Match Centre

Saturday March 31st, 1956

Football League Division Three (South)

Millwall

1 - 1

1

J. Tyrell (73')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

D. Gibson (49')
J. Tyrell (73')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 7,378

D. Gibson (49')

Lineups


1
FINLAYSON
2
JARDINE
3
ANSLOW
4
VEITCH
5
BRAND
6
RAWSON
7
HAZLETT
8
PACEY
9
TYRELL
10
McALLISTER
11
SUMMERS
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
MICKLEWRIGHT
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
GIBSON
8
AGAR
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
MOSS
Millwall
1Malcolm FINLAYSON
2Alex JARDINE
3Stan ANSLOW
4George VEITCH
5Ray BRAND
6Colin RAWSON
7George HAZLETT
8Denis PACEY
9Joe TYRELL
10Jimmy McALLISTER
11Johnny SUMMERS
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Geoff FOX3
4Andy MICKLEWRIGHT4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Gordon WILLIAMS6
7Dave GIBSON7
8Roy AGAR8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Bob EDWARDS10
11Terry MOSS11

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday March 31st, 1956:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 31st, 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 37 16 3 1 68 15 9 4 4 23 16 25 7 5 91 31 2.94 57
2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 39 16 1 1 61 11 9 4 8 35 29 25 5 9 96 40 2.40 55
3 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 39 13 6 1 52 27 8 6 5 40 25 21 12 6 92 52 1.77 54
4 Southend United Southend United 37 14 4 2 52 20 5 4 8 26 41 19 8 10 78 61 1.28 46
5 Coventry City Coventry City 40 15 3 2 49 17 4 4 12 16 33 19 7 14 65 50 1.30 45
6 Torquay United Torquay United 39 9 9 1 37 15 7 2 11 31 36 16 11 12 68 51 1.33 43
7 Norwich City Norwich City 37 13 3 3 47 22 3 8 7 23 43 16 11 10 70 65 1.08 43
8 Brentford Brentford 38 10 6 4 36 27 5 6 7 23 31 15 12 11 59 58 1.02 42
9 Colchester United Colchester United 40 12 4 5 50 33 4 6 9 18 38 16 10 14 68 71 0.96 42
10 Southampton Southampton 40 13 5 2 56 22 4 2 14 24 44 17 7 16 80 66 1.21 41
11 Northampton Town Northampton Town 37 11 3 4 35 22 6 4 9 19 33 17 7 13 54 55 0.98 41
12 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 38 11 6 4 35 13 4 3 10 15 27 15 9 14 50 40 1.25 39
13 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 39 9 6 2 38 17 5 3 14 20 40 14 9 16 58 57 1.02 37
14 Gillingham Gillingham 39 9 3 8 32 26 5 6 8 24 39 14 9 16 56 65 0.86 37
15 Aldershot Aldershot 39 8 6 4 31 27 3 7 11 34 50 11 13 15 65 77 0.84 35
16 Newport County Newport County 38 9 2 8 25 23 3 6 10 25 44 12 8 18 50 67 0.75 32
17 Watford Watford 40 7 5 9 29 36 4 5 10 17 41 11 10 19 46 77 0.60 32
18 Reading Reading 40 8 2 10 35 34 4 5 11 28 41 12 7 21 63 75 0.84 31
19 Exeter City Exeter City 39 7 5 7 30 25 4 4 12 16 41 11 9 19 46 66 0.70 31
20 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 40 7 7 6 34 28 3 4 13 17 47 10 11 19 51 75 0.68 31
21 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 39 5 3 12 23 29 5 7 7 27 43 10 10 19 50 72 0.69 30
22 Walsall Walsall 37 9 4 3 30 22 2 3 16 21 50 11 7 19 51 72 0.71 29
23 Millwall Millwall 38 9 4 6 41 30 2 2 15 24 59 11 6 21 65 89 0.73 28
24 Swindon Town Swindon 39 4 8 7 17 19 4 3 13 14 52 8 11 20 31 71 0.44 27

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