Match Centre

Saturday March 7th, 1959

Football League Division Three

Tranmere Rovers

3 - 1

3

T. Rowley (14'), T. Eglington (32' pen), J. Green (69')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

J. Skull (41')
T. Rowley (14'), T. Eglington (32' pen), J. Green (69')
(HT: 2-1)

Attendance: 8,234

J. Skull (41')
A. Murdoch
Prenton Park, Birkenhead

Lineups


1
PAYNE
2
BELL
3
FRITH
4
WILLIAMS
5
MILLINGTON
6
CHARLTON
7
FINNEY
8
WILLIAMS
9
ROWLEY
10
GREEN
11
EGLINGTON
1
CHANDLER
2
NEAL
3
BINGLEY
4
FOUNTAIN
5
HUDSON
6
OWEN
7
SKULL
8
MICKLEWRIGHT
9
MARSHALL
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
Tranmere Rovers
1George PAYNE
2Harold BELL
3David FRITH
4Ray WILLIAMS
5Ralph MILLINGTON
6Wilf CHARLTON
7Ken FINNEY
8Keith WILLIAMS
9Tony ROWLEY
10Johnny GREEN
11Tommy EGLINGTON
Swindon Town
1Ray CHANDLER1
2Johnny NEAL2
3Walter BINGLEY3
4Jack FOUNTAIN4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Maurice OWEN6
7Johnny SKULL7
8Andy MICKLEWRIGHT8
9Willie MARSHALL9
10Bob EDWARDS10
11Arnold DARCY11

Newspaper Reports


Results


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

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 0-0 Wrexham Wrexham
Bury Bury 3-1 Halifax Town Halifax Town
Colchester United Colchester United 3-2 Bradford City Bradford
Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Notts County Notts County
Norwich City Norwich City 3-1 Southampton Southampton
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 8-3 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 4-2 Newport County Newport County
Rochdale Rochdale 0-0 Chesterfield Chesterfield
Southend United Southend United 4-2 Accrington Stanley Accrington
Stockport County Stockport County 1-1 Brentford Brentford
Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 3-1 Swindon Town Swindon

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday March 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 Hull City Hull City 35 15 2 1 54 17 6 4 7 20 24 21 6 8 74 41 1.80 48
2 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 34 12 4 2 49 24 6 7 3 28 24 18 11 5 77 48 1.60 47
3 Colchester United Colchester United 33 12 2 3 37 19 3 8 5 21 24 15 10 8 58 43 1.35 40
4 Brentford Brentford 32 10 4 2 31 15 4 7 5 14 19 14 11 7 45 34 1.32 39
5 Southend United Southend United 35 10 5 2 39 20 6 2 10 24 35 16 7 12 63 55 1.15 39
6 Reading Reading 34 11 4 2 35 15 4 4 9 23 30 15 8 11 58 45 1.29 38
7 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 34 11 3 4 39 18 4 4 8 22 33 15 7 12 61 51 1.20 37
8 Bury Bury 34 9 6 2 41 17 4 3 10 16 28 13 9 12 57 45 1.27 35
9 Norwich City Norwich City 30 8 4 4 36 23 5 4 5 17 19 13 8 9 53 42 1.26 34
10 Southampton Southampton 34 8 6 2 44 20 4 4 10 28 39 12 10 12 72 59 1.22 34
11 Accrington Stanley Accrington 33 7 6 3 30 20 5 4 8 25 28 12 10 11 55 48 1.15 34
12 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 36 10 6 2 29 12 3 2 13 21 45 13 8 15 50 57 0.88 34
13 Chesterfield Chesterfield 35 7 5 6 31 24 5 4 8 24 29 12 9 14 55 53 1.04 33
14 Halifax Town Halifax Town 32 8 4 3 25 18 6 1 10 27 43 14 5 13 52 61 0.85 33
15 Wrexham Wrexham 33 9 3 3 30 24 2 7 9 19 31 11 10 12 49 55 0.89 32
16 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 33 10 2 4 34 31 2 6 9 26 44 12 8 13 60 75 0.80 32
17 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 33 8 5 3 30 24 4 2 11 23 43 12 7 14 53 67 0.79 31
18 Bradford City Bradford 33 7 4 5 31 21 4 4 9 28 40 11 8 14 59 61 0.97 30
19 Swindon Town Swindon 33 9 2 6 28 21 2 6 8 12 21 11 8 14 40 42 0.95 30
20 Newport County Newport County 33 10 2 4 31 20 1 6 10 21 37 11 8 14 52 57 0.91 30
21 Stockport County Stockport County 34 7 5 6 23 19 3 2 11 26 41 10 7 17 49 60 0.82 27
22 Notts County Notts County 34 5 9 4 31 30 2 3 11 14 40 7 12 15 45 70 0.64 26
23 Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers 35 9 1 7 31 28 1 1 16 8 47 10 2 23 39 75 0.52 22
24 Rochdale Rochdale 34 6 5 6 17 20 0 4 13 13 42 6 9 19 30 62 0.48 21

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