1955/1956

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Manager(s)

L. A. Goulden; J. Paton

Final league position

21st of 24 in Football League Division 3 (South)

Average league attendance

Home: 8,109
Away: 9,703

Home-and-away league doubles against Watford

Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Gillingham, Leyton Orient, Queens Park Rangers

Goals from penalty kicks

L. Graham - 13, 36
J. A. Meadows - 43

Match-by-match details

							Manager: Goulden, L. A.	Manager: Paton, J.	Own goals	Adams, C. J.■	Atkinson, B. H.►	Bateman, C.	Bateman, E.►	Bennett, E. E.■	Bewley, D. G.■	Bowie, J. D.■	Brown, H. R.	Bunce, F.►	Catleugh, G. C.	Cook, M.	Gooch, J. A. G.►	Graham, L.►	Hernon, J.■	King, T. H.►■	Lock, F. W.►	Marden, R. J.►	Meadows, J. A.	Mitchell, F. R.	Pygall, D. A.►	Shaw, A.►■	Shipwright, W. K.	Smith, R.►■	Walker, P. M.	Wilson, J. T.
Appearances - League							31	15		23	16	19	21	12	21	10	29	10	24	45	14	44	27	20	34	26	24	38	1	3	23	2	15	5
Substitute Appearances - League										0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Goals - League									1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	13	0	13	6	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Appearances - Other Competitions							0	3		3	0	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	3	0	2	3	2	3	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	1
Substitute Appearances - Other Competitions										0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Goals - Other Competitions									1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Sat 20 Aug	Millwall	H	Lge	4-2	15,486	X							G	X	X1	X			X1		X1►			X►	X1►	X	X			X
2	Tue 23 Aug	Coventry City	H	Lge	2-1	13,590	X					X		G		X	X			X2		X			X	X	X	X			X
3	Sat 27 Aug	Gillingham	A	Lge	0-3	11,227	X					X		G		X	X			X		X			X	X	X	X			X
4	Mon 29 Aug	Coventry City	A	Lge	0-3	18,053	X					X		G		X	X			X		X			X	X	X	X			X
5	Sat 03 Sep	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	Lge	0-2	12,684	X			X				G	X	X				X		X			X		X	X			X		X
6	Tue 06 Sep	Reading	H	Lge	1-0	8,558	X			X				G	X					X		X1	X		X		X	X			X		X
7	Sat 10 Sep	Norwich City	A	Lge	1-4	16,323	X						X►	G	X					X		X	X		X	X1	X	X					X
8	Wed 14 Sep	Reading	A	Lge	1-6	5,288	X				X►		X	G	X					X1		X	X		X	X	X						X
9	Sat 17 Sep	Colchester United	H	Lge	1-1	9,129	X				X		X		X					X		X	X	G►	X	X1	X						X
10	Mon 19 Sep	Brentford	A	Lge	0-0	6,870	X				X		X		X					X		X	X	G	X	X	X						X
11	Sat 24 Sep	Leyton Orient	A	Lge	1-3	16,943	X			X	X		X		X	X				X1		X		G	X	X				X►
12	Tue 27 Sep	Southend United	H	Lge	3-2	5,989	X			X1	X		X		X					X2		X	X	G	X	X				X
13	Sat 01 Oct	Exeter City	H	Lge	2-3	10,275	X			X	X		X		X					X		X1(P)	X1	G	X	X				X■
14	Sat 08 Oct	Crystal Palace	A	Lge	2-1	13,993	X			X		X			X					X1		X	X1	G	X	X	X				X
15	Sat 15 Oct	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	Lge	1-3	10,126	X			X	X				X					X1		X	X	G	X	X	X				X
16	Sat 22 Oct	Southampton	A	Lge	0-2	11,305		X		X						X		X►		X			X	G	X		X	X			X	X►
17	Tue 25 Oct	Aldershot	H	SFC1	2-6	3,800		X		X						X		X1		X1			X	G	X		X				X	X		X
18	Sat 29 Oct	Shrewsbury Town	H	Lge	3-4	7,714		X					X				X1	X1		X		X1	X	G	X		X	X				X■
19	Sat 05 Nov	Ipswich Town	A	Lge	0-0	16,194		X		X		X	X				X			X		X	X	G	X		X	X
20	Sat 12 Nov	Walsall	H	Lge	4-2	8,460		X	1	X		X	X		X		X			X		X2	X1	G	X			X
21	Sat 19 Nov	Ramsgate Athletic	H	FA1	5-3	12,743		X		X		X	X		X		X1			X		X3	X1	G	X			X
22	Sat 26 Nov	Newport County	H	Lge	1-1	7,818		X		X		X	X	G	X		X			X		X	X1		X			X
23	Sat 03 Dec	Swindon Town	A	Lge	0-0	7,258		X		X		X	X	G	X		X			X		X	X		X			X
24	Sat 10 Dec	Bedford Town	A	FA2	2-3	13,150		X	1	X		X		G	X	X	X			X1		X	X		X			X
25	Sat 17 Dec	Millwall	A	Lge	1-1	4,405		X		X		X	X		X	X	X			X1		X		G	X			X
26	Sat 24 Dec	Gillingham	H	Lge	0-1	5,091		X		X		X	X			X	X		X	X		X		G	X			X
27	Mon 26 Dec	Northampton Town	H	Lge	2-2	7,041		X		X	X	X	X			X■			X	X		X2		G		X		X
28	Tue 27 Dec	Northampton Town	A	Lge	3-1	13,758		X			X	X	X						X	X1		X1	X1	G		X		X					X
29	Sat 31 Dec	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	Lge	0-4	6,290		X			X	X	X						X	X		X	X	G		X		X					X
30	Sat 14 Jan	Norwich City	H	Lge	1-1	6,522		X			X	X	X				X		X	X1		X	X	G				X					X
31	Sat 21 Jan	Colchester United	A	Lge	1-4	7,699		X			X	X	X				X1		X	X		X	X	G				X					X
32	Sat 28 Jan	Queens Park Rangers	H	Lge	0-1	5,784		X			X	X	X				X		X	X		X	X	G				X					X
33	Sat 04 Feb	Leyton Orient	H	Lge	0-4	7,468		X			X	X	X				X		X	X		X		G■		X		X					X
34	Sat 11 Feb	Exeter City	A	Lge	2-1	4,207	X				X	X		G					X	X		X	X1		X	X		X					X1
35	Sat 18 Feb	Crystal Palace	H	Lge	0-2	4,865	X				X	X		G■					X	X		X	X		X	X		X					X
36	Sat 25 Feb	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	Lge	3-2	16,590	X										X	X	X	X	G►	X1(P)	X		X			X			X			X2
37	Wed 29 Feb	Torquay United	A	Lge	1-4	3,184	X										X	X	X	X	G	X	X		X			X			X			X1
38	Sat 03 Mar	Southampton	H	Lge	1-0	4,926	X										X	X	X	X1	G	X	X		X			X			X			X
39	Sat 10 Mar	Shrewsbury Town	A	Lge	0-0	8,238	X										X	X	X	X	G	X	X		X			X			X			X
40	Sat 17 Mar	Ipswich Town	H	Lge	0-2	9,450	X										X	X	X	X	G	X	X■		X			X			X		X
41	Sat 24 Mar	Walsall	A	Lge	1-2	10,879	X			X							X		X	X	G	X1			X		X	X			X			X
42	Fri 30 Mar	Aldershot	H	Lge	1-1	8,074	X			X							X		X	X	G	X			X	X1	X	X			X
43	Sat 31 Mar	Torquay United	H	Lge	2-1	6,752	X			X							X	X	X		G	X			X	X1	X1(P)	X			X
44	Mon 02 Apr	Aldershot	A	Lge	1-1	6,277	X										X	X	X1	X	G	X			X	X	X	X			X
45	Sat 07 Apr	Newport County	A	Lge	1-0	3,933	X			X					X		X		X	X	G	X				X1	X	X			X
46	Sat 14 Apr	Swindon Town	H	Lge	2-1	3,505	X			X					X		X		X1	X	G	X1				X	X	X			X
47	Sat 21 Apr	Queens Park Rangers	A	Lge	2-3	7,564	X			X					X		X		X1	X	G	X1				X	X	X			X
48	Wed 25 Apr	Southend United	A	Lge	0-1	6,680	X			X					X		X		X	X	G	X				X	X	X			X
49	Sat 28 Apr	Brentford	H	Lge	0-2	7,192	X			X■					X■		X	X	X	X	G						X	X	X►		X
							Manager: Goulden, L. A.	Manager: Paton, J.	Own goals	Adams, C. J.■	Atkinson, B. H.►	Bateman, C.	Bateman, E.►	Bennett, E. E.■	Bewley, D. G.■	Bowie, J. D.■	Brown, H. R.	Bunce, F.►	Catleugh, G. C.	Cook, M.	Gooch, J. A. G.►	Graham, L.►	Hernon, J.■	King, T. H.►■	Lock, F. W.►	Marden, R. J.►	Meadows, J. A.	Mitchell, F. R.	Pygall, D. A.►	Shaw, A.►■	Shipwright, W. K.	Smith, R.►■	Walker, P. M.	Wilson, J. T.

► = first appearance; ■ = last/most recent appearance.

G = goalkeeper; X = starting appearance; R = started, then replaced; S = substitute appearance, ! = sent off; 1 = goals scored; P = penalties scored.

Cup fixture rows have a grey background; home fixture rows have red text. Manager columns have a grey background.

Other matches

Date	Opponent	H/A	Result	Att	Team	Notes
Sat 06 Aug	Blues vs Whites	H	4-3	3,199	1: E.E.Bennett (gk); C.Bateman [1 goal] & D.G.Bewley; J.A.Meadows, W.K.Shipwright & F.R.Mitchell; E.C.Chattin [2 goals], G.C.Catleugh, R.C.Miller (sub: K.Harrison), L.Graham [1 goal] (sub: D.A.Pygall) & R.J.Marden 2: T.H.King (gk); R.Smith & F.W.Lock; B.H.Atkinson, E.Bateman & A.Shaw (sub: J.T.Wilson); P.A.Walker [1 goal], J.D.Bowie, H.R.Brown, J.Hernon [1 goal] & C.J.Adams [1 penalty goal]	public trial match
Sat 13 Aug	Blues vs Whites	H	2-0		No line-ups were reported. Scorers: M.Cook [1 goal] & R.J.Marden [1 goal]	public trial match
Mon 10 Oct	Blackpool	H	1-4	9,391	T.H.King (gk); D.G.Bewley & F.W.Lock; J.A.Meadows, W.K.Shipwright & F.R.Mitchell; C.J.Adams, J.Hernon (sub: L.Graham [1 goal]), H.R.Brown, J.D.Bowie & F.Bunce
Mon 07 Nov	Cardiff City	H	5-2	3,388	T.H.King (gk); C.Bateman & F.W.Lock; J.A.Meadows [1 goal] (sub: D.G.Bewley), E.Bateman & F.R.Mitchell; C.J.Adams, L.Graham, H.R.Brown [1 goal], J.Hernon (sub: J.D.Bowie [1 goal]) & R.J.Marden [1 goal].	1 own goal
Sat 07 Jan	Mansfield Town	A	5-4	3,190	T.H.King (gk); C.Bateman & B.H.Atkinson; G.C.Catleugh, E.Bateman & F.R.Mitchell; H.R.Brown, J.Hernon [1 goal], M.Cook [1 goal], L.Graham [3 goals] & P.M.Walker
Tue 31 Jan	Sturm Graz, Austria	H	1-1	644	T.H.King (gk); C.Bateman & B.H.Atkinson; G.C.Catleugh, E.Bateman & F.R.Mitchell; H.R.Brown, J.Hernon, M.Cook [1 goal], L.Graham & P.M.Walker
Tue 07 Feb	St Albans City	H	4-0	1,143	E.E.Bennett (gk); C.Bateman & F.W.Lock; G.C.Catleugh, B.H.Atkinson & F.R.Mitchell; F.Bunce [1 goal], J.A.Meadows, M.Cook [1 goal], F.Whitehead & R.J.Marden [2 goals] (sub: P.M.Walker)
Tue 14 Feb	Peterborough United	H	1-0	1,708	E.E.Bennett (gk); C.Bateman & F.W.Lock; G.C.Catleugh, B.H.Atkinson & F.R.Mitchell; P.M.Walker, J.Hernon, M.Cook, L.Graham & R.J.Marden [1 goal]
Mon 12 Mar	Luton Town	H	0-2	4,648	J.A.G.Gooch (gk); W.K.Shipwright & F.W.Lock; G.C.Catleugh, H.R.Brown & F.R.Mitchell; M.Cook, J.Hernon, J.T.Wilson, L.Graham & F.Bunce	Rigby Taylor Cup
Tue 10 Apr	All Stars XI	H	6-1	4,709	J.A.G.Gooch (gk); W.K.Shipwright & D.G.Bewley; J.A.Meadows, H.R.Brown & F.R.Mitchell; M.Cook, G.C.Catleugh [2 goals], J.T.Wilson [3 goals], L.Graham [1 goal] & C.J.Adams	Benefit match for J.T.Wilson
Thu 19 Apr	Rampla Juniors, Uruguay	H	4-2	5,651	J.A.G.Gooch (gk) (sub: T.H.King); W.K.Shipwright & D.G.Bewley; J.A.Meadows (sub: A.Shaw), H.R.Brown & F.R.Mitchell; M.Cook, G.C.Catleugh [1 goal], R.J.Marden [1 goal], L.Graham [1 goal] (sub: F.Bunce) & C.J.Adams [1 penalty goal]
Mon 30 Apr	Peterborough United	A	2-2	3,155	J.A.G.Gooch (gk); W.K.Shipwright & D.G.Bewley; G.C.Catleugh, H.R.Brown & F.R.Mitchell; C.J.Adams, J.Hernon, M.Cook [2 goals], L.Graham & R.J.Marden
Wed 02 May	Hemel Hempstead Town	A	3-2	1,300	J.A.G.Gooch (gk) (sub: D.A.Pygall); C.Bateman & F.W.Lock (sub: P.Molloy); G.C.Catleugh, H.R.Brown & F.R.Mitchell; P.M.Walker [1 goal], J.Hernon, M.Cook, L.Graham [1 goal] & R.J.Marden [1 goal]	Gooch was injured in the first half. His substitute, Pygall, was used as an outfield player and Brown took over in goal for the rest of the match