Football League Division Three
Saturday, October 28, 1961

Swindon Town Bradford
R.Hunt (43', 49'), K.McPherson (82')
 HT: 1-2 J.Buchanan (4'), I.Gibson (33')
Attendance:  9,400   Referee:  L. Callaghan


1
BURTON
2
JONES
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
OWEN
6
WOODRUFF
7
SUMMERBEE
8
HUNT
9
MCPHERSON
10
HUNT
11
JACKSON
1
GEBBIE
2
WALKER
3
MARCH
4
SCOULAR
5
MCCALMAN
6
DICK
7
ATKINSON
8
SPRATT
9
BUCHANAN
10
GIBSON
11
HANNIGAN

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Bert GEBBIE
1
2
Ken JONES
                 
Jimmy WALKER
2
3
John TROLLOPE
                 
John MARCH
3
4
Keith MORGAN
                 
  Jimmy SCOULAR
4
5
Maurice OWEN
                 
Don MCCALMAN
5
6
Bobby WOODRUFF
                 
Wattie DICK
6
7
Mike SUMMERBEE  
                 
Charlie ATKINSON
7

8
Ernie HUNT
                 
Tommy SPRATT
8

9
Ken MCPHERSON
             
Jock BUCHANAN
9
10
Ralph HUNT
             
Ian GIBSON
10
11
Cliff JACKSON
                 
Johnny HANNIGAN
11















Results on Saturday, October 28, 1961: League Table
 
  Barnsley 2 - 2 Brentford  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 3 - 0 Southend United  
  Crystal Palace 2 - 0 Newport County  
  Halifax Town 3 - 3 Grimsby Town  
  Hull City 3 - 1 Shrewsbury Town  
  Lincoln City 1 - 1 Port Vale  
  Northampton Town 2 - 2 Peterborough United  
  Portsmouth 2 - 0 Reading  
  Queens Park Rangers 4 - 1 Coventry City  
  Swindon Town 3 - 2 Bradford Park Avenue  
  Torquay United 1 - 3 Bristol City  
  Watford 3 - 1 Notts County  

Table as at Saturday, October 28, 1961:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 18 11 6 1 35 15 2.33 28 
2 Portsmouth 17 10 5 2 30 17 1.76 25 
3 Peterborough United 18 11 2 5 48 43 1.12 24 
4 Queens Park Rangers 17 8 5 4 45 29 1.55 21 
5 Bristol City 19 9 3 7 30 23 1.30 21 
6 Port Vale 19 8 5 6 28 25 1.12 21 
7 Reading 18 10 1 7 35 33 1.06 21 
8 Crystal Palace 19 7 6 6 39 30 1.30 20 
9 Grimsby Town 18 8 4 6 28 28 1.00 20 
10 Watford 19 7 6 6 32 34 0.94 20 
11 Northampton Town 19 7 5 7 35 26 1.35 19 
12 Bradford Park Avenue 18 9 1 8 35 30 1.17 19 
13 Shrewsbury Town 19 6 6 7 35 35 1.00 18 
14 Coventry City 18 6 6 6 27 29 0.93 18 
15 Hull City 16 6 5 5 24 19 1.26 17 
16 Halifax Town 16 6 4 6 25 28 0.89 16 
17 Southend United 19 5 6 8 25 28 0.89 16 
18 Barnsley 18 6 4 8 33 40 0.83 16 
19 Swindon Town 19 5 6 8 29 38 0.76 16 
20 Notts County 17 6 3 8 32 31 1.03 15 
21 Lincoln City 17 4 5 8 26 38 0.68 13 
22 Brentford 18 4 2 12 16 39 0.41 10 
23 Torquay United 17 4 1 12 29 42 0.69 9 
24 Newport County 19 3 3 13 23 44 0.52 9 

Key: Promotion Relegation