Football League Division Three
Saturday, March 18, 1961

Barnsley Swindon Town
K.Oliver (10'), F.Beaumont (38')
 HT: 2-0 E.Hunt (48')
Attendance:  7,545   Referee:  T. Reynolds


1
LEESON
2
SWIFT
3
GREEN
4
BARBER
5
SHARP
6
HOUGHTON
7
SMILLIE
8
OLIVER
9
HOPKINS
10
BEAUMONT
11
BROOKES
1
BURTON
2
JONES
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
OWEN
6
BELL
7
CORBETT
8
HUNT
9
SUMMERBEE
10
DARCY
11
JONES

Lineups
1
Don LEESON
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Colin SWIFT
                 
Ken JONES
2
3
Allan GREEN
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
Dave BARBER
                 
Keith MORGAN
4
5
Duncan SHARP
                 
Maurice OWEN
5
6
Billy HOUGHTON
                 
John BELL
6
7
Ron SMILLIE
                 
David CORBETT
7

8
Ken OLIVER
             
Ernie HUNT
8

9
Ollie HOPKINS
                 
  Mike SUMMERBEE
9
10
Frank BEAUMONT
               
Arnold DARCY
10
11
Colin BROOKES
                 
Fred JONES
11















Results on Saturday, March 18, 1961: League Table
 
  Barnsley 2 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 1 - 1 Port Vale  
  Bradford City 0 - 3 Torquay United  
  Bristol City 1 - 2 Bury  
  Colchester United 1 - 4 Watford  
  Coventry City 1 - 2 Walsall  
  Grimsby Town 4 - 1 Tranmere Rovers  
  Hull City 4 - 2 Halifax Town  
  Newport County 0 - 1 Brentford  
  Notts County 1 - 2 Southend United  
  Queens Park Rangers 1 - 2 Chesterfield  
  Reading 2 - 1 Shrewsbury Town  

Table as at Saturday, March 18, 1961:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bury 36 23 5 8 91 42 2.17 51 
2 Queens Park Rangers 36 20 9 7 73 46 1.59 49 
3 Walsall 36 20 5 11 74 53 1.40 45 
4 Grimsby Town 36 18 8 10 67 52 1.29 44 
5 Notts County 36 18 7 11 71 61 1.16 43 
6 Port Vale 37 15 11 11 83 62 1.34 41 
7 Torquay United 36 14 12 10 64 58 1.10 40 
8 Newport County 36 16 7 13 69 69 1.00 39 
9 Barnsley 32 17 4 11 63 57 1.11 38 
10 Watford 35 13 11 11 63 62 1.02 37 
11 Bristol City 37 15 6 16 60 57 1.05 36 
12 Halifax Town 35 11 14 10 59 63 0.94 36 
13 Coventry City 34 13 9 12 63 56 1.13 35 
14 Hull City 35 14 7 14 59 57 1.04 35 
15 Shrewsbury Town 35 11 12 12 62 61 1.02 34 
16 Brentford 36 11 11 14 47 58 0.81 33 
17 Southend United 36 11 10 15 51 62 0.82 32 
18 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 37 12 7 18 51 67 0.76 31 
19 Reading 34 9 11 14 51 69 0.74 29 
20 Swindon Town 34 8 12 14 46 44 1.05 28 
21 Tranmere Rovers 37 10 6 21 68 105 0.65 26 
22 Bradford City 35 7 11 17 48 69 0.70 25 
23 Colchester United 37 8 8 21 54 83 0.65 24 
24 Chesterfield 36 7 9 20 45 69 0.65 23 

Key: Promotion Relegation