Match Centre

Monday December 26th, 1927

Football League Division Three (South)

Newport County

1 - 3

1

B. Young (??')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

3

H. Morris (??'), A. Thom (??'), J. Eddleston (??')
B. Young (??')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 3,610

H. Morris (??'), A. Thom (??'), J. Eddleston (??')
R.O. Rees
Somerton Park, Newport

Lineups


1
MAIDMENT
2
ANDERSON
3
HINTON
4
RICHARDSON
5
BOWSHER
6
PUGH
7
BRITTAN
8
GITTINS
9
WATERSTON
10
THOMAS
11
YOUNG
1
NASH
2
DICKINSON
3
WYLIE
4
LOW
5
HUMPHRIES
6
ARCHER
7
DENYER
8
ROBERTS
9
MORRIS
10
EDDLESTON
11
THOM
Newport County
1Jimmy MAIDMENT
2Bobby ANDERSON
3Ivor HINTON
4Sammy RICHARDSON
5Stan BOWSHER
6Bob PUGH
7Charlie BRITTAN
8Jimmy GITTINS
9Archie WATERSTON
10Billy THOMAS
11Bert YOUNG
Swindon Town
1Teddy NASH1
2Wally DICKINSON2
3Tommy WYLIE3
4Dave LOW4
5Brinley HUMPHRIES5
6Archie ARCHER6
7Bertie DENYER7
8Les ROBERTS8
9Harry MORRIS9
10Joe EDDLESTON10
11Alec THOM11

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Monday December 26th, 1927:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 3-1 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Exeter City Exeter City 2-0 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle
Merthyr Town Merthyr Town 2-3 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers
Newport County Newport County 1-3 Swindon Town Swindon
Northampton Town Northampton Town 6-5 Luton Town Luton Town
Southend United Southend United 3-2 Brentford Brentford

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Monday December 26th, 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 Millwall Millwall 20 8 1 0 44 11 5 2 4 22 20 13 3 4 66 31 2.13 29
2 Northampton Town Northampton Town 19 10 0 1 40 15 4 1 3 17 13 14 1 4 57 28 2.04 29
3 Exeter City Exeter City 19 6 4 1 26 14 3 3 2 8 9 9 7 3 34 23 1.48 25
4 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 20 8 1 0 31 10 3 2 6 13 20 11 3 6 44 30 1.47 25
5 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 18 6 3 0 15 9 2 5 2 13 17 8 8 2 28 26 1.08 24
6 Southend United Southend United 18 9 0 1 24 7 2 0 6 13 24 11 0 7 37 31 1.19 22
7 Swindon Town Swindon 17 4 3 1 26 14 4 2 3 20 22 8 5 4 46 36 1.28 21
8 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 19 4 2 3 17 13 5 1 4 11 10 9 3 7 28 23 1.22 21
9 Newport County Newport County 19 5 2 2 19 14 3 3 4 15 15 8 5 6 34 29 1.17 21
10 Brentford Brentford 21 5 2 2 21 13 3 1 8 20 30 8 3 10 41 43 0.95 19
11 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 20 6 4 2 23 15 1 1 6 10 21 7 5 8 33 36 0.92 19
12 Norwich City Norwich City 18 6 2 2 26 13 1 2 5 12 19 7 4 7 38 32 1.19 18
13 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 19 5 2 3 20 15 2 2 5 15 19 7 4 8 35 34 1.03 18
14 Coventry City Coventry City 19 4 2 3 25 17 3 1 6 11 30 7 3 9 36 47 0.77 17
15 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 18 5 3 2 16 10 0 3 5 12 30 5 6 7 28 40 0.70 16
16 Merthyr Town Merthyr Town 21 5 2 4 25 21 0 4 6 5 22 5 6 10 30 43 0.70 16
17 Gillingham Gillingham 18 3 1 4 12 11 1 5 4 16 27 4 6 8 28 38 0.74 14
18 Watford Watford 19 4 1 4 16 14 1 2 7 13 24 5 3 11 29 38 0.76 13
19 Torquay United Torquay United 18 2 4 4 10 15 2 1 5 8 26 4 5 9 18 41 0.44 13
20 Luton Town Luton Town 19 5 1 3 28 15 0 1 9 18 31 5 2 12 46 46 1 12
21 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 19 4 2 2 21 17 1 0 10 16 34 5 2 12 37 51 0.73 12
22 Walsall Walsall 18 4 1 3 18 13 1 1 8 8 40 5 2 11 26 53 0.49 12