Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, April 28, 1951

Swindon Town Gillingham
R.Peart (??', ??')
 HT: 1-0
Attendance:  3,915    


1
BURTON
2
PAGE
3
MAY
4
FARR
5
HUDSON
6
PAINTER
7
LUNN
8
ONSLOW
9
PEART
10
PEEBLES
11
THOMAS
1
BURKE
2
MARKS
3
LEWIN
4
VECK
5
KINGSNORTH
6
HENSON
7
BURTENSHAW
8
LEWIS
9
HALES
10
THOMAS
11
FORRESTER

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Johnny BURKE
1
2
Mick PAGE
                 
Charlie MARKS
2
3
Harry MAY
                 
Ron LEWIN
3
4
Brian FARR
                 
Bobby VECK
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Tom KINGSNORTH
5
6
Edward PAINTER
                 
Len HENSON
6
7
Harry LUNN
                 
Bill BURTENSHAW
7

8
Roy ONSLOW
                 
Derek LEWIS
8

9
Robert PEART
               
Bill HALES
9
10
Dick PEEBLES
                 
Dave THOMAS
10
11
John THOMAS
                 
George FORRESTER
11













Results on Saturday, April 28, 1951: League Table
 
  Aldershot 0 - 1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 1 - 0 Walsall  
  Bristol Rovers 1 - 0 Millwall  
  Colchester United 1 - 1 Bristol City  
  Crystal Palace 1 - 1 Watford  
  Newport County 0 - 0 Leyton Orient  
  Northampton Town 1 - 3 Plymouth Argyle  
  Norwich City 1 - 3 Ipswich Town  
  Nottingham Forest 3 - 0 Southend United  
  Port Vale 0 - 0 Reading  
  Swindon Town 2 - 0 Gillingham  
  Torquay United 2 - 0 Exeter City  

Table as at Saturday, April 28, 1951:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Nottingham Forest 43 27 10 6 103 37 2.78 64 
2 Norwich City 44 24 13 7 76 41 1.85 61 
3 Reading 44 21 14 9 87 51 1.71 56 
4 Plymouth Argyle 45 23 9 13 83 54 1.54 55 
5 Bristol Rovers 43 20 13 10 60 36 1.67 53 
6 Millwall 44 22 9 13 78 56 1.39 53 
7 Southend United 45 20 10 15 87 68 1.28 50 
8 Ipswich Town 45 22 6 17 67 58 1.16 50 
9 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 44 21 7 16 64 56 1.14 49 
10 Bristol City 44 19 11 14 62 57 1.09 49 
11 Newport County 43 17 9 17 72 68 1.06 43 
12 Brighton and Hove Albion 44 13 17 14 71 75 0.95 43 
13 Port Vale 43 15 12 16 57 63 0.90 42 
14 Exeter City 44 18 6 20 61 78 0.78 42 
15 Swindon Town 44 18 4 22 52 62 0.84 40 
16 Colchester United 45 14 11 20 62 75 0.83 39 
17 Leyton Orient 45 15 8 22 53 73 0.73 38 
18 Torquay United 45 14 9 22 64 80 0.80 37 
19 Walsall 44 13 10 21 48 61 0.79 36 
20 Aldershot 44 13 10 21 52 88 0.59 36 
21 Northampton Town 45 10 15 20 54 66 0.82 35 
22 Gillingham 44 12 9 23 66 98 0.67 33 
23 Watford 45 9 11 25 53 85 0.62 29 
24 Crystal Palace 44 8 11 25 32 78 0.41 27 

Key: Promotion Re-election