Match Centre

Saturday March 16th, 1957

Football League Division Three (South)

Coventry City

3 - 0

3

J. Boxley (68'), K. McPherson (85', ~90')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

J. Boxley (68'), K. McPherson (85', ~90')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 8,819

Lineups


1
BENTLEY
2
PATRICK
3
KLETZENBAUER
4
AUSTIN
5
WASSALL
6
JAMIESON
7
ROGERS
8
HILL
9
McPHERSON
10
SAMBROOK
11
BOXLEY
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
EARL
4
CROSS
5
DEAR
6
FOUNTAIN
7
CAMERON
8
OWEN
9
RICHARDS
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY

Newspaper Reports


Results


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

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 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 37 13 6 0 43 16 6 5 7 29 26 19 11 7 72 42 1.71 49
2 Torquay United Torquay United 37 15 3 0 59 17 4 6 9 16 42 19 9 9 75 59 1.27 47
3 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 36 15 2 1 60 12 4 5 9 22 29 19 7 10 82 41 2 45
4 Walsall Walsall 37 9 7 2 44 19 5 5 9 27 38 14 12 11 71 57 1.25 40
5 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 37 11 5 2 42 21 4 5 10 23 34 15 10 12 65 55 1.18 40
6 Southampton Southampton 34 11 4 3 38 16 5 3 8 18 21 16 7 11 56 37 1.51 39
7 Reading Reading 36 11 3 4 36 22 5 4 9 32 39 16 7 13 68 61 1.11 39
8 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 35 10 5 3 32 18 5 4 8 17 28 15 9 11 49 46 1.07 39
9 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 35 11 6 0 44 15 3 4 11 23 33 14 10 11 67 48 1.40 38
10 Brentford Brentford 36 10 6 2 47 26 4 4 10 19 38 14 10 12 66 64 1.03 38
11 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 35 8 6 2 35 18 4 8 7 23 42 12 14 9 58 60 0.97 38
12 Northampton Town Northampton Town 36 12 4 3 42 19 2 4 11 15 35 14 8 14 57 54 1.06 36
13 Gillingham Gillingham 37 7 6 5 26 22 5 5 9 25 40 12 11 14 51 62 0.82 35
14 Newport County Newport County 32 10 6 1 34 15 1 6 8 11 26 11 12 9 45 41 1.10 34
15 Aldershot Aldershot 36 9 3 5 36 30 4 5 10 32 46 13 8 15 68 76 0.89 34
16 Millwall Millwall 35 10 5 2 36 22 3 3 12 16 50 13 8 14 52 72 0.72 34
17 Watford Watford 35 8 3 6 35 27 5 4 9 23 32 13 7 15 58 59 0.98 33
18 Southend United Southend United 35 9 3 6 29 20 2 6 9 23 37 11 9 15 52 57 0.91 31
19 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 36 7 6 5 30 27 5 1 12 23 34 12 7 17 53 61 0.87 31
20 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 36 6 7 6 24 24 3 5 9 21 35 9 12 15 45 59 0.76 30
21 Coventry City Coventry City 35 9 3 6 35 27 1 6 10 16 41 10 9 16 51 68 0.75 29
22 Exeter City Exeter City 37 7 7 5 29 23 2 4 12 18 42 9 11 17 47 65 0.72 29
23 Norwich City Norwich City 37 6 4 9 27 32 1 7 10 25 49 7 11 19 52 81 0.64 25
24 Swindon Town Swindon 36 8 1 8 32 31 3 2 14 22 58 11 3 22 54 89 0.61 25

Match Programme