Football League Division Three (South)
Lineups
1
CHRISTIE
CHRISTIE
2
WILKINS
WILKINS
3
TRAYNOR
TRAYNOR
4
McLAUGHLIN
McLAUGHLIN
5
PARKER
PARKER
6
ELLIOTT
ELLIOTT
7
FLOOD
FLOOD
8
REEVES
REEVES
9
SHIELDS
SHIELDS
10
MULGREW
MULGREW
11
HOSKINS
HOSKINS
1
CHANDLER
CHANDLER
2
HUNT
HUNT
3
FOX
FOX
4
CROSS
CROSS
5
JACK
JACK
6
PEMBERY
PEMBERY
7
GIBSON
GIBSON
8
MICKLEWRIGHT
MICKLEWRIGHT
9
OWEN
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
EDWARDS
11
RICHARDS
RICHARDS
| Swindon Town | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Ray CHANDLER1 | ||
| 2George HUNT2 | ||
| 3Geoff FOX3 | ||
| 4Jim CROSS4 | ||
| 5Vince JACK5 | ||
| 6Gordon PEMBERY6 | ||
| 7Dave GIBSON7 | ||
| 8Andy MICKLEWRIGHT8 | ||
| 9Maurice OWEN9 | ||
| 10Bob EDWARDS10 | ||
| 11John RICHARDS11 |
Newspaper Reports
Results
Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday October 27th, 1956:
Colchester United
Colchester United
|
2-1 | 
Millwall
Millwall
|
Coventry City
Coventry City
|
4-1 | 
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
2-1 | 
Aldershot
Aldershot
|
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
1-1 | 
Brentford
Brentford
|
Newport County
Newport County
|
3-0 | 
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
1-1 | 
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
|
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
1-1 | 
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
Plymouth Argyle
Plymouth Argyle
|
1-2 | 
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town
|
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
1-0 | 
Walsall
Walsall
|
Reading
Reading
|
0-4 | 
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
Southampton
Southampton
|
2-1 | 
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
Southend United
Southend United
|
2-0 | 
Watford
Watford
|
Table
Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday October 27th, 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
|
16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 2.33 | 24 |
| 2 |
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 27 | 1.30 | 23 |
| 3 |
Newport County
Newport County
|
17 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 1.69 | 21 |
| 4 |
Colchester United
Colchester United
|
17 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 25 | 1.60 | 21 |
| 5 |
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 1.58 | 19 |
| 6 |
Brentford
Brentford
|
17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 33 | 1.09 | 19 |
| 7 |
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
|
17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 25 | 0.76 | 19 |
| 8 |
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 30 | 1.37 | 18 |
| 9 |
Watford
Watford
|
17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 1.21 | 18 |
| 10 |
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 1.05 | 18 |
| 11 |
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 18 |
| 12 |
Reading
Reading
|
17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 0.96 | 18 |
| 13 |
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 22 | 1.23 | 16 |
| 14 |
Coventry City
Coventry City
|
17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 0.85 | 16 |
| 15 |
Millwall
Millwall
|
17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 0.79 | 16 |
| 16 |
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
17 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 27 | 0.78 | 16 |
| 17 |
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town
|
17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 15 |
| 18 |
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
17 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 0.91 | 15 |
| 19 |
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 0.90 | 15 |
| 20 |
Aldershot
Aldershot
|
17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 33 | 39 | 0.85 | 15 |
| 21 |
Southend United
Southend United
|
17 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 32 | 0.81 | 12 |
| 22 |
Walsall
Walsall
|
17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 0.73 | 12 |
| 23 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
17 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 24 | 43 | 0.56 | 11 |
| 24 |
Plymouth Argyle
Plymouth Argyle
|
17 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 35 | 0.43 | 11 |
Match Programme
