Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, September 25, 1948

Swindon Town Bristol City
M.Jones (37', 43')
HT: 2-1 D.Clark (30')
Attendance:  22,932   Referee:  B.M. Griffiths


1
BOULTON
2
HUNT
3
YOUNG
4
COWIE
5
ITHELL
6
KAYE
7
LUNN
8
BAYNHAM
9
OWEN
10
JONES
11
BAIN
1
CLACK
2
GUY
3
CORBETT
4
EDWARDS
5
ROBERTS
6
DAVIES
7
LEWIS
8
THOMAS
9
CLARK
10
BOXSHALL
11
WILLIAMS

Lineups
1
Frank BOULTON
                 
Frank CLACK
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Ivor GUY
2
3
Albert YOUNG
                 
William CORBETT
3
4
Andy COWIE
                 
Cliff EDWARDS
4
5
Jimmy ITHELL
                 
Dennis ROBERTS
5
6
Harry KAYE
                 
Jack DAVIES
6
7
Harry LUNN
                 
Glyn LEWIS
7

8
John BAYNHAM
                 
Bill THOMAS
8

9
Maurice OWEN
               
Don CLARK
9
10
Morris JONES
               
Danny BOXSHALL
10
11
Jimmy BAIN
                 
Sid WILLIAMS
11















Results on Saturday, September 25, 1948: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, September 25, 1948:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Swansea Town 10 6 3 1 21 8 2.63 15 
2 Bristol Rovers 11 7 0 4 20 14 1.43 14 
3 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 11 6 2 3 12 11 1.09 14 
4 Swindon Town 11 6 2 3 17 16 1.06 14 
5 Port Vale 10 5 3 2 15 7 2.14 13 
6 Notts County 11 5 2 4 34 20 1.70 12 
7 Ipswich Town 10 5 2 3 27 22 1.23 12 
8 Exeter City 11 4 3 4 20 16 1.25 11 
9 Millwall 11 3 5 3 18 18 1.00 11 
10 Brighton and Hove Albion 10 4 3 3 11 14 0.79 11 
11 Torquay United 10 4 3 3 14 18 0.78 11 
12 Aldershot 10 4 2 4 18 14 1.29 10 
13 Southend United 10 3 4 3 10 9 1.11 10 
14 Walsall 10 4 2 4 12 15 0.80 10 
15 Norwich City 10 3 3 4 13 13 1.00
16 Leyton Orient 10 2 5 3 14 17 0.82
17 Northampton Town 10 3 2 5 13 18 0.72
18 Reading 10 3 1 6 19 23 0.83
19 Watford 10 2 3 5 12 16 0.75
20 Bristol City 10 2 3 5 8 15 0.53
21 Crystal Palace 10 2 3 5 9 20 0.45
22 Newport County 10 0 4 6 13 26 0.50

Key: Promotion Re-election