Match Centre

Saturday March 26th, 1955

Football League Division Three (South)

Brighton and Hove Albion

3 - 1

3

M. Stephens (42'), D. Tennant (67' pen, 75')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

M. Owen (60')
M. Stephens (42'), D. Tennant (67' pen, 75')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 8,645

M. Owen (60')
E.W. Abbott
Goldstone Ground, Brighton

Lineups


1
GILL
2
TENNANT
3
LANGLEY
4
McNEIL
5
WHITFIELD
6
LONGLAND
7
GORDON
8
STEPHENS
9
MUNDY
10
FOREMAN
11
HOWARD
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
HILTON
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
RISEBOROUGH
8
ONSLOW
9
OWEN
10
SAMPSON
11
BULL
Brighton and Hove Albion
1Eric GILL
2Des TENNANT
3Jimmy LANGLEY
4Matt McNEIL
5Ken WHITFIELD
6Johnny LONGLAND
7Denis GORDON
8Malcolm STEPHENS
9Albert MUNDY
10Denis FOREMAN
11Frankie HOWARD
Manager/Head Coach
Billy LANE
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Peter HILTON3
4Jim CROSS4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Gordon WILLIAMS6
7Cyril RISEBOROUGH7
8Roy ONSLOW8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Ray SAMPSON10
11Mickey BULL11
Manager/Head Coach
Maurice LINDLEY

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday March 26th, 1955:

Brentford Brentford 1-1 Aldershot Aldershot
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 3-1 Swindon Town Swindon
Bristol City Bristol City 5-1 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Gillingham Gillingham 4-2 Newport County Newport County
Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 5-0 Exeter City Exeter City
Millwall Millwall 5-2 Colchester United Colchester United
Reading Reading 3-1 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Southampton Southampton 3-1 Norwich City Norwich City
Torquay United Torquay United 2-2 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Walsall Walsall 0-1 Watford Watford

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 26th, 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 38 15 2 2 53 19 10 5 4 33 23 25 7 6 86 42 2.05 57
2 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 36 16 2 2 46 12 7 5 4 30 18 23 7 6 76 30 2.53 53
3 Southampton Southampton 37 15 4 1 44 16 6 4 7 18 23 21 8 8 62 39 1.59 50
4 Millwall Millwall 36 12 5 2 37 18 5 5 7 19 27 17 10 9 56 45 1.24 44
5 Gillingham Gillingham 36 10 6 3 34 24 7 3 7 29 31 17 9 10 63 55 1.15 43
6 Watford Watford 35 7 7 2 31 17 7 4 8 21 27 14 11 10 52 44 1.18 39
7 Norwich City Norwich City 36 11 3 4 33 17 4 4 10 16 27 15 7 14 49 44 1.11 37
8 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 35 7 5 5 30 23 5 8 5 22 24 12 13 10 52 47 1.11 37
9 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 36 11 4 3 40 22 2 7 9 17 33 13 11 12 57 55 1.04 37
10 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 35 9 3 5 35 22 6 3 9 26 31 15 6 14 61 53 1.15 36
11 Torquay United Torquay United 35 9 4 5 40 32 4 5 8 24 35 13 9 13 64 67 0.96 35
12 Coventry City Coventry City 33 10 4 2 32 18 3 4 10 14 22 13 8 12 46 40 1.15 34
13 Northampton Town Northampton Town 36 9 4 4 32 23 5 2 12 23 46 14 6 16 55 69 0.80 34
14 Southend United Southend United 34 10 5 3 39 21 1 5 10 22 41 11 10 13 61 62 0.98 32
15 Reading Reading 35 5 7 6 25 21 5 4 8 28 36 10 11 14 53 57 0.93 31
16 Brentford Brentford 35 7 5 6 33 32 3 6 8 30 37 10 11 14 63 69 0.91 31
17 Aldershot Aldershot 35 9 4 5 32 18 2 4 11 17 37 11 8 16 49 55 0.89 30
18 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 35 9 4 4 31 22 2 4 12 18 44 11 8 16 49 66 0.74 30
19 Exeter City Exeter City 36 7 6 5 24 24 2 5 11 12 34 9 11 16 36 58 0.62 29
20 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 36 5 10 2 24 20 2 4 13 18 47 7 14 15 42 67 0.63 28
21 Newport County Newport County 35 5 6 6 21 22 2 7 9 23 36 7 13 15 44 58 0.76 27
22 Swindon Town Swindon 34 7 6 3 22 14 1 5 12 13 33 8 11 15 35 47 0.74 27
23 Colchester United Colchester United 35 6 4 7 24 27 2 7 9 15 35 8 11 16 39 62 0.63 27
24 Walsall Walsall 34 4 5 7 29 26 1 5 12 22 44 5 10 19 51 70 0.73 20