Football League Division Three
Saturday, December 31, 1960

Swindon Town Shrewsbury Town
B.Woodruff (23', 60')
HT: 1-2 J.McLaughlin (11'), M.Starkey (43')
Attendance:  9,670   Referee:  H.G. New


1
BURTON
2
WOLLEN
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
OWEN
6
BELL
7
SUMMERBEE
8
HUNT
9
WOODRUFF
10
JACKSON
11
JONES
1
GIBSON
2
WALTERS
3
SKEECH
4
WALLACE
5
POUNTNEY
6
HARLEY
7
HOBSON
8
STARKEY
9
BAKER
10
ROWLEY
11
MCLAUGHLIN

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Mike GIBSON
1
2
Terry WOLLEN
                 
George WALTERS
2
3
John TROLLOPE
                 
Gordon SKEECH
3
4
Keith MORGAN
                 
Joe WALLACE
4
5
Maurice OWEN
                 
Dave POUNTNEY
5
6
John BELL
                 
Albert HARLEY
6
7
Mike SUMMERBEE  
                 
Norman HOBSON
7

8
Ernie HUNT
               
Malcolm STARKEY
8

9
Bobby WOODRUFF
               
George BAKER
9
10
Cliff JACKSON
                 
Arthur ROWLEY
10
11
Fred JONES
               
  Jimmy MCLAUGHLIN
11















Results on Saturday, December 31, 1960: League Table

 
  Barnsley 2 - 0 Bristol City  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 1 - 3 Notts County  
  Bradford City 1 - 1 Queens Park Rangers  
  Brentford 2 - 0 Halifax Town  
  Colchester United 2 - 2 Reading  
  Grimsby Town 2 - 0 Hull City  
  Port Vale 4 - 3 Bury  
  Southend United 1 - 1 Chesterfield  
  Swindon Town 2 - 2 Shrewsbury Town  
  Torquay United 3 - 0 Walsall  
  Watford 2 - 2 Tranmere Rovers  

Table as at Saturday, December 31, 1960:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Grimsby Town 26 15 6 5 54 37 1.46 36 
2 Queens Park Rangers 26 13 8 5 53 33 1.61 34 
3 Bury 24 15 3 6 66 28 2.36 33 
4 Torquay United 26 11 10 5 52 40 1.30 32 
5 Walsall 25 14 3 8 51 39 1.31 31 
6 Notts County 25 12 7 6 53 45 1.18 31 
7 Halifax Town 25 11 8 6 50 45 1.11 30 
8 Port Vale 25 11 7 7 61 46 1.33 29 
9 Newport County 22 10 7 5 49 41 1.20 27 
10 Watford 24 9 9 6 44 40 1.10 27 
11 Barnsley 24 12 3 9 43 43 1.00 27 
12 Hull City 26 10 5 11 43 41 1.05 25 
13 Shrewsbury Town 24 7 10 7 44 46 0.96 24 
14 Coventry City 25 8 7 10 44 48 0.92 23 
15 Brentford 25 8 6 11 33 43 0.77 22 
16 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 26 8 5 13 35 47 0.74 21 
17 Swindon Town 24 6 8 10 31 30 1.03 20 
18 Bristol City 25 7 5 13 37 44 0.84 19 
19 Southend United 25 6 7 12 35 45 0.78 19 
20 Colchester United 25 6 7 12 37 50 0.74 19 
21 Reading 25 6 7 12 39 57 0.68 19 
22 Bradford City 22 5 8 9 30 37 0.81 18 
23 Tranmere Rovers 25 6 5 14 43 77 0.56 17 
24 Chesterfield 25 3 5 17 32 57 0.56 11 

Key: Promotion Relegation