Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, January 4, 1958

Swindon Town Exeter City
A.Moore (9', 15'), J.Richards (20'), F.Thompson (29'), A.Micklewright (55')
HT: 4-1 D.Churms (30')
Attendance:  11,292   Referee:  J.J. Baxter


1
BURTON
2
NEAL
3
BINGLEY
4
OWEN
5
HUDSON
6
THOMPSON
7
MOORE
8
RICHARDS
9
MICKLEWRIGHT
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
1
BELL
2
FOLEY
3
MACDONALD
4
JOHN
5
HARVEY
6
MITCHELL
7
RAPLEY
8
REES
9
NICHOLLS
10
CHURMS
11
DALE

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Alex BELL
1
2
John NEAL
           23'     
  Theo FOLEY
2
3
Walter BINGLEY
                 
Les MACDONALD
3
4
Maurice OWEN
                 
Ray JOHN
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Keith HARVEY
5
6
Fred THOMPSON
               
Arnold MITCHELL
6
7
Alan MOORE
               
Peter RAPLEY
7

8
John RICHARDS
               
Graham REES
8

9
Andy MICKLEWRIGHT
               
  Johnny NICHOLLS
9
10
Bob EDWARDS
               
Dennis CHURMS
10
11
Arnold DARCY
                 
Gordon DALE
11















Results on Saturday, January 4, 1958: League Table

 
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 1 - 2 Walsall  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 0 - 0 Port Vale  
  Millwall 4 - 1 Coventry City  
  Newport County 1 - 1 Southampton  
  Shrewsbury Town 0 - 0 Colchester United  
  Swindon Town 5 - 1 Exeter City  

Table as at Saturday, January 4, 1958:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Brighton and Hove Albion 26 15 4 7 53 40 1.33 34 
2 Swindon Town 28 12 9 7 50 33 1.52 33 
3 Norwich City 25 12 9 4 45 37 1.22 33 
4 Reading 25 12 7 6 44 26 1.69 31 
5 Plymouth Argyle 26 14 3 9 38 31 1.23 31 
6 Shrewsbury Town 27 11 8 8 31 35 0.89 30 
7 Port Vale 26 11 7 8 41 23 1.78 29 
8 Southampton 27 11 7 9 62 45 1.38 29 
9 Newport County 26 10 9 7 38 36 1.06 29 
10 Colchester United 27 10 9 8 42 46 0.91 29 
11 Southend United 25 11 6 8 51 29 1.76 28 
12 Brentford 25 11 6 8 42 35 1.20 28 
13 Queens Park Rangers 25 10 7 8 34 35 0.97 27 
14 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 25 11 4 10 45 43 1.05 26 
15 Crystal Palace 25 9 6 10 37 40 0.93 24 
16 Watford 26 7 10 9 34 37 0.92 24 
17 Millwall 26 9 3 14 41 44 0.93 21 
18 Coventry City 24 8 5 11 26 42 0.62 21 
19 Northampton Town 25 7 5 13 35 45 0.78 19 
20 Gillingham 24 7 5 12 27 39 0.69 19 
21 Exeter City 27 7 5 15 36 55 0.65 19 
22 Aldershot 25 6 6 13 32 53 0.60 18 
23 Walsall 24 6 5 13 28 42 0.67 17 
24 Torquay United 25 4 7 14 23 44 0.52 15 

Key: Promotion Relegation