Football League Division Three
Saturday, February 21, 1959

Notts County Swindon Town
B.Forrest (46')
HT: 0-0
Attendance:  10,575   Referee:  L. Howarth


1
LINTON
2
BUTLER
3
CRUICKSHANK
4
SHERIDAN
5
LOXLEY
6
NOON
7
ROBY
8
HOROBIN
9
BROWN
10
FORREST
11
WITHERS
1
CHANDLER
2
NEAL
3
BINGLEY
4
FOUNTAIN
5
HUDSON
6
OWEN
7
CORBETT
8
MICKLEWRIGHT
9
ROOST
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY

Lineups
1
Jimmy LINTON
                 
Ray CHANDLER
1
2
John BUTLER
                 
John NEAL
2
3
Frank CRUICKSHANK
                 
Walter BINGLEY
3
4
John SHERIDAN
                 
Jack FOUNTAIN
4
5
Bert LOXLEY
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
Harry NOON
                 
Maurice OWEN
6
7
Don ROBY
                 
David CORBETT
7

8
Roy HOROBIN
                 
Andy MICKLEWRIGHT
8

9
Keith BROWN
                 
Bill ROOST
9
10
Bobby FORREST
               
Bob EDWARDS
10
11
Alan WITHERS
                 
Arnold DARCY
11















Results on Saturday, February 21, 1959: League Table

 
  Accrington Stanley 1 - 1 Wrexham  
  Chesterfield 1 - 2 Brentford  
  Doncaster Rovers 2 - 1 Southend United  
  Halifax Town 3 - 3 Bradford City  
  Newport County 1 - 3 Hull City  
  Notts County 1 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Plymouth Argyle 0 - 1 Norwich City  
  Queens Park Rangers 1 - 1 Mansfield Town  
  Reading 4 - 1 Southampton  
  Rochdale 1 - 0 Bury  
  Stockport County 0 - 1 Colchester United  
  Tranmere Rovers 4 - 0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  

Table as at Saturday, February 21, 1959:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Hull City 34 20 6 8 71 40 1.78 46 
2 Plymouth Argyle 31 16 11 4 63 38 1.66 43 
3 Southend United 33 15 7 11 59 52 1.13 37 
4 Colchester United 30 13 10 7 51 38 1.34 36 
5 Brentford 30 13 10 7 39 31 1.26 36 
6 Reading 32 13 8 11 51 42 1.21 34 
7 Southampton 32 12 9 11 71 56 1.27 33 
8 Tranmere Rovers 31 13 7 11 53 44 1.20 33 
9 Bury 32 12 8 12 53 43 1.23 32 
10 Norwich City 29 12 8 9 50 41 1.22 32 
11 Accrington Stanley 31 11 10 10 49 42 1.17 32 
12 Chesterfield 33 12 8 13 53 50 1.06 32 
13 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 34 13 6 15 50 57 0.88 32 
14 Halifax Town 30 13 5 12 50 58 0.86 31 
15 Bradford City 30 11 8 11 55 53 1.04 30 
16 Swindon Town 31 11 8 12 36 35 1.03 30 
17 Mansfield Town 31 11 8 12 54 66 0.82 30 
18 Newport County 30 11 7 12 48 50 0.96 29 
19 Wrexham 31 10 9 12 47 55 0.85 29 
20 Queens Park Rangers 31 10 7 14 46 63 0.73 27 
21 Notts County 31 7 11 13 42 63 0.67 25 
22 Stockport County 31 9 6 16 45 55 0.82 24 
23 Doncaster Rovers 32 9 2 21 34 66 0.52 20 
24 Rochdale 32 6 7 19 29 61 0.48 19 

Key: Promotion Relegation