Football League Division Three
Saturday, March 14, 1959

Swindon Town Stockport County
J.Richards (47', 80'), W.Marshall (63')
HT: 0-0
Attendance:  8,558   Referee:  C.H. Dennis


1
CHANDLER
2
NEAL
3
BINGLEY
4
FOUNTAIN
5
HUDSON
6
OWEN
7
SKULL
8
RICHARDS
9
MARSHALL
10
MICKLEWRIGHT
11
DARCY
1
BARNARD
2
BETTS
3
WEBB
4
SAMUELS
5
MURRAY
6
CLEMPSON
7
WILSON
8
KELLY
9
RITCHIE
10
REID
11
DAVOCK

Lineups
1
Ray CHANDLER
                 
Arthur BARNARD
1
2
John NEAL
                 
Barrie BETTS
2
3
Walter BINGLEY
                 
Billy WEBB
3
4
Jack FOUNTAIN
                 
Les SAMUELS
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Bob MURRAY
5
6
Maurice OWEN
                 
Frank CLEMPSON
6
7
John SKULL
                 
Gene WILSON
7

8
John RICHARDS
               
Walter KELLY
8

9
William MARSHALL
               
Bill RITCHIE
9
10
Andy MICKLEWRIGHT
                 
James REID
10
11
Arnold DARCY
                 
Mike DAVOCK
11















Results on Saturday, March 14, 1959: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, March 14, 1959:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Hull City 36 22 6 8 77 41 1.88 50 
2 Plymouth Argyle 35 19 11 5 79 49 1.61 49 
3 Brentford 34 16 11 7 54 35 1.54 43 
4 Colchester United 34 15 10 9 58 46 1.26 40 
5 Tranmere Rovers 36 16 7 13 63 54 1.17 39 
6 Southend United 36 16 7 13 65 58 1.12 39 
7 Reading 35 15 8 12 59 48 1.23 38 
8 Bury 36 14 9 13 59 46 1.28 37 
9 Accrington Stanley 35 13 10 12 57 50 1.14 36 
10 Southampton 36 13 10 13 75 67 1.12 36 
11 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 37 14 8 15 51 57 0.89 36 
12 Halifax Town 33 15 5 13 54 62 0.87 35 
13 Norwich City 30 13 8 9 53 42 1.26 34 
14 Newport County 35 13 8 14 56 57 0.98 34 
15 Chesterfield 36 12 9 15 56 55 1.02 33 
16 Swindon Town 34 12 8 14 43 42 1.02 32 
17 Bradford City 35 12 8 15 60 62 0.97 32 
18 Wrexham 33 11 10 12 49 55 0.89 32 
19 Mansfield Town 34 12 8 14 60 77 0.78 32 
20 Queens Park Rangers 34 12 7 15 54 69 0.78 31 
21 Stockport County 35 10 7 18 49 63 0.78 27 
22 Notts County 35 7 12 16 46 72 0.64 26 
23 Doncaster Rovers 37 11 2 24 41 78 0.53 24 
24 Rochdale 35 6 9 20 30 63 0.48 21 

Key: Promotion Relegation