Football League Division Three (South)
Monday, December 27, 1926

Merthyr Town Swindon Town
C.Sutherland (??')
 HT: 1-0 J.Eddleston (??'), H.Morris (??')
Attendance:  8,662    


1
LINDON
2
WOODWARD
3
PEDLAR
4
PAGE
5
BISHOP
6
CLARKE
7
JENKINS
8
CREWE
9
PHILLIPS
10
SUTHERLAND
11
DAVIES
1
BOURNE
2
DICKENSON
3
WESTON
4
COOPER
5
BEW
6
JOHNSON
7
DAVIES
8
PETRIE
9
MORRIS
10
EDDLESTON
11
THOM

Lineups
 
Albert LINDON
                 
Jack BOURNE
 
 
John WOODWARD
                 
Wally DICKENSON
 
 
Philip PEDLAR
                 
Tober WESTON
 
 
Jack PAGE
                 
Reg COOPER
 
 
George BISHOP
                 
Danny BEW
 
 
George CLARKE
                 
Sam JOHNSON
 
 
Thomas JENKINS
                 
Bertie DAVIES
 

 
Billy CREWE
                 
Charlie PETRIE
 

 
Jack PHILLIPS
               
Harry MORRIS
 
 
Charles SUTHERLAND
             
Joe EDDLESTON
 
 
Bill DAVIES
                 
Alec THOM
 













Results on Monday, December 27, 1926: League Table
 
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 2 - 1 Newport County  
  Brentford 3 - 0 Norwich City  
  Bristol City 2 - 1 Aberdare Athletic  
  Crystal Palace 1 - 2 Coventry City  
  Exeter City 0 - 2 Plymouth Argyle  
  Gillingham 1 - 1 Charlton Athletic  
  Merthyr Town 1 - 2 Swindon Town  
  Millwall 7 - 0 Luton Town  
  Northampton Town 0 - 0 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Southend United 2 - 1 Bristol Rovers  
  Watford 1 - 2 Queens Park Rangers  

Table as at Monday, December 27, 1926:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Swindon Town 20 14 4 2 58 34 1.71 32 
2 Brighton and Hove Albion 19 13 4 2 45 19 2.37 30 
3 Bristol City 20 12 5 3 53 29 1.83 29 
4 Millwall 22 11 5 6 47 32 1.47 27 
5 Plymouth Argyle 21 10 6 5 40 30 1.33 26 
6 Newport County 21 11 3 7 26 31 0.84 25 
7 Luton Town 19 9 5 5 35 32 1.09 23 
8 Brentford 19 9 4 6 44 30 1.47 22 
9 Southend United 20 10 2 8 41 35 1.17 22 
10 Exeter City 19 8 4 7 39 29 1.34 20 
11 Crystal Palace 19 7 5 7 34 32 1.06 19 
12 Watford 20 9 1 10 29 33 0.88 19 
13 Norwich City 21 7 5 9 36 46 0.78 19 
14 Merthyr Town 20 7 3 10 30 33 0.91 17 
15 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 19 6 5 8 32 36 0.89 17 
16 Bristol Rovers 20 5 5 10 27 35 0.77 15 
17 Queens Park Rangers 21 6 3 12 36 50 0.72 15 
18 Coventry City 20 7 1 12 29 49 0.59 15 
19 Charlton Athletic 18 5 4 9 23 30 0.77 14 
20 Gillingham 20 5 4 11 25 35 0.71 14 
21 Northampton Town 21 4 4 13 28 46 0.61 12 
22 Aberdare Athletic 21 3 2 16 25 56 0.45 8 

Key: Promotion Re-election