Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, January 21, 1956

Swindon Town Torquay United
B.Edwards (38'), D.Gibson (52')
 HT: 1-1 T.Collins (9')
Attendance:  7,148   Referee:  G.W. Pullin


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
MCSHANE
7
GIBSON
8
MICKLEWRIGHT
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
BRENNAN
1
KIRK
2
SMITH
3
ANDERTON
4
LEWIS
5
NORMAN
6
JAMES
7
SHAW
8
COLLINS
9
SMITH
10
MILLS
11
COLLINS

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Jimmy KIRK
1
2
George HUNT
                 
John SMITH
2
3
Geoff FOX
                 
John ANDERTON
3
4
Jim CROSS
                 
Dennis LEWIS
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Griff NORMAN
5
6
Anthony MCSHANE
                 
John JAMES
6
7
Dave GIBSON
               
Ron SHAW
7

8
Andy MICKLEWRIGHT
                 
Sammy COLLINS
8

9
Maurice OWEN
                 
Jack SMITH
9
10
Bob EDWARDS
               
Don MILLS
10
11
Jim BRENNAN
               
Tony COLLINS
11













Results on Saturday, January 21, 1956: League Table
 
  Aldershot 2 - 0 Shrewsbury Town  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 4 - 0 Millwall  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 5 - 0 Gillingham  
  Colchester United 4 - 1 Watford  
  Crystal Palace 0 - 2 Southampton  
  Exeter City 2 - 3 Coventry City  
  Leyton Orient 2 - 1 Brentford  
  Northampton Town 0 - 5 Ipswich Town  
  Norwich City 2 - 1 Reading  
  Queens Park Rangers 3 - 2 Walsall  
  Swindon Town 2 - 1 Torquay United  

Table as at Saturday, January 21, 1956:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Ipswich Town 29 17 8 4 72 40 1.80 42 
2 Brighton and Hove Albion 28 17 5 6 75 24 3.13 39 
3 Leyton Orient 27 16 7 4 60 21 2.86 39 
4 Torquay United 28 14 8 6 53 33 1.61 36 
5 Coventry City 30 16 4 10 53 36 1.47 36 
6 Norwich City 28 14 8 6 57 49 1.16 36 
7 Northampton Town 28 15 4 9 47 43 1.09 34 
8 Southend United 27 15 3 9 63 52 1.21 33 
9 Colchester United 29 11 8 10 47 54 0.87 30 
10 Southampton 29 12 5 12 57 51 1.12 29 
11 Shrewsbury Town 29 11 7 11 47 44 1.07 29 
12 Brentford 28 11 7 10 41 47 0.87 29 
13 Gillingham 29 11 6 12 44 49 0.90 28 
14 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 28 10 6 12 36 35 1.03 26 
15 Newport County 29 10 6 13 41 50 0.82 26 
16 Aldershot 28 7 10 11 48 55 0.87 24 
17 Exeter City 28 8 8 12 32 48 0.67 24 
18 Queens Park Rangers 29 6 10 13 38 55 0.69 22 
19 Watford 28 7 8 13 35 57 0.61 22 
20 Reading 29 8 5 16 45 57 0.79 21 
21 Crystal Palace 29 6 9 14 34 53 0.64 21 
22 Walsall 28 8 3 17 41 62 0.66 19 
23 Millwall 27 7 4 16 45 64 0.70 18 
24 Swindon Town 28 5 7 16 22 54 0.41 17 

Key: Promotion Re-election