Match Centre

Saturday December 25th, 1926

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

3 - 2

3

A. Thom (??'), H. Morris (??'), W. Dickinson (??' pen)

Merthyr Town

Merthyr Town

2

C. Sutherland (??'), J. Phillips (??')
A. Thom (??'), H. Morris (??'), W. Dickinson (??' pen)
(HT: 2-1)

Attendance: 9,330

C. Sutherland (??'), J. Phillips (??')
F.W. Reeve
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BOURNE
2
DICKINSON
3
WESTON
4
COOPER
5
BEW
6
ARCHER
7
DENYER
8
WALL
9
MORRIS
10
EDDLESTON
11
THOM
1
LEWIS
2
WOODWARD
3
PEDLAR
4
CREWE
5
BISHOP
6
CLARKE
7
JENKINS
8
BELL
9
PHILLIPS
10
SUTHERLAND
11
DAVIES
Swindon Town
1Jack BOURNE
2Wally DICKINSON
3Tober WESTON
4Reggie COOPER
5Danny BEW
6Archie ARCHER
7Bertie DENYER
8Alec WALL
9Harry MORRIS
10Joe EDDLESTON
11Alec THOM
Manager/Head Coach
Sam ALLEN
Merthyr Town
1Ben LEWIS1
2John WOODWARD2
3Philip PEDLAR3
4Billy CREWE4
5George BISHOP5
6George CLARKE6
7Thomas JENKINS7
8Tommy BELL8
9Jack PHILLIPS9
10Charles SUTHERLAND10
11Bill DAVIES11
Manager/Head Coach
Albert LINDON

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday December 25th, 1926:

Aberdare Athletic Aberdare 3-7 Bristol City Bristol City
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 2-0 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 5-1 Southend United Southend United
Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 3-0 Gillingham Gillingham
Coventry City Coventry City 3-1 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Luton Town Luton Town 6-0 Millwall Millwall
Newport County Newport County 2-1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Norwich City Norwich City 2-1 Brentford Brentford
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 2-0 Exeter City Exeter City
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 2-4 Watford Watford
Swindon Town Swindon 3-2 Merthyr Town Merthyr Town

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday December 25th, 1926:

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 19 11 1 0 41 14 2 3 2 15 19 13 4 2 56 33 1.70 30
2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 18 9 1 1 37 12 4 2 1 8 7 13 3 2 45 19 2.37 29
3 Bristol City Bristol City 19 8 0 0 31 10 3 5 3 20 18 11 5 3 51 28 1.82 27
4 Millwall Millwall 21 8 1 1 28 10 2 4 5 12 22 10 5 6 40 32 1.25 25
5 Newport County Newport County 20 8 2 0 16 7 3 1 6 9 22 11 3 6 25 29 0.86 25
6 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 20 8 2 0 23 4 1 4 5 15 26 9 6 5 38 30 1.27 24
7 Luton Town Luton Town 18 7 5 0 26 12 2 0 4 9 13 9 5 4 35 25 1.40 23
8 Exeter City Exeter City 18 7 2 1 25 6 1 2 5 14 21 8 4 6 39 27 1.44 20
9 Brentford Brentford 18 6 3 1 27 12 2 1 5 14 18 8 4 6 41 30 1.37 20
10 Southend United Southend United 19 7 1 3 27 11 2 1 5 12 23 9 2 8 39 34 1.15 20
11 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 18 5 2 1 23 12 2 3 5 10 18 7 5 6 33 30 1.10 19
12 Watford Watford 19 6 1 2 18 6 3 0 7 10 25 9 1 9 28 31 0.90 19
13 Norwich City Norwich City 20 6 3 2 25 13 1 2 6 11 30 7 5 8 36 43 0.84 19
14 Merthyr Town Merthyr Town 19 6 2 2 20 8 1 1 7 9 23 7 3 9 29 31 0.94 17
15 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 18 2 2 2 13 9 3 3 6 17 26 5 5 8 30 35 0.86 15
16 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 19 3 3 5 17 19 2 2 4 9 14 5 5 9 26 33 0.79 15
17 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 17 3 2 2 15 9 2 1 7 7 20 5 3 9 22 29 0.76 13
18 Gillingham Gillingham 19 4 2 2 18 13 1 1 9 6 21 5 3 11 24 34 0.71 13
19 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 20 4 2 2 21 13 1 1 10 13 36 5 3 12 34 49 0.69 13
20 Coventry City Coventry City 19 5 0 4 19 16 1 1 8 8 32 6 1 12 27 48 0.56 13
21 Northampton Town Northampton Town 20 3 3 3 16 12 1 0 10 12 34 4 3 13 28 46 0.61 11
22 Aberdare Athletic Aberdare 20 2 0 7 12 24 1 2 8 12 30 3 2 15 24 54 0.44 8