Match Centre

Saturday September 8th, 1956

Football League Division Three (South)

Walsall

1 - 2

1

R. Leverton (??')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

M. Owen (42'), B. Edwards (??')
R. Leverton (??')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 12,763

M. Owen (42'), B. Edwards (??')
A. Bond
Fellows Park, Walsall

Lineups


1
DAVIES
2
GUTTRIDGE
3
PERKINS
4
DORMAN
5
TARRANT
6
RAWLINGS
7
MORRIS
8
LEVERTON
9
RICHARDS
10
BROWN
11
TAYLOR
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
CROSS
5
WHYTE
6
PEMBERY
7
OWEN
8
GIBBS
9
RICHARDS
10
EDWARDS
11
MILLER
Walsall
1Reg DAVIES
2Bill GUTTRIDGE
3Eric PERKINS
4Don DORMAN
5Ted TARRANT
6Charlie RAWLINGS
7Fred MORRIS
8Ron LEVERTON
9Tony RICHARDS
10Tommy BROWN
11Doug TAYLOR
Manager/Head Coach
Jack LOVE
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Geoff FOX3
4Jim CROSS4
5Frank WHYTE5
6Gordon PEMBERY6
7Maurice OWEN7
8Alan GIBBS8
9John RICHARDS9
10Bob EDWARDS10
11Joe MILLER11
Manager/Head Coach
Board of DIRECTORS

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday September 8th, 1956:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 1-1 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 0-0 Exeter City Exeter City
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 1-1 Gillingham Gillingham
Northampton Town Northampton Town 4-0 Coventry City Coventry City
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 2-2 Colchester United Colchester United
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 3-1 Norwich City Norwich City
Reading Reading 0-0 Newport County Newport County
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 3-2 Brentford Brentford
Southend United Southend United 1-2 Southampton Southampton
Torquay United Torquay United 7-2 Millwall Millwall
Walsall Walsall 1-2 Swindon Town Swindon
Watford Watford 3-0 Aldershot Aldershot

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday September 8th, 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 Southampton Southampton 7 3 1 0 9 2 2 0 1 7 3 5 1 1 16 5 3.20 11
2 Watford Watford 7 3 0 1 12 6 2 1 0 10 3 5 1 1 22 9 2.44 11
3 Norwich City Norwich City 7 4 0 0 7 1 0 2 1 1 3 4 2 1 8 4 2 10
4 Torquay United Torquay United 7 3 0 0 13 3 1 2 1 3 5 4 2 1 16 8 2 10
5 Northampton Town Northampton Town 7 4 0 0 11 0 0 1 2 2 6 4 1 2 13 6 2.17 9
6 Reading Reading 7 2 2 0 4 2 1 1 1 7 4 3 3 1 11 6 1.83 9
7 Newport County Newport County 7 3 0 0 9 2 0 3 1 4 6 3 3 1 13 8 1.63 9
8 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 7 3 0 0 6 2 1 1 2 6 11 4 1 2 12 13 0.92 9
9 Gillingham Gillingham 7 3 0 1 11 6 0 2 1 1 2 3 2 2 12 8 1.50 8
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 7 2 2 0 8 2 1 0 2 4 7 3 2 2 12 9 1.33 8
11 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 7 2 1 0 7 2 1 1 2 3 6 3 2 2 10 8 1.25 8
12 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 7 2 1 0 9 7 1 1 2 9 8 3 2 2 18 15 1.20 8
13 Brentford Brentford 7 2 0 2 11 12 2 0 1 7 4 4 0 3 18 16 1.13 8
14 Coventry City Coventry City 7 3 0 0 5 1 0 2 2 2 9 3 2 2 7 10 0.70 8
15 Colchester United Colchester United 7 1 2 0 7 6 1 1 2 7 7 2 3 2 14 13 1.08 7
16 Aldershot Aldershot 7 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 3 5 12 2 1 4 8 14 0.57 5
17 Millwall Millwall 7 1 1 1 4 4 1 0 3 4 12 2 1 4 8 16 0.50 5
18 Exeter City Exeter City 7 1 2 1 3 5 0 1 2 0 2 1 3 3 3 7 0.43 5
19 Walsall Walsall 7 2 0 2 6 5 0 0 3 1 5 2 0 5 7 10 0.70 4
20 Swindon Town Swindon 7 0 0 3 3 7 2 0 2 7 11 2 0 5 10 18 0.56 4
21 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 7 0 3 1 4 6 0 1 2 3 7 0 4 3 7 13 0.54 4
22 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 7 1 1 1 2 3 0 0 4 3 10 1 1 5 5 13 0.38 3
23 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 7 0 1 2 3 10 1 0 3 3 11 1 1 5 6 21 0.29 3
24 Southend United Southend United 7 0 2 2 4 6 0 0 3 3 7 0 2 5 7 13 0.54 2

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