Match Centre

Saturday March 30th, 1957

Football League Division Three (South)

Colchester United

1 - 1

1

P. Wright (45')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

J. Richards (16')
P. Wright (45')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 9,275

J. Richards (16')
W. Clements
Layer Road, Colchester

Lineups


1
AMES
2
FISHER
3
FOWLER
4
FENTON
5
STEWART
6
HILL
7
WILLIAMS
8
PLANT
9
McCURLEY
10
SMITH
11
WRIGHT
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
EARL
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
FOUNTAIN
7
RICHARDS
8
OWEN
9
MICKLEWRIGHT
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
Colchester United
1Percy AMES
2George FISHER
3John FOWLER
4Benny FENTON
5Reg STEWART
6Bertie HILL
7Tommy WILLIAMS
8Ken PLANT
9Kevin McCURLEY
10Eddie SMITH
11Peter WRIGHT
Manager/Head Coach
Benny FENTON
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Stan EARL3
4Jim CROSS4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Jack FOUNTAIN6
7John RICHARDS7
8Maurice OWEN8
9Andy MICKLEWRIGHT9
10Bob EDWARDS10
11Arnold DARCY11
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday March 30th, 1957:

Colchester United Colchester United 1-1 Swindon Town Swindon
Coventry City Coventry City 5-1 Aldershot Aldershot
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 3-0 Walsall Walsall
Exeter City Exeter City 5-1 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Newport County Newport County 4-0 Gillingham Gillingham
Northampton Town Northampton Town 2-2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Norwich City Norwich City 1-1 Brentford Brentford
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 0-0 Millwall Millwall
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 0-1 Torquay United Torquay United
Reading Reading 2-2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Southampton Southampton 3-1 Watford Watford
Southend United Southend United 2-0 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 30th, 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 39 13 7 0 44 17 7 5 7 31 27 20 12 7 75 44 1.70 52
2 Torquay United Torquay United 39 15 4 0 60 18 5 6 9 17 42 20 10 9 77 60 1.28 50
3 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 39 15 2 2 60 13 4 6 10 23 32 19 8 12 83 45 1.84 46
4 Southampton Southampton 37 12 4 3 41 17 6 4 8 23 24 18 8 11 64 41 1.56 44
5 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 39 12 5 2 44 21 4 6 10 25 36 16 11 12 69 57 1.21 43
6 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 38 12 6 0 45 15 3 6 11 26 36 15 12 11 71 51 1.39 42
7 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 38 11 5 4 35 19 5 4 9 17 29 16 9 13 52 48 1.08 41
8 Brentford Brentford 39 10 7 2 48 27 4 6 10 21 40 14 13 12 69 67 1.03 41
9 Walsall Walsall 39 9 7 3 44 20 5 5 10 27 41 14 12 13 71 61 1.16 40
10 Reading Reading 39 11 4 5 40 28 5 4 10 32 40 16 8 15 72 68 1.06 40
11 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 38 8 8 2 37 20 4 8 8 24 47 12 16 10 61 67 0.91 40
12 Northampton Town Northampton Town 38 12 5 3 44 21 3 4 11 16 35 15 9 14 60 56 1.07 39
13 Newport County Newport County 35 12 6 1 41 15 1 6 9 11 28 13 12 10 52 43 1.21 38
14 Millwall Millwall 38 11 6 2 38 23 3 4 12 16 50 14 10 14 54 73 0.74 38
15 Watford Watford 38 8 5 6 37 29 5 4 10 24 35 13 9 16 61 64 0.95 35
16 Southend United Southend United 38 10 3 6 31 20 3 6 10 24 40 13 9 16 55 60 0.92 35
17 Aldershot Aldershot 38 9 4 5 37 31 4 5 11 33 51 13 9 16 70 82 0.85 35
18 Gillingham Gillingham 39 7 6 6 27 24 5 5 10 25 44 12 11 16 52 68 0.76 35
19 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 38 7 7 5 30 27 5 2 12 24 35 12 9 17 54 62 0.87 33
20 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 38 7 7 6 27 24 3 6 9 22 36 10 13 15 49 60 0.82 33
21 Exeter City Exeter City 39 8 7 5 34 24 2 5 12 19 43 10 12 17 53 67 0.79 32
22 Coventry City Coventry City 38 10 3 6 40 28 1 7 11 17 45 11 10 17 57 73 0.78 32
23 Norwich City Norwich City 39 6 5 9 28 33 1 8 10 26 50 7 13 19 54 83 0.65 27
24 Swindon Town Swindon 38 8 2 8 33 32 3 3 14 23 59 11 5 22 56 91 0.62 27

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