Football League Division Three (South)
Friday, March 30, 1956

Southend United Swindon Town

HT: 0-0
Attendance:  10,774   Referee:  E. Jennings


1
THREADGOLD
2
WILLIAMSON
3
HOWE
4
DUTHIE
5
STIRLING
6
BRIDGE
7
WHYTE
8
MCCRORY
9
HOLLIS
10
DUFFY
11
MCGUIGAN
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
GIBSON
8
AGAR
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
MOSS

Lineups
1
Harry THREADGOLD
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Arthur WILLIAMSON
                 
George HUNT
2
3
Denis HOWE
                 
Geoff FOX
3
4
Jim DUTHIE
                 
Jim CROSS
4
5
Jimmy STIRLING
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
Jackie BRIDGE
                 
Gordon WILLIAMS
6
7
Jimmy WHYTE
                 
Dave GIBSON
7

8
Sammy MCCRORY  
                 
Roy AGAR
8

9
Roy HOLLIS
                 
Maurice OWEN
9
10
John DUFFY
                 
Bob EDWARDS
10
11
Johnny MCGUIGAN
                 
Terry MOSS
11













Results on Friday, March 30, 1956: League Table
 
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 2 - 0 Shrewsbury Town  
  Colchester United 1 - 1 Walsall  
  Crystal Palace 2 - 3 Reading  
  Gillingham 1 - 2 Southampton  
  Ipswich Town 4 - 1 Norwich City  
  Leyton Orient 3 - 2 Torquay United  
  Millwall 2 - 4 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Newport County 1 - 2 Exeter City  
  Queens Park Rangers 1 - 2 Coventry City  
  Southend United 0 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Watford 1 - 1 Aldershot  

Table as at Friday, March 30, 1956:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Leyton Orient 36 25 7 4 91 30 3.03 57 
2 Ipswich Town 38 21 12 5 91 49 1.86 54 
3 Brighton and Hove Albion 38 24 5 9 95 40 2.38 53 
4 Southend United 36 18 8 10 77 61 1.26 44 
5 Torquay United 38 16 11 11 67 49 1.37 43 
6 Coventry City 39 18 7 14 62 49 1.27 43 
7 Norwich City 36 16 11 9 70 64 1.09 43 
8 Colchester United 39 16 10 13 66 67 0.99 42 
9 Brentford 37 15 11 11 57 56 1.02 41 
10 Northampton Town 36 17 6 13 54 55 0.98 40 
11 Southampton 39 16 7 16 75 66 1.14 39 
12 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 37 15 8 14 50 40 1.25 38 
13 Shrewsbury Town 38 14 9 15 58 56 1.04 37 
14 Gillingham 38 14 9 15 56 63 0.89 37 
15 Aldershot 38 10 13 15 64 77 0.83 33 
16 Newport County 37 12 8 17 50 64 0.78 32 
17 Exeter City 38 11 9 18 46 61 0.75 31 
18 Watford 39 10 10 19 44 76 0.58 30 
19 Reading 39 11 7 21 60 75 0.80 29 
20 Queens Park Rangers 39 9 11 19 49 75 0.65 29 
21 Walsall 36 11 6 19 49 70 0.70 28 
22 Crystal Palace 38 9 10 19 46 70 0.66 28 
23 Millwall 37 11 5 21 64 88 0.73 27 
24 Swindon Town 38 8 10 20 30 70 0.43 26 

Key: Promotion Re-election