Match Centre

Saturday April 7th, 1956

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

0 - 0

0

Reading

Reading

0

(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 7,397

H.L. Broadhurst

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
GIBSON
8
AGAR
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
MICKLEWRIGHT
1
JONES
2
McLAREN
3
REEVES
4
PENFORD
5
SPIERS
6
LEACH
7
WHEELER
8
GREEN
9
KIRKUP
10
DIXON
11
QUINLAN

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday April 7th, 1956:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday April 7th, 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 39 16 3 1 68 15 11 4 4 28 18 27 7 5 96 33 2.91 61
2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 41 18 1 1 65 12 9 4 8 35 29 27 5 9 100 41 2.44 59
3 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 41 14 6 1 55 27 8 6 6 42 28 22 12 7 97 55 1.76 56
4 Coventry City Coventry City 42 16 3 2 53 18 4 4 13 16 35 20 7 15 69 53 1.30 47
5 Southend United Southend United 39 14 4 2 52 20 5 5 9 27 45 19 9 11 79 65 1.22 47
6 Torquay United Torquay United 41 10 9 2 41 19 7 2 11 31 36 17 11 13 72 55 1.31 45
7 Norwich City Norwich City 39 14 3 3 50 24 3 8 8 23 45 17 11 11 73 69 1.06 45
8 Brentford Brentford 41 11 6 4 38 28 5 6 9 24 35 16 12 13 62 63 0.98 44
9 Northampton Town Northampton Town 40 12 3 5 36 24 6 4 10 20 35 18 7 15 56 59 0.95 43
10 Colchester United Colchester United 42 12 4 5 50 33 4 7 10 18 40 16 11 15 68 73 0.93 43
11 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 40 11 6 4 35 13 5 4 10 19 29 16 10 14 54 42 1.29 42
12 Southampton Southampton 42 13 6 3 58 25 4 2 14 24 44 17 8 17 82 69 1.19 42
13 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 41 10 7 2 41 18 5 3 14 20 40 15 10 16 61 58 1.05 40
14 Gillingham Gillingham 41 9 3 8 32 26 6 7 8 27 40 15 10 16 59 66 0.89 40
15 Aldershot Aldershot 41 8 7 5 33 31 3 7 11 34 50 11 14 16 67 81 0.83 36
16 Watford Watford 42 7 5 9 29 36 5 6 10 19 42 12 11 19 48 78 0.62 35
17 Reading Reading 42 9 2 10 36 34 4 6 11 28 41 13 8 21 64 75 0.85 34
18 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 42 8 7 6 38 28 3 4 14 18 51 11 11 20 56 79 0.71 33
19 Exeter City Exeter City 41 8 5 7 32 25 4 4 13 16 43 12 9 20 48 68 0.71 33
20 Walsall Walsall 39 10 5 3 32 22 2 3 16 21 50 12 8 19 53 72 0.74 32
21 Newport County Newport County 40 9 2 9 25 24 3 6 11 25 46 12 8 20 50 70 0.71 32
22 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 41 6 3 12 25 29 5 7 8 27 44 11 10 20 52 73 0.71 32
23 Swindon Town Swindon 41 4 10 7 18 20 4 3 13 14 52 8 13 20 32 72 0.44 29
24 Millwall Millwall 40 9 4 6 41 30 2 2 17 25 65 11 6 23 66 95 0.69 28

Match Programme