Football League Division Three (South)
Wednesday, December 25, 1957

Swindon Town Brighton and Hove Albion
B.Edwards (??' pen), A.Darcy (??')
 HT: 0-2 A.Mundy (??'), D.Sexton (??')
Attendance:  12,269    


1
BURTON
2
NEAL
3
LEE
4
CLAYTON
5
HUDSON
6
OWEN
7
SKULL
8
RICHARDS
9
ROOST
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
1
GILL
2
TENNANT
3
JENNINGS
4
BURTENSHAW
5
WHITFIELD
6
WILSON
7
GORDON
8
MUNDY
9
HARBURN
10
SEXTON
11
HOWARD

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Eric GILL
1
2
John NEAL
                 
Des TENNANT
2
3
Jimmy LEE
                 
Roy JENNINGS
3
4
Lewis CLAYTON
                 
Steve BURTENSHAW
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Ken WHITFIELD
5
6
Maurice OWEN
                 
Glen WILSON
6
7
John SKULL
                 
Denis GORDON
7

8
John RICHARDS
               
Albert MUNDY
8

9
Bill ROOST
                 
Peter HARBURN
9
10
Bob EDWARDS
             
Dave SEXTON
10
11
Arnold DARCY
               
Frankie HOWARD
11













Results on Wednesday, December 25, 1957: League Table
 
  Aldershot 1 - 5 Southampton  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 4 - 1 Reading  
  Brentford 0 - 3 Crystal Palace  
  Coventry City 1 - 0 Port Vale  
  Gillingham 1 - 1 Queens Park Rangers  
  Newport County 0 - 2 Plymouth Argyle  
  Southend United 2 - 0 Millwall  
  Swindon Town 2 - 2 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Torquay United 1 - 3 Exeter City  
  Walsall 0 - 1 Shrewsbury Town  

Table as at Wednesday, December 25, 1957:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Brighton and Hove Albion 23 14 3 6 52 38 1.37 31 
2 Swindon Town 25 11 8 6 45 31 1.45 30 
3 Norwich City 23 10 9 4 41 36 1.14 29 
4 Plymouth Argyle 24 13 2 9 34 28 1.21 28 
5 Port Vale 23 11 5 7 41 22 1.86 27 
6 Reading 23 10 7 6 40 26 1.54 27 
7 Southampton 24 11 5 8 58 40 1.45 27 
8 Brentford 23 11 5 7 40 32 1.25 27 
9 Shrewsbury Town 24 10 7 7 29 33 0.88 27 
10 Newport County 23 9 8 6 35 33 1.06 26 
11 Southend United 23 10 5 8 48 27 1.78 25 
12 Queens Park Rangers 23 10 5 8 32 33 0.97 25 
13 Colchester United 24 9 7 8 37 45 0.82 25 
14 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 22 10 4 8 41 38 1.08 24 
15 Watford 24 6 10 8 31 32 0.97 22 
16 Crystal Palace 23 8 6 9 34 36 0.94 22 
17 Millwall 23 8 3 12 35 39 0.90 19 
18 Northampton Town 23 7 4 12 34 43 0.79 18 
19 Coventry City 21 7 4 10 23 37 0.62 18 
20 Gillingham 22 6 4 12 24 37 0.65 16 
21 Aldershot 23 6 4 13 27 48 0.56 16 
22 Walsall 21 5 5 11 25 36 0.69 15 
23 Torquay United 23 4 7 12 21 36 0.58 15 
24 Exeter City 24 5 5 14 28 49 0.57 15 

Key: Promotion Relegation