Match Centre

Saturday September 29th, 1956

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

1 - 2

1

Torquay United

Torquay United

2

T. Calland (??'), T. Collins (??')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 8,260

T. Calland (??'), T. Collins (??')
C.G. Porter

Lineups


1
CHANDLER
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
CROSS
5
WHYTE
6
PEMBERY
7
RICHARDS
8
GIBSON
9
OWEN
10
AGAR
11
MILLER
1
GILL
2
SMITH
3
SMITH
4
LEWIS
5
NORMAN
6
JAMES
7
SHAW
8
COLLINS
9
CALLAND
10
MILLS
11
COLLINS

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday September 29th, 1956:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday September 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 Colchester United Colchester United 13 5 2 0 23 9 2 1 3 9 8 7 3 3 32 17 1.88 17
2 Torquay United Torquay United 13 4 2 0 20 7 2 3 2 6 13 6 5 2 26 20 1.30 17
3 Southampton Southampton 11 4 2 0 13 4 3 0 2 10 7 7 2 2 23 11 2.09 16
4 Newport County Newport County 13 5 2 0 16 5 0 4 2 6 9 5 6 2 22 14 1.57 16
5 Watford Watford 13 5 0 1 15 6 2 2 3 11 11 7 2 4 26 17 1.53 16
6 Gillingham Gillingham 13 5 0 2 15 10 1 3 2 9 10 6 3 4 24 20 1.20 15
7 Reading Reading 13 4 2 1 10 7 2 1 3 10 11 6 3 4 20 18 1.11 15
8 Brentford Brentford 13 4 1 2 22 18 3 0 3 10 11 7 1 5 32 29 1.10 15
9 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 13 4 2 0 8 3 1 3 3 8 19 5 5 3 16 22 0.73 15
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 13 3 3 0 17 4 1 3 3 6 10 4 6 3 23 14 1.64 14
11 Coventry City Coventry City 13 5 1 1 14 6 0 3 3 2 13 5 4 4 16 19 0.84 14
12 Norwich City Norwich City 11 5 1 0 11 2 0 2 3 4 8 5 3 3 15 10 1.50 13
13 Northampton Town Northampton Town 13 5 1 0 14 1 0 2 5 6 14 5 3 5 20 15 1.33 13
14 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 13 3 2 1 18 11 2 1 4 17 16 5 3 5 35 27 1.30 13
15 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 13 4 1 1 12 4 1 2 4 4 12 5 3 5 16 16 1 13
16 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 13 1 5 1 9 10 1 3 2 8 11 2 8 3 17 21 0.81 12
17 Aldershot Aldershot 13 2 2 2 8 8 2 1 4 13 20 4 3 6 21 28 0.75 11
18 Millwall Millwall 13 2 2 2 10 13 2 1 4 9 17 4 3 6 19 30 0.63 11
19 Exeter City Exeter City 13 2 3 2 9 8 0 3 3 2 8 2 6 5 11 16 0.69 10
20 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 13 3 2 1 12 5 0 1 6 6 17 3 3 7 18 22 0.82 9
21 Walsall Walsall 13 3 1 2 11 6 0 2 5 7 16 3 3 7 18 22 0.82 9
22 Southend United Southend United 13 2 3 2 12 8 0 1 5 6 16 2 4 7 18 24 0.75 8
23 Swindon Town Swindon 13 2 0 5 10 13 2 0 4 7 21 4 0 9 17 34 0.50 8
24 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 13 1 3 2 7 13 1 1 5 5 18 2 4 7 12 31 0.39 8

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