Match Centre

Saturday March 25th, 1961

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

2 - 0

2

E. Hunt (71'), A. Darcy (82')

Newport County

Newport County

0

E. Hunt (71'), A. Darcy (82')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 7,904

W. Clements
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
JONES
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
OWEN
6
BELL
7
CORBETT
8
HUNT
9
SUMMERBEE
10
WOODRUFF
11
DARCY
1
WEARE
2
BIRD
3
SHERWOOD
4
RIGGS
5
PEAKE
6
ROWLAND
7
FRY
8
SMITH
9
SANDERS
10
MEYER
11
WILLIAMS
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2Ken JONES
3John TROLLOPE
4Keith MORGAN
5Maurice OWEN
6John BELL
7Dave CORBETT
8Ernie HUNT
9Mike SUMMERBEE
10Bobby WOODRUFF
11Arnold DARCY
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD
Newport County
1Len WEARE1
2Johnny BIRD2
3Alf SHERWOOD3
4Les RIGGS4
5Dudley PEAKE5
6John ROWLAND6
7Keith FRY7
8Granville SMITH8
9Peter SANDERS9
10Barrie MEYER10
11David WILLIAMS11
Manager/Head Coach
Billy MOORE

Newspaper Reports


Results


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

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday March 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 Bury Bury 38 16 2 2 56 16 9 3 6 38 26 25 5 8 94 42 2.24 55
2 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 37 14 4 1 47 20 6 5 7 26 27 20 9 8 73 47 1.55 49
3 Walsall Walsall 38 16 4 0 55 18 6 1 11 25 36 22 5 11 80 54 1.48 49
4 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 37 12 2 3 39 24 6 6 8 28 30 18 8 11 67 54 1.24 44
5 Notts County Notts County 38 13 2 3 44 18 5 6 9 29 47 18 8 12 73 65 1.12 44
6 Port Vale Port Vale 38 13 2 5 56 27 2 9 7 29 39 15 11 12 85 66 1.29 41
7 Torquay United Torquay United 37 8 10 2 35 19 6 3 8 30 40 14 13 10 65 59 1.10 41
8 Watford Watford 37 9 6 3 38 22 6 5 8 28 40 15 11 11 66 62 1.06 41
9 Newport County Newport County 38 12 4 3 47 25 4 4 11 25 49 16 8 14 72 74 0.97 40
10 Barnsley Barnsley 34 11 3 2 39 20 6 2 10 25 39 17 5 12 64 59 1.08 39
11 Halifax Town Halifax Town 37 11 6 1 36 17 1 9 9 25 47 12 15 10 61 64 0.95 39
12 Coventry City Coventry City 36 12 4 2 48 21 1 6 11 19 40 13 10 13 67 61 1.10 36
13 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 36 10 6 2 40 21 2 6 10 24 41 12 12 12 64 62 1.03 36
14 Bristol City Bristol City 38 13 2 4 43 17 2 4 13 17 44 15 6 17 60 61 0.98 36
15 Hull City Hull City 36 11 3 4 43 22 3 4 11 16 36 14 7 15 59 58 1.02 35
16 Brentford Brentford 37 8 6 4 32 23 3 6 10 15 35 11 12 14 47 58 0.81 34
17 Southend United Southend United 38 8 8 4 32 24 3 3 12 19 40 11 11 16 51 64 0.80 33
18 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 38 7 7 5 32 33 5 1 13 19 34 12 8 18 51 67 0.76 32
19 Swindon Town Swindon 36 8 5 4 31 14 1 7 11 18 32 9 12 15 49 46 1.07 30
20 Bradford City Bradford 37 7 6 6 33 32 2 5 11 21 40 9 11 17 54 72 0.75 29
21 Reading Reading 36 9 5 4 32 25 0 6 12 20 47 9 11 16 52 72 0.72 29
22 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 38 8 4 7 47 48 3 2 14 22 57 11 6 21 69 105 0.66 28
23 Chesterfield Chesterfield 37 7 5 7 30 23 1 4 13 18 47 8 9 20 48 70 0.69 25
24 Colchester United Colchester United 38 5 5 8 29 32 3 4 13 25 51 8 9 21 54 83 0.65 25

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