Match Centre

Saturday October 6th, 1956

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

3 - 2

3

G. Pembery (??'), J. Richards (??'), D. Gibson (??')

Southend United

Southend United

2

J. McGuigan (??'), S. McCrory (??')
G. Pembery (??'), J. Richards (??'), D. Gibson (??')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 7,572

J. McGuigan (??'), S. McCrory (??')
A. Bond

Lineups


1
CHANDLER
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
CROSS
5
WHYTE
6
PEMBERY
7
RICHARDS
8
GIBSON
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
MILLER
1
RONSON
2
WILLIAMSON
3
HOWE
4
DUTHIE
5
RUARK
6
LAWLER
7
BARKER
8
TULLOCH
9
HOLLIS
10
McCRORY
11
McGUIGAN

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday October 6th, 1956:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday October 6th, 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 13 5 2 0 15 4 3 1 2 10 7 8 3 2 25 11 2.27 19
2 Torquay United Torquay United 14 5 2 0 23 8 2 3 2 6 13 7 5 2 29 21 1.38 19
3 Colchester United Colchester United 14 5 2 0 23 9 2 1 4 10 11 7 3 4 33 20 1.65 17
4 Newport County Newport County 14 5 2 0 16 5 0 5 2 6 9 5 7 2 22 14 1.57 17
5 Gillingham Gillingham 14 6 0 2 19 11 1 3 2 9 10 7 3 4 28 21 1.33 17
6 Brentford Brentford 14 5 1 2 24 19 3 0 3 10 11 8 1 5 34 30 1.13 17
7 Watford Watford 14 5 0 2 15 7 2 2 3 11 11 7 2 5 26 18 1.44 16
8 Reading Reading 14 4 2 1 10 7 2 2 3 11 12 6 4 4 21 19 1.11 16
9 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 14 4 3 0 9 4 1 3 3 8 19 5 6 3 17 23 0.74 16
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 14 3 4 0 18 5 1 3 3 6 10 4 7 3 24 15 1.60 15
11 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 14 4 2 1 21 11 2 1 4 17 16 6 3 5 38 27 1.41 15
12 Norwich City Norwich City 13 5 1 0 11 2 0 3 4 5 11 5 4 4 16 13 1.23 14
13 Coventry City Coventry City 14 5 1 1 14 6 0 3 4 3 16 5 4 5 17 22 0.77 14
14 Northampton Town Northampton Town 14 5 1 0 14 1 0 2 6 7 16 5 3 6 21 17 1.24 13
15 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 14 4 1 1 12 4 1 2 5 6 16 5 3 6 18 20 0.90 13
16 Aldershot Aldershot 14 3 2 2 12 10 2 1 4 13 20 5 3 6 25 30 0.83 13
17 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 14 1 5 1 9 10 1 3 3 9 15 2 8 4 18 25 0.72 12
18 Millwall Millwall 14 2 3 2 10 13 2 1 4 9 17 4 4 6 19 30 0.63 12
19 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 14 4 2 1 15 6 0 1 6 6 17 4 3 7 21 23 0.91 11
20 Walsall Walsall 14 3 2 2 11 6 0 2 5 7 16 3 4 7 18 22 0.82 10
21 Exeter City Exeter City 14 2 3 2 9 8 0 3 4 2 11 2 6 6 11 19 0.58 10
22 Swindon Town Swindon 14 3 0 5 13 15 2 0 4 7 21 5 0 9 20 36 0.56 10
23 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 14 1 3 2 7 13 2 1 5 6 18 3 4 7 13 31 0.42 10
24 Southend United Southend United 14 2 3 2 12 8 0 1 6 8 19 2 4 8 20 27 0.74 8

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