Football League Division Three
L.J. Hamer
Lineups
1
CAKEBREAD
CAKEBREAD
2
WILSON
WILSON
3
GITSHAM
GITSHAM
4
HIGGINSON
HIGGINSON
5
DARGIE
DARGIE
6
COOTE
COOTE
7
RAINFORD
RAINFORD
8
BROOKS
BROOKS
9
FRANCIS
FRANCIS
10
EDGLEY
EDGLEY
11
McLEOD
McLEOD
1
BURTON
BURTON
2
JONES
JONES
3
TROLLOPE
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
MORGAN
5
OWEN
OWEN
6
WOODRUFF
WOODRUFF
7
SUMMERBEE
SUMMERBEE
8
HUNT
HUNT
9
SMITH
SMITH
10
HUNT
HUNT
11
DARCY
DARCY
| Swindon Town | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Sam BURTON1 | ||
| 2Ken JONES2 | ||
| 3John TROLLOPE3 | ||
| 4Keith MORGAN4 | ||
| 5Maurice OWEN5 | ||
| 6Bobby WOODRUFF6 | ||
| 7Mike SUMMERBEE7 | ||
| 8Ernie HUNT8 | ||
| 9Jack SMITH9 | ||
| 10Ralph HUNT10 | ||
| 11Arnold DARCY11 |
Newspaper Reports
Results
Football League Division Three results on Saturday October 7th, 1961:
Bradford (Park Avenue)
Bradford (PA)
|
1-2 | 
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
Brentford
Brentford
|
1-0 | 
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
1-1 | 
Hull City
Hull City
|
Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town
|
4-1 | 
Lincoln City
Lincoln City
|
Newport County
Newport County
|
2-4 | 
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
Notts County
Notts County
|
2-1 | 
Portsmouth
Portsmouth
|
Peterborough United
Peterborough United
|
1-2 | 
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
Port Vale
Port Vale
|
1-3 | 
Watford
Watford
|
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
|
1-5 | 
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
Southend United
Southend United
|
1-2 | 
Barnsley
Barnsley
|
Table
Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday October 7th, 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 |
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 2.33 | 22 |
| 2 |
Portsmouth
Portsmouth
|
13 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 1.75 | 19 |
| 3 | 
Reading
Reading
|
14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 1.29 | 19 |
| 4 |
Peterborough United
Peterborough United
|
14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 31 | 1.19 | 19 |
| 5 |
Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town
|
14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 1.50 | 18 |
| 6 |
Port Vale
Port Vale
|
14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 1.18 | 16 |
| 7 |
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 21 | 1.62 | 15 |
| 8 |
Hull City
Hull City
|
13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 1.33 | 15 |
| 9 |
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
|
14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 1.08 | 15 |
| 10 |
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 1.21 | 14 |
| 11 |
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
14 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 1.20 | 14 |
| 12 |
Watford
Watford
|
14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 26 | 0.96 | 14 |
| 13 |
Notts County
Notts County
|
14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 1.17 | 13 |
| 14 |
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 1.05 | 13 |
| 15 |
Southend United
Southend United
|
14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 13 |
| 16 |
Bradford (Park Avenue)
Bradford (PA)
|
12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 1.13 | 12 |
| 17 | 
Halifax Town
Halifax Town
|
12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 0.90 | 12 |
| 18 | 
Coventry City
Coventry City
|
13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 0.87 | 12 |
| 19 |
Barnsley
Barnsley
|
14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 35 | 0.71 | 10 |
| 20 |
Lincoln City
Lincoln City
|
13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 0.59 | 10 |
| 21 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
14 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 30 | 0.60 | 9 |
| 22 | 
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
13 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 0.71 | 7 |
| 23 |
Brentford
Brentford
|
14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 0.33 | 7 |
| 24 |
Newport County
Newport County
|
13 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 34 | 0.53 | 6 |
Match Programme
