Match Centre

Saturday March 18th, 1961

Football League Division Three

Barnsley

2 - 1

2

K. Oliver (10'), F. Beaumont (38')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

E. Hunt (48')
K. Oliver (10'), F. Beaumont (38')
(HT: 2-0)

Attendance: 7,545

E. Hunt (48')
T. Reynolds
Oakwell, Barnsley

Lineups


1
LEESON
2
SWIFT
3
GREEN
4
BARBER
5
SHARP
6
HOUGHTON
7
SMILLIE
8
OLIVER
9
HOPKINS
10
BEAUMONT
11
BROOKES
1
BURTON
2
JONES
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
OWEN
6
BELL
7
CORBETT
8
HUNT
9
SUMMERBEE
10
DARCY
11
JONES
Barnsley
1Don LEESON
2Colin SWIFT
3Allan GREEN
4Dave BARBER
5Duncan SHARP
6Billy HOUGHTON
7Ron SMILLIE
8Ken OLIVER
9Ollie HOPKINS
10Frank BEAUMONT
11Colin BROOKES
Manager/Head Coach
Peter JACKSON
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2Ken JONES2
3John TROLLOPE3
4Keith MORGAN4
5Maurice OWEN5
6John BELL6
7Dave CORBETT7
8Ernie HUNT8
9Mike SUMMERBEE9
10Arnold DARCY10
11Fred JONES11
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD

Newspaper Reports


Results


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

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday March 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 Bury Bury 36 14 2 2 53 16 9 3 6 38 26 23 5 8 91 42 2.17 51
2 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 36 14 4 1 47 20 6 5 6 26 26 20 9 7 73 46 1.59 49
3 Walsall Walsall 36 14 4 0 49 17 6 1 11 25 36 20 5 11 74 53 1.40 45
4 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 36 12 2 3 39 24 6 6 7 28 28 18 8 10 67 52 1.29 44
5 Notts County Notts County 36 13 1 3 43 17 5 6 8 28 44 18 7 11 71 61 1.16 43
6 Port Vale Port Vale 37 13 2 4 54 23 2 9 7 29 39 15 11 11 83 62 1.34 41
7 Torquay United Torquay United 36 8 9 2 34 18 6 3 8 30 40 14 12 10 64 58 1.10 40
8 Newport County Newport County 36 12 3 3 44 22 4 4 10 25 47 16 7 13 69 69 1 39
9 Barnsley Barnsley 32 11 3 1 39 19 6 1 10 24 38 17 4 11 63 57 1.11 38
10 Watford Watford 35 8 6 3 36 22 5 5 8 27 40 13 11 11 63 62 1.02 37
11 Bristol City Bristol City 37 13 2 4 43 17 2 4 12 17 40 15 6 16 60 57 1.05 36
12 Halifax Town Halifax Town 35 10 6 1 35 17 1 8 9 24 46 11 14 10 59 63 0.94 36
13 Coventry City Coventry City 34 12 4 2 48 21 1 5 10 15 35 13 9 12 63 56 1.13 35
14 Hull City Hull City 35 11 3 4 43 22 3 4 10 16 35 14 7 14 59 57 1.04 35
15 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 35 9 6 2 38 20 2 6 10 24 41 11 12 12 62 61 1.02 34
16 Brentford Brentford 36 8 5 4 32 23 3 6 10 15 35 11 11 14 47 58 0.81 33
17 Southend United Southend United 36 8 7 4 32 24 3 3 11 19 38 11 10 15 51 62 0.82 32
18 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 37 7 7 5 32 33 5 0 13 19 34 12 7 18 51 67 0.76 31
19 Reading Reading 34 9 5 4 32 25 0 6 10 19 44 9 11 14 51 69 0.74 29
20 Swindon Town Swindon 34 7 5 4 29 14 1 7 10 17 30 8 12 14 46 44 1.05 28
21 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 37 7 4 7 46 48 3 2 14 22 57 10 6 21 68 105 0.65 26
22 Bradford City Bradford 35 6 6 6 31 31 1 5 11 17 38 7 11 17 48 69 0.70 25
23 Colchester United Colchester United 37 5 5 8 29 32 3 3 13 25 51 8 8 21 54 83 0.65 24
24 Chesterfield Chesterfield 36 6 5 7 27 22 1 4 13 18 47 7 9 20 45 69 0.65 23

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