Match Centre

Saturday March 23rd, 1957

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

1 - 1

1

A. Micklewright (72')

Norwich City

Norwich City

1

R. Hunt (21')
A. Micklewright (72')
(HT: 0-1)

Attendance: 7,763

R. Hunt (21')
H.J. Husband
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
EARL
4
CROSS
5
JACK
6
FOUNTAIN
7
RICHARDS
8
OWEN
9
MICKLEWRIGHT
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
1
OXFORD
2
THURLOW
3
ASHMAN
4
McCROHAN
5
McNEIL
6
ENGLEFIELD
7
GAVIN
8
BRENNAN
9
HUNT
10
GORDON
11
COXON
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2George HUNT
3Stan EARL
4Jim CROSS
5Vince JACK
6Jack FOUNTAIN
7John RICHARDS
8Maurice OWEN
9Andy MICKLEWRIGHT
10Bob EDWARDS
11Arnold DARCY
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD
Norwich City
1Ken OXFORD1
2Bryan THURLOW2
3Ron ASHMAN3
4Roy McCROHAN4
5Matt McNEIL5
6Grahame ENGLEFIELD6
7Johnny GAVIN7
8Bobby BRENNAN8
9Ralph HUNT9
10Peter GORDON10
11Billy COXON11
Manager/Head Coach
Norwich CLUB COMMITTEE

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday March 23rd, 1957:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 23rd, 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 38 13 6 0 43 16 7 5 7 31 27 20 11 7 74 43 1.72 51
2 Torquay United Torquay United 38 15 4 0 60 18 4 6 9 16 42 19 10 9 76 60 1.27 48
3 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 37 15 2 2 60 13 4 5 9 22 29 19 7 11 82 42 1.95 45
4 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 38 12 5 2 44 21 4 5 10 23 34 16 10 12 67 55 1.22 42
5 Southampton Southampton 35 11 4 3 38 16 5 4 8 19 22 16 8 11 57 38 1.50 40
6 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 36 12 6 0 45 15 3 4 11 23 33 15 10 11 68 48 1.42 40
7 Walsall Walsall 38 9 7 3 44 20 5 5 9 27 38 14 12 12 71 58 1.22 40
8 Brentford Brentford 38 10 7 2 48 27 4 5 10 20 39 14 12 12 68 66 1.03 40
9 Reading Reading 37 11 3 4 36 22 5 4 10 32 40 16 7 14 68 62 1.10 39
10 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 36 10 5 3 32 18 5 4 9 17 29 15 9 12 49 47 1.04 39
11 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 36 8 7 2 36 19 4 8 7 23 42 12 15 9 59 61 0.97 39
12 Northampton Town Northampton Town 37 12 4 3 42 19 3 4 11 16 35 15 8 14 58 54 1.07 38
13 Millwall Millwall 37 11 6 2 38 23 3 3 12 16 50 14 9 14 54 73 0.74 37
14 Newport County Newport County 34 11 6 1 37 15 1 6 9 11 28 12 12 10 48 43 1.12 36
15 Aldershot Aldershot 37 9 4 5 37 31 4 5 10 32 46 13 9 15 69 77 0.90 35
16 Gillingham Gillingham 38 7 6 6 27 24 5 5 9 25 40 12 11 15 52 64 0.81 35
17 Watford Watford 36 8 4 6 36 28 5 4 9 23 32 13 8 15 59 60 0.98 34
18 Southend United Southend United 36 9 3 6 29 20 3 6 9 24 37 12 9 15 53 57 0.93 33
19 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 37 7 6 5 30 27 5 2 12 24 35 12 8 17 54 62 0.87 32
20 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 37 6 7 6 24 24 3 6 9 22 36 9 13 15 46 60 0.77 31
21 Exeter City Exeter City 38 7 7 5 29 23 2 5 12 19 43 9 12 17 48 66 0.73 30
22 Coventry City Coventry City 37 9 3 6 35 27 1 7 11 17 45 10 10 17 52 72 0.72 30
23 Norwich City Norwich City 38 6 4 9 27 32 1 8 10 26 50 7 12 19 53 82 0.65 26
24 Swindon Town Swindon 37 8 2 8 33 32 3 2 14 22 58 11 4 22 55 90 0.61 26

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