Football League Division Three (South)
Friday, April 7, 1939

Swindon Town Northampton Town
C.Francis (??')
HT: 1-0
Attendance:  14,910    


1
BRYAN
2
PARKHOUSE
3
BUTCHER
4
COUSINS
5
JONES
6
MURPHY
7
JONES
8
FRANCIS
9
MORTON
10
LUCAS
11
BARRACLOUGH
1
CLIFFORD
2
MCCULLOUGH
3
RUSSELL
4
BLUNT
5
THAYNE
6
POSTLETHWAITE
7
KING
8
JENNINGS
9
HUREL
10
ELLWOOD
11
BARRON

Lineups
1
Billy BRYAN
                 
John CLIFFORD
1
2
Dick PARKHOUSE
                 
  Keiller MCCULLOUGH
2
3
Fred BUTCHER
                 
Sid RUSSELL
3
4
Harry COUSINS
                 
Eddie BLUNT
4
5
Dai JONES
                 
Billy THAYNE
5
6
Jimmy MURPHY  
                 
Tom POSTLETHWAITE
6
7
Eddie JONES
                 
Bobby KING
7

8
Cliff FRANCIS
               
Bill JENNINGS
8

9
Ben MORTON
                 
Eli HUREL
9
10
Billy LUCAS
                 
Reginald ELLWOOD
10
11
Arthur BARRACLOUGH
                 
Bill BARRON
11













Results on Friday, April 7, 1939: League Table

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

Table as at Friday, April 7, 1939:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Newport County 37 21 9 7 54 37 1.46 51 
2 Crystal Palace 35 18 8 9 62 46 1.35 44 
3 Brighton and Hove Albion 36 16 9 11 58 43 1.35 41 
4 Reading 37 14 13 10 63 51 1.24 41 
5 Watford 36 16 8 12 57 47 1.21 40 
6 Notts County 34 16 7 11 52 40 1.30 39 
7 Swindon Town 35 16 7 12 66 60 1.10 39 
8 Queens Park Rangers 35 14 10 11 63 43 1.47 38 
9 Bristol City 36 14 10 12 54 52 1.04 38 
10 Aldershot 35 13 11 11 42 50 0.84 37 
11 Northampton Town 36 15 6 15 51 51 1.00 36 
12 Cardiff City 35 12 9 14 47 52 0.90 33 
13 Southend United 32 13 6 13 52 56 0.93 32 
14 Torquay United 35 12 8 15 46 55 0.84 32 
15 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 36 10 12 14 44 55 0.80 32 
16 Mansfield Town 36 10 12 14 39 57 0.68 32 
17 Port Vale 35 12 7 16 47 51 0.92 31 
18 Exeter City 35 10 11 14 58 76 0.76 31 
19 Ipswich Town 33 10 10 13 43 46 0.93 30 
20 Bristol Rovers 36 9 10 17 47 50 0.94 28 
21 Leyton Orient 34 8 11 15 40 46 0.87 27 
22 Walsall 35 6 10 19 41 62 0.66 22 

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