 0.66 14
24 Accrington Stanley Accrington 24 2 4 6 18 24 3 0 9 11 37 5 4 15 29 61 0.48 14

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