Football League Division Three (South)
Thursday, December 26, 1957

Brighton and Hove Albion Swindon Town
D.Gordon (??')
 HT: 1-0
Attendance:  21,496    


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

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

8
Albert MUNDY
                 
John RICHARDS
8

9
Peter HARBURN
                 
Bill ROOST
9
10
Denis FOREMAN
                 
Bob EDWARDS
10
11
Frankie HOWARD
                 
Arnold DARCY
11













Results on Thursday, December 26, 1957: League Table
 
  Brighton and Hove Albion 1 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Colchester United 4 - 0 Watford  
  Crystal Palace 2 - 1 Brentford  
  Exeter City 5 - 1 Torquay United  
  Millwall 1 - 2 Southend United  
  Northampton Town 0 - 1 Norwich City  
  Plymouth Argyle 1 - 0 Newport County  
  Port Vale 0 - 1 Coventry City  
  Queens Park Rangers 1 - 1 Gillingham  
  Reading 2 - 0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Shrewsbury Town 2 - 0 Walsall  
  Southampton 2 - 2 Aldershot  

Table as at Thursday, December 26, 1957:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Brighton and Hove Albion 24 15 3 6 53 38 1.39 33 
2 Norwich City 24 11 9 4 42 36 1.17 31 
3 Swindon Town 26 11 8 7 45 32 1.41 30 
4 Plymouth Argyle 25 14 2 9 35 28 1.25 30 
5 Reading 24 11 7 6 42 26 1.62 29 
6 Shrewsbury Town 25 11 7 7 31 33 0.94 29 
7 Southampton 25 11 6 8 60 42 1.43 28 
8 Southend United 24 11 5 8 50 28 1.79 27 
9 Port Vale 24 11 5 8 41 23 1.78 27 
10 Brentford 24 11 5 8 41 34 1.21 27 
11 Colchester United 25 10 7 8 41 45 0.91 27 
12 Newport County 24 9 8 7 35 34 1.03 26 
13 Queens Park Rangers 24 10 6 8 33 34 0.97 26 
14 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 23 10 4 9 41 40 1.03 24 
15 Crystal Palace 24 9 6 9 36 37 0.97 24 
16 Watford 25 6 10 9 31 36 0.86 22 
17 Coventry City 22 8 4 10 24 37 0.65 20 
18 Millwall 24 8 3 13 36 41 0.88 19 
19 Northampton Town 24 7 4 13 34 44 0.77 18 
20 Exeter City 25 6 5 14 33 50 0.66 17 
21 Gillingham 23 6 5 12 25 38 0.66 17 
22 Aldershot 24 6 5 13 29 50 0.58 17 
23 Walsall 22 5 5 12 25 38 0.66 15 
24 Torquay United 24 4 7 13 22 41 0.54 15 

Key: Promotion Relegation