1956/57 Division 3 (South)
about the programme
Twenty-four league & cup programmes isuued. All were 12 pages, apart from 3 games towards the start of the season (Watford, Brentford, Aldershot). In addition, there were four friendly issues. Two used the standard 4-page ‘friendly’ format. The other two (Bank Ostrava & MTK Budapest) were a larger-format ‘special’ issue (see below). The season opener had a few gaps for advertisers and it took until the beginning of November for all these gaps to be filled. Billy Lane had his usual 2 pages and a big change came in the way the team line-ups were published. Instead of across 2 pages, it was condensed into 1 page, still ‘topped and tailed’ by adverts. The advertising stayed much the same as the previous season, with Crosse & Blackwell and Hove Greyhound Stadium on the front & back pages respectively.
full scans - homes
18 aug 56
v shrewsbury town
w 4-3
Albion scorers: Denis Foreman, Pete Harburn, Albert Mundy 2
Att: 17,430
29 aug 56
v watford
d 2-2
Albion scorers: Dennis Gordon, Albert Mundy
Att: 13,052
1 sep 56
v ipswich town
w 3-2
Albion scorers: Jimmy Langley (pen), Denis Foreman, Pete Harburn
Att: 15,177
12 sep 56
v brentford
l 1-2
Albion scorers: Jimmy Langley (pen)
Att: 14,317
15 sep 56
v torquay united
w 6-0
Albion scorers: Denis Foreman 2, Frankie Howard, Albert Mundy 2, Pete Harburn
Att: 15,856
26 sep 56
v aldershot
d 2-2
Albion scorers: Frankie Howard, Denis Foreman
Att: 11,861
6 oct 56
v exeter city
w 3-0
Albion scorers: Tommy Bisset 2, Denis Foreman
Att: 13,349
20 oct 56
v coventry city
w 2-1
Albion scorers: Pete Harburn 2
Att: 14,225
3 nov 56
v colchester united
d 0-0
Albion scorers: n/a
Att: 13,550
17 nov 56
v millwall
(fa cup 1st round)
d 1-1
Albion scorers: Glen Wilson
Att: 15,978
1 dec 56
v queens park rangers
w 1-0
Albion scorers: Albert Mundy
Att: 9,770
22 dec 56
v walsall
l 1-3
Albion scorers: Pete Harburn
Att: 6,733
26 dec 56
v gillingham
w 3-1
Albion scorers: Pete Harburn, Dennis Gordon, Albert Mundy
Att: 7,362
5 jan 57
v swindon town
w 2-0
Albion scorers: Denis Foreman, Des Tennant
Att: 6,370
12 jan 57
v bournemouth & boscombe athletic
d 2-2
Albion scorers: Denis Foreman, Bob Humphries
Att: 9,027
2 feb 57
v millwall
w 3-2
Albion scorers: Rees Thomas, Derek Neate, Bob Humphries
Att: 9,439
9 feb 57
v southend united
d 1-1
Albion scorers: Derek Neate
Att: 11,170
23 feb 57
v southampton
w 1-0
Albion scorers: Roy Jennings
Att: 8,213
9 mar 57
v northampton town
w 5-0
Albion scorers: Albert Mundy 2, Denis Foreman, Pete Harburn 2
Att: 11,922
23 mar 57
v newport county
w 2-0
Albion scorers: Roy Jennings (pen), Albert Mundy
Att: 12,492
6 apr 57
v plymouth argyle
w 3-1
Albion scorers: Albert Mundy 2, Dennis Gordon
Att: 12,385
20 apr 57
v norwich city
w 3-0
Albion scorers: Dennis Gordon, Albert Mundy, Glen Wilson
Att: 12,807
22 apr 57
v crystal palace
d 1-1
Albion scorers: Denis Foreman
Att: 11,382
27 apr 57
v reading
w 8-3
Albion scorers: Roy Jennings (pen), Albert Mundy 3, Denis Foreman 2, Jeff Carey, Frankie Howard
Att: 9,051
friendlies/testimonials
8 dec 56
v Mtk budapest
(Friendly)
w 5-3
Albion scorers: Dennis Gordon 2, Denis Foreman, Jimmy Langley (pen), Pete Harburn
Att: n/a
13 mar 57
v banik ostrava
(friendly)
w 3-1
Albion scorers: Don Clarke, Denis Foreman, Malcolm Stephens
Att: n/a
4 apr 57
v partick thistle
Albion scorers: n/a
Att: n/a
3 may 57
v liverpool
(for players benefit fund)
l 0-2
Albion scorers: n/a
Att: n/a
Aways (covers only) - Div 3(S) unless stated
Thanks to Dave Forshaw for supplying some of the images below
