Football League Division Three
Friday, March 31, 1961

Queens Park Rangers Swindon Town
M.Barber (12'), B.Evans (28'), P.Angell (63' pen)
HT: 2-1 B.Woodruff (7')
Attendance:  14,308   Referee:  R.H. Windle


1
DRINKWATER
2
BAKER
3
INGHAM
4
KEEN
5
RUTTER
6
COCKELL
7
BARBER
8
BEDFORD
9
EVANS
10
ANDREWS
11
ANGELL
1
BURTON
2
JONES
3
THOMPSON
4
MORGAN
5
OWEN
6
BELL
7
CORBETT
8
HUNT
9
SUMMERBEE
10
WOODRUFF
11
DARCY

Lineups
1
Ray DRINKWATER
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Peter BAKER
                 
Ken JONES
2
3
Tony INGHAM
                 
Fred THOMPSON
3
4
Mike KEEN
                 
Keith MORGAN
4
5
Keith RUTTER
                 
Maurice OWEN
5
6
Dave COCKELL
                 
John BELL
6
7
Mike BARBER
               
David CORBETT
7

8
Brian BEDFORD
                 
Ernie HUNT
8

9
Bernard EVANS
               
  Mike SUMMERBEE
9
10
Archie ANDREWS
               
Bobby WOODRUFF
10
11
Peter ANGELL
               
Arnold DARCY
11













Results on Friday, March 31, 1961: League Table

 
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 0 - 1 Watford  
  Bristol City 2 - 2 Torquay United  
  Chesterfield 1 - 2 Hull City  
  Colchester United 0 - 4 Walsall  
  Grimsby Town 2 - 2 Bury  
  Port Vale 3 - 1 Coventry City  
  Queens Park Rangers 3 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Tranmere Rovers 1 - 0 Bradford City  

Table as at Friday, March 31, 1961:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bury 39 25 6 8 96 44 2.18 56 
2 Queens Park Rangers 38 21 9 8 76 48 1.58 51 
3 Walsall 39 23 5 11 84 54 1.56 51 
4 Grimsby Town 38 18 9 11 69 56 1.23 45 
5 Notts County 38 18 8 12 73 65 1.12 44 
6 Port Vale 39 16 11 12 88 67 1.31 43 
7 Watford 38 16 11 11 67 62 1.08 43 
8 Torquay United 38 14 14 10 67 61 1.10 42 
9 Newport County 38 16 8 14 72 74 0.97 40 
10 Barnsley 35 17 5 13 65 64 1.02 39 
11 Halifax Town 37 12 15 10 61 64 0.95 39 
12 Hull City 37 15 7 15 61 59 1.03 37 
13 Bristol City 39 15 7 17 62 63 0.98 37 
14 Coventry City 37 13 10 14 68 64 1.06 36 
15 Shrewsbury Town 36 12 12 12 64 62 1.03 36 
16 Brentford 37 11 12 14 47 58 0.81 34 
17 Southend United 38 11 11 16 51 64 0.80 33 
18 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 39 12 8 19 51 68 0.75 32 
19 Swindon Town 37 9 12 16 50 49 1.02 30 
20 Tranmere Rovers 39 12 6 21 70 105 0.67 30 
21 Bradford City 38 9 11 18 54 73 0.74 29 
22 Reading 36 9 11 16 52 72 0.72 29 
23 Chesterfield 39 9 9 21 54 73 0.74 27 
24 Colchester United 39 8 9 22 54 87 0.62 25 

Key: Promotion Relegation