Football League Division Three
Friday, March 27, 1959

Doncaster Rovers Swindon Town
J.Fletcher (28', 38')
HT: 2-0
Attendance:  6,435   Referee:  I.R. Rosekilly


1
NIMMO
2
WHITE
3
GAVIN
4
KILKENNY
5
MORDUE
6
CAVANAGH
7
SHARP
8
FERNIE
9
FLETCHER
10
MINTON
11
WALKER
1
CHANDLER
2
NEAL
3
BINGLEY
4
FOUNTAIN
5
CHAMBERLAIN
6
OWEN
7
SKULL
8
RICHARDS
9
MARSHALL
10
WOODRUFF
11
DARCY

Lineups
1
Willie NIMMO
                 
Ray CHANDLER
1
2
Maurice WHITE
                 
John NEAL
2
3
Paddy GAVIN
                 
Walter BINGLEY
3
4
Jimmy KILKENNY
                 
Jack FOUNTAIN
4
5
Billy MORDUE
                 
Peter CHAMBERLAIN
5
6
Tommy CAVANAGH
                 
Maurice OWEN
6
7
Ronnie SHARP
                 
John SKULL
7

8
Jim FERNIE
                 
John RICHARDS
8

9
Jimmy FLETCHER
               
William MARSHALL
9
10
Albert MINTON
                 
Bobby WOODRUFF
10
11
Ronnie WALKER
                 
Arnold DARCY
11













Results on Friday, March 27, 1959: League Table

 
  Brentford 3 - 0 Plymouth Argyle  
  Chesterfield 3 - 0 Bury  
  Colchester United 1 - 3 Southampton  
  Doncaster Rovers 2 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Queens Park Rangers 2 - 1 Notts County  
  Rochdale 2 - 2 Mansfield Town  
  Stockport County 1 - 1 Bradford City  
  Tranmere Rovers 1 - 0 Hull City  
  Wrexham 0 - 1 Reading  

Table as at Friday, March 27, 1959:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Plymouth Argyle 38 20 11 7 81 54 1.50 51 
2 Hull City 37 22 6 9 77 42 1.83 50 
3 Brentford 36 18 11 7 61 35 1.74 47 
4 Tranmere Rovers 39 18 7 14 66 57 1.16 43 
5 Reading 37 17 8 12 63 49 1.29 42 
6 Colchester United 37 16 10 11 60 53 1.13 42 
7 Southend United 37 17 7 13 69 59 1.17 41 
8 Bury 38 15 9 14 60 49 1.22 39 
9 Norwich City 32 15 8 9 59 44 1.34 38 
10 Southampton 38 14 10 14 78 69 1.13 38 
11 Accrington Stanley 38 14 10 14 61 57 1.07 38 
12 Queens Park Rangers 37 15 7 15 62 71 0.87 37 
13 Newport County 37 14 8 15 59 59 1.00 36 
14 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 38 14 8 16 53 60 0.88 36 
15 Chesterfield 38 13 9 16 59 57 1.04 35 
16 Halifax Town 34 15 5 14 54 63 0.86 35 
17 Bradford City 38 12 9 17 63 70 0.90 33 
18 Mansfield Town 36 12 9 15 63 83 0.76 33 
19 Swindon Town 36 12 8 16 44 47 0.94 32 
20 Wrexham 35 11 10 14 50 60 0.83 32 
21 Stockport County 37 11 8 18 54 65 0.83 30 
22 Notts County 38 8 12 18 51 77 0.66 28 
23 Doncaster Rovers 39 13 2 24 44 78 0.56 28 
24 Rochdale 38 7 10 21 33 66 0.50 24 

Key: Promotion Relegation