Football League Division Three
Wednesday, September 9, 1959

Swindon Town Grimsby Town
D.Layne (6', 16' pen), B.Woodruff (90')
 HT: 2-2 R.Hunt (10'), R.Rafferty (22')
Attendance:  12,678   Referee:  J.H. Brooks


1
BURTON
2
THOMPSON
3
BINGLEY
4
MORGAN
5
MELLOR
6
WOODRUFF
7
CORBETT
8
RICHARDS
9
LAYNE
10
GAULD
11
DARCY
1
BARNETT
2
DONOVAN
3
RICHARDSON
4
WELBOURNE
5
JOBLING
6
BIRBECK
7
SCOTT
8
CULLEN
9
RAFFERTY
10
HUNT
11
FELL

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Alan BARNETT
1
2
Fred THOMPSON
                 
  Don DONOVAN
2
3
Walter BINGLEY
                 
David RICHARDSON
3
4
Keith MORGAN
                 
Duncan WELBOURNE
4
5
Ken MELLOR
                 
Keith JOBLING
5
6
Bobby WOODRUFF
               
Joe BIRBECK
6
7
David CORBETT
                 
  Johnny SCOTT
7

8
John RICHARDS
                 
  Mick CULLEN
8

9
David LAYNE
             
Ron RAFFERTY
9
10
Jimmy GAULD
               
view STFC profileRalph HUNT
10
11
Arnold DARCY
                 
Jimmy FELL
11













Results on Wednesday, September 9, 1959: League Table
 
  Norwich City 0 - 0 Barnsley  
  Reading 2 - 3 Shrewsbury Town  
  Swindon Town 3 - 2 Grimsby Town  

Table as at Wednesday, September 9, 1959:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bury 6 4 1 1 14 4 3.50 9 
2 Grimsby Town 6 4 1 1 19 7 2.71 9 
3 Norwich City 6 3 3 0 12 5 2.40 9 
4 Shrewsbury Town 6 3 2 1 14 7 2.00 8 
5 Bradford City 6 3 2 1 12 8 1.50 8 
6 Halifax Town 6 3 2 1 8 6 1.33 8 
7 Queens Park Rangers 6 3 1 2 12 5 2.40 7 
8 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 6 3 1 2 8 5 1.60 7 
9 Coventry City 6 2 3 1 10 7 1.43 7 
10 Swindon Town 6 3 1 2 13 11 1.18 7 
11 Brentford 6 2 3 1 13 11 1.18 7 
12 Southampton 6 2 3 1 15 13 1.15 7 
13 Newport County 6 3 1 2 6 8 0.75 7 
14 Tranmere Rovers 6 2 1 3 13 8 1.63 5 
15 Barnsley 6 1 3 2 8 9 0.89 5 
16 York City 6 2 1 3 5 8 0.63 5 
17 Port Vale 6 2 1 3 5 15 0.33 5 
18 Chesterfield 6 2 0 4 12 17 0.71 4 
19 Colchester United 6 1 2 3 9 15 0.60 4 
20 Wrexham 6 1 2 3 8 14 0.57 4 
21 Mansfield Town 6 1 2 3 5 11 0.45 4 
22 Accrington Stanley 6 1 2 3 7 19 0.37 4 
23 Southend United 6 1 1 4 5 14 0.36 3 
24 Reading 6 0 1 5 11 17 0.65 1 

Key: Promotion Relegation