Football League Division Three (South)
B.M. Griffiths
Lineups
1
BURTON
BURTON
2
HUNT
HUNT
3
FOX
FOX
4
McSHANE
McSHANE
5
HUDSON
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
WILLIAMS
7
RISEBOROUGH
RISEBOROUGH
8
GIBSON
GIBSON
9
ONSLOW
ONSLOW
10
MICKLEWRIGHT
MICKLEWRIGHT
11
EDWARDS
EDWARDS
1
HUNTER
HUNTER
2
WALTON
WALTON
3
MITCHELL
MITCHELL
4
DAVEY
DAVEY
5
HARVEY
HARVEY
6
MURPHY
MURPHY
7
SIMPSON
SIMPSON
8
WORTHINGTON
WORTHINGTON
9
BURKE
BURKE
10
JOHN
JOHN
11
BUCKLE
BUCKLE
| Swindon Town | |
|---|---|
| 1Sam BURTON | |
| 2George HUNT | |
| 3Geoff FOX | |
| 4Tony McSHANE | |
| 5Garth HUDSON | |
| 6Gordon WILLIAMS | |
| 7Cyril RISEBOROUGH | |
| 8Dave GIBSON | |
| 9Roy ONSLOW | |
| 10Andy MICKLEWRIGHT | |
| 11Bob EDWARDS |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Board of DIRECTORS |
| Exeter City | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1George HUNTER1 | ||
| 2Dick WALTON2 | ||
| 3Arnold MITCHELL3 | ||
| 4Fred DAVEY4 | ||
| 5Keith HARVEY5 | ||
| 6Eddie MURPHY6 | ||
| 7Dennis SIMPSON7 | ||
| 8Fred WORTHINGTON8 | ||
| 9Ronnie BURKE9 | ||
| 10Ray JOHN10 | ||
| 11Ted BUCKLE11 |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Norman DODGIN |
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 |
Match Programme
