Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, December 25, 1926

Swindon Town Merthyr Town
A.Thom (??'), H.Morris (??'), W.Dickenson (??' pen)
HT: 2-1 C.Sutherland (??'), J.Phillips (??')
Attendance:  9,330    


1
BOURNE
2
DICKENSON
3
WESTON
4
COOPER
5
BEW
6
ARCHER
7
DENYER
8
WALL
9
MORRIS
10
EDDLESTON
11
THOM
1
LEWIS
2
WOODWARD
3
PEDLAR
4
CREWE
5
BISHOP
6
CLARKE
7
JENKINS
8
BELL
9
PHILLIPS
10
SUTHERLAND
11
DAVIES

Lineups
 
Jack BOURNE
                 
Ben LEWIS
 
 
Wally DICKENSON
               
John WOODWARD
 
 
Tober WESTON
                 
Philip PEDLAR
 
 
Reg COOPER
                 
Billy CREWE
 
 
Danny BEW
                 
George BISHOP
 
 
Bob ARCHER
                 
George CLARKE
 
 
Bertie DENYER
                 
Thomas JENKINS
 

 
Alec WALL
                 
Tommy BELL
 

 
Harry MORRIS
             
Jack PHILLIPS
 
 
Joe EDDLESTON
               
Charles SUTHERLAND
 
 
Alec THOM
               
Bill DAVIES
 













Results on Saturday, December 25, 1926: League Table

 
  Aberdare Athletic 3 - 7 Bristol City  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 2 - 0 Northampton Town  
  Bristol Rovers 5 - 1 Southend United  
  Charlton Athletic 3 - 0 Gillingham  
  Coventry City 3 - 1 Crystal Palace  
  Luton Town 6 - 0 Millwall  
  Newport County 2 - 1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Norwich City 2 - 1 Brentford  
  Plymouth Argyle 2 - 0 Exeter City  
  Queens Park Rangers 2 - 4 Watford  
  Swindon Town 3 - 2 Merthyr Town  

Table as at Saturday, December 25, 1926:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Swindon Town 19 13 4 2 56 33 1.70 30 
2 Brighton and Hove Albion 18 13 3 2 45 19 2.37 29 
3 Bristol City 19 11 5 3 51 28 1.82 27 
4 Millwall 21 10 5 6 40 32 1.25 25 
5 Newport County 20 11 3 6 25 29 0.86 25 
6 Plymouth Argyle 20 9 6 5 38 30 1.27 24 
7 Luton Town 18 9 5 4 35 25 1.40 23 
8 Exeter City 18 8 4 6 39 27 1.44 20 
9 Brentford 18 8 4 6 41 30 1.37 20 
10 Southend United 19 9 2 8 39 34 1.15 20 
11 Crystal Palace 18 7 5 6 33 30 1.10 19 
12 Watford 19 9 1 9 28 31 0.90 19 
13 Norwich City 20 7 5 8 36 43 0.84 19 
14 Merthyr Town 19 7 3 9 29 31 0.94 17 
15 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 18 5 5 8 30 35 0.86 15 
16 Bristol Rovers 19 5 5 9 26 33 0.79 15 
17 Charlton Athletic 17 5 3 9 22 29 0.76 13 
18 Gillingham 19 5 3 11 24 34 0.71 13 
19 Queens Park Rangers 20 5 3 12 34 49 0.69 13 
20 Coventry City 19 6 1 12 27 48 0.56 13 
21 Northampton Town 20 4 3 13 28 46 0.61 11 
22 Aberdare Athletic 20 3 2 15 24 54 0.44

Key: Promotion Re-election