Match Centre

Saturday September 26th, 1959

Football League Division Three

Chesterfield

1 - 3

1

G. Lewis (60')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

3

A. Darcy (5'), B. Edwards (52'), J. Hoskins (87')
G. Lewis (60')
(HT: 0-1)

Attendance: 7,376

A. Darcy (5'), B. Edwards (52'), J. Hoskins (87')
L.J. Hamer
Saltergate, Chesterfield

Lineups


1
SMETHURST
2
CLARKE
3
WILSON
4
WHITEHURST
5
BLAKEY
6
HUTCHINSON
7
GLOSSOP
8
HAVENHAND
9
LEWIS
10
BOTTOM
11
MADDISON
1
BURTON
2
CHAMBERLAIN
3
BINGLEY
4
MORGAN
5
MELLOR
6
WOODRUFF
7
DARCY
8
EDWARDS
9
RICHARDS
10
GAULD
11
HOSKINS
Chesterfield
1Ted SMETHURST
2Gerry CLARKE
3John WILSON
4Walter WHITEHURST
5Dave BLAKEY
6Barry HUTCHINSON
7Terry GLOSSOP
8Keith HAVENHAND
9Gwyn LEWIS
10Arthur BOTTOM
11Jimmy MADDISON
Manager/Head Coach
Duggie LIVINGSTONE
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2Peter CHAMBERLAIN2
3Walter BINGLEY3
4Keith MORGAN4
5Ken MELLOR5
6Bobby WOODRUFF6
7Arnold DARCY7
8Bob EDWARDS8
9John RICHARDS9
10Jimmy GAULD10
11John HOSKINS11
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday September 26th, 1959:

Accrington Stanley Accrington 0-2 Coventry City Coventry City
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 3-2 Bradford City Bradford
Brentford Brentford 3-4 Norwich City Norwich City
Bury Bury 0-2 Barnsley Barnsley
Chesterfield Chesterfield 1-3 Swindon Town Swindon
Colchester United Colchester United 3-1 Port Vale Port Vale
Halifax Town Halifax Town 3-1 Southampton Southampton
Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 4-4 Reading Reading
Newport County Newport County 3-2 York City York City
Southend United Southend United 2-1 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 0-3 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Wrexham Wrexham 2-1 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday September 26th, 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 Norwich City Norwich City 11 4 1 0 14 3 3 2 1 11 9 7 3 1 25 12 2.08 17
2 Halifax Town Halifax Town 11 4 1 0 11 6 3 2 1 7 5 7 3 1 18 11 1.64 17
3 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 11 3 2 0 8 0 3 1 2 12 6 6 3 2 20 6 3.33 15
4 Coventry City Coventry City 11 2 3 1 8 5 3 2 0 11 4 5 5 1 19 9 2.11 15
5 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 11 6 0 0 19 7 1 1 3 3 7 7 1 3 22 14 1.57 15
6 Southampton Southampton 11 5 1 0 24 14 1 2 2 10 11 6 3 2 34 25 1.36 15
7 Swindon Town Swindon 11 4 2 0 15 8 2 0 3 7 9 6 2 3 22 17 1.29 14
8 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 11 4 1 0 17 3 1 2 3 12 14 5 3 3 29 17 1.71 13
9 Newport County Newport County 11 4 0 1 10 7 1 3 2 5 10 5 3 3 15 17 0.88 13
10 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 11 3 1 1 13 6 2 1 3 13 14 5 2 4 26 20 1.30 12
11 Bury Bury 11 4 0 1 10 4 1 1 4 5 6 5 1 5 15 10 1.50 11
12 Barnsley Barnsley 11 2 0 3 8 8 2 3 1 9 5 4 3 4 17 13 1.31 11
13 Brentford Brentford 11 2 3 1 12 10 1 1 3 8 11 3 4 4 20 21 0.95 10
14 Colchester United Colchester United 11 4 2 0 15 7 0 0 5 7 18 4 2 5 22 25 0.88 10
15 York City York City 11 3 2 1 9 7 0 2 3 3 8 3 4 4 12 15 0.80 10
16 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 11 3 2 1 17 7 0 1 4 3 10 3 3 5 20 17 1.18 9
17 Port Vale Port Vale 11 3 1 1 6 5 1 0 5 7 22 4 1 6 13 27 0.48 9
18 Bradford City Bradford 11 3 0 2 12 9 0 2 4 8 14 3 2 6 20 23 0.87 8
19 Southend United Southend United 11 3 0 3 9 14 0 2 3 4 11 3 2 6 13 25 0.52 8
20 Reading Reading 11 2 1 3 13 11 0 1 4 12 18 2 2 7 25 29 0.86 6
21 Chesterfield Chesterfield 10 3 0 3 11 13 0 0 4 4 11 3 0 7 15 24 0.63 6
22 Wrexham Wrexham 10 2 1 2 7 7 0 1 4 6 18 2 2 6 13 25 0.52 6
23 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 11 0 4 1 7 10 1 0 5 6 18 1 4 6 13 28 0.46 6
24 Accrington Stanley Accrington 11 1 2 2 7 9 1 0 5 7 23 2 2 7 14 32 0.44 6

Match Programme

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