Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, October 6, 1928

Torquay United Swindon Town
B.Gardner (??'), H.Waller (??')
HT: 1-3 R.Viggars (??'), H.Morris (??'), B.Weale (??', ??')
Attendance:  5,823    


1
GOUGH
2
CANN
3
FOWLER
4
PRESTON
5
CARRICK
6
SMITH
7
KELLY
8
GARDNER
9
HENDERSON
10
HEMINGWAY
11
WALLER
1
NASH
2
DICKENSON
3
JOHNSON
4
LOW
5
HUMPHRIES
6
VIGGARS
7
WEALE
8
ROBERTS
9
MORRIS
10
EDDLESTON
11
THOM

Lineups
 
Harold GOUGH  
                 
Ted NASH
 
 
Syd CANN
                 
Wally DICKENSON
 
 
Jack FOWLER
                 
Reg JOHNSON
 
 
Bob PRESTON
                 
David LOW
 
 
Jim CARRICK
                 
Brinley HUMPHRIES
 
 
Bob SMITH
               
Ralph VIGGARS
 
 
Dan KELLY
               
Bobby WEALE
 

 
Bill GARDNER
               
Les ROBERTS
 

 
Bill HENDERSON
               
Harry MORRIS
 
 
Cyril HEMINGWAY
                 
Joe EDDLESTON
 
 
Harry WALLER
               
Alec THOM
 













Results on Saturday, October 6, 1928: League Table

 
  Brighton and Hove Albion 3 - 2 Exeter City  
  Charlton Athletic 2 - 2 Merthyr Town  
  Coventry City 1 - 0 Brentford  
  Fulham 5 - 1 Walsall  
  Gillingham 0 - 1 Crystal Palace  
  Luton Town 4 - 2 Bristol Rovers  
  Northampton Town 2 - 0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Norwich City 2 - 5 Southend United  
  Plymouth Argyle 5 - 2 Newport County  
  Queens Park Rangers 3 - 2 Watford  
  Torquay United 2 - 4 Swindon Town  

Table as at Saturday, October 6, 1928:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Luton Town 9 7 2 0 23 11 2.09 16 
2 Queens Park Rangers 9 5 4 0 14 9 1.56 14 
3 Crystal Palace 9 5 2 2 15 10 1.50 12 
4 Plymouth Argyle 10 5 2 3 19 13 1.46 12 
5 Swindon Town 10 5 2 3 19 16 1.19 12 
6 Coventry City 9 4 3 2 16 9 1.78 11 
7 Brentford 9 4 3 2 12 8 1.50 11 
8 Southend United 9 4 3 2 17 15 1.13 11 
9 Fulham 9 4 2 3 28 15 1.87 10 
10 Charlton Athletic 8 4 2 2 15 13 1.15 10 
11 Northampton Town 10 3 4 3 17 16 1.06 10 
12 Newport County 9 2 4 3 14 14 1.00
13 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 9 3 2 4 10 14 0.71
14 Torquay United 9 3 1 5 14 16 0.88
15 Bristol Rovers 9 3 1 5 14 18 0.78
16 Watford 9 3 1 5 13 20 0.65
17 Walsall 9 3 1 5 14 23 0.61
18 Exeter City 9 2 2 5 13 16 0.81
19 Brighton and Hove Albion 9 2 2 5 11 15 0.73
20 Merthyr Town 9 2 2 5 12 22 0.55
21 Norwich City 9 2 1 6 12 18 0.67
22 Gillingham 9 1 2 6 6 17 0.35

Key: Promotion Re-election