Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, November 26, 1955

Reading Swindon Town

HT: 0-0 B.Edwards (14')
Attendance:  8,241   Referee:  H.L. Broadhurst


1
JONES
2
PENFORD
3
MANSELL
4
LEACH
5
DAVIES
6
ANDERTON
7
LONG
8
HINSHELWOOD
9
CROSS
10
DIXON
11
WHEELER
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
MCSHANE
7
GIBSON
8
MICKLEWRIGHT
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
JOHNSON

Lineups
1
Dave JONES
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Dennis PENFORD
                 
George HUNT
2
3
Barry MANSELL
                 
Geoff FOX
3
4
Brian LEACH
                 
Jim CROSS
4
5
Bill DAVIES
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
Sylvan ANDERTON
                 
Anthony MCSHANE
6
7
Trevor LONG
                 
Dave GIBSON
7

8
Wally HINSHELWOOD
                 
Andy MICKLEWRIGHT
8

9
Jack CROSS
                 
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Tommy DIXON
               
Bob EDWARDS
10
11
Jimmy WHEELER
                 
Roy JOHNSON
11















Results on Saturday, November 26, 1955: League Table

 
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 2 - 2 Aldershot  
  Brentford 1 - 3 Torquay United  
  Colchester United 3 - 3 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Coventry City 1 - 0 Walsall  
  Exeter City 3 - 0 Shrewsbury Town  
  Gillingham 0 - 2 Northampton Town  
  Leyton Orient 4 - 0 Southampton  
  Millwall 2 - 0 Queens Park Rangers  
  Norwich City 3 - 1 Crystal Palace  
  Reading 0 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Southend United 2 - 3 Ipswich Town  
  Watford 1 - 1 Newport County  

Table as at Saturday, November 26, 1955:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Leyton Orient 19 12 4 3 42 11 3.82 28 
2 Brighton and Hove Albion 20 11 5 4 47 20 2.35 27 
3 Torquay United 20 11 5 4 37 18 2.06 27 
4 Ipswich Town 20 11 5 4 48 29 1.66 27 
5 Northampton Town 20 13 1 6 35 26 1.35 27 
6 Norwich City 20 11 5 4 39 30 1.30 27 
7 Southend United 20 12 2 6 45 35 1.29 26 
8 Shrewsbury Town 20 9 3 8 38 31 1.23 21 
9 Coventry City 20 9 3 8 31 27 1.15 21 
10 Gillingham 20 9 3 8 32 28 1.14 21 
11 Newport County 20 8 5 7 30 32 0.94 21 
12 Brentford 20 8 5 7 28 32 0.88 21 
13 Colchester United 20 8 5 7 29 36 0.81 21 
14 Aldershot 20 6 7 7 36 38 0.95 19 
15 Exeter City 20 7 5 8 23 28 0.82 19 
16 Southampton 20 7 3 10 34 40 0.85 17 
17 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 20 6 5 9 22 29 0.76 17 
18 Watford 20 6 4 10 27 43 0.63 16 
19 Crystal Palace 20 5 5 10 28 37 0.76 15 
20 Millwall 19 6 2 11 35 42 0.83 14 
21 Walsall 20 5 3 12 29 46 0.63 13 
22 Queens Park Rangers 20 3 6 11 22 35 0.63 12 
23 Reading 20 5 2 13 23 37 0.62 12 
24 Swindon Town 20 3 3 14 16 46 0.35

Key: Promotion Re-election