Football League Division Three
Monday, December 28, 1959

Swindon Town Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
W.Marshall (72'), A.Darcy (79')
 HT: 0-0
Attendance:  10,335   Referee:  S. Yates


1
BURTON
2
HIGGINS
3
BINGLEY
4
FOUNTAIN
5
CHAMBERLAIN
6
WOODRUFF
7
CORBETT
8
MARSHALL
9
SUMMERBEE
10
WOOLFORD
11
DARCY
1
GODWIN
2
BROWN
3
GLEDSTONE
4
ARNOTT
5
NELSON
6
BURGESS
7
MCMANUS
8
DOWSETT
9
BUMSTEAD
10
STANDLEY
11
SMITH

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
  Tommy GODWIN
1
2
John HIGGINS
                 
Irvin BROWN
2
3
Walter BINGLEY
                 
Peter GLEDSTONE
3
4
Jack FOUNTAIN
                 
John ARNOTT
4
5
Peter CHAMBERLAIN
                 
Tony NELSON
5
6
Bobby WOODRUFF
                 
Mike BURGESS
6
7
David CORBETT
                 
Eddie MCMANUS
7

8
William MARSHALL
               
Dickie DOWSETT
8

9
Mike SUMMERBEE  
                 
Ray BUMSTEAD
9
10
Mike WOOLFORD
                 
Tommy STANDLEY
10
11
Arnold DARCY
               
Ron SMITH
11













Results on Monday, December 28, 1959: League Table
 
  Bradford City 2 - 2 Grimsby Town  
  Brentford 3 - 1 Southend United  
  Bury 2 - 1 Shrewsbury Town  
  Colchester United 2 - 0 Queens Park Rangers  
  Norwich City 5 - 1 Mansfield Town  
  Port Vale 7 - 0 Halifax Town  
  Swindon Town 2 - 0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  York City 3 - 0 Tranmere Rovers  

Table as at Monday, December 28, 1959:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bury 26 16 3 7 38 22 1.73 35 
2 Southampton 25 14 6 5 64 42 1.52 34 
3 Coventry City 25 13 5 7 50 35 1.43 31 
4 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 26 13 5 8 47 41 1.15 31 
5 Grimsby Town 26 10 10 6 54 43 1.26 30 
6 Shrewsbury Town 25 11 7 7 61 43 1.42 29 
7 Norwich City 25 12 5 8 50 38 1.32 29 
8 Colchester United 26 12 5 9 47 43 1.09 29 
9 Port Vale 25 12 3 10 47 44 1.07 27 
10 Queens Park Rangers 26 10 6 10 42 33 1.27 26 
11 Brentford 25 11 4 10 47 40 1.18 26 
12 Swindon Town 26 11 4 11 39 45 0.87 26 
13 Newport County 23 11 3 9 44 41 1.07 25 
14 Barnsley 25 9 7 9 36 37 0.97 25 
15 York City 26 8 9 9 35 39 0.90 25 
16 Bradford City 25 8 8 9 40 41 0.98 24 
17 Halifax Town 25 9 6 10 30 43 0.70 24 
18 Tranmere Rovers 26 8 6 12 46 47 0.98 22 
19 Southend United 25 9 3 13 40 45 0.89 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 24 6 4 14 43 66 0.65 16 
24 Accrington Stanley 26 6 4 16 33 64 0.52 16 

Key: Promotion Relegation