Match Centre

Saturday February 7th, 1959

Football League Division Three

Newport County

3 - 0

3

K. McPherson (28'), B. Jones (43'), L. Graham (73')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

K. McPherson (28'), B. Jones (43'), L. Graham (73')
(HT: 2-0)

Attendance: 4,346

F. Collinge
Somerton Park, Newport

Lineups


1
WEARE
2
HOLLYMAN
3
SHERWOOD
4
RIGGS
5
PEAKE
6
ROWLAND
7
McSEVENEY
8
JONES
9
McPHERSON
10
GRAHAM
11
BROWN
1
BURTON
2
NEAL
3
LEE
4
FOUNTAIN
5
HUDSON
6
OWEN
7
CORBETT
8
MIDDLETON
9
MICKLEWRIGHT
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
Newport County
1Len WEARE
2Ken HOLLYMAN
3Alf SHERWOOD
4Les RIGGS
5Dudley PEAKE
6John ROWLAND
7John McSEVENEY
8Bryn JONES
9Ken McPHERSON
10Les GRAHAM
11Gordon BROWN
Manager/Head Coach
Billy LUCAS
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2Johnny NEAL2
3Jimmy LEE3
4Jack FOUNTAIN4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Maurice OWEN6
7Dave CORBETT7
8Ray MIDDLETON8
9Andy MICKLEWRIGHT9
10Bob EDWARDS10
11Arnold DARCY11
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday February 7th, 1959:

Accrington Stanley Accrington 0-1 Hull City Hull City
Bury Bury 0-1 Notts County Notts County
Chesterfield Chesterfield 3-1 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town
Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers 5-1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Halifax Town Halifax Town 0-0 Brentford Brentford
Newport County Newport County 3-0 Swindon Town Swindon
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 1-1 Colchester United Colchester United
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 1-3 Southend United Southend United
Rochdale Rochdale 1-2 Norwich City Norwich City
Southampton Southampton 1-2 Bradford City Bradford
Stockport County Stockport County 2-2 Wrexham Wrexham
Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 2-1 Reading Reading

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday February 7th, 1959:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 29 11 4 0 39 16 5 6 3 23 20 16 10 3 62 36 1.72 42
2 Hull City Hull City 32 13 2 1 47 16 5 4 7 17 23 18 6 8 64 39 1.64 42
3 Southend United Southend United 31 8 5 2 32 17 6 2 8 23 32 14 7 10 55 49 1.12 35
4 Colchester United Colchester United 28 10 1 3 29 15 2 8 4 20 22 12 9 7 49 37 1.32 33
5 Brentford Brentford 28 8 4 2 23 13 3 6 5 11 17 11 10 7 34 30 1.13 32
6 Southampton Southampton 30 8 5 2 44 20 3 4 8 23 31 11 9 10 67 51 1.31 31
7 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 32 10 4 2 28 11 3 1 12 21 41 13 5 14 49 52 0.94 31
8 Bury Bury 30 7 6 2 35 15 4 2 9 15 26 11 8 11 50 41 1.22 30
9 Norwich City Norwich City 28 7 4 4 33 22 4 4 5 16 19 11 8 9 49 41 1.20 30
10 Reading Reading 30 9 4 2 29 13 2 4 9 16 27 11 8 11 45 40 1.13 30
11 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 29 8 3 4 29 16 4 3 7 19 27 12 6 11 48 43 1.12 30
12 Chesterfield Chesterfield 31 7 5 4 28 19 4 3 8 22 28 11 8 12 50 47 1.06 30
13 Halifax Town Halifax Town 28 7 3 3 21 15 6 1 8 26 36 13 4 11 47 51 0.92 30
14 Accrington Stanley Accrington 28 7 4 3 29 19 4 3 7 19 22 11 7 10 48 41 1.17 29
15 Swindon Town Swindon 28 9 2 4 24 15 2 5 6 11 17 11 7 10 35 32 1.09 29
16 Newport County Newport County 28 10 1 3 29 16 1 6 7 18 28 11 7 10 47 44 1.07 29
17 Bradford City Bradford 28 7 3 4 30 19 4 3 7 22 31 11 6 11 52 50 1.04 28
18 Wrexham Wrexham 29 8 3 2 27 21 2 5 9 18 30 10 8 11 45 51 0.88 28
19 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 29 8 2 4 28 30 2 5 8 22 35 10 7 12 50 65 0.77 27
20 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 29 7 4 3 25 21 3 2 10 19 38 10 6 13 44 59 0.75 26
21 Stockport County Stockport County 29 6 4 5 20 16 3 2 9 24 36 9 6 14 44 52 0.85 24
22 Notts County Notts County 29 4 8 4 29 29 2 3 8 12 31 6 11 12 41 60 0.68 23
23 Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers 31 7 1 6 25 21 1 1 15 7 44 8 2 21 32 65 0.49 18
24 Rochdale Rochdale 30 5 4 6 16 20 0 3 12 11 38 5 7 18 27 58 0.47 17

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