Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, May 6, 1939

Swindon Town Torquay United
B.Morton (??', ??'), B.Lucas (??')
HT: 3-0 R.Allen (??')
Attendance:  5,657    


1
BRYAN
2
PARKHOUSE
3
TONNER
4
COUSINS
5
JONES
6
OLNEY
7
FOWLER
8
FRANCIS
9
MORTON
10
LUCAS
11
HEDLEY
1
JOSLIN
2
HEAD
3
HUTCHINSON
4
COTHLIFF
5
HELLIER
6
COLEY
7
DAY
8
PRESKETT
9
ALLEN
10
BROWN
11
JAMES

Lineups
1
Billy BRYAN
                 
Phil JOSLIN
1
2
Dick PARKHOUSE
                 
view STFC profileBert HEAD
2
3
Arthur TONNER
                 
Albert HUTCHINSON
3
4
Harry COUSINS
                 
Harold COTHLIFF
4
5
Dai JONES
                 
Bill HELLIER
5
6
James OLNEY
                 
Bill COLEY
6
7
Alan FOWLER
                 
Dapper DAY
7

8
Cliff FRANCIS
                 
Frank PRESKETT
8

9
Ben MORTON
             
Ralph ALLEN
9
10
Billy LUCAS
               
Andrew BROWN
10
11
Foster HEDLEY
                 
Albert JAMES
11















Results on Saturday, May 6, 1939: League Table

 
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 0 - 0 Ipswich Town  
  Mansfield Town 4 - 2 Exeter City  
  Northampton Town 0 - 0 Crystal Palace  
  Notts County 0 - 0 Bristol City  
  Port Vale 1 - 1 Leyton Orient  
  Queens Park Rangers 1 - 1 Southend United  
  Swindon Town 3 - 1 Torquay United  
  Walsall 6 - 3 Cardiff City  

Final table:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Newport County 42 22 11 9 58 45 1.29 55 
2 Crystal Palace 42 20 12 10 71 52 1.37 52 
3 Brighton and Hove Albion 42 19 11 12 68 49 1.39 49 
4 Watford 42 17 12 13 62 51 1.22 46 
5 Reading 42 16 14 12 69 59 1.17 46 
6 Queens Park Rangers 42 15 14 13 68 49 1.39 44 
7 Ipswich Town 42 16 12 14 62 52 1.19 44 
8 Bristol City 42 16 12 14 61 63 0.97 44 
9 Swindon Town 42 18 8 16 72 77 0.94 44 
10 Aldershot 42 16 12 14 53 66 0.80 44 
11 Notts County 42 17 9 16 59 54 1.09 43 
12 Southend United 42 16 9 17 61 64 0.95 41 
13 Cardiff City 42 15 11 16 61 65 0.94 41 
14 Exeter City 42 13 14 15 65 82 0.79 40 
15 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 42 13 13 16 52 58 0.90 39 
16 Mansfield Town 42 12 15 15 44 62 0.71 39 
17 Northampton Town 42 15 8 19 51 58 0.88 38 
18 Port Vale 42 14 9 19 52 58 0.90 37 
19 Torquay United 42 14 9 19 54 70 0.77 37 
20 Leyton Orient 42 11 13 18 53 55 0.96 35 
21 Walsall 42 11 11 20 68 69 0.99 33 
22 Bristol Rovers 42 10 13 19 55 61 0.90 33 

Key: Promoted Re-elected