Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, September 4, 1948

Northampton Town Swindon Town

HT: 0-0 M.Owen (48')
Attendance:  9,410   Referee:  F.C. Green


1
ANSELL
2
SMALLEY
3
BARRON
4
BOWEN
5
COLLINS
6
COLEY
7
ENGLISH
8
SMITH
9
FREIMANIS
10
THOMPSON
11
FOWLER
1
BOULTON
2
WHITE
3
YOUNG
4
COWIE
5
ITHELL
6
KAYE
7
LUNN
8
DAWSON
9
OWEN
10
JONES
11
WILLIAMS

Lineups
1
Jack ANSELL
                 
Frank BOULTON
1
2
Tom SMALLEY  
                 
Alex WHITE
2
3
Bill BARRON
                 
Albert YOUNG
3
4
David BOWEN  
                 
Andy COWIE
4
5
Ben COLLINS
                 
Jimmy ITHELL
5
6
Bill COLEY
                 
Harry KAYE
6
7
Jack ENGLISH
                 
Harry LUNN
7

8
Bill SMITH
                 
Tom DAWSON
8

9
Eddie FREIMANIS  
               
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Harry THOMPSON
                 
Morris JONES
10
11
Tommy FOWLER
                 
Gordon WILLIAMS
11















Results on Saturday, September 4, 1948: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, September 4, 1948:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Swindon Town 5 4 1 0 9 4 2.25
2 Swansea Town 5 3 2 0 9 2 4.50
3 Port Vale 5 3 1 1 9 3 3.00
4 Brighton and Hove Albion 5 2 3 0 6 2 3.00
5 Ipswich Town 5 3 1 1 17 6 2.83
6 Exeter City 5 2 2 1 10 4 2.50
7 Torquay United 5 2 2 1 8 9 0.89
8 Notts County 5 2 1 2 12 10 1.20
9 Southend United 5 1 3 1 4 4 1.00
10 Walsall 5 2 1 2 6 9 0.67
11 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 5 2 1 2 6 10 0.60
12 Norwich City 5 2 0 3 8 8 1.00
13 Reading 5 2 0 3 11 12 0.92
14 Watford 5 1 2 2 8 9 0.89
15 Bristol Rovers 5 2 0 3 9 11 0.82
16 Bristol City 5 1 2 2 4 6 0.67
17 Leyton Orient 5 0 4 1 5 8 0.63
18 Crystal Palace 5 1 2 2 6 11 0.55
19 Millwall 5 0 4 1 4 9 0.44
20 Aldershot 5 1 1 3 8 9 0.89
21 Newport County 5 0 3 2 8 13 0.62
22 Northampton Town 5 1 0 4 3 11 0.27

Key: Promotion Re-election