Football League Division Three (South)
E.W. Abbott
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
JOHNSON
JOHNSON
1
KIERNAN
KIERNAN
2
WILKINS
WILKINS
3
TRAYNOR
TRAYNOR
4
McGOWAN
McGOWAN
5
PARKER
PARKER
6
ELLIOTT
ELLIOTT
7
FLOOD
FLOOD
8
REEVES
REEVES
9
DAY
DAY
10
MULGREW
MULGREW
11
HOSKINS
HOSKINS
| Swindon Town | |
|---|---|
| 1Sam BURTON | |
| 2George HUNT | |
| 3Geoff FOX | |
| 4Jim CROSS | |
| 5Garth HUDSON | |
| 6Tony McSHANE | |
| 7Dave GIBSON | |
| 8Andy MICKLEWRIGHT | |
| 9Maurice OWEN | |
| 10Bob EDWARDS | |
| 11Roy JOHNSON |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Board of DIRECTORS |
| Southampton | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Fred KIERNAN1 | ||
| 2Len WILKINS2 | ||
| 3Tommy TRAYNOR3 | ||
| 4Jimmy McGOWAN4 | ||
| 5Pat PARKER5 | ||
| 6Bryn ELLIOTT6 | ||
| 7John FLOOD7 | ||
| 8Derek REEVES8 | ||
| 9Eric DAY9 | ||
| 10Tommy MULGREW10 | ||
| 11John HOSKINS11 |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Ted BATES |
Newspaper Reports
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 |
Match Programme
