Match Centre

Saturday April 30th, 1960

Football League Division Three

Port Vale

6 - 1

6

H. Oscroft (14', 25', 30', 65'), P. Chamberlain (27' o.g.), C. Portwood (60')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

J. Gauld (87')
H. Oscroft (14', 25', 30', 65'), P. Chamberlain (27' o.g.), C. Portwood (60')
(HT: 4-0)

Attendance: 5,512

J. Gauld (87')
L.J. Hamer
Vale Park, Stoke-on-Trent

Lineups


1
HANCOCK
2
WHALLEY
3
SPROSON
4
POOLE
5
DAVIES
6
KINSEY
7
JACKSON
8
PORTWOOD
9
ARCHER
10
STEELE
11
OSCROFT
1
BURTON
2
HIGGINS
3
BINGLEY
4
MORGAN
5
CHAMBERLAIN
6
TILLEY
7
SUMMERBEE
8
HUNT
9
MELLOR
10
GAULD
11
DARCY
Port Vale
1Ken HANCOCK
2Selwyn WHALLEY
3Roy SPROSON
4Harry POOLE
5Colin DAVIES
6Noel KINSEY
7Brian JACKSON
8Cliff PORTWOOD
9Dan ARCHER
10Stan STEELE
11Harry OSCROFT
Manager/Head Coach
Norman LOW
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 30th, 1960:

Brentford Brentford 1-2 Newport County Newport County
Bury Bury 1-1 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town
Colchester United Colchester United 5-1 Accrington Stanley Accrington
Coventry City Coventry City 1-1 Reading Reading
Halifax Town Halifax Town 2-0 Wrexham Wrexham
Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 0-2 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers
Norwich City Norwich City 3-0 Chesterfield Chesterfield
Port Vale Port Vale 6-1 Swindon Town Swindon
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 1-0 Barnsley Barnsley
Southampton Southampton 2-0 Bradford City Bradford
Southend United Southend United 3-0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
York City York City 0-1 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday April 30th, 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 46 19 3 1 68 30 7 6 10 38 45 26 9 11 106 75 1.41 61
2 Norwich City Norwich City 46 16 4 3 53 24 8 7 8 29 30 24 11 11 82 54 1.52 59
3 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 46 12 7 4 58 34 6 9 8 39 41 18 16 12 97 75 1.29 52
4 Coventry City Coventry City 45 14 6 3 44 22 7 4 11 34 39 21 10 14 78 61 1.28 52
5 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 46 12 7 4 48 27 6 9 8 39 43 18 16 12 87 70 1.24 52
6 Bury Bury 46 13 4 6 36 23 8 5 10 28 28 21 9 16 64 51 1.25 51
7 Brentford Brentford 45 12 6 4 42 24 8 3 12 32 37 20 9 16 74 61 1.21 49
8 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 45 14 7 2 45 16 4 5 13 27 37 18 12 15 72 53 1.36 48
9 Colchester United Colchester United 46 15 6 2 51 22 3 5 15 32 52 18 11 17 83 74 1.12 47
10 Reading Reading 46 13 3 7 49 34 5 7 11 35 43 18 10 18 84 77 1.09 46
11 Southend United Southend United 46 15 3 5 49 28 4 5 14 27 46 19 8 19 76 74 1.03 46
12 Newport County Newport County 46 15 2 6 59 36 5 4 14 21 43 20 6 20 80 79 1.01 46
13 Port Vale Port Vale 46 16 4 3 51 19 3 4 16 29 60 19 8 19 80 79 1.01 46
14 Halifax Town Halifax Town 45 13 3 7 42 27 5 7 10 28 44 18 10 17 70 71 0.99 46
15 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 45 11 8 3 46 27 5 5 13 25 45 16 13 16 71 72 0.99 45
16 Barnsley Barnsley 46 13 6 4 45 25 2 8 13 20 41 15 14 17 65 66 0.98 44
17 Swindon Town Swindon 45 11 6 5 37 30 7 2 14 30 48 18 8 19 67 78 0.86 44
18 Chesterfield Chesterfield 46 13 3 7 41 31 5 4 14 30 53 18 7 21 71 84 0.85 43
19 Bradford City Bradford 45 10 7 6 39 28 5 5 12 27 42 15 12 18 66 70 0.94 42
20 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 46 11 8 4 50 29 3 5 15 22 46 14 13 19 72 75 0.96 41
21 York City York City 46 11 5 7 38 26 2 7 14 19 47 13 12 21 57 73 0.78 38
22 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 46 11 4 8 55 48 4 2 17 26 64 15 6 25 81 112 0.72 36
23 Wrexham Wrexham 45 12 4 6 38 29 2 3 18 29 71 14 7 24 67 100 0.67 35
24 Accrington Stanley Accrington 46 4 5 14 31 53 7 0 16 26 70 11 5 30 57 123 0.46 27

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