Match Centre

Saturday October 20th, 1956

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

3 - 5

3

M. Owen (13'), B. Edwards (43', 45')

Exeter City

Exeter City

5

J. Currie (6', 31'), T. Buckle (9', 18'), K. Thomas (34')
M. Owen (13'), B. Edwards (43', 45')
(HT: 3-5)

Attendance: 8,441

J. Currie (6', 31'), T. Buckle (9', 18'), K. Thomas (34')
C.G. Porter
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
CHANDLER
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
CROSS
5
WHYTE
6
PEMBERY
7
RICHARDS
8
GIBSON
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
WILLIAMS
1
HUNTER
2
DOYLE
3
FERRIER
4
JOHN
5
HARVEY
6
PORTEOUS
7
BUCKLE
8
THOMAS
9
MITCHELL
10
CURRIE
11
REES
Swindon Town
1Ray CHANDLER
2George HUNT
3Geoff FOX
4Jim CROSS
5Frank WHYTE
6Gordon PEMBERY
7John RICHARDS
8Dave GIBSON
9Maurice OWEN
10Bob EDWARDS
11Gordon WILLIAMS
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD
Exeter City
1George HUNTER1
2Brian DOYLE2
3John FERRIER3
4Ray JOHN4
5Keith HARVEY5
6Johnny PORTEOUS6
7Ted BUCKLE7
8Keith THOMAS8
9Arnold MITCHELL9
10Jimmy CURRIE10
11Graham REES11
Manager/Head Coach
Norman DODGIN

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday October 20th, 1956:

Aldershot Aldershot 5-3 Southend United Southend United
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 2-1 Newport County Newport County
Brentford Brentford 1-1 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 2-1 Coventry City Coventry City
Gillingham Gillingham 0-0 Southampton Southampton
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 4-2 Reading Reading
Millwall Millwall 5-1 Norwich City Norwich City
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 0-0 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Swindon Town Swindon 3-5 Exeter City Exeter City
Torquay United Torquay United 4-2 Colchester United Colchester United
Walsall Walsall 1-0 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle
Watford Watford 2-1 Northampton Town Northampton Town

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday October 20th, 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 Torquay United Torquay United 16 6 2 0 27 10 3 3 2 8 14 9 5 2 35 24 1.46 23
2 Southampton Southampton 15 6 2 0 16 4 3 2 2 10 7 9 4 2 26 11 2.36 22
3 Colchester United Colchester United 16 6 2 0 26 9 2 1 5 12 15 8 3 5 38 24 1.58 19
4 Newport County Newport County 16 6 2 0 17 5 0 5 3 7 11 6 7 3 24 16 1.50 19
5 Watford Watford 16 6 0 2 17 8 2 2 4 12 14 8 2 6 29 22 1.32 18
6 Reading Reading 16 5 2 1 13 7 2 2 4 13 16 7 4 5 26 23 1.13 18
7 Gillingham Gillingham 16 6 1 2 19 11 1 3 3 9 14 7 4 5 28 25 1.12 18
8 Brentford Brentford 16 5 2 2 25 20 3 0 4 10 12 8 2 6 35 32 1.09 18
9 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 16 4 4 0 9 4 1 4 3 9 20 5 8 3 18 24 0.75 18
10 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 16 5 2 1 23 12 2 1 5 17 17 7 3 6 40 29 1.38 17
11 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 16 4 4 0 20 6 1 3 4 6 13 5 7 4 26 19 1.37 17
12 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 16 5 1 1 15 5 1 3 5 6 16 6 4 6 21 21 1 16
13 Millwall Millwall 16 3 3 2 15 14 3 1 4 11 18 6 4 6 26 32 0.81 16
14 Northampton Town Northampton Town 16 6 1 0 18 3 0 2 7 8 18 6 3 7 26 21 1.24 15
15 Aldershot Aldershot 16 4 2 2 17 13 2 1 5 15 24 6 3 7 32 37 0.86 15
16 Exeter City Exeter City 16 3 3 2 13 8 1 3 4 7 14 4 6 6 20 22 0.91 14
17 Norwich City Norwich City 15 5 1 1 12 4 0 3 5 6 16 5 4 6 18 20 0.90 14
18 Coventry City Coventry City 16 5 1 2 15 8 0 3 5 4 18 5 4 7 19 26 0.73 14
19 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 16 1 6 1 9 10 1 4 3 10 16 2 10 4 19 26 0.73 14
20 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 16 5 2 1 19 8 0 1 7 6 18 5 3 8 25 26 0.96 13
21 Walsall Walsall 16 4 2 2 12 6 0 2 6 7 19 4 4 8 19 25 0.76 12
22 Swindon Town Swindon 16 3 0 6 16 20 2 1 4 7 21 5 1 10 23 41 0.56 11
23 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 16 1 4 2 8 14 2 1 6 6 19 3 5 8 14 33 0.42 11
24 Southend United Southend United 16 3 3 2 13 8 0 1 7 11 24 3 4 9 24 32 0.75 10

Match Programme

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