Match Centre

Saturday October 8th, 1927

Football League Division Three (South)

Merthyr Town

8 - 2

8

B. Mays (??', ??'), J. McWhirr (??', ??'), G. Lawley (??', ??'), M. Jones (??', ??')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

H. Morris (??'), L. Roberts (??')
B. Mays (??', ??'), J. McWhirr (??', ??'), G. Lawley (??', ??'), M. Jones (??', ??')
(HT: 5-1)

Attendance: 5,418

H. Morris (??'), L. Roberts (??')
G.T. Gould
Penydarren Park, Merthyr

Lineups


1
LINDON
2
PAGE
3
PEDLAR
4
CREWE
5
BISHOP
6
McLACHLAN
7
LAWLEY
8
JONES
9
MAYS
10
McWHIRR
11
FORD
1
BOURNE
2
DICKINSON
3
WESTON
4
ARCHER
5
BEW
6
JOHNSON
7
DENYER
8
ROBERTS
9
MORRIS
10
EDDLESTON
11
THOM
Merthyr Town
1Albert LINDON
2Jack PAGE
3Philip PEDLAR
4Billy CREWE
5George BISHOP
6Alex McLACHLAN
7George LAWLEY
8Mickey JONES
9Billy MAYS
10James McWHIRR
11Ewart FORD
Swindon Town
1Jack BOURNE1
2Wally DICKINSON2
3Tober WESTON3
4Archie ARCHER4
5Danny BEW5
6Sam JOHNSON6
7Bertie DENYER7
8Les ROBERTS8
9Harry MORRIS9
10Joe EDDLESTON10
11Alec THOM11

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday October 8th, 1927:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 1-1 Torquay United Torquay United
Brentford Brentford 1-1 Exeter City Exeter City
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 1-0 Norwich City Norwich City
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 3-1 Watford Watford
Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 1-1 Millwall Millwall
Gillingham Gillingham 1-2 Coventry City Coventry City
Luton Town Luton Town 6-1 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Merthyr Town Merthyr Town 8-2 Swindon Town Swindon
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 3-0 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Southend United Southend United 2-0 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Walsall Walsall 0-3 Newport County Newport County

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday October 8th, 1927:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 9 3 2 0 6 3 1 3 0 7 6 4 5 0 13 9 1.44 13
2 Brentford Brentford 10 3 1 0 12 3 3 0 3 14 16 6 1 3 26 19 1.37 13
3 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 10 3 1 1 15 11 3 0 2 6 6 6 1 3 21 17 1.24 13
4 Norwich City Norwich City 9 4 0 0 13 2 1 2 2 8 9 5 2 2 21 11 1.91 12
5 Northampton Town Northampton Town 9 4 0 0 17 6 2 0 3 8 8 6 0 3 25 14 1.79 12
6 Southend United Southend United 9 5 0 0 13 1 1 0 3 7 12 6 0 3 20 13 1.54 12
7 Millwall Millwall 10 4 0 0 19 4 1 2 3 6 15 5 2 3 25 19 1.32 12
8 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 9 4 1 0 16 3 0 2 2 5 8 4 3 2 21 11 1.91 11
9 Newport County Newport County 9 3 1 0 10 5 2 0 3 11 10 5 1 3 21 15 1.40 11
10 Merthyr Town Merthyr Town 10 3 2 1 15 9 0 3 1 2 7 3 5 2 17 16 1.06 11
11 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 9 3 0 2 10 9 1 2 1 8 7 4 2 3 18 16 1.13 10
12 Exeter City Exeter City 9 2 2 0 11 7 1 2 2 4 9 3 4 2 15 16 0.94 10
13 Walsall Walsall 9 3 1 1 12 9 1 0 3 5 12 4 1 4 17 21 0.81 9
14 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 9 3 1 1 13 8 0 0 4 5 14 3 1 5 18 22 0.82 7
15 Coventry City Coventry City 9 1 2 1 8 5 1 1 3 6 14 2 3 4 14 19 0.74 7
16 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 9 2 1 1 4 3 0 2 3 7 20 2 3 4 11 23 0.48 7
17 Watford Watford 9 3 0 2 11 8 0 0 4 4 10 3 0 6 15 18 0.83 6
18 Swindon Town Swindon 8 1 2 1 10 6 1 0 3 7 16 2 2 4 17 22 0.77 6
19 Luton Town Luton Town 9 2 0 2 14 11 0 1 4 4 10 2 1 6 18 21 0.86 5
20 Gillingham Gillingham 9 1 1 3 7 9 0 2 2 9 13 1 3 5 16 22 0.73 5
21 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 10 1 3 2 10 10 0 0 4 2 11 1 3 6 12 21 0.57 5
22 Torquay United Torquay United 9 0 2 2 3 8 1 1 3 5 16 1 3 5 8 24 0.33 5