Football League Division Three
(HT: 1-0)
Attendance: 17,301
Attendance: 17,301
J. Whitehouse (88')
Lineups
1
BURTON
BURTON
2
JONES
JONES
3
TROLLOPE
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
MORGAN
5
OWEN
OWEN
6
WOODRUFF
WOODRUFF
7
SUMMERBEE
SUMMERBEE
8
HUNT
HUNT
9
McPHERSON
McPHERSON
10
HUNT
HUNT
11
DARCY
DARCY
1
WILKIE
WILKIE
2
GOODALL
GOODALL
3
HIGH
HIGH
4
WALKER
WALKER
5
SPIERS
SPIERS
6
EVANS
EVANS
7
NORTON
NORTON
8
WHITEHOUSE
WHITEHOUSE
9
ALLEN
ALLEN
10
WHEELER
WHEELER
11
WEBB
WEBB
| Reading | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Arthur WILKIE1 | ||
| 2Bernard GOODALL2 | ||
| 3David HIGH3 | ||
| 4Johnny WALKER4 | ||
| 5Dick SPIERS5 | ||
| 6Maurice EVANS6 | ||
| 7Ralph NORTON7 | ||
| 8Jimmy WHITEHOUSE8 | ||
| 9Dennis ALLEN9 | ||
| 10Jimmy WHEELER10 | ||
| 11Duggie WEBB11 |
Newspaper Reports
Results
Football League Division Three results on Friday October 13th, 1961:
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
4-1 | 
Reading
Reading
|
Table
Football League Division Three table after matches on Friday October 13th, 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 | 
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 22 |
| 2 | 
Portsmouth
Portsmouth
|
14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 1.77 | 21 |
| 3 | 
Peterborough United
Peterborough United
|
15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 32 | 1.22 | 21 |
| 4 |
Reading
Reading
|
16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 30 | 1.10 | 19 |
| 5 | 
Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town
|
15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 1.41 | 18 |
| 6 | 
Port Vale
Port Vale
|
15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 1.22 | 18 |
| 7 | 
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
15 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 1.33 | 16 |
| 8 | 
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 24 | 1.46 | 15 |
| 9 | 
Hull City
Hull City
|
14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 1.24 | 15 |
| 10 | 
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
15 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 1.20 | 15 |
| 11 | 
Notts County
Notts County
|
15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 26 | 1.19 | 15 |
| 12 | 
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
|
14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 1.08 | 15 |
| 13 | 
Watford
Watford
|
15 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 0.96 | 15 |
| 14 | 
Coventry City
Coventry City
|
14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 14 |
| 15 | 
Halifax Town
Halifax Town
|
13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 0.96 | 14 |
| 16 | 
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 13 |
| 17 | 
Southend United
Southend United
|
14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 13 |
| 18 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
16 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 31 | 0.74 | 13 |
| 19 | 
Bradford (Park Avenue)
Bradford (PA)
|
13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 1 | 12 |
| 20 | 
Barnsley
Barnsley
|
15 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 37 | 0.76 | 12 |
| 21 | 
Lincoln City
Lincoln City
|
14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 30 | 0.67 | 12 |
| 22 | 
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
14 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 0.71 | 7 |
| 23 | 
Brentford
Brentford
|
15 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 32 | 0.31 | 7 |
| 24 | 
Newport County
Newport County
|
14 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 36 | 0.53 | 6 |
Match Programme
