Football League Division Three (South)
Coventry City
6 - 0
6
B. Hawkings (1', 60', 81'), R. Sambrook (50', 75'), L. Harvey (83')
Swindon Town
Swindon Town
0
C.W. Kingston
Lineups
1
MATTHEWS
MATTHEWS
2
WASSALL
WASSALL
3
AUSTIN
AUSTIN
4
HARVEY
HARVEY
5
KIRK
KIRK
6
SIMPSON
SIMPSON
7
MOORE
MOORE
8
SAMBROOK
SAMBROOK
9
HAWKINGS
HAWKINGS
10
HILL
HILL
11
HILL
HILL
1
BURTON
BURTON
2
HUNT
HUNT
3
BRENNAN
BRENNAN
4
CROSS
CROSS
5
HUDSON
HUDSON
6
THOMPSON
THOMPSON
7
RISEBOROUGH
RISEBOROUGH
8
GIBSON
GIBSON
9
SAMPSON
SAMPSON
10
MICKLEWRIGHT
MICKLEWRIGHT
11
EDWARDS
EDWARDS
| Coventry City | |
|---|---|
| 1Reg MATTHEWS | |
| 2John WASSALL | |
| 3Frank AUSTIN | |
| 4Lol HARVEY | |
| 5Roy KIRK | |
| 6Noel SIMPSON | |
| 7Alan MOORE | |
| 8Ray SAMBROOK | |
| 9Barry HAWKINGS | |
| 10Peter HILL | |
| 11Jimmy HILL |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Jesse CARVER |
| Swindon Town | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Sam BURTON1 | ||
| 2George HUNT2 | ||
| 3Jim BRENNAN3 | ||
| 4Jim CROSS4 | ||
| 5Garth HUDSON5 | ||
| 6Freddy THOMPSON6 | ||
| 7Cyril RISEBOROUGH7 | ||
| 8Dave GIBSON8 | ||
| 78' | 9Ray SAMPSON9 | 78' |
| 10Andy MICKLEWRIGHT10 | ||
| 11Bob EDWARDS11 |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Board of DIRECTORS |
Newspaper Reports
Results
Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday October 1st, 1955:
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
1-3 | 
Southampton
Southampton
|
Brentford
Brentford
|
2-1 | 
Southend United
Southend United
|
|
Coventry City
Coventry City
|
6-0 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
3-1 | 
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town
|
3-3 | 
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
Millwall
Millwall
|
0-1 | 
Colchester United
Colchester United
|
Newport County
Newport County
|
2-1 | 
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
Reading
Reading
|
0-1 | 
Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient
|
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
|
2-1 | 
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
3-1 | 
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
Walsall
Walsall
|
4-2 | 
Aldershot
Aldershot
|
Watford
Watford
|
2-3 | 
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
Table
Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday October 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
|
13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 1.63 | 20 |
| 2 |
Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient
|
12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 3.83 | 18 |
| 3 |
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 1.53 | 18 |
| 4 |
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 1.71 | 17 |
| 5 |
Southend United
Southend United
|
13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 1.50 | 17 |
| 6 |
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town
|
13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 1.48 | 17 |
| 7 |
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 21 | 1.10 | 17 |
| 8 |
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 |
Coventry City
Coventry City
|
13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 1.53 | 14 |
| 10 |
Brentford
Brentford
|
13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 0.94 | 14 |
| 11 |
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 1.25 | 13 |
| 12 |
Aldershot
Aldershot
|
13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 13 |
| 13 |
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
|
13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 1.20 | 12 |
| 14 |
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 0.90 | 12 |
| 15 |
Newport County
Newport County
|
13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 0.70 | 12 |
| 16 |
Reading
Reading
|
13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 11 |
| 17 |
Millwall
Millwall
|
12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 1.14 | 10 |
| 18 |
Southampton
Southampton
|
13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 31 | 0.74 | 10 |
| 19 |
Watford
Watford
|
13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 0.53 | 10 |
| 20 |
Colchester United
Colchester United
|
13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 0.41 | 10 |
| 21 |
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
13 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 0.74 | 9 |
| 22 |
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 0.63 | 9 |
| 23 |
Walsall
Walsall
|
13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 35 | 0.57 | 7 |
| 24 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 30 | 0.30 | 4 |
Match Programme
