Match Centre

Saturday January 29th, 1955

Football League Division Three (South)

Reading

2 - 1

2

B. Bedford (70'), D. Uphill (86')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

M. Bull (21')
B. Bedford (70'), D. Uphill (86')
(HT: 0-1)

Attendance: 7,891

M. Bull (21')
W. Ling
Elm Park, Reading

Lineups


1
MEESON
2
PENFORD
3
LEACH
4
DAVIS
5
LIVINGSTONE
6
McLAREN
7
HINSHELWOOD
8
CAMPBELL
9
BEDFORD
10
UPHILL
11
WHEELER
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
PAGE
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMSON
7
BULL
8
McCLELLAND
9
HUNTER
10
SAMPSON
11
BEARDS
Reading
1Dave MEESON
2Dennis PENFORD
3Brian LEACH
4Fred DAVIS
5Billy LIVINGSTONE
6Eddie McLAREN
7Wally HINSHELWOOD
8Bobby CAMPBELL
9Brian BEDFORD
10Dennis UPHILL
11Jimmy WHEELER
Manager/Head Coach
Jack SMITH
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Mick PAGE3
4Jim CROSS4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Stewart WILLIAMSON6
7Mickey BULL7
8Johnny McCLELLAND8
9Bob HUNTER9
10Ray SAMPSON10
11Alan BEARDS11
Manager/Head Coach
Maurice LINDLEY

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday January 29th, 1955:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday January 29th, 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 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 27 14 1 0 35 7 5 3 4 24 17 19 4 4 59 24 2.46 42
2 Bristol City Bristol City 29 9 2 2 32 13 8 4 4 28 21 17 6 6 60 34 1.76 40
3 Southampton Southampton 29 12 3 1 34 12 4 3 6 15 21 16 6 7 49 33 1.48 38
4 Millwall Millwall 27 11 2 2 28 12 4 3 5 12 16 15 5 7 40 28 1.43 35
5 Gillingham Gillingham 28 9 4 2 27 17 6 1 6 23 26 15 5 8 50 43 1.16 35
6 Norwich City Norwich City 28 10 2 3 31 16 4 3 6 12 17 14 5 9 43 33 1.30 33
7 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 28 9 4 1 33 15 2 6 6 14 24 11 10 7 47 39 1.21 32
8 Southend United Southend United 27 10 4 1 37 16 1 5 6 16 28 11 9 7 53 44 1.20 31
9 Coventry City Coventry City 27 9 3 2 27 15 3 3 7 14 18 12 6 9 41 33 1.24 30
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 28 5 5 3 25 17 3 7 5 18 23 8 12 8 43 40 1.08 28
11 Watford Watford 27 6 4 2 27 14 4 3 8 15 25 10 7 10 42 39 1.08 27
12 Aldershot Aldershot 28 9 4 2 29 10 2 1 10 12 31 11 5 12 41 41 1 27
13 Northampton Town Northampton Town 29 7 4 3 22 14 4 1 10 16 32 11 5 13 38 46 0.83 27
14 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 26 6 1 5 23 15 5 2 7 19 24 11 3 12 42 39 1.08 25
15 Exeter City Exeter City 27 7 4 3 22 20 1 5 7 7 19 8 9 10 29 39 0.74 25
16 Torquay United Torquay United 27 7 2 5 30 26 2 3 8 18 31 9 5 13 48 57 0.84 23
17 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 29 6 4 4 23 20 2 3 10 15 38 8 7 14 38 58 0.66 23
18 Brentford Brentford 27 5 3 6 28 29 2 5 6 22 27 7 8 12 50 56 0.89 22
19 Swindon Town Swindon 28 6 3 3 18 11 1 5 10 12 27 7 8 13 30 38 0.79 22
20 Reading Reading 27 3 6 4 16 16 4 2 8 20 32 7 8 12 36 48 0.75 22
21 Newport County Newport County 27 5 4 4 19 17 1 5 8 17 29 6 9 12 36 46 0.78 21
22 Colchester United Colchester United 27 4 3 7 18 23 2 4 7 12 27 6 7 14 30 50 0.60 19
23 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 28 4 7 2 17 14 1 2 12 12 39 5 9 14 29 53 0.55 19
24 Walsall Walsall 27 4 3 5 26 19 1 3 11 15 35 5 6 16 41 54 0.76 16

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