Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, August 26, 1939

Northampton Town Swindon Town
R.Ellwood (30')
HT: 1-0
Attendance:  8,315    


1
CLIFFORD
2
MCCULLOUGH
3
STRATHIE
4
BLUNT
5
SIMONS
6
MILLER
7
KING
8
JENNINGS
9
MELANIPHY
10
ELLWOOD
11
BARRON
1
WILDMAN
2
LAWRENCE
3
LOWE
4
COUSINS
5
OLNEY
6
RYAN
7
JONES
8
FRANCIS
9
MORTON
10
LUCAS
11
HEDLEY

Lineups
1
John CLIFFORD
                 
Frank WILDMAN
1
2
Keiller MCCULLOUGH  
                 
  Sid LAWRENCE
2
3
James STRATHIE
                 
Harry LOWE
3
4
Eddie BLUNT
                 
Harry COUSINS
4
5
Reuben SIMONS
                 
James OLNEY
5
6
Harold MILLER  
                 
Tommy RYAN
6
7
Bobby KING
                 
Eddie JONES
7

8
Bill JENNINGS
                 
Cliff FRANCIS
8

9
Ted MELANIPHY
                 
Ben MORTON
9
10
Reginald ELLWOOD
               
Billy LUCAS
10
11
Bill BARRON
                 
Foster HEDLEY
11















Results on Saturday, August 26, 1939: League Table

 
  Aldershot 0 - 1 Bristol City  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 0 - 0 Port Vale  
  Bristol Rovers 2 - 2 Reading  
  Exeter City 2 - 2 Torquay United  
  Leyton Orient 2 - 2 Ipswich Town  
  Mansfield Town 4 - 5 Crystal Palace  
  Northampton Town 1 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Norwich City 1 - 2 Cardiff City  
  Notts County 2 - 1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Queens Park Rangers 2 - 2 Watford  
  Southend United 3 - 2 Walsall  

Table as at Saturday, August 26, 1939:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bristol City 1 1 0 0 1 0
2 Northampton Town 1 1 0 0 1 0
3 Cardiff City 1 1 0 0 2 1 2.00
4 Notts County 1 1 0 0 2 1 2.00
5 Southend United 1 1 0 0 3 2 1.50
6 Crystal Palace 1 1 0 0 5 4 1.25
7 Brighton and Hove Albion 1 0 1 0 0 0
8 Port Vale 1 0 1 0 0 0
9 Bristol Rovers 1 0 1 0 2 2 1.00
10 Exeter City 1 0 1 0 2 2 1.00
11 Ipswich Town 1 0 1 0 2 2 1.00
12 Leyton Orient 1 0 1 0 2 2 1.00
13 Queens Park Rangers 1 0 1 0 2 2 1.00
14 Reading 1 0 1 0 2 2 1.00
15 Torquay United 1 0 1 0 2 2 1.00
16 Watford 1 0 1 0 2 2 1.00
17 Mansfield Town 1 0 0 1 4 5 0.80
18 Walsall 1 0 0 1 2 3 0.67
19 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 1 0 0 1 1 2 0.50
20 Norwich City 1 0 0 1 1 2 0.50
21 Aldershot 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.00
22 Swindon Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.00