Football League Division Three
Wednesday, September 2, 1959

Barnsley Swindon Town

HT: 0-1 J.Richards (43'), K.Morgan (80'), D.Layne (83')
Attendance:  7,001   Referee:  P.H. Cooper


1
LEESON
2
SHORT
3
WALTERS
4
BARTLETT
5
HOPKINS
6
BARBER
7
LUNN
8
BAXTER
9
TINDILL
10
BEAUMONT
11
BROOKES
1
BURTON
2
THOMPSON
3
BINGLEY
4
MORGAN
5
MELLOR
6
TILLEY
7
STEPHENS
8
RICHARDS
9
LAYNE
10
GAULD
11
DARCY

Lineups
1
Don LEESON
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Jack SHORT
                 
Fred THOMPSON
2
3
Henry WALTERS
                 
Walter BINGLEY
3
4
Frank BARTLETT
               
Keith MORGAN
4
5
Ollie HOPKINS
                 
Ken MELLOR
5
6
Dave BARBER
                 
Rex TILLEY
6
7
Jackie LUNN
                 
John STEPHENS
7

8
Jimmy BAXTER
               
John RICHARDS
8

9
Bert TINDILL
               
David LAYNE
9
10
Frank BEAUMONT
                 
Jimmy GAULD
10
11
Colin BROOKES
                 
Arnold DARCY
11













Results on Wednesday, September 2, 1959: League Table
 
  Barnsley 0 - 3 Swindon Town  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 3 - 0 Port Vale  
  Reading 0 - 1 Newport County  
  Southampton 4 - 3 Chesterfield  
  Wrexham 3 - 2 Brentford  

Table as at Wednesday, September 2, 1959:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Grimsby Town 4 3 1 0 13 4 3.25 7 
2 Shrewsbury Town 4 2 2 0 10 2 5.00 6 
3 Bury 4 3 0 1 9 2 4.50 6 
4 Norwich City 4 2 2 0 9 4 2.25 6 
5 Halifax Town 4 2 2 0 6 4 1.50 6 
6 Queens Park Rangers 4 2 1 1 8 3 2.67 5 
7 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 4 2 1 1 5 2 2.50 5 
8 Bradford City 4 2 1 1 9 6 1.50 5 
9 Swindon Town 4 2 1 1 9 6 1.50 5 
10 Brentford 4 2 1 1 9 7 1.29 5 
11 Newport County 4 2 1 1 4 4 1.00 5 
12 Coventry City 4 1 2 1 5 4 1.25 4 
13 Southampton 4 1 2 1 10 10 1.00 4 
14 Wrexham 4 1 2 1 6 7 0.86 4 
15 Port Vale 4 2 0 2 4 8 0.50 4 
16 Tranmere Rovers 4 1 1 2 6 6 1.00 3 
17 Southend United 4 1 1 2 4 8 0.50 3 
18 York City 4 1 1 2 2 5 0.40 3 
19 Colchester United 4 0 2 2 6 11 0.55 2 
20 Barnsley 4 0 2 2 4 8 0.50 2 
21 Chesterfield 4 1 0 3 7 15 0.47 2 
22 Accrington Stanley 4 0 2 2 5 14 0.36 2 
23 Mansfield Town 4 0 2 2 2 7 0.29 2 
24 Reading 4 0 0 4 6 11 0.55 0 

Key: Promotion Relegation