Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, February 1, 1947

Swindon Town Port Vale
B.Stephens (14'), M.Owen (83')
HT: 1-1 M.Jones (12')
Attendance:  9,935   Referee:  T.S. Norcott


1
BOULTON
2
LLOYD
3
YOUNG
4
LOVESEY
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
STEPHENS
8
LUCAS
9
OWEN
10
PATERSON
11
WILLIAMS
1
HEPPELL
2
SMITH
3
PURCELL
4
TODD
5
CHEADLE
6
HALLAM
7
TRINER
8
BYRNE
9
POINTON
10
JONES
11
ALLEN

Lineups
1
Frank BOULTON
                 
George HEPPELL
1
2
Billy LLOYD
                 
Wilfred SMITH
2
3
Albert YOUNG
                 
Robert PURCELL
3
4
William LOVESEY
                 
Jim TODD
4
5
Jimmy ITHELL
                 
Tom CHEADLE
5
6
Edward PAINTER
                 
Norman HALLAM
6
7
Bill STEPHENS
               
Don TRINER
7

8
Billy LUCAS
                 
Billy BYRNE
8

9
Maurice OWEN
               
Bill POINTON
9
10
George PATERSON
               
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10
11
Gordon WILLIAMS
                 
  Ronnie ALLEN
11















Results on Saturday, February 1, 1947: League Table

 
  Bristol City 4 - 0 Bristol Rovers  
  Cardiff City 4 - 0 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Crystal Palace 2 - 0 Leyton Orient  
  Mansfield Town 0 - 1 Southend United  
  Norwich City 2 - 3 Aldershot  
  Notts County 1 - 0 Northampton Town  
  Reading 1 - 3 Ipswich Town  
  Swindon Town 2 - 1 Port Vale  
  Walsall 1 - 3 Watford  

Table as at Saturday, February 1, 1947:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Cardiff City 26 21 2 3 69 19 3.63 44 
2 Queens Park Rangers 24 14 6 4 40 16 2.50 34 
3 Bristol City 25 13 6 6 64 37 1.73 32 
4 Southend United 26 13 6 7 48 36 1.33 32 
5 Ipswich Town 26 11 8 7 39 31 1.26 30 
6 Reading 26 11 7 8 64 49 1.31 29 
7 Swindon Town 26 11 7 8 50 47 1.06 29 
8 Torquay United 25 11 6 8 39 36 1.08 28 
9 Walsall 26 10 7 9 41 36 1.14 27 
10 Exeter City 25 10 7 8 42 41 1.02 27 
11 Port Vale 25 10 6 9 42 37 1.14 26 
12 Brighton and Hove Albion 28 9 8 11 36 50 0.72 26 
13 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 26 10 5 11 43 35 1.23 25 
14 Northampton Town 26 11 3 12 43 42 1.02 25 
15 Watford 27 11 2 14 42 54 0.78 24 
16 Crystal Palace 26 10 4 12 35 46 0.76 24 
17 Notts County 26 9 4 13 40 42 0.95 22 
18 Mansfield Town 28 7 7 14 29 54 0.54 21 
19 Aldershot 26 8 4 14 37 59 0.63 20 
20 Bristol Rovers 27 6 5 16 26 52 0.50 17 
21 Leyton Orient 24 5 5 14 29 46 0.63 15 
22 Norwich City 26 5 3 18 37 70 0.53 13 

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