Match Centre

Saturday February 25th, 1956

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

1 - 2

1

B. Edwards (51')

Leyton Orient

Leyton Orient

2

P. Woosnam (10'), T. Johnston (~30')
B. Edwards (51')
(HT: 0-2)

Attendance: 9,829

P. Woosnam (10'), T. Johnston (~30')
H.L. Broadhurst
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
McSHANE
7
GIBSON
8
MICKLEWRIGHT
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
BRENNAN
1
WELTON
2
LEE
3
EARL
4
BLIZZARD
5
ALDOUS
6
McKNIGHT
7
WHITE
8
WOOSNAM
9
JOHNSTON
10
HECKMAN
11
HARTBURN
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2George HUNT
3Geoff FOX
4Jim CROSS
5Garth HUDSON
6Tony McSHANE
7Dave GIBSON
8Andy MICKLEWRIGHT
9Maurice OWEN
10Bob EDWARDS
11Jim BRENNAN
Manager/Head Coach
Board of DIRECTORS
Leyton Orient
1Pat WELTON1
2Jimmy LEE2
3Stan EARL3
4Les BLIZZARD4
5Stan ALDOUS5
6Phil McKNIGHT6
7Phil WHITE7
8Phil WOOSNAM8
9Tommy JOHNSTON9
10Ron HECKMAN10
11Johnny HARTBURN11
Manager/Head Coach
Les GORE

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday February 25th, 1956:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday February 25th, 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 31 13 3 0 50 8 7 4 4 20 15 20 7 4 70 23 3.04 47
2 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 33 12 4 1 44 22 6 6 4 32 22 18 10 5 76 44 1.73 46
3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 33 14 1 1 58 10 6 4 7 26 22 20 5 8 84 32 2.63 45
4 Torquay United Torquay United 32 8 7 1 32 13 7 2 7 26 26 15 9 8 58 39 1.49 39
5 Norwich City Norwich City 31 12 3 1 44 18 3 6 6 20 37 15 9 7 64 55 1.16 39
6 Northampton Town Northampton Town 32 11 2 3 34 20 6 3 7 18 28 17 5 10 52 48 1.08 39
7 Coventry City Coventry City 33 13 2 1 43 13 3 4 10 13 27 16 6 11 56 40 1.40 38
8 Southend United Southend United 30 12 3 1 47 16 4 2 8 24 40 16 5 9 71 56 1.27 37
9 Brentford Brentford 32 9 4 3 28 20 5 4 7 21 29 14 8 10 49 49 1 36
10 Southampton Southampton 34 12 3 2 50 21 3 2 12 22 40 15 5 14 72 61 1.18 35
11 Colchester United Colchester United 33 10 3 4 40 28 3 6 7 13 30 13 9 11 53 58 0.91 35
12 Gillingham Gillingham 33 8 3 5 28 19 4 5 8 22 38 12 8 13 50 57 0.88 32
13 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 33 8 5 2 35 17 4 2 12 18 36 12 7 14 53 53 1 31
14 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 32 8 5 4 27 13 3 3 9 14 26 11 8 13 41 39 1.05 30
15 Aldershot Aldershot 33 6 6 4 29 27 2 6 9 27 38 8 12 13 56 65 0.86 28
16 Newport County Newport County 32 8 2 6 22 17 2 6 8 20 36 10 8 14 42 53 0.79 28
17 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 34 6 7 4 27 23 2 4 11 14 39 8 11 15 41 62 0.66 27
18 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 33 5 3 9 19 22 3 7 6 19 34 8 10 15 38 56 0.68 26
19 Watford Watford 33 5 4 8 25 32 4 4 8 15 35 9 8 16 40 67 0.60 26
20 Exeter City Exeter City 33 5 5 7 21 23 3 4 9 14 33 8 9 16 35 56 0.63 25
21 Reading Reading 33 6 2 8 29 30 3 3 11 22 36 9 5 19 51 66 0.77 23
22 Millwall Millwall 31 8 3 4 35 18 1 2 13 19 55 9 5 17 54 73 0.74 23
23 Walsall Walsall 31 7 4 3 26 20 1 1 15 17 45 8 5 18 43 65 0.66 21
24 Swindon Town Swindon 31 3 7 6 15 17 3 1 11 11 41 6 8 17 26 58 0.45 20

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