Match Centre

Saturday March 2nd, 1957

Football League Division Three (South)

Exeter City

3 - 2

3

R. John (29', 45'), K. Harvey (74' pen)

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

J. Richards (25'), B. Edwards (64')
R. John (29', 45'), K. Harvey (74' pen)
(HT: 2-1)

Attendance: 5,244

J. Richards (25'), B. Edwards (64')
C.G. Porter
St. James Park, Exeter

Lineups


1
HUNTER
2
LACKENBY
3
FERRIER
4
JOHN
5
HARVEY
6
SIMPSON
7
BUCKLE
8
CURRIE
9
WILLIS
10
MITCHELL
11
REES
1
BURTON
2
CROSS
3
EARL
4
FOUNTAIN
5
JACK
6
PEMBERY
7
OWEN
8
RICHARDS
9
MICKLEWRIGHT
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
Exeter City
1George HUNTER
2George LACKENBY
3John FERRIER
4Ray JOHN
5Keith HARVEY
6Noel SIMPSON
7Ted BUCKLE
8Jimmy CURRIE
9George WILLIS
10Arnold MITCHELL
11Graham REES
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2Jim CROSS2
3Stan EARL3
4Jack FOUNTAIN4
5Vince JACK5
6Gordon PEMBERY6
7Maurice OWEN7
8John RICHARDS8
9Andy MICKLEWRIGHT9
10Bob EDWARDS10
11Arnold DARCY11

Newspaper Reports


Saturday March 2nd, 1957
...
Football Pink
TOWN WASTE A PENALTY IN LAST MINUTES

Saturday March 9th, 1957
...
Football Pink
TOWN'S FATE IS SEALED IN FIRST 13 MIN.

Results


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

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 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 35 13 5 0 43 16 6 4 7 29 26 19 9 7 72 42 1.71 47
2 Torquay United Torquay United 34 13 3 0 52 15 4 6 8 15 39 17 9 8 67 54 1.24 43
3 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 34 14 2 1 58 12 3 5 9 20 29 17 7 10 78 41 1.90 41
4 Southampton Southampton 32 11 3 3 35 13 5 3 7 18 19 16 6 10 53 32 1.66 38
5 Walsall Walsall 35 9 6 2 43 18 4 5 9 24 36 13 11 11 67 54 1.24 37
6 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 35 10 5 2 37 21 4 4 10 23 34 14 9 12 60 55 1.09 37
7 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 33 10 5 2 32 16 4 4 8 16 28 14 9 10 48 44 1.09 37
8 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 32 10 6 0 41 14 3 4 9 20 26 13 10 9 61 40 1.53 36
9 Northampton Town Northampton Town 34 12 4 2 40 16 2 4 10 15 30 14 8 12 55 46 1.20 36
10 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 33 8 6 1 31 13 3 8 7 21 41 11 14 8 52 54 0.96 36
11 Reading Reading 33 9 3 4 29 21 5 4 8 32 35 14 7 12 61 56 1.09 35
12 Gillingham Gillingham 35 7 6 4 26 21 4 5 9 22 39 11 11 13 48 60 0.80 33
13 Millwall Millwall 32 10 4 2 36 22 3 2 11 16 45 13 6 13 52 67 0.78 32
14 Newport County Newport County 29 9 5 1 29 12 1 6 7 10 23 10 11 8 39 35 1.11 31
15 Watford Watford 33 8 2 6 35 27 5 3 9 23 32 13 5 15 58 59 0.98 31
16 Aldershot Aldershot 33 8 3 5 33 29 4 4 9 29 41 12 7 14 62 70 0.89 31
17 Brentford Brentford 32 7 6 2 35 24 4 3 10 16 35 11 9 12 51 59 0.86 31
18 Southend United Southend United 32 9 3 5 28 18 2 5 8 21 34 11 8 13 49 52 0.94 30
19 Exeter City Exeter City 34 7 6 5 28 22 2 4 10 17 35 9 10 15 45 57 0.79 28
20 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 33 6 6 4 28 26 4 1 12 20 34 10 7 16 48 60 0.80 27
21 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 33 6 6 6 24 24 2 5 8 20 32 8 11 14 44 56 0.79 27
22 Coventry City Coventry City 33 8 3 6 32 27 1 5 10 15 40 9 8 16 47 67 0.70 26
23 Swindon Town Swindon 34 8 1 7 32 28 3 2 13 22 55 11 3 20 54 83 0.65 25
24 Norwich City Norwich City 35 6 4 8 26 29 0 7 10 20 45 6 11 18 46 74 0.62 23

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