Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, February 3, 1951

Northampton Town Swindon Town
J.English (75')
 HT: 0-2 M.Owen (25'), W.Millar (34')
Attendance:  7,195   Referee:  L.A.M. Mackay


1
ANSELL
2
SMALLEY
3
SOUTHAM
4
CANDLIN
5
HUGHES
6
DAVIE
7
ENGLISH
8
DIXON
9
MCCULLOCH
10
MURPHY
11
MITCHELL
1
UPRICHARD
2
LLOYD
3
MAY
4
KAYE
5
HUDSON
6
BATCHELOR
7
LUNN
8
ONSLOW
9
OWEN
10
MILLAR
11
BAIN

Lineups
1
Jack ANSELL
                 
  Norman UPRICHARD
1
2
Tom SMALLEY  
                 
Billy LLOYD
2
3
Jack SOUTHAM
                 
Harry MAY
3
4
Maurice CANDLIN
                 
Harry KAYE
4
5
Gwyn HUGHES
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
Jim DAVIE
                 
Ted BATCHELOR
6
7
Jack ENGLISH
               
Harry LUNN
7

8
Arthur DIXON
                 
Roy ONSLOW
8

9
Adam MCCULLOCH
               
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Eddie MURPHY
               
William MILLAR
10
11
Bert MITCHELL
                 
Jimmy BAIN
11















Results on Saturday, February 3, 1951: League Table
 
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 2 - 1 Ipswich Town  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 1 - 0 Crystal Palace  
  Bristol City 3 - 3 Walsall  
  Exeter City 3 - 2 Plymouth Argyle  
  Gillingham 1 - 0 Leyton Orient  
  Millwall 4 - 0 Watford  
  Newport County 2 - 1 Bristol Rovers  
  Northampton Town 1 - 2 Swindon Town  
  Norwich City 1 - 1 Colchester United  
  Nottingham Forest 3 - 1 Torquay United  
  Port Vale 3 - 1 Aldershot  
  Southend United 3 - 3 Reading  

Table as at Saturday, February 3, 1951:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Nottingham Forest 27 18 7 2 72 21 3.43 43 
2 Norwich City 28 15 10 3 48 25 1.92 40 
3 Bristol Rovers 28 15 8 5 42 23 1.83 38 
4 Reading 29 14 8 7 52 31 1.68 36 
5 Millwall 28 14 6 8 55 38 1.45 34 
6 Bristol City 29 14 4 11 41 38 1.08 32 
7 Plymouth Argyle 27 14 3 10 50 32 1.56 31 
8 Southend United 29 13 5 11 55 45 1.22 31 
9 Exeter City 27 14 3 10 43 41 1.05 31 
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 29 14 2 13 44 44 1.00 30 
11 Ipswich Town 29 13 4 12 37 38 0.97 30 
12 Northampton Town 27 9 10 8 35 29 1.21 28 
13 Newport County 27 11 4 12 44 40 1.10 26 
14 Swindon Town 29 12 2 15 32 37 0.86 26 
15 Aldershot 28 10 6 12 38 54 0.70 26 
16 Colchester United 28 8 9 11 39 42 0.93 25 
17 Port Vale 27 9 7 11 33 40 0.83 25 
18 Brighton and Hove Albion 28 7 11 10 36 53 0.68 25 
19 Torquay United 30 9 5 16 44 58 0.76 23 
20 Walsall 29 8 5 16 27 44 0.61 21 
21 Leyton Orient 29 8 5 16 32 53 0.60 21 
22 Gillingham 28 7 6 15 47 69 0.68 20 
23 Watford 29 6 7 16 39 56 0.70 19 
24 Crystal Palace 29 7 3 19 23 57 0.40 17 

Key: Promotion Re-election