Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, October 6, 1956

Swindon Town Southend United
G.Pembery (??'), J.Richards (??'), D.Gibson (??')
 HT: 1-1 J.McGuigan (??'), S.McCrory (??')
Attendance:  7,572    


1
CHANDLER
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
CROSS
5
WHYTE
6
PEMBERY
7
RICHARDS
8
GIBSON
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
MILLER
1
RONSON
2
WILLIAMSON
3
HOWE
4
DUTHIE
5
RUARK
6
LAWLER
7
BARKER
8
TULLOCH
9
HOLLIS
10
MCCRORY
11
MCGUIGAN

Lineups
1
Ray CHANDLER
                 
Brian RONSON
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Arthur WILLIAMSON
2
3
Geoff FOX
                 
Denis HOWE
3
4
Jim CROSS
                 
Jim DUTHIE
4
5
Frank WHYTE
                 
Tony RUARK
5
6
Gordon PEMBERY
               
Jimmy LAWLER
6
7
John RICHARDS
               
Gordon BARKER
7

8
Dave GIBSON
               
Ron TULLOCH
8

9
Maurice OWEN
                 
Roy HOLLIS
9
10
Bob EDWARDS
               
  Sammy MCCRORY
10
11
Joseph MILLER
               
Johnny MCGUIGAN
11













Results on Saturday, October 6, 1956: League Table
 
  Aldershot 4 - 2 Queens Park Rangers  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 1 - 1 Norwich City  
  Brentford 2 - 1 Northampton Town  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 3 - 0 Exeter City  
  Gillingham 4 - 1 Crystal Palace  
  Ipswich Town 3 - 1 Colchester United  
  Millwall 0 - 0 Southampton  
  Shrewsbury Town 1 - 1 Reading  
  Swindon Town 3 - 2 Southend United  
  Torquay United 3 - 1 Coventry City  
  Walsall 0 - 0 Newport County  
  Watford 0 - 1 Plymouth Argyle  

Table as at Saturday, October 6, 1956:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Southampton 13 8 3 2 25 11 2.27 19 
2 Torquay United 14 7 5 2 29 21 1.38 19 
3 Colchester United 14 7 3 4 33 20 1.65 17 
4 Newport County 14 5 7 2 22 14 1.57 17 
5 Gillingham 14 7 3 4 28 21 1.33 17 
6 Brentford 14 8 1 5 34 30 1.13 17 
7 Watford 14 7 2 5 26 18 1.44 16 
8 Reading 14 6 4 4 21 19 1.11 16 
9 Shrewsbury Town 14 5 6 3 17 23 0.74 16 
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 14 4 7 3 24 15 1.60 15 
11 Brighton and Hove Albion 14 6 3 5 38 27 1.41 15 
12 Norwich City 13 5 4 4 16 13 1.23 14 
13 Coventry City 14 5 4 5 17 22 0.77 14 
14 Northampton Town 14 5 3 6 21 17 1.24 13 
15 Queens Park Rangers 14 5 3 6 18 20 0.90 13 
16 Aldershot 14 5 3 6 25 30 0.83 13 
17 Crystal Palace 14 2 8 4 18 25 0.72 12 
18 Millwall 14 4 4 6 19 30 0.63 12 
19 Ipswich Town 14 4 3 7 21 23 0.91 11 
20 Walsall 14 3 4 7 18 22 0.82 10 
21 Exeter City 14 2 6 6 11 19 0.58 10 
22 Swindon Town 14 5 0 9 20 36 0.56 10 
23 Plymouth Argyle 14 3 4 7 13 31 0.42 10 
24 Southend United 14 2 4 8 20 27 0.74 8 

Key: Promotion Re-election