Match Centre

Saturday September 23rd, 1961

Football League Division Three

Northampton Town

1 - 2

1

C. Holton (90')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

E. Hunt (46'), R. Hunt (79')
C. Holton (90')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 9,263

E. Hunt (46'), R. Hunt (79')
N. Hough
County Ground, Northampton

Lineups


1
COE
2
FOLEY
3
CLAYPOLE
4
EVERITT
5
BRANSTON
6
LECK
7
DIXON
8
HOLTON
9
TERRY
10
MILLS
11
LINES
1
BURTON
2
JONES
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
OWEN
6
WOODRUFF
7
SUMMERBEE
8
HUNT
9
SMITH
10
HUNT
11
JACKSON
Northampton Town
1Norman COE
2Theo FOLEY
3Tony CLAYPOLE
4Mike EVERITT
5Terry BRANSTON
6Derek LECK
7Cecil DIXON
8Cliff HOLTON
9Pat TERRY
10Roly MILLS
11Barry LINES
Manager/Head Coach
David BOWEN
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2Ken JONES2
3John TROLLOPE3
4Keith MORGAN4
5Maurice OWEN5
6Bobby WOODRUFF6
7Mike SUMMERBEE7
8Ernie HUNT8
9Jack SMITH9
10Ralph HUNT10
11Cliff JACKSON11
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday September 23rd, 1961:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 5-0 Barnsley Barnsley
Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford (PA) 2-0 Bristol City Bristol City
Brentford Brentford 4-0 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Coventry City Coventry City 1-3 Peterborough United Peterborough United
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 1-2 Portsmouth Portsmouth
Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 1-1 Port Vale Port Vale
Hull City Hull City 1-2 Halifax Town Halifax Town
Lincoln City Lincoln City 1-3 Torquay United Torquay United
Newport County Newport County 0-3 Southend United Southend United
Northampton Town Northampton Town 1-2 Swindon Town Swindon
Reading Reading 4-2 Notts County Notts County
Watford Watford 3-2 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday September 23rd, 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 Reading Reading 10 3 0 2 11 7 5 0 0 16 7 8 0 2 27 14 1.93 16
2 Portsmouth Portsmouth 10 2 3 0 7 5 4 1 0 10 4 6 4 0 17 9 1.89 16
3 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 10 3 2 0 11 3 2 3 0 9 4 5 5 0 20 7 2.86 15
4 Peterborough United Peterborough United 10 3 0 1 12 10 4 1 1 15 14 7 1 2 27 24 1.13 15
5 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 10 3 1 1 9 6 3 0 2 7 6 6 1 3 16 12 1.33 13
6 Halifax Town Halifax Town 9 3 1 0 7 2 2 1 2 7 7 5 2 2 14 9 1.56 12
7 Hull City Hull City 10 4 0 1 10 3 1 2 2 7 9 5 2 3 17 12 1.42 12
8 Southend United Southend United 10 3 1 1 7 5 1 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 11 9 1.22 11
9 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 10 2 1 3 12 13 2 2 0 6 2 4 3 3 18 15 1.20 11
10 Port Vale Port Vale 10 2 1 1 7 3 2 2 2 9 11 4 3 3 16 14 1.14 11
11 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 9 2 1 2 13 9 2 1 1 10 7 4 2 3 23 16 1.44 10
12 Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford (PA) 10 4 0 1 14 7 1 0 4 8 13 5 0 5 22 20 1.10 10
13 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 10 2 2 1 14 10 1 2 2 3 7 3 4 3 17 17 1 10
14 Watford Watford 10 2 3 1 11 9 1 0 3 7 10 3 3 4 18 19 0.95 9
15 Notts County Notts County 10 3 2 1 10 6 0 1 3 7 13 3 3 4 17 19 0.89 9
16 Coventry City Coventry City 10 3 1 1 11 7 0 2 3 5 12 3 3 4 16 19 0.84 9
17 Lincoln City Lincoln City 10 1 1 3 5 11 1 3 1 8 8 2 4 4 13 19 0.68 8
18 Northampton Town Northampton Town 10 0 2 3 4 9 2 1 2 6 4 2 3 5 10 13 0.77 7
19 Bristol City Bristol City 10 1 0 3 2 4 2 1 3 6 8 3 1 6 8 12 0.67 7
20 Torquay United Torquay United 10 1 0 5 12 14 2 0 2 7 10 3 0 7 19 24 0.79 6
21 Newport County Newport County 10 1 0 4 7 10 1 2 2 6 9 2 2 6 13 19 0.68 6
22 Swindon Town Swindon 10 0 4 1 7 9 1 0 4 5 14 1 4 5 12 23 0.52 6
23 Brentford Brentford 10 2 1 2 7 5 0 0 5 2 14 2 1 7 9 19 0.47 5
24 Barnsley Barnsley 10 0 1 3 5 11 1 1 4 8 18 1 2 7 13 29 0.45 4

Match Programme

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