Match Centre

Saturday January 26th, 1957

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

3 - 0

3

M. Owen (21', 43'), A. Darcy (49')

Brighton and Hove Albion

Brighton and Hove Albion

0

M. Owen (21', 43'), A. Darcy (49')
(HT: 2-0)

Attendance: 8,003

L. Callaghan

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
EARL
4
CROSS
5
JACK
6
FOUNTAIN
7
OWEN
8
PEMBERY
9
MICKLEWRIGHT
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
1
GILL
2
THOMAS
3
LANGLEY
4
TENNANT
5
WHITFIELD
6
WILSON
7
NEATE
8
MUNDY
9
HARBURN
10
FOREMAN
11
HOWARD

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday January 26th, 1957:

Aldershot Aldershot 0-1 Torquay United Torquay United
Coventry City Coventry City 2-4 Colchester United Colchester United
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 2-1 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle
Exeter City Exeter City 1-1 Reading Reading
Gillingham Gillingham 1-2 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 5-1 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Swindon Town Swindon 3-0 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Walsall Walsall 6-3 Norwich City Norwich City

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday January 26th, 1957:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Colchester United Colchester United 30 11 4 0 40 15 5 3 7 25 24 16 7 7 65 39 1.67 39
2 Torquay United Torquay United 29 11 3 0 38 14 4 5 6 11 33 15 8 6 49 47 1.04 38
3 Southampton Southampton 27 10 3 1 30 10 5 3 5 17 16 15 6 6 47 26 1.81 36
4 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 29 12 2 1 49 11 2 3 9 16 27 14 5 10 65 38 1.71 33
5 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 28 9 5 0 37 13 2 4 8 16 23 11 9 8 53 36 1.47 31
6 Northampton Town Northampton Town 30 10 4 1 33 13 2 3 10 15 30 12 7 11 48 43 1.12 31
7 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 28 7 6 0 27 9 2 7 6 15 35 9 13 6 42 44 0.95 31
8 Walsall Walsall 30 7 6 2 38 16 3 4 8 17 28 10 10 10 55 44 1.25 30
9 Reading Reading 28 8 2 3 23 16 4 4 7 25 30 12 6 10 48 46 1.04 30
10 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 28 8 5 1 25 11 2 4 8 10 25 10 9 9 35 36 0.97 29
11 Newport County Newport County 25 8 4 1 24 9 1 6 5 10 17 9 10 6 34 26 1.31 28
12 Watford Watford 28 8 2 4 31 20 4 2 8 18 26 12 4 12 49 46 1.07 28
13 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 30 8 4 2 32 18 2 4 10 18 32 10 8 12 50 50 1 28
14 Brentford Brentford 28 7 5 2 34 23 3 3 8 13 27 10 8 10 47 50 0.94 28
15 Millwall Millwall 27 8 4 2 31 19 3 2 8 14 36 11 6 10 45 55 0.82 28
16 Southend United Southend United 28 8 3 4 25 14 2 4 7 20 31 10 7 11 45 45 1 27
17 Gillingham Gillingham 30 6 5 4 23 19 2 5 8 18 36 8 10 12 41 55 0.75 26
18 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 28 5 6 4 21 20 2 5 6 19 28 7 11 10 40 48 0.83 25
19 Aldershot Aldershot 29 7 3 5 29 28 2 4 8 23 35 9 7 13 52 63 0.83 25
20 Exeter City Exeter City 29 6 5 4 24 17 2 4 8 13 28 8 9 12 37 45 0.82 25
21 Coventry City Coventry City 28 7 3 4 27 19 1 5 8 13 34 8 8 12 40 53 0.75 24
22 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 28 5 5 3 21 18 3 1 11 15 30 8 6 14 36 48 0.75 22
23 Norwich City Norwich City 30 5 4 6 21 21 0 7 8 18 35 5 11 14 39 56 0.70 21
24 Swindon Town Swindon 29 6 1 7 27 26 3 2 10 20 44 9 3 17 47 70 0.67 21