Football League Division Three
Monday, March 30, 1959

Swindon Town Doncaster Rovers


Attendance:  9,504    



Lineups
1
Ray CHANDLER
                 
Willie NIMMO
1
2
John NEAL
                 
Brian MAKEPEACE
2
3
Walter BINGLEY
                 
Paddy GAVIN
3
4
Jack FOUNTAIN
                 
Jimmy KILKENNY
4
5
Peter CHAMBERLAIN
                 
Billy MORDUE
5
6
Rex TILLEY
                 
Tommy CAVANAGH
6
7
John SKULL
                 
Francie CALLAN
7

8
John RICHARDS
                 
Jim FERNIE
8

9
William MARSHALL
                 
Jimmy FLETCHER
9
10
Bob EDWARDS
                 
Ronnie WALKER
10
11
Arnold DARCY
                 
John MEREDITH
11













Results on Monday, March 30, 1959: League Table
 
  AFC Bournemouth 5 - 2 Accrington Stanley  
  Bury 1 - 0 Chesterfield  
  Hull City 1 - 0 Tranmere Rovers  
  Mansfield Town 0 - 0 Rochdale  
  Norwich City 3 - 1 Halifax Town  
  Notts County 0 - 1 Queens Park Rangers  
  Plymouth Argyle 1 - 1 Brentford  
  Reading 2 - 1 Wrexham  
  Southampton 3 - 0 Colchester United  
  Southend United 1 - 0 Newport County  
  Swindon Town 0 - 0 Doncaster Rovers  

Table as at Monday, March 30, 1959:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Plymouth Argyle 40 21 12 7 83 55 1.51 54 
2 Hull City 39 23 7 9 81 45 1.80 53 
3 Brentford 38 18 13 7 63 37 1.70 49 
4 Reading 39 18 8 13 65 51 1.27 44 
5 Tranmere Rovers 41 18 7 16 68 61 1.11 43 
6 Southend United 39 18 7 14 71 65 1.09 43 
7 Bury 40 16 10 14 61 49 1.24 42 
8 Southampton 40 16 10 14 82 69 1.19 42 
9 Colchester United 39 16 10 13 60 58 1.03 42 
10 Norwich City 34 16 9 9 65 48 1.35 41 
11 Accrington Stanley 40 15 10 15 67 64 1.05 40 
12 AFC Bournemouth 40 15 9 16 59 63 0.94 39 
13 Queens Park Rangers 39 16 7 16 63 72 0.88 39 
14 Chesterfield 40 14 9 17 62 60 1.03 37 
15 Halifax Town 36 16 5 15 60 67 0.90 37 
16 Newport County 39 14 8 17 59 61 0.97 36 
17 Mansfield Town 38 13 10 15 64 83 0.77 36 
18 Swindon Town 38 13 9 16 46 47 0.98 35 
19 Bradford City 39 13 9 17 69 71 0.97 35 
20 Wrexham 37 11 11 15 51 62 0.82 33 
21 Stockport County 38 12 8 18 56 65 0.86 32 
22 Doncaster Rovers 41 13 3 25 45 83 0.54 29 
23 Notts County 40 8 12 20 51 80 0.64 28 
24 Rochdale 40 7 11 22 35 70 0.50 25 

Key: Promotion places Relegation