Football League Division Three
Saturday, September 30, 1961

Swindon Town Lincoln City
C.Jackson (4'), E.Hunt (22', 46'), R.Hunt (83')
HT: 2-0
Attendance:  9,593   Referee:  A.J. Sturgeon


1
BURTON
2
JONES
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
OWEN
6
WOODRUFF
7
CORBETT
8
HUNT
9
SMITH
10
HUNT
11
JACKSON
1
GRAVES
2
JACKSON
3
SMITH
4
HEWARD
5
BARNARD
6
LINNECOR
7
BANNISTER
8
TRACEY
9
PUNTER
10
HARBERTSON
11
BARRETT

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Bob GRAVES
1
2
Ken JONES
                 
Bob JACKSON
2
3
John TROLLOPE
                 
Jeff SMITH
3
4
Keith MORGAN
                 
Brian HEWARD
4
5
Maurice OWEN
                 
Ray BARNARD
5
6
Bobby WOODRUFF
                 
Bert LINNECOR
6
7
David CORBETT
                 
Neville BANNISTER
7

8
Ernie HUNT
               
Mike TRACEY
8

9
Jack SMITH
                 
Brian PUNTER
9
10
Ralph HUNT
               
Ron HARBERTSON
10
11
Cliff JACKSON
               
Ken BARRETT
11















Results on Saturday, September 30, 1961: League Table

 
  Barnsley 3 - 0 Watford  
  Crystal Palace 2 - 2 Southend United  
  Halifax Town 1 - 3 Northampton Town  
  Notts County 8 - 1 Newport County  
  Peterborough United 6 - 0 Brentford  
  Port Vale 2 - 0 Coventry City  
  Portsmouth 1 - 1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Queens Park Rangers 1 - 1 Hull City  
  Shrewsbury Town 4 - 1 Reading  
  Swindon Town 4 - 0 Lincoln City  
  Torquay United 1 - 3 Bradford Park Avenue  

Table as at Saturday, September 30, 1961:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Portsmouth 12 7 5 0 20 10 2.00 19 
2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 12 6 6 0 24 10 2.40 18 
3 Peterborough United 12 8 1 3 33 27 1.22 17 
4 Reading 12 8 0 4 28 22 1.27 16 
5 Port Vale 12 6 3 3 19 14 1.36 15 
6 Grimsby Town 12 7 1 4 20 15 1.33 15 
7 Hull City 12 5 4 3 19 14 1.36 14 
8 Shrewsbury Town 12 5 4 3 24 18 1.33 14 
9 Queens Park Rangers 11 5 3 3 30 19 1.58 13 
10 Bradford Park Avenue 11 6 0 5 25 21 1.19 12 
11 Crystal Palace 12 4 4 4 22 20 1.10 12 
12 Southend United 12 4 4 4 15 14 1.07 12 
13 Halifax Town 11 5 2 4 17 18 0.94 12 
14 Notts County 12 4 3 5 25 21 1.19 11 
15 Bristol City 12 5 1 6 14 14 1.00 11 
16 Coventry City 12 4 3 5 18 21 0.86 11 
17 Watford 12 3 4 5 19 23 0.83 10 
18 Lincoln City 12 3 4 5 16 25 0.64 10 
19 Northampton Town 12 3 3 6 15 17 0.88
20 Barnsley 12 3 2 7 22 31 0.71
21 Swindon Town 12 2 4 6 18 29 0.62
22 Torquay United 12 3 0 9 20 29 0.69
23 Newport County 11 2 2 7 14 27 0.52
24 Brentford 12 2 1 9 9 27 0.33

Key: Promotion Relegation