Match Centre

Saturday March 22nd, 1947

Football League Division Three (South)

Reading

3 - 3

3

G. Glidden (55'), T. MacPhee (57', 70')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

3

B. Lucas (20'), D. Emery (??'), G. Paterson (80')
G. Glidden (55'), T. MacPhee (57', 70')
(HT: 0-2)

Attendance: 16,610

B. Lucas (20'), D. Emery (??'), G. Paterson (80')
G.V. Searle
Elm Park, Reading

Lineups


1
CHURCHILL
2
GOLDBERG
3
GULLIVER
4
MOYSE
5
YOUNG
6
BARNEY
7
FISHER
8
EDELSTON
9
MacPHEE
10
GLIDDEN
11
DEVERALL
1
BOULTON
2
YOUNG
3
EMERY
4
LLOYD
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
STEPHENS
8
LUCAS
9
OWEN
10
PATERSON
11
WILLIAMS
Reading
1Trevor CHURCHILL
2Les GOLDBERG
3Jeff GULLIVER
4Ron MOYSE
5Len YOUNG
6Vic BARNEY
7Freddie FISHER
8Maurice EDELSTON
9Tony MacPHEE
10Gilbert GLIDDEN
11Jackie DEVERALL
Manager/Head Coach
Joe EDELSTON
Swindon Town
1Frank BOULTON1
2Albert YOUNG2
3Don EMERY3
4Billy LLOYD4
5Jimmy ITHELL5
6Eddie PAINTER6
7Bill STEPHENS7
8Billy LUCAS8
9Maurice OWEN9
10George PATERSON10
11Gordon WILLIAMS11
Manager/Head Coach
Louis PAGE

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday March 22nd, 1947:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 22nd, 1947:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Cardiff City Cardiff City 30 13 1 0 50 8 10 2 4 27 13 23 3 4 77 21 3.67 49
2 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 31 12 2 3 36 12 6 5 3 21 17 18 7 6 57 29 1.97 43
3 Bristol City Bristol City 31 10 2 3 46 15 6 5 5 32 30 16 7 8 78 45 1.73 39
4 Southend United Southend United 30 9 4 4 34 16 6 2 5 24 26 15 6 9 58 42 1.38 36
5 Swindon Town Swindon 32 10 3 1 41 16 4 5 9 25 42 14 8 10 66 58 1.14 36
6 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 30 7 4 4 23 14 5 7 3 19 19 12 11 7 42 33 1.27 35
7 Port Vale Port Vale 30 10 3 2 36 19 3 4 8 13 23 13 7 10 49 42 1.17 33
8 Exeter City Exeter City 31 9 5 2 30 17 4 2 9 21 31 13 7 11 51 48 1.06 33
9 Reading Reading 31 9 3 4 48 28 3 5 7 25 34 12 8 11 73 62 1.18 32
10 Torquay United Torquay United 31 8 4 3 26 20 3 5 8 14 31 11 9 11 40 51 0.78 31
11 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 31 8 4 4 31 16 4 2 9 19 23 12 6 13 50 39 1.28 30
12 Walsall Walsall 29 7 4 4 28 18 4 4 6 18 22 11 8 10 46 40 1.15 30
13 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 34 7 4 6 26 24 5 2 10 20 36 12 6 16 46 60 0.77 30
14 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 32 7 6 4 27 29 3 4 8 15 26 10 10 12 42 55 0.76 30
15 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 31 9 4 4 26 15 3 1 10 13 34 12 5 14 39 49 0.80 29
16 Watford Watford 31 10 1 5 31 18 3 1 11 15 40 13 2 16 46 58 0.79 28
17 Northampton Town Northampton Town 29 7 2 3 29 18 4 2 11 19 34 11 4 14 48 52 0.92 26
18 Notts County Notts County 29 7 2 4 23 13 2 3 11 20 38 9 5 15 43 51 0.84 23
19 Aldershot Aldershot 30 5 5 5 20 18 3 2 10 19 46 8 7 15 39 64 0.61 23
20 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 28 8 3 4 29 20 0 3 10 7 28 8 6 14 36 48 0.75 22
21 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 32 6 4 5 21 23 1 4 12 14 49 7 8 17 35 72 0.49 22
22 Norwich City Norwich City 33 3 3 10 29 42 2 3 12 19 48 5 6 22 48 90 0.53 16