Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, January 19, 1957

Ipswich Town Swindon Town
B.Reed (5', 80'), J.Leadbetter (19', 49')
HT: 2-1 J.Richards (9')
Attendance:  13,375   Referee:  A.E. Westwood


1
BAILEY
2
CARBERRY
3
MALCOLM
4
MYLES
5
REES
6
ELSWORTHY
7
REED
8
MILLWARD
9
GARNEYS
10
PHILLIPS
11
LEADBETTER
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
EARL
4
CROSS
5
JACK
6
FOUNTAIN
7
RICHARDS
8
PEMBERY
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY

Lineups
1
Roy BAILEY
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Larry CARBERRY
                 
George HUNT
2
3
Ken MALCOLM
                 
Stan EARL
3
4
Neil MYLES
                 
Jim CROSS
4
5
Doug REES
                 
Vince JACK
5
6
John ELSWORTHY
                 
Jack FOUNTAIN
6
7
Billy REED  
             
John RICHARDS
7

8
Doug MILLWARD
                 
Gordon PEMBERY
8

9
Tommy GARNEYS
                 
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Ted PHILLIPS
                 
Bob EDWARDS
10
11
Jimmy LEADBETTER
               
Arnold DARCY
11















Results on Saturday, January 19, 1957: League Table

 
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 3 - 1 Gillingham  
  Ipswich Town 4 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Millwall 3 - 0 Crystal Palace  
  Northampton Town 2 - 1 Southampton  
  Plymouth Argyle 3 - 2 Norwich City  
  Queens Park Rangers 1 - 1 Coventry City  
  Reading 0 - 3 Colchester United  
  Shrewsbury Town 2 - 2 Aldershot  
  Southend United 2 - 0 Exeter City  
  Torquay United 1 - 0 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Walsall 7 - 0 Brentford  
  Watford 5 - 0 Newport County  

Table as at Saturday, January 19, 1957:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Colchester United 29 15 7 7 61 37 1.65 37 
2 Southampton 27 15 6 6 47 26 1.81 36 
3 Torquay United 28 14 8 6 48 47 1.02 36 
4 Ipswich Town 28 13 5 10 60 37 1.62 31 
5 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 28 11 9 8 53 36 1.47 31 
6 Shrewsbury Town 27 9 13 5 41 39 1.05 31 
7 Northampton Town 29 11 7 11 46 42 1.10 29 
8 Reading 27 12 5 10 47 45 1.04 29 
9 Queens Park Rangers 28 10 9 9 35 36 0.97 29 
10 Newport County 25 9 10 6 34 26 1.31 28 
11 Walsall 29 9 10 10 49 41 1.20 28 
12 Watford 28 12 4 12 49 46 1.07 28 
13 Brighton and Hove Albion 29 10 8 11 50 47 1.06 28 
14 Brentford 28 10 8 10 47 50 0.94 28 
15 Millwall 27 11 6 10 45 55 0.82 28 
16 Southend United 28 10 7 11 45 45 1.00 27 
17 Gillingham 29 8 10 11 40 53 0.75 26 
18 Aldershot 28 9 7 12 52 62 0.84 25 
19 Exeter City 28 8 8 12 36 44 0.82 24 
20 Coventry City 27 8 8 11 38 49 0.78 24 
21 Crystal Palace 27 6 11 10 38 47 0.81 23 
22 Plymouth Argyle 27 8 6 13 35 46 0.76 22 
23 Norwich City 29 5 11 13 36 50 0.72 21 
24 Swindon Town 28 8 3 17 44 70 0.63 19 

Key: Promotion Re-election