Match Centre

Saturday February 27th, 1960

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

0 - 3

0

Southampton

Southampton

3

G. O'Brien (1'), B. Clifton (54'), D. Reeves (70')
(HT: 0-1)

Attendance: 16,645

G. O'Brien (1'), B. Clifton (54'), D. Reeves (70')
K.G. Aston
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HIGGINS
3
BINGLEY
4
FOUNTAIN
5
CHAMBERLAIN
6
MORGAN
7
CORBETT
8
MARSHALL
9
LAYNE
10
GAULD
11
DARCY
1
CHARLES
2
DAVIES
3
TRAYNOR
4
CONNER
5
PAGE
6
HUXFORD
7
PAINE
8
O'BRIEN
9
REEVES
10
CLIFTON
11
SYDENHAM
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2John HIGGINS
3Walter BINGLEY
4Jack FOUNTAIN
5Peter CHAMBERLAIN
6Keith MORGAN
7Dave CORBETT
8Willie MARSHALL
9David LAYNE
10Jimmy GAULD
11Arnold DARCY
Southampton
1Bob CHARLES1
2Ron DAVIES2
3Tommy TRAYNOR3
4Dick CONNER4
5John PAGE5
6Cliff HUXFORD6
7Terry PAINE7
8George O'BRIEN8
9Derek REEVES9
10Brian CLIFTON10
11John SYDENHAM11

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday February 27th, 1960:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday February 27th, 1960:

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 32 15 1 1 55 26 5 5 5 28 27 20 6 6 83 53 1.57 46
2 Bury Bury 34 11 1 5 27 18 8 4 5 25 15 19 5 10 52 33 1.58 43
3 Norwich City Norwich City 33 11 1 3 36 19 6 5 7 24 26 17 6 10 60 45 1.33 40
4 Coventry City Coventry City 32 11 3 2 32 14 5 4 7 28 29 16 7 9 60 43 1.40 39
5 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 34 8 6 3 36 21 5 6 6 30 32 13 12 9 66 53 1.25 38
6 Colchester United Colchester United 34 11 4 1 34 14 3 5 10 24 38 14 9 11 58 52 1.12 37
7 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 34 8 7 2 33 20 5 4 8 23 33 13 11 10 56 53 1.06 37
8 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 32 10 4 3 44 24 4 4 7 29 31 14 8 10 73 55 1.33 36
9 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 32 10 4 1 31 11 4 3 10 24 28 14 7 11 55 39 1.41 35
10 Port Vale Port Vale 33 12 3 2 37 15 3 2 11 21 40 15 5 13 58 55 1.05 35
11 Bradford City Bradford 31 8 6 3 31 19 4 3 7 23 27 12 9 10 54 46 1.17 33
12 York City York City 33 9 5 2 28 16 2 6 9 15 32 11 11 11 43 48 0.90 33
13 Barnsley Barnsley 33 9 5 3 32 22 2 5 9 16 31 11 10 12 48 53 0.91 32
14 Swindon Town Swindon 33 8 5 4 26 22 5 1 10 20 30 13 6 14 46 52 0.88 32
15 Brentford Brentford 33 8 4 3 30 18 4 3 11 24 33 12 7 14 54 51 1.06 31
16 Newport County Newport County 32 11 0 4 41 25 3 3 11 13 35 14 3 15 54 60 0.90 31
17 Halifax Town Halifax Town 32 8 2 6 29 21 4 5 7 17 33 12 7 13 46 54 0.85 31
18 Southend United Southend United 32 11 1 4 37 20 1 4 11 13 35 12 5 15 50 55 0.91 29
19 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 33 8 6 2 40 22 2 2 13 17 36 10 8 15 57 58 0.98 28
20 Reading Reading 32 9 2 6 39 31 1 5 9 25 35 10 7 15 64 66 0.97 27
21 Chesterfield Chesterfield 32 8 3 7 29 29 3 1 10 19 35 11 4 17 48 64 0.75 26
22 Wrexham Wrexham 32 8 2 6 27 25 1 2 13 24 52 9 4 19 51 77 0.66 22
23 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 31 6 4 4 33 32 2 1 14 22 52 8 5 18 55 84 0.65 21
24 Accrington Stanley Accrington 33 3 4 10 24 39 5 0 11 19 46 8 4 21 43 85 0.51 20

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