Match Centre

Saturday October 5th, 1957

Football League Division Three (South)

Gillingham

2 - 1

2

B. Payne (63'), R. Saunders (75')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

J. Skull (48')
B. Payne (63'), R. Saunders (75')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 8,544

J. Skull (48')
T. Jepson

Lineups


1
BRODIE
2
PARRY
3
HANNAWAY
4
EVANS
5
BOSWELL
6
LAING
7
PAYNE
8
MORGAN
9
SAUNDERS
10
HUTTON
11
LUCAS
1
BURTON
2
NEAL
3
LEE
4
CLAYTON
5
HUDSON
6
McDONALD
7
SKULL
8
RICHARDS
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday October 5th, 1957:

Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 5-3 Newport County Newport County
Coventry City Coventry City 1-0 Colchester United Colchester United
Exeter City Exeter City 3-0 Aldershot Aldershot
Gillingham Gillingham 2-1 Swindon Town Swindon
Millwall Millwall 2-3 Watford Watford
Northampton Town Northampton Town 1-2 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 1-0 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle
Reading Reading 1-0 Torquay United Torquay United
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 0-2 Brentford Brentford
Southampton Southampton 7-0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Southend United Southend United 1-1 Port Vale Port Vale
Walsall Walsall 2-1 Norwich City Norwich City

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday October 5th, 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 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 13 4 1 2 15 11 4 0 2 9 10 8 1 4 24 21 1.14 17
2 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 13 6 0 0 13 3 2 0 5 6 9 8 0 5 19 12 1.58 16
3 Port Vale Port Vale 12 4 2 0 13 4 2 1 3 6 5 6 3 3 19 9 2.11 15
4 Swindon Town Swindon 13 5 2 0 16 3 1 1 4 7 11 6 3 4 23 14 1.64 15
5 Norwich City Norwich City 12 3 1 1 10 8 3 2 2 9 10 6 3 3 19 18 1.06 15
6 Southampton Southampton 13 5 0 2 26 6 1 2 3 7 15 6 2 5 33 21 1.57 14
7 Watford Watford 13 3 2 1 9 4 1 4 2 7 8 4 6 3 16 12 1.33 14
8 Brentford Brentford 13 3 2 1 16 9 3 0 4 13 14 6 2 5 29 23 1.26 14
9 Reading Reading 12 3 2 2 16 8 2 1 2 7 6 5 3 4 23 14 1.64 13
10 Southend United Southend United 13 3 1 3 20 13 3 0 3 11 6 6 1 6 31 19 1.63 13
11 Millwall Millwall 13 4 1 2 19 9 2 0 4 3 10 6 1 6 22 19 1.16 13
12 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 13 3 2 1 9 6 2 1 4 12 18 5 3 5 21 24 0.88 13
13 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 13 3 2 1 11 4 1 2 4 6 13 4 4 5 17 17 1 12
14 Newport County Newport County 12 2 2 1 6 4 2 2 3 9 16 4 4 4 15 20 0.75 12
15 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 13 3 2 2 6 7 1 2 3 5 10 4 4 5 11 17 0.65 12
16 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 13 5 1 1 9 3 0 1 5 3 21 5 2 6 12 24 0.50 12
17 Walsall Walsall 11 4 1 1 10 6 0 2 3 4 10 4 3 4 14 16 0.88 11
18 Coventry City Coventry City 11 3 1 2 7 8 1 2 2 5 9 4 3 4 12 17 0.71 11
19 Gillingham Gillingham 13 4 1 2 8 4 1 0 5 6 16 5 1 7 14 20 0.70 11
20 Aldershot Aldershot 13 2 1 3 6 7 2 2 3 8 14 4 3 6 14 21 0.67 11
21 Colchester United Colchester United 13 3 1 2 9 7 1 2 4 8 19 4 3 6 17 26 0.65 11
22 Northampton Town Northampton Town 13 3 1 2 13 6 1 1 5 6 18 4 2 7 19 24 0.79 10
23 Exeter City Exeter City 13 3 1 3 12 15 0 3 3 3 8 3 4 6 15 23 0.65 10
24 Torquay United Torquay United 13 3 2 1 8 7 0 1 6 2 11 3 3 7 10 18 0.56 9

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