Football League Division Three
Wednesday, September 27, 1961

Barnsley Swindon Town
F.Bartlett (4', 28'), B.Wood (24'), K.Oliver (35'), B.Tindill (89'), R.Smillie (90')
 HT: 4-1 R.Hunt (14', 50')
Attendance:  3,487   Referee:  J. Parkinson


1
HILL
2
SWIFT
3
BROOKES
4
WOOD
5
SHARP
6
HOUGHTON
7
SMILLIE
8
BARTLETT
9
TINDILL
10
OLIVER
11
JAGGER
1
BURTON
2
JONES
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
OWEN
6
WOODRUFF
7
CORBETT
8
HUNT
9
SMITH
10
HUNT
11
JACKSON

Lineups
1
Alan HILL
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Colin SWIFT
                 
Ken JONES
2
3
Eric BROOKES
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
Bobby WOOD
               
Keith MORGAN
4
5
Duncan SHARP
                 
Maurice OWEN
5
6
Billy HOUGHTON
                 
Bobby WOODRUFF
6
7
Ron SMILLIE
               
David CORBETT
7

8
Frank BARTLETT
               
Ernie HUNT
8

9
Bert TINDILL
               
Jack SMITH
9
10
Ken OLIVER
             
Ralph HUNT
10
11
George JAGGER
                 
Cliff JACKSON
11













Results on Wednesday, September 27, 1961: League Table
 
  Barnsley 6 - 2 Swindon Town  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 3 - 2 Northampton Town  
  Lincoln City 3 - 2 Crystal Palace  
  Portsmouth 2 - 0 Torquay United  

Table as at Wednesday, September 27, 1961:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Portsmouth 11 7 4 0 19 9 2.11 18 
2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 11 6 5 0 23 9 2.56 17 
3 Reading 11 8 0 3 27 18 1.50 16 
4 Grimsby Town 11 7 1 3 20 12 1.67 15 
5 Peterborough United 11 7 1 3 27 27 1.00 15 
6 Hull City 11 5 3 3 18 13 1.38 13 
7 Port Vale 11 5 3 3 17 14 1.21 13 
8 Queens Park Rangers 10 5 2 3 29 18 1.61 12 
9 Shrewsbury Town 11 4 4 3 20 17 1.18 12 
10 Halifax Town 10 5 2 3 16 15 1.07 12 
11 Crystal Palace 11 4 3 4 20 18 1.11 11 
12 Southend United 11 4 3 4 13 12 1.08 11 
13 Coventry City 11 4 3 4 18 19 0.95 11 
14 Bradford Park Avenue 10 5 0 5 22 20 1.10 10 
15 Watford 11 3 4 4 19 20 0.95 10 
16 Lincoln City 11 3 4 4 16 21 0.76 10 
17 Notts County 11 3 3 5 17 20 0.85 9 
18 Bristol City 11 4 1 6 11 14 0.79 9 
19 Northampton Town 11 2 3 6 12 16 0.75 7 
20 Torquay United 11 3 0 8 19 26 0.73 6 
21 Newport County 10 2 2 6 13 19 0.68 6 
22 Barnsley 11 2 2 7 19 31 0.61 6 
23 Swindon Town 11 1 4 6 14 29 0.48 6 
24 Brentford 11 2 1 8 9 21 0.43 5 

Key: Promotion Relegation