Match Centre

Saturday April 27th, 1957

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

4 - 1

4

A. Micklewright (2', 23'), F. O'Mahony (11', 86')

Colchester United

Colchester United

1

K. Plant (90')
A. Micklewright (2', 23'), F. O'Mahony (11', 86')
(HT: 3-0)

Attendance: 9,551

K. Plant (90')
W. Clements
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
LEE
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
FOUNTAIN
7
RICHARDS
8
MICKLEWRIGHT
9
O'MAHONY
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
1
AMES
2
FISHER
3
FOWLER
4
FENTON
5
STEWART
6
PARKER
7
WILLIAMS
8
PLANT
9
McCURLEY
10
KING
11
WRIGHT
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2George HUNT
3Jimmy LEE
4Jim CROSS
5Garth HUDSON
6Jack FOUNTAIN
7John RICHARDS
8Andy MICKLEWRIGHT
9Frank O'MAHONY
10Bob EDWARDS
11Arnold DARCY
Colchester United
1Percy AMES1
2George FISHER2
3John FOWLER3
4Benny FENTON4
5Reg STEWART5
6Derek PARKER6
7Tommy WILLIAMS7
8Ken PLANT8
9Kevin McCURLEY9
10Martyn KING10
11Peter WRIGHT11

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday April 27th, 1957:

Aldershot Aldershot 0-1 Coventry City Coventry City
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 4-1 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Brentford Brentford 1-1 Norwich City Norwich City
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 8-3 Reading Reading
Gillingham Gillingham 1-1 Newport County Newport County
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 3-3 Southend United Southend United
Millwall Millwall 2-2 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 1-2 Exeter City Exeter City
Swindon Town Swindon 4-1 Colchester United Colchester United
Torquay United Torquay United 3-0 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Walsall Walsall 1-2 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Watford Watford 4-2 Southampton Southampton

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday April 27th, 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 Torquay United Torquay United 45 19 4 0 71 18 5 6 11 17 45 24 10 11 88 63 1.40 58
2 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 45 18 3 2 72 20 6 6 10 27 34 24 9 12 99 54 1.83 57
3 Colchester United Colchester United 45 14 8 0 47 19 7 6 10 35 37 21 14 10 82 56 1.46 56
4 Southampton Southampton 44 14 4 3 45 18 7 6 10 28 32 21 10 13 73 50 1.46 52
5 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 45 15 6 2 59 26 4 8 10 27 38 19 14 12 86 64 1.34 52
6 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 44 14 7 1 53 20 3 7 12 29 41 17 14 13 82 61 1.34 48
7 Brentford Brentford 45 12 9 2 55 29 4 7 11 23 45 16 16 13 78 74 1.05 48
8 Southend United Southend United 45 13 3 6 41 20 4 9 10 31 45 17 12 16 72 65 1.11 46
9 Watford Watford 44 11 6 6 44 32 7 4 10 28 37 18 10 16 72 69 1.04 46
10 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 44 10 9 3 42 22 4 9 9 27 52 14 18 12 69 74 0.93 46
11 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 45 11 7 4 37 21 6 4 13 19 39 17 11 17 56 60 0.93 45
12 Walsall Walsall 45 11 7 5 49 25 5 5 12 29 46 16 12 17 78 71 1.10 44
13 Coventry City Coventry City 46 12 5 6 52 36 4 7 12 22 48 16 12 18 74 84 0.88 44
14 Millwall Millwall 45 13 7 3 46 29 3 5 14 18 54 16 12 17 64 83 0.77 44
15 Newport County Newport County 44 14 6 2 48 18 1 7 14 14 41 15 13 16 62 59 1.05 43
16 Reading Reading 45 12 4 6 42 30 5 5 13 36 51 17 9 19 78 81 0.96 43
17 Northampton Town Northampton Town 45 14 5 3 48 22 3 4 16 17 51 17 9 19 65 73 0.89 43
18 Aldershot Aldershot 45 11 5 7 43 35 4 7 11 36 54 15 12 18 79 89 0.89 42
19 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 45 9 8 5 37 31 6 3 14 30 42 15 11 19 67 73 0.92 41
20 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 45 7 9 6 30 27 4 8 11 31 47 11 17 17 61 74 0.82 39
21 Exeter City Exeter City 45 8 8 6 36 27 4 5 14 24 50 12 13 20 60 77 0.78 37
22 Gillingham Gillingham 45 7 8 8 29 29 5 5 12 25 51 12 13 20 54 80 0.68 37
23 Swindon Town Swindon 45 12 3 8 43 33 3 3 16 23 62 15 6 24 66 95 0.69 36
24 Norwich City Norwich City 45 6 5 11 30 37 1 10 12 28 57 7 15 23 58 94 0.62 29

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