Match Centre

Saturday December 19th, 1959

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

2 - 1

2

D. Layne (11', 37')

Queens Park Rangers

Queens Park Rangers

1

P. Woods (46' pen)
D. Layne (11', 37')
(HT: 2-0)

Attendance: 5,789

P. Woods (46' pen)
D.W. Smith

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HIGGINS
3
BINGLEY
4
FOUNTAIN
5
MELLOR
6
WOODRUFF
7
CORBETT
8
MARSHALL
9
LAYNE
10
GAULD
11
DARCY
1
DRINKWATER
2
WOODS
3
INGHAM
4
PETCHEY
5
RUTTER
6
KEEN
7
CLARK
8
LONGBOTTOM
9
BEDFORD
10
WHITFIELD
11
ANDREWS

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Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday December 19th, 1959:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday December 19th, 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 Southampton Southampton 24 10 1 1 41 20 3 5 4 21 22 13 6 5 62 42 1.48 32
2 Bury Bury 24 9 0 2 19 9 5 3 5 15 12 14 3 7 34 21 1.62 31
3 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 23 8 3 1 37 15 3 4 4 23 24 11 7 5 60 39 1.54 29
4 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 24 7 4 1 30 14 3 5 4 21 24 10 9 5 51 38 1.34 29
5 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 24 7 4 1 26 13 5 1 6 18 25 12 5 7 44 38 1.16 29
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 23 7 1 3 25 16 4 4 4 18 18 11 5 7 43 34 1.26 27
8 Colchester United Colchester United 24 8 3 1 26 12 3 2 7 18 28 11 5 8 44 40 1.10 27
9 Newport County Newport County 22 10 0 1 35 16 1 3 7 9 23 11 3 8 44 39 1.13 25
10 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 24 6 4 1 19 8 3 2 8 20 22 9 6 9 39 30 1.30 24
11 Brentford Brentford 23 6 3 2 23 13 4 1 7 21 24 10 4 9 44 37 1.19 24
12 Barnsley Barnsley 24 7 2 3 20 13 2 4 6 13 21 9 6 9 33 34 0.97 24
13 Port Vale Port Vale 23 9 1 2 24 11 2 1 8 15 32 11 2 10 39 43 0.91 24
14 Swindon Town Swindon 24 7 3 3 23 18 3 1 7 13 24 10 4 10 36 42 0.86 24
15 Halifax Town Halifax Town 23 6 1 4 18 15 3 4 5 11 20 9 5 9 29 35 0.83 23
16 York City York City 24 6 4 2 22 16 1 4 7 8 21 7 8 9 30 37 0.81 22
17 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 24 6 4 2 33 18 2 1 9 11 24 8 5 11 44 42 1.05 21
18 Bradford City Bradford 23 6 4 2 21 13 1 3 7 14 25 7 7 9 35 38 0.92 21
19 Southend United Southend United 23 8 0 4 30 18 0 3 8 7 24 8 3 12 37 42 0.88 19
20 Chesterfield Chesterfield 23 5 2 5 21 22 3 0 8 17 30 8 2 13 38 52 0.73 18
21 Reading Reading 23 5 2 5 26 20 1 3 7 19 26 6 5 12 45 46 0.98 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 25 2 4 7 19 27 3 0 9 11 37 5 4 16 30 64 0.47 14

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