Match Centre

Saturday August 25th, 1956

Football League Division Three (South)

Watford

3 - 4

3

L. Graham (10'), R. Brown (67'), J. Meadows (82' pen)

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

4

J. Richards (8'), A. Gibbs (65', 68'), B. Edwards (72')
L. Graham (10'), R. Brown (67'), J. Meadows (82' pen)
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 10,535

J. Richards (8'), A. Gibbs (65', 68'), B. Edwards (72')
D.H. Howell
Vicarage Road, Watford

Lineups


1
GOOCH
2
SHIPWRIGHT
3
HARROP
4
CATLEUGH
5
BROWN
6
MITCHELL
7
WALKER
8
MEADOWS
9
COOK
10
GRAHAM
11
MARDEN
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
McSHANE
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
RICHARDS
8
EDWARDS
9
GIBBS
10
PEMBERY
11
MILLER
Watford
1Jimmy GOOCH
2Bill SHIPWRIGHT
3Jack HARROP
4George CATLEUGH
5Roy BROWN
6Frank MITCHELL
7Peter WALKER
8Johnny MEADOWS
9Maurice COOK
10Les GRAHAM
11Ben MARDEN
Manager/Head Coach
Neil McBAIN
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Geoff FOX3
4Tony McSHANE4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Gordon WILLIAMS6
7John RICHARDS7
8Bob EDWARDS8
9Alan GIBBS9
10Gordon PEMBERY10
11Joe MILLER11
Manager/Head Coach
Board of DIRECTORS

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday August 25th, 1956:

Aldershot Aldershot 0-2 Brentford Brentford
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 0-0 Torquay United Torquay United
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 1-1 Coventry City Coventry City
Exeter City Exeter City 0-4 Southampton Southampton
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 0-2 Millwall Millwall
Northampton Town Northampton Town 1-0 Colchester United Colchester United
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 0-6 Reading Reading
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 1-1 Newport County Newport County
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 1-0 Gillingham Gillingham
Southend United Southend United 0-0 Norwich City Norwich City
Walsall Walsall 3-2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Watford Watford 3-4 Swindon Town Swindon

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday August 25th, 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 3 2 0 0 8 2 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 10 2 5 6
2 Torquay United Torquay United 3 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 5 1 5 5
3 Coventry City Coventry City 3 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 4 2 2 5
4 Southampton Southampton 3 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 5 2 2 0 1 8 2 4 4
5 Reading Reading 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 3 2 0 1 7 3 2.33 4
6 Newport County Newport County 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 4 4 1 2 0 7 4 1.75 4
7 Watford Watford 3 1 0 1 5 5 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 8 5 1.60 4
8 Millwall Millwall 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 3 2 1.50 4
9 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 3 4 2 0 1 6 4 1.50 4
10 Colchester United Colchester United 3 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 0 1 7 5 1.40 4
11 Northampton Town Northampton Town 3 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 4 3 1.33 4
12 Norwich City Norwich City 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 4
13 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 1 3
14 Aldershot Aldershot 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 0.67 3
15 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 3 0.33 3
16 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 3 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 2 3 5 1 0 2 7 8 0.88 2
17 Southend United Southend United 3 0 2 0 3 3 0 0 1 2 3 0 2 1 5 6 0.83 2
18 Walsall Walsall 3 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 4 0.75 2
19 Swindon Town Swindon 3 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 5 7 1 0 2 6 9 0.67 2
20 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 3 0 1 1 3 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 3 6 0.50 1
21 Exeter City Exeter City 3 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 5 0 1
22 Gillingham Gillingham 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 1
23 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 3 0 0 2 1 8 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 3 2 12 0.17 0
24 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 3 1 7 0.14 0

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