Football League Division Three
Saturday, April 25, 1959

Swindon Town Norwich City
B.Butler (10' o.g.), A.Darcy (25'), W.Marshall (63'), J.Richards (85')
HT: 2-1 T.Bly (19', 68'), T.Allcock (70')
Attendance:  11,225   Referee:  P.J. Smyth


1
CHANDLER
2
NEAL
3
BINGLEY
4
FOUNTAIN
5
HUDSON
6
TILLEY
7
STEPHENS
8
RICHARDS
9
MARSHALL
10
MICKLEWRIGHT
11
DARCY
1
KENNON
2
MULLETT
3
ASHMAN
4
MCCROHAN
5
BUTLER
6
CROWE
7
CROSSAN
8
ALLCOCK
9
BLY
10
HILL
11
BRENNAN

Lineups
1
Ray CHANDLER
                 
Sandy KENNON
1
2
John NEAL
                 
Joe MULLETT
2
3
Walter BINGLEY
                 
Ron ASHMAN
3
4
Jack FOUNTAIN
                 
Roy MCCROHAN
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Barry BUTLER
5
6
Rex TILLEY
                 
Matt CROWE
6
7
John STEPHENS
                 
Errol CROSSAN
7

8
John RICHARDS
             
Terry ALLCOCK
8

9
William MARSHALL
             
Terry BLY
9
10
Andy MICKLEWRIGHT
                 
  Jimmy HILL
10
11
Arnold DARCY
               
  Bobby BRENNAN
11















Results on Saturday, April 25, 1959: League Table

 
  Accrington Stanley 1 - 1 Plymouth Argyle  
  Bradford City 1 - 0 Queens Park Rangers  
  Brentford 6 - 1 Southend United  
  Chesterfield 1 - 0 Reading  
  Halifax Town 3 - 0 Tranmere Rovers  
  Hull City 2 - 0 Bury  
  Mansfield Town 1 - 4 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Newport County 2 - 0 Stockport County  
  Notts County 0 - 1 Colchester United  
  Southampton 1 - 1 Doncaster Rovers  
  Swindon Town 4 - 3 Norwich City  
  Wrexham 1 - 0 Rochdale  

Table as at Saturday, April 25, 1959:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Hull City 45 26 9 10 89 50 1.78 61 
2 Plymouth Argyle 45 23 15 7 88 58 1.52 61 
3 Brentford 44 21 14 9 76 45 1.69 56 
4 Norwich City 44 20 13 11 83 61 1.36 53 
5 Tranmere Rovers 46 21 8 17 82 67 1.22 50 
6 Reading 45 20 8 17 73 63 1.16 48 
7 Colchester United 43 19 10 14 66 62 1.06 48 
8 Southend United 45 20 8 17 80 78 1.03 48 
9 Halifax Town 44 20 8 16 75 73 1.03 48 
10 Bury 45 17 13 15 67 56 1.20 47 
11 Bradford City 45 18 10 17 83 75 1.11 46 
12 Southampton 45 17 11 17 88 76 1.16 45 
13 Swindon Town 45 16 13 16 58 55 1.05 45 
14 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 45 17 11 17 68 68 1.00 45 
15 Chesterfield 45 17 10 18 66 62 1.06 44 
16 Queens Park Rangers 45 18 8 19 72 76 0.95 44 
17 Newport County 44 17 8 19 68 66 1.03 42 
18 Accrington Stanley 45 15 12 18 71 82 0.87 42 
19 Wrexham 45 13 14 18 58 76 0.76 40 
20 Mansfield Town 45 14 12 19 71 96 0.74 40 
21 Stockport County 45 12 10 23 61 78 0.78 34 
22 Doncaster Rovers 46 14 5 27 50 90 0.56 33 
23 Notts County 45 8 13 24 53 91 0.58 29 
24 Rochdale 45 8 11 26 37 79 0.47 27 

Key: Promotion Relegation