1957/58 Division 3 (South)
about the programme
For a season that ended in promotion, it could be argued that Albion missed a trick. For the first time in 10 years the programme was cut to 8 pages and in addition, the design was changed. Instead of the traditional stapled booklet-style, the programme was one sheet of paper, folded to give the 8 pages, similar to a leaflet you might pick up on a day out! The 8 pages were reduced to 4 for two games - Aldershot and the Boxing Day game against Swindon Town. Incidentally, this was the last season when competitive fixtures took place on Christmas Day (see image ,right). With a regionalised 3rd Division, Christmas Day fixtures had been vaguely practical, although the 350-mile round trip to Exeter was a stretch! The 58/59 season would be the first with a non-regionalised 4-division format, so a potential trip to Carlisle (730-mile round trip) would be a bit of a trek! Back to 57/58, and Billy Lane still had his two pages, covering every topic from club news and injury updates, to his thoughts on the introduction of substitutes and the abolition of the minimum wage.
Available Programmes - homes
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic H (28/8/57) 2-1
Albion scorers: Pete Harburn, Albert Mundy
Att: 17,010
Exeter City H (31/8/57) 2-2
Albion scorers: Albert Mundy, Peter Small
Att: 16,036
Plymouth Argyle H (11/9/57) 3-2
Albion scorers: Roy Jennings (pen), OG, Pete Harburn
Att: 13,408
Southend United H (14/9/57) 3-1
Albion scorers: Pete Harburn, Denis Foreman, Albert Mundy
Att: 20,390
Norwich City H (21/9/57) 0-1
Albion scorers: n/a
Att: 16,910
Aldershot H (25/9/57) 0-1
Albion scorers: n/a
Att: 8,687
Newport County H (5/10/57) 5-3
Albion scorers: Albert Mundy, Dave Sexton, Dennis Gordon, Pete Harburn 2
Att: 14,560
Coventry City H (19/10/57) 3-0
Albion scorers: Pete Harburn 2, Albert Mundy
Att: 17,250
Reading H (2/11/57) 1-2
Albion scorers: Peter Small
Att: 16,549
Walsall (FA Cup 1st round) H (16/11/57) 2-1
Albion scorers: Dave Sexton 2
Att: 15,325
Torquay United H (30/11/57) 1-1
Albion scorers: Pete Harburn
Att: 15,661
Norwich City (FA Cup 2nd round replay) H (11/12/57) 1-2
Albion scorers: Denis Foreman
Att: 8,984
Colchester United H (14/12/57) 5-2
Albion scorers: Dennis Gordon 2, Dave Sexton (pen), Pete Harburn, Frankie Howard
Att: 9,716
Gillingham H (21/12/57) 5-2
Albion scorers: Dave Sexton 3 (1 pen), Denis Foreman, Dennis Gordon
Att: 10,430
Swindon Town H (26/12/57) 1-0
Albion scorers: Dennis Gordon
Att: 21,496
Port Vale H (4/1/58) 0-0
Albion scorers: n/a
Att: 13,227
Queens Park Rangers (H) 11/1/58 1-1
Albion scorers: Dave Sexton
Att: 13,289
Watford H (25/1/58) Postponed
Albion scorers: n/a
Att: n/a
Southampton H (8/2/58) 1-1
Albion scorers: Adrian Thorne
Att: 17,304
Walsall H (22/2/58) 2-0
Albion scorers: Denis Foreman, Dennis Gordon
Att: 12,303
Shrewsbury Town (8/3/58) H 2-1
Albion scorers: OG, Denis Foreman
Att: 11,134
Crystal Palace H (22/3/58) 3-2
Albion scorers: Denis Foreman, Dave Sexton, Pete Harburn
Att: 19,517
Northampton Town H (5/4/58) 1-4
Albion scorers: Dave Sexton
Att: 19,933
Millwall H (7/4/58) 4-2
Albion scorers: Glen Wilson, Dennis Gordon, Denis Foreman 2
Att: 19,124
Brentford H 19/4/58 1-1
Albion scorers: Pete Harburn
Att: 25,597
Watford H (30/4/58) 6-0
Albion scorers: Adrian Thorne 5, Glen Wilson (pen)
Att: 31,038
pre-season & friendlies
Available Programmes - Aways (covers only) - Div 3(S) unless stated
Thanks to Dave Forshaw for supplying some of the images below
