Football League Division Three
Monday, September 4, 1961

Queens Park Rangers Swindon Town
J.Towers (5', 21'), M.Barber (57'), B.Evans (66'), M.Lazarus (81', 84')
 HT: 2-0 K.Rutter (52' o.g.)
Attendance:  10,112   Referee:  J.R. Loynton


1
DRINKWATER
2
BENTLEY
3
INGHAM
4
KEEN
5
RUTTER
6
ANGELL
7
LAZARUS
8
BEDFORD
9
EVANS
10
TOWERS
11
BARBER
1
TEAGUE
2
JONES
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
OWEN
6
BELL
7
SUMMERBEE
8
WOODRUFF
9
MCPHERSON
10
HUNT
11
JACKSON

Lineups
1
Ray DRINKWATER
                 
Mick TEAGUE
1
2
Roy BENTLEY  
                 
Ken JONES
2
3
Tony INGHAM
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
Mike KEEN
                 
Keith MORGAN
4
5
Keith RUTTER
                 
Maurice OWEN
5
6
Peter ANGELL
                 
John BELL
6
7
Mark LAZARUS
               
  Mike SUMMERBEE
7

8
Brian BEDFORD
                 
Bobby WOODRUFF
8

9
Bernard EVANS
               
Ken MCPHERSON
9
10
Jim TOWERS
               
Ralph HUNT
10
11
Mike BARBER
               
Cliff JACKSON
11













Results on Monday, September 4, 1961: League Table
 
  Coventry City 3 - 1 Halifax Town  
  Port Vale 0 - 0 Southend United  
  Queens Park Rangers 6 - 1 Swindon Town  

Table as at Monday, September 4, 1961:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Crystal Palace 5 3 2 0 10 4 2.50 8 
2 Shrewsbury Town 5 3 2 0 11 5 2.20 8 
3 Portsmouth 5 3 2 0 8 4 2.00 8 
4 Reading 5 4 0 1 15 8 1.88 8 
5 Queens Park Rangers 6 4 0 2 18 10 1.80 8 
6 Halifax Town 6 3 2 1 9 6 1.50 8 
7 Peterborough United 5 4 0 1 14 11 1.27 8 
8 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 5 2 3 0 8 4 2.00 7 
9 Coventry City 6 3 1 2 11 11 1.00 7 
10 Grimsby Town 5 3 0 2 9 7 1.29 6 
11 Bristol City 5 3 0 2 6 5 1.20 6 
12 Hull City 5 3 0 2 9 8 1.13 6 
13 Southend United 6 2 2 2 7 7 1.00 6 
14 Notts County 5 2 1 2 6 7 0.86 5 
15 Watford 5 1 2 2 12 13 0.92 4 
16 Port Vale 6 1 2 3 8 9 0.89 4 
17 Bradford Park Avenue 5 2 0 3 9 11 0.82 4 
18 Newport County 5 1 1 3 7 9 0.78 3 
19 Barnsley 5 1 1 3 8 11 0.73 3 
20 Lincoln City 5 1 1 3 6 12 0.50 3 
21 Torquay United 5 1 0 4 9 13 0.69 2 
22 Swindon Town 6 0 2 4 8 18 0.44 2 
23 Northampton Town 5 0 2 3 1 4 0.25 2 
24 Brentford 5 0 0 5 2 14 0.14 0 

Key: Promotion Relegation