Match Centre

Wednesday December 25th, 1957

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

2 - 2

2

B. Edwards (??' pen), A. Darcy (??')

Brighton and Hove Albion

Brighton and Hove Albion

2

A. Mundy (??'), D. Sexton (??')
B. Edwards (??' pen), A. Darcy (??')
(HT: 0-2)

Attendance: 12,269

A. Mundy (??'), D. Sexton (??')
R.E. Smith
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
NEAL
3
LEE
4
CLAYTON
5
HUDSON
6
OWEN
7
SKULL
8
RICHARDS
9
ROOST
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
1
GILL
2
TENNANT
3
JENNINGS
4
BURTENSHAW
5
WHITFIELD
6
WILSON
7
GORDON
8
MUNDY
9
HARBURN
10
SEXTON
11
HOWARD
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2Johnny NEAL
3Jimmy LEE
4Lew CLAYTON
5Garth HUDSON
6Maurice OWEN
7Johnny SKULL
8John RICHARDS
9Bill ROOST
10Bob EDWARDS
11Arnold DARCY
Brighton and Hove Albion
1Eric GILL1
2Des TENNANT2
3Roy JENNINGS3
4Steve BURTENSHAW4
5Ken WHITFIELD5
6Glen WILSON6
7Denis GORDON7
8Albert MUNDY8
9Peter HARBURN9
10Dave SEXTON10
11Frankie HOWARD11

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Wednesday December 25th, 1957:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Wednesday December 25th, 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 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 23 7 2 3 30 18 7 1 3 22 20 14 3 6 52 38 1.37 31
2 Swindon Town Swindon 25 8 4 0 28 8 3 4 6 17 23 11 8 6 45 31 1.45 30
3 Norwich City Norwich City 23 6 4 1 20 13 4 5 3 21 23 10 9 4 41 36 1.14 29
4 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 24 10 2 0 26 8 3 0 9 8 20 13 2 9 34 28 1.21 28
5 Port Vale Port Vale 23 8 3 0 30 8 3 2 7 11 14 11 5 7 41 22 1.86 27
6 Reading Reading 23 7 3 2 26 10 3 4 4 14 16 10 7 6 40 26 1.54 27
7 Southampton Southampton 24 9 1 3 45 19 2 4 5 13 21 11 5 8 58 40 1.45 27
8 Brentford Brentford 23 6 4 2 22 14 5 1 5 18 18 11 5 7 40 32 1.25 27
9 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 24 6 3 3 14 13 4 4 4 15 20 10 7 7 29 33 0.88 27
10 Newport County Newport County 23 6 4 2 19 12 3 4 4 16 21 9 8 6 35 33 1.06 26
11 Southend United Southend United 23 7 3 3 34 16 3 2 5 14 11 10 5 8 48 27 1.78 25
12 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 23 8 2 1 19 4 2 3 7 13 29 10 5 8 32 33 0.97 25
13 Colchester United Colchester United 24 6 2 2 17 10 3 5 6 20 35 9 7 8 37 45 0.82 25
14 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 22 8 2 1 26 10 2 2 7 15 28 10 4 8 41 38 1.08 24
15 Watford Watford 24 5 5 3 21 16 1 5 5 10 16 6 10 8 31 32 0.97 22
16 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 23 5 3 3 22 14 3 3 6 12 22 8 6 9 34 36 0.94 22
17 Millwall Millwall 23 4 3 4 22 15 4 0 8 13 24 8 3 12 35 39 0.90 19
18 Northampton Town Northampton Town 23 5 1 5 24 18 2 3 7 10 25 7 4 12 34 43 0.79 18
19 Coventry City Coventry City 21 6 2 3 16 13 1 2 7 7 24 7 4 10 23 37 0.62 18
20 Gillingham Gillingham 22 5 3 3 14 10 1 1 9 10 27 6 4 12 24 37 0.65 16
21 Aldershot Aldershot 23 3 1 7 12 19 3 3 6 15 29 6 4 13 27 48 0.56 16
22 Walsall Walsall 21 4 3 4 15 14 1 2 7 10 22 5 5 11 25 36 0.69 15
23 Torquay United Torquay United 23 4 4 4 16 19 0 3 8 5 17 4 7 12 21 36 0.58 15
24 Exeter City Exeter City 24 4 2 5 16 20 1 3 9 12 29 5 5 14 28 49 0.57 15