Match Centre

Saturday October 8th, 1955

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

0 - 1

0

Exeter City

Exeter City

1

T. Buckle (85')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 6,783

T. Buckle (85')
B.M. Griffiths

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
McSHANE
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
RISEBOROUGH
8
GIBSON
9
ONSLOW
10
MICKLEWRIGHT
11
EDWARDS
1
HUNTER
2
WALTON
3
MITCHELL
4
DAVEY
5
HARVEY
6
MURPHY
7
SIMPSON
8
WORTHINGTON
9
BURKE
10
JOHN
11
BUCKLE

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday October 8th, 1955:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday October 8th, 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 14 7 0 0 19 7 4 0 3 9 10 11 0 3 28 17 1.65 22
2 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 14 6 1 1 22 12 2 2 2 10 9 8 3 3 32 21 1.52 19
3 Southend United Southend United 14 6 1 0 18 4 3 0 4 14 17 9 1 4 32 21 1.52 19
4 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 13 5 1 0 18 3 3 1 3 5 6 8 2 3 23 9 2.56 18
5 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 14 6 1 0 22 4 1 3 3 5 9 7 4 3 27 13 2.08 18
6 Gillingham Gillingham 14 5 1 1 14 7 3 1 3 10 11 8 2 4 24 18 1.33 18
7 Torquay United Torquay United 14 4 2 1 17 6 3 1 3 8 10 7 3 4 25 16 1.56 17
8 Norwich City Norwich City 14 5 1 0 15 5 2 2 4 8 18 7 3 4 23 23 1 17
9 Aldershot Aldershot 14 4 1 2 12 9 2 2 3 16 16 6 3 5 28 25 1.12 15
10 Coventry City Coventry City 14 6 1 0 20 4 0 1 6 4 13 6 2 6 24 17 1.41 14
11 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 14 5 2 1 23 8 1 0 5 4 13 6 2 6 27 21 1.29 14
12 Newport County Newport County 14 5 0 3 10 6 1 2 3 9 17 6 2 6 19 23 0.83 14
13 Brentford Brentford 14 3 2 2 9 9 2 2 3 9 13 5 4 5 18 22 0.82 14
14 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 14 2 1 4 10 9 2 4 1 11 9 4 5 5 21 18 1.17 13
15 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 14 3 2 2 11 8 0 4 3 8 14 3 6 5 19 22 0.86 12
16 Southampton Southampton 14 4 2 1 19 11 1 0 6 7 20 5 2 7 26 31 0.84 12
17 Watford Watford 14 4 1 2 13 11 1 1 5 5 20 5 2 7 18 31 0.58 12
18 Colchester United Colchester United 14 2 1 3 7 14 2 3 3 6 14 4 4 6 13 28 0.46 12
19 Reading Reading 14 3 1 3 14 12 2 0 5 7 11 5 1 8 21 23 0.91 11
20 Exeter City Exeter City 14 1 3 3 6 8 2 2 3 9 11 3 5 6 15 19 0.79 11
21 Millwall Millwall 13 4 1 1 15 2 0 1 6 10 23 4 2 7 25 25 1 10
22 Walsall Walsall 14 2 3 2 14 14 1 0 6 8 21 3 3 8 22 35 0.63 9
23 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 14 3 1 3 11 9 1 0 6 4 16 4 1 9 15 25 0.60 9
24 Swindon Town Swindon 14 1 2 4 5 8 0 0 7 4 23 1 2 11 9 31 0.29 4

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