Football League Division Three
Saturday, December 9, 1961

Swindon Town Southend United

HT: 0-0
Attendance:  6,634   Referee:  P.J. Brandwood


1
O'HARA
2
WOLLEN
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
OWEN
6
CHAMBERLAIN
7
SUMMERBEE
8
HUNT
9
SMITH
10
ATKINS
11
WEAVER
1
GOY
2
WILLIAMSON
3
ANDERSON
4
GRIEVESON
5
WATSON
6
KERRINS
7
BENTLEY
8
CORTHINE
9
COSTELLO
10
MCKINVEN
11
KELLARD

Lineups
1
Mike O'HARA
                 
Peter GOY
1
2
Terry WOLLEN
                 
Arthur WILLIAMSON
2
3
John TROLLOPE
                 
Sandy ANDERSON
3
4
Keith MORGAN
                 
Harry GRIEVESON
4
5
Maurice OWEN
                 
Peter WATSON
5
6
Peter CHAMBERLAIN
                 
Pat KERRINS
6
7
Mike SUMMERBEE  
                 
Tony BENTLEY
7

8
Ernie HUNT
                 
Peter CORTHINE
8

9
Jack SMITH
                 
Lou COSTELLO
9
10
Bill ATKINS
                 
John MCKINVEN
10
11
Eric WEAVER
                 
Bobby KELLARD
11















Results on Saturday, December 9, 1961: League Table

 
  Barnsley 0 - 3 Peterborough United  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 2 - 2 Bradford Park Avenue  
  Crystal Palace 2 - 3 Bristol City  
  Hull City 3 - 1 Coventry City  
  Lincoln City 2 - 3 Reading  
  Northampton Town 5 - 0 Brentford  
  Portsmouth 1 - 0 Port Vale  
  Queens Park Rangers 3 - 1 Shrewsbury Town  
  Swindon Town 0 - 0 Southend United  
  Torquay United 3 - 2 Newport County  
  Watford 2 - 1 Grimsby Town  

Table as at Saturday, December 9, 1961:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 22 11 9 2 41 22 1.86 31 
2 Portsmouth 21 13 5 3 36 20 1.80 31 
3 Reading 22 14 1 7 43 37 1.16 29 
4 Peterborough United 22 13 2 7 55 48 1.15 28 
5 Bristol City 23 12 3 8 40 33 1.21 27 
6 Queens Park Rangers 21 10 6 5 50 33 1.52 26 
7 Crystal Palace 23 10 6 7 48 34 1.41 26 
8 Northampton Town 23 10 5 8 48 28 1.71 25 
9 Watford 23 9 7 7 39 40 0.98 25 
10 Grimsby Town 22 10 4 8 32 34 0.94 24 
11 Bradford Park Avenue 22 10 3 9 43 39 1.10 23 
12 Shrewsbury Town 23 8 7 8 43 41 1.05 23 
13 Port Vale 23 8 6 9 30 30 1.00 22 
14 Hull City 20 8 5 7 29 22 1.32 21 
15 Coventry City 22 7 7 8 30 35 0.86 21 
16 Notts County 20 7 5 8 36 34 1.06 19 
17 Halifax Town 19 7 5 7 29 32 0.91 19 
18 Southend United 23 6 7 10 28 34 0.82 19 
19 Barnsley 22 7 4 11 43 53 0.81 18 
20 Swindon Town 23 5 8 10 34 45 0.76 18 
21 Lincoln City 21 5 5 11 30 43 0.70 15 
22 Torquay United 21 5 3 13 36 49 0.73 13 
23 Brentford 22 5 3 14 20 48 0.42 13 
24 Newport County 23 3 4 16 27 56 0.48 10 

Key: Promotion Relegation