Match Centre

Saturday December 1st, 1956

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

3 - 2

3

B. Edwards (19', 30'), A. Gibbs (63')

Reading

Reading

2

T. Dixon (11'), B. Leach (35')
B. Edwards (19', 30'), A. Gibbs (63')
(HT: 2-2)

Attendance: 10,257

T. Dixon (11'), B. Leach (35')
K. Stokes
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
CHANDLER
2
HUNT
3
EARL
4
CROSS
5
JACK
6
PEMBERY
7
RICHARDS
8
GIBBS
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
1
MEESON
2
McLAREN
3
REEVES
4
ANDERTON
5
SPIERS
6
EVANS
7
CAMPBELL
8
WHITEHOUSE
9
DIXON
10
LEACH
11
WHEELER
Swindon Town
1Ray CHANDLER
2George HUNT
3Stan EARL
4Jim CROSS
5Vince JACK
6Gordon PEMBERY
7John RICHARDS
8Alan GIBBS
9Maurice OWEN
10Bob EDWARDS
11Arnold DARCY
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD
Reading
1Dave MEESON1
2Eddie McLAREN2
3Ray REEVES3
4Sylvan ANDERTON4
5Dick SPIERS5
6Maurice EVANS6
7Bobby CAMPBELL7
8Jimmy WHITEHOUSE8
9Tommy DIXON9
10Brian LEACH10
11Jimmy WHEELER11
Manager/Head Coach
Harry JOHNSTON

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday December 1st, 1956:

Aldershot Aldershot 2-1 Colchester United Colchester United
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 2-2 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Brentford Brentford 0-0 Newport County Newport County
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 1-0 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Gillingham Gillingham 0-3 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 3-0 Exeter City Exeter City
Millwall Millwall 1-0 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 5-0 Coventry City Coventry City
Swindon Town Swindon 3-2 Reading Reading
Torquay United Torquay United 3-3 Southend United Southend United
Walsall Walsall 1-1 Southampton Southampton
Watford Watford 3-3 Norwich City Norwich City

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday December 1st, 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 21 9 2 0 23 5 4 3 3 14 12 13 5 3 37 17 2.18 31
2 Torquay United Torquay United 21 7 3 0 33 14 3 4 4 8 20 10 7 4 41 34 1.21 27
3 Newport County Newport County 21 8 3 0 22 6 0 6 4 7 12 8 9 4 29 18 1.61 25
4 Colchester United Colchester United 21 8 3 0 29 10 2 2 6 13 17 10 5 6 42 27 1.56 25
5 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 21 5 5 0 14 4 2 5 4 11 25 7 10 4 25 29 0.86 24
6 Brentford Brentford 21 6 3 2 29 20 3 2 5 12 15 9 5 7 41 35 1.17 23
7 Watford Watford 21 6 1 3 21 15 4 2 5 16 17 10 3 8 37 32 1.16 23
8 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 21 5 5 0 24 9 2 3 6 12 17 7 8 6 36 26 1.38 22
9 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 21 6 3 1 24 12 2 3 6 18 20 8 6 7 42 32 1.31 22
10 Reading Reading 21 7 2 2 20 11 2 2 6 16 22 9 4 8 36 33 1.09 22
11 Northampton Town Northampton Town 21 8 2 0 24 5 0 3 8 10 21 8 5 8 34 26 1.31 21
12 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 21 7 2 1 26 8 2 1 8 12 22 9 3 9 38 30 1.27 21
13 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 21 7 2 1 18 6 1 3 7 6 21 8 5 8 24 27 0.89 21
14 Millwall Millwall 21 5 3 2 17 14 3 2 6 12 23 8 5 8 29 37 0.78 21
15 Gillingham Gillingham 21 6 2 3 20 15 1 4 5 10 22 7 6 8 30 37 0.81 20
16 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 21 2 6 3 12 15 2 5 3 16 19 4 11 6 28 34 0.82 19
17 Southend United Southend United 21 6 3 2 19 9 0 3 7 14 27 6 6 9 33 36 0.92 18
18 Aldershot Aldershot 21 5 2 3 20 18 2 2 7 17 28 7 4 10 37 46 0.80 18
19 Norwich City Norwich City 21 5 3 3 16 13 0 5 5 10 20 5 8 8 26 33 0.79 18
20 Coventry City Coventry City 21 6 2 3 20 12 0 4 6 6 25 6 6 9 26 37 0.70 18
21 Exeter City Exeter City 21 3 4 4 15 12 2 3 5 11 18 5 7 9 26 30 0.87 17
22 Walsall Walsall 21 4 4 2 15 9 1 2 8 8 22 5 6 10 23 31 0.74 16
23 Swindon Town Swindon 21 4 1 6 21 24 3 1 6 13 27 7 2 12 34 51 0.67 16
24 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 21 2 5 3 11 16 3 1 7 10 21 5 6 10 21 37 0.57 16

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