Match Centre

Saturday February 18th, 1956

Football League Division Three (South)

Exeter City

1 - 2

1

F. Houghton (16')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

M. Owen (50', 86')
F. Houghton (16')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 4,937

M. Owen (50', 86')
R.E. Smith
St. James Park, Exeter

Lineups


1
HUNTER
2
DOYLE
3
MITCHELL
4
DUNNE
5
HARVEY
6
MURPHY
7
THOMAS
8
IGGLEDEN
9
BURKE
10
HOUGHTON
11
REES
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
McSHANE
7
GIBSON
8
MICKLEWRIGHT
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
BRENNAN
Exeter City
1George HUNTER
2Brian DOYLE
3Arnold MITCHELL
4Tommy DUNNE
5Keith HARVEY
6Eddie MURPHY
7Peter THOMAS
8Ray IGGLEDEN
9Ronnie BURKE
10Frank HOUGHTON
11Graham REES
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Geoff FOX3
4Jim CROSS4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Tony McSHANE6
7Dave GIBSON7
8Andy MICKLEWRIGHT8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Bob EDWARDS10
11Jim BRENNAN11

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday February 18th, 1956:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday February 18th, 1956:

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 30 13 3 0 50 8 6 4 4 18 14 19 7 4 68 22 3.09 45
2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 32 14 1 0 56 7 6 4 7 26 22 20 5 7 82 29 2.83 45
3 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 32 12 3 1 43 21 6 6 4 32 22 18 9 5 75 43 1.74 45
4 Torquay United Torquay United 31 8 6 1 31 12 7 2 7 26 26 15 8 8 57 38 1.50 38
5 Norwich City Norwich City 30 12 3 1 44 18 3 5 6 19 36 15 8 7 63 54 1.17 38
6 Northampton Town Northampton Town 31 11 1 3 33 19 6 3 7 18 28 17 4 10 51 47 1.09 38
7 Coventry City Coventry City 32 13 2 1 43 13 3 3 10 11 25 16 5 11 54 38 1.42 37
8 Southend United Southend United 29 12 3 1 47 16 4 1 8 23 39 16 4 9 70 55 1.27 36
9 Brentford Brentford 31 9 4 3 28 20 4 4 7 19 29 13 8 10 47 49 0.96 34
10 Colchester United Colchester United 32 10 3 4 40 28 3 5 7 13 30 13 8 11 53 58 0.91 34
11 Southampton Southampton 33 11 3 2 45 19 3 2 12 22 40 14 5 14 67 59 1.14 33
12 Gillingham Gillingham 32 8 3 5 28 19 4 4 8 21 37 12 7 13 49 56 0.88 31
13 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 31 8 5 4 27 13 3 2 9 14 26 11 7 13 41 39 1.05 29
14 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 32 7 5 2 32 16 4 2 12 18 36 11 7 14 50 52 0.96 29
15 Aldershot Aldershot 32 6 5 4 27 25 2 6 9 27 38 8 11 13 54 63 0.86 27
16 Newport County Newport County 31 8 1 6 22 17 2 6 8 20 36 10 7 14 42 53 0.79 27
17 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 32 5 3 8 19 20 3 7 6 19 34 8 10 14 38 54 0.70 26
18 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 33 5 7 4 26 23 2 4 11 14 39 7 11 15 40 62 0.65 25
19 Exeter City Exeter City 32 5 5 7 21 23 3 4 8 14 32 8 9 15 35 55 0.64 25
20 Watford Watford 32 5 4 8 25 32 3 4 8 12 33 8 8 16 37 65 0.57 24
21 Reading Reading 32 6 2 8 29 30 3 3 10 20 31 9 5 18 49 61 0.80 23
22 Millwall Millwall 30 8 3 4 35 18 1 2 12 18 52 9 5 16 53 70 0.76 23
23 Walsall Walsall 30 7 3 3 26 20 1 1 15 17 45 8 4 18 43 65 0.66 20
24 Swindon Town Swindon 30 3 7 5 14 15 3 1 11 11 41 6 8 16 25 56 0.45 20

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