Match Centre

Saturday February 18th, 1956

Football League Division Three (South)

Exeter City

1 - 2

1

F. Houghton (16')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

M. Owen (50', 86')
F. Houghton (16')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 4,937

M. Owen (50', 86')
R.E. Smith
St. James Park, Exeter

Lineups


1
HUNTER
2
DOYLE
3
MITCHELL
4
DUNNE
5
HARVEY
6
MURPHY
7
THOMAS
8
IGGLEDEN
9
BURKE
10
HOUGHTON
11
REES
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
McSHANE
7
GIBSON
8
MICKLEWRIGHT
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
BRENNAN
Exeter City
1George HUNTER
2Brian DOYLE
3Arnold MITCHELL
4Tommy DUNNE
5Keith HARVEY
6Eddie MURPHY
7Peter THOMAS
8Ray IGGLEDEN
9Ronnie BURKE
10Frank HOUGHTON
11Graham REES
Manager/Head Coach
Norman DODGIN
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Geoff FOX3
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 February 18th, 1956:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday February 18th, 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 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 30 13 3 0 50 8 6 4 4 18 14 19 7 4 68 22 3.09 45
2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 32 14 1 0 56 7 6 4 7 26 22 20 5 7 82 29 2.83 45
3 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 32 12 3 1 43 21 6 6 4 32 22 18 9 5 75 43 1.74 45
4 Torquay United Torquay United 31 8 6 1 31 12 7 2 7 26 26 15 8 8 57 38 1.50 38
5 Norwich City Norwich City 30 12 3 1 44 18 3 5 6 19 36 15 8 7 63 54 1.17 38
6 Northampton Town Northampton Town 31 11 1 3 33 19 6 3 7 18 28 17 4 10 51 47 1.09 38
7 Coventry City Coventry City 32 13 2 1 43 13 3 3 10 11 25 16 5 11 54 38 1.42 37
8 Southend United Southend United 29 12 3 1 47 16 4 1 8 23 39 16 4 9 70 55 1.27 36
9 Brentford Brentford 31 9 4 3 28 20 4 4 7 19 29 13 8 10 47 49 0.96 34
10 Colchester United Colchester United 32 10 3 4 40 28 3 5 7 13 30 13 8 11 53 58 0.91 34
11 Southampton Southampton 33 11 3 2 45 19 3 2 12 22 40 14 5 14 67 59 1.14 33
12 Gillingham Gillingham 32 8 3 5 28 19 4 4 8 21 37 12 7 13 49 56 0.88 31
13 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 31 8 5 4 27 13 3 2 9 14 26 11 7 13 41 39 1.05 29
14 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 32 7 5 2 32 16 4 2 12 18 36 11 7 14 50 52 0.96 29
15 Aldershot Aldershot 32 6 5 4 27 25 2 6 9 27 38 8 11 13 54 63 0.86 27
16 Newport County Newport County 31 8 1 6 22 17 2 6 8 20 36 10 7 14 42 53 0.79 27
17 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 32 5 3 8 19 20 3 7 6 19 34 8 10 14 38 54 0.70 26
18 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 33 5 7 4 26 23 2 4 11 14 39 7 11 15 40 62 0.65 25
19 Exeter City Exeter City 32 5 5 7 21 23 3 4 8 14 32 8 9 15 35 55 0.64 25
20 Watford Watford 32 5 4 8 25 32 3 4 8 12 33 8 8 16 37 65 0.57 24
21 Reading Reading 32 6 2 8 29 30 3 3 10 20 31 9 5 18 49 61 0.80 23
22 Millwall Millwall 30 8 3 4 35 18 1 2 12 18 52 9 5 16 53 70 0.76 23
23 Walsall Walsall 30 7 3 3 26 20 1 1 15 17 45 8 4 18 43 65 0.66 20
24 Swindon Town Swindon 30 3 7 5 14 15 3 1 11 11 41 6 8 16 25 56 0.45 20

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