Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, April 1, 1939

Swindon Town Brighton and Hove Albion
C.Francis (??'), B.Morton (??', ??')
HT: 0-2 J.Wilson (??'), B.Stephens (??')
Attendance:  9,111    


1
BRYAN
2
PARKHOUSE
3
BUTCHER
4
COUSINS
5
JONES
6
MURPHY
7
JONES
8
FRANCIS
9
MORTON
10
LUCAS
11
BARRACLOUGH
1
MEE
2
MARRIOTT
3
MARTIN
4
DARLING
5
TRAINOR
6
WALKER
7
WILSON
8
GOFFEY
9
DAVIE
10
ATHERTON
11
STEPHENS

Lineups
1
Billy BRYAN
                 
Gordon MEE
1
2
Dick PARKHOUSE
                 
Ernie MARRIOTT
2
3
Fred BUTCHER
                 
Ted MARTIN
3
4
Harry COUSINS
                 
Len DARLING
4
5
Dai JONES
                 
Peter TRAINOR
5
6
Jimmy MURPHY  
                 
Dave WALKER
6
7
Eddie JONES
               
Joe WILSON
7

8
Cliff FRANCIS
               
Bert GOFFEY
8

9
Ben MORTON
               
Jock DAVIE
9
10
Billy LUCAS
                 
Jack ATHERTON
10
11
Arthur BARRACLOUGH
               
Bert STEPHENS
11















Results on Saturday, April 1, 1939: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, April 1, 1939:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Newport County 36 20 9 7 53 37 1.43 49 
2 Crystal Palace 34 17 8 9 59 44 1.34 42 
3 Brighton and Hove Albion 35 16 8 11 57 42 1.36 40 
4 Reading 36 14 12 10 63 51 1.24 40 
5 Notts County 33 16 7 10 51 37 1.38 39 
6 Watford 35 16 7 12 56 46 1.22 39 
7 Bristol City 35 14 10 11 52 49 1.06 38 
8 Queens Park Rangers 34 14 9 11 63 43 1.47 37 
9 Swindon Town 34 15 7 12 65 60 1.08 37 
10 Northampton Town 35 15 6 14 51 50 1.02 36 
11 Aldershot 34 13 10 11 41 49 0.84 36 
12 Cardiff City 34 12 9 13 47 50 0.94 33 
13 Torquay United 34 12 8 14 46 54 0.85 32 
14 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 35 10 11 14 43 54 0.80 31 
15 Mansfield Town 35 10 11 14 39 57 0.68 31 
16 Southend United 31 12 6 13 50 56 0.89 30 
17 Exeter City 34 10 10 14 55 73 0.75 30 
18 Ipswich Town 32 10 9 13 43 46 0.93 29 
19 Port Vale 34 11 7 16 44 50 0.88 29 
20 Bristol Rovers 35 8 10 17 45 50 0.90 26 
21 Leyton Orient 33 8 10 15 37 43 0.86 26 
22 Walsall 34 6 10 18 41 60 0.68 22 

Key: Promotion Re-election