Football League Division Three
Saturday, February 27, 1960

Swindon Town Southampton

HT: 0-1 G.O'Brien (1'), B.Clifton (54'), D.Reeves (70')
Attendance:  16,645   Referee:  K.G. Aston


1
BURTON
2
HIGGINS
3
BINGLEY
4
FOUNTAIN
5
CHAMBERLAIN
6
MORGAN
7
CORBETT
8
MARSHALL
9
LAYNE
10
GAULD
11
DARCY
1
CHARLES
2
DAVIES
3
TRAYNOR
4
CONNER
5
PAGE
6
HUXFORD
7
PAINE
8
O'BRIEN
9
REEVES
10
CLIFTON
11
SYDENHAM

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Bob CHARLES
1
2
John HIGGINS
                 
Ron DAVIES
2
3
Walter BINGLEY
                 
  Tommy TRAYNOR
3
4
Jack FOUNTAIN
                 
Dick CONNER
4
5
Peter CHAMBERLAIN
                 
John PAGE
5
6
Keith MORGAN
                 
Cliff HUXFORD
6
7
David CORBETT
                 
  Terry PAINE
7

8
William MARSHALL
               
George O'BRIEN
8

9
David LAYNE
               
Derek REEVES
9
10
Jimmy GAULD
               
Brian CLIFTON
10
11
Arnold DARCY
                 
John SYDENHAM
11















Results on Saturday, February 27, 1960: League Table
 
  Accrington Stanley 1 - 3 Port Vale  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 0 - 0 Norwich City  
  Bradford City 1 - 2 Halifax Town  
  Chesterfield 2 - 1 Reading  
  Coventry City 0 - 1 Bury  
  Grimsby Town 1 - 1 Southend United  
  Newport County 1 - 3 Shrewsbury Town  
  Queens Park Rangers 2 - 0 Mansfield Town  
  Swindon Town 0 - 3 Southampton  
  Tranmere Rovers 2 - 1 Brentford  
  Wrexham 1 - 1 Colchester United  
  York City 0 - 0 Barnsley  

Table as at Saturday, February 27, 1960:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Southampton 32 20 6 6 83 53 1.57 46 
2 Bury 34 19 5 10 52 33 1.58 43 
3 Norwich City 33 17 6 10 60 45 1.33 40 
4 Coventry City 32 16 7 9 60 43 1.40 39 
5 Grimsby Town 34 13 12 9 66 53 1.25 38 
6 Colchester United 34 14 9 11 58 52 1.12 37 
7 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 34 13 11 10 56 53 1.06 37 
8 Shrewsbury Town 32 14 8 10 73 55 1.33 36 
9 Queens Park Rangers 32 14 7 11 55 39 1.41 35 
10 Port Vale 33 15 5 13 58 55 1.05 35 
11 Bradford City 31 12 9 10 54 46 1.17 33 
12 York City 33 11 11 11 43 48 0.90 33 
13 Barnsley 33 11 10 12 48 53 0.91 32 
14 Swindon Town 33 13 6 14 46 52 0.88 32 
15 Brentford 33 12 7 14 54 51 1.06 31 
16 Newport County 32 14 3 15 54 60 0.90 31 
17 Halifax Town 32 12 7 13 46 54 0.85 31 
18 Southend United 32 12 5 15 50 55 0.91 29 
19 Tranmere Rovers 33 10 8 15 57 58 0.98 28 
20 Reading 32 10 7 15 64 66 0.97 27 
21 Chesterfield 32 11 4 17 48 64 0.75 26 
22 Wrexham 32 9 4 19 51 77 0.66 22 
23 Mansfield Town 31 8 5 18 55 84 0.65 21 
24 Accrington Stanley 33 8 4 21 43 85 0.51 20 

Key: Promotion Relegation