Match Centre

Saturday January 28th, 1961

Football League Division Three

Newport County

2 - 0

2

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 3,350

G.W. Pullin

Lineups


1
WEARE
2
BIRD
3
SHERWOOD
4
BURTON
5
PEAKE
6
ROWLAND
7
DIXON
8
McSEVENEY
9
McPHERSON
10
MEYER
11
SMITH
1
BURTON
2
WOLLEN
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
OWEN
6
WOODRUFF
7
DARCY
8
HUNT
9
SUMMERBEE
10
JACKSON
11
JONES

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday January 28th, 1961:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 3-2 Southend United Southend United
Colchester United Colchester United 2-4 Brentford Brentford
Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 1-3 Watford Watford
Hull City Hull City 4-2 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers
Newport County Newport County 2-0 Swindon Town Swindon
Notts County Notts County 1-0 Chesterfield Chesterfield
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 3-1 Bury Bury
Reading Reading 1-1 Halifax Town Halifax Town

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday January 28th, 1961:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 29 11 4 0 40 15 5 4 5 23 22 16 8 5 63 37 1.70 40
2 Bury Bury 28 9 2 2 40 15 7 2 6 32 23 16 4 8 72 38 1.89 36
3 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 28 10 2 2 32 20 5 4 5 24 23 15 6 7 56 43 1.30 36
4 Notts County Notts County 28 12 1 0 36 13 2 6 7 22 38 14 7 7 58 51 1.14 35
5 Torquay United Torquay United 27 8 7 0 32 14 4 3 5 23 26 12 10 5 55 40 1.38 34
6 Walsall Walsall 27 12 2 0 38 13 3 1 9 16 29 15 3 9 54 42 1.29 33
7 Port Vale Port Vale 27 10 2 3 43 17 2 6 4 22 29 12 8 7 65 46 1.41 32
8 Watford Watford 27 7 5 2 31 19 4 5 4 19 23 11 10 6 50 42 1.19 32
9 Halifax Town Halifax Town 28 10 4 0 34 15 1 6 7 19 37 11 10 7 53 52 1.02 32
10 Newport County Newport County 26 8 3 1 32 16 3 4 7 22 35 11 7 8 54 51 1.06 29
11 Barnsley Barnsley 26 9 3 1 32 16 4 0 9 18 33 13 3 10 50 49 1.02 29
12 Hull City Hull City 28 9 2 4 34 16 2 3 8 13 28 11 5 12 47 44 1.07 27
13 Brentford Brentford 29 8 2 4 29 20 2 5 8 12 30 10 7 12 41 50 0.82 27
14 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 27 7 5 1 31 17 1 5 8 18 35 8 10 9 49 52 0.94 26
15 Coventry City Coventry City 26 8 4 1 32 15 1 3 9 14 33 9 7 10 46 48 0.96 25
16 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 29 6 5 4 24 25 4 0 10 16 27 10 5 14 40 52 0.77 25
17 Swindon Town Swindon 27 6 3 4 23 12 1 6 7 13 21 7 9 11 36 33 1.09 23
18 Bristol City Bristol City 27 8 2 3 30 13 1 3 10 11 31 9 5 13 41 44 0.93 23
19 Southend United Southend United 29 6 5 4 26 20 2 2 10 16 34 8 7 14 42 54 0.78 23
20 Reading Reading 27 7 4 3 27 20 0 4 9 16 39 7 8 12 43 59 0.73 22
21 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 29 5 4 5 34 38 2 2 11 19 48 7 6 16 53 86 0.62 20
22 Bradford City Bradford 24 4 4 2 18 16 1 5 8 15 25 5 9 10 33 41 0.80 19
23 Colchester United Colchester United 28 4 5 6 24 25 2 2 9 15 32 6 7 15 39 57 0.68 19
24 Chesterfield Chesterfield 29 3 4 7 20 21 0 3 12 13 41 3 7 19 33 62 0.53 13

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