Match Centre

Monday April 2nd, 1956

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

1 - 1

1

M. Owen (??')

Southend United

Southend United

1

D. Dowsett (??')
M. Owen (??')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 8,728

D. Dowsett (??')
E.T. Jennings

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
MICKLEWRIGHT
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
GIBSON
8
AGAR
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
MOSS
1
THREADGOLD
2
WILLIAMSON
3
HOWE
4
DUTHIE
5
STIRLING
6
LAWLER
7
BARKER
8
McCRORY
9
HOLLIS
10
DOWSETT
11
McGUIGAN

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Monday April 2nd, 1956:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Monday April 2nd, 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 38 16 3 1 68 15 10 4 4 26 17 26 7 5 94 32 2.94 59
2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 40 17 1 1 63 12 9 4 8 35 29 26 5 9 98 41 2.39 57
3 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 40 13 6 1 52 27 8 6 6 42 28 21 12 7 94 55 1.71 54
4 Southend United Southend United 38 14 4 2 52 20 5 5 8 27 42 19 9 10 79 62 1.27 47
5 Coventry City Coventry City 40 15 3 2 49 17 4 4 12 16 33 19 7 14 65 50 1.30 45
6 Norwich City Norwich City 38 14 3 3 50 24 3 8 7 23 43 17 11 10 73 67 1.09 45
7 Brentford Brentford 39 11 6 4 38 28 5 6 7 23 31 16 12 11 61 59 1.03 44
8 Torquay United Torquay United 40 9 9 2 38 18 7 2 11 31 36 16 11 13 69 54 1.28 43
9 Colchester United Colchester United 41 12 4 5 50 33 4 7 9 18 38 16 11 14 68 71 0.96 43
10 Southampton Southampton 41 13 6 2 57 23 4 2 14 24 44 17 8 16 81 67 1.21 42
11 Northampton Town Northampton Town 38 11 3 4 35 22 6 4 10 20 35 17 7 14 55 57 0.96 41
12 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 39 11 6 4 35 13 4 4 10 16 28 15 10 14 51 41 1.24 40
13 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 40 9 7 2 39 18 5 3 14 20 40 14 10 16 59 58 1.02 38
14 Gillingham Gillingham 40 9 3 8 32 26 5 7 8 25 40 14 10 16 57 66 0.86 38
15 Aldershot Aldershot 40 8 7 4 32 28 3 7 11 34 50 11 14 15 66 78 0.85 36
16 Reading Reading 41 9 2 10 36 34 4 5 11 28 41 13 7 21 64 75 0.85 33
17 Exeter City Exeter City 40 8 5 7 32 25 4 4 12 16 41 12 9 19 48 66 0.73 33
18 Watford Watford 41 7 5 9 29 36 4 6 10 18 42 11 11 19 47 78 0.60 33
19 Newport County Newport County 39 9 2 8 25 23 3 6 11 25 46 12 8 19 50 69 0.72 32
20 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 40 7 7 6 34 28 3 4 13 17 47 10 11 19 51 75 0.68 31
21 Walsall Walsall 38 9 5 3 30 22 2 3 16 21 50 11 8 19 51 72 0.71 30
22 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 40 5 3 12 23 29 5 7 8 27 44 10 10 20 50 73 0.68 30
23 Millwall Millwall 39 9 4 6 41 30 2 2 16 25 61 11 6 22 66 91 0.73 28
24 Swindon Town Swindon 40 4 9 7 18 20 4 3 13 14 52 8 12 20 32 72 0.44 28

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