Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, March 25, 1939

Bristol Rovers Swindon Town
F.Curran (8', 20', 35', 89'), A.Butterworth (69')
HT: 3-0
Attendance:  6,695   Referee:  W.E. Plyer


1
NICHOLLS
2
ROBERTS
3
MILLAR
4
WARREN
5
O'MAHONEY
6
MCARTHUR
7
BUTTERWORTH
8
MILLS
9
CURRAN
10
GARDINER
11
TURNER
1
BRYAN
2
PARKHOUSE
3
BUTCHER
4
COUSINS
5
MORRALL
6
WILCOCKSON
7
JONES
8
FRANCIS
9
MORTON
10
LUCAS
11
BARRACLOUGH

Lineups
1
Joe NICHOLLS
                 
Billy BRYAN
1
2
Harry ROBERTS
                 
Dick PARKHOUSE
2
3
Alec MILLAR
                 
Fred BUTCHER
3
4
Ray WARREN
                 
Harry COUSINS
4
5
Matt O'MAHONEY  
                 
George MORRALL
5
6
Wally MCARTHUR
                 
Stan WILCOCKSON
6
7
Albert BUTTERWORTH
               
Eddie JONES
7

8
Tommy MILLS  
                 
Cliff FRANCIS
8

9
Frank CURRAN view STFC profile
               
Ben MORTON
9
10
Bobby GARDINER
                 
Billy LUCAS
10
11
Bert TURNER
                 
Arthur BARRACLOUGH
11













Results on Saturday, March 25, 1939: League Table

 
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 0 - 0 Leyton Orient  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 2 - 0 Torquay United  
  Bristol Rovers 5 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Cardiff City 0 - 1 Crystal Palace  
  Exeter City 1 - 1 Bristol City  
  Ipswich Town 5 - 1 Watford  
  Mansfield Town 1 - 1 Northampton Town  
  Queens Park Rangers 0 - 1 Notts County  
  Reading 2 - 1 Port Vale  
  Southend United 2 - 1 Aldershot  
  Walsall 1 - 1 Newport County  

Table as at Saturday, March 25, 1939:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Newport County 35 20 8 7 53 37 1.43 48 
2 Brighton and Hove Albion 34 16 8 10 55 39 1.41 40 
3 Reading 35 14 12 9 62 48 1.29 40 
4 Crystal Palace 33 16 8 9 56 44 1.27 40 
5 Queens Park Rangers 33 14 9 10 63 42 1.50 37 
6 Notts County 32 15 7 10 47 36 1.31 37 
7 Watford 34 15 7 12 53 45 1.18 37 
8 Bristol City 34 14 9 11 51 48 1.06 37 
9 Swindon Town 33 14 7 12 62 58 1.07 35 
10 Northampton Town 34 14 6 14 50 50 1.00 34 
11 Aldershot 33 12 10 11 39 49 0.80 34 
12 Cardiff City 33 12 8 13 46 49 0.94 32 
13 Southend United 30 12 6 12 49 52 0.94 30 
14 Torquay United 33 11 8 14 44 54 0.81 30 
15 Exeter City 33 10 10 13 55 71 0.77 30 
16 Mansfield Town 34 10 10 14 39 57 0.68 30 
17 Ipswich Town 31 10 9 12 43 43 1.00 29 
18 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 33 9 11 13 38 50 0.76 29 
19 Port Vale 33 10 7 16 42 49 0.86 27 
20 Bristol Rovers 33 8 10 15 42 43 0.98 26 
21 Leyton Orient 32 8 9 15 36 42 0.86 25 
22 Walsall 33 6 9 18 40 59 0.68 21 

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