Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, October 11, 1947

Southend United Swindon Town
C.Thompson (80' pen)
HT: 0-0
Attendance:  11,605   Referee:  W.H. Daly


1
HANKEY
2
JACKSON
3
LINTON
4
GOODYEAR
5
MONTGOMERY
6
PRITCHARD
7
SMIRK
8
DUDLEY
9
THOMPSON
10
LANE
11
WHITCHURCH
1
FERGUSON
2
YOUNG
3
LLOYD
4
KAYE
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
STEPHENS
8
LUCAS
9
OWEN
10
EMERY
11
BAIN

Lineups
1
Ted HANKEY
                 
Alex FERGUSON
1
2
Bob JACKSON
                 
Albert YOUNG
2
3
Tommy LINTON
                 
Billy LLOYD
3
4
George GOODYEAR
                 
Harry KAYE
4
5
Stan MONTGOMERY
                 
Jimmy ITHELL
5
6
Jack PRITCHARD
                 
Edward PAINTER
6
7
Alf SMIRK
                 
Bill STEPHENS
7

8
Frank DUDLEY
                 
Billy LUCAS
8

9
Cyril THOMPSON
               
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Harry LANE
                 
Don EMERY
10
11
Charlie WHITCHURCH
                 
Jimmy BAIN
11















Results on Saturday, October 11, 1947: League Table

 
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 1 - 1 Watford  
  Bristol City 6 - 0 Norwich City  
  Exeter City 2 - 0 Crystal Palace  
  Ipswich Town 4 - 0 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Leyton Orient 0 - 3 Aldershot  
  Newport County 0 - 1 Torquay United  
  Notts County 2 - 1 Port Vale  
  Reading 0 - 0 Bristol Rovers  
  Southend United 1 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Swansea Town 3 - 1 Queens Park Rangers  
  Walsall 2 - 0 Northampton Town  

Table as at Saturday, October 11, 1947:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Queens Park Rangers 14 10 2 2 31 13 2.38 22 
2 Bristol City 12 9 0 3 38 10 3.80 18 
3 Walsall 12 7 2 3 23 10 2.30 16 
4 Ipswich Town 12 7 2 3 24 12 2.00 16 
5 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 12 6 4 2 19 11 1.73 16 
6 Swansea Town 14 5 4 5 25 19 1.32 14 
7 Northampton Town 12 6 2 4 16 15 1.07 14 
8 Port Vale 12 5 3 4 24 18 1.33 13 
9 Newport County 12 5 3 4 17 16 1.06 13 
10 Exeter City 13 5 3 5 13 18 0.72 13 
11 Bristol Rovers 13 3 6 4 20 16 1.25 12 
12 Torquay United 12 3 6 3 16 14 1.14 12 
13 Aldershot 12 4 3 5 18 20 0.90 11 
14 Reading 12 3 5 4 12 14 0.86 11 
15 Crystal Palace 12 3 5 4 9 11 0.82 11 
16 Watford 12 4 3 5 17 24 0.71 11 
17 Southend United 13 4 3 6 12 29 0.41 11 
18 Swindon Town 12 2 6 4 10 12 0.83 10 
19 Brighton and Hove Albion 13 3 3 7 12 26 0.46
20 Notts County 12 3 2 7 13 22 0.59
21 Leyton Orient 12 2 3 7 10 27 0.37
22 Norwich City 12 1 2 9 7 29 0.24

Key: Promotion Re-election