Football League Division Three
Saturday, October 17, 1959

Swindon Town Reading

HT: 0-1 J.Wheeler (4', 83'), R.Reeves (56' pen), G.MacLuckie (60')
Attendance:  14,706   Referee:  K.G. Aston


1
BURTON
2
CHAMBERLAIN
3
BINGLEY
4
MORGAN
5
MELLOR
6
WOODRUFF
7
STEPHENS
8
RICHARDS
9
LAYNE
10
GAULD
11
DARCY
1
MEESON
2
GOODALL
3
REEVES
4
WALKER
5
NEATE
6
EVANS
7
MCILVENNY
8
WHEELER
9
AYRE
10
SHREEVES
11
MACLUCKIE

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Dave MEESON
1
2
Peter CHAMBERLAIN
                 
Bernard GOODALL
2
3
Walter BINGLEY
               
Ray REEVES
3
4
Keith MORGAN
                 
Johnny WALKER
4
5
Ken MELLOR
   68'             
Gordon NEATE
5
6
Bobby WOODRUFF
                 
Maurice EVANS
6
7
John STEPHENS
                 
John MCILVENNY
7

8
John RICHARDS
               
Jimmy WHEELER
8

9
David LAYNE
                 
Bobby AYRE
9
10
Jimmy GAULD
                 
Peter SHREEVES
10
11
Arnold DARCY
               
George MACLUCKIE
11















Results on Saturday, October 17, 1959: League Table

 
  Accrington Stanley 3 - 4 Norwich City  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 1 - 2 Brentford  
  Bradford City 0 - 0 Bury  
  Chesterfield 2 - 2 Shrewsbury Town  
  Coventry City 2 - 1 Barnsley  
  Grimsby Town 2 - 1 Mansfield Town  
  Queens Park Rangers 3 - 0 Halifax Town  
  Swindon Town 0 - 4 Reading  
  Tranmere Rovers 1 - 1 Colchester United  
  Wrexham 3 - 1 Southend United  
  York City 2 - 2 Southampton  

Table as at Saturday, October 17, 1959:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Queens Park Rangers 17 9 4 4 31 15 2.07 22 
2 Bury 17 10 2 5 22 11 2.00 22 
3 Halifax Town 16 9 4 3 25 17 1.47 22 
4 Coventry City 17 8 5 4 29 17 1.71 21 
5 Norwich City 16 9 3 4 34 22 1.55 21 
6 Southampton 17 8 5 4 44 33 1.33 21 
7 Shrewsbury Town 16 8 4 4 43 29 1.48 20 
8 Grimsby Town 17 7 5 5 37 27 1.37 19 
9 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 17 9 1 7 32 30 1.07 19 
10 Brentford 17 7 4 6 30 27 1.11 18 
11 Swindon Town 17 8 2 7 27 31 0.87 18 
12 Colchester United 17 7 3 7 33 34 0.97 17 
13 York City 17 5 7 5 23 24 0.96 17 
14 Newport County 15 7 3 5 25 27 0.93 17 
15 Barnsley 17 6 4 7 23 22 1.05 16 
16 Port Vale 15 7 1 7 22 30 0.73 15 
17 Tranmere Rovers 17 5 4 8 28 23 1.22 14 
18 Bradford City 17 5 4 8 29 34 0.85 14 
19 Reading 17 4 4 9 36 35 1.03 12 
20 Southend United 16 5 2 9 20 34 0.59 12 
21 Wrexham 16 4 3 9 25 38 0.66 11 
22 Accrington Stanley 17 4 3 10 21 42 0.50 11 
23 Chesterfield 15 4 1 10 25 39 0.64
24 Mansfield Town 16 2 4 10 23 46 0.50

Key: Promotion Relegation