Match Centre

Saturday December 22nd, 1956

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

2 - 0

2

B. Edwards (6'), J. Richards (80')

Watford

Watford

0

B. Edwards (6'), J. Richards (80')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 6,312

D.H. Howell
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
CHANDLER
2
HUNT
3
EARL
4
CROSS
5
JACK
6
PEMBERY
7
RICHARDS
8
GIBBS
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
1
GOOCH
2
SHIPWRIGHT
3
HARROP
4
CATLEUGH
5
BROWN
6
MITCHELL
7
WALKER
8
McMILLAN
9
COOK
10
GRAHAM
11
BUNCE
Swindon Town
1Ray CHANDLER
2George HUNT
3Stan EARL
4Jim CROSS
5Vince JACK
6Gordon PEMBERY
7John RICHARDS
8Alan GIBBS
9Maurice OWEN
10Bob EDWARDS
11Arnold DARCY
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD
Watford
1Jimmy GOOCH1
2Bill SHIPWRIGHT2
3Jack HARROP3
4George CATLEUGH4
5Roy BROWN5
6Frank MITCHELL6
7Peter WALKER7
8Tommy McMILLAN8
9Maurice COOK9
10Les GRAHAM10
11Freddie BUNCE11
Manager/Head Coach
Neil McBAIN

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday December 22nd, 1956:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday December 22nd, 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 23 9 3 0 25 7 4 3 4 14 13 13 6 4 39 20 1.95 32
2 Torquay United Torquay United 23 8 3 0 34 14 3 4 5 8 26 11 7 5 42 40 1.05 29
3 Newport County Newport County 23 8 4 0 23 7 1 6 4 10 12 9 10 4 33 19 1.74 28
4 Colchester United Colchester United 23 9 3 0 34 11 2 2 7 15 20 11 5 7 49 31 1.58 27
5 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 23 6 5 0 18 4 2 6 4 12 26 8 11 4 30 30 1 27
6 Reading Reading 23 8 2 2 23 13 2 3 6 17 23 10 5 8 40 36 1.11 25
7 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 23 8 2 1 32 8 2 2 8 14 24 10 4 9 46 32 1.44 24
8 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 23 6 5 0 25 9 2 3 7 12 18 8 8 7 37 27 1.37 24
9 Brentford Brentford 23 6 4 2 31 22 3 2 6 12 17 9 6 8 43 39 1.10 24
10 Watford Watford 23 6 1 4 23 18 4 2 6 16 19 10 3 10 39 37 1.05 23
11 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 23 7 3 1 19 7 1 4 7 7 22 8 7 8 26 29 0.90 23
12 Gillingham Gillingham 23 6 3 3 21 16 2 4 5 13 24 8 7 8 34 40 0.85 23
13 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 23 6 3 2 25 15 2 3 7 18 24 8 6 9 43 39 1.10 22
14 Southend United Southend United 23 7 3 2 22 11 1 3 7 16 28 8 6 9 38 39 0.97 22
15 Millwall Millwall 23 5 4 2 19 16 3 2 7 13 30 8 6 9 32 46 0.70 22
16 Northampton Town Northampton Town 23 8 2 1 24 8 0 3 9 11 26 8 5 10 35 34 1.03 21
17 Walsall Walsall 24 5 4 2 22 10 2 3 8 13 25 7 7 10 35 35 1 21
18 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 22 3 6 3 16 16 2 5 3 16 19 5 11 6 32 35 0.91 21
19 Exeter City Exeter City 23 4 4 4 19 14 2 4 5 13 20 6 8 9 32 34 0.94 20
20 Aldershot Aldershot 23 5 3 3 22 20 2 3 7 19 30 7 6 10 41 50 0.82 20
21 Swindon Town Swindon 23 5 1 6 23 24 3 2 6 15 29 8 3 12 38 53 0.72 19
22 Coventry City Coventry City 23 6 3 3 22 14 0 4 7 8 29 6 7 10 30 43 0.70 19
23 Norwich City Norwich City 23 5 3 4 17 15 0 5 6 11 24 5 8 10 28 39 0.72 18
24 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 23 3 5 3 13 16 3 1 8 12 24 6 6 11 25 40 0.63 18

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