Football League Division Three
Saturday, September 19, 1959

Swindon Town Bury
B.Edwards (31')
 HT: 1-0
Attendance:  11,241   Referee:  J.W. Hunt


1
BURTON
2
CHAMBERLAIN
3
BINGLEY
4
MORGAN
5
MELLOR
6
WOODRUFF
7
DARCY
8
EDWARDS
9
LAYNE
10
GAULD
11
HOSKINS
1
ADAMS
2
ROBERTSON
3
CONROY
4
TURNER
5
MCGRATH
6
ATHERTON
7
CALDER
8
WATSON
9
HEPTON
10
JACKSON
11
HUBBARD

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Frank ADAMS
1
2
Peter CHAMBERLAIN
                 
Eddie ROBERTSON
2
3
Walter BINGLEY
                 
Bobby CONROY
3
4
Keith MORGAN
                 
Brian TURNER
4
5
Ken MELLOR
                 
John MCGRATH
5
6
Bobby WOODRUFF
                 
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6
7
Arnold DARCY
                 
Bill CALDER
7

8
Bob EDWARDS
               
Don WATSON
8

9
David LAYNE
                 
Stan HEPTON
9
10
Jimmy GAULD
                 
Alan JACKSON
10
11
John HOSKINS
                 
Johnny HUBBARD
11















Results on Saturday, September 19, 1959: League Table
 
  Barnsley 1 - 2 Halifax Town  
  Bradford City 4 - 5 Accrington Stanley  
  Coventry City 1 - 1 Newport County  
  Grimsby Town 1 - 1 Tranmere Rovers  
  Port Vale 3 - 1 Brentford  
  Queens Park Rangers 3 - 0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Reading 4 - 1 Southend United  
  Shrewsbury Town 4 - 1 Colchester United  
  Southampton 5 - 2 Mansfield Town  
  Swindon Town 1 - 0 Bury  
  Wrexham 1 - 2 Norwich City  
  York City 1 - 0 Chesterfield  

Table as at Saturday, September 19, 1959:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Halifax Town 9 6 2 1 14 9 1.56 14 
2 Norwich City 9 5 3 1 19 9 2.11 13 
3 Southampton 9 5 3 1 27 19 1.42 13 
4 Queens Park Rangers 9 5 2 2 17 6 2.83 12 
5 Grimsby Town 9 5 2 2 25 12 2.08 12 
6 Coventry City 9 4 4 1 17 9 1.89 12 
7 Shrewsbury Town 9 5 2 2 22 12 1.83 12 
8 Bury 9 5 1 3 15 6 2.50 11 
9 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 9 5 1 3 15 11 1.36 11 
10 Newport County 9 4 3 2 11 11 1.00 11 
11 Swindon Town 9 4 2 3 15 15 1.00 10 
12 Tranmere Rovers 9 3 3 3 20 12 1.67 9 
13 Barnsley 9 3 3 3 15 12 1.25 9 
14 Brentford 9 3 3 3 16 16 1.00 9 
15 York City 9 3 3 3 7 9 0.78 9 
16 Bradford City 9 3 2 4 17 18 0.94 8 
17 Port Vale 9 3 1 5 11 24 0.46 7 
18 Colchester United 9 2 2 5 16 24 0.67 6 
19 Accrington Stanley 9 2 2 5 14 28 0.50 6 
20 Mansfield Town 9 1 3 5 9 21 0.43 5 
21 Chesterfield 8 2 0 6 12 21 0.57 4 
22 Wrexham 8 1 2 5 10 20 0.50 4 
23 Southend United 9 1 2 6 9 23 0.39 4 
24 Reading 9 1 1 7 19 25 0.76 3 

Key: Promotion Relegation