Match Centre

Saturday August 19th, 1961

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

1 - 3

1

A. Brown (67' o.g.)

Portsmouth

Portsmouth

3

J. Gordon (10', 47'), R. Saunders (16')
A. Brown (67' o.g.)
(HT: 0-2)

Attendance: 16,153

J. Gordon (10', 47'), R. Saunders (16')
G.W. Pullin
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
JONES
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
OWEN
6
WOODRUFF
7
SUMMERBEE
8
HUNT
9
McPHERSON
10
HUNT
11
DARCY
1
BEATTIE
2
GUNTER
3
WILSON
4
BROWN
5
SNOWDON
6
DICKINSON
7
PRISCOTT
8
GORDON
9
SAUNDERS
10
MIDDLETON
11
CUTLER
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2Ken JONES
3John TROLLOPE
4Keith MORGAN
5Maurice OWEN
6Bobby WOODRUFF
7Mike SUMMERBEE
8Ernie HUNT
9Ken McPHERSON
10Ralph HUNT
11Arnold DARCY
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD
Portsmouth
1Dick BEATTIE1
2Phil GUNTER2
3Alex WILSON3
4Allan BROWN4
5Brian SNOWDON5
6Jimmy DICKINSON6
7Tony PRISCOTT7
8Johnny GORDON8
9Ron SAUNDERS9
10Harry MIDDLETON10
11Reg CUTLER11
Manager/Head Coach
George SMITH

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday August 19th, 1961:

Halifax Town Halifax Town 3-1 Barnsley Barnsley
Lincoln City Lincoln City 0-2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Newport County Newport County 0-2 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town
Notts County Notts County 1-0 Bristol City Bristol City
Peterborough United Peterborough United 3-2 Hull City Hull City
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 3-0 Brentford Brentford
Reading Reading 4-0 Coventry City Coventry City
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 4-2 Port Vale Port Vale
Southend United Southend United 2-1 Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford (PA)
Swindon Town Swindon 1-3 Portsmouth Portsmouth
Torquay United Torquay United 1-2 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Watford Watford 0-0 Northampton Town Northampton Town

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday August 19th, 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 Halifax Town Halifax Town 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 3 2
2 Portsmouth Portsmouth 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 2
3 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 2
4 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 2 2
5 Southend United Southend United 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 2
6 Peterborough United Peterborough United 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 1.50 2
7 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2
8 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2
9 Notts County Notts County 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
10 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2
11 Reading Reading 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 2
12 Northampton Town Northampton Town 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Watford Watford 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Hull City Hull City 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 1 2 3 0.67 0
15 Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford (PA) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0.50 0
16 Port Vale Port Vale 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 1 2 4 0.50 0
17 Torquay United Torquay United 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.50 0
18 Barnsley Barnsley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 3 0.33 0
19 Swindon Town Swindon 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0.33 0
20 Brentford Brentford 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 0
21 Bristol City Bristol City 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
22 Coventry City Coventry City 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 4 0 0
23 Lincoln City Lincoln City 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
24 Newport County Newport County 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0

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