Football League Division Three
Friday, September 24, 1965

Southend United Swindon Town
E.Firmani (13', 57'), B.Gilfillan (22'), M.Nurse (28' o.g.)
 HT: 3-1 K.Skeen (36'), D.Rogers (??')
Attendance:  9,552    


1
MCKECHNIE
2
BENTLEY
3
KING
4
SLACK
5
WATSON
6
BRADBURY
7
SLATER
8
SMITH
9
FIRMANI
10
GILFILLAN
11
MCKINVEN
1
DOWNSBOROUGH
2
BUTLER
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
NURSE
6
ATHERTON
7
SKEEN
8
SMART
9
LAWTON
10
BROWN
11
ROGERS

Lineups
1
Ian MCKECHNIE
                 
Peter DOWNSBOROUGH
1
2
Tony BENTLEY
                 
Joe BUTLER
2
3
Bobby KING
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
Mel SLACK
                 
Keith MORGAN
4
5
Peter WATSON
                 
  Mel NURSE
5
6
Terry BRADBURY
                 
Gordon ATHERTON
6

7
Malcolm SLATER
              85'
Ken SKEEN
7

8
Ray SMITH
                 
Roger SMART
8
9
Eddie FIRMANI
               
Jimmy LAWTON
9
10
Bob GILFILLAN
               
Dennis BROWN
10
11
John MCKINVEN
               
Don ROGERS
11
Substitutes
12
Sub not used
              
85' 
Owen DAWSON
12













Results on Friday, September 24, 1965: League Table
 
  Southend United 4 - 2 Swindon Town  

Table as at Friday, September 24, 1965:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Millwall 7 5 1 1 11 3 3.67 11 
2 Walsall 7 4 2 1 11 4 2.75 10 
3 Swindon Town 9 3 4 2 9 6 1.50 10 
4 Grimsby Town 7 3 3 1 12 8 1.50 9 
5 Watford 7 3 3 1 12 8 1.50 9 
6 Hull City 7 4 1 2 11 12 0.92 9 
7 Bristol Rovers 7 3 2 2 13 9 1.44 8 
8 Mansfield Town 7 4 0 3 11 8 1.38 8 
9 Brentford 7 3 1 3 15 8 1.88 7 
10 Shrewsbury Town 7 3 1 3 13 12 1.08 7 
11 Gillingham 7 2 3 2 11 11 1.00 7 
12 Reading 7 2 3 2 9 9 1.00 7 
13 Oxford United 7 2 3 2 8 8 1.00 7 
14 Peterborough United 7 2 3 2 10 11 0.91 7 
15 Queens Park Rangers 7 3 1 3 11 13 0.85 7 
16 York City 7 3 1 3 11 15 0.73 7 
17 Exeter City 7 2 2 3 10 9 1.11 6 
18 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 7 1 4 2 5 7 0.71 6 
19 Workington 6 1 3 2 10 10 1.00 5 
20 Southend United 7 2 1 4 10 12 0.83 5 
21 Oldham Athletic 6 2 1 3 10 14 0.71 5 
22 Scunthorpe United 7 1 2 4 8 13 0.62 4 
23 Brighton and Hove Albion 7 1 2 4 8 15 0.53 4 
24 Swansea Town 7 1 1 5 4 18 0.22 3 

Key: Promotion Relegation