Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, December 1, 1956

Swindon Town Reading
B.Edwards (19', 30'), A.Gibbs (63')
 HT: 2-2 T.Dixon (11'), B.Leach (35')
Attendance:  10,257   Referee:  K. Stokes


1
CHANDLER
2
HUNT
3
EARL
4
CROSS
5
JACK
6
PEMBERY
7
RICHARDS
8
GIBBS
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
1
MEESON
2
MCLAREN
3
REEVES
4
ANDERTON
5
SPIERS
6
EVANS
7
CAMPBELL
8
WHITEHOUSE
9
DIXON
10
LEACH
11
WHEELER

Lineups
1
Ray CHANDLER
                 
Dave MEESON
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Eddie MCLAREN
2
3
Stan EARL
                 
Ray REEVES
3
4
Jim CROSS
                 
Sylvan ANDERTON
4
5
Vince JACK
                 
Dick SPIERS
5
6
Gordon PEMBERY
                 
Maurice EVANS
6
7
John RICHARDS
                 
  Bobby CAMPBELL
7

8
Alan GIBBS
               
Jimmy WHITEHOUSE
8

9
Maurice OWEN
               
Tommy DIXON
9
10
Bob EDWARDS
             
Brian LEACH
10
11
Arnold DARCY
                 
Jimmy WHEELER
11















Results on Saturday, December 1, 1956: League Table
 
  Aldershot 2 - 1 Colchester United  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 2 - 2 Crystal Palace  
  Brentford 0 - 0 Newport County  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 1 - 0 Queens Park Rangers  
  Gillingham 0 - 3 Plymouth Argyle  
  Ipswich Town 3 - 0 Exeter City  
  Millwall 1 - 0 Northampton Town  
  Shrewsbury Town 5 - 0 Coventry City  
  Swindon Town 3 - 2 Reading  
  Torquay United 3 - 3 Southend United  
  Walsall 1 - 1 Southampton  
  Watford 3 - 3 Norwich City  

Table as at Saturday, December 1, 1956:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Southampton 21 13 5 3 37 17 2.18 31 
2 Torquay United 21 10 7 4 41 34 1.21 27 
3 Newport County 21 8 9 4 29 18 1.61 25 
4 Colchester United 21 10 5 6 42 27 1.56 25 
5 Shrewsbury Town 21 7 10 4 25 29 0.86 24 
6 Brentford 21 9 5 7 41 35 1.17 23 
7 Watford 21 10 3 8 37 32 1.16 23 
8 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 21 7 8 6 36 26 1.38 22 
9 Brighton and Hove Albion 21 8 6 7 42 32 1.31 22 
10 Reading 21 9 4 8 36 33 1.09 22 
11 Northampton Town 21 8 5 8 34 26 1.31 21 
12 Ipswich Town 21 9 3 9 38 30 1.27 21 
13 Queens Park Rangers 21 8 5 8 24 27 0.89 21 
14 Millwall 21 8 5 8 29 37 0.78 21 
15 Gillingham 21 7 6 8 30 37 0.81 20 
16 Crystal Palace 21 4 11 6 28 34 0.82 19 
17 Southend United 21 6 6 9 33 36 0.92 18 
18 Aldershot 21 7 4 10 37 46 0.80 18 
19 Norwich City 21 5 8 8 26 33 0.79 18 
20 Coventry City 21 6 6 9 26 37 0.70 18 
21 Exeter City 21 5 7 9 26 30 0.87 17 
22 Walsall 21 5 6 10 23 31 0.74 16 
23 Swindon Town 21 7 2 12 34 51 0.67 16 
24 Plymouth Argyle 21 5 6 10 21 37 0.57 16 

Key: Promotion Re-election