Match Centre

Saturday December 17th, 1955

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

1 - 1

1

P. Parker (11' o.g.)

Southampton

Southampton

1

E. Day (75')
P. Parker (11' o.g.)
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 7,046

E. Day (75')
E.W. Abbott

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
McSHANE
7
GIBSON
8
MICKLEWRIGHT
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
JOHNSON
1
KIERNAN
2
WILKINS
3
TRAYNOR
4
McGOWAN
5
PARKER
6
ELLIOTT
7
FLOOD
8
REEVES
9
DAY
10
MULGREW
11
HOSKINS

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday December 17th, 1955:

Aldershot Aldershot 4-4 Reading Reading
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 0-1 Coventry City Coventry City
Colchester United Colchester United 5-1 Exeter City Exeter City
Gillingham Gillingham 1-2 Brentford Brentford
Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 4-0 Walsall Walsall
Millwall Millwall 1-1 Watford Watford
Newport County Newport County 1-2 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Northampton Town Northampton Town 1-1 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Norwich City Norwich City 7-2 Southend United Southend United
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 2-1 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Swindon Town Swindon 1-1 Southampton Southampton
Torquay United Torquay United 2-2 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday December 17th, 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 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 21 9 2 0 39 4 5 2 3 11 8 14 4 3 50 12 4.17 32
2 Northampton Town Northampton Town 22 9 1 1 27 10 5 1 5 13 17 14 2 6 40 27 1.48 30
3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 22 9 1 0 35 4 3 4 5 19 18 12 5 5 54 22 2.45 29
4 Torquay United Torquay United 22 5 5 1 22 8 6 2 3 17 12 11 7 4 39 20 1.95 29
5 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 22 7 3 1 30 16 4 4 3 22 17 11 7 4 52 33 1.58 29
6 Norwich City Norwich City 22 9 2 0 33 10 3 3 5 13 28 12 5 5 46 38 1.21 29
7 Coventry City Coventry City 23 10 2 0 30 8 1 2 8 5 19 11 4 8 35 27 1.30 26
8 Southend United Southend United 22 9 1 1 28 11 3 1 7 20 34 12 2 8 48 45 1.07 26
9 Brentford Brentford 22 6 2 3 18 15 4 3 4 14 19 10 5 7 32 34 0.94 25
10 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 22 6 3 2 28 13 4 0 7 13 23 10 3 9 41 36 1.14 23
11 Colchester United Colchester United 22 6 2 3 25 20 3 3 5 9 20 9 5 8 34 40 0.85 23
12 Gillingham Gillingham 22 6 2 4 20 14 3 2 5 15 18 9 4 9 35 32 1.09 22
13 Aldershot Aldershot 22 4 5 2 22 19 2 4 5 20 25 6 9 7 42 44 0.95 21
14 Newport County Newport County 23 6 1 5 17 14 2 4 5 15 25 8 5 10 32 39 0.82 21
15 Southampton Southampton 22 7 2 1 27 11 1 2 9 11 30 8 4 10 38 41 0.93 20
16 Exeter City Exeter City 22 4 3 4 13 14 3 3 5 13 21 7 6 9 26 35 0.74 20
17 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 22 5 3 4 16 12 2 2 6 9 19 7 5 10 25 31 0.81 19
18 Watford Watford 22 5 2 4 22 21 1 4 6 6 23 6 6 10 28 44 0.64 18
19 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 22 3 1 6 14 13 2 5 5 16 28 5 6 11 30 41 0.73 16
20 Millwall Millwall 21 6 2 3 24 11 0 1 9 12 36 6 3 12 36 47 0.77 15
21 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 22 4 3 4 18 16 0 4 7 9 23 4 7 11 27 39 0.69 15
22 Walsall Walsall 22 5 3 2 20 16 1 0 11 12 35 6 3 13 32 51 0.63 15
23 Reading Reading 22 3 2 6 16 22 2 2 7 14 22 5 4 13 30 44 0.68 14
24 Swindon Town Swindon 22 2 5 4 11 12 1 0 10 6 35 3 5 14 17 47 0.36 11

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