Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, August 24, 1957

Swindon Town Newport County
B.Edwards (5', 40'), M.Owen (19', 36')
HT: 4-0
Attendance:  12,394   Referee:  K.G. Aston


1
BURTON
2
NEAL
3
LEE
4
CLAYTON
5
HUDSON
6
FOUNTAIN
7
MOORE
8
OWEN
9
ROOST
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
1
WEARE
2
HOLLYMAN
3
SHERWOOD
4
THOMAS
5
WILCOX
6
DOCHERTY
7
DIXON
8
O'HALLORAN
9
TERRY
10
HARRIS
11
MCSEVENEY

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Len WEARE
1
2
John NEAL
                 
Ken HOLLYMAN
2
3
Jimmy LEE
                 
  Alf SHERWOOD
3
4
Lewis CLAYTON
                 
George THOMAS
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Ray WILCOX
5
6
Jack FOUNTAIN
                 
Tom DOCHERTY
6
7
Alan MOORE
                 
Cecil DIXON
7

8
Maurice OWEN
               
Neil O'HALLORAN
8

9
Bill ROOST
                 
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9
10
Bob EDWARDS
               
Harry HARRIS
10
11
Arnold DARCY
                 
John MCSEVENEY
11















Results on Saturday, August 24, 1957: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, August 24, 1957:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Southend United 1 1 0 0 5 0
2 Swindon Town 1 1 0 0 4 0
3 Colchester United 1 1 0 0 3 0
4 Shrewsbury Town 1 1 0 0 2 0
5 Brighton and Hove Albion 1 1 0 0 1 0
6 Coventry City 1 1 0 0 1 0
7 Port Vale 1 1 0 0 1 0
8 Queens Park Rangers 1 1 0 0 1 0
9 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 1 1 0 0 2 1 2.00
10 Southampton 1 1 0 0 2 1 2.00
11 Walsall 1 1 0 0 2 1 2.00
12 Norwich City 1 1 0 0 3 2 1.50
13 Crystal Palace 1 0 0 1 2 3 0.67
14 Millwall 1 0 0 1 1 2 0.50
15 Northampton Town 1 0 0 1 1 2 0.50
16 Watford 1 0 0 1 1 2 0.50
17 Aldershot 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.00
18 Brentford 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.00
19 Gillingham 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.00
20 Reading 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.00
21 Plymouth Argyle 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.00
22 Torquay United 1 0 0 1 0 3 0.00
23 Newport County 1 0 0 1 0 4 0.00
24 Exeter City 1 0 0 1 0 5 0.00

Key: Promotion Relegation