Football League Division Three
Saturday, August 22, 1959

Queens Park Rangers Swindon Town
A.Longbottom, G.Whitelaw
 HT: 1-0
Attendance:  12,000   Referee:  F. Collinge



Lineups
1
Mike PINNER
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Tony INGHAM
                 
John HIGGINS
2
3
Pat WOODS
                 
Walter BINGLEY
3
4
George PETCHEY
                 
Jack FOUNTAIN
4
5
Keith RUTTER
                 
Ken MELLOR
5
6
Peter ANGELL
                 
Rex TILLEY
6
7
Joe CINI  
                 
John STEPHENS
7

8
Arthur LONGBOTTOM
               
Bill ATKINS
8

9
George WHITELAW
               
David LAYNE
9
10
Brian BEDFORD
                 
Jimmy GAULD
10
11
Archie ANDREWS
                 
Arnold DARCY
11













Results on Saturday, August 22, 1959: League Table
 
  Barnsley 1 - 2 Brentford  
  Bradford City 2 - 0 York City  
  Bury 3 - 1 Colchester United  
  Coventry City 2 - 0 Mansfield Town  
  Grimsby Town 5 - 1 Chesterfield  
  Halifax Town 2 - 1 Southend United  
  Queens Park Rangers 2 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Reading 2 - 3 Port Vale  
  Shrewsbury Town 0 - 0 AFC Bournemouth   
  Southampton 2 - 2 Norwich City  
  Tranmere Rovers 5 - 1 Accrington Stanley  
  Wrexham 0 - 0 Newport County  

Table as at Saturday, August 22, 1959:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bradford City 1 1 0 0 2 0 ∞ 2 
2 Coventry City 1 1 0 0 2 0 ∞ 2 
3 Queens Park Rangers 1 1 0 0 2 0 ∞ 2 
4 Grimsby Town 1 1 0 0 5 1 5.00 2 
5 Tranmere Rovers 1 1 0 0 5 1 5.00 2 
6 Bury 1 1 0 0 3 1 3.00 2 
7 Brentford 1 1 0 0 2 1 2.00 2 
8 Halifax Town 1 1 0 0 2 1 2.00 2 
9 Port Vale 1 1 0 0 3 2 1.50 2 
10 AFC Bournemouth 1 0 1 0 0 0 ∞ 1 
11 Newport County 1 0 1 0 0 0 ∞ 1 
12 Shrewsbury Town 1 0 1 0 0 0 ∞ 1 
13 Wrexham 1 0 1 0 0 0 ∞ 1 
14 Norwich City 1 0 1 0 2 2 1.00 1 
15 Southampton 1 0 1 0 2 2 1.00 1 
16 Reading 1 0 0 1 2 3 0.67 0 
17 Barnsley 1 0 0 1 1 2 0.50 0 
18 Southend United 1 0 0 1 1 2 0.50 0 
19 Colchester United 1 0 0 1 1 3 0.33 0 
20 Accrington Stanley 1 0 0 1 1 5 0.20 0 
21 Chesterfield 1 0 0 1 1 5 0.20 0 
22 Mansfield Town 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.00 0 
23 Swindon Town 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.00 0 
24 York City 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.00 0 

Key: Promotion places Relegation