Match Centre

Saturday November 24th, 1956

Football League Division Three (South)

Newport County

2 - 1

2

H. Harris (6', 53')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

A. Darcy (55')
H. Harris (6', 53')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 9,570

A. Darcy (55')
S.W. Barker
Somerton Park, Newport

Lineups


1
WEARE
2
HOLLYMAN
3
SHERWOOD
4
TENNENT
5
WILCOX
6
THOMAS
7
HUDSON
8
LUCAS
9
TERRY
10
HARRIS
11
BROWN
1
CHANDLER
2
HUNT
3
EARL
4
CROSS
5
JACK
6
PEMBERY
7
GIBSON
8
RICHARDS
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
Newport County
1Len WEARE
2Ken HOLLYMAN
3Alf SHERWOOD
4Keith TENNENT
5Ray WILCOX
6George THOMAS
7Colin HUDSON
8Billy LUCAS
9Pat TERRY
10Harry HARRIS
11Gordon BROWN
Manager/Head Coach
Billy LUCAS
Swindon Town
1Ray CHANDLER1
2George HUNT2
3Stan EARL3
4Jim CROSS4
5Vince JACK5
6Gordon PEMBERY6
7Dave GIBSON7
8John RICHARDS8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Bob EDWARDS10
11Arnold DARCY11
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday November 24th, 1956:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday November 24th, 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 19 9 2 0 23 5 3 2 3 10 11 12 4 3 33 16 2.06 28
2 Torquay United Torquay United 20 7 2 0 30 11 3 4 4 8 20 10 6 4 38 31 1.23 26
3 Colchester United Colchester United 20 8 3 0 29 10 2 2 5 12 15 10 5 5 41 25 1.64 25
4 Newport County Newport County 20 8 3 0 22 6 0 5 4 7 12 8 8 4 29 18 1.61 24
5 Watford Watford 20 6 0 3 18 12 4 2 5 16 17 10 2 8 34 29 1.17 22
6 Brentford Brentford 20 6 2 2 29 20 3 2 5 12 15 9 4 7 41 35 1.17 22
7 Reading Reading 20 7 2 2 20 11 2 2 5 14 19 9 4 7 34 30 1.13 22
8 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 20 4 5 0 9 4 2 5 4 11 25 6 10 4 20 29 0.69 22
9 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 20 5 4 0 22 7 2 3 6 12 17 7 7 6 34 24 1.42 21
10 Northampton Town Northampton Town 20 8 2 0 24 5 0 3 7 10 20 8 5 7 34 25 1.36 21
11 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 20 7 2 1 18 6 1 3 6 6 20 8 5 7 24 26 0.92 21
12 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 20 5 3 1 23 12 2 3 6 18 20 7 6 7 41 32 1.28 20
13 Gillingham Gillingham 20 6 2 2 20 12 1 4 5 10 22 7 6 7 30 34 0.88 20
14 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 20 6 2 1 23 8 2 1 8 12 22 8 3 9 35 30 1.17 19
15 Millwall Millwall 20 4 3 2 16 14 3 2 6 12 23 7 5 8 28 37 0.76 19
16 Coventry City Coventry City 20 6 2 3 20 12 0 4 5 6 20 6 6 8 26 32 0.81 18
17 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 20 2 6 3 12 15 2 4 3 14 17 4 10 6 26 32 0.81 18
18 Exeter City Exeter City 20 3 4 4 15 12 2 3 4 11 15 5 7 8 26 27 0.96 17
19 Southend United Southend United 20 6 3 2 19 9 0 2 7 11 24 6 5 9 30 33 0.91 17
20 Norwich City Norwich City 19 5 3 2 16 10 0 4 5 7 17 5 7 7 23 27 0.85 17
21 Aldershot Aldershot 20 4 2 3 18 17 2 2 7 17 28 6 4 10 35 45 0.78 16
22 Walsall Walsall 20 4 3 2 14 8 1 2 8 8 22 5 5 10 22 30 0.73 15
23 Swindon Town Swindon 20 3 1 6 18 22 3 1 6 13 27 6 2 12 31 49 0.63 14
24 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 20 2 5 3 11 16 2 1 7 7 21 4 6 10 18 37 0.49 14

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