Match Centre

Saturday April 13th, 1957

Football League Division Three (South)

Reading

1 - 0

1

D. Webb (2')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

D. Webb (2')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 5,925

Lineups


1
MEESON
2
McLAREN
3
REEVES
4
ANDERTON
5
SPIERS
6
EVANS
7
WILSON
8
WHEELER
9
KIRKUP
10
WEBB
11
DIXON
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
EARL
4
JACK
5
HUDSON
6
FOUNTAIN
7
RICHARDS
8
PEMBERY
9
MICKLEWRIGHT
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
Reading
1Dave MEESON
2Eddie McLAREN
3Ray REEVES
4Sylvan ANDERTON
5Dick SPIERS
6Maurice EVANS
7Tom WILSON
8Jimmy WHEELER
9Brian KIRKUP
10Duggie WEBB
11Tommy DIXON
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Stan EARL3
4Vince JACK4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Jack FOUNTAIN6
7John RICHARDS7
8Gordon PEMBERY8
9Andy MICKLEWRIGHT9
10Bob EDWARDS10
11Arnold DARCY11

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday April 13th, 1957:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday April 13th, 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 41 13 8 0 45 18 7 6 7 32 28 20 14 7 77 46 1.67 54
2 Torquay United Torquay United 41 16 4 0 62 18 5 6 10 17 44 21 10 10 79 62 1.27 52
3 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 41 16 2 2 64 15 5 6 10 25 33 21 8 12 89 48 1.85 50
4 Southampton Southampton 40 13 4 3 44 18 7 5 8 26 26 20 9 11 70 44 1.59 49
5 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 41 13 5 2 47 22 4 7 10 25 36 17 12 12 72 58 1.24 46
6 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 40 12 7 0 46 16 3 7 11 27 37 15 14 11 73 53 1.38 44
7 Reading Reading 41 12 4 5 41 28 5 5 10 32 40 17 9 15 73 68 1.07 43
8 Walsall Walsall 41 10 7 3 46 20 5 5 11 28 44 15 12 14 74 64 1.16 42
9 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 40 11 6 4 35 19 5 4 10 17 31 16 10 14 52 50 1.04 42
10 Brentford Brentford 41 10 8 2 49 28 4 6 11 21 43 14 14 13 70 71 0.99 42
11 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 40 8 9 2 37 20 4 9 8 27 50 12 18 10 64 70 0.91 42
12 Northampton Town Northampton Town 41 13 5 3 46 22 3 4 13 16 41 16 9 16 62 63 0.98 41
13 Newport County Newport County 40 13 6 2 46 18 1 6 12 13 34 14 12 14 59 52 1.13 40
14 Millwall Millwall 41 12 6 2 40 23 3 4 14 17 53 15 10 16 57 76 0.75 40
15 Watford Watford 40 9 5 6 38 29 6 4 10 26 36 15 9 16 64 65 0.98 39
16 Aldershot Aldershot 41 10 5 5 41 31 4 6 11 34 52 14 11 16 75 83 0.90 39
17 Southend United Southend United 40 11 3 6 33 20 3 7 10 25 41 14 10 16 58 61 0.95 38
18 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 41 9 7 5 35 29 5 2 13 25 38 14 9 18 60 67 0.90 37
19 Coventry City Coventry City 42 11 5 6 48 34 1 7 12 17 46 12 12 18 65 80 0.81 36
20 Gillingham Gillingham 41 7 7 6 27 24 5 5 11 25 46 12 12 17 52 70 0.74 36
21 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 41 7 8 6 28 25 3 7 10 27 43 10 15 16 55 68 0.81 35
22 Exeter City Exeter City 41 8 7 6 35 26 2 5 13 19 45 10 12 19 54 71 0.76 32
23 Swindon Town Swindon 41 10 2 8 35 32 3 3 15 23 60 13 5 23 58 92 0.63 31
24 Norwich City Norwich City 41 6 5 10 29 35 1 9 10 26 50 7 14 20 55 85 0.65 28

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