Football League Division Three
Wednesday, August 26, 1959

Swindon Town Barnsley
J.Stephens (75')
 HT: 0-1 J.Lunn (23')
Attendance:  14,144   Referee:  G.W. Pullin


1
BURTON
2
THOMPSON
3
BINGLEY
4
FOUNTAIN
5
MELLOR
6
TILLEY
7
STEPHENS
8
RICHARDS
9
LAYNE
10
GAULD
11
DARCY
1
LEESON
2
SHORT
3
WALTERS
4
BARTLETT
5
HOPKINS
6
BARBER
7
WHYKE
8
BAXTER
9
LUNN
10
BEAUMONT
11
BROOKES

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Don LEESON
1
2
Fred THOMPSON
                 
Jack SHORT
2
3
Walter BINGLEY
                 
Henry WALTERS
3
4
Jack FOUNTAIN
                 
Frank BARTLETT
4
5
Ken MELLOR
                 
Ollie HOPKINS
5
6
Rex TILLEY
                 
Dave BARBER
6
7
John STEPHENS
               
Peter WHYKE
7

8
John RICHARDS
                 
Jimmy BAXTER
8

9
David LAYNE
               
Jackie LUNN
9
10
Jimmy GAULD
                 
Frank BEAUMONT
10
11
Arnold DARCY
                 
Colin BROOKES
11













Results on Wednesday, August 26, 1959: League Table
 
  Norwich City 3 - 0 Tranmere Rovers  
  Swindon Town 1 - 1 Barnsley  

Table as at Wednesday, August 26, 1959:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Halifax Town 2 2 0 0 3 1 3.00 4 
2 Brentford 2 2 0 0 5 2 2.50 4 
3 Port Vale 2 2 0 0 4 2 2.00 4 
4 Bradford City 2 1 1 0 2 0 ∞ 3 
5 Norwich City 2 1 1 0 5 2 2.50 3 
6 Grimsby Town 2 1 1 0 7 3 2.33 3 
7 Newport County 2 1 1 0 3 2 1.50 3 
8 Coventry City 2 1 0 1 2 1 2.00 2 
9 Bury 2 1 0 1 3 2 1.50 2 
10 Queens Park Rangers 2 1 0 1 4 3 1.33 2 
11 Tranmere Rovers 2 1 0 1 5 4 1.25 2 
12 Southend United 2 1 0 1 4 4 1.00 2 
13 Shrewsbury Town 2 0 2 0 2 2 1.00 2 
14 Chesterfield 2 1 0 1 4 7 0.57 2 
15 York City 2 1 0 1 1 2 0.50 2 
16 Southampton 2 0 1 1 4 5 0.80 1 
17 Barnsley 2 0 1 1 2 3 0.67 1 
18 Colchester United 2 0 1 1 3 5 0.60 1 
19 Accrington Stanley 2 0 1 1 3 7 0.43 1 
20 Swindon Town 2 0 1 1 1 3 0.33 1 
21 Wrexham 2 0 1 1 1 3 0.33 1 
22 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 2 0 1 1 0 1 0.00 1 
23 Mansfield Town 2 0 1 1 0 2 0.00 1 
24 Reading 2 0 0 2 4 6 0.67 0 

Key: Promotion Relegation