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
Manager/Head Coach
Eric WEBBER
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Stan EARL3
4Jim CROSS4
5Vince JACK5
6Jack FOUNTAIN6
7Maurice OWEN7
8Gordon PEMBERY8
9Andy MICKLEWRIGHT9
10Bob EDWARDS10
11Arnold DARCY11
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD

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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