Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, October 8, 1927

Merthyr Town Swindon Town
B.Mays (??', ??'), J.McWhirr (??', ??'), G.Lawley (??', ??'), M.Jones (??', ??')
HT: 5-1 H.Morris (??'), L.Roberts (??')
Attendance:  5,418    


1
LINDON
2
PAGE
3
PEDLAR
4
CREWE
5
BISHOP
6
MCLACHLAN
7
LAWLEY
8
JONES
9
MAYS
10
MCWHIRR
11
FORD
1
BOURNE
2
DICKENSON
3
WESTON
4
ARCHER
5
BEW
6
JOHNSON
7
DENYER
8
ROBERTS
9
MORRIS
10
EDDLESTON
11
THOM

Lineups
 
Albert LINDON
                 
Jack BOURNE
 
 
Jack PAGE
                 
Wally DICKENSON
 
 
Philip PEDLAR
                 
Tober WESTON
 
 
Billy CREWE
                 
Bob ARCHER
 
 
George BISHOP
                 
Danny BEW
 
 
Alex MCLACHLAN
                 
Sam JOHNSON
 
 
George LAWLEY view STFC profile
               
Bertie DENYER
 

 
Mickey JONES
             
Les ROBERTS
 

 
Billy MAYS  
             
Harry MORRIS
 
 
James MCWHIRR
               
Joe EDDLESTON
 
 
Ewart FORD
                 
Alec THOM
 













Results on Saturday, October 8, 1927: League Table

 
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 1 - 1 Torquay United  
  Brentford 1 - 1 Exeter City  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 1 - 0 Norwich City  
  Bristol Rovers 3 - 1 Watford  
  Charlton Athletic 1 - 1 Millwall  
  Gillingham 1 - 2 Coventry City  
  Luton Town 6 - 1 Crystal Palace  
  Merthyr Town 8 - 2 Swindon Town  
  Plymouth Argyle 3 - 0 Queens Park Rangers  
  Southend United 2 - 0 Northampton Town  
  Walsall 0 - 3 Newport County  

Table as at Saturday, October 8, 1927:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Charlton Athletic 9 4 5 0 13 9 1.44 13 
2 Brentford 10 6 1 3 26 19 1.37 13 
3 Queens Park Rangers 10 6 1 3 21 17 1.24 13 
4 Norwich City 9 5 2 2 21 11 1.91 12 
5 Northampton Town 9 6 0 3 25 14 1.79 12 
6 Southend United 9 6 0 3 20 13 1.54 12 
7 Millwall 10 5 2 3 25 19 1.32 12 
8 Plymouth Argyle 9 4 3 2 21 11 1.91 11 
9 Newport County 9 5 1 3 21 15 1.40 11 
10 Merthyr Town 10 3 5 2 17 16 1.06 11 
11 Brighton and Hove Albion 9 4 2 3 18 16 1.13 10 
12 Exeter City 9 3 4 2 15 16 0.94 10 
13 Walsall 9 4 1 4 17 21 0.81
14 Bristol Rovers 9 3 1 5 18 22 0.82
15 Coventry City 9 2 3 4 14 19 0.74
16 Crystal Palace 9 2 3 4 11 23 0.48
17 Watford 9 3 0 6 15 18 0.83
18 Swindon Town 8 2 2 4 17 22 0.77
19 Luton Town 9 2 1 6 18 21 0.86
20 Gillingham 9 1 3 5 16 22 0.73
21 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 10 1 3 6 12 21 0.57
22 Torquay United 9 1 3 5 8 24 0.33

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