Football League Division Three (South)
Thursday, April 12, 1956

Newport County Swindon Town
C.Hudson
Attendance:  2,346    



Lineups
1
Len WEARE
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Arthur LEVER  
                 
George HUNT
2
3
Ken HOLLYMAN
                 
Geoff FOX
3
4
Billy LUCAS view STFC profile 
                 
Jim CROSS
4
5
Ray WILCOX
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
Tom DOCHERTY
                 
Gordon WILLIAMS
6
7
Colin HUDSON
               
Dave GIBSON
7

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Billy SHERGOLD
                 
Roy AGAR
8

9
Cyril BEECH
                 
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Harry HARRIS
                 
Bob EDWARDS
10
11
Gordon BROWN
                 
Andy MICKLEWRIGHT
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Results on Thursday, April 12, 1956: League Table
 
  Newport County 1 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Northampton Town 2 - 1 AFC Bournemouth   
  Norwich City 3 - 2 Walsall  

Table as at Thursday, April 12, 1956:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Leyton Orient 39 27 7 5 96 33 2.91 61 
2 Brighton and Hove Albion 41 27 5 9 100 41 2.44 59 
3 Ipswich Town 41 22 12 7 97 55 1.76 56 
4 Coventry City 42 20 7 15 69 53 1.30 47 
5 Southend United 39 19 9 11 79 65 1.22 47 
6 Norwich City 40 18 11 11 76 71 1.07 47 
7 Torquay United 41 17 11 13 72 55 1.31 45 
8 Northampton Town 41 19 7 15 58 60 0.97 45 
9 Brentford 41 16 12 13 62 63 0.98 44 
10 Colchester United 42 16 11 15 68 73 0.93 43 
11 AFC Bournemouth 41 16 10 15 55 44 1.25 42 
12 Southampton 43 17 8 18 84 72 1.17 42 
13 Shrewsbury Town 41 15 10 16 61 58 1.05 40 
14 Gillingham 41 15 10 16 59 66 0.89 40 
15 Aldershot 41 11 14 16 67 81 0.83 36 
16 Exeter City 42 13 9 20 51 70 0.73 35 
17 Watford 42 12 11 19 48 78 0.62 35 
18 Reading 42 13 8 21 64 75 0.85 34 
19 Newport County 41 13 8 20 51 70 0.73 34 
20 Queens Park Rangers 42 11 11 20 56 79 0.71 33 
21 Walsall 40 12 8 20 55 75 0.73 32 
22 Crystal Palace 41 11 10 20 52 73 0.71 32 
23 Swindon Town 42 8 13 21 32 73 0.44 29 
24 Millwall 40 11 6 23 66 95 0.69 28 

Key: Promotion places Re-election