Match Centre

Saturday December 2nd, 1961

Football League Division Three

Newport County

2 - 2

2

G. Smith (15', 72')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

C. Jackson (40'), B. Atkins (54')
G. Smith (15', 72')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 4,506

C. Jackson (40'), B. Atkins (54')
H. Horner
Somerton Park, Newport

Lineups


1
CLARKE
2
THOMAS
3
ROWLAND
4
WILLIAMS
5
EVANS
6
BOWMAN
7
WALSH
8
HINSHELWOOD
9
BUCHANAN
10
SMITH
11
EDMUNDS
1
O'HARA
2
WOLLEN
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
OWEN
6
CHAMBERLAIN
7
SUMMERBEE
8
HUNT
9
SMITH
10
ATKINS
11
JACKSON
Newport County
1John CLARKE
2Dai THOMAS
3John ROWLAND
4David WILLIAMS
5Bobby EVANS
6Andy BOWMAN
7Brian WALSH
8Wally HINSHELWOOD
9Jock BUCHANAN
10Granville SMITH
11Redvern EDMUNDS
Manager/Head Coach
Bobby EVANS
Swindon Town
1Mike O'HARA1
2Terry WOLLEN2
3John TROLLOPE3
4Keith MORGAN4
5Maurice OWEN5
6Peter CHAMBERLAIN6
7Mike SUMMERBEE7
8Ernie HUNT8
9Jack SMITH9
10Bill ATKINS10
11Cliff JACKSON11
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday December 2nd, 1961:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday December 2nd, 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 21 7 3 0 21 7 4 5 2 18 13 11 8 2 39 20 1.95 30
2 Portsmouth Portsmouth 20 7 4 0 21 10 5 1 3 14 10 12 5 3 35 20 1.75 29
3 Reading Reading 21 7 1 2 20 12 6 0 5 20 23 13 1 7 40 35 1.14 27
4 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 22 5 3 3 26 19 5 3 3 20 12 10 6 6 46 31 1.48 26
5 Peterborough United Peterborough United 21 7 0 4 29 23 5 2 3 23 25 12 2 7 52 48 1.08 26
6 Bristol City Bristol City 22 7 1 3 21 11 4 2 5 16 20 11 3 8 37 31 1.19 25
7 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 20 6 2 3 32 20 3 4 2 15 12 9 6 5 47 32 1.47 24
8 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 21 7 2 2 20 9 3 2 5 11 23 10 4 7 31 32 0.97 24
9 Northampton Town Northampton Town 22 3 4 3 22 13 6 1 5 21 15 9 5 8 43 28 1.54 23
10 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 22 5 4 3 31 23 3 3 4 11 15 8 7 7 42 38 1.11 23
11 Watford Watford 22 5 5 1 21 15 3 2 6 16 24 8 7 7 37 39 0.95 23
12 Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford (PA) 21 7 2 2 25 13 3 0 7 16 24 10 2 9 41 37 1.11 22
13 Port Vale Port Vale 22 6 2 3 18 10 2 4 5 12 19 8 6 8 30 29 1.03 22
14 Coventry City Coventry City 21 6 3 2 20 12 1 4 5 9 20 7 7 7 29 32 0.91 21
15 Hull City Hull City 19 5 0 3 13 6 2 5 4 13 15 7 5 7 26 21 1.24 19
16 Notts County Notts County 20 7 3 1 24 10 0 2 7 12 24 7 5 8 36 34 1.06 19
17 Halifax Town Halifax Town 19 4 3 1 13 9 3 2 6 16 23 7 5 7 29 32 0.91 19
18 Barnsley Barnsley 21 5 2 3 28 20 2 2 7 15 30 7 4 10 43 50 0.86 18
19 Southend United Southend United 22 5 2 4 16 14 1 4 6 12 20 6 6 10 28 34 0.82 18
20 Swindon Town Swindon 22 3 6 2 19 14 2 1 8 15 31 5 7 10 34 45 0.76 17
21 Lincoln City Lincoln City 20 3 2 4 12 16 2 3 6 16 24 5 5 10 28 40 0.70 15
22 Brentford Brentford 21 5 2 3 14 11 0 1 10 6 32 5 3 13 20 43 0.47 13
23 Torquay United Torquay United 20 2 1 8 22 27 2 2 5 11 20 4 3 13 33 47 0.70 11
24 Newport County Newport County 22 2 1 8 16 23 1 3 7 9 30 3 4 15 25 53 0.47 10

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