Football League Division Three (South)
Tuesday, August 21, 1956

Brentford Swindon Town
J.Towers (??'), J.Taylor (??', ??'), W.Bragg (??' pen)
 HT: 1-0 A.Micklewright (??')
Attendance:  13,510    


1
CAKEBREAD
2
BASSHAM
3
TICKRIDGE
4
BRISTOW
5
BRAGG
6
RAINFORD
7
NEWCOMBE
8
TAYLOR
9
FRANCIS
10
TOWERS
11
GOUNDRY
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
MCSHANE
5
HUDSON
6
PEMBERY
7
RICHARDS
8
GIBBS
9
MICKLEWRIGHT
10
EDWARDS
11
MILLER

Lineups
1
Gerry CAKEBREAD
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Alan BASSHAM
                 
George HUNT
2
3
Sid TICKRIDGE
                 
Geoff FOX
3
4
George BRISTOW
                 
Anthony MCSHANE
4
5
Wally BRAGG
               
Garth HUDSON
5
6
Johnny RAINFORD
                 
Gordon PEMBERY
6
7
Len NEWCOMBE
                 
John RICHARDS
7

8
Jeff TAYLOR
               
Alan GIBBS
8

9
George FRANCIS
               
Andy MICKLEWRIGHT
9
10
Jim TOWERS
               
Bob EDWARDS
10
11
Bill GOUNDRY
                 
Joseph MILLER
11













Results on Tuesday, August 21, 1956: League Table
 
  Brentford 4 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Watford 2 - 1 Brighton and Hove Albion  

Table as at Tuesday, August 21, 1956:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Watford 2 2 0 0 5 1 5.00 4 
2 Brentford 2 2 0 0 8 2 4.00 4 
3 Coventry City 2 2 0 0 3 1 3.00 4 
4 Newport County 1 1 0 0 3 0 ∞ 2 
5 Norwich City 1 1 0 0 1 0 ∞ 2 
6 Reading 1 1 0 0 1 0 ∞ 2 
7 Torquay United 1 1 0 0 4 1 4.00 2 
8 Southampton 2 1 0 1 4 2 2.00 2 
9 Aldershot 1 1 0 0 2 1 2.00 2 
10 Colchester United 1 1 0 0 3 2 1.50 2 
11 Shrewsbury Town 2 1 0 1 5 4 1.25 2 
12 Brighton and Hove Albion 2 1 0 1 5 5 1.00 2 
13 Queens Park Rangers 2 1 0 1 2 2 1.00 2 
14 Millwall 2 1 0 1 1 2 0.50 2 
15 Southend United 1 0 0 1 2 3 0.67 0 
16 Plymouth Argyle 2 0 0 2 2 6 0.33 0 
17 Swindon Town 2 0 0 2 2 6 0.33 0 
18 Ipswich Town 1 0 0 1 1 4 0.25 0 
19 Crystal Palace 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.00 0 
20 Exeter City 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.00 0 
21 Walsall 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.00 0 
22 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 1 0 0 1 0 3 0.00 0 
23 Gillingham 1 0 0 1 0 3 0.00 0 
24 Northampton Town 1 0 0 1 0 3 0.00 0 

Key: Promotion Re-election