Match Centre

Saturday August 18th, 1956

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

1 - 2

1

J. Richards (31' pen)

Aldershot

Aldershot

2

W. Muir (42'), K. Flint (66')
J. Richards (31' pen)
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 10,966

W. Muir (42'), K. Flint (66')
H.L. Broadhurst
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
McSHANE
5
HUDSON
6
PEMBERY
7
GIBSON
8
GIBBS
9
RICHARDS
10
EDWARDS
11
MILLER
1
KIRK
2
GILCHRIST
3
MANN
4
ALISON
5
REDDIE
6
LACEY
7
GAYNOR
8
GAYNOR
9
MUIR
10
HENRY
11
FLINT
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2George HUNT
3Geoff FOX
4Tony McSHANE
5Garth HUDSON
6Gordon PEMBERY
7Dave GIBSON
8Alan GIBBS
9John RICHARDS
10Bob EDWARDS
11Joe MILLER
Aldershot
1Jimmy KIRK1
2Bob GILCHRIST2
3Ron MANN3
4Jimmy ALISON4
5Tom REDDIE5
6Bill LACEY6
7Jimmy GAYNOR7
8Len GAYNOR8
9Willie MUIR9
10Gordon HENRY10
11Ken FLINT11

Newspaper Reports


Results


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

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday August 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 Brentford Brentford 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 4 2
2 Torquay United Torquay United 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 4 2
3 Aldershot Aldershot 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 2
4 Colchester United Colchester United 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 1.50 2
5 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 3 1.33 2
6 Coventry City Coventry City 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
7 Millwall Millwall 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
8 Newport County Newport County 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2
9 Norwich City Norwich City 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
10 Reading Reading 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
11 Southampton Southampton 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2
12 Watford Watford 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2
13 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 1 3 4 0.75 0
14 Southend United Southend United 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 1 2 3 0.67 0
15 Swindon Town Swindon 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.50 0
16 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 1 4 0.25 0
17 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 1 4 0.25 0
18 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 0
19 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
20 Exeter City Exeter City 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
21 Gillingham Gillingham 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0
22 Northampton Town Northampton Town 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 0
23 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
24 Walsall Walsall 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0

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