Football League Division Three
Saturday, February 25, 1961

Swindon Town Reading
E.Hunt (26')
 HT: 1-0 J.Walker (70')
Attendance:  9,703   Referee:  L. Callaghan


1
BURTON
2
WOLLEN
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
OWEN
6
WOODRUFF
7
DARCY
8
HUNT
9
SUMMERBEE
10
JACKSON
11
JONES
1
MEESON
2
NEATE
3
REEVES
4
SPIERS
5
DAVIES
6
WALKER
7
MCILVENNY
8
WHITEHOUSE
9
LACEY
10
HEAD
11
MACLUCKIE

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Dave MEESON
1
2
Terry WOLLEN
                 
Gordon NEATE
2
3
John TROLLOPE
                 
Ray REEVES
3
4
Keith MORGAN
                 
Dick SPIERS
4
5
Maurice OWEN
                 
Bill DAVIES
5
6
Bobby WOODRUFF
               
Johnny WALKER
6
7
Arnold DARCY
                 
John MCILVENNY
7

8
Ernie HUNT
               
Jimmy WHITEHOUSE
8

9
Mike SUMMERBEE  
                 
Bill LACEY
9
10
Cliff JACKSON
                 
David HEAD
10
11
Fred JONES
                 
George MACLUCKIE
11















Results on Saturday, February 25, 1961: League Table
 
  Brentford 1 - 1 Coventry City  
  Bury 2 - 1 Barnsley  
  Chesterfield 1 - 0 Newport County  
  Halifax Town 0 - 1 Notts County  
  Port Vale 3 - 2 Grimsby Town  
  Shrewsbury Town 2 - 1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Southend United 2 - 1 Colchester United  
  Swindon Town 1 - 1 Reading  
  Torquay United 1 - 2 Hull City  
  Tranmere Rovers 1 - 2 Queens Park Rangers  
  Walsall 4 - 0 Bradford City  
  Watford 0 - 1 Bristol City  

Table as at Saturday, February 25, 1961:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Queens Park Rangers 33 19 8 6 71 44 1.61 46 
2 Bury 33 20 5 8 85 40 2.13 45 
3 Grimsby Town 33 17 7 9 63 49 1.29 41 
4 Notts County 32 17 7 8 67 53 1.26 41 
5 Walsall 32 18 4 10 67 47 1.43 40 
6 Port Vale 33 15 9 9 78 54 1.44 39 
7 Torquay United 33 12 12 9 60 57 1.05 36 
8 Newport County 31 14 7 10 60 60 1.00 35 
9 Halifax Town 32 11 13 8 56 56 1.00 35 
10 Coventry City 31 12 9 10 59 52 1.13 33 
11 Barnsley 29 15 3 11 58 54 1.07 33 
12 Watford 31 11 11 9 53 51 1.04 33 
13 Bristol City 32 13 6 13 51 48 1.06 32 
14 Hull City 32 12 6 14 53 54 0.98 30 
15 Brentford 33 10 10 13 45 55 0.82 30 
16 Shrewsbury Town 31 9 11 11 55 59 0.93 29 
17 Southend United 33 10 9 14 49 59 0.83 29 
18 Swindon Town 31 7 12 12 40 40 1.00 26 
19 Reading 31 8 10 13 46 63 0.73 26 
20 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 34 10 6 18 47 65 0.72 26 
21 Bradford City 29 6 10 13 41 55 0.75 22 
22 Tranmere Rovers 33 8 6 19 57 96 0.59 22 
23 Colchester United 33 6 8 19 47 71 0.66 20 
24 Chesterfield 33 5 9 19 39 65 0.60 19 

Key: Promotion Relegation