Football League Division Three
Monday, October 12, 1959

Accrington Stanley Swindon Town
J.Anders (3', 17'), H.McCreadie (60')
 HT: 2-0 J.Gauld (85')
Attendance:  9,000   Referee:  M. McCoy


1
BROWN
2
GARRITY
3
HARROWER
4
TIGHE
5
JACK
6
SNEDDON
7
ANDERS
8
BENNETT
9
MCCREADIE
10
ANDERS
11
NESS
1
BURTON
2
CHAMBERLAIN
3
BINGLEY
4
MORGAN
5
MELLOR
6
WOODRUFF
7
STEPHENS
8
HUNT
9
MARSHALL
10
GAULD
11
DARCY

Lineups
1
Willie BROWN
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Ken GARRITY
                 
Peter CHAMBERLAIN
2
3
Jimmy HARROWER
                 
Walter BINGLEY
3
4
Terry TIGHE
                 
Keith MORGAN
4
5
Vince JACK view STFC profile
                 
Ken MELLOR
5
6
Charlie SNEDDON
                 
Bobby WOODRUFF
6
7
Harry ANDERS
                 
John STEPHENS
7

8
Lawson BENNETT
                 
Ernie HUNT
8

9
Harvey MCCREADIE
               
William MARSHALL
9
10
Jimmy ANDERS
             
Jimmy GAULD
10
11
Hugh NESS
                 
Arnold DARCY
11













Results on Monday, October 12, 1959: League Table
 
  Accrington Stanley 3 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Colchester United 2 - 1 Brentford  
  Newport County 3 - 1 Chesterfield  
  Port Vale 4 - 1 Mansfield Town  
  Tranmere Rovers 3 - 1 Coventry City  
  York City 3 - 2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  

Table as at Monday, October 12, 1959:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Halifax Town 15 9 4 2 25 14 1.79 22 
2 Queens Park Rangers 15 8 4 3 27 12 2.25 20 
3 Bury 15 9 1 5 21 11 1.91 19 
4 Coventry City 16 7 5 4 27 16 1.69 19 
5 Norwich City 15 8 3 4 30 19 1.58 19 
6 Shrewsbury Town 15 8 3 4 41 27 1.52 19 
7 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 16 9 1 6 31 28 1.11 19 
8 Southampton 15 7 4 4 40 30 1.33 18 
9 Swindon Town 16 8 2 6 27 27 1.00 18 
10 Newport County 15 7 3 5 25 27 0.93 17 
11 Barnsley 15 6 4 5 21 18 1.17 16 
12 Brentford 16 6 4 6 28 26 1.08 16 
13 Colchester United 16 7 2 7 32 33 0.97 16 
14 York City 16 5 6 5 21 22 0.95 16 
15 Grimsby Town 15 5 5 5 32 25 1.28 15 
16 Port Vale 15 7 1 7 22 30 0.73 15 
17 Tranmere Rovers 16 5 3 8 27 22 1.23 13 
18 Bradford City 15 5 2 8 27 32 0.84 12 
19 Southend United 15 5 2 8 19 31 0.61 12 
20 Accrington Stanley 16 4 3 9 18 38 0.47 11 
21 Reading 15 3 4 8 32 34 0.94 10 
22 Chesterfield 14 4 0 10 23 37 0.62 8 
23 Wrexham 14 3 2 9 20 35 0.57 8 
24 Mansfield Town 15 2 4 9 22 44 0.50 8 

Key: Promotion Relegation