Match Centre

Saturday December 15th, 1956

Football League Division Three (South)

Aldershot

2 - 2

2

L. Gaynor (42'), M. Gough (47')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

B. Edwards (??', 62')
L. Gaynor (42'), M. Gough (47')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 3,044

B. Edwards (??', 62')
H.L. Broadhurst
Recreation Ground, Aldershot

Lineups


1
JACKMAN
2
GILCHRIST
3
MANN
4
ALISON
5
REDDIE
6
NEAVE
7
GAYNOR
8
GAYNOR
9
COSTELLO
10
GOUGH
11
FLINT
1
CHANDLER
2
HUNT
3
EARL
4
CROSS
5
JACK
6
PEMBERY
7
RISEBOROUGH
8
GIBBS
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
Aldershot
1Clive JACKMAN
2Bob GILCHRIST
3Ron MANN
4Jimmy ALISON
5Tom REDDIE
6Gordon NEAVE
7Jimmy GAYNOR
8Len GAYNOR
9Lou COSTELLO
10Mike GOUGH
11Ken FLINT
Manager/Head Coach
Harry EVANS
Swindon Town
1Ray CHANDLER1
2George HUNT2
3Stan EARL3
4Jim CROSS4
5Vince JACK5
6Gordon PEMBERY6
7Cyril RISEBOROUGH7
8Alan GIBBS8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Bob EDWARDS10
11Arnold DARCY11
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday December 15th, 1956:

Aldershot Aldershot 2-2 Swindon Town Swindon
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 1-0 Southampton Southampton
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 4-1 Norwich City Norwich City
Exeter City Exeter City 4-2 Coventry City Coventry City
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 6-0 Torquay United Torquay United
Northampton Town Northampton Town 0-3 Newport County Newport County
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 2-0 Brentford Brentford
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 1-1 Reading Reading
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 4-0 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Southend United Southend United 3-2 Colchester United Colchester United
Walsall Walsall 7-1 Millwall Millwall
Watford Watford 2-3 Gillingham Gillingham

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday December 15th, 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 22 9 2 0 23 5 4 3 4 14 13 13 5 4 37 18 2.06 31
2 Newport County Newport County 22 8 3 0 22 6 1 6 4 10 12 9 9 4 32 18 1.78 27
3 Torquay United Torquay United 22 7 3 0 33 14 3 4 5 8 26 10 7 5 41 40 1.03 27
4 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 22 6 5 0 18 4 2 5 4 11 25 8 10 4 29 29 1 26
5 Colchester United Colchester United 22 8 3 0 29 10 2 2 7 15 20 10 5 7 44 30 1.47 25
6 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 22 6 5 0 25 9 2 3 6 12 17 8 8 6 37 26 1.42 24
7 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 22 8 2 1 32 8 2 1 8 12 22 10 3 9 44 30 1.47 23
8 Watford Watford 22 6 1 4 23 18 4 2 5 16 17 10 3 9 39 35 1.11 23
9 Brentford Brentford 22 6 3 2 29 20 3 2 6 12 17 9 5 8 41 37 1.11 23
10 Reading Reading 22 7 2 2 20 11 2 3 6 17 23 9 5 8 37 34 1.09 23
11 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 22 6 3 1 24 12 2 3 7 18 24 8 6 8 42 36 1.17 22
12 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 22 7 3 1 19 7 1 3 7 6 21 8 6 8 25 28 0.89 22
13 Gillingham Gillingham 22 6 2 3 20 15 2 4 5 13 24 8 6 8 33 39 0.85 22
14 Northampton Town Northampton Town 22 8 2 1 24 8 0 3 8 10 21 8 5 9 34 29 1.17 21
15 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 22 3 6 3 16 16 2 5 3 16 19 5 11 6 32 35 0.91 21
16 Millwall Millwall 22 5 3 2 17 14 3 2 7 13 30 8 5 9 30 44 0.68 21
17 Southend United Southend United 22 7 3 2 22 11 0 3 7 14 27 7 6 9 36 38 0.95 20
18 Walsall Walsall 23 5 4 2 22 10 1 3 8 10 24 6 7 10 32 34 0.94 19
19 Exeter City Exeter City 22 4 4 4 19 14 2 3 5 11 18 6 7 9 30 32 0.94 19
20 Aldershot Aldershot 22 5 3 3 22 20 2 2 7 17 28 7 5 10 39 48 0.81 19
21 Coventry City Coventry City 23 6 3 3 22 14 0 4 7 8 29 6 7 10 30 43 0.70 19
22 Norwich City Norwich City 22 5 3 3 16 13 0 5 6 11 24 5 8 9 27 37 0.73 18
23 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 22 3 5 3 13 16 3 1 7 10 21 6 6 10 23 37 0.62 18
24 Swindon Town Swindon 22 4 1 6 21 24 3 2 6 15 29 7 3 12 36 53 0.68 17

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