Match Centre

Thursday September 1st, 1955

Football League Division Three (South)

Northampton Town

2 - 1

2

T. Fowler (??'), E. Smith (??')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

B. Edwards (??')
T. Fowler (??'), E. Smith (??')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 11,102

B. Edwards (??')
County Ground, Northampton

Lineups


1
PICKERING
2
MARSTON
3
PATTERSON
4
YEOMAN
5
COLLINS
6
SMITH
7
ENGLISH
8
NEWMAN
9
DAWSON
10
SMITH
11
FOWLER
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
HILTON
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
McSHANE
7
GIBSON
8
ONSLOW
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
SAMPSON
Northampton Town
1Peter PICKERING
2Maurice MARSTON
3Ronnie PATTERSON
4Ray YEOMAN
5Ben COLLINS
6John SMITH
7Jack ENGLISH
8Ron NEWMAN
9William DAWSON
10Eddie SMITH
11Tommy FOWLER
Manager/Head Coach
Dave SMITH
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Peter HILTON3
4Jim CROSS4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Tony McSHANE6
7Dave GIBSON7
8Roy ONSLOW8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Bob EDWARDS10
11Ray SAMPSON11
Manager/Head Coach
Board of DIRECTORS

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Thursday September 1st, 1955:

Colchester United Colchester United 1-0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 2-0 Gillingham Gillingham
Newport County Newport County 0-1 Aldershot Aldershot
Northampton Town Northampton Town 2-1 Swindon Town Swindon
Walsall Walsall 2-2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Thursday September 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 Northampton Town Northampton Town 4 2 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 4 2 4 0 0 9 3 3 8
2 Aldershot Aldershot 4 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 6 0 3 1 0 8 1 8 7
3 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 4 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 6 1 6 7
4 Southend United Southend United 4 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 7 7 3 0 1 11 8 1.38 6
5 Torquay United Torquay United 4 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 2 3 2 1 1 6 6 1 5
6 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 4 2 0 0 11 0 0 0 2 2 5 2 0 2 13 5 2.60 4
7 Coventry City Coventry City 4 2 0 0 6 1 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 2 7 4 1.75 4
8 Gillingham Gillingham 4 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 4 3 2 0 2 7 4 1.75 4
9 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 4 1 1 0 5 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 6 4 1.50 4
10 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 4 1 0 1 5 3 0 2 0 2 2 1 2 1 7 5 1.40 4
11 Millwall Millwall 4 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 2 3 7 2 0 2 9 7 1.29 4
12 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 4 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 1 2 5 1 2 1 6 6 1 4
13 Exeter City Exeter City 4 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 4 4 1 4
14 Brentford Brentford 4 1 0 1 3 4 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 4 5 0.80 4
15 Watford Watford 4 2 0 0 6 3 0 0 2 0 6 2 0 2 6 9 0.67 4
16 Norwich City Norwich City 4 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 1 9 2 0 2 5 10 0.50 4
17 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 4 1 0 1 4 4 0 1 1 3 4 1 1 2 7 8 0.88 3
18 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 4 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 4 1 1 2 4 5 0.80 3
19 Colchester United Colchester United 4 1 0 1 4 6 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 5 9 0.56 3
20 Southampton Southampton 4 1 1 0 4 3 0 0 2 2 8 1 1 2 6 11 0.55 3
21 Swindon Town Swindon 4 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 3 4 6 0.67 2
22 Reading Reading 4 1 0 1 4 6 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 3 4 11 0.36 2
23 Newport County Newport County 4 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 3 2 8 0.25 2
24 Walsall Walsall 4 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 2 2 6 0 1 3 4 10 0.40 1

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