Football League Division Two
Saturday, August 24, 1963

Swindon Town Scunthorpe United
E.Hunt (16', 66'), J.Stevens (89')
HT: 1-0
Attendance:  18,451    


1
TURNER
2
DAWSON
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
MCPHERSON
6
WOODRUFF
7
SUMMERBEE
8
HUNT
9
STEVENS
10
SMART
11
ROGERS
1
REEVES
2
HORSTEAD
3
BROWNSWORD
4
LINDSEY
5
NEALE
6
GANNON
7
WILSON
8
HODGSON
9
LAWTHER
10
SMILLIE
11
CRAWFORD

Lineups
1
Mike TURNER
                 
Brian REEVES
1
2
Owen DAWSON
                 
Barry HORSTEAD
2
3
John TROLLOPE
                 
Jack BROWNSWORD
3
4
Keith MORGAN
                 
Barry LINDSEY
4
5
Ken MCPHERSON
                 
Peter NEALE
5
6
Bobby WOODRUFF
                 
Mick GANNON
6
7
Mike SUMMERBEE  
                 
Andy WILSON
7

8
Ernie HUNT
               
Ken HODGSON
8

9
John STEVENS
               
  Ian LAWTHER
9
10
Roger SMART
                 
Andy SMILLIE
10
11
Don ROGERS
                 
Ian CRAWFORD
11













Ernie Hunt heads home the Town's first ever goal in the second tier.
Hunt scores the Town's first Division Two goal





Results on Saturday, August 24, 1963: League Table

 
  Bury 4 - 2 Rotherham United  
  Cardiff City 3 - 1 Norwich City  
  Huddersfield Town 0 - 2 Sunderland  
  Leyton Orient 2 - 2 Preston North End  
  Manchester City 0 - 2 Portsmouth  
  Middlesbrough 5 - 0 Plymouth Argyle  
  Newcastle United 3 - 1 Derby County  
  Southampton 6 - 1 Charlton Athletic  
  Swansea Town 1 - 1 Grimsby Town  
  Swindon Town 3 - 0 Scunthorpe United  

Table as at Saturday, August 24, 1963:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Middlesbrough 1 1 0 0 5 0
2 Swindon Town 1 1 0 0 3 0
3 Portsmouth 1 1 0 0 2 0
4 Sunderland 1 1 0 0 2 0
5 Southampton 1 1 0 0 6 1 6.00
6 Cardiff City 1 1 0 0 3 1 3.00
7 Newcastle United 1 1 0 0 3 1 3.00
8 Bury 1 1 0 0 4 2 2.00
9 Leyton Orient 1 0 1 0 2 2 1.00
10 Preston North End 1 0 1 0 2 2 1.00
11 Grimsby Town 1 0 1 0 1 1 1.00
12 Swansea Town 1 0 1 0 1 1 1.00
13 Rotherham United 1 0 0 1 2 4 0.50
14 Derby County 1 0 0 1 1 3 0.33
15 Norwich City 1 0 0 1 1 3 0.33
16 Charlton Athletic 1 0 0 1 1 6 0.17
17 Huddersfield Town 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.00
18 Manchester City 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.00
19 Scunthorpe United 1 0 0 1 0 3 0.00
20 Plymouth Argyle 1 0 0 1 0 5 0.00

Key: Promotion Relegation