Football League Division Three (South)
Wednesday, September 19, 1956

Swindon Town Queens Park Rangers
B.Edwards (??')
 HT: 0-0
Attendance:  8,705    


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
PEMBERY
7
RISEBOROUGH
8
GIBBS
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
MILLER
1
SPRINGETT
2
WOODS
3
INGHAM
4
PETCHEY
5
RUTTER
6
ANDREWS
7
HELLAWELL
8
TEMBY
9
QUIGLEY
10
QUINN
11
KERRINS

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
  Ron SPRINGETT
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Pat WOODS
2
3
Geoff FOX
                 
Tony INGHAM
3
4
Jim CROSS
                 
George PETCHEY
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Keith RUTTER
5
6
Gordon PEMBERY
                 
Archie ANDREWS
6
7
Cyril RISEBOROUGH
                 
  Mike HELLAWELL
7

8
Alan GIBBS
                 
Bill TEMBY
8

9
Maurice OWEN
                 
Tommy QUIGLEY
9
10
Bob EDWARDS
               
Gordon QUINN
10
11
Joseph MILLER
                 
Pat KERRINS
11













Results on Wednesday, September 19, 1956: League Table
 
  Aldershot 1 - 4 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 2 - 2 Walsall  
  Crystal Palace 2 - 1 Newport County  
  Exeter City 0 - 2 Colchester United  
  Ipswich Town 4 - 0 Coventry City  
  Southend United 4 - 0 Reading  
  Swindon Town 1 - 0 Queens Park Rangers  

Table as at Wednesday, September 19, 1956:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Brentford 10 7 0 3 29 21 1.38 14 
2 Southampton 9 6 1 2 19 8 2.38 13 
3 Watford 10 6 1 3 24 15 1.60 13 
4 Colchester United 10 5 3 2 22 16 1.38 13 
5 Torquay United 10 5 3 2 20 15 1.33 13 
6 Norwich City 9 5 2 2 13 7 1.86 12 
7 Newport County 10 4 4 2 18 11 1.64 12 
8 Brighton and Hove Albion 10 5 2 3 29 18 1.61 12 
9 Gillingham 10 5 2 3 18 13 1.38 12 
10 Shrewsbury Town 10 4 4 2 14 15 0.93 12 
11 Coventry City 10 5 2 3 15 17 0.88 12 
12 Northampton Town 10 5 1 4 15 9 1.67 11 
13 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 10 3 4 3 14 12 1.17 10 
14 Queens Park Rangers 10 4 2 4 12 14 0.86 10 
15 Reading 10 3 3 4 14 15 0.93 9 
16 Crystal Palace 10 2 5 3 13 17 0.76 9 
17 Exeter City 10 2 4 4 10 11 0.91 8 
18 Aldershot 10 3 2 5 15 20 0.75 8 
19 Swindon Town 10 4 0 6 16 22 0.73 8 
20 Ipswich Town 10 2 2 6 12 18 0.67 6 
21 Walsall 10 2 2 6 13 20 0.65 6 
22 Millwall 10 2 2 6 11 25 0.44 6 
23 Southend United 10 1 3 6 12 19 0.63 5 
24 Plymouth Argyle 10 1 2 7 6 26 0.23 4 

Key: Promotion Re-election