Football League Division Three
Saturday, November 11, 1961

Swindon Town Shrewsbury Town
J.Smith (81')
 HT: 0-1 A.Rowley (31'), J.McLaughlin (51')
Attendance:  7,025   Referee:  K.G. Aston



Lineups
1
Mike O'HARA
                 
Mike GIBSON
1
2
Ken JONES
                 
George WALTERS
2
3
John TROLLOPE
                 
Gordon SKEECH
3
4
Keith MORGAN
                 
Joe WALLACE
4
5
Maurice OWEN
                 
Dave POUNTNEY
5
6
Bobby WOODRUFF
                 
Albert HARLEY
6
7
Mike SUMMERBEE  
                 
Mike KENNING
7

8
Ernie HUNT
                 
Malcolm STARKEY
8

9
Ralph HUNT
                 
Derek HINES
9
10
Jack SMITH
             
Arthur ROWLEY
10
11
Cliff JACKSON
               
  Jimmy MCLAUGHLIN
11













Results on Saturday, November 11, 1961: League Table
 
  AFC Bournemouth 1 - 1 Coventry City  
  Barnsley 7 - 3 Bristol City  
  Crystal Palace 4 - 1 Grimsby Town  
  Halifax Town 2 - 1 Peterborough United  
  Hull City 0 - 1 Reading  
  Lincoln City 2 - 0 Southend United  
  Northampton Town 5 - 0 Newport County  
  Portsmouth 4 - 2 Bradford Park Avenue  
  Queens Park Rangers 2 - 1 Port Vale  
  Swindon Town 1 - 2 Shrewsbury Town  
  Torquay United 3 - 3 Notts County  
  Watford 2 - 1 Brentford  

Table as at Saturday, November 11, 1961:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 AFC Bournemouth 19 11 7 1 36 16 2.25 29 
2 Portsmouth 18 11 5 2 34 19 1.79 27 
3 Peterborough United 19 11 2 6 49 45 1.09 24 
4 Queens Park Rangers 18 9 5 4 47 30 1.57 23 
5 Reading 19 11 1 7 36 33 1.09 23 
6 Crystal Palace 20 8 6 6 43 31 1.39 22 
7 Watford 20 8 6 6 34 35 0.97 22 
8 Northampton Town 20 8 5 7 40 26 1.54 21 
9 Bristol City 20 9 3 8 33 30 1.10 21 
10 Port Vale 20 8 5 7 29 27 1.07 21 
11 Shrewsbury Town 20 7 6 7 37 36 1.03 20 
12 Grimsby Town 19 8 4 7 29 32 0.91 20 
13 Bradford Park Avenue 19 9 1 9 37 34 1.09 19 
14 Coventry City 19 6 7 6 28 30 0.93 19 
15 Barnsley 19 7 4 8 40 43 0.93 18 
16 Halifax Town 17 7 4 6 27 29 0.93 18 
17 Hull City 17 6 5 6 24 20 1.20 17 
18 Notts County 18 6 4 8 35 34 1.03 16 
19 Southend United 20 5 6 9 25 30 0.83 16 
20 Swindon Town 20 5 6 9 30 40 0.75 16 
21 Lincoln City 18 5 5 8 28 38 0.74 15 
22 Torquay United 18 4 2 12 32 45 0.71 10 
23 Brentford 19 4 2 13 17 41 0.41 10 
24 Newport County 20 3 3 14 23 49 0.47 9 

Key: Promotion places Relegation