Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, December 17, 1955

Swindon Town Southampton
P.Parker (11' o.g.)
 HT: 1-0 E.Day (75')
Attendance:  7,046   Referee:  E.W. Abbott


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
MCSHANE
7
GIBSON
8
MICKLEWRIGHT
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
JOHNSON
1
KIERNAN
2
WILKINS
3
TRAYNOR
4
MCGOWAN
5
PARKER
6
ELLIOTT
7
FLOOD
8
REEVES
9
DAY
10
MULGREW
11
HOSKINS

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
  Fred KIERNAN
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Len WILKINS
2
3
Geoff FOX
                 
  Tommy TRAYNOR
3
4
Jim CROSS
                 
Jimmy MCGOWAN
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Pat PARKER
5
6
Anthony MCSHANE
                 
Bryn ELLIOTT
6
7
Dave GIBSON
                 
John FLOOD
7

8
Andy MICKLEWRIGHT
                 
Derek REEVES
8

9
Maurice OWEN
               
Eric DAY
9
10
Bob EDWARDS
                 
Tommy MULGREW
10
11
Roy JOHNSON
                 
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Results on Saturday, December 17, 1955: League Table
 
  Aldershot 4 - 4 Reading  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 0 - 1 Coventry City  
  Colchester United 5 - 1 Exeter City  
  Gillingham 1 - 2 Brentford  
  Leyton Orient 4 - 0 Walsall  
  Millwall 1 - 1 Watford  
  Newport County 1 - 2 Shrewsbury Town  
  Northampton Town 1 - 1 Crystal Palace  
  Norwich City 7 - 2 Southend United  
  Queens Park Rangers 2 - 1 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Swindon Town 1 - 1 Southampton  
  Torquay United 2 - 2 Ipswich Town  

Table as at Saturday, December 17, 1955:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Leyton Orient 21 14 4 3 50 12 4.17 32 
2 Northampton Town 22 14 2 6 40 27 1.48 30 
3 Brighton and Hove Albion 22 12 5 5 54 22 2.45 29 
4 Torquay United 22 11 7 4 39 20 1.95 29 
5 Ipswich Town 22 11 7 4 52 33 1.58 29 
6 Norwich City 22 12 5 5 46 38 1.21 29 
7 Coventry City 23 11 4 8 35 27 1.30 26 
8 Southend United 22 12 2 8 48 45 1.07 26 
9 Brentford 22 10 5 7 32 34 0.94 25 
10 Shrewsbury Town 22 10 3 9 41 36 1.14 23 
11 Colchester United 22 9 5 8 34 40 0.85 23 
12 Gillingham 22 9 4 9 35 32 1.09 22 
13 Aldershot 22 6 9 7 42 44 0.95 21 
14 Newport County 23 8 5 10 32 39 0.82 21 
15 Southampton 22 8 4 10 38 41 0.93 20 
16 Exeter City 22 7 6 9 26 35 0.74 20 
17 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 22 7 5 10 25 31 0.81 19 
18 Watford 22 6 6 10 28 44 0.64 18 
19 Crystal Palace 22 5 6 11 30 41 0.73 16 
20 Millwall 21 6 3 12 36 47 0.77 15 
21 Queens Park Rangers 22 4 7 11 27 39 0.69 15 
22 Walsall 22 6 3 13 32 51 0.63 15 
23 Reading 22 5 4 13 30 44 0.68 14 
24 Swindon Town 22 3 5 14 17 47 0.36 11 

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