Football League Division Three (South)
C.G. Porter
Lineups
1
GILL
GILL
2
BISSET
BISSET
3
LANGLEY
LANGLEY
4
TENNANT
TENNANT
5
WHITFIELD
WHITFIELD
6
WILSON
WILSON
7
GORDON
GORDON
8
MUNDY
MUNDY
9
HARBURN
HARBURN
10
FOREMAN
FOREMAN
11
HOWARD
HOWARD
1
BURTON
BURTON
2
HUNT
HUNT
3
HILTON
HILTON
4
McSHANE
McSHANE
5
HUDSON
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
WILLIAMS
7
GIBSON
GIBSON
8
JOHNSON
JOHNSON
9
OWEN
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
EDWARDS
11
SAMPSON
SAMPSON
| Brighton and Hove Albion | |
|---|---|
| 1Eric GILL | |
| 2Tommy BISSET | |
| 3Jimmy LANGLEY | |
| 4Des TENNANT | |
| 5Ken WHITFIELD | |
| 6Glen WILSON | |
| 7Denis GORDON | |
| 8Albert MUNDY | |
| 9Peter HARBURN | |
| 10Denis FOREMAN | |
| 11Frankie HOWARD |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Billy LANE |
| Swindon Town | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Sam BURTON1 | ||
| 2George HUNT2 | ||
| 3Peter HILTON3 | ||
| 4Tony McSHANE4 | ||
| 5Garth HUDSON5 | ||
| 6Gordon WILLIAMS6 | ||
| 7Dave GIBSON7 | ||
| 8Roy JOHNSON8 | ||
| 9Maurice OWEN9 | ||
| 10Bob EDWARDS10 | ||
| 11Ray SAMPSON11 |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Board of DIRECTORS |
Results
Football League Division Three (South) results on Wednesday September 14th, 1955:
Aldershot
Aldershot
|
2-0 | 
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
2-0 | 
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
1-1 | 
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
1-1 | 
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
Reading
Reading
|
6-1 | 
Watford
Watford
|
Southampton
Southampton
|
3-3 | 
Newport County
Newport County
|
Southend United
Southend United
|
4-1 | 
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
Table
Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Wednesday September 14th, 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
|
8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 1.78 | 14 |
| 2 | 
Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient
|
7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 7.50 | 12 |
| 3 |
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 1.67 | 11 |
| 4 |
Aldershot
Aldershot
|
8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 1.55 | 11 |
| 5 |
Southend United
Southend United
|
8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 1.31 | 11 |
| 6 |
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | 
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 1.56 | 10 |
| 8 | 
Coventry City
Coventry City
|
8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 1.63 | 9 |
| 9 | 
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 1.27 | 9 |
| 10 |
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 1.18 | 9 |
| 11 | 
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town
|
7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 1.46 | 8 |
| 12 |
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 1.44 | 8 |
| 13 | 
Millwall
Millwall
|
8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 1.36 | 8 |
| 14 |
Newport County
Newport County
|
8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 0.73 | 8 |
| 15 |
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 0.90 | 7 |
| 16 | 
Brentford
Brentford
|
8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0.77 | 7 |
| 17 |
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0.75 | 6 |
| 18 |
Watford
Watford
|
8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 0.43 | 6 |
| 19 | 
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
|
8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 1.07 | 5 |
| 20 |
Reading
Reading
|
8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 0.71 | 4 |
| 21 |
Southampton
Southampton
|
8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 0.62 | 4 |
| 22 | 
Walsall
Walsall
|
7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 0.58 | 4 |
| 23 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 0.44 | 3 |
| 24 | 
Colchester United
Colchester United
|
7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 0.25 | 3 |