Match Centre

Saturday October 13th, 1956

Football League Division Three (South)

Crystal Palace

0 - 0

0

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 13,459

E.T. Jennings
Selhurst Park, South Norwood

Lineups


1
ROUSE
2
EDWARDS
3
McDONALD
4
BELCHER
5
CHOULES
6
LONG
7
BERRY
8
PIERCE
9
BYRNE
10
COOPER
11
HARRISON
1
CHANDLER
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
CROSS
5
WHYTE
6
PEMBERY
7
RICHARDS
8
GIBSON
9
OWEN
10
McSHANE
11
WILLIAMS
Crystal Palace
1Vic ROUSE
2Jack EDWARDS
3Gordon McDONALD
4Jimmy BELCHER
5Len CHOULES
6Terry LONG
7Peter BERRY
8Barry PIERCE
9Johnny BYRNE
10George COOPER
11Bernie HARRISON
Manager/Head Coach
Cyril SPIERS
Swindon Town
1Ray CHANDLER1
2George HUNT2
3Geoff FOX3
4Jim CROSS4
5Frank WHYTE5
6Gordon PEMBERY6
7John RICHARDS7
8Dave GIBSON8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Tony McSHANE10
11Gordon WILLIAMS11
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday October 13th, 1956:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday October 13th, 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 14 6 2 0 16 4 3 1 2 10 7 9 3 2 26 11 2.36 21
2 Torquay United Torquay United 15 5 2 0 23 8 3 3 2 8 14 8 5 2 31 22 1.41 21
3 Colchester United Colchester United 15 6 2 0 26 9 2 1 4 10 11 8 3 4 36 20 1.80 19
4 Newport County Newport County 15 6 2 0 17 5 0 5 2 6 9 6 7 2 23 14 1.64 19
5 Reading Reading 15 5 2 1 13 7 2 2 3 11 12 7 4 4 24 19 1.26 18
6 Gillingham Gillingham 15 6 0 2 19 11 1 3 3 9 14 7 3 5 28 25 1.12 17
7 Brentford Brentford 15 5 1 2 24 19 3 0 4 10 12 8 1 6 34 31 1.10 17
8 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 15 4 3 0 9 4 1 4 3 9 20 5 7 3 18 24 0.75 17
9 Watford Watford 15 5 0 2 15 7 2 2 4 12 14 7 2 6 27 21 1.29 16
10 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 15 4 2 1 21 11 2 1 5 17 17 6 3 6 38 28 1.36 15
11 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 15 3 4 0 18 5 1 3 4 6 13 4 7 4 24 18 1.33 15
12 Northampton Town Northampton Town 15 6 1 0 18 3 0 2 6 7 16 6 3 6 25 19 1.32 15
13 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 15 5 1 1 15 5 1 2 5 6 16 6 3 6 21 21 1 15
14 Norwich City Norwich City 14 5 1 1 12 4 0 3 4 5 11 5 4 5 17 15 1.13 14
15 Coventry City Coventry City 15 5 1 2 15 8 0 3 4 3 16 5 4 6 18 24 0.75 14
16 Millwall Millwall 15 2 3 2 10 13 3 1 4 11 18 5 4 6 21 31 0.68 14
17 Aldershot Aldershot 15 3 2 2 12 10 2 1 5 15 24 5 3 7 27 34 0.79 13
18 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 15 1 6 1 9 10 1 3 3 9 15 2 9 4 18 25 0.72 13
19 Exeter City Exeter City 15 3 3 2 13 8 0 3 4 2 11 3 6 6 15 19 0.79 12
20 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 15 4 2 1 15 6 0 1 7 6 18 4 3 8 21 24 0.88 11
21 Swindon Town Swindon 15 3 0 5 13 15 2 1 4 7 21 5 1 9 20 36 0.56 11
22 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 15 1 4 2 8 14 2 1 5 6 18 3 5 7 14 32 0.44 11
23 Southend United Southend United 15 3 3 2 13 8 0 1 6 8 19 3 4 8 21 27 0.78 10
24 Walsall Walsall 15 3 2 2 11 6 0 2 6 7 19 3 4 8 18 25 0.72 10

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