Football League Division Three (South)
Monday, April 22, 1957

Swindon Town Northampton Town
F.O'Mahoney (??', ??'), B.Edwards (??'), A.Micklewright (??')
HT: 2-0
Attendance:  7,573    


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
EARL
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
FOUNTAIN
7
RISEBOROUGH
8
MICKLEWRIGHT
9
O'MAHONEY
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
1
ELVY
2
COLLINS
3
PATTERSON
4
SMITH
5
GALE
6
LEEK
7
MORROW
8
MILLS
9
DRAPER
10
WOAN
11
FOWLER

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Reg ELVY
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Ben COLLINS
2
3
Stan EARL
                 
Ronnie PATTERSON
3
4
Jim CROSS
                 
John SMITH
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Colin GALE
5
6
Jack FOUNTAIN
                 
  Ken LEEK
6
7
Cyril RISEBOROUGH
                 
Hughie MORROW
7

8
Andy MICKLEWRIGHT
               
Roly MILLS
8

9
Frank O'MAHONEY
               
Bill DRAPER
9
10
Bob EDWARDS
               
Alan WOAN
10
11
Arnold DARCY
                 
Tommy FOWLER
11













Results on Monday, April 22, 1957: League Table

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

Table as at Monday, April 22, 1957:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Ipswich Town 44 24 8 12 96 51 1.88 56 
2 Colchester United 44 21 14 9 81 52 1.56 56 
3 Torquay United 44 23 10 11 85 63 1.35 56 
4 Southampton 43 21 10 12 71 46 1.54 52 
5 Brighton and Hove Albion 44 18 14 12 78 61 1.28 50 
6 Brentford 44 16 15 13 77 73 1.05 47 
7 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 42 16 14 12 76 56 1.36 46 
8 Shrewsbury Town 43 14 18 11 68 72 0.94 46 
9 Southend United 44 17 11 16 69 62 1.11 45 
10 Queens Park Rangers 44 17 11 16 56 57 0.98 45 
11 Walsall 44 16 12 16 77 69 1.12 44 
12 Watford 43 17 10 16 68 67 1.01 44 
13 Reading 44 17 9 18 75 73 1.03 43 
14 Millwall 44 16 11 17 62 81 0.77 43 
15 Newport County 43 15 12 16 61 58 1.05 42 
16 Aldershot 44 15 12 17 79 88 0.90 42 
17 Northampton Town 43 16 9 18 62 69 0.90 41 
18 Plymouth Argyle 44 15 10 19 65 71 0.92 40 
19 Coventry City 44 14 12 18 69 82 0.84 40 
20 Crystal Palace 44 10 17 17 59 73 0.81 37 
21 Gillingham 44 12 12 20 53 79 0.67 36 
22 Exeter City 44 11 13 20 58 76 0.76 35 
23 Swindon Town 43 14 6 23 62 92 0.67 34 
24 Norwich City 44 7 14 23 57 93 0.61 28 

Key: Promotion Re-election