
| Swindon Town | |
|---|---|
| 1Sam BURTON | |
| 2Jim CROSS | |
| 3George HUNT | |
| 4Jack FOUNTAIN | |
| 5Gerry DEAR | |
| 6Gordon PEMBERY | |
| 7Maurice OWEN | |
| 8John RICHARDS | |
| 9Andy MICKLEWRIGHT | |
| 10Bob EDWARDS | |
| 11Arnold DARCY |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Bert HEAD |
| Plymouth Argyle | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Harry BROWN1 | ||
| 2Johnny WILLIAMS2 | ||
| 3Pat JONES3 | ||
| 4Neil LANGMAN4 | ||
| 5Peter ANDERSON5 | ||
| 6David HANCOCK6 | ||
| 7George BAKER7 | ||
| 8Peter KEARNS8 | ||
| 9Reg WYATT9 | ||
| 10George ROBERTSON10 | ||
| 11Neil DOUGAL11 |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Jack ROWLEY |
Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday March 9th, 1957:
Aldershot
Aldershot
|
3-1 |
Newport County
Newport County
|
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
3-1 |
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
Brentford
Brentford
|
4-0 |
Reading
Reading
|
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
5-0 |
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
0-1 |
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town
|
2-0 |
Southampton
Southampton
|
Millwall
Millwall
|
0-0 |
Southend United
Southend United
|
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
|
4-5 |
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
0-3 |
Plymouth Argyle
Plymouth Argyle
|
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
3-0 |
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
Walsall
Walsall
|
1-1 |
Coventry City
Coventry City
|
Watford
Watford
|
0-0 |
Colchester United
Colchester United
|
Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 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
|
36 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 72 | 42 | 1.71 | 48 |
| 2 |
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
35 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 70 | 54 | 1.30 | 45 |
| 3 |
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town
|
35 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 60 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 80 | 41 | 1.95 | 43 |
| 4 |
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
36 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 65 | 55 | 1.18 | 39 |
| 5 |
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
34 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 49 | 44 | 1.11 | 39 |
| 6 |
Southampton
Southampton
|
33 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 53 | 34 | 1.56 | 38 |
| 7 |
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
34 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 31 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 67 | 46 | 1.46 | 38 |
| 8 |
Walsall
Walsall
|
36 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 44 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 36 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 68 | 55 | 1.24 | 38 |
| 9 |
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
35 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 55 | 51 | 1.08 | 36 |
| 10 |
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
|
34 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 41 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 56 | 59 | 0.95 | 36 |
| 11 |
Brentford
Brentford
|
34 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 44 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 60 | 59 | 1.02 | 35 |
| 12 |
Reading
Reading
|
34 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 61 | 60 | 1.02 | 35 |
| 13 |
Newport County
Newport County
|
31 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 45 | 41 | 1.10 | 33 |
| 14 |
Aldershot
Aldershot
|
34 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 41 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 65 | 71 | 0.92 | 33 |
| 15 |
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
36 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 39 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 48 | 61 | 0.79 | 33 |
| 16 |
Millwall
Millwall
|
34 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 50 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 52 | 72 | 0.72 | 33 |
| 17 |
Watford
Watford
|
34 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 58 | 59 | 0.98 | 32 |
| 18 |
Southend United
Southend United
|
33 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 34 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 52 | 0.94 | 31 |
| 19 |
Plymouth Argyle
Plymouth Argyle
|
34 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 23 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 51 | 60 | 0.85 | 29 |
| 20 |
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
35 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 38 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 46 | 60 | 0.77 | 28 |
| 21 |
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
34 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 35 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 44 | 59 | 0.75 | 27 |
| 22 |
Coventry City
Coventry City
|
34 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 41 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 48 | 68 | 0.71 | 27 |
| 23 |
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
36 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 49 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 51 | 78 | 0.65 | 25 |
| 24 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
35 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 32 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 55 | 11 | 3 | 21 | 54 | 86 | 0.63 | 25 |