Match Centre

Saturday April 28th, 1956

Football League Division Three (South)

Aldershot

1 - 1

1

N. Menzies (42')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

M. Owen (~47')
N. Menzies (42')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 3,972

M. Owen (~47')

Lineups


1
AMOS
2
JEFFERSON
3
JACKSON
4
LACEY
5
REDDIE
6
NEAVE
7
HAMPSON
8
McILVENNEY
9
GAYNOR
10
MENZIES
11
FLINT
1
BURTON
2
BRENNAN
3
HILTON
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
RISEBOROUGH
8
MICKLEWRIGHT
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
MOSS
Aldershot
1Keith AMOS
2Stan JEFFERSON
3Jimmy JACKSON
4Bill LACEY
5Tom REDDIE
6Gordon NEAVE
7Ray HAMPSON
8Paddy McILVENNEY
9Jimmy GAYNOR
10Norman MENZIES
11Ken FLINT
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2Jim BRENNAN2
3Peter HILTON3
4Jim CROSS4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Gordon WILLIAMS6
7Cyril RISEBOROUGH7
8Andy MICKLEWRIGHT8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Bob EDWARDS10
11Terry MOSS11

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday April 28th, 1956:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday April 28th, 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 44 18 3 1 75 18 11 5 6 30 24 29 8 7 105 42 2.50 66
2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 46 20 2 1 73 16 9 5 9 39 34 29 7 10 112 50 2.24 65
3 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 45 16 6 1 59 28 8 8 6 45 31 24 14 7 104 59 1.76 62
4 Southend United Southend United 45 16 4 2 56 22 5 7 11 30 55 21 11 13 86 77 1.12 53
5 Norwich City Norwich City 45 15 4 4 56 31 4 9 9 30 50 19 13 13 86 81 1.06 51
6 Torquay United Torquay United 45 11 10 2 48 21 8 2 12 35 40 19 12 14 83 61 1.36 50
7 Brentford Brentford 45 11 8 4 40 30 7 6 9 27 35 18 14 13 67 65 1.03 50
8 Coventry City Coventry City 46 16 4 3 54 20 4 5 14 19 40 20 9 17 73 60 1.22 49
9 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 45 13 6 4 39 14 6 4 12 23 35 19 10 16 62 49 1.27 48
10 Northampton Town Northampton Town 46 14 3 6 44 27 6 4 13 23 44 20 7 19 67 71 0.94 47
11 Colchester United Colchester United 46 14 4 5 56 37 4 7 12 20 44 18 11 17 76 81 0.94 47
12 Gillingham Gillingham 45 11 3 8 36 27 7 7 9 31 43 18 10 17 67 70 0.96 46
13 Southampton Southampton 46 13 6 4 60 30 5 2 16 31 51 18 8 20 91 81 1.12 44
14 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 45 11 9 2 45 21 5 3 15 22 45 16 12 17 67 66 1.02 44
15 Aldershot Aldershot 46 9 9 5 36 33 3 7 13 34 57 12 16 18 70 90 0.78 40
16 Exeter City Exeter City 46 10 6 7 39 30 5 4 14 19 47 15 10 21 58 77 0.75 40
17 Reading Reading 46 10 2 11 40 37 5 7 11 30 42 15 9 22 70 79 0.89 39
18 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 46 10 7 6 44 32 4 4 15 20 54 14 11 21 64 86 0.74 39
19 Newport County Newport County 46 12 2 9 32 26 3 7 13 26 53 15 9 22 58 79 0.73 39
20 Walsall Walsall 45 13 5 4 42 26 2 3 18 25 56 15 8 22 67 82 0.82 38
21 Watford Watford 46 8 5 10 31 39 5 6 12 21 46 13 11 22 52 85 0.61 37
22 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 45 7 3 13 27 32 5 7 10 27 49 12 10 23 54 81 0.67 34
23 Millwall Millwall 44 11 4 6 50 31 2 2 19 27 69 13 6 25 77 100 0.77 32
24 Swindon Town Swindon 46 4 10 9 18 22 4 4 15 16 56 8 14 24 34 78 0.44 30

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