Match Centre

Tuesday December 27th, 1927

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

4 - 1

4

W. Dickinson (??' pen), L. Roberts (??'), H. Morris (??', ??')

Newport County

Newport County

1

J. Gittins (??')
W. Dickinson (??' pen), L. Roberts (??'), H. Morris (??', ??')
(HT: 3-0)

Attendance: 9,715

J. Gittins (??')
R.O. Rees
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
NASH
2
DICKINSON
3
WYLIE
4
LOW
5
HUMPHRIES
6
ARCHER
7
DENYER
8
ROBERTS
9
MORRIS
10
EDDLESTON
11
THOM
1
MAIDMENT
2
ANDERSON
3
WETHERBY
4
RICHARDSON
5
SIMS
6
HINTON
7
WARDELL
8
GITTINS
9
WATERSTON
10
PUGH
11
YOUNG
Swindon Town
1Teddy NASH
2Wally DICKINSON
3Tommy WYLIE
4Dave LOW
5Brinley HUMPHRIES
6Archie ARCHER
7Bertie DENYER
8Les ROBERTS
9Harry MORRIS
10Joe EDDLESTON
11Alec THOM
Manager/Head Coach
Sam ALLEN
Newport County
1Jimmy MAIDMENT1
2Bobby ANDERSON2
3Tom WETHERBY3
4Sammy RICHARDSON4
5Stephen SIMS5
6Ivor HINTON6
7Nippy WARDELL7
8Jimmy GITTINS8
9Archie WATERSTON9
10Bob PUGH10
11Bert YOUNG11
Manager/Head Coach
Jimmy HINDMARSH

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Tuesday December 27th, 1927:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Tuesday December 27th, 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 21 9 1 0 46 12 5 2 4 22 20 14 3 4 68 32 2.13 31
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 20 6 4 1 26 14 4 3 2 10 10 10 7 3 36 24 1.50 27
4 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 21 8 1 1 32 12 3 2 6 13 20 11 3 7 45 32 1.41 25
5 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 19 6 3 0 15 9 2 5 3 13 18 8 8 3 28 27 1.04 24
6 Swindon Town Swindon 18 5 3 1 30 15 4 2 3 20 22 9 5 4 50 37 1.35 23
7 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 20 4 2 3 17 13 5 2 4 11 10 9 4 7 28 23 1.22 22
8 Southend United Southend United 18 9 0 1 24 7 2 0 6 13 24 11 0 7 37 31 1.19 22
9 Newport County Newport County 20 5 2 2 19 14 3 3 5 16 19 8 5 7 35 33 1.06 21
10 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 20 6 2 3 23 17 2 2 5 15 19 8 4 8 38 36 1.06 20
11 Brentford Brentford 21 5 2 2 21 13 3 1 8 20 30 8 3 10 41 43 0.95 19
12 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 21 6 4 2 23 15 1 1 7 12 24 7 5 9 35 39 0.90 19
13 Norwich City Norwich City 19 6 2 2 26 13 1 2 6 13 21 7 4 8 39 34 1.15 18
14 Coventry City Coventry City 20 4 3 3 25 17 3 1 6 11 30 7 4 9 36 47 0.77 18
15 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 19 5 3 2 16 10 1 3 5 14 30 6 6 7 30 40 0.75 18
16 Merthyr Town Merthyr Town 22 5 2 4 25 21 0 4 7 6 24 5 6 11 31 45 0.69 16
17 Watford Watford 20 4 1 4 16 14 2 2 7 16 24 6 3 11 32 38 0.84 15
18 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 20 5 2 2 23 18 1 0 10 16 34 6 2 12 39 52 0.75 14
19 Gillingham Gillingham 19 3 1 5 12 14 1 5 4 16 27 4 6 9 28 41 0.68 14
20 Walsall Walsall 19 5 1 3 19 13 1 1 8 8 40 6 2 11 27 53 0.51 14
21 Torquay United Torquay United 19 2 4 5 10 17 2 1 5 8 26 4 5 10 18 43 0.42 13
22 Luton Town Luton Town 19 5 1 3 28 15 0 1 9 18 31 5 2 12 46 46 1 12