Match Centre

Saturday January 1st, 1955

Football League Division Three (South)

Norwich City

2 - 1

2

F. Kearns (23'), B. Brennan (46')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

A. Beards (34' pen)
F. Kearns (23'), B. Brennan (46')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 11,287

A. Beards (34' pen)
A. Bond

Lineups


1
NETHERCOTT
2
HOLMES
3
MORGAN
4
McCROHAN
5
FOULKES
6
ASHMAN
7
GORDON
8
BRENNAN
9
KEARNS
10
HANSELL
11
REAGAN
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
PAGE
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMSON
7
GIBSON
8
McCLELLAND
9
HUNTER
10
SAMPSON
11
BEARDS

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday January 1st, 1955:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday January 1st, 1955:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Bristol City Bristol City 26 9 2 1 32 12 7 4 3 26 19 16 6 4 58 31 1.87 38
2 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 24 12 1 0 28 6 5 2 4 22 15 17 3 4 50 21 2.38 37
3 Southampton Southampton 25 11 2 0 32 10 4 2 6 13 19 15 4 6 45 29 1.55 34
4 Millwall Millwall 25 9 2 2 26 12 4 3 5 12 16 13 5 7 38 28 1.36 31
5 Coventry City Coventry City 25 9 3 1 27 14 3 3 6 12 15 12 6 7 39 29 1.34 30
6 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 25 8 3 1 29 12 2 6 5 14 20 10 9 6 43 32 1.34 29
7 Norwich City Norwich City 25 9 2 2 28 13 3 3 6 11 17 12 5 8 39 30 1.30 29
8 Gillingham Gillingham 25 7 4 2 20 15 5 1 6 21 26 12 5 8 41 41 1 29
9 Southend United Southend United 25 8 4 1 32 13 1 5 6 16 28 9 9 7 48 41 1.17 27
10 Northampton Town Northampton Town 26 7 3 3 20 12 4 1 8 13 27 11 4 11 33 39 0.85 26
11 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 25 5 4 3 22 14 3 5 5 17 22 8 9 8 39 36 1.08 25
12 Watford Watford 25 6 4 2 27 14 3 3 7 12 23 9 7 9 39 37 1.05 25
13 Aldershot Aldershot 25 8 3 2 27 10 2 1 9 12 30 10 4 11 39 40 0.98 24
14 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 24 6 1 5 23 15 4 2 6 15 19 10 3 11 38 34 1.12 23
15 Exeter City Exeter City 25 6 3 3 18 18 1 5 7 7 19 7 8 10 25 37 0.68 22
16 Brentford Brentford 25 5 3 5 26 26 2 4 6 21 26 7 7 11 47 52 0.90 21
17 Swindon Town Swindon 26 6 3 3 18 11 1 4 9 11 25 7 7 12 29 36 0.81 21
18 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 26 5 4 4 22 20 2 3 8 15 31 7 7 12 37 51 0.73 21
19 Torquay United Torquay United 25 7 1 5 28 24 1 3 8 17 31 8 4 13 45 55 0.82 20
20 Reading Reading 25 2 6 4 14 15 4 2 7 19 27 6 8 11 33 42 0.79 20
21 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 25 4 7 1 17 12 1 2 10 9 34 5 9 11 26 46 0.57 19
22 Newport County Newport County 25 4 4 4 15 17 1 4 8 14 26 5 8 12 29 43 0.67 18
23 Colchester United Colchester United 25 4 3 6 17 20 1 4 7 11 27 5 7 13 28 47 0.60 17
24 Walsall Walsall 25 4 3 5 26 19 1 3 9 14 32 5 6 14 40 51 0.78 16

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