Match Centre

Saturday April 1st, 1939

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

3 - 2

3

C. Francis (??'), B. Morton (??', ??')

Brighton and Hove Albion

Brighton and Hove Albion

2

J. Wilson (??'), B. Stephens (??')
C. Francis (??'), B. Morton (??', ??')
(HT: 0-2)

Attendance: 9,111

J. Wilson (??'), B. Stephens (??')
F.W. Wort
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BRYAN
2
PARKHOUSE
3
BUTCHER
4
COUSINS
5
JONES
6
MURPHY
7
JONES
8
FRANCIS
9
MORTON
10
LUCAS
11
BARRACLOUGH
1
MEE
2
MARRIOTT
3
MARTIN
4
DARLING
5
TRAINOR
6
WALKER
7
WILSON
8
GOFFEY
9
DAVIE
10
ATHERTON
11
STEPHENS
Swindon Town
1Bill BRYAN
2Dick PARKHOUSE
3Fred BUTCHER
4Harry COUSINS
5Dai JONES
6Jimmy MURPHY
7Eddie JONES
8Cliff FRANCIS
9Ben MORTON
10Billy LUCAS
11Arthur BARRACLOUGH
Brighton and Hove Albion
1Gordon MEE1
2Ernie MARRIOTT2
3Ted MARTIN3
4Len DARLING4
5Peter TRAINOR5
6Dave WALKER6
7Joe WILSON7
8Bert GOFFEY8
9Jock DAVIE9
10Jack ATHERTON10
11Bert STEPHENS11

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday April 1st, 1939:

Aldershot Aldershot 2-0 Exeter City Exeter City
Bristol City Bristol City 1-1 Cardiff City Cardiff City
Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 1-1 Walsall Walsall
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 3-0 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town
Newport County Newport County 0-0 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town
Northampton Town Northampton Town 1-0 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Notts County Notts County 4-1 Southend United Southend United
Port Vale Port Vale 2-1 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers
Swindon Town Swindon 3-2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Torquay United Torquay United 2-0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Watford Watford 3-1 Reading Reading

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday April 1st, 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 36 13 4 1 33 14 7 5 6 20 23 20 9 7 53 37 1.43 49
2 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 34 13 3 2 41 15 4 5 7 18 29 17 8 9 59 44 1.34 42
3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 35 11 3 2 33 10 5 5 9 24 32 16 8 11 57 42 1.36 40
4 Reading Reading 36 10 5 3 42 22 4 7 7 21 29 14 12 10 63 51 1.24 40
5 Notts County Notts County 33 11 4 3 31 15 5 3 7 20 22 16 7 10 51 37 1.38 39
6 Watford Watford 35 13 4 1 40 13 3 3 11 16 33 16 7 12 56 46 1.22 39
7 Bristol City Bristol City 35 12 4 2 35 17 2 6 9 17 32 14 10 11 52 49 1.06 38
8 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 34 9 4 3 41 13 5 5 8 22 30 14 9 11 63 43 1.47 37
9 Swindon Town Swindon 34 13 4 1 48 20 2 3 11 17 40 15 7 12 65 60 1.08 37
10 Northampton Town Northampton Town 35 13 3 2 41 18 2 3 12 10 32 15 6 14 51 50 1.02 36
11 Aldershot Aldershot 34 11 5 2 26 13 2 5 9 15 36 13 10 11 41 49 0.84 36
12 Cardiff City Cardiff City 34 9 0 7 30 22 3 9 6 17 28 12 9 13 47 50 0.94 33
13 Torquay United Torquay United 34 5 4 9 21 27 7 4 5 25 27 12 8 14 46 54 0.85 32
14 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 35 7 7 3 30 22 3 4 11 13 32 10 11 14 43 54 0.80 31
15 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 35 8 6 3 28 17 2 5 11 11 40 10 11 14 39 57 0.68 31
16 Southend United Southend United 31 10 3 1 28 12 2 3 12 22 44 12 6 13 50 56 0.89 30
17 Exeter City Exeter City 34 7 7 3 36 30 3 3 11 19 43 10 10 14 55 73 0.75 30
18 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 32 8 3 4 28 18 2 6 9 15 28 10 9 13 43 46 0.93 29
19 Port Vale Port Vale 34 8 4 6 30 21 3 3 10 14 29 11 7 16 44 50 0.88 29
20 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 35 6 7 4 25 14 2 3 13 20 36 8 10 17 45 50 0.90 26
21 Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 33 7 8 2 27 12 1 2 13 10 31 8 10 15 37 43 0.86 26
22 Walsall Walsall 34 5 5 6 24 18 1 5 12 17 42 6 10 18 41 60 0.68 22