Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town
1 - 2
1
B. Lucas (72')
Newport County
Newport County
2
R. Mogford (16'), B. Shergold (20')
W.G. Edwards
Lineups
1
FERGUSON
FERGUSON
2
LLOYD
LLOYD
3
EMERY
EMERY
4
KAYE
KAYE
5
ITHELL
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
PAINTER
7
MAGUIRE
MAGUIRE
8
LUCAS
LUCAS
9
OWEN
OWEN
10
DRYDEN
DRYDEN
11
BAIN
BAIN
1
SMITH
SMITH
2
WILCOX
WILCOX
3
OLDHAM
OLDHAM
4
EMMANUEL
EMMANUEL
5
PINCOTT
PINCOTT
6
McBLAIN
McBLAIN
7
WILLIAMS
WILLIAMS
8
SHERGOLD
SHERGOLD
9
MOGFORD
MOGFORD
10
BATTY
BATTY
11
HARPER
HARPER
| Newport County | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Albert SMITH1 | ||
| 2Ray WILCOX2 | ||
| 3George OLDHAM3 | ||
| 4Len EMMANUEL4 | ||
| 5Fred PINCOTT5 | ||
| 6Andrew McBLAIN6 | ||
| 7Harold WILLIAMS7 | ||
| 8Billy SHERGOLD8 | ||
| 9Reg MOGFORD9 | ||
| 10Stan BATTY10 | ||
| 11Bobby HARPER11 |
Newspaper Reports
Results
Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday September 20th, 1947:
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
2-3 | 
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
4-0 | 
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town
|
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
0-0 | 
Southend United
Southend United
|
Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient
|
2-1 | 
Notts County
Notts County
|
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
1-5 | 
Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers
|
Port Vale
Port Vale
|
1-1 | 
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
1-0 | 
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
Reading
Reading
|
3-0 | 
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
|
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
1-2 |
Newport County
Newport County
|
Walsall
Walsall
|
2-1 | 
Swansea Town
Swansea Town
|
Watford
Watford
|
1-2 | 
Aldershot
Aldershot
|
Table
Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday September 20th, 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 |
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 5.75 | 17 |
| 2 |
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 2.43 | 14 |
| 3 |
Walsall
Walsall
|
9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 2.71 | 13 |
| 4 |
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 8 | 2.88 | 12 |
| 5 |
Port Vale
Port Vale
|
9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 1.50 | 11 |
| 6 |
Newport County
Newport County
|
9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 1.08 | 11 |
| 7 |
Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers
|
9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 1.70 | 10 |
| 8 |
Reading
Reading
|
9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1.67 | 10 |
| 9 |
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town
|
9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 1.55 | 10 |
| 10 |
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1.17 | 10 |
| 11 |
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 1.08 | 10 |
| 12 |
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 1.09 | 8 |
| 13 |
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 0.46 | 8 |
| 14 |
Swansea Town
Swansea Town
|
9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 7 |
| 15 |
Watford
Watford
|
9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 0.60 | 7 |
| 16 |
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 0.53 | 7 |
| 17 |
Southend United
Southend United
|
9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 0.29 | 7 |
| 18 |
Aldershot
Aldershot
|
9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 0.68 | 6 |
| 19 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 0.64 | 6 |
| 20 |
Notts County
Notts County
|
9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 0.53 | 5 |
| 21 |
Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient
|
9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 0.42 | 5 |
| 22 |
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 0.33 | 4 |
Match Programme
