Match Centre

Saturday February 23rd, 1957

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

3 - 1

3

J. Fountain (11'), B. Edwards (36' pen, 51')

Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace

1

B. Pierce (63')
J. Fountain (11'), B. Edwards (36' pen, 51')
(HT: 2-0)

Attendance: 6,499

B. Pierce (63')
E.T. Jennings
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
CROSS
3
EARL
4
FOUNTAIN
5
JACK
6
PEMBERY
7
OWEN
8
RICHARDS
9
MICKLEWRIGHT
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
1
ROUSE
2
EDWARDS
3
NOAKES
4
BELCHER
5
CHOULES
6
LONG
7
HARRISON
8
BERRY
9
DEAKIN
10
PIERCE
11
WHITEAR
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2Jim CROSS
3Stan EARL
4Jack FOUNTAIN
5Vince JACK
6Gordon PEMBERY
7Maurice OWEN
8John RICHARDS
9Andy MICKLEWRIGHT
10Bob EDWARDS
11Arnold DARCY
Crystal Palace
1Vic ROUSE1
2Jack EDWARDS2
3Alfie NOAKES3
4Jimmy BELCHER4
5Len CHOULES5
6Terry LONG6
7Bernie HARRISON7
8Peter BERRY8
9Mike DEAKIN9
10Barry PIERCE10
11John WHITEAR11

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday February 23rd, 1957:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 1-1 Colchester United Colchester United
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 1-0 Southampton Southampton
Gillingham Gillingham 2-1 Exeter City Exeter City
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 5-0 Newport County Newport County
Millwall Millwall 3-2 Coventry City Coventry City
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 3-1 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle
Swindon Town Swindon 3-1 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Torquay United Torquay United 7-1 Norwich City Norwich City
Walsall Walsall 3-2 Reading Reading
Watford Watford 2-4 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday February 23rd, 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 34 12 5 0 41 15 6 4 7 29 26 18 9 7 70 41 1.71 45
2 Torquay United Torquay United 33 13 3 0 52 15 4 6 7 14 37 17 9 7 66 52 1.27 43
3 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 33 14 2 1 58 12 2 5 9 17 28 16 7 10 75 40 1.88 39
4 Southampton Southampton 30 10 3 2 31 12 5 3 7 18 19 15 6 9 49 31 1.58 36
5 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 32 10 6 0 41 14 3 4 9 20 26 13 10 9 61 40 1.53 36
6 Northampton Town Northampton Town 33 12 4 1 39 14 2 4 10 15 30 14 8 11 54 44 1.23 36
7 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 32 8 6 1 31 13 3 8 6 20 39 11 14 7 51 52 0.98 36
8 Walsall Walsall 34 9 6 2 43 18 3 5 9 20 34 12 11 11 63 52 1.21 35
9 Reading Reading 32 9 3 3 28 18 5 4 8 32 35 14 7 11 60 53 1.13 35
10 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 34 10 5 2 37 21 3 4 10 21 33 13 9 12 58 54 1.07 35
11 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 32 9 5 2 30 15 4 4 8 16 28 13 9 10 46 43 1.07 35
12 Millwall Millwall 30 10 4 2 36 22 3 2 9 16 39 13 6 11 52 61 0.85 32
13 Newport County Newport County 29 9 5 1 29 12 1 6 7 10 23 10 11 8 39 35 1.11 31
14 Gillingham Gillingham 34 7 6 4 26 21 3 5 9 21 39 10 11 13 47 60 0.78 31
15 Southend United Southend United 31 9 3 4 26 14 2 5 8 21 34 11 8 12 47 48 0.98 30
16 Watford Watford 32 8 2 6 35 27 4 3 9 21 31 12 5 15 56 58 0.97 29
17 Aldershot Aldershot 32 8 3 5 33 29 3 4 9 25 39 11 7 14 58 68 0.85 29
18 Brentford Brentford 31 7 6 2 35 24 3 3 10 14 35 10 9 12 49 59 0.83 29
19 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 32 6 6 3 26 22 4 1 12 20 34 10 7 15 46 56 0.82 27
20 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 32 6 6 5 24 22 2 5 8 20 32 8 11 13 44 54 0.81 27
21 Exeter City Exeter City 33 6 6 5 25 20 2 4 10 17 35 8 10 15 42 55 0.76 26
22 Coventry City Coventry City 32 8 3 5 31 25 1 5 10 15 40 9 8 15 46 65 0.71 26
23 Swindon Town Swindon 33 8 1 7 32 28 3 2 12 20 52 11 3 19 52 80 0.65 25
24 Norwich City Norwich City 34 5 4 8 24 29 0 7 10 20 45 5 11 18 44 74 0.59 21

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