Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, December 26, 1936

Northampton Town Swindon Town
D.Tolland (4' pen), R.Allen (5'), J.Lauderdale (30'), C.Lyman (89')
 HT: 3-0
Attendance:  16,177   Referee:  T.J. Botham


1
GORMLIE
2
RUSSELL
3
LITTLE
4
RICHES
5
THAYNE
6
SIMPSON
7
RAWLINGS
8
LAUDERDALE
9
ALLEN
10
TOLLAND
11
LYMAN
1
EDMONDS
2
DUCKWORTH
3
SMITH
4
COUSINS
5
MORRALL
6
WILCOCKSON
7
JONES
8
FOWLER
9
CHANDLER
10
BRADLEY
11
HETHERINGTON

Lineups
 
Bil GORMLIE
                 
Fred EDMONDS
 
 
Sid RUSSELL
                 
Tom DUCKWORTH
 
 
Jack LITTLE
                 
Jack SMITH
 
 
Leonard RICHES
                 
Harry COUSINS
 
 
Billy THAYNE
                 
George MORRALL
 
 
Billy SIMPSON
                 
Stan WILCOCKSON
 
 
Syd RAWLINGS
                 
Eddie JONES
 

 
Jock LAUDERDALE
               
Alan FOWLER
 

 
Ralph ALLEN
               
Fred CHANDLER
 
 
Danny TOLLAND
               
Jack BRADLEY
 
 
Colin LYMAN
               
Arthur HETHERINGTON
 















Results on Saturday, December 26, 1936: League Table
 
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 2 - 1 Aldershot  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 4 - 0 Gillingham  
  Bristol Rovers 2 - 1 Millwall  
  Cardiff City 2 - 2 Walsall  
  Crystal Palace 2 - 3 Leyton Orient  
  Exeter City 1 - 3 Notts County  
  Northampton Town 4 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Queens Park Rangers 5 - 0 Bristol City  
  Reading 5 - 1 Torquay United  
  Southend United 3 - 0 Luton Town  
  Watford 3 - 0 Newport County  

Table as at Saturday, December 26, 1936:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Brighton and Hove Albion 21 12 4 5 37 19 1.95 28 
2 Luton Town 20 13 1 6 41 25 1.64 27 
3 Watford 21 10 5 6 41 26 1.58 25 
4 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 20 10 5 5 30 22 1.36 25 
5 Northampton Town 20 10 4 6 39 26 1.50 24 
6 Notts County 21 9 6 6 37 33 1.12 24 
7 Gillingham 20 10 4 6 24 26 0.92 24 
8 Millwall 20 9 5 6 35 24 1.46 23 
9 Southend United 20 8 7 5 38 28 1.36 23 
10 Reading 20 9 5 6 39 30 1.30 23 
11 Queens Park Rangers 20 9 4 7 36 24 1.50 22 
12 Swindon Town 20 8 6 6 41 30 1.37 22 
13 Cardiff City 20 9 4 7 30 29 1.03 22 
14 Bristol Rovers 20 9 2 9 32 30 1.07 20 
15 Leyton Orient 20 6 7 7 27 28 0.96 19 
16 Torquay United 21 6 5 10 25 37 0.68 17 
17 Crystal Palace 20 5 5 10 30 34 0.88 15 
18 Walsall 20 5 5 10 26 42 0.62 15 
19 Bristol City 20 6 3 11 24 43 0.56 15 
20 Exeter City 20 3 5 12 21 45 0.47 11 
21 Aldershot 20 2 6 12 22 43 0.51 10 
22 Newport County 20 2 6 12 25 56 0.45 10 

Key: Promotion Re-election