Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, February 4, 1939

Swindon Town Port Vale
S.Wilcockson (90')
HT: 0-1 T.Ward (12')
Attendance:  8,823   Referee:  W.J. Lewington


1
WILDMAN
2
PARKHOUSE
3
BUTCHER
4
COUSINS
5
MORRALL
6
WILCOCKSON
7
JONES
8
FRANCIS
9
FOWLER
10
LUCAS
11
BARRACLOUGH
1
JEPSON
2
WHITTLE
3
ROWE
4
HANNAH
5
GRIFFITHS
6
SMITH
7
MASTERS
8
NOLAN
9
WARD
10
DAVIES
11
BELLIS

Lineups
1
Frank WILDMAN
                 
Arthur JEPSON
1
2
Dick PARKHOUSE
                 
John WHITTLE
2
3
Fred BUTCHER
                 
Jonty ROWE
3
4
Harry COUSINS
                 
George HANNAH
4
5
George MORRALL
                 
Harry GRIFFITHS
5
6
Stan WILCOCKSON
               
Wilfred SMITH
6
7
Eddie JONES
                 
Arthur MASTERS
7

8
Cliff FRANCIS
                 
Wilf NOLAN
8

9
Alan FOWLER
               
Tommy WARD
9
10
Billy LUCAS
                 
Harry DAVIES
10
11
Arthur BARRACLOUGH
                 
Alf BELLIS
11















Results on Saturday, February 4, 1939: League Table

 
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 2 - 0 Exeter City  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 1 - 2 Cardiff City  
  Bristol Rovers 3 - 3 Ipswich Town  
  Leyton Orient 4 - 0 Crystal Palace  
  Mansfield Town 2 - 2 Queens Park Rangers  
  Newport County 0 - 2 Bristol City  
  Northampton Town 5 - 0 Aldershot  
  Reading 3 - 1 Notts County  
  Swindon Town 1 - 1 Port Vale  
  Torquay United 2 - 1 Watford  
  Walsall 0 - 2 Southend United  

Table as at Saturday, February 4, 1939:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Newport County 28 18 4 6 43 28 1.54 40 
2 Crystal Palace 26 13 6 7 46 37 1.24 32 
3 Reading 28 10 11 7 45 36 1.25 31 
4 Brighton and Hove Albion 26 13 4 9 45 35 1.29 30 
5 Aldershot 26 11 8 7 32 34 0.94 30 
6 Northampton Town 27 13 3 11 42 38 1.11 29 
7 Queens Park Rangers 26 10 8 8 54 35 1.54 28 
8 Swindon Town 26 11 6 9 49 43 1.14 28 
9 Bristol City 27 11 6 10 43 43 1.00 28 
10 Notts County 25 11 5 9 34 30 1.13 27 
11 Cardiff City 26 10 7 9 35 38 0.92 27 
12 Watford 27 10 6 11 41 38 1.08 26 
13 Torquay United 25 9 5 11 34 40 0.85 23 
14 Exeter City 26 7 9 10 42 58 0.72 23 
15 Mansfield Town 26 8 7 11 31 48 0.65 23 
16 Southend United 22 8 6 8 40 41 0.98 22 
17 Ipswich Town 24 8 6 10 32 35 0.91 22 
18 Port Vale 25 8 5 12 32 35 0.91 21 
19 Leyton Orient 25 7 7 11 32 36 0.89 21 
20 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 25 7 7 11 30 38 0.79 21 
21 Bristol Rovers 26 6 8 12 32 33 0.97 20 
22 Walsall 26 5 6 15 26 41 0.63 16 

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