Match Centre

Saturday April 8th, 1961

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

3 - 0

3

B. Woodruff (22'), K. Jobling (53' o.g.), E. Hunt (86')

Grimsby Town

Grimsby Town

0

B. Woodruff (22'), K. Jobling (53' o.g.), E. Hunt (86')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 10,170

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
JONES
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
OWEN
6
BELL
7
CORBETT
8
HUNT
9
SUMMERBEE
10
WOODRUFF
11
JONES
1
WHITE
2
DONOVAN
3
KEEBLE
4
WELBOURNE
5
JOBLING
6
COCKERILL
7
WILLIAMS
8
RAFFERTY
9
CULLEN
10
HUNT
11
SCOTT

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday April 8th, 1961:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday April 8th, 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 42 17 3 2 59 17 10 4 6 43 28 27 7 8 102 45 2.27 61
2 Walsall Walsall 42 18 4 0 60 19 7 1 12 29 37 25 5 12 89 56 1.59 55
3 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 41 16 4 1 51 21 6 5 9 27 32 22 9 10 78 53 1.47 53
4 Port Vale Port Vale 42 15 2 5 62 29 2 10 8 31 45 17 12 13 93 74 1.26 46
5 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 41 12 4 3 41 26 6 6 10 28 35 18 10 13 69 61 1.13 46
6 Torquay United Torquay United 41 8 12 2 36 20 6 5 8 34 44 14 17 10 70 64 1.09 45
7 Watford Watford 41 10 6 4 40 23 7 5 9 31 43 17 11 13 71 66 1.08 45
8 Notts County Notts County 42 13 3 4 44 21 5 6 11 30 52 18 9 15 74 73 1.01 45
9 Barnsley Barnsley 38 12 4 2 45 22 6 2 12 26 46 18 6 14 71 68 1.04 42
10 Newport County Newport County 41 12 6 3 50 28 4 4 12 26 52 16 10 15 76 80 0.95 42
11 Halifax Town Halifax Town 40 12 6 1 38 18 1 10 10 26 50 13 16 11 64 68 0.94 42
12 Hull City Hull City 40 12 4 4 48 26 4 5 11 20 39 16 9 15 68 65 1.05 41
13 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 39 11 6 2 44 22 2 8 10 25 42 13 14 12 69 64 1.08 40
14 Coventry City Coventry City 40 13 5 2 51 22 1 6 13 20 45 14 11 15 71 67 1.06 39
15 Bristol City Bristol City 42 13 4 4 45 19 2 5 14 18 46 15 9 18 63 65 0.97 39
16 Brentford Brentford 41 9 7 4 37 25 3 8 10 15 35 12 15 14 52 60 0.87 39
17 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 42 8 7 6 33 34 6 2 13 21 35 14 9 19 54 69 0.78 37
18 Southend United Southend United 42 9 8 5 34 25 3 3 14 20 45 12 11 19 54 70 0.77 35
19 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 42 10 4 7 50 48 4 3 14 25 59 14 7 21 75 107 0.70 35
20 Swindon Town Swindon 40 10 5 4 35 14 1 7 13 20 38 11 12 17 55 52 1.06 34
21 Reading Reading 40 10 5 5 36 27 1 6 13 21 49 11 11 18 57 76 0.75 33
22 Bradford City Bradford 41 8 7 6 36 34 2 5 13 22 45 10 12 19 58 79 0.73 32
23 Chesterfield Chesterfield 42 9 5 8 40 27 1 5 14 20 50 10 10 22 60 77 0.78 30
24 Colchester United Colchester United 42 6 5 9 32 37 3 5 14 26 55 9 10 23 58 92 0.63 28

Match Programme