Match Centre

Saturday October 28th, 1961

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

3 - 2

3

R. Hunt (43', 49'), K. McPherson (82')

Bradford (Park Avenue)

Bradford (Park Avenue)

2

J. Buchanan (4'), I. Gibson (33')
R. Hunt (43', 49'), K. McPherson (82')
(HT: 1-2)

Attendance: 9,400

J. Buchanan (4'), I. Gibson (33')
L. Callaghan
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
JONES
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
OWEN
6
WOODRUFF
7
SUMMERBEE
8
HUNT
9
McPHERSON
10
HUNT
11
JACKSON
1
GEBBIE
2
WALKER
3
MARCH
4
SCOULAR
5
McCALMAN
6
DICK
7
ATKINSON
8
SPRATT
9
BUCHANAN
10
GIBSON
11
HANNIGAN
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2Ken JONES
3John TROLLOPE
4Keith MORGAN
5Maurice OWEN
6Bobby WOODRUFF
7Mike SUMMERBEE
8Ernie HUNT
9Ken McPHERSON
10Ralph HUNT
11Cliff JACKSON
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD
Bradford (Park Avenue)
1Bert GEBBIE1
2Jimmy WALKER2
3John MARCH3
4Jimmy SCOULAR4
5Don McCALMAN5
6Wattie DICK6
7Charlie ATKINSON7
8Tommy SPRATT8
9Jock BUCHANAN9
10Ian GIBSON10
11Johnny HANNIGAN11
Manager/Head Coach
Jimmy SCOULAR

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday October 28th, 1961:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday October 28th, 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 18 7 2 0 20 6 4 4 1 15 9 11 6 1 35 15 2.33 28
2 Portsmouth Portsmouth 17 6 4 0 17 8 4 1 2 13 9 10 5 2 30 17 1.76 25
3 Peterborough United Peterborough United 18 6 0 3 26 20 5 2 2 22 23 11 2 5 48 43 1.12 24
4 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 17 5 2 3 30 19 3 3 1 15 10 8 5 4 45 29 1.55 21
5 Bristol City Bristol City 19 5 1 3 17 10 4 2 4 13 13 9 3 7 30 23 1.30 21
6 Port Vale Port Vale 19 6 1 2 17 8 2 4 4 11 17 8 5 6 28 25 1.12 21
7 Reading Reading 18 5 1 2 16 10 5 0 5 19 23 10 1 7 35 33 1.06 21
8 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 19 4 3 3 22 18 3 3 3 17 12 7 6 6 39 30 1.30 20
9 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 18 5 2 2 18 9 3 2 4 10 19 8 4 6 28 28 1 20
10 Watford Watford 19 4 5 1 19 14 3 1 5 13 20 7 6 6 32 34 0.94 20
11 Northampton Town Northampton Town 19 2 4 3 17 13 5 1 4 18 13 7 5 7 35 26 1.35 19
12 Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford (PA) 18 6 1 2 21 10 3 0 6 14 20 9 1 8 35 30 1.17 19
13 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 19 4 3 3 26 21 2 3 4 9 14 6 6 7 35 35 1 18
14 Coventry City Coventry City 18 5 3 1 19 10 1 3 5 8 19 6 6 6 27 29 0.93 18
15 Hull City Hull City 16 5 0 2 13 5 1 5 3 11 14 6 5 5 24 19 1.26 17
16 Halifax Town Halifax Town 16 3 3 1 11 8 3 1 5 14 20 6 4 6 25 28 0.89 16
17 Southend United Southend United 19 4 2 3 13 10 1 4 5 12 18 5 6 8 25 28 0.89 16
18 Barnsley Barnsley 18 4 2 3 21 17 2 2 5 12 23 6 4 8 33 40 0.83 16
19 Swindon Town Swindon 19 3 6 1 18 12 2 0 7 11 26 5 6 8 29 38 0.76 16
20 Notts County Notts County 17 6 2 1 23 10 0 1 7 9 21 6 3 8 32 31 1.03 15
21 Lincoln City Lincoln City 17 2 2 4 10 16 2 3 4 16 22 4 5 8 26 38 0.68 13
22 Brentford Brentford 18 4 1 3 11 9 0 1 9 5 30 4 2 12 16 39 0.41 10
23 Torquay United Torquay United 17 2 0 8 19 24 2 1 4 10 18 4 1 12 29 42 0.69 9
24 Newport County Newport County 19 2 0 7 14 19 1 3 6 9 25 3 3 13 23 44 0.52 9