Football League Division Three (South)
Wednesday, August 29, 1956

Swindon Town Brentford
A.Gibbs (??')
HT: 0-0 J.Taylor (??', ??'), G.Francis (??')
Attendance:  11,995    


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
MCSHANE
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
RICHARDS
8
EDWARDS
9
GIBBS
10
PEMBERY
11
MILLER
1
CAKEBREAD
2
BASSHAM
3
TICKRIDGE
4
BRISTOW
5
BRAGG
6
COOTE
7
NEWCOMBE
8
TAYLOR
9
FRANCIS
10
TOWERS
11
GOUNDRY

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Gerry CAKEBREAD
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Alan BASSHAM
2
3
Geoff FOX
                 
Sid TICKRIDGE
3
4
Anthony MCSHANE
                 
George BRISTOW
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Wally BRAGG
5
6
Gordon WILLIAMS
                 
Ken COOTE
6
7
John RICHARDS
                 
Len NEWCOMBE
7

8
Bob EDWARDS
               
Jeff TAYLOR
8

9
Alan GIBBS
             
George FRANCIS
9
10
Gordon PEMBERY
                 
Jim TOWERS
10
11
Joseph MILLER
                 
Bill GOUNDRY
11













Results on Wednesday, August 29, 1956: League Table

 
  Brighton and Hove Albion 2 - 2 Watford  
  Gillingham 6 - 2 Aldershot  
  Ipswich Town 1 - 0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Norwich City 1 - 0 Exeter City  
  Reading 1 - 1 Northampton Town  
  Southampton 1 - 1 Coventry City  
  Swindon Town 1 - 3 Brentford  
  Torquay United 2 - 0 Walsall  

Table as at Wednesday, August 29, 1956:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Brentford 4 4 0 0 13 3 4.33
2 Torquay United 4 3 1 0 7 1 7.00
3 Norwich City 4 2 2 0 2 0
4 Coventry City 4 2 2 0 5 3 1.67
5 Southampton 4 2 1 1 9 3 3.00
6 Reading 4 2 1 1 8 4 2.00
7 Queens Park Rangers 4 2 1 1 6 3 2.00
8 Shrewsbury Town 4 2 1 1 6 4 1.50
9 Millwall 4 2 1 1 3 2 1.50
10 Watford 4 2 1 1 10 7 1.43
11 Colchester United 4 2 1 1 10 8 1.25
12 Northampton Town 4 2 1 1 5 4 1.25
13 Newport County 3 1 2 0 7 4 1.75
14 Gillingham 4 1 1 2 6 6 1.00
15 Brighton and Hove Albion 4 1 1 2 9 10 0.90
16 Aldershot 4 1 1 2 4 9 0.44
17 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 4 1 1 2 1 4 0.25
18 Southend United 3 0 2 1 5 6 0.83
19 Crystal Palace 4 0 2 2 6 9 0.67
20 Swindon Town 4 1 0 3 7 12 0.58
21 Walsall 4 1 0 3 3 6 0.50
22 Ipswich Town 4 1 0 3 2 7 0.29
23 Exeter City 4 0 1 3 0 6 0.00
24 Plymouth Argyle 4 0 0 4 2 15 0.13

Key: Promotion Re-election