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
28 aug 57
v bournemouth & boscombe athletic
w 2-1
Albion scorers: Pete Harburn, Albert Mundy
Att: 17,010
31 aug 57
v exeter city
d 2-2
Albion scorers: Albert Mundy, Peter Small
Att: 16,036
11 sep 57
v plymouth argyle
w 3-2
Albion scorers: Roy Jennings (pen), OG, Pete Harburn
Att: 13,408
14 sep 57
v southend united
w 3-1
Albion scorers: Pete Harburn, Denis Foreman, Albert Mundy
Att: 20,390
21 sep 57
v norwich city
l 0-1
Albion scorers: n/a
Att: 16,910
25 sep 57
v aldershot
l 0-1
Albion scorers: n/a
Att: 8,687
5 oct 57
v newport county
w 5-3
Albion scorers: Albert Mundy, Dave Sexton, Dennis Gordon, Pete Harburn 2
Att: 14,560
19 oct 57
v coventry city
w 3-0
Albion scorers: Pete Harburn 2, Albert Mundy
Att: 17,250
2 nov 57
v reading
l 1-2
Albion scorers: Peter Small
Att: 16,549
16 nov 57
v walsall
(fa cup 1st round)
w 2-1
Albion scorers: Dave Sexton 2
Att: 15,325
30 nov 57
v torquay united
d 1-1
Albion scorers: Pete Harburn
Att: 15,661
11 dec 57
v norwich city
(fa cup 2nd round replay)
l 1-2
Albion scorers: Denis Foreman
Att: 8,984
14 dec 57
v colchester United
w 5-2
Albion scorers: Dennis Gordon 2, Dave Sexton (pen), Pete Harburn, Frankie Howard
Att: 9,716
21 dec 57
v gillingham
w 5-2
Albion scorers: Dave Sexton 3 (1 pen), Denis Foreman, Dennis Gordon
Att: 10,430
26 dec 57
v swindon town
w 1-0
Albion scorers: Dennis Gordon
Att: 21,496
4 jan 58
v port vale
d 0-0
Albion scorers: n/a
Att: 13,227
11 jan 58
v queens park rangers
d 1-1
Albion scorers: Dave Sexton
Att: 13,289
25 jan 58
v watford
(postponed)
Albion scorers: n/a
Att: n/a
8 feb 58
v southampton
d 1-1
Albion scorers: Adrian Thorne
Att: 17,304
22 feb 58
v walsall
w 2-0
Albion scorers: Denis Foreman, Dennis Gordon
Att: 12,303
8 mar 58
v shrewsbury town
w 2-1
Albion scorers: OG, Denis Foreman
Att: 11,134
22 mar 58
v crystal palace
w 3-2
Albion scorers: Denis Foreman, Dave Sexton, Pete Harburn
Att: 19,517
5 apr 58
v northampton town
l 1-4
Albion scorers: Dave Sexton
Att: 19,933
7 apr 58
v millwall
w 4-2
Albion scorers: Glen Wilson, Dennis Gordon, Denis Foreman 2
Att: 19,124
19 apr 58
v brentford
d 1-1
Albion scorers: Pete Harburn
Att: 25,597
30 apr 58
v watford
w 6-0
Albion scorers: Adrian Thorne 5, Glen Wilson (pen)
Att: 31,038
friendlies
17 aug 57
pre-season practice match
Aways (covers only) - Div 3(S) unless stated
Thanks to Dave Forshaw for supplying some of the images below
