Football League Division Three
Saturday, October 27, 1962

Port Vale Swindon Town
T.Harkin (24', 73')
HT: 1-0 C.Jackson (90')
Attendance:  5,825   Referee:  E. Crawford


1
HANCOCK
2
LOWE
3
SPROSON
4
POOLE
5
NICHOLSON
6
MILES
7
WRIGHT
8
LONGBOTTOM
9
HARKIN
10
EDWARDS
11
GRAINGER
1
TURNER
2
WOLLEN
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
MCPHERSON
6
WOODRUFF
7
SUMMERBEE
8
SMITH
9
STEVENS
10
JACKSON
11
DARCY

Lineups
1
Ken HANCOCK
                 
Mike TURNER
1
2
Terry LOWE
                 
Terry WOLLEN
2
3
Roy SPROSON
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
Harry POOLE
                 
Keith MORGAN
4
5
John NICHOLSON
                 
Ken MCPHERSON
5
6
Terry MILES
                 
Bobby WOODRUFF
6
7
Bernard WRIGHT
                 
  Mike SUMMERBEE
7

8
Arthur LONGBOTTOM
                 
Jack SMITH
8

9
Terry HARKIN  
               
John STEVENS
9
10
Stan EDWARDS
               
Cliff JACKSON
10
11
Colin GRAINGER  
                 
Arnold DARCY
11















Results on Saturday, October 27, 1962: League Table

 
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 3 - 0 Crystal Palace  
  Bradford Park Avenue 0 - 3 Queens Park Rangers  
  Bristol City 5 - 2 Barnsley  
  Colchester United 1 - 1 Halifax Town  
  Coventry City 2 - 2 Hull City  
  Millwall 2 - 2 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Notts County 3 - 2 Wrexham  
  Port Vale 2 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Shrewsbury Town 1 - 1 Carlisle United  
  Southend United 3 - 2 Bristol Rovers  
  Watford 4 - 2 Northampton Town  

Table as at Saturday, October 27, 1962:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Northampton Town 18 10 5 3 48 25 1.92 25 
2 Peterborough United 19 10 5 4 41 29 1.41 25 
3 Notts County 18 9 5 4 25 25 1.00 23 
4 Watford 19 10 1 8 44 36 1.22 21 
5 Queens Park Rangers 17 9 2 6 39 22 1.77 20 
6 Bristol City 18 7 6 5 41 32 1.28 20 
7 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 18 6 8 4 24 20 1.20 20 
8 Southend United 18 10 0 8 33 36 0.92 20 
9 Swindon Town 18 6 7 5 33 23 1.43 19 
10 Shrewsbury Town 19 6 7 6 45 37 1.22 19 
11 Port Vale 19 7 5 7 24 23 1.04 19 
12 Coventry City 18 6 7 5 30 30 1.00 19 
13 Wrexham 18 9 1 8 37 38 0.97 19 
14 Colchester United 19 6 7 6 31 37 0.84 19 
15 Millwall 18 4 9 5 37 34 1.09 17 
16 Hull City 17 6 5 6 27 29 0.93 17 
17 Reading 18 7 2 9 31 31 1.00 16 
18 Bristol Rovers 18 6 4 8 29 36 0.81 16 
19 Barnsley 17 6 3 8 24 29 0.83 15 
20 Halifax Town 19 5 5 9 24 40 0.60 15 
21 Bradford Park Avenue 18 4 6 8 23 36 0.64 14 
22 Brighton and Hove Albion 19 4 6 9 22 36 0.61 14 
23 Crystal Palace 18 2 8 8 17 30 0.57 12 
24 Carlisle United 16 2 6 8 17 32 0.53 10 

Key: Promotion Relegation