Match Centre

Saturday October 27th, 1956

Football League Division Three (South)

Southampton

2 - 1

2

D. Reeves (5', 85')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

B. Edwards (29')
D. Reeves (5', 85')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 16,739

B. Edwards (29')
J.J. Baxter
The Dell, Southampton

Lineups


1
CHRISTIE
2
WILKINS
3
TRAYNOR
4
McLAUGHLIN
5
PARKER
6
ELLIOTT
7
FLOOD
8
REEVES
9
SHIELDS
10
MULGREW
11
HOSKINS
1
CHANDLER
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
CROSS
5
JACK
6
PEMBERY
7
GIBSON
8
MICKLEWRIGHT
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
RICHARDS
Southampton
1John CHRISTIE
2Len WILKINS
3Tommy TRAYNOR
4Bobby McLAUGHLIN
5Pat PARKER
6Bryn ELLIOTT
7John FLOOD
8Derek REEVES
9Jimmy SHIELDS
10Tommy MULGREW
11John HOSKINS
Manager/Head Coach
Ted BATES
Swindon Town
1Ray CHANDLER1
2George HUNT2
3Geoff FOX3
4Jim CROSS4
5Vince JACK5
6Gordon PEMBERY6
7Dave GIBSON7
8Andy MICKLEWRIGHT8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Bob EDWARDS10
11John RICHARDS11
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday October 27th, 1956:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday October 27th, 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 Southampton Southampton 16 7 2 0 18 5 3 2 2 10 7 10 4 2 28 12 2.33 24
2 Torquay United Torquay United 17 6 2 0 27 10 3 3 3 8 17 9 5 3 35 27 1.30 23
3 Newport County Newport County 17 7 2 0 20 5 0 5 3 7 11 7 7 3 27 16 1.69 21
4 Colchester United Colchester United 17 7 2 0 28 10 2 1 5 12 15 9 3 5 40 25 1.60 21
5 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 17 4 4 0 20 6 2 3 4 10 13 6 7 4 30 19 1.58 19
6 Brentford Brentford 17 5 2 2 25 20 3 1 4 11 13 8 3 6 36 33 1.09 19
7 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 17 4 4 0 9 4 1 5 3 10 21 5 9 3 19 25 0.76 19
8 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 17 5 2 1 23 12 2 2 5 18 18 7 4 6 41 30 1.37 18
9 Watford Watford 17 6 0 2 17 8 2 2 5 12 16 8 2 7 29 24 1.21 18
10 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 17 6 1 1 16 5 1 3 5 6 16 7 4 6 22 21 1.05 18
11 Gillingham Gillingham 17 6 1 2 19 11 1 3 4 10 18 7 4 6 29 29 1 18
12 Reading Reading 17 5 2 2 13 11 2 2 4 13 16 7 4 6 26 27 0.96 18
13 Northampton Town Northampton Town 17 6 2 0 19 4 0 2 7 8 18 6 4 7 27 22 1.23 16
14 Coventry City Coventry City 17 6 1 2 19 9 0 3 5 4 18 6 4 7 23 27 0.85 16
15 Millwall Millwall 17 3 3 2 15 14 3 1 5 12 20 6 4 7 27 34 0.79 16
16 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 17 2 6 1 11 11 1 4 3 10 16 3 10 4 21 27 0.78 16
17 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 17 5 2 1 19 8 1 1 7 8 19 6 3 8 27 27 1 15
18 Exeter City Exeter City 17 3 4 2 14 9 1 3 4 7 14 4 7 6 21 23 0.91 15
19 Norwich City Norwich City 16 5 2 1 13 5 0 3 5 6 16 5 5 6 19 21 0.90 15
20 Aldershot Aldershot 17 4 2 2 17 13 2 1 6 16 26 6 3 8 33 39 0.85 15
21 Southend United Southend United 17 4 3 2 15 8 0 1 7 11 24 4 4 9 26 32 0.81 12
22 Walsall Walsall 17 4 2 2 12 6 0 2 7 7 20 4 4 9 19 26 0.73 12
23 Swindon Town Swindon 17 3 0 6 16 20 2 1 5 8 23 5 1 11 24 43 0.56 11
24 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 17 1 4 3 9 16 2 1 6 6 19 3 5 9 15 35 0.43 11

Match Programme

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