Football League Division Three (South)
Wednesday, April 20, 1955

Swindon Town Southend United

HT: 0-0 S.Anderson (??')
Attendance:  4,230    


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
PAGE
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
GIBSON
8
ONSLOW
9
WILLIAMSON
10
SAMPSON
11
HOPE
1
THREADGOLD
2
YOUNG
3
ANDERSON
4
BRIDGE
5
HOWE
6
LAWLER
7
WHYTE
8
GRANT
9
HOLLIS
10
BARON
11
BARKER

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Harry THREADGOLD
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Doug YOUNG
2
3
Mick PAGE
               
Sandy ANDERSON
3
4
Jim CROSS
                 
Jackie BRIDGE
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Denis HOWE
5
6
Gordon WILLIAMS
                 
Jimmy LAWLER
6
7
Dave GIBSON
                 
Jimmy WHYTE
7

8
Roy ONSLOW
                 
Cyril GRANT
8

9
Stewart WILLIAMSON
                 
Roy HOLLIS
9
10
Ray SAMPSON
                 
Kevin BARON
10
11
Alex HOPE
                 
Gordon BARKER
11













Results on Wednesday, April 20, 1955: League Table

 
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 1 - 1 Southampton  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 1 - 0 Leyton Orient  
  Gillingham 3 - 1 Queens Park Rangers  
  Reading 2 - 2 Aldershot  
  Swindon Town 0 - 1 Southend United  

Table as at Wednesday, April 20, 1955:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bristol City 43 28 9 6 98 46 2.13 65 
2 Leyton Orient 42 24 8 10 81 39 2.08 56 
3 Southampton 43 23 10 10 68 44 1.55 56 
4 Gillingham 42 20 11 11 72 61 1.18 51 
5 Millwall 42 18 10 14 65 64 1.02 46 
6 Watford 42 16 13 13 62 56 1.11 45 
7 Brighton and Hove Albion 41 18 8 15 66 56 1.18 44 
8 Coventry City 40 17 9 14 60 48 1.25 43 
9 Norwich City 42 18 7 17 57 55 1.04 43 
10 Queens Park Rangers 42 15 12 15 64 65 0.98 42 
11 Northampton Town 43 18 6 19 71 80 0.89 42 
12 Torquay United 41 15 11 15 73 74 0.99 41 
13 Brentford 40 14 12 14 72 71 1.01 40 
14 Aldershot 42 14 12 16 63 63 1.00 40 
15 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 42 12 16 14 56 60 0.93 40 
16 Reading 41 13 13 15 62 64 0.97 39 
17 Southend United 40 14 10 16 71 70 1.01 38 
18 Newport County 41 10 14 17 55 68 0.81 34 
19 Shrewsbury Town 40 13 8 19 55 74 0.74 34 
20 Crystal Palace 42 10 14 18 46 75 0.61 34 
21 Exeter City 41 10 13 18 40 64 0.63 33 
22 Swindon Town 41 9 14 18 41 56 0.73 32 
23 Colchester United 42 9 12 21 47 80 0.59 30 
24 Walsall 41 8 12 21 67 79 0.85 28 

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