Match Centre

Saturday February 9th, 1957

Football League Division Three (South)

Torquay United

7 - 0

7

H. Dobbie (20'), S. Collins (24', 80', 83'), T. Collins (46'), R. Shaw (65'), S. Earl (77' o.g.)

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

H. Dobbie (20'), S. Collins (24', 80', 83'), T. Collins (46'), R. Shaw (65'), S. Earl (77' o.g.)
(HT: 2-0)

Attendance: 7,028

C.G. Porter
Plainmoor, Torquay

Lineups


1
GILL
2
SMITH
3
SMITH
4
LEWIS
5
NORMAN
6
CLARKE
7
SHAW
8
COLLINS
9
DOBBIE
10
MILLS
11
COLLINS
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
EARL
4
CROSS
5
JACK
6
FOUNTAIN
7
OWEN
8
PEMBERY
9
MICKLEWRIGHT
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
Torquay United
1Mervyn GILL
2John SMITH
3Harry SMITH
4Dennis LEWIS
5Griff NORMAN
6Nobby CLARKE
7Ron SHAW
8Sammy COLLINS
9Harold DOBBIE
10Don MILLS
11Tony COLLINS
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Stan EARL3
4Jim CROSS4
5Vince JACK5
6Jack FOUNTAIN6
7Maurice OWEN7
8Gordon PEMBERY8
9Andy MICKLEWRIGHT9
10Bob EDWARDS10
11Arnold DARCY11

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday February 9th, 1957:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 3-0 Brentford Brentford
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 1-1 Southend United Southend United
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 4-1 Aldershot Aldershot
Millwall Millwall 2-1 Gillingham Gillingham
Newport County Newport County 3-1 Norwich City Norwich City
Northampton Town Northampton Town 1-0 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Southampton Southampton
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 5-3 Exeter City Exeter City
Reading Reading 3-0 Coventry City Coventry City
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 1-3 Colchester United Colchester United
Torquay United Torquay United 7-0 Swindon Town Swindon
Walsall Walsall 2-0 Watford Watford

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday February 9th, 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 32 12 4 0 41 15 6 3 7 28 25 18 7 7 69 40 1.73 43
2 Torquay United Torquay United 31 12 3 0 45 14 4 6 6 12 34 16 9 6 57 48 1.19 41
3 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 31 13 2 1 53 12 2 4 9 17 28 15 6 10 70 40 1.75 36
4 Southampton Southampton 29 10 3 2 31 12 5 3 6 18 18 15 6 8 49 30 1.63 36
5 Reading Reading 30 9 2 3 26 16 5 4 7 30 32 14 6 10 56 48 1.17 34
6 Northampton Town Northampton Town 32 11 4 1 34 13 2 4 10 15 30 13 8 11 49 43 1.14 34
7 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 30 10 5 0 40 13 2 4 9 17 25 12 9 9 57 38 1.50 33
8 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 30 9 5 1 30 14 3 4 8 12 26 12 9 9 42 40 1.05 33
9 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 30 7 6 1 28 12 3 7 6 18 37 10 13 7 46 49 0.94 33
10 Walsall Walsall 32 8 6 2 40 16 3 4 9 18 32 11 10 11 58 48 1.21 32
11 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 32 9 5 2 36 21 2 4 10 18 32 11 9 12 54 53 1.02 31
12 Newport County Newport County 27 9 4 1 27 10 1 6 6 10 18 10 10 7 37 28 1.32 30
13 Millwall Millwall 29 9 4 2 33 20 3 2 9 16 39 12 6 11 49 59 0.83 30
14 Brentford Brentford 30 7 6 2 35 24 3 3 9 13 30 10 9 11 48 54 0.89 29
15 Watford Watford 30 8 2 5 33 23 4 2 9 18 28 12 4 14 51 51 1 28
16 Southend United Southend United 30 8 3 4 25 14 2 5 8 21 34 10 8 12 46 48 0.96 28
17 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 30 6 6 4 23 20 2 5 7 19 29 8 11 11 42 49 0.86 27
18 Aldershot Aldershot 31 8 3 5 33 29 2 4 9 24 39 10 7 14 57 68 0.84 27
19 Gillingham Gillingham 32 6 6 4 24 20 2 5 9 19 38 8 11 13 43 58 0.74 27
20 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 30 6 5 3 23 19 4 1 11 19 31 10 6 14 42 50 0.84 26
21 Exeter City Exeter City 31 6 6 4 24 17 2 4 9 16 33 8 10 13 40 50 0.80 26
22 Coventry City Coventry City 30 7 3 5 28 23 1 5 9 13 37 8 8 14 41 60 0.68 24
23 Swindon Town Swindon 31 7 1 7 29 27 3 2 11 20 51 10 3 18 49 78 0.63 23
24 Norwich City Norwich City 32 5 4 7 23 26 0 7 9 19 38 5 11 16 42 64 0.66 21

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