Match Centre

Saturday April 6th, 1957

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

1 - 0

1

B. Edwards (44')

Newport County

Newport County

0

B. Edwards (44')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 7,889

S.W. Barker

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
EARL
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
FOUNTAIN
7
RICHARDS
8
OWEN
9
MICKLEWRIGHT
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
1
WEARE
2
HOLLYMAN
3
SHERWOOD
4
TENNENT
5
WILCOX
6
DOCHERTY
7
WILLIAMS
8
SHEPPEARD
9
HUDSON
10
HARRIS
11
BROWN

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday April 6th, 1957:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday April 6th, 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 40 13 7 0 44 17 7 6 7 32 28 20 13 7 76 45 1.69 53
2 Torquay United Torquay United 40 16 4 0 62 18 5 6 9 17 42 21 10 9 79 60 1.32 52
3 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 40 16 2 2 64 15 4 6 10 23 32 20 8 12 87 47 1.85 48
4 Southampton Southampton 39 12 4 3 41 17 7 5 8 26 26 19 9 11 67 43 1.56 47
5 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 40 13 5 2 47 22 4 6 10 25 36 17 11 12 72 58 1.24 45
6 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 39 12 7 0 46 16 3 6 11 26 36 15 13 11 72 52 1.38 43
7 Walsall Walsall 40 10 7 3 46 20 5 5 10 27 41 15 12 13 73 61 1.20 42
8 Brentford Brentford 40 10 8 2 49 28 4 6 10 21 40 14 14 12 70 68 1.03 42
9 Reading Reading 40 11 4 5 40 28 5 5 10 32 40 16 9 15 72 68 1.06 41
10 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 39 11 5 4 35 19 5 4 10 17 31 16 9 14 52 50 1.04 41
11 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 39 8 9 2 37 20 4 8 8 24 47 12 17 10 61 67 0.91 41
12 Millwall Millwall 39 12 6 2 40 23 3 4 12 16 50 15 10 14 56 73 0.77 40
13 Northampton Town Northampton Town 39 12 5 3 44 21 3 4 12 16 37 15 9 15 60 58 1.03 39
14 Newport County Newport County 37 12 6 2 43 18 1 6 10 11 29 13 12 12 54 47 1.15 38
15 Watford Watford 39 9 5 6 38 29 5 4 10 24 35 14 9 16 62 64 0.97 37
16 Southend United Southend United 39 10 3 6 31 20 3 7 10 25 41 13 10 16 56 61 0.92 36
17 Aldershot Aldershot 39 9 5 5 37 31 4 5 11 33 51 13 10 16 70 82 0.85 36
18 Gillingham Gillingham 40 7 7 6 27 24 5 5 10 25 44 12 12 16 52 68 0.76 36
19 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 40 7 7 6 27 24 3 7 10 27 43 10 14 16 54 67 0.81 34
20 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 39 7 7 5 30 27 5 2 13 25 38 12 9 18 55 65 0.85 33
21 Coventry City Coventry City 40 10 4 6 43 31 1 7 12 17 46 11 11 18 60 77 0.78 33
22 Exeter City Exeter City 40 8 7 5 34 24 2 5 13 19 45 10 12 18 53 69 0.77 32
23 Swindon Town Swindon 39 9 2 8 34 32 3 3 14 23 59 12 5 22 57 91 0.63 29
24 Norwich City Norwich City 40 6 5 9 28 33 1 9 10 26 50 7 14 19 54 83 0.65 28

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