Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town
1 - 2
1
A. Micklewright (12')
Newport County
Newport County
2
T. Johnston (28'), H. Harris (81')
W. Clements
Lineups
1
BURTON
BURTON
2
HUNT
HUNT
3
HILTON
HILTON
4
CROSS
CROSS
5
HUDSON
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
WILLIAMS
7
RISEBOROUGH
RISEBOROUGH
8
MICKLEWRIGHT
MICKLEWRIGHT
9
OWEN
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
EDWARDS
11
SAMPSON
SAMPSON
1
WEARE
WEARE
2
LEVER
LEVER
3
HOLLYMAN
HOLLYMAN
4
LUCAS
LUCAS
5
WILCOX
WILCOX
6
THOMAS
THOMAS
7
HUGHES
HUGHES
8
SHERGOLD
SHERGOLD
9
JOHNSTON
JOHNSTON
10
HARRIS
HARRIS
11
BEECH
BEECH
| Swindon Town | |
|---|---|
| 1Sam BURTON | |
| 2George HUNT | |
| 3Peter HILTON | |
| 4Jim CROSS | |
| 5Garth HUDSON | |
| 6Gordon WILLIAMS | |
| 7Cyril RISEBOROUGH | |
| 8Andy MICKLEWRIGHT | |
| 9Maurice OWEN | |
| 10Bob EDWARDS | |
| 11Ray SAMPSON |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Board of DIRECTORS |
| Newport County | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Len WEARE1 | ||
| 2Arthur LEVER2 | ||
| 3Ken HOLLYMAN3 | ||
| 4Billy LUCAS4 | ||
| 5Ray WILCOX5 | ||
| 6George THOMAS6 | ||
| 7Glyn HUGHES7 | ||
| 8Billy SHERGOLD8 | ||
| 9Tommy JOHNSTON9 | ||
| 10Harry HARRIS10 | ||
| 11Cyril BEECH11 |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Billy LUCAS |
Newspaper Reports
Results
Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday September 24th, 1955:
Aldershot
Aldershot
|
0-3 | 
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town
|
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
1-2 | 
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
5-0 | 
Southampton
Southampton
|
Colchester United
Colchester United
|
0-3 | 
Reading
Reading
|
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
0-1 | 
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
|
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
2-3 | 
Brentford
Brentford
|
Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient
|
3-1 | 
Watford
Watford
|
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
3-1 | 
Walsall
Walsall
|
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
4-1 | 
Millwall
Millwall
|
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
3-1 | 
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
Southend United
Southend United
|
3-0 | 
Coventry City
Coventry City
|
|
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
1-2 |
Newport County
Newport County
|
Table
Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday September 24th, 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
|
11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 1.85 | 18 |
| 2 |
Southend United
Southend United
|
11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 1.80 | 17 |
| 3 |
Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient
|
11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 3.67 | 16 |
| 4 |
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town
|
11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 1.87 | 16 |
| 5 |
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 1.46 | 15 |
| 6 |
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 1.17 | 15 |
| 7 |
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 |
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 1.58 | 13 |
| 9 |
Aldershot
Aldershot
|
11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 1.17 | 13 |
| 10 |
Brentford
Brentford
|
11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 0.93 | 12 |
| 11 |
Millwall
Millwall
|
11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 1.19 | 10 |
| 12 |
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 1.15 | 10 |
| 13 |
Coventry City
Coventry City
|
11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 1.07 | 10 |
| 14 |
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 0.89 | 10 |
| 15 |
Newport County
Newport County
|
11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 0.67 | 10 |
| 16 |
Reading
Reading
|
11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 0.95 | 9 |
| 17 |
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 0.70 | 9 |
| 18 |
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
|
11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 1.05 | 8 |
| 19 |
Southampton
Southampton
|
11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 28 | 0.71 | 8 |
| 20 |
Watford
Watford
|
11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 0.44 | 8 |
| 21 |
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 0.73 | 7 |
| 22 |
Colchester United
Colchester United
|
11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 0.35 | 7 |
| 23 |
Walsall
Walsall
|
11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 31 | 0.52 | 5 |
| 24 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 0.39 | 4 |
Match Programme
