Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, August 18, 1956

Swindon Town Aldershot
J.Richards (31' pen)
HT: 1-0 W.Muir (42'), K.Flint (66')
Attendance:  10,966   Referee:  H.L. Broadhurst


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
MCSHANE
5
HUDSON
6
PEMBERY
7
GIBSON
8
GIBBS
9
RICHARDS
10
EDWARDS
11
MILLER
1
FLINT
2
GILCHRIST
3
MANN
4
ALISON
5
REDDIE
6
LACEY
7
GAYNOR
8
GAYNOR
9
MUIR
10
HENRY
11
FLINT

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Ken FLINT
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Bob GILCHRIST
2
3
Geoff FOX
                 
Ron MANN
3
4
Anthony MCSHANE
                 
Jimmy ALISON
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Tom REDDIE
5
6
Gordon PEMBERY
                 
Bill LACEY
6
7
Dave GIBSON
                 
Jimmy GAYNOR
7

8
Alan GIBBS
                 
Len GAYNOR
8

9
John RICHARDS
             
Willie MUIR
9
10
Bob EDWARDS
                 
Gordon HENRY
10
11
Joseph MILLER
               
Ken FLINT
11















Results on Saturday, August 18, 1956: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, August 18, 1956:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Newport County 1 1 0 0 3 0
2 Southampton 1 1 0 0 3 0
3 Watford 1 1 0 0 3 0
4 Coventry City 1 1 0 0 1 0
5 Millwall 1 1 0 0 1 0
6 Norwich City 1 1 0 0 1 0
7 Reading 1 1 0 0 1 0
8 Brentford 1 1 0 0 4 1 4.00
9 Torquay United 1 1 0 0 4 1 4.00
10 Aldershot 1 1 0 0 2 1 2.00
11 Colchester United 1 1 0 0 3 2 1.50
12 Brighton and Hove Albion 1 1 0 0 4 3 1.33
13 Shrewsbury Town 1 0 0 1 3 4 0.75
14 Southend United 1 0 0 1 2 3 0.67
15 Swindon Town 1 0 0 1 1 2 0.50
16 Ipswich Town 1 0 0 1 1 4 0.25
17 Plymouth Argyle 1 0 0 1 1 4 0.25
18 Crystal Palace 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.00
19 Exeter City 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.00
20 Queens Park Rangers 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.00
21 Walsall 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.00
22 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 1 0 0 1 0 3 0.00
23 Gillingham 1 0 0 1 0 3 0.00
24 Northampton Town 1 0 0 1 0 3 0.00

Key: Promotion Re-election