Match Centre

Saturday August 26th, 1961

Football League Division Three

Crystal Palace

3 - 1

3

R. Allen (27' pen, 90' pen), J. Byrne (47')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

J. Trollope (78')
R. Allen (27' pen, 90' pen), J. Byrne (47')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 24,184

J. Trollope (78')
G.D. Roper
Selhurst Park, South Norwood

Lineups


1
ROUSE
2
McNICHOL
3
LITTLE
4
LONG
5
CHOULES
6
PETCHEY
7
WERGE
8
SUMMERSBY
9
BYRNE
10
SMILLIE
11
ALLEN
1
BURTON
2
JONES
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
OWEN
6
BELL
7
CORBETT
8
HUNT
9
SUMMERBEE
10
HUNT
11
DARCY
Crystal Palace
1Vic ROUSE
2Johnny McNICHOL
3Roy LITTLE
4Terry LONG
5Len CHOULES
6George PETCHEY
7Eddie WERGE
8Roy SUMMERSBY
9Johnny BYRNE
10Andy SMILLIE
11Ronnie ALLEN
Manager/Head Coach
Arthur ROWE
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2Ken JONES2
3John TROLLOPE3
4Keith MORGAN4
5Maurice OWEN5
6John BELL6
7Dave CORBETT7
35' 8Ernie HUNT8 35'
9Mike SUMMERBEE9
10Ralph HUNT10
11Arnold DARCY11
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday August 26th, 1961:

Barnsley Barnsley 2-4 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 3-1 Torquay United Torquay United
Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford (PA) 3-2 Notts County Notts County
Brentford Brentford 1-2 Reading Reading
Bristol City Bristol City 0-1 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 3-1 Swindon Town Swindon
Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 3-1 Southend United Southend United
Hull City Hull City 1-0 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Port Vale Port Vale 0-1 Peterborough United Peterborough United
Portsmouth Portsmouth 1-1 Halifax Town Halifax Town
Watford Watford 3-3 Lincoln City Lincoln City

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday August 26th, 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 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 3 2 0 0 7 2 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 9 3 3 6
2 Reading Reading 3 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 8 4 3 0 0 12 4 3 6
3 Peterborough United Peterborough United 3 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 0 0 7 4 1.75 6
4 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 3 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 5 1 5 5
5 Halifax Town Halifax Town 3 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 6 2 3 5
6 Portsmouth Portsmouth 3 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 5 2 2.50 5
7 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 3 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 5 2 2.50 5
8 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 3 1 0 1 5 4 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 7 4 1.75 4
9 Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford (PA) 3 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 6 4 1.50 4
10 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 3 1 0 1 6 6 1 0 0 4 2 2 0 1 10 8 1.25 4
11 Coventry City Coventry City 3 2 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 1 5 5 1 4
12 Port Vale Port Vale 3 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 2 6 5 1.20 2
13 Watford Watford 3 0 2 1 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 6 0.83 2
14 Barnsley Barnsley 3 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 2 5 7 0.71 2
15 Torquay United Torquay United 3 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 0 2 5 7 0.71 2
16 Southend United Southend United 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 2 3 5 0.60 2
17 Notts County Notts County 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 7 1 0 2 4 7 0.57 2
18 Bristol City Bristol City 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 0.50 2
19 Hull City Hull City 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 7 1 0 2 3 7 0.43 2
20 Lincoln City Lincoln City 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 3 5 0 1 2 3 7 0.43 1
21 Northampton Town Northampton Town 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 1
22 Swindon Town Swindon 3 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 2 5 0 0 3 3 8 0.38 0
23 Brentford Brentford 3 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 1 7 0.14 0
24 Newport County Newport County 3 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 7 0 0

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