Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, January 15, 1949

Swindon Town Northampton Town
M.Owen (4'), T.Dawson (61')
HT: 1-0 A.White (65' o.g.), B.King (78')
Attendance:  14,306   Referee:  F.C. Green


1
BURTON
2
WHITE
3
YOUNG
4
COWIE
5
ITHELL
6
FOXTON
7
LUNN
8
DAWSON
9
OWEN
10
JONES
11
BAIN
1
ANSELL
2
SMALLEY
3
BARRON
4
SMITH
5
MCCOY
6
BLUNT
7
ENGLISH
8
KING
9
GARRETT
10
HUGHES
11
FOWLER

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Jack ANSELL
1
2
Alex WHITE
                 
  Tom SMALLEY
2
3
Albert YOUNG
                 
Bill BARRON
3
4
Andy COWIE
                 
Dave SMITH
4
5
Jimmy ITHELL
                 
Tim MCCOY
5
6
Jack FOXTON
                 
Eddie BLUNT
6
7
Harry LUNN
                 
Jack ENGLISH
7

8
Tom DAWSON
             
Bobby KING
8

9
Maurice OWEN
               
Archie GARRETT
9
10
Morris JONES
                 
Gwyn HUGHES
10
11
Jimmy BAIN
                 
Tommy FOWLER
11















Results on Saturday, January 15, 1949: League Table

 
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 1 - 3 Reading  
  Bristol City 1 - 6 Norwich City  
  Exeter City 2 - 0 Torquay United  
  Ipswich Town 2 - 0 Swansea Town  
  Leyton Orient 2 - 0 Southend United  
  Millwall 1 - 1 Aldershot  
  Notts County 11 - 1 Newport County  
  Port Vale 3 - 4 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Swindon Town 2 - 2 Northampton Town  
  Walsall 0 - 1 Bristol Rovers  
  Watford 2 - 0 Crystal Palace  

Table as at Saturday, January 15, 1949:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Swansea Town 24 16 4 4 51 17 3.00 36 
2 Brighton and Hove Albion 24 12 9 3 34 24 1.42 33 
3 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 26 13 5 8 39 31 1.26 31 
4 Bristol Rovers 25 14 3 8 38 32 1.19 31 
5 Swindon Town 26 12 6 8 42 43 0.98 30 
6 Millwall 26 10 8 8 44 40 1.10 28 
7 Notts County 25 12 3 10 76 42 1.81 27 
8 Norwich City 24 11 5 8 46 30 1.53 27 
9 Reading 23 12 2 9 42 36 1.17 26 
10 Port Vale 24 10 4 10 33 28 1.18 24 
11 Ipswich Town 23 10 4 9 45 45 1.00 24 
12 Leyton Orient 24 8 7 9 39 41 0.95 23 
13 Bristol City 23 8 6 9 26 33 0.79 22 
14 Torquay United 24 8 6 10 32 49 0.65 22 
15 Walsall 23 9 3 11 34 38 0.89 21 
16 Exeter City 24 8 5 11 32 50 0.64 21 
17 Northampton Town 24 7 6 11 32 37 0.86 20 
18 Watford 25 5 10 10 28 35 0.80 20 
19 Newport County 24 7 5 12 47 64 0.73 19 
20 Aldershot 24 6 6 12 29 35 0.83 18 
21 Southend United 23 4 9 10 21 28 0.75 17 
22 Crystal Palace 24 3 6 15 14 46 0.30 12 

Key: Promotion Re-election