Match Centre

Tuesday December 27th, 1955

Football League Division Three (South)

Crystal Palace

0 - 2

0

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

(HT: 0-2)

Attendance: 10,608

B. Griffiths

Lineups


1
POTTER
2
NOAKES
3
GREENWOOD
4
MOSS
5
SAUNDERS
6
ANDREWS
7
BERRY
8
BRETT
9
DEAKIN
10
PIERCE
11
GUNNING
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
McSHANE
7
GIBSON
8
MICKLEWRIGHT
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
BRENNAN

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Tuesday December 27th, 1955:

Coventry City Coventry City 5-1 Millwall Millwall
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 0-2 Swindon Town Swindon
Exeter City Exeter City 2-0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Gillingham Gillingham 2-3 Southend United Southend United
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 3-1 Colchester United Colchester United
Newport County Newport County 1-0 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Northampton Town Northampton Town 1-3 Watford Watford
Norwich City Norwich City 2-2 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 2-2 Aldershot Aldershot
Reading Reading 5-2 Brentford Brentford
Southampton Southampton 6-2 Torquay United Torquay United
Walsall Walsall 1-0 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Tuesday December 27th, 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 24 9 3 0 41 6 5 4 3 14 11 14 7 3 55 17 3.24 35
2 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 25 9 3 1 36 19 4 5 3 25 20 13 8 4 61 39 1.56 34
3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 25 11 1 0 43 5 3 4 6 19 19 14 5 6 62 24 2.58 33
4 Torquay United Torquay United 25 6 5 1 25 10 7 2 4 23 19 13 7 5 48 29 1.66 33
5 Coventry City Coventry City 26 12 2 0 40 12 2 2 8 7 19 14 4 8 47 31 1.52 32
6 Northampton Town Northampton Town 25 9 1 2 28 13 5 2 6 15 23 14 3 8 43 36 1.19 31
7 Southend United Southend United 25 10 2 1 34 13 4 1 7 23 36 14 3 8 57 49 1.16 31
8 Norwich City Norwich City 25 9 3 0 35 12 3 4 6 18 35 12 7 6 53 47 1.13 31
9 Brentford Brentford 25 7 3 3 22 18 4 3 5 16 24 11 6 8 38 42 0.90 28
10 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 25 7 4 2 31 15 4 0 8 13 24 11 4 10 44 39 1.13 26
11 Gillingham Gillingham 25 6 2 5 22 17 4 3 5 18 20 10 5 10 40 37 1.08 25
12 Southampton Southampton 25 9 2 1 37 13 1 2 10 13 33 10 4 11 50 46 1.09 24
13 Exeter City Exeter City 25 5 4 4 16 15 3 4 5 13 21 8 8 9 29 36 0.81 24
14 Colchester United Colchester United 25 6 3 3 28 23 3 3 7 10 27 9 6 10 38 50 0.76 24
15 Newport County Newport County 26 7 1 5 18 14 2 4 7 18 32 9 5 12 36 46 0.78 23
16 Aldershot Aldershot 25 4 5 3 23 21 2 5 6 22 28 6 10 9 45 49 0.92 22
17 Watford Watford 25 5 3 5 24 24 2 4 6 9 24 7 7 11 33 48 0.69 21
18 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 25 5 4 4 16 12 2 2 8 10 23 7 6 12 26 35 0.74 20
19 Reading Reading 25 5 2 6 25 25 2 3 7 16 24 7 5 13 41 49 0.84 19
20 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 25 4 1 7 15 15 2 6 5 16 28 6 7 12 31 43 0.72 19
21 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 25 4 4 4 20 18 1 4 8 11 28 5 8 12 31 46 0.67 18
22 Walsall Walsall 25 6 3 3 22 20 1 0 12 13 37 7 3 15 35 57 0.61 17
23 Millwall Millwall 24 6 2 4 24 13 0 1 11 14 45 6 3 15 38 58 0.66 15
24 Swindon Town Swindon 25 2 6 4 11 12 2 1 10 9 36 4 7 14 20 48 0.42 15

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