Football League Division Three (South)
Wednesday, September 5, 1956

Gillingham Swindon Town
J.Taylor (??'), G.Brasted (??'), L.Baxter (??')
HT: 2-0
Attendance:  6,783    


1
KINGSHOTT
2
MARKS
3
CROMBIE
4
BOSWELL
5
NEKREWS
6
SIMPSON
7
BAXTER
8
TAYLOR
9
BRASTED
10
MORGAN
11
CLARK
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
HOGG
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
PEMBERY
7
OWEN
8
MICKLEWRIGHT
9
GIBBS
10
EDWARDS
11
MILLER

Lineups
1
Freddie KINGSHOTT
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Charlie MARKS
                 
George HUNT
2
3
Tom CROMBIE
                 
Adam HOGG
3
4
Jimmy BOSWELL
                 
Jim CROSS
4
5
Tommy NEKREWS
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
George SIMPSON
                 
Gordon PEMBERY
6
7
Larry BAXTER
               
Maurice OWEN
7

8
Jim TAYLOR
               
Andy MICKLEWRIGHT
8

9
Gordon BRASTED
               
Alan GIBBS
9
10
Ernie MORGAN
                 
Bob EDWARDS
10
11
Ronnie CLARK
                 
Joseph MILLER
11













Results on Wednesday, September 5, 1956: League Table

 
  Aldershot 3 - 0 Millwall  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 6 - 1 Shrewsbury Town  
  Crystal Palace 1 - 1 Reading  
  Exeter City 2 - 0 Newport County  
  Gillingham 3 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Norwich City 3 - 0 Coventry City  
  Southampton 2 - 1 Colchester United  
  Southend United 0 - 1 Plymouth Argyle  

Table as at Wednesday, September 5, 1956:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Norwich City 6 4 2 0 7 1 7.00 10 
2 Southampton 6 4 1 1 14 4 3.50
3 Watford 6 4 1 1 19 9 2.11
4 Reading 6 3 2 1 11 6 1.83
5 Newport County 6 3 2 1 13 8 1.63
6 Torquay United 6 3 2 1 9 6 1.50
7 Brentford 6 4 0 2 16 13 1.23
8 Coventry City 6 3 2 1 7 6 1.17
9 Gillingham 6 3 1 2 11 7 1.57
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 6 3 1 2 11 8 1.38
11 Brighton and Hove Albion 6 3 1 2 17 14 1.21
12 Shrewsbury Town 6 3 1 2 9 11 0.82
13 Queens Park Rangers 5 2 2 1 7 4 1.75
14 Colchester United 6 2 2 2 12 11 1.09
15 Northampton Town 5 2 1 2 6 6 1.00
16 Aldershot 6 2 1 3 8 11 0.73
17 Millwall 6 2 1 3 6 9 0.67
18 Exeter City 6 1 2 3 3 7 0.43
19 Crystal Palace 6 0 3 3 7 13 0.54
20 Southend United 6 0 2 4 6 11 0.55
21 Walsall 5 1 0 4 4 8 0.50
22 Swindon Town 6 1 0 5 8 17 0.47
23 Ipswich Town 5 1 0 4 4 10 0.40
24 Plymouth Argyle 6 1 0 5 4 19 0.21

Key: Promotion Re-election