Football League Division Three
Saturday, September 26, 1959

Chesterfield Swindon Town
G.Lewis (60')
HT: 0-1 A.Darcy (5'), B.Edwards (52'), J.Hoskins (87')
Attendance:  7,376   Referee:  L.J. Hamer


1
SMETHURST
2
CLARKE
3
WILSON
4
WHITEHURST
5
BLAKEY
6
HUTCHINSON
7
GLOSSOP
8
HAVENHAND
9
LEWIS
10
BOTTOM
11
MADDISON
1
BURTON
2
CHAMBERLAIN
3
BINGLEY
4
MORGAN
5
MELLOR
6
WOODRUFF
7
DARCY
8
EDWARDS
9
RICHARDS
10
GAULD
11
HOSKINS

Lineups
1
Ted SMETHURST
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Gerry CLARKE
                 
Peter CHAMBERLAIN
2
3
John WILSON
                 
Walter BINGLEY
3
4
Walter WHITEHURST
                 
Keith MORGAN
4
5
Dave BLAKEY
                 
Ken MELLOR
5
6
Barry HUTCHINSON
                 
Bobby WOODRUFF
6
7
Terry GLOSSOP
               
Arnold DARCY
7

8
Keith HAVENHAND
               
Bob EDWARDS
8

9
Gwyn LEWIS
               
John RICHARDS
9
10
Arthur BOTTOM
                 
Jimmy GAULD
10
11
Jimmy MADDISON
               
John HOSKINS
11















Results on Saturday, September 26, 1959: League Table

 
  Accrington Stanley 0 - 2 Coventry City  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 3 - 2 Bradford City  
  Brentford 3 - 4 Norwich City  
  Bury 0 - 2 Barnsley  
  Chesterfield 1 - 3 Swindon Town  
  Colchester United 3 - 1 Port Vale  
  Halifax Town 3 - 1 Southampton  
  Mansfield Town 4 - 4 Reading  
  Newport County 3 - 2 York City  
  Southend United 2 - 1 Shrewsbury Town  
  Tranmere Rovers 0 - 3 Queens Park Rangers  
  Wrexham 2 - 1 Grimsby Town  

Table as at Saturday, September 26, 1959:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Norwich City 11 7 3 1 25 12 2.08 17 
2 Halifax Town 11 7 3 1 18 11 1.64 17 
3 Queens Park Rangers 11 6 3 2 20 6 3.33 15 
4 Coventry City 11 5 5 1 19 9 2.11 15 
5 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 11 7 1 3 22 14 1.57 15 
6 Southampton 11 6 3 2 34 25 1.36 15 
7 Swindon Town 11 6 2 3 22 17 1.29 14 
8 Grimsby Town 11 5 3 3 29 17 1.71 13 
9 Newport County 11 5 3 3 15 17 0.88 13 
10 Shrewsbury Town 11 5 2 4 26 20 1.30 12 
11 Bury 11 5 1 5 15 10 1.50 11 
12 Barnsley 11 4 3 4 17 13 1.31 11 
13 Brentford 11 3 4 4 20 21 0.95 10 
14 Colchester United 11 4 2 5 22 25 0.88 10 
15 York City 11 3 4 4 12 15 0.80 10 
16 Tranmere Rovers 11 3 3 5 20 17 1.18
17 Port Vale 11 4 1 6 13 27 0.48
18 Bradford City 11 3 2 6 20 23 0.87
19 Southend United 11 3 2 6 13 25 0.52
20 Reading 11 2 2 7 25 29 0.86
21 Chesterfield 10 3 0 7 15 24 0.63
22 Wrexham 10 2 2 6 13 25 0.52
23 Mansfield Town 11 1 4 6 13 28 0.46
24 Accrington Stanley 11 2 2 7 14 32 0.44

Key: Promotion Relegation