Match Centre

Saturday December 23rd, 1961

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

5 - 0

5

J. Smith (29', 51'), B. Atkins (43', 52'), E. Hunt (55')

Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace

0

J. Smith (29', 51'), B. Atkins (43', 52'), E. Hunt (55')
(HT: 2-0)

Attendance: 7,707

J.E. Cooke
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
O'HARA
2
WOLLEN
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
OWEN
6
CHAMBERLAIN
7
SUMMERBEE
8
HUNT
9
SMITH
10
ATKINS
11
WEAVER
1
ROUSE
2
LONG
3
McNICHOL
4
SUMMERSBY
5
WOOD
6
PETCHEY
7
ALLEN
8
BYRNE
9
CARTWRIGHT
10
SMILLIE
11
HECKMAN
Swindon Town
1Mike O'HARA
2Terry WOLLEN
3John TROLLOPE
4Keith MORGAN
5Maurice OWEN
6Peter CHAMBERLAIN
7Mike SUMMERBEE
8Ernie HUNT
9Jack SMITH
10Bill ATKINS
11Eric WEAVER
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD
Crystal Palace
1Vic ROUSE1
2Terry LONG2
3Johnny McNICHOL3
4Roy SUMMERSBY4
5Brian WOOD5
6George PETCHEY6
7Ronnie ALLEN7
8Johnny BYRNE8
9John CARTWRIGHT9
10Andy SMILLIE10
11Ron HECKMAN11
Manager/Head Coach
Arthur ROWE

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday December 23rd, 1961:

Halifax Town Halifax Town 0-1 Portsmouth Portsmouth
Lincoln City Lincoln City 0-0 Watford Watford
Newport County Newport County 1-2 Coventry City Coventry City
Northampton Town Northampton Town 2-0 Hull City Hull City
Notts County Notts County 4-2 Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford (PA)
Peterborough United Peterborough United 1-3 Port Vale Port Vale
Reading Reading 4-0 Brentford Brentford
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 2-2 Bristol City Bristol City
Southend United Southend United 2-0 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town
Swindon Town Swindon 5-0 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday December 23rd, 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 Portsmouth Portsmouth 23 8 5 0 24 12 6 1 3 15 10 14 6 3 39 22 1.77 34
2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 24 7 5 0 23 9 4 5 3 19 15 11 10 3 42 24 1.75 32
3 Reading Reading 24 8 1 2 24 12 7 0 6 23 26 15 1 8 47 38 1.24 31
4 Bristol City Bristol City 25 8 1 3 27 11 5 3 5 21 24 13 4 8 48 35 1.37 30
5 Northampton Town Northampton Town 25 6 4 3 31 13 6 1 5 21 15 12 5 8 52 28 1.86 29
6 Peterborough United Peterborough United 24 7 0 5 30 26 6 3 3 27 26 13 3 8 57 52 1.10 29
7 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 22 7 2 3 35 21 4 4 2 19 13 11 6 5 54 34 1.59 28
8 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 25 6 3 4 35 24 5 3 4 20 17 11 6 8 55 41 1.34 28
9 Port Vale Port Vale 25 7 2 3 22 11 3 4 6 15 21 10 6 9 37 32 1.16 26
10 Watford Watford 25 6 5 1 23 16 3 3 7 16 26 9 8 8 39 42 0.93 26
11 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 24 8 2 2 21 9 3 2 7 12 27 11 4 9 33 36 0.92 26
12 Coventry City Coventry City 24 7 3 2 21 12 2 4 6 12 24 9 7 8 33 36 0.92 25
13 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 25 5 5 3 33 25 3 3 6 13 22 8 8 9 46 47 0.98 24
14 Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford (PA) 23 7 2 2 25 13 3 1 8 20 30 10 3 10 45 43 1.05 23
15 Hull City Hull City 22 6 1 3 17 8 2 5 5 13 17 8 6 8 30 25 1.20 22
16 Notts County Notts County 22 8 3 1 28 12 0 2 8 12 30 8 5 9 40 42 0.95 21
17 Southend United Southend United 24 6 2 4 18 14 1 5 6 12 20 7 7 10 30 34 0.88 21
18 Swindon Town Swindon 25 4 7 2 24 14 2 2 8 17 33 6 9 10 41 47 0.87 21
19 Halifax Town Halifax Town 20 4 3 2 13 10 3 2 6 16 23 7 5 8 29 33 0.88 19
20 Barnsley Barnsley 22 5 2 4 28 23 2 2 7 15 30 7 4 11 43 53 0.81 18
21 Lincoln City Lincoln City 23 3 3 5 14 19 2 4 6 16 24 5 7 11 30 43 0.70 17
22 Torquay United Torquay United 23 4 1 8 27 30 2 2 6 13 27 6 3 14 40 57 0.70 15
23 Brentford Brentford 24 5 2 4 15 15 0 1 12 6 41 5 3 16 21 56 0.38 13
24 Newport County Newport County 25 2 1 9 17 25 1 3 9 11 34 3 4 18 28 59 0.47 10

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