Football League Division Three
Saturday, January 1, 1966

Gillingham Swindon Town
R.Miller (42')
 HT: 1-0
Attendance:  7,513   Referee:  T.W. Dawes


1
SIMPSON
2
WESTON
3
STOCKS
4
MILLER
5
WHITE
6
ARNOTT
7
RACKSTRAW
8
GIBBS
9
YEO
10
TAYLOR
11
MEREDITH
1
DOWNSBOROUGH
2
DAWSON
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
NURSE
6
SHERGOLD
7
ROGERS
8
SMART
9
EAST
10
BROWN
11
WALKER

Lineups
1
John SIMPSON
                 
Peter DOWNSBOROUGH
1
2
Tony WESTON
                 
Owen DAWSON
2
3
David STOCKS
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
Ralph MILLER
               
Keith MORGAN
4
5
Jimmy WHITE
                 
  Mel NURSE
5
6
John ARNOTT
                 
Wilf SHERGOLD
6

7
Charlie RACKSTRAW
                 
Don ROGERS
7

8
Brian GIBBS
                 
Roger SMART
8
9
Brian YEO
                 
Keith EAST
9
10
Tommy TAYLOR
                 
Dennis BROWN
10
11
John MEREDITH
                 
Bruce WALKER
11
Substitutes
12
Sub not used
                 
Tom HALLETT
12













Results on Saturday, January 1, 1966: League Table
 
  Brighton and Hove Albion 4 - 3 Bristol Rovers  
  Exeter City 2 - 1 Workington  
  Gillingham 1 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Hull City 4 - 1 Swansea Town  
  Mansfield Town 1 - 4 Oxford United  
  Millwall 2 - 0 Southend United  
  Oldham Athletic 0 - 1 Shrewsbury Town  
  Peterborough United 1 - 0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Queens Park Rangers 7 - 2 York City  
  Reading 3 - 0 Walsall  
  Scunthorpe United 3 - 2 Brentford  
  Watford 1 - 1 Grimsby Town  

Table as at Saturday, January 1, 1966:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Millwall 23 15 4 4 40 19 2.11 34 
2 Hull City 24 14 5 5 56 39 1.44 33 
3 Grimsby Town 22 10 7 5 41 29 1.41 27 
4 Queens Park Rangers 21 12 3 6 45 33 1.36 27 
5 Shrewsbury Town 21 11 4 6 37 27 1.37 26 
6 Oxford United 22 11 4 7 40 30 1.33 26 
7 Gillingham 19 10 4 5 27 19 1.42 24 
8 Scunthorpe United 21 11 2 8 38 31 1.23 24 
9 Peterborough United 22 10 4 8 38 36 1.06 24 
10 Workington 21 8 7 6 41 27 1.52 23 
11 Watford 21 8 7 6 35 29 1.21 23 
12 Swindon Town 22 8 6 8 39 24 1.63 22 
13 Brighton and Hove Albion 22 7 7 8 35 33 1.06 21 
14 Exeter City 22 8 5 9 28 36 0.78 21 
15 Reading 19 7 6 6 29 29 1.00 20 
16 Walsall 20 8 4 8 30 33 0.91 20 
17 Bristol Rovers 25 5 9 11 34 41 0.83 19 
18 Mansfield Town 18 6 3 9 27 32 0.84 15 
19 Swansea Town 21 6 3 12 33 55 0.60 15 
20 Southend United 21 7 1 13 27 46 0.59 15 
21 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 23 4 7 12 18 35 0.51 15 
22 York City 22 5 4 13 32 58 0.55 14 
23 Brentford 20 4 5 11 24 26 0.92 13 
24 Oldham Athletic 20 3 5 12 24 51 0.47 11 

Key: Promotion Relegation