Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, March 26, 1927

Newport County Swindon Town
R.Weaver (??', ??'), W.James (??', ??'), B.Hiles (??')
 HT: 2-2 H.Morris (??', ??', ??')
Attendance:  4,751    


1
MAIDMENT
2
ANDERSON
3
HINTON
4
NAIRN
5
PRITCHARD
6
BOWSHER
7
WARDELL
8
WEAVER
9
JAMES
10
GITTINS
11
HILES
1
BOURNE
2
WYLIE
3
WESTON
4
FURNISS
5
BEW
6
ARCHER
7
DENYER
8
JEFFRIES
9
MORRIS
10
EDDLESTON
11
JOHNSON

Lineups
 
Jimmy MAIDMENT
                 
Jack BOURNE
 
 
Bobby ANDERSON
                 
Tommy WYLIE
 
 
Ivor HINTON
                 
Tober WESTON
 
 
Billy NAIRN
                 
Sam FURNISS
 
 
Tommy PRITCHARD
                 
Danny BEW
 
 
Stan BOWSHER  
                 
Bob ARCHER
 
 
Nippy WARDELL
                 
Bertie DENYER
 

 
Reg WEAVER
               
Charlie JEFFRIES
 

 
Wilf JAMES  
             
Harry MORRIS
 
 
Jimmy GITTINS
                 
Joe EDDLESTON
 
 
Billy HILES
               
Sam JOHNSON
 













Results on Saturday, March 26, 1927: League Table
 
  Aberdare Athletic 3 - 1 Exeter City  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 0 - 1 Millwall  
  Bristol City 1 - 0 Brentford  
  Charlton Athletic 5 - 2 Northampton Town  
  Coventry City 1 - 0 Norwich City  
  Crystal Palace 1 - 1 Luton Town  
  Gillingham 0 - 1 Merthyr Town  
  Newport County 5 - 3 Swindon Town  
  Plymouth Argyle 3 - 2 Bristol Rovers  
  Queens Park Rangers 2 - 2 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Watford 4 - 2 Southend United  

Table as at Saturday, March 26, 1927:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bristol City 33 23 7 3 89 43 2.07 53 
2 Millwall 33 18 8 7 67 39 1.72 44 
3 Brighton and Hove Albion 33 17 9 7 69 37 1.86 43 
4 Plymouth Argyle 32 17 9 6 74 52 1.42 43 
5 Swindon Town 34 18 7 9 82 62 1.32 43 
6 Newport County 33 19 3 11 56 57 0.98 41 
7 Crystal Palace 33 16 7 10 69 59 1.17 39 
8 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 34 14 7 13 68 58 1.17 35 
9 Luton Town 34 11 13 10 54 56 0.96 35 
10 Exeter City 34 13 8 13 65 62 1.05 34 
11 Brentford 31 12 7 12 63 51 1.24 31 
12 Charlton Athletic 33 12 7 14 49 50 0.98 31 
13 Southend United 34 12 5 17 57 65 0.88 29 
14 Coventry City 34 13 3 18 57 76 0.75 29 
15 Norwich City 33 10 8 15 51 62 0.82 28 
16 Bristol Rovers 33 11 6 16 53 66 0.80 28 
17 Merthyr Town 33 10 6 17 53 67 0.79 26 
18 Watford 34 11 4 19 48 71 0.68 26 
19 Gillingham 33 9 7 17 40 53 0.75 25 
20 Northampton Town 34 10 5 19 47 74 0.64 25 
21 Queens Park Rangers 33 8 8 17 48 68 0.71 24 
22 Aberdare Athletic 34 7 6 21 52 83 0.63 20 

Key: Promotion Re-election