Match Centre

Saturday November 26th, 1955

Football League Division Three (South)

Reading

0 - 1

0

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

B. Edwards (14')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 8,241

B. Edwards (14')
H.L. Broadhurst

Lineups


1
JONES
2
PENFORD
3
MANSELL
4
LEACH
5
DAVIES
6
ANDERTON
7
LONG
8
HINSHELWOOD
9
CROSS
10
DIXON
11
WHEELER
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
McSHANE
7
GIBSON
8
MICKLEWRIGHT
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
JOHNSON

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday November 26th, 1955:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 2-2 Aldershot Aldershot
Brentford Brentford 1-3 Torquay United Torquay United
Colchester United Colchester United 3-3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Coventry City Coventry City 1-0 Walsall Walsall
Exeter City Exeter City 3-0 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Gillingham Gillingham 0-2 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 4-0 Southampton Southampton
Millwall Millwall 2-0 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Norwich City Norwich City 3-1 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Reading Reading 0-1 Swindon Town Swindon
Southend United Southend United 2-3 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town
Watford Watford 1-1 Newport County Newport County

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday November 26th, 1955:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 19 8 2 0 35 4 4 2 3 7 7 12 4 3 42 11 3.82 28
2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 20 8 1 0 29 4 3 4 4 18 16 11 5 4 47 20 2.35 27
3 Torquay United Torquay United 20 5 3 1 20 6 6 2 3 17 12 11 5 4 37 18 2.06 27
4 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 20 7 2 1 28 14 4 3 3 20 15 11 5 4 48 29 1.66 27
5 Northampton Town Northampton Town 20 8 0 1 22 9 5 1 5 13 17 13 1 6 35 26 1.35 27
6 Norwich City Norwich City 20 8 2 0 26 8 3 3 4 13 22 11 5 4 39 30 1.30 27
7 Southend United Southend United 20 9 1 1 28 11 3 1 5 17 24 12 2 6 45 35 1.29 26
8 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 20 6 3 1 27 9 3 0 7 11 22 9 3 8 38 31 1.23 21
9 Coventry City Coventry City 20 9 2 0 27 8 0 1 8 4 19 9 3 8 31 27 1.15 21
10 Gillingham Gillingham 20 6 2 3 19 12 3 1 5 13 16 9 3 8 32 28 1.14 21
11 Newport County Newport County 20 6 1 3 15 10 2 4 4 15 22 8 5 7 30 32 0.94 21
12 Brentford Brentford 20 6 2 3 18 15 2 3 4 10 17 8 5 7 28 32 0.88 21
13 Colchester United Colchester United 20 5 2 3 20 19 3 3 4 9 17 8 5 7 29 36 0.81 21
14 Aldershot Aldershot 20 4 3 2 16 13 2 4 5 20 25 6 7 7 36 38 0.95 19
15 Exeter City Exeter City 20 4 3 4 13 14 3 2 4 10 14 7 5 8 23 28 0.82 19
16 Southampton Southampton 20 6 2 1 24 11 1 1 9 10 29 7 3 10 34 40 0.85 17
17 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 20 5 3 3 16 11 1 2 6 6 18 6 5 9 22 29 0.76 17
18 Watford Watford 20 5 2 4 22 21 1 2 6 5 22 6 4 10 27 43 0.63 16
19 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 20 3 1 5 13 10 2 4 5 15 27 5 5 10 28 37 0.76 15
20 Millwall Millwall 19 6 1 3 23 10 0 1 8 12 32 6 2 11 35 42 0.83 14
21 Walsall Walsall 20 4 3 2 17 15 1 0 10 12 31 5 3 12 29 46 0.63 13
22 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 20 3 2 4 13 12 0 4 7 9 23 3 6 11 22 35 0.63 12
23 Reading Reading 20 3 2 6 16 22 2 0 7 7 15 5 2 13 23 37 0.62 12
24 Swindon Town Swindon 20 2 3 4 10 11 1 0 10 6 35 3 3 14 16 46 0.35 9

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