Football League Division Three (South)
Monday, December 26, 1955

Swindon Town Crystal Palace

HT: 0-0
Attendance:  9,082    


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
MCSHANE
7
GIBSON
8
MICKLEWRIGHT
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
BRENNAN
1
POTTER
2
NOAKES
3
GREENWOOD
4
MOSS
5
SAUNDERS
6
ANDREWS
7
BERRY
8
TILSTON
9
DEAKIN
10
PIERCE
11
GUNNING

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Ray POTTER
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Alfie NOAKES
2
3
Geoff FOX
                 
Roy GREENWOOD
3
4
Jim CROSS
                 
Don MOSS
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Jack SAUNDERS
5
6
Anthony MCSHANE
                 
Archie ANDREWS
6
7
Dave GIBSON
                 
Peter BERRY
7

8
Andy MICKLEWRIGHT
                 
Tommy TILSTON
8

9
Maurice OWEN
                 
Mike DEAKIN
9
10
Bob EDWARDS
                 
Barry PIERCE
10
11
Jim BRENNAN
                 
Harry GUNNING
11













Results on Monday, December 26, 1955: League Table

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

Table as at Monday, December 26, 1955:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Leyton Orient 23 14 6 3 53 15 3.53 34 
2 Brighton and Hove Albion 24 14 5 5 62 23 2.70 33 
3 Torquay United 24 13 7 4 46 23 2.00 33 
4 Ipswich Town 24 12 8 4 58 38 1.53 32 
5 Northampton Town 24 14 3 7 42 33 1.27 31 
6 Coventry City 25 13 4 8 42 30 1.40 30 
7 Norwich City 24 12 6 6 51 45 1.13 30 
8 Southend United 24 13 3 8 54 47 1.15 29 
9 Brentford 24 11 6 7 36 37 0.97 28 
10 Shrewsbury Town 24 11 4 9 44 38 1.16 26 
11 Gillingham 24 10 5 9 38 34 1.12 25 
12 Colchester United 24 9 6 9 37 47 0.79 24 
13 Southampton 24 9 4 11 44 44 1.00 22 
14 Exeter City 24 7 8 9 27 36 0.75 22 
15 Aldershot 24 6 9 9 43 47 0.91 21 
16 Newport County 25 8 5 12 35 46 0.76 21 
17 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 24 7 6 11 26 33 0.79 20 
18 Crystal Palace 24 6 7 11 31 41 0.76 19 
19 Watford 24 6 7 11 30 47 0.64 19 
20 Reading 24 6 5 13 36 47 0.77 17 
21 Queens Park Rangers 24 5 7 12 29 44 0.66 17 
22 Millwall 23 6 3 14 37 53 0.70 15 
23 Walsall 24 6 3 15 34 57 0.60 15 
24 Swindon Town 24 3 7 14 18 48 0.38 13 

Key: Promotion Re-election