Match Centre

Saturday August 25th, 1956

Football League Division Three (South)

Watford

3 - 4

3

L. Graham (10'), R. Brown (67'), J. Meadows (82' pen)

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

4

J. Richards (8'), A. Gibbs (65', 68'), B. Edwards (72')
L. Graham (10'), R. Brown (67'), J. Meadows (82' pen)
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 10,535

J. Richards (8'), A. Gibbs (65', 68'), B. Edwards (72')
D.H. Howell
Vicarage Road, Watford

Lineups


1
GOOCH
2
SHIPWRIGHT
3
HARROP
4
CATLEUGH
5
BROWN
6
MITCHELL
7
WALKER
8
MEADOWS
9
COOK
10
GRAHAM
11
MARDEN
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
McSHANE
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
RICHARDS
8
EDWARDS
9
GIBBS
10
PEMBERY
11
MILLER
Watford
1Jimmy GOOCH
2Bill SHIPWRIGHT
3Jack HARROP
4George CATLEUGH
5Roy BROWN
6Frank MITCHELL
7Peter WALKER
8Johnny MEADOWS
9Maurice COOK
10Les GRAHAM
11Ben MARDEN
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Geoff FOX3
4Tony McSHANE4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Gordon WILLIAMS6
7John RICHARDS7
8Bob EDWARDS8
9Alan GIBBS9
10Gordon PEMBERY10
11Joe MILLER11

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Results


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

Aldershot Aldershot 0-2 Brentford Brentford
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 0-0 Torquay United Torquay United
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 1-1 Coventry City Coventry City
Exeter City Exeter City 0-4 Southampton Southampton
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 0-2 Millwall Millwall
Northampton Town Northampton Town 1-0 Colchester United Colchester United
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 0-6 Reading Reading
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 1-1 Newport County Newport County
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 1-0 Gillingham Gillingham
Southend United Southend United 0-0 Norwich City Norwich City
Walsall Walsall 3-2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Watford Watford 3-4 Swindon Town Swindon

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday August 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 Brentford Brentford 3 2 0 0 8 2 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 10 2 5 6
2 Torquay United Torquay United 3 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 5 1 5 5
3 Coventry City Coventry City 3 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 4 2 2 5
4 Southampton Southampton 3 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 5 2 2 0 1 8 2 4 4
5 Reading Reading 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 3 2 0 1 7 3 2.33 4
6 Newport County Newport County 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 4 4 1 2 0 7 4 1.75 4
7 Watford Watford 3 1 0 1 5 5 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 8 5 1.60 4
8 Millwall Millwall 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 3 2 1.50 4
9 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 3 4 2 0 1 6 4 1.50 4
10 Colchester United Colchester United 3 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 0 1 7 5 1.40 4
11 Northampton Town Northampton Town 3 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 4 3 1.33 4
12 Norwich City Norwich City 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 4
13 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 1 3
14 Aldershot Aldershot 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 0.67 3
15 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 3 0.33 3
16 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 3 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 2 3 5 1 0 2 7 8 0.88 2
17 Southend United Southend United 3 0 2 0 3 3 0 0 1 2 3 0 2 1 5 6 0.83 2
18 Walsall Walsall 3 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 4 0.75 2
19 Swindon Town Swindon 3 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 5 7 1 0 2 6 9 0.67 2
20 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 3 0 1 1 3 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 3 6 0.50 1
21 Exeter City Exeter City 3 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 5 0 1
22 Gillingham Gillingham 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 1
23 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 3 0 0 2 1 8 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 3 2 12 0.17 0
24 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 3 1 7 0.14 0

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