Match Centre

Saturday February 16th, 1957

Football League Division Three (South)

Southend United

1 - 0

1

S. McCrory (45')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

S. McCrory (45')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 8,397

Lineups


1
THREADGOLD
2
WILLIAMSON
3
ANDERSON
4
DUTHIE
5
STIRLING
6
LAWLER
7
HOLLIS
8
McCRORY
9
THOMSON
10
BARON
11
McGUIGAN
1
BURTON
2
CROSS
3
EARL
4
FOUNTAIN
5
JACK
6
PEMBERY
7
OWEN
8
RICHARDS
9
MICKLEWRIGHT
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday February 16th, 1957:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday February 16th, 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 33 12 5 0 41 15 6 3 7 28 25 18 8 7 69 40 1.73 44
2 Torquay United Torquay United 32 12 3 0 45 14 4 6 7 14 37 16 9 7 59 51 1.16 41
3 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 32 13 2 1 53 12 2 5 9 17 28 15 7 10 70 40 1.75 37
4 Southampton Southampton 29 10 3 2 31 12 5 3 6 18 18 15 6 8 49 30 1.63 36
5 Northampton Town Northampton Town 33 12 4 1 39 14 2 4 10 15 30 14 8 11 54 44 1.23 36
6 Reading Reading 31 9 3 3 28 18 5 4 7 30 32 14 7 10 58 50 1.16 35
7 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 31 7 6 1 28 12 3 8 6 20 39 10 14 7 48 51 0.94 34
8 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 30 10 5 0 40 13 2 4 9 17 25 12 9 9 57 38 1.50 33
9 Walsall Walsall 33 8 6 2 40 16 3 5 9 20 34 11 11 11 60 50 1.20 33
10 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 33 9 5 2 36 21 3 4 10 21 33 12 9 12 57 54 1.06 33
11 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 31 9 5 2 30 15 3 4 8 12 26 12 9 10 42 41 1.02 33
12 Newport County Newport County 28 9 5 1 29 12 1 6 6 10 18 10 11 7 39 30 1.30 31
13 Southend United Southend United 31 9 3 4 26 14 2 5 8 21 34 11 8 12 47 48 0.98 30
14 Millwall Millwall 29 9 4 2 33 20 3 2 9 16 39 12 6 11 49 59 0.83 30
15 Watford Watford 31 8 2 5 33 23 4 3 9 21 31 12 5 14 54 54 1 29
16 Aldershot Aldershot 32 8 3 5 33 29 3 4 9 25 39 11 7 14 58 68 0.85 29
17 Brentford Brentford 31 7 6 2 35 24 3 3 10 14 35 10 9 12 49 59 0.83 29
18 Gillingham Gillingham 33 6 6 4 24 20 3 5 9 21 39 9 11 13 45 59 0.76 29
19 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 31 6 6 3 26 22 4 1 11 19 31 10 7 14 45 53 0.85 27
20 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 31 6 6 5 24 22 2 5 7 19 29 8 11 12 43 51 0.84 27
21 Exeter City Exeter City 32 6 6 5 25 20 2 4 9 16 33 8 10 14 41 53 0.77 26
22 Coventry City Coventry City 31 8 3 5 31 25 1 5 9 13 37 9 8 14 44 62 0.71 26
23 Swindon Town Swindon 32 7 1 7 29 27 3 2 12 20 52 10 3 19 49 79 0.62 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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