Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, September 15, 1956

Swindon Town Ipswich Town
M.Owen (??'), B.Edwards (??', ??')
 HT: 1-0 T.Phillips (??')
Attendance:  8,409   Referee:  A.E. Westwood


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
PEMBERY
7
RISEBOROUGH
8
GIBBS
9
OWEN
10
RICHARDS
11
EDWARDS
1
BAILEY
2
ACRES
3
MALCOLM
4
MYLES
5
REES
6
ELSWORTHY
7
MACLUCKIE
8
GRANT
9
BLACKMAN
10
PHILLIPS
11
LEADBETTER

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Roy BAILEY
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Basil ACRES
2
3
Geoff FOX
                 
Ken MALCOLM
3
4
Jim CROSS
                 
Neil MYLES
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Doug REES
5
6
Gordon PEMBERY
                 
John ELSWORTHY
6
7
Cyril RISEBOROUGH
                 
George MACLUCKIE
7

8
Alan GIBBS
                 
Wilf GRANT
8

9
Maurice OWEN
               
Ronnie BLACKMAN
9
10
John RICHARDS
               
Ted PHILLIPS
10
11
Bob EDWARDS
               
Jimmy LEADBETTER
11













Results on Saturday, September 15, 1956: League Table
 
  Aldershot 1 - 1 Shrewsbury Town  
  Brentford 6 - 2 Walsall  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 6 - 0 Torquay United  
  Colchester United 3 - 2 Reading  
  Coventry City 5 - 1 Queens Park Rangers  
  Crystal Palace 2 - 2 Millwall  
  Exeter City 6 - 1 Southend United  
  Gillingham 1 - 0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Newport County 3 - 0 Watford  
  Norwich City 3 - 0 Plymouth Argyle  
  Southampton 2 - 0 Northampton Town  
  Swindon Town 3 - 1 Ipswich Town  

Table as at Saturday, September 15, 1956:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Southampton 9 6 1 2 19 8 2.38 13 
2 Newport County 9 4 4 1 17 9 1.89 12 
3 Norwich City 9 5 2 2 13 7 1.86 12 
4 Gillingham 9 5 2 2 16 10 1.60 12 
5 Brentford 9 6 0 3 26 19 1.37 12 
6 Torquay United 9 5 2 2 19 14 1.36 12 
7 Coventry City 9 5 2 2 15 13 1.15 12 
8 Watford 9 5 1 3 22 15 1.47 11 
9 Colchester United 9 4 3 2 20 16 1.25 11 
10 Shrewsbury Town 9 4 3 2 13 14 0.93 11 
11 Brighton and Hove Albion 9 4 2 3 25 17 1.47 10 
12 Queens Park Rangers 9 4 2 3 12 13 0.92 10 
13 Northampton Town 9 4 1 4 13 9 1.44 9 
14 Reading 9 3 3 3 14 11 1.27 9 
15 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 9 3 3 3 12 10 1.20 9 
16 Exeter City 9 2 4 3 10 9 1.11 8 
17 Aldershot 9 3 2 4 14 16 0.88 8 
18 Crystal Palace 9 1 5 3 11 16 0.69 7 
19 Swindon Town 9 3 0 6 15 22 0.68 6 
20 Millwall 9 2 2 5 11 23 0.48 6 
21 Walsall 9 2 1 6 11 18 0.61 5 
22 Ipswich Town 9 1 2 6 8 18 0.44 4 
23 Plymouth Argyle 9 1 2 6 6 24 0.25 4 
24 Southend United 9 0 3 6 8 19 0.42 3 

Key: Promotion Re-election