Match Centre

Saturday February 18th, 1961

Football League Division Three

Port Vale

4 - 1

4

B. Llewellyn (30 secs, 50', 57'), H. Oscroft (79')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

C. Jackson (47')
B. Llewellyn (30 secs, 50', 57'), H. Oscroft (79')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 9,633

C. Jackson (47')
J. Powell
Vale Park, Stoke-on-Trent

Lineups


1
HANCOCK
2
RAINE
3
SPROSON
4
POOLE
5
FORD
6
MILES
7
JACKSON
8
PORTWOOD
9
LLEWELLYN
10
STEELE
11
OSCROFT
1
BURTON
2
WOLLEN
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
OWEN
6
BELL
7
DARCY
8
HUNT
9
WOODRUFF
10
JACKSON
11
JONES
Port Vale
1Ken HANCOCK
2David RAINE
3Roy SPROSON
4Harry POOLE
5Peter FORD
6Terry MILES
7Brian JACKSON
8Cliff PORTWOOD
9Bert LLEWELLYN
10Stan STEELE
11Harry OSCROFT
Manager/Head Coach
Alf HAY
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2Terry WOLLEN2
3John TROLLOPE3
4Keith MORGAN4
5Maurice OWEN5
6John BELL6
7Arnold DARCY7
8Ernie HUNT8
9Bobby WOODRUFF9
10Cliff JACKSON10
11Fred JONES11
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday February 18th, 1961:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 4-4 Colchester United Colchester United
Bradford City Bradford 1-2 Newport County Newport County
Bristol City Bristol City 2-0 Reading Reading
Bury Bury 3-0 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers
Chesterfield Chesterfield 2-0 Watford Watford
Notts County Notts County 0-1 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town
Port Vale Port Vale 4-1 Swindon Town Swindon
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 2-1 Hull City Hull City
Southend United Southend United 1-1 Brentford Brentford
Walsall Walsall 0-0 Halifax Town Halifax Town

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday February 18th, 1961:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 32 13 4 0 45 18 5 4 6 24 25 18 8 6 69 43 1.60 44
2 Bury Bury 32 12 2 2 50 15 7 3 6 33 24 19 5 8 83 39 2.13 43
3 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 32 11 2 2 35 21 6 5 6 26 25 17 7 8 61 46 1.33 41
4 Notts County Notts County 31 13 1 1 42 14 3 6 7 24 39 16 7 8 66 53 1.25 39
5 Walsall Walsall 30 13 3 0 43 15 4 1 9 20 30 17 4 9 63 45 1.40 38
6 Port Vale Port Vale 32 12 2 3 50 18 2 7 6 25 34 14 9 9 75 52 1.44 37
7 Torquay United Torquay United 31 8 9 0 33 15 4 3 7 25 35 12 12 7 58 50 1.16 36
8 Halifax Town Halifax Town 31 10 5 0 35 16 1 8 7 21 39 11 13 7 56 55 1.02 35
9 Newport County Newport County 30 10 3 1 36 17 4 4 8 24 42 14 7 9 60 59 1.02 35
10 Barnsley Barnsley 28 10 3 1 37 18 5 0 9 20 34 15 3 10 57 52 1.10 33
11 Watford Watford 30 7 6 2 32 20 4 5 6 21 30 11 11 8 53 50 1.06 33
12 Coventry City Coventry City 29 10 4 1 39 17 1 4 9 14 33 11 8 10 53 50 1.06 30
13 Brentford Brentford 32 8 3 4 31 22 2 6 9 13 32 10 9 13 44 54 0.81 29
14 Bristol City Bristol City 30 10 2 3 34 14 1 4 10 14 34 11 6 13 48 48 1 28
15 Hull City Hull City 31 9 3 4 37 19 2 3 10 14 34 11 6 14 51 53 0.96 28
16 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 30 7 5 2 32 19 1 6 9 21 39 8 11 11 53 58 0.91 27
17 Southend United Southend United 32 7 6 4 30 23 2 3 10 17 35 9 9 14 47 58 0.81 27
18 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 33 6 6 5 29 31 4 0 12 17 32 10 6 17 46 63 0.73 26
19 Swindon Town Swindon 30 6 4 4 24 13 1 7 8 15 26 7 11 12 39 39 1 25
20 Reading Reading 30 8 5 3 29 21 0 4 10 16 41 8 9 13 45 62 0.73 25
21 Bradford City Bradford 28 5 5 3 24 21 1 5 9 17 30 6 10 12 41 51 0.80 22
22 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 32 5 4 6 35 42 3 2 12 21 52 8 6 18 56 94 0.60 22
23 Colchester United Colchester United 32 4 5 7 25 27 2 3 11 21 42 6 8 18 46 69 0.67 20
24 Chesterfield Chesterfield 32 4 5 7 23 22 0 4 12 15 43 4 9 19 38 65 0.58 17

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