Match Centre

Saturday December 31st, 1960

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

2 - 2

2

B. Woodruff (23', 60')

Shrewsbury Town

Shrewsbury Town

2

J. McLaughlin (11'), M. Starkey (43')
B. Woodruff (23', 60')
(HT: 1-2)

Attendance: 9,670

J. McLaughlin (11'), M. Starkey (43')
H.G. New
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
WOLLEN
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
OWEN
6
BELL
7
SUMMERBEE
8
HUNT
9
WOODRUFF
10
JACKSON
11
JONES
1
GIBSON
2
WALTERS
3
SKEECH
4
WALLACE
5
POUNTNEY
6
HARLEY
7
HOBSON
8
STARKEY
9
BAKER
10
ROWLEY
11
McLAUGHLIN
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2Terry WOLLEN
3John TROLLOPE
4Keith MORGAN
5Maurice OWEN
6John BELL
7Mike SUMMERBEE
8Ernie HUNT
9Bobby WOODRUFF
10Cliff JACKSON
11Fred JONES
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD
Shrewsbury Town
1Mike GIBSON1
2George WALTERS2
3Gordon SKEECH3
4Joe WALLACE4
5Dave POUNTNEY5
6Albert HARLEY6
7Norman HOBSON7
8Malcolm STARKEY8
9George BAKER9
10Arthur ROWLEY10
11Jimmy McLAUGHLIN11
Manager/Head Coach
Malcolm MacDONALD

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Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday December 31st, 1960:

Barnsley Barnsley 2-0 Bristol City Bristol City
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 1-3 Notts County Notts County
Bradford City Bradford 1-1 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Brentford Brentford 2-0 Halifax Town Halifax Town
Colchester United Colchester United 2-2 Reading Reading
Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 2-0 Hull City Hull City
Port Vale Port Vale 4-3 Bury Bury
Southend United Southend United 1-1 Chesterfield Chesterfield
Swindon Town Swindon 2-2 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Torquay United Torquay United 3-0 Walsall Walsall
Watford Watford 2-2 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday December 31st, 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 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 26 10 2 1 31 17 5 4 4 23 20 15 6 5 54 37 1.46 36
2 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 26 9 4 0 33 12 4 4 5 20 21 13 8 5 53 33 1.61 34
3 Bury Bury 24 8 1 2 35 12 7 2 4 31 16 15 3 6 66 28 2.36 33
4 Torquay United Torquay United 26 7 7 0 29 14 4 3 5 23 26 11 10 5 52 40 1.30 32
5 Walsall Walsall 25 11 2 0 36 13 3 1 8 15 26 14 3 8 51 39 1.31 31
6 Notts County Notts County 25 10 1 0 33 12 2 6 6 20 33 12 7 6 53 45 1.18 31
7 Halifax Town Halifax Town 25 10 3 0 34 15 1 5 6 16 30 11 8 6 50 45 1.11 30
8 Port Vale Port Vale 25 9 2 3 39 17 2 5 4 22 29 11 7 7 61 46 1.33 29
9 Newport County Newport County 22 7 3 0 29 13 3 4 5 20 28 10 7 5 49 41 1.20 27
10 Watford Watford 24 6 5 2 28 18 3 4 4 16 22 9 9 6 44 40 1.10 27
11 Barnsley Barnsley 24 8 3 1 27 14 4 0 8 16 29 12 3 9 43 43 1 27
12 Hull City Hull City 26 8 2 3 30 13 2 3 8 13 28 10 5 11 43 41 1.05 25
13 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 24 6 5 1 28 17 1 5 6 16 29 7 10 7 44 46 0.96 24
14 Coventry City Coventry City 25 7 4 1 30 15 1 3 9 14 33 8 7 10 44 48 0.92 23
15 Brentford Brentford 25 7 2 4 26 19 1 4 7 7 24 8 6 11 33 43 0.77 22
16 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 26 4 5 4 19 22 4 0 9 16 25 8 5 13 35 47 0.74 21
17 Swindon Town Swindon 24 5 2 4 18 11 1 6 6 13 19 6 8 10 31 30 1.03 20
18 Bristol City Bristol City 25 7 2 3 27 13 0 3 10 10 31 7 5 13 37 44 0.84 19
19 Southend United Southend United 25 5 5 4 22 18 1 2 8 13 27 6 7 12 35 45 0.78 19
20 Colchester United Colchester United 25 4 5 4 22 20 2 2 8 15 30 6 7 12 37 50 0.74 19
21 Reading Reading 25 6 3 3 23 18 0 4 9 16 39 6 7 12 39 57 0.68 19
22 Bradford City Bradford 22 4 4 2 18 16 1 4 7 12 21 5 8 9 30 37 0.81 18
23 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 25 4 4 5 28 36 2 1 9 15 41 6 5 14 43 77 0.56 17
24 Chesterfield Chesterfield 25 3 2 7 19 20 0 3 10 13 37 3 5 17 32 57 0.56 11

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