Match Centre

Saturday December 26th, 1959

Football League Division Three

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic

3 - 1

3

D. Dowsett (25', 65'), R. Smith (75')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

J. Gauld (69')
D. Dowsett (25', 65'), R. Smith (75')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 10,970

J. Gauld (69')
H.J. Husband
Dean Court, Bournemouth

Lineups


1
GODWIN
2
BROWN
3
WOOLLARD
4
ARNOTT
5
NELSON
6
BROWN
7
SOUTHREN
8
DOWSETT
9
BUMSTEAD
10
STANDLEY
11
SMITH
1
BURTON
2
HIGGINS
3
BINGLEY
4
FOUNTAIN
5
CHAMBERLAIN
6
WOODRUFF
7
CORBETT
8
MARSHALL
9
LAYNE
10
GAULD
11
DARCY
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
1Tommy GODWIN
2Irvin BROWN
3Arnold WOOLLARD
4John ARNOTT
5Tony NELSON
6Joe BROWN
7Tommy SOUTHREN
8Dickie DOWSETT
9Ray BUMSTEAD
10Tommy STANDLEY
11Ron SMITH
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2John HIGGINS2
3Walter BINGLEY3
4Jack FOUNTAIN4
5Peter CHAMBERLAIN5
6Bobby WOODRUFF6
7Dave CORBETT7
8Willie MARSHALL8
9David LAYNE9
10Jimmy GAULD10
11Arnold DARCY11

Results


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

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday December 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 Southampton Southampton 25 11 1 1 43 20 3 5 4 21 22 14 6 5 64 42 1.52 34
2 Bury Bury 25 9 0 2 19 9 6 3 5 17 12 15 3 7 36 21 1.71 33
3 Coventry City Coventry City 25 8 3 1 24 10 5 2 6 26 25 13 5 7 50 35 1.43 31
4 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 25 8 4 1 29 14 5 1 6 18 25 13 5 7 47 39 1.21 31
5 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 24 8 3 2 37 17 3 4 4 23 24 11 7 6 60 41 1.46 29
6 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 25 7 4 2 31 17 3 5 4 21 24 10 9 6 52 41 1.27 29
7 Norwich City Norwich City 24 7 1 3 25 16 4 4 5 20 21 11 5 8 45 37 1.22 27
8 Colchester United Colchester United 25 8 3 1 26 12 3 2 8 19 31 11 5 9 45 43 1.05 27
9 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 25 7 4 1 22 9 3 2 8 20 22 10 6 9 42 31 1.35 26
10 Newport County Newport County 23 10 0 1 35 16 1 3 8 9 25 11 3 9 44 41 1.07 25
11 Barnsley Barnsley 25 7 3 3 23 16 2 4 6 13 21 9 7 9 36 37 0.97 25
12 Port Vale Port Vale 24 9 1 2 24 11 2 2 8 16 33 11 3 10 40 44 0.91 25
13 Brentford Brentford 24 6 3 2 23 13 4 1 8 21 26 10 4 10 44 39 1.13 24
14 Halifax Town Halifax Town 24 6 2 4 19 16 3 4 5 11 20 9 6 9 30 36 0.83 24
15 Swindon Town Swindon 25 7 3 3 23 18 3 1 8 14 27 10 4 11 37 45 0.82 24
16 Bradford City Bradford 24 6 4 2 21 13 2 3 7 17 26 8 7 9 38 39 0.97 23
17 York City York City 25 6 4 2 22 16 1 5 7 10 23 7 9 9 32 39 0.82 23
18 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 25 6 5 2 35 20 2 1 9 11 24 8 6 11 46 44 1.05 22
19 Southend United Southend United 24 9 0 4 32 18 0 3 8 7 24 9 3 12 39 42 0.93 21
20 Reading Reading 24 5 2 5 26 20 1 4 7 22 29 6 6 12 48 49 0.98 18
21 Chesterfield Chesterfield 24 5 2 6 21 25 3 0 8 17 30 8 2 14 38 55 0.69 18
22 Wrexham Wrexham 25 7 1 5 23 21 0 2 10 17 42 7 3 15 40 63 0.63 17
23 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 23 4 4 3 27 25 2 0 10 15 36 6 4 13 42 61 0.69 16
24 Accrington Stanley Accrington 26 2 4 7 19 27 4 0 9 14 37 6 4 16 33 64 0.52 16