Match Centre

Saturday April 1st, 1961

Football League Division Three

Colchester United

3 - 1

3

B. Hunt (27'), M. King (52'), P. Wright (75')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

B. Woodruff (2')
B. Hunt (27'), M. King (52'), P. Wright (75')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 3,182

B. Woodruff (2')
A.J. Sturgeon
Layer Road, Colchester

Lineups


1
AMES
2
EAGLES
3
FOWLER
4
HARRIS
5
MILLIGAN
6
HAMMOND
7
HILL
8
HUNT
9
KING
10
McLEOD
11
WRIGHT
1
TEAGUE
2
JONES
3
THOMPSON
4
MORGAN
5
OWEN
6
BELL
7
CORBETT
8
HUNT
9
SUMMERBEE
10
WOODRUFF
11
DARCY
Colchester United
1Percy AMES
2Alan EAGLES
3John FOWLER
4Trevor HARRIS
5Chic MILLIGAN
6Cyril HAMMOND
7Bobby HILL
8Bobby HUNT
9Martyn KING
10Sammy McLEOD
11Peter WRIGHT
Manager/Head Coach
Alec STOCK
Swindon Town
1Mick TEAGUE1
2Ken JONES2
3Freddy THOMPSON3
4Keith MORGAN4
5Maurice OWEN5
6John BELL6
7Dave CORBETT7
8Ernie HUNT8
9Mike SUMMERBEE9
10Bobby WOODRUFF10
11Arnold DARCY11
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday April 1st, 1961:

Barnsley Barnsley 5-1 Port Vale Port Vale
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 1-0 Chesterfield Chesterfield
Bradford City Bradford 2-1 Southend United Southend United
Bristol City Bristol City 0-0 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Colchester United Colchester United 3-1 Swindon Town Swindon
Coventry City Coventry City 2-0 Halifax Town Halifax Town
Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 0-0 Brentford Brentford
Hull City Hull City 3-2 Watford Watford
Newport County Newport County 2-2 Torquay United Torquay United
Notts County Notts County 0-3 Bury Bury
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 1-0 Walsall Walsall
Reading Reading 1-2 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday April 1st, 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 40 16 2 2 56 16 10 4 6 43 28 26 6 8 99 44 2.25 58
2 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 39 16 4 1 51 21 6 5 7 26 27 22 9 8 77 48 1.60 53
3 Walsall Walsall 40 16 4 0 55 18 7 1 12 29 37 23 5 12 84 55 1.53 51
4 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 39 12 4 3 41 26 6 6 8 28 30 18 10 11 69 56 1.23 46
5 Notts County Notts County 39 13 2 4 44 21 5 6 9 29 47 18 8 13 73 68 1.07 44
6 Port Vale Port Vale 40 14 2 5 59 28 2 9 8 30 44 16 11 13 89 72 1.24 43
7 Torquay United Torquay United 39 8 10 2 35 19 6 5 8 34 44 14 15 10 69 63 1.10 43
8 Watford Watford 39 9 6 3 38 22 7 5 9 31 43 16 11 12 69 65 1.06 43
9 Barnsley Barnsley 36 12 3 2 44 21 6 2 11 26 44 18 5 13 70 65 1.08 41
10 Newport County Newport County 39 12 5 3 49 27 4 4 11 25 49 16 9 14 74 76 0.97 41
11 Hull City Hull City 38 12 3 4 46 24 4 4 11 18 37 16 7 15 64 61 1.05 39
12 Halifax Town Halifax Town 38 11 6 1 36 17 1 9 10 25 49 12 15 11 61 66 0.92 39
13 Coventry City Coventry City 38 13 4 2 50 21 1 6 12 20 43 14 10 14 70 64 1.09 38
14 Bristol City Bristol City 40 13 4 4 45 19 2 4 13 17 44 15 8 17 62 63 0.98 38
15 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 37 10 6 2 40 21 2 7 10 24 41 12 13 12 64 62 1.03 37
16 Brentford Brentford 38 8 6 4 32 23 3 7 10 15 35 11 13 14 47 58 0.81 35
17 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 40 8 7 6 33 34 5 1 13 19 34 13 8 19 52 68 0.76 34
18 Southend United Southend United 39 8 8 4 32 24 3 3 13 20 42 11 11 17 52 66 0.79 33
19 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 40 9 4 7 48 48 4 2 14 24 58 13 6 21 72 106 0.68 32
20 Bradford City Bradford 39 8 6 6 35 33 2 5 12 21 41 10 11 18 56 74 0.76 31
21 Swindon Town Swindon 38 8 5 4 31 14 1 7 13 20 38 9 12 17 51 52 0.98 30
22 Reading Reading 37 9 5 5 33 27 0 6 12 20 47 9 11 17 53 74 0.72 29
23 Chesterfield Chesterfield 40 8 5 8 36 26 1 4 14 18 48 9 9 22 54 74 0.73 27
24 Colchester United Colchester United 40 6 5 9 32 37 3 4 13 25 51 9 9 22 57 88 0.65 27

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