Football League Division Three (South)
Monday, September 24, 1956

Queens Park Rangers Swindon Town
T.Quigley (??', ??'), B.Temby (??')
HT: 1-0
Attendance:  9,526    


1
SPRINGETT
2
WOODS
3
INGHAM
4
PETCHEY
5
RUTTER
6
ANDREWS
7
HELLAWELL
8
TEMBY
9
QUIGLEY
10
QUINN
11
KERRINS
1
CHANDLER
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
WILLIAMS
5
WHYTE
6
PEMBERY
7
RICHARDS
8
GIBBS
9
OWEN
10
AGAR
11
RISEBOROUGH

Lineups
1
Ron SPRINGETT  
                 
Ray CHANDLER
1
2
Pat WOODS
                 
George HUNT
2
3
Tony INGHAM
                 
Geoff FOX
3
4
George PETCHEY
                 
Gordon WILLIAMS
4
5
Keith RUTTER
                 
Frank WHYTE
5
6
Archie ANDREWS
                 
Gordon PEMBERY
6
7
Mike HELLAWELL  
                 
John RICHARDS
7

8
Bill TEMBY
               
Alan GIBBS
8

9
Tommy QUIGLEY
               
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Gordon QUINN
                 
Roy AGAR
10
11
Pat KERRINS
                 
Cyril RISEBOROUGH
11













Results on Monday, September 24, 1956: League Table

 
  Colchester United 4 - 0 Exeter City  
  Coventry City 1 - 1 Ipswich Town  
  Millwall 1 - 1 Watford  
  Plymouth Argyle 4 - 3 Northampton Town  
  Queens Park Rangers 3 - 0 Swindon Town  

Table as at Monday, September 24, 1956:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Southampton 10 7 1 2 21 9 2.33 15 
2 Colchester United 12 6 3 3 26 17 1.53 15 
3 Newport County 11 5 4 2 19 11 1.73 14 
4 Watford 12 6 2 4 25 17 1.47 14 
5 Torquay United 11 5 4 2 23 18 1.28 14 
6 Brentford 11 7 0 4 29 25 1.16 14 
7 Shrewsbury Town 11 5 4 2 15 15 1.00 14 
8 Coventry City 12 5 4 3 16 18 0.89 14 
9 Gillingham 11 5 3 3 21 16 1.31 13 
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 11 4 4 3 21 12 1.75 12 
11 Norwich City 10 5 2 3 14 9 1.56 12 
12 Brighton and Hove Albion 11 5 2 4 32 22 1.45 12 
13 Northampton Town 12 5 2 5 19 14 1.36 12 
14 Queens Park Rangers 12 5 2 5 16 16 1.00 12 
15 Reading 11 4 3 4 16 16 1.00 11 
16 Crystal Palace 11 2 6 3 14 18 0.78 10 
17 Ipswich Town 12 3 3 6 17 19 0.89
18 Exeter City 12 2 5 5 11 16 0.69
19 Millwall 12 3 3 6 16 29 0.55
20 Walsall 11 3 2 6 18 21 0.86
21 Aldershot 11 3 2 6 16 25 0.64
22 Swindon Town 12 4 0 8 16 32 0.50
23 Plymouth Argyle 12 2 3 7 10 29 0.34
24 Southend United 11 1 4 6 13 20 0.65

Key: Promotion Re-election