Football League Division Three (South)
Wednesday, October 2, 1957

Swindon Town Southend United
J.Richards (??', ??')
HT: 1-1 S.McCrory (??')
Attendance:  8,001    


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
LEE
4
CLAYTON
5
HUDSON
6
MCDONALD
7
DONALDSON
8
RICHARDS
9
O'MAHONEY
10
EDWARDS
11
CHAMBERLAIN
1
THREADGOLD
2
WILLIAMSON
3
ANDERSON
4
DUTHIE
5
STIRLING
6
SMITH
7
CROSSAN
8
MCCRORY
9
HOLLIS
10
BARON
11
BARKER

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Harry THREADGOLD
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Arthur WILLIAMSON
2
3
Jimmy LEE
                 
Sandy ANDERSON
3
4
Lewis CLAYTON
                 
Jim DUTHIE
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Jimmy STIRLING
5
6
Gordon MCDONALD
                 
Ray SMITH
6
7
Brian DONALDSON
                 
Errol CROSSAN
7

8
John RICHARDS
             
  Sammy MCCRORY
8

9
Frank O'MAHONEY
                 
Roy HOLLIS
9
10
Bob EDWARDS
                 
Kevin BARON
10
11
Peter CHAMBERLAIN
                 
Gordon BARKER
11













Results on Wednesday, October 2, 1957: League Table

 
  Aldershot 2 - 3 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 3 - 1 Shrewsbury Town  
  Crystal Palace 1 - 1 Torquay United  
  Gillingham 1 - 1 Exeter City  
  Reading 1 - 2 Norwich City  
  Swindon Town 2 - 1 Southend United  

Table as at Wednesday, October 2, 1957:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Plymouth Argyle 12 8 0 4 19 11 1.73 16 
2 Swindon Town 12 6 3 3 22 12 1.83 15 
3 Norwich City 11 6 3 2 18 16 1.13 15 
4 Brighton and Hove Albion 12 7 1 4 19 18 1.06 15 
5 Port Vale 11 6 2 3 18 8 2.25 14 
6 Millwall 12 6 1 5 20 16 1.25 13 
7 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 12 5 3 4 21 17 1.24 13 
8 Southend United 12 6 0 6 30 18 1.67 12 
9 Watford 12 3 6 3 13 10 1.30 12 
10 Southampton 12 5 2 5 26 21 1.24 12 
11 Brentford 12 5 2 5 27 23 1.17 12 
12 Newport County 11 4 4 3 12 15 0.80 12 
13 Shrewsbury Town 12 4 4 4 11 15 0.73 12 
14 Reading 11 4 3 4 22 14 1.57 11 
15 Aldershot 12 4 3 5 14 18 0.78 11 
16 Colchester United 12 4 3 5 17 25 0.68 11 
17 Crystal Palace 12 3 4 5 15 16 0.94 10 
18 Northampton Town 12 4 2 6 18 22 0.82 10 
19 Queens Park Rangers 12 4 2 6 11 24 0.46 10 
20 Walsall 10 3 3 4 12 15 0.80
21 Coventry City 10 3 3 4 11 17 0.65
22 Gillingham 12 4 1 7 12 19 0.63
23 Torquay United 12 3 3 6 10 17 0.59
24 Exeter City 12 2 4 6 12 23 0.52

Key: Promotion Relegation