Match Centre

Saturday March 25th, 1939

Football League Division Three (South)

Bristol Rovers

5 - 0

5

F. Curran (8', 20', 35', 89'), A. Butterworth (69')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

F. Curran (8', 20', 35', 89'), A. Butterworth (69')
(HT: 3-0)

Attendance: 6,695

W.E. Plyer
Eastville, Bristol

Lineups


1
NICHOLLS
2
ROBERTS
3
MILLAR
4
WARREN
5
O'MAHONEY
6
McARTHUR
7
BUTTERWORTH
8
MILLS
9
CURRAN
10
GARDINER
11
TURNER
1
BRYAN
2
PARKHOUSE
3
BUTCHER
4
COUSINS
5
MORRALL
6
WILCOCKSON
7
JONES
8
FRANCIS
9
MORTON
10
LUCAS
11
BARRACLOUGH
Bristol Rovers
1Joe NICHOLLS
2Harry ROBERTS
3Alec MILLAR
4Ray WARREN
5Matt O'MAHONEY
6Wally McARTHUR
7Albert BUTTERWORTH
8Tommy MILLS
9Frank CURRAN
10Bobby GARDINER
11Bert TURNER
Swindon Town
1Bill BRYAN1
2Dick PARKHOUSE2
3Fred BUTCHER3
4Harry COUSINS4
5George MORRALL5
6Stan WILCOCKSON6
7Eddie JONES7
8Cliff FRANCIS8
9Ben MORTON9
10Billy LUCAS10
11Arthur BARRACLOUGH11

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday March 25th, 1939:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 0-0 Clapton Orient Clapton Orient
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 2-0 Torquay United Torquay United
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 5-0 Swindon Town Swindon
Cardiff City Cardiff City 0-1 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Exeter City Exeter City 1-1 Bristol City Bristol City
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 5-1 Watford Watford
Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 1-1 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 0-1 Notts County Notts County
Reading Reading 2-1 Port Vale Port Vale
Southend United Southend United 2-1 Aldershot Aldershot
Walsall Walsall 1-1 Newport County Newport County

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 25th, 1939:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Newport County Newport County 35 13 3 1 33 14 7 5 6 20 23 20 8 7 53 37 1.43 48
2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 34 11 3 2 33 10 5 5 8 22 29 16 8 10 55 39 1.41 40
3 Reading Reading 35 10 5 3 42 22 4 7 6 20 26 14 12 9 62 48 1.29 40
4 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 33 12 3 2 38 15 4 5 7 18 29 16 8 9 56 44 1.27 40
5 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 33 9 4 3 41 13 5 5 7 22 29 14 9 10 63 42 1.50 37
6 Notts County Notts County 32 10 4 3 27 14 5 3 7 20 22 15 7 10 47 36 1.31 37
7 Watford Watford 34 12 4 1 37 12 3 3 11 16 33 15 7 12 53 45 1.18 37
8 Bristol City Bristol City 34 12 3 2 34 16 2 6 9 17 32 14 9 11 51 48 1.06 37
9 Swindon Town Swindon 33 12 4 1 45 18 2 3 11 17 40 14 7 12 62 58 1.07 35
10 Northampton Town Northampton Town 34 12 3 2 40 18 2 3 12 10 32 14 6 14 50 50 1 34
11 Aldershot Aldershot 33 10 5 2 24 13 2 5 9 15 36 12 10 11 39 49 0.80 34
12 Cardiff City Cardiff City 33 9 0 7 30 22 3 8 6 16 27 12 8 13 46 49 0.94 32
13 Southend United Southend United 30 10 3 1 28 12 2 3 11 21 40 12 6 12 49 52 0.94 30
14 Torquay United Torquay United 33 4 4 9 19 27 7 4 5 25 27 11 8 14 44 54 0.81 30
15 Exeter City Exeter City 33 7 7 3 36 30 3 3 10 19 41 10 10 13 55 71 0.77 30
16 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 34 8 6 3 28 17 2 4 11 11 40 10 10 14 39 57 0.68 30
17 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 31 8 3 4 28 18 2 6 8 15 25 10 9 12 43 43 1 29
18 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 33 6 7 3 25 20 3 4 10 13 30 9 11 13 38 50 0.76 29
19 Port Vale Port Vale 33 7 4 6 28 20 3 3 10 14 29 10 7 16 42 49 0.86 27
20 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 33 6 7 4 25 14 2 3 11 17 29 8 10 15 42 43 0.98 26
21 Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 32 7 7 2 26 11 1 2 13 10 31 8 9 15 36 42 0.86 25
22 Walsall Walsall 33 5 5 6 24 18 1 4 12 16 41 6 9 18 40 59 0.68 21