Match Centre

Saturday March 5th, 1960

Football League Division Three

Reading

3 - 0

3

G. Neate (49' pen), B. Ayre (75', 77')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

G. Neate (49' pen), B. Ayre (75', 77')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 11,690

K.R. Tuck
Elm Park, Reading

Lineups


1
JONES
2
GOODALL
3
NEATE
4
SPIERS
5
DAVIES
6
WALKER
7
McILVENNY
8
WHEELER
9
AYRE
10
WHITEHOUSE
11
BUCK
1
BURTON
2
HIGGINS
3
BINGLEY
4
FOUNTAIN
5
CHAMBERLAIN
6
MORGAN
7
CORBETT
8
MARSHALL
9
LAYNE
10
GAULD
11
DARCY
Reading
1Dave JONES
2Bernard GOODALL
3Gordon NEATE
4Dick SPIERS
5Bill DAVIES
6Johnny WALKER
7John McILVENNY
8Jimmy WHEELER
9Bobby AYRE
10Jimmy WHITEHOUSE
11George BUCK
Manager/Head Coach
Harry JOHNSTON
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2John HIGGINS2
3Walter BINGLEY3
4Jack FOUNTAIN4
5Peter CHAMBERLAIN5
6Keith MORGAN6
7Dave CORBETT7
8Willie MARSHALL8
9David LAYNE9
10Jimmy GAULD10
11Arnold DARCY11
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday March 5th, 1960:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday March 5th, 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 33 16 1 1 58 27 5 5 5 28 27 21 6 6 86 54 1.59 48
2 Bury Bury 35 11 2 5 27 18 8 4 5 25 15 19 6 10 52 33 1.58 44
3 Norwich City Norwich City 34 12 1 3 40 19 6 5 7 24 26 18 6 10 64 45 1.42 42
4 Coventry City Coventry City 33 11 3 2 32 14 5 4 8 28 30 16 7 10 60 44 1.36 39
5 Colchester United Colchester United 35 12 4 1 38 14 3 5 10 24 38 15 9 11 62 52 1.19 39
6 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 35 8 6 3 36 21 5 6 7 32 35 13 12 10 68 56 1.21 38
7 Port Vale Port Vale 34 13 3 2 39 16 3 2 11 21 40 16 5 13 60 56 1.07 37
8 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 35 8 7 2 33 20 5 4 9 23 34 13 11 11 56 54 1.04 37
9 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 33 10 4 4 46 28 4 4 7 29 31 14 8 11 75 59 1.27 36
10 Bradford City Bradford 33 8 6 3 31 19 5 4 7 26 29 13 10 10 57 48 1.19 36
11 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 33 10 4 1 31 11 4 3 11 25 31 14 7 12 56 42 1.33 35
12 Barnsley Barnsley 35 10 5 3 33 22 2 6 9 18 33 12 11 12 51 55 0.93 35
13 Brentford Brentford 34 9 4 3 31 18 4 3 11 24 33 13 7 14 55 51 1.08 33
14 Newport County Newport County 34 12 0 4 45 26 3 3 12 14 37 15 3 16 59 63 0.94 33
15 Halifax Town Halifax Town 33 9 2 6 32 22 4 5 7 17 33 13 7 13 49 55 0.89 33
16 York City York City 34 9 5 2 28 16 2 6 10 16 35 11 11 12 44 51 0.86 33
17 Swindon Town Swindon 34 8 5 4 26 22 5 1 11 20 33 13 6 15 46 55 0.84 32
18 Southend United Southend United 34 11 3 4 40 23 1 4 11 13 35 12 7 15 53 58 0.91 31
19 Reading Reading 33 10 2 6 42 31 1 5 9 25 35 11 7 15 67 66 1.02 29
20 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 35 8 6 3 42 25 2 2 14 17 40 10 8 17 59 65 0.91 28
21 Chesterfield Chesterfield 33 8 3 7 29 29 4 1 10 23 37 12 4 17 52 66 0.79 28
22 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 32 7 4 4 36 34 2 1 14 22 52 9 5 18 58 86 0.67 23
23 Wrexham Wrexham 34 8 2 6 27 25 1 3 14 26 57 9 5 20 53 82 0.65 23
24 Accrington Stanley Accrington 34 3 4 10 24 39 5 0 12 19 50 8 4 22 43 89 0.48 20

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