Football League Division Three
Saturday, December 16, 1961

Portsmouth Swindon Town
D.Dodson (1'), H.Harris (79')
 HT: 1-0 E.Hunt (66'), B.Atkins (71')
Attendance:  13,990   Referee:  A.E. Moore


1
BEATTIE
2
RUTTER
3
WILSON
4
BROWN
5
SNOWDON
6
DICKINSON
7
BARTON
8
GORDON
9
SAUNDERS
10
HARRIS
11
DODSON
1
O'HARA
2
WOLLEN
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
OWEN
6
CHAMBERLAIN
7
SUMMERBEE
8
HUNT
9
SMITH
10
ATKINS
11
WEAVER

Lineups
1
Dick BEATTIE
                 
Mike O'HARA
1
2
Cyril RUTTER
                 
Terry WOLLEN
2
3
Alex WILSON  
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
Allan BROWN  
                 
Keith MORGAN
4
5
Brian SNOWDON
                 
Maurice OWEN
5
6
Jimmy DICKINSON  
                 
Peter CHAMBERLAIN
6
7
Tony BARTON
                 
  Mike SUMMERBEE
7

8
Johnny GORDON
               
Ernie HUNT
8

9
Ron SAUNDERS
                 
Jack SMITH
9
10
Harry HARRIS
             
Bill ATKINS
10
11
Dave DODSON
               
Eric WEAVER
11















Results on Saturday, December 16, 1961: League Table
 
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 0 - 0 Lincoln City  
  Brentford 1 - 4 Queens Park Rangers  
  Bristol City 6 - 0 Notts County  
  Coventry City 1 - 0 Reading  
  Crystal Palace 7 - 2 Torquay United  
  Grimsby Town 1 - 0 Newport County  
  Hull City 1 - 1 Peterborough United  
  Northampton Town 2 - 0 Watford  
  Port Vale 4 - 1 Shrewsbury Town  
  Portsmouth 2 - 2 Swindon Town  

Table as at Saturday, December 16, 1961:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 23 11 10 2 41 22 1.86 32 
2 Portsmouth 22 13 6 3 38 22 1.73 32 
3 Bristol City 24 13 3 8 46 33 1.39 29 
4 Peterborough United 23 13 3 7 56 49 1.14 29 
5 Reading 23 14 1 8 43 38 1.13 29 
6 Queens Park Rangers 22 11 6 5 54 34 1.59 28 
7 Crystal Palace 24 11 6 7 55 36 1.53 28 
8 Northampton Town 24 11 5 8 50 28 1.79 27 
9 Grimsby Town 23 11 4 8 33 34 0.97 26 
10 Watford 24 9 7 8 39 42 0.93 25 
11 Port Vale 24 9 6 9 34 31 1.10 24 
12 Bradford Park Avenue 22 10 3 9 43 39 1.10 23 
13 Shrewsbury Town 24 8 7 9 44 45 0.98 23 
14 Coventry City 23 8 7 8 31 35 0.89 23 
15 Hull City 21 8 6 7 30 23 1.30 22 
16 Halifax Town 19 7 5 7 29 32 0.91 19 
17 Notts County 21 7 5 9 36 40 0.90 19 
18 Southend United 23 6 7 10 28 34 0.82 19 
19 Swindon Town 24 5 9 10 36 47 0.77 19 
20 Barnsley 22 7 4 11 43 53 0.81 18 
21 Lincoln City 22 5 6 11 30 43 0.70 16 
22 Torquay United 22 5 3 14 38 56 0.68 13 
23 Brentford 23 5 3 15 21 52 0.40 13 
24 Newport County 24 3 4 17 27 57 0.47 10 

Key: Promotion Relegation