Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, February 18, 1939

Swindon Town Southend United
C.Francis (43'), A.Fowler (59')
HT: 1-0 A.Smirke (??')
Attendance:  8,270   Referee:  P.S.V. Reed


1
WILDMAN
2
PARKHOUSE
3
BUTCHER
4
COUSINS
5
JONES
6
OLNEY
7
JONES
8
FRANCIS
9
MORTON
10
FOWLER
11
BARRACLOUGH
1
HANKEY
2
MILNE
3
ROBINSON
4
HARRIS
5
HAGUE
6
JACKSON
7
SMIRKE
8
BOLAN
9
BUSHBY
10
BELL
11
MARTIN

Lineups
1
Frank WILDMAN
                 
Ted HANKEY
1
2
Dick PARKHOUSE
                 
Johnny MILNE
2
3
Fred BUTCHER
                 
Dave ROBINSON
3
4
Harry COUSINS
                 
Arthur HARRIS
4
5
Dai JONES
                 
Keith HAGUE
5
6
James OLNEY
                 
Bob JACKSON
6
7
Eddie JONES
               
Alf SMIRKE
7

8
Cliff FRANCIS
               
Len BOLAN
8

9
Ben MORTON
                 
Billy BUSHBY
9
10
Alan FOWLER
               
Sam BELL
10
11
Arthur BARRACLOUGH
                 
  Ted MARTIN
11















Results on Saturday, February 18, 1939: League Table

 
  Aldershot 1 - 1 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Bristol City 2 - 0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Crystal Palace 4 - 0 Walsall  
  Leyton Orient 1 - 1 Cardiff City  
  Newport County 3 - 2 Ipswich Town  
  Northampton Town 1 - 1 Reading  
  Notts County 3 - 1 Bristol Rovers  
  Port Vale 1 - 2 Queens Park Rangers  
  Swindon Town 2 - 1 Southend United  
  Torquay United 0 - 1 Exeter City  
  Watford 2 - 0 Mansfield Town  

Table as at Saturday, February 18, 1939:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Newport County 30 19 5 6 47 31 1.52 43 
2 Crystal Palace 28 14 7 7 51 38 1.34 35 
3 Brighton and Hove Albion 29 14 6 9 49 36 1.36 34 
4 Reading 30 11 12 7 48 37 1.30 34 
5 Queens Park Rangers 28 12 8 8 58 37 1.57 32 
6 Notts County 27 13 5 9 40 31 1.29 31 
7 Northampton Town 29 13 5 11 43 39 1.10 31 
8 Bristol City 29 12 7 10 45 43 1.05 31 
9 Aldershot 28 11 9 8 33 38 0.87 31 
10 Watford 29 12 6 11 44 38 1.16 30 
11 Swindon Town 28 12 6 10 52 46 1.13 30 
12 Cardiff City 28 11 8 9 41 39 1.05 30 
13 Exeter City 28 9 9 10 46 60 0.77 27 
14 Torquay United 27 10 5 12 35 41 0.85 25 
15 Southend United 25 9 6 10 43 46 0.93 24 
16 Ipswich Town 26 8 7 11 34 38 0.89 23 
17 Mansfield Town 28 8 7 13 31 52 0.60 23 
18 Leyton Orient 27 7 8 12 33 38 0.87 22 
19 Port Vale 27 8 5 14 33 38 0.87 21 
20 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 27 7 7 13 30 45 0.67 21 
21 Bristol Rovers 28 6 8 14 33 38 0.87 20 
22 Walsall 28 5 6 17 28 48 0.58 16 

Key: Promotion Re-election