Match Centre

Saturday December 20th, 1952

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

2 - 3

2

Coventry City

Coventry City

3

D. Dorman (64', 83'), E. Brown (84')
(HT: 2-0)

Attendance: 7,368

D. Dorman (64', 83'), E. Brown (84')
A. Bond

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
RADFORD
4
BETTERIDGE
5
BATCHELOR
6
PROUTON
7
RYDER
8
LUNN
9
JOHNSON
10
MILLAR
11
BAIN
1
SPENCER
2
McDONNELL
3
MASON
4
COOK
5
KIRK
6
SIMPSON
7
WARNER
8
DORMAN
9
BROWN
10
HILL
11
JOHNSON

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday December 20th, 1952:

Aldershot Aldershot 1-2 Norwich City Norwich City
Bristol City Bristol City 5-1 Watford Watford
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 2-1 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Gillingham Gillingham 1-1 Newport County Newport County
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 2-2 Colchester United Colchester United
Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 1-1 Reading Reading
Northampton Town Northampton Town 5-1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 1-1 Exeter City Exeter City
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 0-1 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers
Swindon Town Swindon 2-3 Coventry City Coventry City
Torquay United Torquay United 4-2 Southend United Southend United
Walsall Walsall 0-2 Millwall Millwall

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday December 20th, 1952:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 22 10 2 0 31 6 6 2 2 22 14 16 4 2 53 20 2.65 36
2 Northampton Town Northampton Town 22 9 1 0 36 15 5 2 5 19 21 14 3 5 55 36 1.53 31
3 Norwich City Norwich City 22 7 3 1 24 7 6 1 4 23 14 13 4 5 47 21 2.24 30
4 Bristol City Bristol City 23 8 2 1 36 15 3 5 4 17 19 11 7 5 53 34 1.56 29
5 Coventry City Coventry City 22 8 3 1 29 11 3 3 4 16 20 11 6 5 45 31 1.45 28
6 Millwall Millwall 21 6 4 1 20 7 4 2 4 12 13 10 6 5 32 20 1.60 26
7 Exeter City Exeter City 23 7 4 0 27 10 1 3 8 10 23 8 7 8 37 33 1.12 23
8 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 22 6 3 2 16 12 2 4 5 15 17 8 7 7 31 29 1.07 23
9 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 22 7 2 1 27 14 2 3 7 12 27 9 5 8 39 41 0.95 23
10 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 22 6 5 1 24 20 1 4 5 11 22 7 9 6 35 42 0.83 23
11 Reading Reading 22 7 0 2 22 7 2 4 7 13 25 9 4 9 35 32 1.09 22
12 Southend United Southend United 23 7 2 2 19 10 1 4 7 20 34 8 6 9 39 44 0.89 22
13 Watford Watford 22 6 3 1 19 9 1 5 6 12 26 7 8 7 31 35 0.89 22
14 Gillingham Gillingham 22 6 3 3 14 12 1 4 5 9 19 7 7 8 23 31 0.74 21
15 Colchester United Colchester United 20 5 4 1 17 11 2 2 6 9 14 7 6 7 26 25 1.04 20
16 Newport County Newport County 22 6 1 3 26 19 2 3 7 18 26 8 4 10 44 45 0.98 20
17 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 21 6 0 4 19 13 2 2 7 13 26 8 2 11 32 39 0.82 18
18 Aldershot Aldershot 22 4 4 4 18 15 2 2 6 11 21 6 6 10 29 36 0.81 18
19 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 21 5 4 1 20 13 1 2 8 12 31 6 6 9 32 44 0.73 18
20 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 22 5 3 4 20 21 0 3 7 11 21 5 6 11 31 42 0.74 16
21 Swindon Town Swindon 21 5 2 5 22 21 1 2 6 8 20 6 4 11 30 41 0.73 16
22 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 21 6 2 3 25 15 0 1 9 7 26 6 3 12 32 41 0.78 15
23 Torquay United Torquay United 22 5 3 3 22 15 0 1 10 11 35 5 4 13 33 50 0.66 14
24 Walsall Walsall 22 1 4 6 13 26 2 0 9 13 32 3 4 15 26 58 0.45 10

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