Match Centre

Saturday March 15th, 1958

Football League Division Three (South)

Colchester United

1 - 3

1

N. Langman (64')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

3

B. Edwards (35'), J. Richards (56'), J. Kelly (63')
N. Langman (64')
(HT: 0-1)

Attendance: 9,241

B. Edwards (35'), J. Richards (56'), J. Kelly (63')
S.W. Barker
Layer Road, Colchester

Lineups


1
AMES
2
FISHER
3
FOWLER
4
HILL
5
MILLIGAN
6
FENTON
7
WILLIAMS
8
PLANT
9
LANGMAN
10
EVANS
11
WRIGHT
1
BURTON
2
NEAL
3
BINGLEY
4
OWEN
5
HUDSON
6
FOUNTAIN
7
SKULL
8
RICHARDS
9
KELLY
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
Colchester United
1Percy AMES
2George FISHER
3John FOWLER
4Bertie HILL
5Chic MILLIGAN13'
6Benny FENTON
7Tommy WILLIAMS
8Ken PLANT
9Neil LANGMAN
10John EVANS
11Peter WRIGHT
Manager/Head Coach
Benny FENTON
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2Johnny NEAL2
3Walter BINGLEY3
4Maurice OWEN4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Jack FOUNTAIN6
7Johnny SKULL7
8John RICHARDS8
9Jimmy KELLY9
10Bob EDWARDS10
11Arnold DARCY11
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday March 15th, 1958:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 15th, 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 37 12 5 2 44 16 7 5 6 25 22 19 10 8 69 38 1.82 48
2 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 36 15 3 0 38 12 7 1 10 20 27 22 4 10 58 39 1.49 48
3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 35 10 5 3 37 21 9 4 4 29 26 19 9 7 66 47 1.40 47
4 Swindon Town Swindon 38 12 7 0 42 11 4 7 8 25 33 16 14 8 67 44 1.52 46
5 Norwich City Norwich City 36 9 8 1 31 20 5 6 7 26 37 14 14 8 57 57 1 42
6 Southampton Southampton 37 12 3 4 64 26 4 6 8 26 35 16 9 12 90 61 1.48 41
7 Brentford Brentford 35 12 4 2 43 20 5 3 9 23 29 17 7 11 66 49 1.35 41
8 Newport County Newport County 36 10 5 4 35 20 5 6 6 23 27 15 11 10 58 47 1.23 41
9 Colchester United Colchester United 36 11 3 3 34 19 4 7 8 28 44 15 10 11 62 63 0.98 40
10 Southend United Southend United 34 9 4 4 42 20 5 6 6 24 19 14 10 10 66 39 1.69 38
11 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 35 14 2 2 45 18 3 2 12 20 40 17 4 14 65 58 1.12 38
12 Port Vale Port Vale 35 10 4 3 41 17 4 4 10 16 20 14 8 13 57 37 1.54 36
13 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 36 11 5 2 28 11 2 5 11 19 45 13 10 13 47 56 0.84 36
14 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 35 9 4 4 34 20 3 6 9 18 32 12 10 13 52 52 1 34
15 Watford Watford 35 7 7 4 28 21 3 7 7 19 31 10 14 11 47 52 0.90 34
16 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 36 8 6 5 22 20 4 4 9 16 31 12 10 14 38 51 0.75 34
17 Aldershot Aldershot 36 5 6 7 25 30 4 6 8 22 40 9 12 15 47 70 0.67 30
18 Northampton Town Northampton Town 34 8 1 8 35 27 4 4 9 17 35 12 5 17 52 62 0.84 29
19 Walsall Walsall 36 7 5 6 27 21 3 2 13 18 37 10 7 19 45 58 0.78 27
20 Coventry City Coventry City 35 6 7 3 22 19 2 3 14 14 51 8 10 17 36 70 0.51 26
21 Millwall Millwall 37 5 4 10 32 31 4 3 11 19 39 9 7 21 51 70 0.73 25
22 Gillingham Gillingham 33 8 4 4 21 16 1 3 13 16 41 9 7 17 37 57 0.65 25
23 Exeter City Exeter City 36 8 2 7 32 30 1 4 14 19 51 9 6 21 51 81 0.63 24
24 Torquay United Torquay United 35 6 5 6 23 28 1 5 12 12 33 7 10 18 35 61 0.57 24

Match Programme

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