Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, October 13, 1956

Crystal Palace Swindon Town

HT: 0-0
Attendance:  13,459   Referee:  E.T. Jennings


1
ROUSE
2
EDWARDS
3
MCDONALD
4
BELCHER
5
CHOULES
6
LONG
7
BERRY
8
PIERCE
9
BYRNE
10
COOPER
11
HARRISON
1
CHANDLER
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
CROSS
5
WHYTE
6
PEMBERY
7
RICHARDS
8
GIBSON
9
OWEN
10
MCSHANE
11
WILLIAMS

Lineups
1
Vic ROUSE  
                 
Ray CHANDLER
1
2
Jack EDWARDS
                 
George HUNT
2
3
Gordon MCDONALD view STFC profile
                 
Geoff FOX
3
4
Jimmy BELCHER
                 
Jim CROSS
4
5
Len CHOULES
                 
Frank WHYTE
5
6
Terry LONG
                 
Gordon PEMBERY
6
7
Peter BERRY
                 
John RICHARDS
7

8
Barry PIERCE
                 
Dave GIBSON
8

9
Johnny BYRNE  
                 
Maurice OWEN
9
10
George COOPER
                 
Anthony MCSHANE
10
11
Bernie HARRISON
                 
Gordon WILLIAMS
11















Results on Saturday, October 13, 1956: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, October 13, 1956:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Southampton 14 9 3 2 26 11 2.36 21 
2 Torquay United 15 8 5 2 31 22 1.41 21 
3 Colchester United 15 8 3 4 36 20 1.80 19 
4 Newport County 15 6 7 2 23 14 1.64 19 
5 Reading 15 7 4 4 24 19 1.26 18 
6 Gillingham 15 7 3 5 28 25 1.12 17 
7 Brentford 15 8 1 6 34 31 1.10 17 
8 Shrewsbury Town 15 5 7 3 18 24 0.75 17 
9 Watford 15 7 2 6 27 21 1.29 16 
10 Brighton and Hove Albion 15 6 3 6 38 28 1.36 15 
11 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 15 4 7 4 24 18 1.33 15 
12 Northampton Town 15 6 3 6 25 19 1.32 15 
13 Queens Park Rangers 15 6 3 6 21 21 1.00 15 
14 Norwich City 14 5 4 5 17 15 1.13 14 
15 Coventry City 15 5 4 6 18 24 0.75 14 
16 Millwall 15 5 4 6 21 31 0.68 14 
17 Aldershot 15 5 3 7 27 34 0.79 13 
18 Crystal Palace 15 2 9 4 18 25 0.72 13 
19 Exeter City 15 3 6 6 15 19 0.79 12 
20 Ipswich Town 15 4 3 8 21 24 0.88 11 
21 Swindon Town 15 5 1 9 20 36 0.56 11 
22 Plymouth Argyle 15 3 5 7 14 32 0.44 11 
23 Southend United 15 3 4 8 21 27 0.78 10 
24 Walsall 15 3 4 8 18 25 0.72 10 

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