Football League Division Three
Saturday, October 7, 1961

Brentford Swindon Town
J.Rainford (63')
HT: 0-0
Attendance:  7,500   Referee:  L.J. Hamer


1
CAKEBREAD
2
WILSON
3
GITSHAM
4
HIGGINSON
5
DARGIE
6
COOTE
7
RAINFORD
8
BROOKS
9
FRANCIS
10
EDGLEY
11
MCLEOD
1
BURTON
2
JONES
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
OWEN
6
WOODRUFF
7
SUMMERBEE
8
HUNT
9
SMITH
10
HUNT
11
DARCY

Lineups
1
Gerry CAKEBREAD
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Tommy WILSON
                 
Ken JONES
2
3
Jimmy GITSHAM
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
Tommy HIGGINSON
                 
Keith MORGAN
4
5
Ian DARGIE
                 
Maurice OWEN
5
6
Ken COOTE
                 
Bobby WOODRUFF
6
7
Johnny RAINFORD
               
  Mike SUMMERBEE
7

8
Johnny BROOKS  
                 
Ernie HUNT
8

9
George FRANCIS
                 
Jack SMITH
9
10
Brian EDGLEY
                 
Ralph HUNT
10
11
George MCLEOD
                 
Arnold DARCY
11















Results on Saturday, October 7, 1961: League Table

 
  Bradford Park Avenue 1 - 2 Northampton Town  
  Brentford 1 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Bristol City 1 - 1 Hull City  
  Grimsby Town 4 - 1 Lincoln City  
  Newport County 2 - 4 Queens Park Rangers  
  Notts County 2 - 1 Portsmouth  
  Peterborough United 1 - 2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Port Vale 1 - 3 Watford  
  Shrewsbury Town 1 - 5 Crystal Palace  
  Southend United 1 - 2 Barnsley  

Table as at Saturday, October 7, 1961:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 14 8 6 0 28 12 2.33 22 
2 Portsmouth 13 7 5 1 21 12 1.75 19 
3 Reading 14 9 1 4 31 24 1.29 19 
4 Peterborough United 14 9 1 4 37 31 1.19 19 
5 Grimsby Town 14 8 2 4 24 16 1.50 18 
6 Port Vale 14 6 4 4 20 17 1.18 16 
7 Queens Park Rangers 12 6 3 3 34 21 1.62 15 
8 Hull City 13 5 5 3 20 15 1.33 15 
9 Shrewsbury Town 14 5 5 4 26 24 1.08 15 
10 Crystal Palace 14 5 4 5 29 24 1.21 14 
11 Bristol City 14 6 2 6 18 15 1.20 14 
12 Watford 14 5 4 5 25 26 0.96 14 
13 Notts County 14 5 3 6 28 24 1.17 13 
14 Northampton Town 14 5 3 6 20 19 1.05 13 
15 Southend United 14 4 5 5 17 17 1.00 13 
16 Bradford Park Avenue 12 6 0 6 26 23 1.13 12 
17 Halifax Town 12 5 2 5 19 21 0.90 12 
18 Coventry City 13 4 4 5 20 23 0.87 12 
19 Barnsley 14 4 2 8 25 35 0.71 10 
20 Lincoln City 13 3 4 6 17 29 0.59 10 
21 Swindon Town 14 2 5 7 18 30 0.60
22 Torquay United 13 3 1 9 22 31 0.71
23 Brentford 14 3 1 10 10 30 0.33
24 Newport County 13 2 2 9 18 34 0.53

Key: Promotion Relegation