Season 1956-57

Division 3 South 1956-57 (13th)

PL W D L GF GA GF/A PTS
1 Ipswich TownP 46 25 9 12 101 54 1.870 59
2 Torquay United 46 24 11 11 89 64 1.391 59
3 Colchester United 46 22 14 10 84 56 1.500 58
4 Southampton 46 22 10 14 76 52 1.462 54
5 Bournemouth & BA 46 19 14 13 88 62 1.419 52
6 Brighton & Hove A 46 19 14 13 86 65 1.323 52
7 Southend United 46 18 12 16 73 65 1.123 48
8 Brentford 46 16 16 14 78 76 1.026 48
9 Shrewsbury Town 46 15 18 13 72 79 0.911 48
10 Queens Park Rangers 46 18 11 17 61 60 1.017 47
11 Watford 46 18 10 18 72 75 0.960 46
12 Newport County 46 16 13 17 65 62 1.048 45
13 READING 46 18 9 19 80 81 0.988 45
14 Northampton Town 46 18 9 19 66 73 0.904 45
15 Walsall 46 16 12 18 80 74 1.081 44
16 Coventry City 46 16 12 18 74 84 0.881 44
17 Millwall 46 16 12 18 64 84 0.762 44
18 Plymouth Argyle 46 16 11 19 68 73 0.931 43
19 Aldershot 46 15 12 19 79 92 0.859 42
20 Crystal Palace 46 11 18 17 62 75 0.827 40
21 Exeter City 46 12 13 21 61 79 0.772 37
22 Gillingham 46 12 13 21 54 85 0.635 37
23 Swindon Town 46 15 6 25 66 96 0.688 36
24 Norwich City 46 8 15 23 61 94 0.649 31

Division 3 South 1956-57

18 Aug Queens Park Rangers H 1-0
23 Aug Northampton Town A 0-3
25 Aug Plymouth Argyle A 6-0
29 Aug Northampton Town H 1-1
1 Sep Aldershot H 2-1
5 Sep Crystal Palace A 1-1
8 Sep Newport County H 0-0
12 Sep Crystal Palace H 1-2
15 Sep Colchester United A 2-3
19 Sep Southend United A 0-4
22 Sep Norwich City H 2-1
26 Sep Southend United H 3-2
29 Sep Coventry City A 1-0
6 Oct Shrewsbury Town A 1-1
13 Oct Walsall H 3-0
20 Oct Ipswich Town A 2-4
27 Oct Bournemouth & BA H 0-4
3 Nov Torquay United A 1-3
10 Nov Millwall H 3-0
24 Nov Gillingham H 4-0
1 Dec Swindon Town A 2-3
15 Dec Queens Park Rangers A 1-1
22 Dec Plymouth Argyle H 3-2
26 Dec Southampton A 1-4
29 Dec Aldershot A 4-1
12 Jan Newport County A 2-1
19 Jan Colchester United H 0-3
26 Jan Exeter City A 1-1
2 Feb Norwich City A 5-2
9 Feb Coventry City H 3-0
16 Feb Shrewsbury Town H 2-2
23 Feb Walsall A 2-3
2 Mar Ipswich Town H 1-3
9 Mar Brentford A 0-4
13 Mar Exeter City H 4-0
16 Mar Torquay United H 3-1
23 Mar Millwall A 0-1
25 Mar Southampton H 2-4
30 Mar Brighton & Hove A H 2-2
6 Apr Gillingham A 0-0
13 Apr Swindon Town H 1-0
19 Apr Watford A 0-1
20 Apr Bournemouth & BA A 1-2
22 Apr Watford H 1-2
27 Apr Brighton & Hove A A 3-8
1 May Brentford H 2-0

FA Cup 1956-57

17 Nov R1 Cheltenham Town A 2-1
8 Dec R2 Bedford Town H 1-0
5 Jan R3 Wrexham A 1-1
9 Jan (R) Wrexham H 1-2

Southern Professional Floodlit Cup 1956-57

R1 bye1
26 Nov R2 Queens Park Rangers A 2-1
3 Apr SF Arsenal H 2-1
15 Apr F Luton Town H 1-2
1 Reading given a bye in Round 1