Match Centre

Saturday February 25th, 1961

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

1 - 1

1

E. Hunt (26')

Reading

Reading

1

J. Walker (70')
E. Hunt (26')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 9,703

J. Walker (70')
L. Callaghan
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
WOLLEN
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
OWEN
6
WOODRUFF
7
DARCY
8
HUNT
9
SUMMERBEE
10
JACKSON
11
JONES
1
MEESON
2
NEATE
3
REEVES
4
SPIERS
5
DAVIES
6
WALKER
7
McILVENNY
8
WHITEHOUSE
9
LACEY
10
HEAD
11
MacLUCKIE
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2Terry WOLLEN
3John TROLLOPE
4Keith MORGAN
5Maurice OWEN
6Bobby WOODRUFF
7Arnold DARCY
8Ernie HUNT
9Mike SUMMERBEE
10Cliff JACKSON
11Fred JONES
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD
Reading
1Dave MEESON1
2Gordon NEATE2
3Ray REEVES3
4Dick SPIERS4
5Bill DAVIES5
6Johnny WALKER6
7John McILVENNY7
8Jimmy WHITEHOUSE8
9Bill LACEY9
10David HEAD10
11George MacLUCKIE11
Manager/Head Coach
Norman LOW

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday February 25th, 1961:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday February 25th, 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. 33 13 4 0 45 18 6 4 6 26 26 19 8 6 71 44 1.61 46
2 Bury Bury 33 13 2 2 52 16 7 3 6 33 24 20 5 8 85 40 2.13 45
3 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 33 11 2 2 35 21 6 5 7 28 28 17 7 9 63 49 1.29 41
4 Notts County Notts County 32 13 1 1 42 14 4 6 7 25 39 17 7 8 67 53 1.26 41
5 Walsall Walsall 32 14 3 0 47 15 4 1 10 20 32 18 4 10 67 47 1.43 40
6 Port Vale Port Vale 33 13 2 3 53 20 2 7 6 25 34 15 9 9 78 54 1.44 39
7 Torquay United Torquay United 33 8 9 1 34 17 4 3 8 26 40 12 12 9 60 57 1.05 36
8 Halifax Town Halifax Town 32 10 5 1 35 17 1 8 7 21 39 11 13 8 56 56 1 35
9 Newport County Newport County 31 10 3 1 36 17 4 4 9 24 43 14 7 10 60 60 1 35
10 Coventry City Coventry City 31 11 4 1 44 18 1 5 9 15 34 12 9 10 59 52 1.13 33
11 Barnsley Barnsley 29 10 3 1 37 18 5 0 10 21 36 15 3 11 58 54 1.07 33
12 Watford Watford 31 7 6 3 32 21 4 5 6 21 30 11 11 9 53 51 1.04 33
13 Bristol City Bristol City 32 11 2 3 36 14 2 4 10 15 34 13 6 13 51 48 1.06 32
14 Hull City Hull City 32 9 3 4 37 19 3 3 10 16 35 12 6 14 53 54 0.98 30
15 Brentford Brentford 33 8 4 4 32 23 2 6 9 13 32 10 10 13 45 55 0.82 30
16 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 31 8 5 2 34 20 1 6 9 21 39 9 11 11 55 59 0.93 29
17 Southend United Southend United 33 8 6 4 32 24 2 3 10 17 35 10 9 14 49 59 0.83 29
18 Swindon Town Swindon 31 6 5 4 25 14 1 7 8 15 26 7 12 12 40 40 1 26
19 Reading Reading 31 8 5 3 29 21 0 5 10 17 42 8 10 13 46 63 0.73 26
20 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 34 6 6 5 29 31 4 0 13 18 34 10 6 18 47 65 0.72 26
21 Bradford City Bradford 29 5 5 3 24 21 1 5 10 17 34 6 10 13 41 55 0.75 22
22 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 33 5 4 7 36 44 3 2 12 21 52 8 6 19 57 96 0.59 22
23 Colchester United Colchester United 33 4 5 7 25 27 2 3 12 22 44 6 8 19 47 71 0.66 20
24 Chesterfield Chesterfield 33 5 5 7 24 22 0 4 12 15 43 5 9 19 39 65 0.60 19

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