Football League Division Three (South)
Wednesday, September 12, 1956

Swindon Town Gillingham
A.Gibbs (??'), M.Owen (??')
HT: 0-2 J.Taylor (??', ??', ??')
Attendance:  6,082    


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
CROSS
5
WHYTE
6
PEMBERY
7
RISEBOROUGH
8
GIBBS
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
MILLER
1
KINGSHOTT
2
MARKS
3
CROMBIE
4
BOSWELL
5
NEKREWS
6
SIMPSON
7
BAXTER
8
TAYLOR
9
GREENHALGH
10
MORGAN
11
GRAY

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Freddie KINGSHOTT
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Charlie MARKS
2
3
Geoff FOX
                 
Tom CROMBIE
3
4
Jim CROSS
                 
Jimmy BOSWELL
4
5
Frank WHYTE
                 
Tommy NEKREWS
5
6
Gordon PEMBERY
                 
George SIMPSON
6
7
Cyril RISEBOROUGH
                 
Larry BAXTER
7

8
Alan GIBBS
             
Jim TAYLOR
8

9
Maurice OWEN
               
Jimmy GREENHALGH
9
10
Bob EDWARDS
                 
Ernie MORGAN
10
11
Joseph MILLER
                 
Irvine GRAY
11













Results on Wednesday, September 12, 1956: League Table

 
  Brighton and Hove Albion 1 - 2 Brentford  
  Ipswich Town 2 - 2 Walsall  
  Reading 1 - 2 Crystal Palace  
  Swindon Town 2 - 3 Gillingham  
  Torquay United 3 - 0 Watford  

Table as at Wednesday, September 12, 1956:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Torquay United 8 5 2 1 19 8 2.38 12 
2 Southampton 8 5 1 2 17 8 2.13 11 
3 Watford 8 5 1 2 22 12 1.83 11 
4 Gillingham 8 4 2 2 15 10 1.50 10 
5 Norwich City 8 4 2 2 10 7 1.43 10 
6 Queens Park Rangers 8 4 2 2 11 8 1.38 10 
7 Brentford 8 5 0 3 20 17 1.18 10 
8 Shrewsbury Town 8 4 2 2 12 13 0.92 10 
9 Coventry City 8 4 2 2 10 12 0.83 10 
10 Northampton Town 8 4 1 3 13 7 1.86
11 Newport County 7 3 3 1 13 8 1.63
12 Reading 8 3 3 2 12 8 1.50
13 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 8 3 3 2 12 9 1.33
14 Colchester United 8 3 3 2 17 14 1.21
15 Brighton and Hove Albion 8 3 2 3 19 17 1.12
16 Aldershot 8 3 1 4 13 15 0.87
17 Crystal Palace 8 1 4 3 9 14 0.64
18 Walsall 8 2 1 5 9 12 0.75
19 Millwall 8 2 1 5 9 21 0.43
20 Exeter City 7 1 3 3 3 7 0.43
21 Swindon Town 8 2 0 6 12 21 0.57
22 Ipswich Town 8 1 2 5 7 15 0.47
23 Plymouth Argyle 8 1 2 5 6 21 0.29
24 Southend United 8 0 3 5 7 13 0.54

Key: Promotion Re-election