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Saturday December 8th, 1951

Football League Division Three (South)

Southend United

2 - 2

2

C. Grant (46'), L. Stubbs (??')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

M. Owen (26'), W. Millar (??')
C. Grant (46'), L. Stubbs (??')
(HT: 0-2)

Attendance: 6,791

M. Owen (26'), W. Millar (??')
L.A. Mackay

Lineups


1
SCANNELL
2
LOUGHRAN
3
ANDERSON
4
FRENCH
5
SHEARD
6
LAWLER
7
SIBLEY
8
McALINDEN
9
WAKEFIELD
10
GRANT
11
STUBBS
1
UPRICHARD
2
HUNT
3
GULLIVER
4
KAYE
5
HUDSON
6
BATCHELOR
7
LUNN
8
MILLAR
9
OWEN
10
BETTERIDGE
11
BAIN

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday December 8th, 1951:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 1-2 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 2-1 Exeter City Exeter City
Bristol City Bristol City 1-3 Watford Watford
Gillingham Gillingham 1-2 Norwich City Norwich City
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 1-2 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers
Millwall Millwall 1-1 Colchester United Colchester United
Northampton Town Northampton Town 6-0 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Port Vale Port Vale 4-1 Aldershot Aldershot
Reading Reading 3-0 Walsall Walsall
Southend United Southend United 2-2 Swindon Town Swindon
Torquay United Torquay United 3-2 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday December 8th, 1951:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 20 9 0 1 31 8 4 2 4 17 16 13 2 5 48 24 2 28
2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 20 7 0 3 26 12 6 1 3 14 14 13 1 6 40 26 1.54 27
3 Northampton Town Northampton Town 20 9 0 1 33 11 3 2 5 12 17 12 2 6 45 28 1.61 26
4 Norwich City Norwich City 21 7 1 2 19 9 3 5 3 13 16 10 6 5 32 25 1.28 26
5 Millwall Millwall 20 7 2 1 22 13 4 2 4 11 14 11 4 5 33 27 1.22 26
6 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 20 5 4 2 28 11 3 3 3 10 11 8 7 5 38 22 1.73 23
7 Reading Reading 20 6 1 2 29 14 4 1 6 22 21 10 2 8 51 35 1.46 22
8 Swindon Town Swindon 20 3 5 2 9 8 4 3 3 20 16 7 8 5 29 24 1.21 22
9 Southend United Southend United 20 7 3 0 21 7 1 3 6 7 17 8 6 6 28 24 1.17 22
10 Newport County Newport County 19 5 2 1 19 12 4 2 5 13 25 9 4 6 32 37 0.86 22
11 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 21 6 2 3 12 9 3 2 5 6 12 9 4 8 18 21 0.86 22
12 Gillingham Gillingham 20 6 3 1 25 11 1 4 5 16 21 7 7 6 41 32 1.28 21
13 Watford Watford 20 1 5 4 12 20 5 3 2 15 13 6 8 6 27 33 0.82 20
14 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 20 3 3 4 16 12 3 4 3 13 13 6 7 7 29 25 1.16 19
15 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 20 5 0 5 12 11 4 0 6 17 24 9 0 11 29 35 0.83 18
16 Colchester United Colchester United 20 3 4 3 14 14 2 3 5 15 23 5 7 8 29 37 0.78 17
17 Bristol City Bristol City 20 4 3 2 12 10 2 2 7 7 17 6 5 9 19 27 0.70 17
18 Walsall Walsall 21 5 3 3 17 13 2 0 8 7 22 7 3 11 24 35 0.69 17
19 Torquay United Torquay United 21 3 2 6 16 22 3 3 4 16 26 6 5 10 32 48 0.67 17
20 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 20 5 1 4 22 15 2 1 7 9 20 7 2 11 31 35 0.89 16
21 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 21 5 1 6 17 17 1 2 6 15 26 6 3 12 32 43 0.74 15
22 Aldershot Aldershot 20 4 1 5 13 12 2 2 6 16 27 6 3 11 29 39 0.74 15
23 Port Vale Port Vale 20 2 7 1 13 11 1 1 8 5 21 3 8 9 18 32 0.56 14
24 Exeter City Exeter City 20 4 1 5 15 22 0 3 7 8 21 4 4 12 23 43 0.53 12

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