Football League Division Three
Saturday, April 14, 1962

Port Vale Swindon Town
A.Longbottom (71')
HT: 0-0 B.Atkins (60')
Attendance:  4,770   Referee:  U. James


1
HANCOCK
2
WHALLEY
3
SPROSON
4
MILES
5
NICHOLSON
6
CORBISHLEY
7
LLEWELLYN
8
STEELE
9
POOLE
10
LONGBOTTOM
11
EDWARDS
1
TURNER
2
WOLLEN
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
OWEN
6
WOODRUFF
7
SUMMERBEE
8
HUNT
9
SMITH
10
ATKINS
11
DARCY

Lineups
1
Ken HANCOCK
                 
Mike TURNER
1
2
Selwyn WHALLEY
                 
Terry WOLLEN
2
3
Roy SPROSON
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
Terry MILES
                 
Keith MORGAN
4
5
John NICHOLSON
                 
Maurice OWEN
5
6
Colin CORBISHLEY
                 
Bobby WOODRUFF
6
7
Bert LLEWELLYN
                 
  Mike SUMMERBEE
7

8
Stan STEELE
                 
Ernie HUNT
8

9
Harry POOLE
                 
Jack SMITH
9
10
Arthur LONGBOTTOM
             
Bill ATKINS
10
11
Stan EDWARDS
                 
Arnold DARCY
11















Results on Saturday, April 14, 1962: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, April 14, 1962:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Portsmouth 41 25 9 7 80 39 2.05 59 
2 Grimsby Town 41 24 6 11 68 49 1.39 54 
3 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 42 18 16 8 64 43 1.49 52 
4 Bristol City 42 22 6 14 87 65 1.34 50 
5 Peterborough United 41 22 6 13 95 77 1.23 50 
6 Queens Park Rangers 40 20 9 11 98 70 1.40 49 
7 Northampton Town 42 19 10 13 80 50 1.60 48 
8 Reading 41 19 8 14 67 62 1.08 46 
9 Bradford Park Avenue 40 18 7 15 71 67 1.06 43 
10 Swindon Town 40 13 15 12 66 67 0.99 41 
11 Hull City 41 16 8 17 57 52 1.10 40 
12 Coventry City 40 15 10 15 58 60 0.97 40 
13 Notts County 41 16 8 17 63 67 0.94 40 
14 Watford 42 14 12 16 59 65 0.91 40 
15 Crystal Palace 42 14 11 17 81 77 1.05 39 
16 Port Vale 40 14 10 16 57 53 1.08 38 
17 Southend United 42 11 16 15 52 63 0.83 38 
18 Halifax Town 38 14 8 16 58 67 0.87 36 
19 Shrewsbury Town 42 12 11 19 65 77 0.84 35 
20 Barnsley 41 11 11 19 63 84 0.75 33 
21 Lincoln City 40 8 15 17 49 72 0.68 31 
22 Brentford 40 12 7 21 46 81 0.57 31 
23 Torquay United 41 12 5 24 67 96 0.70 29 
24 Newport County 42 6 8 28 42 90 0.47 20 

Key: Promotion Relegation