Match Centre

Saturday March 12th, 1960

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

4 - 2

4

D. Layne (15', 47', 61'), E. Hunt (59')

Shrewsbury Town

Shrewsbury Town

2

R. Ambler (11', 34')
D. Layne (15', 47', 61'), E. Hunt (59')
(HT: 1-2)

Attendance: 7,595

R. Ambler (11', 34')
G.W. Pullin

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HIGGINS
3
BINGLEY
4
FOUNTAIN
5
CHAMBERLAIN
6
MORGAN
7
SUMMERBEE
8
HUNT
9
LAYNE
10
MARSHALL
11
DARCY
1
MILLER
2
HOBSON
3
SKEECH
4
HARLEY
5
POUNTNEY
6
WALTERS
7
CORNFIELD
8
STARKEY
9
AMBLER
10
EDGLEY
11
WHITAKER

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday March 12th, 1960:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday March 12th, 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 35 16 1 1 58 27 5 5 7 30 36 21 6 8 88 63 1.40 48
2 Bury Bury 36 11 2 5 27 18 8 4 6 25 17 19 6 11 52 35 1.49 44
3 Norwich City Norwich City 35 12 1 3 40 19 6 6 7 25 27 18 7 10 65 46 1.41 43
4 Coventry City Coventry City 35 12 4 2 37 16 5 4 8 28 30 17 8 10 65 46 1.41 42
5 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 36 9 6 3 39 23 5 6 7 32 35 14 12 10 71 58 1.22 40
6 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 35 12 4 1 35 11 4 3 11 25 31 16 7 12 60 42 1.43 39
7 Colchester United Colchester United 36 12 4 1 38 14 3 5 11 26 41 15 9 12 64 55 1.16 39
8 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 36 9 7 2 36 22 5 4 9 23 34 14 11 11 59 56 1.05 39
9 Port Vale Port Vale 36 13 3 2 39 16 3 3 12 23 45 16 6 14 62 61 1.02 38
10 Bradford City Bradford 34 8 7 3 31 19 5 4 7 26 29 13 11 10 57 48 1.19 37
11 Brentford Brentford 36 10 4 3 34 18 5 3 11 28 36 15 7 14 62 54 1.15 37
12 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 34 10 4 4 46 28 4 4 8 31 35 14 8 12 77 63 1.22 36
13 Newport County Newport County 36 13 1 4 51 28 3 3 12 14 37 16 4 16 65 65 1 36
14 Barnsley Barnsley 37 10 5 3 33 22 2 7 10 18 34 12 12 13 51 56 0.91 36
15 Swindon Town Swindon 35 9 5 4 30 24 5 1 11 20 33 14 6 15 50 57 0.88 34
16 Halifax Town Halifax Town 34 9 2 6 32 22 4 5 8 19 36 13 7 14 51 58 0.88 33
17 York City York City 35 9 5 3 30 19 2 6 10 16 35 11 11 13 46 54 0.85 33
18 Reading Reading 35 10 2 6 42 31 2 5 10 28 39 12 7 16 70 70 1 31
19 Southend United Southend United 35 11 3 4 40 23 1 4 12 13 36 12 7 16 53 59 0.90 31
20 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 36 9 6 3 43 25 2 2 14 17 40 11 8 17 60 65 0.92 30
21 Chesterfield Chesterfield 35 9 3 7 33 30 4 1 11 23 40 13 4 18 56 70 0.80 30
22 Wrexham Wrexham 36 10 2 6 31 25 1 3 14 26 57 11 5 20 57 82 0.70 27
23 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 33 7 4 4 36 34 2 1 15 22 55 9 5 19 58 89 0.65 23
24 Accrington Stanley Accrington 35 3 4 11 27 43 5 0 12 19 50 8 4 23 46 93 0.49 20

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