Match Centre

Saturday April 14th, 1956

Football League Division Three (South)

Watford

2 - 1

2

G. Catleugh (48'), L. Graham (66')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

B. Edwards (71')
G. Catleugh (48'), L. Graham (66')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 2,865

B. Edwards (71')

Lineups


1
GOOCH
2
SHIPWRIGHT
3
BEWLEY
4
MEADOWS
5
BROWN
6
MITCHELL
7
COOK
8
CATLEUGH
9
MARDEN
10
GRAHAM
11
ADAMS
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
GIBSON
8
AGAR
9
BAILLIE
10
OWEN
11
EDWARDS
Watford
1Jimmy GOOCH
2Bill SHIPWRIGHT
3Dave BEWLEY
4Johnny MEADOWS
5Roy BROWN
6Frank MITCHELL
7Maurice COOK
8George CATLEUGH
9Ben MARDEN
10Les GRAHAM
11Chris ADAMS
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Geoff FOX3
4Jim CROSS4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Gordon WILLIAMS6
7Dave GIBSON7
8Roy AGAR8
9Doug BAILLIE9
10Maurice OWEN10
11Bob EDWARDS11

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Results


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

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday April 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 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 40 17 3 1 73 17 11 4 4 28 18 28 7 5 101 35 2.89 63
2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 42 18 1 1 65 12 9 5 8 38 32 27 6 9 103 44 2.34 60
3 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 42 14 6 1 55 27 8 7 6 44 30 22 13 7 99 57 1.74 57
4 Southend United Southend United 40 15 4 2 55 22 5 5 9 27 45 20 9 11 82 67 1.22 49
5 Norwich City Norwich City 41 15 4 3 56 29 3 8 8 23 45 18 12 11 79 74 1.07 48
6 Torquay United Torquay United 42 10 9 2 41 19 8 2 11 33 37 18 11 13 74 56 1.32 47
7 Coventry City Coventry City 43 16 3 3 54 20 4 4 13 16 35 20 7 16 70 55 1.27 47
8 Brentford Brentford 42 11 7 4 39 29 5 6 9 24 35 16 13 13 63 64 0.98 45
9 Colchester United Colchester United 43 13 4 5 53 35 4 7 10 18 40 17 11 15 71 75 0.95 45
10 Northampton Town Northampton Town 42 13 3 5 38 25 6 4 11 21 39 19 7 16 59 64 0.92 45
11 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 42 12 6 4 36 13 5 4 11 20 31 17 10 15 56 44 1.27 44
12 Southampton Southampton 44 13 6 3 58 25 4 2 16 28 50 17 8 19 86 75 1.15 42
13 Gillingham Gillingham 42 10 3 8 34 26 6 7 8 27 40 16 10 16 61 66 0.92 42
14 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 42 10 7 2 41 18 5 3 15 22 45 15 10 17 63 63 1 40
15 Watford Watford 43 8 5 9 31 37 5 6 10 19 42 13 11 19 50 79 0.63 37
16 Reading Reading 43 10 2 10 39 35 4 6 11 28 41 14 8 21 67 76 0.88 36
17 Aldershot Aldershot 42 8 7 5 33 31 3 7 12 34 52 11 14 17 67 83 0.81 36
18 Exeter City Exeter City 43 9 6 7 37 29 4 4 13 16 43 13 10 20 53 72 0.74 36
19 Newport County Newport County 42 10 2 9 26 24 3 7 11 26 47 13 9 20 52 71 0.73 35
20 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 43 8 7 6 38 28 3 4 15 19 54 11 11 21 57 82 0.70 33
21 Walsall Walsall 41 10 5 3 32 22 2 3 18 25 56 12 8 21 57 78 0.73 32
22 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 42 6 3 12 25 29 5 7 9 27 45 11 10 21 52 74 0.70 32
23 Millwall Millwall 41 10 4 6 45 31 2 2 17 25 65 12 6 23 70 96 0.73 30
24 Swindon Town Swindon 43 4 10 7 18 20 4 3 15 15 55 8 13 22 33 75 0.44 29

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