Football League Division Three
Saturday, December 26, 1959

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Swindon Town
D.Dowsett (25', 65'), R.Smith (75')
 HT: 1-0 J.Gauld (69')
Attendance:  10,970   Referee:  H.J. Husband


1
GODWIN
2
BROWN
3
WOOLLARD
4
ARNOTT
5
NELSON
6
BROWN
7
SOUTHREN
8
DOWSETT
9
BUMSTEAD
10
STANDLEY
11
SMITH
1
BURTON
2
HIGGINS
3
BINGLEY
4
FOUNTAIN
5
CHAMBERLAIN
6
WOODRUFF
7
CORBETT
8
MARSHALL
9
LAYNE
10
GAULD
11
DARCY

Lineups
1
Tommy GODWIN  
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Irvin BROWN
                 
John HIGGINS
2
3
Arnold WOOLLARD
                 
Walter BINGLEY
3
4
John ARNOTT
                 
Jack FOUNTAIN
4
5
Tony NELSON
                 
Peter CHAMBERLAIN
5
6
Joe BROWN
                 
Bobby WOODRUFF
6
7
Tommy SOUTHREN
                 
David CORBETT
7

8
Dickie DOWSETT
               
William MARSHALL
8

9
Ray BUMSTEAD
                 
David LAYNE
9
10
Tommy STANDLEY
               
Jimmy GAULD
10
11
Ron SMITH
               
Arnold DARCY
11













Results on Saturday, December 26, 1959: League Table
 
  Barnsley 3 - 3 Reading  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 3 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Chesterfield 0 - 3 Accrington Stanley  
  Grimsby Town 1 - 3 Bradford City  
  Halifax Town 1 - 1 Port Vale  
  Mansfield Town 3 - 2 Norwich City  
  Queens Park Rangers 3 - 1 Colchester United  
  Shrewsbury Town 0 - 2 Bury  
  Southampton 2 - 0 Newport County  
  Southend United 2 - 0 Brentford  
  Tranmere Rovers 2 - 2 York City  
  Wrexham 1 - 3 Coventry City  

Table as at Saturday, December 26, 1959:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Southampton 25 14 6 5 64 42 1.52 34 
2 Bury 25 15 3 7 36 21 1.71 33 
3 Coventry City 25 13 5 7 50 35 1.43 31 
4 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 25 13 5 7 47 39 1.21 31 
5 Shrewsbury Town 24 11 7 6 60 41 1.46 29 
6 Grimsby Town 25 10 9 6 52 41 1.27 29 
7 Norwich City 24 11 5 8 45 37 1.22 27 
8 Colchester United 25 11 5 9 45 43 1.05 27 
9 Queens Park Rangers 25 10 6 9 42 31 1.35 26 
10 Newport County 23 11 3 9 44 41 1.07 25 
11 Barnsley 25 9 7 9 36 37 0.97 25 
12 Port Vale 24 11 3 10 40 44 0.91 25 
13 Brentford 24 10 4 10 44 39 1.13 24 
14 Halifax Town 24 9 6 9 30 36 0.83 24 
15 Swindon Town 25 10 4 11 37 45 0.82 24 
16 Bradford City 24 8 7 9 38 39 0.97 23 
17 York City 25 7 9 9 32 39 0.82 23 
18 Tranmere Rovers 25 8 6 11 46 44 1.05 22 
19 Southend United 24 9 3 12 39 42 0.93 21 
20 Reading 24 6 6 12 48 49 0.98 18 
21 Chesterfield 24 8 2 14 38 55 0.69 18 
22 Wrexham 25 7 3 15 40 63 0.63 17 
23 Mansfield Town 23 6 4 13 42 61 0.69 16 
24 Accrington Stanley 26 6 4 16 33 64 0.52 16 

Key: Promotion Relegation