Match Centre

Friday December 26th, 1952

Football League Division Three (South)

Exeter City

1 - 2

1

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

J. Bain (79'), T. Ryder (87')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 13,620

J. Bain (79'), T. Ryder (87')
B.M. Griffiths

Lineups


1
KELLY
2
WALTON
3
ROWE
4
BOOTH
5
GODDARD
6
DAVEY
7
MITCHELL
8
KNIGHT
9
DAILEY
10
MACKAY
11
MURPHY
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
RADFORD
4
BETTERIDGE
5
HUDSON
6
PROUTON
7
RYDER
8
LUNN
9
OWEN
10
MILLAR
11
BAIN

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Friday December 26th, 1952:

Aldershot Aldershot 4-1 Coventry City Coventry City
Bristol City Bristol City 5-0 Southend United Southend United
Exeter City Exeter City 1-2 Swindon Town Swindon
Gillingham Gillingham 3-1 Walsall Walsall
Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 3-1 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town
Millwall Millwall 4-1 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Northampton Town Northampton Town 6-1 Reading Reading
Norwich City Norwich City 3-0 Colchester United Colchester United
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 0-1 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers
Torquay United Torquay United 5-1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Watford Watford 2-0 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Friday December 26th, 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 23 10 2 0 31 6 7 2 2 23 14 17 4 2 54 20 2.70 38
2 Northampton Town Northampton Town 23 10 1 0 42 16 5 2 5 19 21 15 3 5 61 37 1.65 33
3 Norwich City Norwich City 23 8 3 1 27 7 6 1 4 23 14 14 4 5 50 21 2.38 32
4 Bristol City Bristol City 24 9 2 1 41 15 3 5 4 17 19 12 7 5 58 34 1.71 31
5 Millwall Millwall 22 7 4 1 24 8 4 2 4 12 13 11 6 5 36 21 1.71 28
6 Coventry City Coventry City 23 8 3 1 29 11 3 3 5 17 24 11 6 6 46 35 1.31 28
7 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 23 7 2 1 27 14 3 3 7 15 27 10 5 8 42 41 1.02 25
8 Watford Watford 23 7 3 1 21 9 1 5 6 12 26 8 8 7 33 35 0.94 24
9 Exeter City Exeter City 24 7 4 1 28 12 1 3 8 10 23 8 7 9 38 35 1.09 23
10 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 23 6 3 2 16 12 2 4 6 16 20 8 7 8 32 32 1 23
11 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 23 6 5 2 24 21 1 4 5 11 22 7 9 7 35 43 0.81 23
12 Gillingham Gillingham 23 7 3 3 17 13 1 4 5 9 19 8 7 8 26 32 0.81 23
13 Reading Reading 23 7 0 2 22 7 2 4 8 14 31 9 4 10 36 38 0.95 22
14 Southend United Southend United 24 7 2 2 19 10 1 4 8 20 39 8 6 10 39 49 0.80 22
15 Colchester United Colchester United 21 5 4 1 17 11 2 2 7 9 17 7 6 8 26 28 0.93 20
16 Newport County Newport County 23 6 1 4 26 22 2 3 7 18 26 8 4 11 44 48 0.92 20
17 Aldershot Aldershot 23 5 4 4 22 16 2 2 6 11 21 7 6 10 33 37 0.89 20
18 Swindon Town Swindon 22 5 2 5 22 21 2 2 6 10 21 7 4 11 32 42 0.76 18
19 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 22 6 0 4 19 13 2 2 8 14 31 8 2 12 33 44 0.75 18
20 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 22 5 4 1 20 13 1 2 9 12 33 6 6 10 32 46 0.70 18
21 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 22 7 2 3 28 16 0 1 9 7 26 7 3 12 35 42 0.83 17
22 Torquay United Torquay United 23 6 3 3 27 16 0 1 10 11 35 6 4 13 38 51 0.75 16
23 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 23 5 3 4 20 21 0 3 8 12 25 5 6 12 32 46 0.70 16
24 Walsall Walsall 23 1 4 6 13 26 2 0 10 14 35 3 4 16 27 61 0.44 10

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