Match Centre

Saturday October 21st, 1961

Football League Division Three

Bristol City

5 - 3

5

B. Williams (14', 39'), J. Atyeo (20'), T. Casey (29'), D. Noake (58')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

3

E. Hunt (16' pen, 82'), K. McPherson (21')
B. Williams (14', 39'), J. Atyeo (20'), T. Casey (29'), D. Noake (58')
(HT: 3-2)

Attendance: 12,893

E. Hunt (16' pen, 82'), K. McPherson (21')

Lineups


1
COOK
2
BRIGGS
3
THRESHER
4
ETHERIDGE
5
CONNOR
6
CASEY
7
ROGERS
8
ATYEO
9
TAIT
10
WILLIAMS
11
NOAKE
1
BURTON
2
JONES
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
OWEN
6
WOODRUFF
7
SUMMERBEE
8
HUNT
9
McPHERSON
10
HUNT
11
DARCY
Bristol City
1Tony COOK
2Alec BRIGGS
3Mike THRESHER
4Bobby ETHERIDGE
5Jack CONNOR
6Tommy CASEY
7Jimmy ROGERS
8John ATYEO
9Alex TAIT
10Bobby 'Shadow' WILLIAMS
11David NOAKE
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2Ken JONES2
3John TROLLOPE3
4Keith MORGAN4
5Maurice OWEN5
6Bobby WOODRUFF6
7Mike SUMMERBEE7
8Ernie HUNT8
9Ken McPHERSON9
10Ralph HUNT10
11Arnold DARCY11

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday October 21st, 1961:

Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford (PA) 2-0 Halifax Town Halifax Town
Brentford Brentford 3-2 Portsmouth Portsmouth
Bristol City Bristol City 5-3 Swindon Town Swindon
Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 1-1 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Newport County Newport County 0-1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Peterborough United Peterborough United 5-4 Lincoln City Lincoln City
Port Vale Port Vale 4-1 Torquay United Torquay United
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 1-3 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Southend United Southend United 0-1 Watford Watford

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday October 21st, 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 17 6 2 0 17 6 4 4 1 15 9 10 6 1 32 15 2.13 26
2 Portsmouth Portsmouth 16 5 4 0 15 8 4 1 2 13 9 9 5 2 28 17 1.65 23
3 Peterborough United Peterborough United 17 6 0 3 26 20 5 1 2 20 21 11 1 5 46 41 1.12 23
4 Reading Reading 17 5 1 2 16 10 5 0 4 19 21 10 1 6 35 31 1.13 21
5 Port Vale Port Vale 18 6 1 2 17 8 2 3 4 10 16 8 4 6 27 24 1.13 20
6 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 16 4 2 3 26 18 3 3 1 15 10 7 5 4 41 28 1.46 19
7 Bristol City Bristol City 18 5 1 3 17 10 3 2 4 10 12 8 3 7 27 22 1.23 19
8 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 17 5 2 2 18 9 3 1 4 7 16 8 3 6 25 25 1 19
9 Northampton Town Northampton Town 18 2 3 3 15 11 5 1 4 18 13 7 4 7 33 24 1.38 18
10 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 18 3 3 3 20 18 3 3 3 17 12 6 6 6 37 30 1.23 18
11 Coventry City Coventry City 17 5 3 1 19 10 1 3 4 7 15 6 6 5 26 25 1.04 18
12 Watford Watford 18 3 5 1 16 13 3 1 5 13 20 6 6 6 29 33 0.88 18
13 Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford (PA) 16 5 1 2 17 9 3 0 5 12 17 8 1 7 29 26 1.12 17
14 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 17 4 2 3 25 20 2 3 3 8 11 6 5 6 33 31 1.06 17
15 Hull City Hull City 15 4 0 2 10 4 1 5 3 11 14 5 5 5 21 18 1.17 15
16 Notts County Notts County 16 6 2 1 23 10 0 1 6 8 18 6 3 7 31 28 1.11 15
17 Southend United Southend United 17 4 2 3 13 10 1 3 4 11 14 5 5 7 24 24 1 15
18 Halifax Town Halifax Town 15 3 2 1 8 5 3 1 5 14 20 6 3 6 22 25 0.88 15
19 Barnsley Barnsley 17 4 1 3 19 15 2 2 5 12 23 6 3 8 31 38 0.82 15
20 Swindon Town Swindon 18 2 6 1 15 10 2 0 7 11 26 4 6 8 26 36 0.72 14
21 Lincoln City Lincoln City 16 2 1 4 9 15 2 3 4 16 22 4 4 8 25 37 0.68 12
22 Torquay United Torquay United 16 2 0 7 18 21 2 1 4 10 18 4 1 11 28 39 0.72 9
23 Newport County Newport County 17 2 0 7 14 19 1 3 4 8 19 3 3 11 22 38 0.58 9
24 Brentford Brentford 17 4 1 3 11 9 0 0 9 3 28 4 1 12 14 37 0.38 9

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