Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town
3 - 1
3
A. Micklewright (50', 59'), M. Owen (55')
Colchester United
Colchester United
1
K. Plant (49')
J.W. Malcolm
Lineups
1
BURTON
BURTON
2
HUNT
HUNT
3
FOX
FOX
4
CROSS
CROSS
5
HUDSON
HUDSON
6
McSHANE
McSHANE
7
GIBSON
GIBSON
8
MICKLEWRIGHT
MICKLEWRIGHT
9
OWEN
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
EDWARDS
11
WILLIAMS
WILLIAMS
1
AMES
AMES
2
HARRISON
HARRISON
3
FISHER
FISHER
4
HILL
HILL
5
STEWART
STEWART
6
DALE
DALE
7
GRICE
GRICE
8
McLEOD
McLEOD
9
McCURLEY
McCURLEY
10
PLANT
PLANT
11
WRIGHT
WRIGHT
| Swindon Town | |
|---|---|
| 1Sam BURTON | |
| 2George HUNT | |
| 3Geoff FOX | |
| 4Jim CROSS | |
| 5Garth HUDSON | |
| 6Tony McSHANE | |
| 7Dave GIBSON | |
| 8Andy MICKLEWRIGHT | |
| 9Maurice OWEN | |
| 10Bob EDWARDS | |
| 11Gordon WILLIAMS |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Board of DIRECTORS |
| Colchester United | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Percy AMES1 | ||
| 2John HARRISON2 | ||
| 3George FISHER3 | ||
| 4Bertie HILL4 | ||
| 5Reg STEWART5 | ||
| 6Bobby DALE6 | ||
| 7Mike GRICE7 | ||
| 8Sammy McLEOD8 | ||
| 9Kevin McCURLEY9 | ||
| 10Ken PLANT10 | ||
| 11Peter WRIGHT11 |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Benny FENTON |
Newspaper Reports
Results
Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday October 22nd, 1955:
Aldershot
Aldershot
|
3-3 | 
Southend United
Southend United
|
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
3-0 | 
Brentford
Brentford
|
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
3-0 | 
Coventry City
Coventry City
|
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town
|
6-2 | 
Millwall
Millwall
|
Newport County
Newport County
|
2-2 | 
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
3-0 | 
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
0-1 | 
Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient
|
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
|
3-0 | 
Reading
Reading
|
Southampton
Southampton
|
2-0 | 
Watford
Watford
|
|
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
3-1 |
Colchester United
Colchester United
|
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
0-0 | 
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
Walsall
Walsall
|
2-1 | 
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
Table
Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday October 22nd, 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
|
16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 19 | 1.63 | 24 |
| 2 |
Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient
|
15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 9 | 3.11 | 22 |
| 3 |
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 14 | 2.36 | 22 |
| 4 |
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town
|
16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 23 | 1.65 | 22 |
| 5 |
Southend United
Southend United
|
16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 24 | 1.54 | 22 |
| 6 |
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 1.56 | 19 |
| 7 |
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 1.25 | 19 |
| 8 |
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 19 |
| 9 |
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
|
16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 22 | 1.45 | 18 |
| 10 |
Aldershot
Aldershot
|
16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 29 | 1.10 | 17 |
| 11 |
Brentford
Brentford
|
16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 0.84 | 16 |
| 12 |
Coventry City
Coventry City
|
16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 1.19 | 15 |
| 13 |
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 1.14 | 15 |
| 14 |
Southampton
Southampton
|
16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 0.91 | 15 |
| 15 |
Newport County
Newport County
|
16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 0.81 | 15 |
| 16 |
Colchester United
Colchester United
|
16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 0.50 | 14 |
| 17 |
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 0.77 | 13 |
| 18 |
Reading
Reading
|
16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 0.81 | 12 |
| 19 |
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 0.76 | 12 |
| 20 |
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 0.68 | 12 |
| 21 |
Watford
Watford
|
16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 36 | 0.53 | 12 |
| 22 |
Walsall
Walsall
|
16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 38 | 0.63 | 11 |
| 23 |
Millwall
Millwall
|
15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 33 | 0.85 | 10 |
| 24 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 36 | 0.33 | 6 |
Match Programme
