Match Centre

Saturday April 16th, 1960

Football League Division Three

Halifax Town

3 - 1

3

G. Whitelaw (3'), F. Large (49'), D. Fletcher (54')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

K. Mellor (55')
G. Whitelaw (3'), F. Large (49'), D. Fletcher (54')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 6,177

K. Mellor (55')
A.W. Sparling
The Shay, Halifax

Lineups


1
JOHNSON
2
ROSCOE
3
FAGAN
4
TILLEY
5
LORENSON
6
SOUTH
7
FLETCHER
8
HOLMES
9
WHITELAW
10
LARGE
11
McCALL
1
BURTON
2
HIGGINS
3
BINGLEY
4
MORGAN
5
CHAMBERLAIN
6
TILLEY
7
SUMMERBEE
8
HUNT
9
MELLOR
10
GAULD
11
DARCY
Halifax Town
1Arthur JOHNSON
2Phil ROSCOE
3George FAGAN
4Peter TILLEY
5Roy LORENSON
6Alex SOUTH
7Doug FLETCHER
8Tommy HOLMES
9George WHITELAW
10Frank LARGE
11Andy McCALL
Manager/Head Coach
Harry HOOPER
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2John HIGGINS2
3Walter BINGLEY3
4Keith MORGAN4
5Peter CHAMBERLAIN5
6Rex TILLEY6
7Mike SUMMERBEE7
8Ernie HUNT8
9Ken MELLOR9
10Jimmy GAULD10
11Arnold DARCY11
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday April 16th, 1960:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday April 16th, 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 42 17 3 1 65 30 6 6 9 33 41 23 9 10 98 71 1.38 55
2 Norwich City Norwich City 42 13 4 3 43 21 8 6 8 29 30 21 10 11 72 51 1.41 52
3 Bury Bury 42 13 3 6 35 22 8 5 7 27 20 21 8 13 62 42 1.48 50
4 Coventry City Coventry City 42 13 5 2 40 18 7 4 11 34 39 20 9 13 74 57 1.30 49
5 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 41 12 5 4 54 30 5 7 8 37 40 17 12 12 91 70 1.30 46
6 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 42 11 6 4 44 24 5 8 8 36 42 16 14 12 80 66 1.21 46
7 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 42 13 6 2 44 16 4 5 12 26 34 17 11 14 70 50 1.40 45
8 Brentford Brentford 42 12 6 3 41 22 6 3 12 29 37 18 9 15 70 59 1.19 45
9 Colchester United Colchester United 43 14 6 2 46 21 3 5 13 31 48 17 11 15 77 69 1.12 45
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 42 11 7 2 44 23 5 5 12 25 42 16 12 14 69 65 1.06 44
11 Halifax Town Halifax Town 40 12 3 6 40 26 5 6 8 25 37 17 9 14 65 63 1.03 43
12 Reading Reading 42 12 3 7 48 34 4 6 10 33 41 16 9 17 81 75 1.08 41
13 Newport County Newport County 43 14 2 6 56 35 4 3 14 19 42 18 5 20 75 77 0.97 41
14 Port Vale Port Vale 42 14 4 3 42 18 3 3 15 25 53 17 7 18 67 71 0.94 41
15 Swindon Town Swindon 42 10 5 5 34 28 7 2 13 29 42 17 7 18 63 70 0.90 41
16 Bradford City Bradford 41 9 7 5 36 25 5 5 10 27 39 14 12 15 63 64 0.98 40
17 Southend United Southend United 42 13 3 5 45 28 3 5 13 21 40 16 8 18 66 68 0.97 40
18 Barnsley Barnsley 42 12 5 4 40 25 2 7 12 18 38 14 12 16 58 63 0.92 40
19 Chesterfield Chesterfield 42 12 3 7 39 30 4 3 13 28 49 16 6 20 67 79 0.85 38
20 York City York City 43 11 5 5 36 22 2 7 13 18 44 13 12 18 54 66 0.82 38
21 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 42 10 8 3 48 28 2 4 15 19 45 12 12 18 67 73 0.92 36
22 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 42 10 4 6 49 42 4 2 16 25 62 14 6 22 74 104 0.71 34
23 Wrexham Wrexham 42 11 3 6 34 27 2 3 17 29 69 13 6 23 63 96 0.66 32
24 Accrington Stanley Accrington 43 4 4 14 31 53 7 0 14 25 60 11 4 28 56 113 0.50 26

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