Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, December 24, 1927

Swindon Town Brighton and Hove Albion
W.Dickenson (??' pen), H.Morris (??'), A.Thom (??', ??')
 HT: 1-1 T.Cook (??', ??'), T.Simpson (??')
Attendance:  7,445    


1
NASH
2
DICKENSON
3
WYLIE
4
LOW
5
HUMPHRIES
6
ARCHER
7
DENYER
8
ROBERTS
9
MORRIS
10
EDDLESTON
11
THOM
1
WILLIAMS
2
JENKINS
3
CURRAN
4
WILKINSON
5
MOONEY
6
LITTLE
7
SIMPSON
8
JAMES
9
COOK
10
HOPKINS
11
WILSON

Lineups
 
Ted NASH
                 
Skilly WILLIAMS
 
 
Wally DICKENSON
               
  Jack JENKINS
 
 
Tommy WYLIE
                 
  Jack CURRAN
 
 
David LOW
                 
Reg WILKINSON
 
 
Brinley HUMPHRIES
                 
Paul MOONEY
 
 
Bob ARCHER
                 
Wally LITTLE
 
 
Bertie DENYER
               
Tommy SIMPSON
 

 
Les ROBERTS
                 
Dai JAMES
 

 
Harry MORRIS
             
  Tommy COOK
 
 
Joe EDDLESTON
                 
  Jimmy HOPKINS
 
 
Alec THOM
               
Tug WILSON
 













Results on Saturday, December 24, 1927: League Table
 
  Bristol Rovers 1 - 6 Millwall  
  Charlton Athletic 4 - 3 Luton Town  
  Coventry City 2 - 4 Northampton Town  
  Gillingham 3 - 0 Norwich City  
  Merthyr Town 0 - 3 Exeter City  
  Newport County 3 - 2 Southend United  
  Plymouth Argyle 5 - 1 Crystal Palace  
  Queens Park Rangers 2 - 0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Swindon Town 4 - 3 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Watford 1 - 1 Brentford  

Table as at Saturday, December 24, 1927:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Millwall 20 13 3 4 66 31 2.13 29 
2 Northampton Town 18 13 1 4 51 23 2.22 27 
3 Plymouth Argyle 19 11 3 5 44 28 1.57 25 
4 Charlton Athletic 18 8 8 2 28 26 1.08 24 
5 Exeter City 18 8 7 3 32 23 1.39 23 
6 Newport County 18 8 5 5 33 26 1.27 21 
7 Queens Park Rangers 19 9 3 7 28 23 1.22 21 
8 Southend United 17 10 0 7 34 29 1.17 20 
9 Swindon Town 16 7 5 4 43 35 1.23 19 
10 Brentford 20 8 3 9 39 40 0.98 19 
11 Norwich City 18 7 4 7 38 32 1.19 18 
12 Brighton and Hove Albion 18 7 4 7 34 31 1.10 18 
13 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 19 6 5 8 30 35 0.86 17 
14 Coventry City 19 7 3 9 36 47 0.77 17 
15 Crystal Palace 18 5 6 7 28 40 0.70 16 
16 Merthyr Town 20 5 6 9 28 40 0.70 16 
17 Gillingham 18 4 6 8 28 38 0.74 14 
18 Watford 19 5 3 11 29 38 0.76 13 
19 Torquay United 18 4 5 9 18 41 0.44 13 
20 Luton Town 18 5 2 11 41 40 1.03 12 
21 Walsall 18 5 2 11 26 53 0.49 12 
22 Bristol Rovers 18 4 2 12 34 49 0.69 10 

Key: Promotion Re-election