Match Centre

Saturday August 24th, 1957

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

4 - 0

4

B. Edwards (5', 40'), M. Owen (19', 36')

Newport County

Newport County

0

B. Edwards (5', 40'), M. Owen (19', 36')
(HT: 4-0)

Attendance: 12,394

K.G. Aston
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
NEAL
3
LEE
4
CLAYTON
5
HUDSON
6
FOUNTAIN
7
MOORE
8
OWEN
9
ROOST
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
1
WEARE
2
HOLLYMAN
3
SHERWOOD
4
THOMAS
5
WILCOX
6
DOCHERTY
7
DIXON
8
O'HALLORAN
9
TERRY
10
HARRIS
11
McSEVENEY
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2Johnny NEAL
3Jimmy LEE
4Lew CLAYTON
5Garth HUDSON
6Jack FOUNTAIN
7Alan MOORE
8Maurice OWEN
9Bill ROOST
10Bob EDWARDS
11Arnold DARCY
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD
Newport County
1Len WEARE1
2Ken HOLLYMAN2
3Alf SHERWOOD3
4George THOMAS4
5Ray WILCOX5
6Tom DOCHERTY6
7Cecil DIXON7
8Neil O'HALLORAN8
9Pat TERRY9
10Harry HARRIS10
11John McSEVENEY11
Manager/Head Coach
Billy LUCAS

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday August 24th, 1957:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday August 24th, 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 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 2
2 Southampton Southampton 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 2
3 Walsall Walsall 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 2
4 Norwich City Norwich City 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 1.50 2
5 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
6 Colchester United Colchester United 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2
7 Coventry City Coventry City 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
8 Port Vale Port Vale 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
9 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
10 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2
11 Southend United Southend United 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 2
12 Swindon Town Swindon 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 2
13 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 1 2 3 0.67 0
14 Millwall Millwall 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.50 0
15 Northampton Town Northampton Town 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0.50 0
16 Watford Watford 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0.50 0
17 Aldershot Aldershot 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
18 Brentford Brentford 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
19 Exeter City Exeter City 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0
20 Gillingham Gillingham 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
21 Newport County Newport County 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 4 0 0
22 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
23 Reading Reading 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
24 Torquay United Torquay United 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 0

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