Match Centre

Saturday December 17th, 1960

Football League Division Three

Halifax Town

1 - 1

1

G. Whitelaw (15')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

J. Bell (44')
G. Whitelaw (15')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 4,294

J. Bell (44')
R.A.J. Leafe
The Shay, Halifax

Lineups


1
KNOWLES
2
STANLEY
3
HUDSON
4
TILLEY
5
SOUTH
6
FAGAN
7
PRIESTLEY
8
SINCLAIR
9
WHITELAW
10
LARGE
11
BLACKBURN
1
BURTON
2
WOLLEN
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
OWEN
6
BELL
7
SUMMERBEE
8
HUNT
9
LAYNE
10
WOODRUFF
11
CORBETT
Halifax Town
1David KNOWLES
2Pat STANLEY
3Geoff HUDSON
4Peter TILLEY
5Alex SOUTH
6George FAGAN
7Gerry PRIESTLEY57'
8Willie SINCLAIR
9George WHITELAW
10Frank LARGE
11Alan BLACKBURN
Manager/Head Coach
Billy FRITH
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2Terry WOLLEN2
3John TROLLOPE3
4Keith MORGAN4
5Maurice OWEN5
6John BELL6
7Mike SUMMERBEE7
8Ernie HUNT8
9David LAYNE9
10Bobby WOODRUFF10
11Dave CORBETT11
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday December 17th, 1960:

Bristol City Bristol City 1-2 Bradford City Bradford
Chesterfield Chesterfield 2-3 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town
Coventry City Coventry City 5-2 Barnsley Barnsley
Halifax Town Halifax Town 1-1 Swindon Town Swindon
Hull City Hull City 1-1 Colchester United Colchester United
Notts County Notts County 3-1 Watford Watford
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 3-1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Reading Reading 2-3 Newport County Newport County
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 2-1 Torquay United Torquay United
Walsall Walsall 6-2 Port Vale Port Vale

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday December 17th, 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 Bury Bury 21 8 1 1 32 8 7 2 2 28 11 15 3 3 60 19 3.16 33
2 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 23 8 2 1 26 15 5 4 3 21 17 13 6 4 47 32 1.47 32
3 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 23 9 3 0 32 11 4 2 5 18 19 13 5 5 50 30 1.67 31
4 Torquay United Torquay United 23 6 6 0 24 12 4 3 4 23 23 10 9 4 47 35 1.34 29
5 Walsall Walsall 22 10 2 0 35 13 2 1 7 11 20 12 3 7 46 33 1.39 27
6 Halifax Town Halifax Town 22 9 3 0 28 13 1 4 5 14 26 10 7 5 42 39 1.08 27
7 Notts County Notts County 22 9 1 0 30 12 1 5 6 15 30 10 6 6 45 42 1.07 26
8 Port Vale Port Vale 22 7 2 3 30 14 2 4 4 19 26 9 6 7 49 40 1.23 24
9 Newport County Newport County 20 6 3 0 26 11 3 3 5 19 27 9 6 5 45 38 1.18 24
10 Watford Watford 21 5 4 2 23 16 3 3 4 14 20 8 7 6 37 36 1.03 23
11 Barnsley Barnsley 21 6 3 1 22 12 4 0 7 14 26 10 3 8 36 38 0.95 23
12 Hull City Hull City 23 7 2 3 27 13 2 2 7 13 26 9 4 10 40 39 1.03 22
13 Coventry City Coventry City 23 7 3 1 28 13 1 3 8 14 30 8 6 9 42 43 0.98 22
14 Swindon Town Swindon 22 5 1 4 16 9 1 6 5 12 17 6 7 9 28 26 1.08 19
15 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 21 5 5 1 24 15 0 4 6 11 25 5 9 7 35 40 0.88 19
16 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 23 3 5 3 16 19 4 0 8 13 21 7 5 11 29 40 0.73 19
17 Brentford Brentford 22 5 2 4 22 18 1 4 6 7 22 6 6 10 29 40 0.73 18
18 Bristol City Bristol City 22 7 1 3 26 12 0 2 9 9 28 7 3 12 35 40 0.88 17
19 Southend United Southend United 22 5 3 4 19 15 1 2 7 11 21 6 5 11 30 36 0.83 17
20 Colchester United Colchester United 22 4 3 4 19 17 2 2 7 13 27 6 5 11 32 44 0.73 17
21 Bradford City Bradford 19 4 2 2 17 15 1 4 6 12 18 5 6 8 29 33 0.88 16
22 Reading Reading 22 5 3 3 19 15 0 3 8 14 35 5 6 11 33 50 0.66 16
23 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 21 3 3 5 23 33 2 0 8 13 34 5 3 13 36 67 0.54 13
24 Chesterfield Chesterfield 22 3 2 6 17 17 0 2 9 10 32 3 4 15 27 49 0.55 10

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