Match Centre

Saturday August 31st, 1957

Football League Division Three (South)

Port Vale

3 - 1

3

S. Steele (12', 18'), J. Wilkinson (38')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

J. Richards (70')
S. Steele (12', 18'), J. Wilkinson (38')
(HT: 3-0)

Attendance: 16,557

J. Richards (70')
J.H. Clough
Vale Park, Stoke-on-Trent

Lineups


1
JONES
2
DONALDSON
3
HAYWARD
4
WHALLEY
5
CARBERRY
6
SPROSON
7
ASKEY
8
POOLE
9
WILKINSON
10
STEELE
11
CUNLIFFE
1
BURTON
2
NEAL
3
LEE
4
CLAYTON
5
HUDSON
6
FOUNTAIN
7
RICHARDS
8
OWEN
9
O'MAHONY
10
CHAMBERLAIN
11
DARCY
Port Vale
1Keith JONES
2Fred DONALDSON
3Basil HAYWARD
4Selwyn WHALLEY
5Bert CARBERRY
6Roy SPROSON
7Colin ASKEY
8Harry POOLE
9Jack WILKINSON
10Stan STEELE
11Jack CUNLIFFE
Manager/Head Coach
Norman LOW
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2Johnny NEAL2
3Jimmy LEE3
4Lew CLAYTON4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Jack FOUNTAIN6
7John RICHARDS7
8Maurice OWEN8
9Frank O'MAHONY9
10Peter CHAMBERLAIN10
11Arnold DARCY11
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday August 31st, 1957:

Brentford Brentford 3-3 Colchester United Colchester United
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 2-2 Exeter City Exeter City
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 3-0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Newport County Newport County 1-2 Millwall Millwall
Northampton Town Northampton Town 4-0 Coventry City Coventry City
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 4-2 Aldershot Aldershot
Port Vale Port Vale 3-1 Swindon Town Swindon
Reading Reading 2-2 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Southampton Southampton 5-1 Gillingham Gillingham
Southend United Southend United 6-0 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Torquay United Torquay United 1-1 Norwich City Norwich City
Watford Watford 1-1 Walsall Walsall

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday August 31st, 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 Southend United Southend United 3 2 0 0 11 2 1 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 16 2 8 6
2 Southampton Southampton 3 2 0 0 9 2 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 11 3 3.67 6
3 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 5 2 2.50 5
4 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 3 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 5 3 1.67 5
5 Port Vale Port Vale 3 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 4 2 2 4
6 Millwall Millwall 3 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 4 3 1.33 4
7 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 3 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 5 4 1.25 4
8 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 2 0 1 2 6 0.33 4
9 Northampton Town Northampton Town 3 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 5 2 2.50 3
10 Swindon Town Swindon 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 3 1.67 3
11 Colchester United Colchester United 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 3 4 1 1 1 6 4 1.50 3
12 Brentford Brentford 3 1 1 0 4 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 3
13 Norwich City Norwich City 3 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 3 6 1 1 1 6 8 0.75 3
14 Torquay United Torquay United 3 1 1 0 4 3 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 4 6 0.67 3
15 Walsall Walsall 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 5 1 1 1 4 6 0.67 3
16 Coventry City Coventry City 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 6 1 1 1 3 6 0.50 3
17 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 3 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 2 5 4 1.25 2
18 Watford Watford 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 3 0.67 2
19 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 2 3 6 0.50 2
20 Reading Reading 3 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 2 4 0.50 1
21 Aldershot Aldershot 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4 0 1 2 2 5 0.40 1
22 Newport County Newport County 3 0 1 1 3 4 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 2 3 8 0.38 1
23 Exeter City Exeter City 3 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 2 2 8 0.25 1
24 Gillingham Gillingham 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 8 0 0 3 3 9 0.33 0

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