Football League Division Three (South)
A. Bond
Lineups
1
DAVIES
DAVIES
2
GUTTRIDGE
GUTTRIDGE
3
PERKINS
PERKINS
4
DORMAN
DORMAN
5
TARRANT
TARRANT
6
RAWLINGS
RAWLINGS
7
MORRIS
MORRIS
8
LEVERTON
LEVERTON
9
RICHARDS
RICHARDS
10
BROWN
BROWN
11
TAYLOR
TAYLOR
1
BURTON
BURTON
2
HUNT
HUNT
3
FOX
FOX
4
CROSS
CROSS
5
WHYTE
WHYTE
6
PEMBERY
PEMBERY
7
OWEN
OWEN
8
GIBBS
GIBBS
9
RICHARDS
RICHARDS
10
EDWARDS
EDWARDS
11
MILLER
MILLER
| Swindon Town | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Sam BURTON1 | ||
| 2George HUNT2 | ||
| 3Geoff FOX3 | ||
| 4Jim CROSS4 | ||
| 5Frank WHYTE5 | ||
| 6Gordon PEMBERY6 | ||
| 7Maurice OWEN7 | ||
| 8Alan GIBBS8 | ||
| 9John RICHARDS9 | ||
| 10Bob EDWARDS10 | ||
| 11Joe MILLER11 |
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 |
Match Programme
