Football League Division Three
Wednesday, April 26, 1961

Swindon Town Torquay United
B.Woodruff (44', 70'), J.Bell (60')
HT: 1-1 D.Hancock (39')
Attendance:  11,815   Referee:  A.L. Mason


1
BURTON
2
JONES
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
OWEN
6
BELL
7
CORBETT
8
HUNT
9
SUMMERBEE
10
WOODRUFF
11
JONES
1
GILL
2
BETTANY
3
PENFORD
4
HANCOCK
5
NORTHCOTT
6
ECKERSALL
7
HANDLEY
8
COX
9
NORTHCOTT
10
MILLS
11
PYM

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Mervyn GILL
1
2
Ken JONES
                 
Colin BETTANY
2
3
John TROLLOPE
                 
Dennis PENFORD
3
4
Keith MORGAN
               
David HANCOCK
4
5
Maurice OWEN
                 
George NORTHCOTT
5
6
John BELL
               
Mike ECKERSALL
6
7
David CORBETT
                 
Brian HANDLEY
7

8
Ernie HUNT
                 
Geoff COX
8

9
Mike SUMMERBEE  
                 
Tommy NORTHCOTT
9
10
Bobby WOODRUFF
               
Don MILLS
10
11
Fred JONES
                 
Ernie PYM
11













Results on Wednesday, April 26, 1961: League Table

 
  Reading 3 - 1 Queens Park Rangers  
  Shrewsbury Town 1 - 2 Walsall  
  Swindon Town 3 - 1 Torquay United  

Table as at Wednesday, April 26, 1961:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bury 45 30 7 8 108 45 2.40 67 
2 Walsall 45 28 5 12 96 58 1.66 61 
3 Queens Park Rangers 45 24 10 11 91 59 1.54 58 
4 Watford 45 20 12 13 84 70 1.20 52 
5 Port Vale 45 17 14 14 94 77 1.22 48 
6 Grimsby Town 45 19 10 16 76 69 1.10 48 
7 Notts County 44 19 9 16 76 75 1.01 47 
8 Halifax Town 45 15 17 13 69 77 0.90 47 
9 Barnsley 44 20 6 18 77 76 1.01 46 
10 Shrewsbury Town 44 15 15 14 80 70 1.14 45 
11 Hull City 44 17 11 16 70 69 1.01 45 
12 Torquay United 45 14 17 14 74 78 0.95 45 
13 Newport County 45 17 10 18 81 90 0.90 44 
14 Coventry City 45 16 11 18 79 82 0.96 43 
15 Swindon Town 45 14 14 17 61 54 1.13 42 
16 Bristol City 45 16 10 19 67 68 0.99 42 
17 Brentford 44 12 17 15 54 66 0.82 41 
18 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 45 15 10 20 57 74 0.77 40 
19 Southend United 45 14 11 20 60 75 0.80 39 
20 Reading 44 13 12 19 66 80 0.83 38 
21 Tranmere Rovers 45 15 8 22 78 111 0.70 38 
22 Bradford City 45 11 13 21 64 86 0.74 35 
23 Chesterfield 45 10 12 23 64 83 0.77 32 
24 Colchester United 45 10 11 24 64 98 0.65 31 

Key: Promotion Relegation