Match Centre

Saturday November 3rd, 1956

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

2 - 2

2

D. Gibson (??'), B. Edwards (??')

Coventry City

Coventry City

2

R. Sambrook (??'), P. Hill (??')
D. Gibson (??'), B. Edwards (??')
(HT: 2-1)

Attendance: 11,120

R. Sambrook (??'), P. Hill (??')
J.W. Hunt

Lineups


1
CHANDLER
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
CROSS
5
JACK
6
PEMBERY
7
GIBSON
8
MICKLEWRIGHT
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
1
MATTHEWS
2
TIMMINS
3
CURTIS
4
JAMIESON
5
KIRK
6
SIMPSON
7
MOKONE
8
WALTON
9
SAMBROOK
10
HILL
11
FERGUSON

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday November 3rd, 1956:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday November 3rd, 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 Torquay United Torquay United 18 7 2 0 30 11 3 3 3 8 17 10 5 3 38 28 1.36 25
2 Southampton Southampton 17 7 2 0 18 5 3 2 3 10 11 10 4 3 28 16 1.75 24
3 Colchester United Colchester United 18 7 2 0 28 10 2 2 5 12 15 9 4 5 40 25 1.60 22
4 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 18 5 4 0 22 7 2 3 4 10 13 7 7 4 32 20 1.60 21
5 Newport County Newport County 18 7 2 0 20 5 0 5 4 7 12 7 7 4 27 17 1.59 21
6 Brentford Brentford 18 6 2 2 29 20 3 1 4 11 13 9 3 6 40 33 1.21 21
7 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 18 4 5 0 9 4 1 5 3 10 21 5 10 3 19 25 0.76 20
8 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 18 5 3 1 23 12 2 2 5 18 18 7 5 6 41 30 1.37 19
9 Gillingham Gillingham 18 6 2 2 20 12 1 3 4 10 18 7 5 6 30 30 1 19
10 Watford Watford 18 6 0 3 18 12 2 2 5 12 16 8 2 8 30 28 1.07 18
11 Reading Reading 18 5 2 2 13 11 2 2 5 14 19 7 4 7 27 30 0.90 18
12 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 18 2 6 1 11 11 2 4 3 14 17 4 10 4 25 28 0.89 18
13 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 18 6 1 1 16 5 1 3 6 6 20 7 4 7 22 25 0.88 18
14 Millwall Millwall 18 4 3 2 16 14 3 1 5 12 20 7 4 7 28 34 0.82 18
15 Northampton Town Northampton Town 18 6 2 0 19 4 0 3 7 10 20 6 5 7 29 24 1.21 17
16 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 18 6 2 1 23 8 1 1 7 8 19 7 3 8 31 27 1.15 17
17 Exeter City Exeter City 18 3 4 2 14 9 2 3 4 11 15 5 7 6 25 24 1.04 17
18 Coventry City Coventry City 18 6 1 2 19 9 0 4 5 6 20 6 5 7 25 29 0.86 17
19 Norwich City Norwich City 17 5 2 1 13 5 0 4 5 7 17 5 6 6 20 22 0.91 16
20 Aldershot Aldershot 18 4 2 3 18 17 2 1 6 16 26 6 3 9 34 43 0.79 15
21 Southend United Southend United 18 4 3 2 15 8 0 2 7 11 24 4 5 9 26 32 0.81 13
22 Walsall Walsall 18 4 3 2 14 8 0 2 7 7 20 4 5 9 21 28 0.75 13
23 Swindon Town Swindon 18 3 1 6 18 22 2 1 5 8 23 5 2 11 26 45 0.58 12
24 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 18 1 4 3 9 16 2 1 7 7 21 3 5 10 16 37 0.43 11

Match Programme