Match Centre

Wednesday August 29th, 1956

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

1 - 3

1

A. Gibbs (??')

Brentford

Brentford

3

J. Taylor (??', ??'), G. Francis (??')
A. Gibbs (??')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 11,995

J. Taylor (??', ??'), G. Francis (??')
P.G. Brandwood

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
McSHANE
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
RICHARDS
8
EDWARDS
9
GIBBS
10
PEMBERY
11
MILLER
1
CAKEBREAD
2
BASSHAM
3
TICKRIDGE
4
BRISTOW
5
BRAGG
6
COOTE
7
NEWCOMBE
8
TAYLOR
9
FRANCIS
10
TOWERS
11
GOUNDRY

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Wednesday August 29th, 1956:

Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 2-2 Watford Watford
Gillingham Gillingham 6-2 Aldershot Aldershot
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 1-0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Norwich City Norwich City 1-0 Exeter City Exeter City
Reading Reading 1-1 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Southampton Southampton 1-1 Coventry City Coventry City
Swindon Town Swindon 1-3 Brentford Brentford
Torquay United Torquay United 2-0 Walsall Walsall

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Wednesday August 29th, 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 4 2 0 0 8 2 2 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 13 3 4.33 8
2 Torquay United Torquay United 4 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 7 1 7 7
3 Coventry City Coventry City 4 2 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 5 3 1.67 6
4 Norwich City Norwich City 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 6
5 Southampton Southampton 4 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 5 2 2 1 1 9 3 3 5
6 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 4 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 6 3 2 5
7 Reading Reading 4 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 6 3 2 1 1 8 4 2 5
8 Millwall Millwall 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 3 2 1.50 5
9 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 3 4 2 1 1 6 4 1.50 5
10 Watford Watford 4 1 0 1 5 5 1 1 0 5 2 2 1 1 10 7 1.43 5
11 Colchester United Colchester United 4 1 1 0 6 5 1 0 1 4 3 2 1 1 10 8 1.25 5
12 Northampton Town Northampton Town 4 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 5 4 1.25 5
13 Newport County Newport County 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 4 4 1 2 0 7 4 1.75 4
14 Gillingham Gillingham 4 1 0 1 6 5 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 6 6 1 3
15 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 4 1 1 0 6 5 0 0 2 3 5 1 1 2 9 10 0.90 3
16 Aldershot Aldershot 4 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 4 7 1 1 2 4 9 0.44 3
17 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 1 2 1 4 0.25 3
18 Southend United Southend United 3 0 2 0 3 3 0 0 1 2 3 0 2 1 5 6 0.83 2
19 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 4 0 1 1 3 5 0 1 1 3 4 0 2 2 6 9 0.67 2
20 Swindon Town Swindon 4 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 1 5 7 1 0 3 7 12 0.58 2
21 Walsall Walsall 4 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 3 3 6 0.50 2
22 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 4 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 3 2 7 0.29 2
23 Exeter City Exeter City 4 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 6 0 1
24 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 4 0 0 2 1 8 0 0 2 1 7 0 0 4 2 15 0.13 0

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