Match Centre

Thursday December 26th, 1957

Football League Division Three (South)

Brighton and Hove Albion

1 - 0

1

D. Gordon (??')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

D. Gordon (??')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 21,496

Lineups


1
GILL
2
TENNANT
3
JENNINGS
4
BURTENSHAW
5
WHITFIELD
6
WILSON
7
GORDON
8
MUNDY
9
HARBURN
10
FOREMAN
11
HOWARD
1
BURTON
2
NEAL
3
LEE
4
OWEN
5
HUDSON
6
CHAMBERLAIN
7
SKULL
8
RICHARDS
9
ROOST
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Thursday December 26th, 1957:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Thursday December 26th, 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 24 8 2 3 31 18 7 1 3 22 20 15 3 6 53 38 1.39 33
2 Norwich City Norwich City 24 6 4 1 20 13 5 5 3 22 23 11 9 4 42 36 1.17 31
3 Swindon Town Swindon 26 8 4 0 28 8 3 4 7 17 24 11 8 7 45 32 1.41 30
4 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 25 11 2 0 27 8 3 0 9 8 20 14 2 9 35 28 1.25 30
5 Reading Reading 24 8 3 2 28 10 3 4 4 14 16 11 7 6 42 26 1.62 29
6 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 25 7 3 3 16 13 4 4 4 15 20 11 7 7 31 33 0.94 29
7 Southampton Southampton 25 9 2 3 47 21 2 4 5 13 21 11 6 8 60 42 1.43 28
8 Southend United Southend United 24 7 3 3 34 16 4 2 5 16 12 11 5 8 50 28 1.79 27
9 Port Vale Port Vale 24 8 3 1 30 9 3 2 7 11 14 11 5 8 41 23 1.78 27
10 Brentford Brentford 24 6 4 2 22 14 5 1 6 19 20 11 5 8 41 34 1.21 27
11 Colchester United Colchester United 25 7 2 2 21 10 3 5 6 20 35 10 7 8 41 45 0.91 27
12 Newport County Newport County 24 6 4 2 19 12 3 4 5 16 22 9 8 7 35 34 1.03 26
13 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 24 8 3 1 20 5 2 3 7 13 29 10 6 8 33 34 0.97 26
14 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 23 8 2 1 26 10 2 2 8 15 30 10 4 9 41 40 1.03 24
15 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 24 6 3 3 24 15 3 3 6 12 22 9 6 9 36 37 0.97 24
16 Watford Watford 25 5 5 3 21 16 1 5 6 10 20 6 10 9 31 36 0.86 22
17 Coventry City Coventry City 22 6 2 3 16 13 2 2 7 8 24 8 4 10 24 37 0.65 20
18 Millwall Millwall 24 4 3 5 23 17 4 0 8 13 24 8 3 13 36 41 0.88 19
19 Northampton Town Northampton Town 24 5 1 6 24 19 2 3 7 10 25 7 4 13 34 44 0.77 18
20 Exeter City Exeter City 25 5 2 5 21 21 1 3 9 12 29 6 5 14 33 50 0.66 17
21 Gillingham Gillingham 23 5 3 3 14 10 1 2 9 11 28 6 5 12 25 38 0.66 17
22 Aldershot Aldershot 24 3 1 7 12 19 3 4 6 17 31 6 5 13 29 50 0.58 17
23 Walsall Walsall 22 4 3 4 15 14 1 2 8 10 24 5 5 12 25 38 0.66 15
24 Torquay United Torquay United 24 4 4 4 16 19 0 3 9 6 22 4 7 13 22 41 0.54 15