Football League Division Three
Saturday, August 26, 1961

Crystal Palace Swindon Town
R.Allen (27' pen, 90' pen), J.Byrne (47')
HT: 1-0 J.Trollope (78')
Attendance:  24,184   Referee:  G.D. Roper


1
ROUSE
2
MCNICHOL
3
LITTLE
4
LONG
5
CHOULES
6
PETCHEY
7
WERGE
8
SUMMERSBY
9
BYRNE
10
SMILLIE
11
ALLEN
1
BURTON
2
JONES
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
OWEN
6
BELL
7
CORBETT
8
HUNT
9
SUMMERBEE
10
HUNT
11
DARCY

Lineups
1
Vic ROUSE  
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Johnny MCNICHOL
                 
Ken JONES
2
3
Roy LITTLE
               
John TROLLOPE
3
4
Terry LONG
                 
Keith MORGAN
4
5
Len CHOULES
                 
Maurice OWEN
5
6
George PETCHEY
                 
John BELL
6
7
Eddie WERGE
                 
David CORBETT
7

8
Roy SUMMERSBY
                 
Ernie HUNT
8

9
Johnny BYRNE  
               
  Mike SUMMERBEE
9
10
Andy SMILLIE
                 
Ralph HUNT
10
11
Ronnie ALLEN  
               
Arnold DARCY
11















Results on Saturday, August 26, 1961: League Table

 
  Barnsley 2 - 4 Queens Park Rangers  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 3 - 1 Torquay United  
  Bradford Park Avenue 3 - 2 Notts County  
  Brentford 1 - 2 Reading  
  Bristol City 0 - 1 Shrewsbury Town  
  Crystal Palace 3 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Grimsby Town 3 - 1 Southend United  
  Hull City 1 - 0 Northampton Town  
  Port Vale 0 - 1 Peterborough United  
  Portsmouth 1 - 1 Halifax Town  
  Watford 3 - 3 Lincoln City  

Table as at Saturday, August 26, 1961:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Reading 3 3 0 0 12 4 3.00
2 Crystal Palace 3 3 0 0 9 3 3.00
3 Peterborough United 3 3 0 0 7 4 1.75
4 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 3 2 1 0 5 1 5.00
5 Halifax Town 3 2 1 0 6 2 3.00
6 Portsmouth 3 2 1 0 5 2 2.50
7 Shrewsbury Town 3 2 1 0 5 2 2.50
8 Grimsby Town 3 2 0 1 7 4 1.75
9 Bradford Park Avenue 3 2 0 1 6 4 1.50
10 Queens Park Rangers 3 2 0 1 10 8 1.25
11 Coventry City 3 2 0 1 5 5 1.00
12 Port Vale 3 1 0 2 6 5 1.20
13 Watford 3 0 2 1 5 6 0.83
14 Barnsley 3 1 0 2 5 7 0.71
15 Torquay United 3 1 0 2 5 7 0.71
16 Southend United 3 1 0 2 3 5 0.60
17 Notts County 3 1 0 2 4 7 0.57
18 Bristol City 3 1 0 2 1 2 0.50
19 Hull City 3 1 0 2 3 7 0.43
20 Lincoln City 3 0 1 2 3 7 0.43
21 Northampton Town 3 0 1 2 0 2 0.00
22 Swindon Town 3 0 0 3 3 8 0.38
23 Brentford 3 0 0 3 1 7 0.14
24 Newport County 3 0 0 3 0 7 0.00

Key: Promotion Relegation