Match Centre

Saturday August 22nd, 1959

Football League Division Three

Queens Park Rangers

2 - 0

2

A. Longbottom (13'), G. Whitelaw (73')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

A. Longbottom (13'), G. Whitelaw (73')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 12,000

F. Collinge
Loftus Road, Shepherd's Bush

Lineups


1
PINNER
2
INGHAM
3
WOODS
4
PETCHEY
5
RUTTER
6
ANGELL
7
CINI
8
LONGBOTTOM
9
WHITELAW
10
BEDFORD
11
ANDREWS
1
BURTON
2
HIGGINS
3
BINGLEY
4
FOUNTAIN
5
MELLOR
6
TILLEY
7
STEPHENS
8
ATKINS
9
LAYNE
10
GAULD
11
DARCY
Queens Park Rangers
1Mike PINNER
2Tony INGHAM
3Pat WOODS
4George PETCHEY
5Keith RUTTER
6Peter ANGELL
7Joe CINI
8Arthur LONGBOTTOM
9George WHITELAW
10Brian BEDFORD
11Archie ANDREWS
Manager/Head Coach
Alec STOCK
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2John HIGGINS2
3Walter BINGLEY3
4Jack FOUNTAIN4
5Ken MELLOR5
6Rex TILLEY6
7Johnny STEPHENS7
8Bill ATKINS8
9David LAYNE9
10Jimmy GAULD10
11Arnold DARCY11
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday August 22nd, 1959:

Barnsley Barnsley 1-2 Brentford Brentford
Bradford City Bradford 2-0 York City York City
Bury Bury 3-1 Colchester United Colchester United
Coventry City Coventry City 2-0 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town
Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 5-1 Chesterfield Chesterfield
Halifax Town Halifax Town 2-1 Southend United Southend United
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 2-0 Swindon Town Swindon
Reading Reading 2-3 Port Vale Port Vale
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 0-0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Southampton Southampton 2-2 Norwich City Norwich City
Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 5-1 Accrington Stanley Accrington
Wrexham Wrexham 0-0 Newport County Newport County

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday August 22nd, 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 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 5 2
2 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 5 2
3 Bury Bury 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 3 2
4 Brentford Brentford 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 2
5 Halifax Town Halifax Town 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 2
6 Port Vale Port Vale 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 3 2 1.50 2
7 Bradford City Bradford 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2
8 Coventry City Coventry City 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2
9 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2
10 Norwich City Norwich City 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 1 1
11 Southampton Southampton 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 1
12 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Newport County Newport County 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
15 Wrexham Wrexham 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
16 Reading Reading 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0.67 0
17 Barnsley Barnsley 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.50 0
18 Southend United Southend United 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0.50 0
19 Colchester United Colchester United 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 3 0.33 0
20 Accrington Stanley Accrington 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 1 1 5 0.20 0
21 Chesterfield Chesterfield 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 1 1 5 0.20 0
22 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
23 Swindon Town Swindon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
24 York City York City 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0

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