Match Centre

Saturday February 27th, 1960

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

0 - 3

0

Southampton

Southampton

3

G. O'Brien (1'), B. Clifton (54'), D. Reeves (70')
(HT: 0-1)

Attendance: 16,645

G. O'Brien (1'), B. Clifton (54'), D. Reeves (70')
K.G. Aston
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HIGGINS
3
BINGLEY
4
FOUNTAIN
5
CHAMBERLAIN
6
MORGAN
7
CORBETT
8
MARSHALL
9
LAYNE
10
GAULD
11
DARCY
1
CHARLES
2
DAVIES
3
TRAYNOR
4
CONNER
5
PAGE
6
HUXFORD
7
PAINE
8
O'BRIEN
9
REEVES
10
CLIFTON
11
SYDENHAM
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2John HIGGINS
3Walter BINGLEY
4Jack FOUNTAIN
5Peter CHAMBERLAIN
6Keith MORGAN
7Dave CORBETT
8Willie MARSHALL
9David LAYNE
10Jimmy GAULD
11Arnold DARCY
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD
Southampton
1Bob CHARLES1
2Ron DAVIES2
3Tommy TRAYNOR3
4Dick CONNER4
5John PAGE5
6Cliff HUXFORD6
7Terry PAINE7
8George O'BRIEN8
9Derek REEVES9
10Brian CLIFTON10
11John SYDENHAM11
Manager/Head Coach
Ted BATES

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday February 27th, 1960:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday February 27th, 1960:

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 32 15 1 1 55 26 5 5 5 28 27 20 6 6 83 53 1.57 46
2 Bury Bury 34 11 1 5 27 18 8 4 5 25 15 19 5 10 52 33 1.58 43
3 Norwich City Norwich City 33 11 1 3 36 19 6 5 7 24 26 17 6 10 60 45 1.33 40
4 Coventry City Coventry City 32 11 3 2 32 14 5 4 7 28 29 16 7 9 60 43 1.40 39
5 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 34 8 6 3 36 21 5 6 6 30 32 13 12 9 66 53 1.25 38
6 Colchester United Colchester United 34 11 4 1 34 14 3 5 10 24 38 14 9 11 58 52 1.12 37
7 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 34 8 7 2 33 20 5 4 8 23 33 13 11 10 56 53 1.06 37
8 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 32 10 4 3 44 24 4 4 7 29 31 14 8 10 73 55 1.33 36
9 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 32 10 4 1 31 11 4 3 10 24 28 14 7 11 55 39 1.41 35
10 Port Vale Port Vale 33 12 3 2 37 15 3 2 11 21 40 15 5 13 58 55 1.05 35
11 Bradford City Bradford 31 8 6 3 31 19 4 3 7 23 27 12 9 10 54 46 1.17 33
12 York City York City 33 9 5 2 28 16 2 6 9 15 32 11 11 11 43 48 0.90 33
13 Barnsley Barnsley 33 9 5 3 32 22 2 5 9 16 31 11 10 12 48 53 0.91 32
14 Swindon Town Swindon 33 8 5 4 26 22 5 1 10 20 30 13 6 14 46 52 0.88 32
15 Brentford Brentford 33 8 4 3 30 18 4 3 11 24 33 12 7 14 54 51 1.06 31
16 Newport County Newport County 32 11 0 4 41 25 3 3 11 13 35 14 3 15 54 60 0.90 31
17 Halifax Town Halifax Town 32 8 2 6 29 21 4 5 7 17 33 12 7 13 46 54 0.85 31
18 Southend United Southend United 32 11 1 4 37 20 1 4 11 13 35 12 5 15 50 55 0.91 29
19 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 33 8 6 2 40 22 2 2 13 17 36 10 8 15 57 58 0.98 28
20 Reading Reading 32 9 2 6 39 31 1 5 9 25 35 10 7 15 64 66 0.97 27
21 Chesterfield Chesterfield 32 8 3 7 29 29 3 1 10 19 35 11 4 17 48 64 0.75 26
22 Wrexham Wrexham 32 8 2 6 27 25 1 2 13 24 52 9 4 19 51 77 0.66 22
23 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 31 6 4 4 33 32 2 1 14 22 52 8 5 18 55 84 0.65 21
24 Accrington Stanley Accrington 33 3 4 10 24 39 5 0 11 19 46 8 4 21 43 85 0.51 20

Match Programme