Match Centre

Saturday March 10th, 1956

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

1 - 1

1

M. Owen (59')

Norwich City

Norwich City

1

J. Gavin (28')
M. Owen (59')
(HT: 0-1)

Attendance: 9,716

J. Gavin (28')

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
McSHANE
7
GIBSON
8
MICKLEWRIGHT
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
BRENNAN
1
OXFORD
2
McCROHAN
3
LOCKWOOD
4
CLEARY
5
FOULKES
6
ASHMAN
7
GAVIN
8
BACON
9
HUNT
10
BRENNAN
11
COXON

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday March 10th, 1956:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 10th, 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 33 14 3 0 57 9 8 4 4 21 15 22 7 4 78 24 3.25 51
2 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 35 12 5 1 47 25 7 6 4 37 22 19 11 5 84 47 1.79 49
3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 35 15 1 1 60 11 6 4 8 28 26 21 5 9 88 37 2.38 47
4 Torquay United Torquay United 35 9 8 1 37 15 7 2 8 26 28 16 10 9 63 43 1.47 42
5 Southend United Southend United 32 13 3 1 50 18 5 2 8 26 41 18 5 9 76 59 1.29 41
6 Norwich City Norwich City 33 12 3 2 46 21 3 7 6 21 38 15 10 8 67 59 1.14 40
7 Brentford Brentford 34 10 4 3 32 22 5 5 7 22 30 15 9 10 54 52 1.04 39
8 Northampton Town Northampton Town 34 11 2 4 34 21 6 3 8 19 31 17 5 12 53 52 1.02 39
9 Colchester United Colchester United 36 11 3 4 45 28 4 6 8 18 37 15 9 12 63 65 0.97 39
10 Coventry City Coventry City 35 13 2 2 44 16 3 4 11 14 29 16 6 13 58 45 1.29 38
11 Southampton Southampton 36 12 4 2 51 22 3 2 13 22 41 15 6 15 73 63 1.16 36
12 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 35 8 6 2 35 17 5 2 12 19 36 13 8 14 54 53 1.02 34
13 Gillingham Gillingham 35 8 3 6 28 20 4 6 8 23 39 12 9 14 51 59 0.86 33
14 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 34 9 5 4 29 13 3 3 10 14 27 12 8 14 43 40 1.08 32
15 Newport County Newport County 34 9 2 6 23 17 3 6 8 23 38 12 8 14 46 55 0.84 32
16 Aldershot Aldershot 35 7 6 4 30 27 2 6 10 29 41 9 12 14 59 68 0.87 30
17 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 36 7 7 4 33 25 2 4 12 15 46 9 11 16 48 71 0.68 29
18 Watford Watford 36 6 4 8 26 32 4 5 9 16 39 10 9 17 42 71 0.59 29
19 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 35 5 3 10 20 24 4 7 6 22 35 9 10 16 42 59 0.71 28
20 Exeter City Exeter City 35 6 5 7 24 24 3 4 10 14 34 9 9 17 38 58 0.66 27
21 Walsall Walsall 33 8 4 3 28 21 2 1 15 18 45 10 5 18 46 66 0.70 25
22 Reading Reading 36 6 2 10 30 34 3 4 11 25 39 9 6 21 55 73 0.75 24
23 Millwall Millwall 34 8 3 5 35 23 1 2 15 20 58 9 5 20 55 81 0.68 23
24 Swindon Town Swindon 34 4 8 6 17 18 3 1 12 11 46 7 9 18 28 64 0.44 23

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