Football League Division Three
Saturday, April 30, 1960

Port Vale Swindon Town
H.Oscroft (14', 25', 30', 65'), P.Chamberlain (27' o.g.), C.Portwood (60')
 HT: 4-0 J.Gauld (87')
Attendance:  5,512   Referee:  L.J. Hamer


1
HANCOCK
2
WHALLEY
3
SPROSON
4
POOLE
5
DAVIES
6
KINSEY
7
JACKSON
8
PORTWOOD
9
ARCHER
10
STEELE
11
OSCROFT
1
BURTON
2
HIGGINS
3
BINGLEY
4
MORGAN
5
CHAMBERLAIN
6
TILLEY
7
SUMMERBEE
8
HUNT
9
MELLOR
10
GAULD
11
DARCY

Lineups
1
Ken HANCOCK
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Selwyn WHALLEY
                 
John HIGGINS
2
3
Roy SPROSON
                 
Walter BINGLEY
3
4
Harry POOLE
                 
Keith MORGAN
4
5
Colin DAVIES
                 
Peter CHAMBERLAIN
5
6
Noel KINSEY  
                 
Rex TILLEY
6
7
Brian JACKSON
                 
  Mike SUMMERBEE
7

8
Cliff PORTWOOD
               
Ernie HUNT
8

9
Dan ARCHER
                 
Ken MELLOR
9
10
Stan STEELE
               
Jimmy GAULD
10
11
Harry OSCROFT
               
Arnold DARCY
11















Results on Saturday, April 30, 1960: League Table
 
  Brentford 1 - 2 Newport County  
  Bury 1 - 1 Grimsby Town  
  Colchester United 5 - 1 Accrington Stanley  
  Coventry City 1 - 1 Reading  
  Halifax Town 2 - 0 Wrexham  
  Mansfield Town 0 - 2 Tranmere Rovers  
  Norwich City 3 - 0 Chesterfield  
  Port Vale 6 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Queens Park Rangers 1 - 0 Barnsley  
  Southampton 2 - 0 Bradford City  
  Southend United 3 - 0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  York City 0 - 1 Shrewsbury Town  

Table as at Saturday, April 30, 1960:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Southampton 46 26 9 11 106 75 1.41 61 
2 Norwich City 46 24 11 11 82 54 1.52 59 
3 Shrewsbury Town 46 18 16 12 97 75 1.29 52 
4 Coventry City 45 21 10 14 78 61 1.28 52 
5 Grimsby Town 46 18 16 12 87 70 1.24 52 
6 Bury 46 21 9 16 64 51 1.25 51 
7 Brentford 45 20 9 16 74 61 1.21 49 
8 Queens Park Rangers 45 18 12 15 72 53 1.36 48 
9 Colchester United 46 18 11 17 83 74 1.12 47 
10 Reading 46 18 10 18 84 77 1.09 46 
11 Southend United 46 19 8 19 76 74 1.03 46 
12 Newport County 46 20 6 20 80 79 1.01 46 
13 Port Vale 46 19 8 19 80 79 1.01 46 
14 Halifax Town 45 18 10 17 70 71 0.99 46 
15 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 45 16 13 16 71 72 0.99 45 
16 Barnsley 46 15 14 17 65 66 0.98 44 
17 Swindon Town 45 18 8 19 67 78 0.86 44 
18 Chesterfield 46 18 7 21 71 84 0.85 43 
19 Bradford City 45 15 12 18 66 70 0.94 42 
20 Tranmere Rovers 46 14 13 19 72 75 0.96 41 
21 York City 46 13 12 21 57 73 0.78 38 
22 Mansfield Town 46 15 6 25 81 112 0.72 36 
23 Wrexham 45 14 7 24 67 100 0.67 35 
24 Accrington Stanley 46 11 5 30 57 123 0.46 27 

Key: Promotion Relegation