Match Centre

Saturday March 17th, 1962

Football League Division Three

Bradford (Park Avenue)

2 - 2

2

J. Hannigan (47'), J. Buchanan (88')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

J. Smith (5'), A. Darcy (80')
J. Hannigan (47'), J. Buchanan (88')
(HT: 0-1)

Attendance: 8,184

J. Smith (5'), A. Darcy (80')
A. Jobling

Lineups


1
GEBBIE
2
WALKER
3
MARCH
4
SCOULAR
5
McCALMAN
6
DICK
7
HAM
8
BUCHANAN
9
ATKINSON
10
SPRATT
11
HANNIGAN
1
O'HARA
2
WOLLEN
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
OWEN
6
WOODRUFF
7
SUMMERBEE
8
HUNT
9
SMITH
10
ATKINS
11
DARCY

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday March 17th, 1962:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday March 17th, 1962:

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 36 13 6 0 41 17 11 2 4 31 14 24 8 4 72 31 2.32 56
2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 36 12 7 0 36 13 4 8 5 22 23 16 15 5 58 36 1.61 47
3 Bristol City Bristol City 38 13 1 5 47 20 8 4 7 35 33 21 5 12 82 53 1.55 47
4 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 36 14 2 2 35 13 6 3 9 22 34 20 5 11 57 47 1.21 45
5 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 34 11 2 4 50 25 6 5 6 31 34 17 7 10 81 59 1.37 41
6 Peterborough United Peterborough United 35 10 0 7 45 34 8 5 5 34 34 18 5 12 79 68 1.16 41
7 Reading Reading 35 10 4 3 33 19 8 1 9 30 39 18 5 12 63 58 1.09 41
8 Northampton Town Northampton Town 36 9 4 5 41 19 7 4 7 29 25 16 8 12 70 44 1.59 40
9 Watford Watford 38 10 7 2 36 22 4 3 12 21 38 14 10 14 57 60 0.95 38
10 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 37 8 4 6 47 37 6 4 9 29 32 14 8 15 76 69 1.10 36
11 Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford (PA) 33 12 4 2 40 18 3 1 11 21 40 15 5 13 61 58 1.05 35
12 Coventry City Coventry City 35 10 5 3 35 21 3 4 10 18 34 13 9 13 53 55 0.96 35
13 Port Vale Port Vale 35 10 3 5 32 16 3 5 9 17 28 13 8 14 49 44 1.11 34
14 Southend United Southend United 38 8 6 5 26 21 2 8 9 21 36 10 14 14 47 57 0.82 34
15 Notts County Notts County 33 11 4 2 36 18 2 3 11 17 37 13 7 13 53 55 0.96 33
16 Swindon Town Swindon 34 6 8 3 34 23 3 6 8 23 38 9 14 11 57 61 0.93 32
17 Hull City Hull City 34 10 2 6 28 18 2 5 9 16 26 12 7 15 44 44 1 31
18 Halifax Town Halifax Town 31 8 3 3 24 17 4 4 9 21 33 12 7 12 45 50 0.90 31
19 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 37 6 6 6 37 31 4 4 11 21 39 10 10 17 58 70 0.83 30
20 Barnsley Barnsley 35 6 5 6 35 33 4 5 9 24 39 10 10 15 59 72 0.82 30
21 Torquay United Torquay United 36 7 2 9 39 38 4 2 12 21 48 11 4 21 60 86 0.70 26
22 Lincoln City Lincoln City 35 3 7 7 21 28 4 5 9 23 36 7 12 16 44 64 0.69 26
23 Brentford Brentford 35 8 3 6 23 20 1 3 14 13 53 9 6 20 36 73 0.49 24
24 Newport County Newport County 36 4 2 11 22 33 1 3 15 14 50 5 5 26 36 83 0.43 15