Match Centre

Saturday March 8th, 1958

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

4 - 1

4

J. Kelly (43', 60', 82'), J. Skull (57')

Brentford

Brentford

1

G. Francis (10')
J. Kelly (43', 60', 82'), J. Skull (57')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 12,742

G. Francis (10')
R.H. Mann
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
NEAL
3
BINGLEY
4
OWEN
5
HUDSON
6
FOUNTAIN
7
SKULL
8
RICHARDS
9
KELLY
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
1
CAKEBREAD
2
WILSON
3
HORNE
4
BRISTOW
5
DARGIE
6
COOTE
7
PARSONS
8
RAINFORD
9
FRANCIS
10
TOWERS
11
NEWCOMBE
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2Johnny NEAL
3Walter BINGLEY
4Maurice OWEN
5Garth HUDSON
6Jack FOUNTAIN
7Johnny SKULL
8John RICHARDS
9Jimmy KELLY
10Bob EDWARDS
11Arnold DARCY
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD
Brentford
1Gerry CAKEBREAD1
2Tommy WILSON2
3Ken HORNE3
4George BRISTOW4
5Ian DARGIE5
6Ken COOTE6
7Eric 'Rabbit' PARSONS7
8Johnny RAINFORD8
9George FRANCIS9
10Jim TOWERS10
11Len NEWCOMBE11
Manager/Head Coach
Malcolm MacDONALD

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday March 8th, 1958:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 8th, 1958:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Reading Reading 35 12 4 2 43 15 7 5 5 24 20 19 9 7 67 35 1.91 47
2 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 35 15 3 0 38 12 6 1 10 18 27 21 4 10 56 39 1.44 46
3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 34 10 5 3 37 21 9 3 4 28 25 19 8 7 65 46 1.41 46
4 Swindon Town Swindon 37 12 7 0 42 11 3 7 8 22 32 15 14 8 64 43 1.49 44
5 Norwich City Norwich City 35 9 7 1 30 19 5 6 7 26 37 14 13 8 56 56 1 41
6 Newport County Newport County 35 10 5 4 35 20 5 5 6 21 25 15 10 10 56 45 1.24 40
7 Colchester United Colchester United 35 11 3 2 33 16 4 7 8 28 44 15 10 10 61 60 1.02 40
8 Southampton Southampton 36 12 3 4 64 26 3 6 8 23 34 15 9 12 87 60 1.45 39
9 Southend United Southend United 33 9 4 4 42 20 5 5 6 23 18 14 9 10 65 38 1.71 37
10 Brentford Brentford 33 10 4 2 37 17 5 3 9 23 29 15 7 11 60 46 1.30 37
11 Port Vale Port Vale 34 10 4 3 41 17 4 4 9 16 19 14 8 12 57 36 1.58 36
12 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 34 13 2 2 43 17 3 2 12 20 40 16 4 14 63 57 1.11 36
13 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 35 11 5 2 28 11 2 4 11 18 44 13 9 13 46 55 0.84 35
14 Watford Watford 34 7 6 4 26 19 3 7 7 19 31 10 13 11 45 50 0.90 33
15 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 35 8 5 5 21 19 4 4 9 16 31 12 9 14 37 50 0.74 33
16 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 34 8 4 4 33 20 3 6 9 18 32 11 10 13 51 52 0.98 32
17 Aldershot Aldershot 35 5 6 7 25 30 4 6 7 20 36 9 12 14 45 66 0.68 30
18 Northampton Town Northampton Town 33 8 1 7 34 24 4 4 9 17 35 12 5 16 51 59 0.86 29
19 Gillingham Gillingham 32 8 4 4 21 16 1 3 12 15 39 9 7 16 36 55 0.65 25
20 Coventry City Coventry City 33 6 6 3 21 18 2 3 13 13 47 8 9 16 34 65 0.52 25
21 Millwall Millwall 36 5 4 10 32 31 4 2 11 18 38 9 6 21 50 69 0.72 24
22 Exeter City Exeter City 35 8 2 7 32 30 1 4 13 19 48 9 6 20 51 78 0.65 24
23 Torquay United Torquay United 34 6 5 5 23 26 1 5 12 12 33 7 10 17 35 59 0.59 24
24 Walsall Walsall 34 5 5 6 20 20 3 2 13 18 37 8 7 19 38 57 0.67 23

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