Match Centre

Saturday January 12th, 1957

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

1 - 2

1

B. Edwards (24')

Walsall

Walsall

2

T. Brown (??'), D. Dorman (53')
B. Edwards (24')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 8,948
(~500 away fans)

T. Brown (??'), D. Dorman (53')
A. Bond
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
CHANDLER
2
CROSS
3
EARL
4
FOUNTAIN
5
JACK
6
PEMBERY
7
GIBSON
8
RICHARDS
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
1
CHILVERS
2
HADDINGTON
3
PERKINS
4
JARMAN
5
McPHERSON
6
RAWLINGS
7
MOORE
8
DORMAN
9
RICHARDS
10
BROWN
11
TAYLOR
Swindon Town
1Ray CHANDLER
2Jim CROSS
3Stan EARL
4Jack FOUNTAIN
5Vince JACK
6Gordon PEMBERY
7Dave GIBSON
8John RICHARDS
9Maurice OWEN
10Bob EDWARDS
11Arnold DARCY
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD
Walsall
1Gordon CHILVERS1
2Harry HADDINGTON2
3Eric PERKINS3
4John JARMAN4
5Albert McPHERSON5
6Charlie RAWLINGS6
7Sammy MOORE7
8Don DORMAN8
9Tony RICHARDS9
10Tommy BROWN10
11Brian TAYLOR11
Manager/Head Coach
Jack LOVE

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday January 12th, 1957:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday January 12th, 1957:

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 26 10 3 1 30 10 5 3 4 16 14 15 6 5 46 24 1.92 36
2 Colchester United Colchester United 28 11 4 0 40 15 3 3 7 18 22 14 7 7 58 37 1.57 35
3 Torquay United Torquay United 27 10 3 0 37 14 3 5 6 10 33 13 8 6 47 47 1 34
4 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 26 7 5 0 25 7 2 7 5 14 30 9 12 5 39 37 1.05 30
5 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 27 10 2 1 40 9 2 3 9 16 27 12 5 10 56 36 1.56 29
6 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 27 8 5 0 34 12 2 4 8 16 23 10 9 8 50 35 1.43 29
7 Reading Reading 26 8 2 2 23 13 4 3 7 24 29 12 5 9 47 42 1.12 29
8 Newport County Newport County 24 8 4 1 24 9 1 6 4 10 12 9 10 5 34 21 1.62 28
9 Brentford Brentford 27 7 5 2 34 23 3 3 7 13 20 10 8 9 47 43 1.09 28
10 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 28 8 4 2 32 18 2 4 8 18 28 10 8 10 50 46 1.09 28
11 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 27 8 4 1 24 10 2 4 8 10 25 10 8 9 34 35 0.97 28
12 Northampton Town Northampton Town 28 9 4 1 31 12 1 3 10 13 29 10 7 11 44 41 1.07 27
13 Walsall Walsall 28 5 6 2 25 13 3 4 8 17 28 8 10 10 42 41 1.02 26
14 Watford Watford 27 7 2 4 26 20 4 2 8 18 26 11 4 12 44 46 0.96 26
15 Gillingham Gillingham 28 6 5 3 22 17 2 5 7 17 33 8 10 10 39 50 0.78 26
16 Millwall Millwall 26 7 4 2 28 19 3 2 8 14 36 10 6 10 42 55 0.76 26
17 Southend United Southend United 27 7 3 4 23 14 2 4 7 20 31 9 7 11 43 45 0.96 25
18 Exeter City Exeter City 27 6 4 4 23 16 2 4 7 13 26 8 8 11 36 42 0.86 24
19 Aldershot Aldershot 27 7 3 4 29 27 2 3 8 21 33 9 6 12 50 60 0.83 24
20 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 26 4 6 4 19 19 2 5 5 19 25 6 11 9 38 44 0.86 23
21 Coventry City Coventry City 26 7 3 3 25 15 1 4 8 12 33 8 7 11 37 48 0.77 23
22 Norwich City Norwich City 28 5 4 6 21 21 0 7 6 13 26 5 11 12 34 47 0.72 21
23 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 26 4 5 3 18 16 3 1 10 14 28 7 6 13 32 44 0.73 20
24 Swindon Town Swindon 27 5 1 7 24 26 3 2 9 19 40 8 3 16 43 66 0.65 19

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