Match Centre

Friday March 8th, 1963

Football League Division Three

Reading

1 - 2

1

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

E. Hunt (66' pen, 76')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 16,126

E. Hunt (66' pen, 76')
J.K. Taylor

Lineups


1
WILKIE
2
WALKER
3
HIGH
4
PETTS
5
SPIERS
6
EVANS
7
PALETHORPE
8
WHEELER
9
TINDALL
10
SHREEVES
11
WEBB
1
O'HARA
2
DAWSON
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
McPHERSON
6
WOODRUFF
7
SUMMERBEE
8
HUNT
9
SMITH
10
JACKSON
11
DARCY

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Friday March 8th, 1963:

Colchester United Colchester United 1-1 Wrexham Wrexham
Reading Reading 1-2 Swindon Town Swindon

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Friday March 8th, 1963:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Swindon Town Swindon 30 12 1 1 41 12 2 9 5 19 25 14 10 6 60 37 1.62 38
2 Peterborough United Peterborough United 30 9 3 3 37 17 6 4 5 35 32 15 7 8 72 49 1.47 37
3 Coventry City Coventry City 28 9 5 1 35 19 2 7 4 18 23 11 12 5 53 42 1.26 34
4 Northampton Town Northampton Town 27 6 4 1 29 9 6 4 6 28 31 12 8 7 57 40 1.43 32
5 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 27 7 7 0 24 11 4 3 6 13 16 11 10 6 37 27 1.37 32
6 Notts County Notts County 27 10 2 3 26 21 3 4 5 14 21 13 6 8 40 42 0.95 32
7 Watford Watford 28 10 1 3 44 20 4 2 8 18 31 14 3 11 62 51 1.22 31
8 Wrexham Wrexham 28 8 3 2 32 18 5 2 8 23 36 13 5 10 55 54 1.02 31
9 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 27 6 4 3 27 17 6 2 6 27 24 12 6 9 54 41 1.32 30
10 Southend United Southend United 27 8 1 4 26 14 5 3 6 21 33 13 4 10 47 47 1 30
11 Hull City Hull City 26 7 3 3 26 14 5 2 6 23 28 12 5 9 49 42 1.17 29
12 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 28 8 3 3 43 28 2 5 7 19 28 10 8 10 62 56 1.11 28
13 Port Vale Port Vale 26 7 3 2 26 15 3 4 7 10 18 10 7 9 36 33 1.09 27
14 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 27 9 4 3 35 22 2 1 8 11 30 11 5 11 46 52 0.88 27
15 Bristol City Bristol City 28 5 6 3 31 25 4 2 8 29 33 9 8 11 60 58 1.03 26
16 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 32 4 6 6 20 25 4 3 9 26 38 8 9 15 46 63 0.73 25
17 Colchester United Colchester United 28 4 6 5 25 27 3 4 6 21 33 7 10 11 46 60 0.77 24
18 Barnsley Barnsley 26 8 3 2 24 12 1 2 10 12 28 9 5 12 36 40 0.90 23
19 Millwall Millwall 26 5 5 4 32 23 1 6 5 17 32 6 11 9 49 55 0.89 23
20 Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford (PA) 27 5 7 3 21 24 2 2 8 20 32 7 9 11 41 56 0.73 23
21 Halifax Town Halifax Town 27 5 2 5 21 23 1 7 7 15 34 6 9 12 36 57 0.63 21
22 Reading Reading 27 8 1 5 34 24 1 1 11 12 27 9 2 16 46 51 0.90 20
23 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 26 3 5 4 15 14 2 4 8 13 28 5 9 12 28 42 0.67 19
24 Carlisle United Carlisle United 25 4 3 5 16 24 0 5 8 14 29 4 8 13 30 53 0.57 16