Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, October 6, 1951

Swindon Town Brighton and Hove Albion

HT: 0-0 J.Sirrel (53'), J.Mansell (70')
Attendance:  11,825   Referee:  A.H. Blythe


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
GULLIVER
4
GRAY
5
HUDSON
6
BATCHELOR
7
MILLAR
8
GODWIN
9
OWEN
10
BETTERIDGE
11
BAIN
1
BALDWIN
2
TENNANT
3
MANSELL
4
WILLARD
5
MCCOY
6
WILSON
7
REED
8
MCNICHOL
9
BENNETT
10
SIRREL
11
KEENE

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Harry BALDWIN
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Des TENNANT
2
3
Jeff GULLIVER
               
Jack MANSELL
3
4
George GRAY
                 
Jess WILLARD
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Tim MCCOY
5
6
Ted BATCHELOR
                 
Glen WILSON
6
7
William MILLAR
                 
  Billy REED
7

8
Bobby GODWIN
                 
Johnny MCNICHOL
8

9
Maurice OWEN
                 
Ken BENNETT
9
10
Mick BETTERIDGE
               
Jimmy SIRREL
10
11
Jimmy BAIN
                 
Doug KEENE
11















Results on Saturday, October 6, 1951: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, October 6, 1951:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Norwich City 13 7 4 2 23 17 1.35 18 
2 Plymouth Argyle 12 8 1 3 26 10 2.60 17 
3 Bristol Rovers 12 5 5 2 20 11 1.82 15 
4 Northampton Town 12 7 1 4 21 16 1.31 15 
5 Newport County 12 7 1 4 18 24 0.75 15 
6 Brighton and Hove Albion 12 7 0 5 26 17 1.53 14 
7 Gillingham 12 5 4 3 23 17 1.35 14 
8 Millwall 12 6 2 4 20 16 1.25 14 
9 Leyton Orient 14 6 2 6 10 12 0.83 14 
10 Swindon Town 12 5 3 4 16 12 1.33 13 
11 Ipswich Town 12 6 1 5 25 19 1.32 13 
12 Southend United 12 5 3 4 13 14 0.93 13 
13 Aldershot 12 5 2 5 19 14 1.36 12 
14 Shrewsbury Town 13 5 2 6 26 26 1.00 12 
15 Bristol City 12 5 2 5 13 15 0.87 12 
16 Watford 12 4 4 4 14 21 0.67 12 
17 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 12 3 5 4 19 16 1.19 11 
18 Walsall 13 4 2 7 13 22 0.59 10 
19 Reading 12 4 1 7 27 25 1.08
20 Port Vale 12 2 5 5 10 19 0.53
21 Exeter City 12 3 2 7 15 24 0.63
22 Torquay United 13 2 4 7 17 28 0.61
23 Colchester United 12 2 4 6 14 23 0.61
24 Crystal Palace 12 4 0 8 12 22 0.55

Key: Promotion Re-election