Football League Division Three
Tuesday, May 14, 1963

Swindon Town Shrewsbury Town
R.Smart (88')
HT: 0-0
Attendance:  20,273   Referee:  K. Stokes


1
TURNER
2
DAWSON
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
MCPHERSON
6
WOODRUFF
7
SUMMERBEE
8
HUNT
9
STEVENS
10
SMART
11
JACKSON
1
MILLER
2
WALTERS
3
SKEECH
4
HARLEY
5
DOLBY
6
POUNTNEY
7
GREGSON
8
MIDDLETON
9
CLARKE
10
NIXON
11
FRENCH

Lineups
1
Mike TURNER
                 
Paul MILLER
1
2
Owen DAWSON
                 
George WALTERS
2
3
John TROLLOPE
                 
Gordon SKEECH
3
4
Keith MORGAN
                 
Albert HARLEY
4
5
Ken MCPHERSON
                 
Peter DOLBY
5
6
Bobby WOODRUFF
                 
Dave POUNTNEY
6
7
Mike SUMMERBEE  
                 
John GREGSON
7

8
Ernie HUNT
                 
Harry MIDDLETON
8

9
John STEVENS
                 
Frank CLARKE
9
10
Roger SMART
               
Billy NIXON
10
11
Cliff JACKSON
                 
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Ernie Hunt has the ball in the net in the crucial Shrewsbury match - but it's ruled out for offside.
The goal that wasn't

Town fans swarm onto the field to congratulate the players after the decisive victory over Shrewsbury.
Town fans swarm their heroes

Manager Bert Head takes a celebratory drink straight from the bottle in the changing room after promotion is secured.
Bert Head swigs champagne




Results on Tuesday, May 14, 1963: League Table

 
  Bristol Rovers 2 - 0 Colchester United  
  Carlisle United 4 - 3 Millwall  
  Swindon Town 1 - 0 Shrewsbury Town  

Table as at Tuesday, May 14, 1963:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Northampton Town 45 25 10 10 106 60 1.77 60 
2 Swindon Town 45 22 13 10 86 55 1.56 57 
3 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 44 18 15 11 63 45 1.40 51 
4 Peterborough United 45 20 10 15 93 75 1.24 50 
5 Coventry City 43 17 16 10 79 66 1.20 50 
6 Port Vale 44 21 8 15 68 57 1.19 50 
7 Notts County 44 18 12 14 66 73 0.90 48 
8 Southend United 44 18 11 15 74 77 0.96 47 
9 Colchester United 45 18 11 16 73 87 0.84 47 
10 Hull City 43 19 8 16 72 64 1.13 46 
11 Wrexham 43 19 8 16 82 81 1.01 46 
12 Queens Park Rangers 44 17 10 17 84 73 1.15 44 
13 Bristol City 45 15 13 17 96 90 1.07 43 
14 Crystal Palace 42 15 12 15 61 57 1.07 42 
15 Shrewsbury Town 45 15 12 18 81 80 1.01 42 
16 Watford 45 17 8 20 81 83 0.98 42 
17 Millwall 44 14 13 17 78 83 0.94 41 
18 Barnsley 44 15 11 18 62 66 0.94 41 
19 Reading 45 16 8 21 72 74 0.97 40 
20 Bradford Park Avenue 46 14 12 20 79 97 0.81 40 
21 Bristol Rovers 44 14 11 19 67 84 0.80 39 
22 Brighton and Hove Albion 45 12 11 22 58 84 0.69 35 
23 Carlisle United 44 12 9 23 59 85 0.69 33 
24 Halifax Town 44 8 12 24 59 103 0.57 28 

Key: Promotion Relegation