Match Centre

Saturday February 2nd, 1957

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

2 - 1

2

J. Fountain (15'), B. Edwards (24' pen)

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic

1

R. Cutler (50')
J. Fountain (15'), B. Edwards (24' pen)
(HT: 2-0)

Attendance: 11,388

R. Cutler (50')
A. Bond
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
EARL
4
CROSS
5
JACK
6
FOUNTAIN
7
OWEN
8
PEMBERY
9
MICKLEWRIGHT
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
1
GODWIN
2
LYONS
3
WOOLLARD
4
CLAYTON
5
HUGHES
6
BROWN
7
STIFFLE
8
ARNOTT
9
BEDFORD
10
NEWSHAM
11
CUTLER
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2George HUNT
3Stan EARL
4Jim CROSS
5Vince JACK
6Jack FOUNTAIN
7Maurice OWEN
8Gordon PEMBERY
9Andy MICKLEWRIGHT
10Bob EDWARDS
11Arnold DARCY
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
1Tommy GODWIN1
2Mike LYONS2
3Arnold WOOLLARD3
4Lew CLAYTON4
5Harry HUGHES5
6Joe BROWN6
7Nelson STIFFLE7
8John ARNOTT8
9Brian BEDFORD9
10Stan NEWSHAM10
11Reg CUTLER11
Manager/Head Coach
Freddie COX

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday February 2nd, 1957:

Aldershot Aldershot 4-1 Walsall Walsall
Brentford Brentford 1-1 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 3-2 Millwall Millwall
Colchester United Colchester United 1-0 Newport County Newport County
Coventry City Coventry City 1-4 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 2-0 Southend United Southend United
Exeter City Exeter City 0-0 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Gillingham Gillingham 1-1 Torquay United Torquay United
Norwich City Norwich City 2-5 Reading Reading
Southampton Southampton 1-2 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Swindon Town Swindon 2-1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Watford Watford 2-3 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday February 2nd, 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 Colchester United Colchester United 31 12 4 0 41 15 5 3 7 25 24 17 7 7 66 39 1.69 41
2 Torquay United Torquay United 30 11 3 0 38 14 4 6 6 12 34 15 9 6 50 48 1.04 39
3 Southampton Southampton 28 10 3 2 31 12 5 3 5 17 16 15 6 7 48 28 1.71 36
4 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 30 12 2 1 49 11 2 4 9 17 28 14 6 10 66 39 1.69 34
5 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 29 7 6 0 27 9 3 7 6 18 37 10 13 6 45 46 0.98 33
6 Northampton Town Northampton Town 31 10 4 1 33 13 2 4 10 15 30 12 8 11 48 43 1.12 32
7 Reading Reading 29 8 2 3 23 16 5 4 7 30 32 13 6 10 53 48 1.10 32
8 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 29 9 5 0 37 13 2 4 9 17 25 11 9 9 54 38 1.42 31
9 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 29 8 5 1 25 11 3 4 8 12 26 11 9 9 37 37 1 31
10 Walsall Walsall 31 7 6 2 38 16 3 4 9 18 32 10 10 11 56 48 1.17 30
11 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 31 9 4 2 35 20 2 4 10 18 32 11 8 12 53 52 1.02 30
12 Brentford Brentford 29 7 6 2 35 24 3 3 8 13 27 10 9 10 48 51 0.94 29
13 Newport County Newport County 26 8 4 1 24 9 1 6 6 10 18 9 10 7 34 27 1.26 28
14 Watford Watford 29 8 2 5 33 23 4 2 8 18 26 12 4 13 51 49 1.04 28
15 Millwall Millwall 28 8 4 2 31 19 3 2 9 16 39 11 6 11 47 58 0.81 28
16 Southend United Southend United 29 8 3 4 25 14 2 4 8 20 33 10 7 12 45 47 0.96 27
17 Aldershot Aldershot 30 8 3 5 33 29 2 4 8 23 35 10 7 13 56 64 0.88 27
18 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 29 6 6 4 23 20 2 5 6 19 28 8 11 10 42 48 0.88 27
19 Gillingham Gillingham 31 6 6 4 24 20 2 5 8 18 36 8 11 12 42 56 0.75 27
20 Exeter City Exeter City 30 6 6 4 24 17 2 4 8 13 28 8 10 12 37 45 0.82 26
21 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 29 5 5 3 21 18 4 1 11 19 31 9 6 14 40 49 0.82 24
22 Coventry City Coventry City 29 7 3 5 28 23 1 5 8 13 34 8 8 13 41 57 0.72 24
23 Swindon Town Swindon 30 7 1 7 29 27 3 2 10 20 44 10 3 17 49 71 0.69 23
24 Norwich City Norwich City 31 5 4 7 23 26 0 7 8 18 35 5 11 15 41 61 0.67 21