Match Centre

Saturday January 14th, 1956

Football League Division Three (South)

Walsall

4 - 0

4

T. Richards (30'), F. Morris (60'), D. Walsh (63', 73')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

T. Richards (30'), F. Morris (60'), D. Walsh (63', 73')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 10,961

R.S.M. Rogers
Fellows Park, Walsall

Lineups


1
CHILVERS
2
HADDINGTON
3
GALLIER
4
DORMAN
5
McPHERSON
6
CROOK
7
MORRIS
8
WALSH
9
RICHARDS
10
HODGKISSON
11
TAYLOR
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
HILTON
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
McSHANE
7
GIBSON
8
MICKLEWRIGHT
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
BRENNAN
Walsall
1Gordon CHILVERS
2Harry HADDINGTON
3Bill GALLIER
4Don DORMAN
5Albert McPHERSON
6Billy CROOK
7Fred MORRIS
8Dave WALSH
9Tony RICHARDS
10Ken HODGKISSON
11Doug TAYLOR
Manager/Head Coach
Jack LOVE
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Peter HILTON3
4Jim CROSS4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Tony McSHANE6
7Dave GIBSON7
8Andy MICKLEWRIGHT8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Bob EDWARDS10
11Jim BRENNAN11
Manager/Head Coach
Board of DIRECTORS

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday January 14th, 1956:

Brentford Brentford 2-2 Colchester United Colchester United
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 5-0 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Coventry City Coventry City 3-0 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 4-1 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Millwall Millwall 5-0 Gillingham Gillingham
Reading Reading 0-2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 1-1 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Southampton Southampton 3-1 Aldershot Aldershot
Southend United Southend United 6-0 Exeter City Exeter City
Torquay United Torquay United 1-1 Newport County Newport County
Walsall Walsall 4-0 Swindon Town Swindon
Watford Watford 1-1 Norwich City Norwich City

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday January 14th, 1956:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 28 11 3 1 41 20 5 5 3 26 20 16 8 4 67 40 1.68 40
2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 27 12 1 0 48 5 4 4 6 22 19 16 5 6 70 24 2.92 37
3 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 26 10 3 0 44 6 5 4 4 14 14 15 7 4 58 20 2.90 37
4 Torquay United Torquay United 27 7 6 1 29 12 7 2 4 23 19 14 8 5 52 31 1.68 36
5 Coventry City Coventry City 29 13 2 0 43 12 2 2 10 7 22 15 4 10 50 34 1.47 34
6 Northampton Town Northampton Town 27 10 1 2 31 14 5 3 6 16 24 15 4 8 47 38 1.24 34
7 Norwich City Norwich City 27 10 3 0 36 12 3 5 6 19 36 13 8 6 55 48 1.15 34
8 Southend United Southend United 27 11 2 1 40 13 4 1 8 23 39 15 3 9 63 52 1.21 33
9 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 28 7 5 2 32 16 4 2 8 15 26 11 7 10 47 42 1.12 29
10 Brentford Brentford 27 7 4 3 24 20 4 3 6 16 25 11 7 9 40 45 0.89 29
11 Gillingham Gillingham 28 7 2 5 24 17 4 4 6 20 27 11 6 11 44 44 1 28
12 Colchester United Colchester United 28 7 3 3 30 23 3 5 7 13 30 10 8 10 43 53 0.81 28
13 Southampton Southampton 28 10 3 1 41 15 1 2 11 14 36 11 5 12 55 51 1.08 27
14 Newport County Newport County 29 8 1 6 22 17 2 5 7 19 33 10 6 13 41 50 0.82 26
15 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 27 6 4 4 20 12 3 2 8 12 23 9 6 12 32 35 0.91 24
16 Exeter City Exeter City 27 5 4 4 16 15 3 4 7 14 30 8 8 11 30 45 0.67 24
17 Aldershot Aldershot 27 4 5 4 23 24 2 5 7 23 31 6 10 11 46 55 0.84 22
18 Watford Watford 27 5 4 5 25 25 2 4 7 9 28 7 8 12 34 53 0.64 22
19 Reading Reading 28 5 2 7 25 27 3 3 8 19 28 8 5 15 44 55 0.80 21
20 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 28 4 3 7 18 18 2 6 6 16 33 6 9 13 34 51 0.67 21
21 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 28 4 6 4 23 21 1 4 9 12 32 5 10 13 35 53 0.66 20
22 Walsall Walsall 27 7 3 3 26 20 1 0 13 13 39 8 3 16 39 59 0.66 19
23 Millwall Millwall 26 7 2 4 29 13 0 2 11 16 47 7 4 15 45 60 0.75 18
24 Swindon Town Swindon 27 2 6 5 11 13 2 1 11 9 40 4 7 16 20 53 0.38 15

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