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Saturday December 27th, 1952

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

5 - 2

5

W. Millar (12'), T. Ryder (54'), M. Betteridge (59'), J. Bain (85', 88')

Exeter City

Exeter City

2

A. Mitchell (5'), J. Dailey (52')
W. Millar (12'), T. Ryder (54'), M. Betteridge (59'), J. Bain (85', 88')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 10,580

A. Mitchell (5'), J. Dailey (52')

Lineups


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

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday December 27th, 1952:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 0-1 Torquay United Torquay United
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 2-2 Newport County Newport County
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 2-1 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Coventry City Coventry City 3-0 Aldershot Aldershot
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 2-4 Millwall Millwall
Swindon Town Swindon 5-2 Exeter City Exeter City
Walsall Walsall 1-3 Gillingham Gillingham

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday December 27th, 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 24 11 2 0 33 7 7 2 2 23 14 18 4 2 56 21 2.67 40
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 23 7 4 1 24 8 5 2 4 16 15 12 6 5 40 23 1.74 30
6 Coventry City Coventry City 24 9 3 1 32 11 3 3 5 17 24 12 6 6 49 35 1.40 30
7 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 24 7 3 1 29 16 3 3 7 15 27 10 6 8 44 43 1.02 26
8 Gillingham Gillingham 24 7 3 3 17 13 2 4 5 12 20 9 7 8 29 33 0.88 25
9 Watford Watford 23 7 3 1 21 9 1 5 6 12 26 8 8 7 33 35 0.94 24
10 Exeter City Exeter City 25 7 4 1 28 12 1 3 9 12 28 8 7 10 40 40 1 23
11 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 23 6 3 2 16 12 2 4 6 16 20 8 7 8 32 32 1 23
12 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 24 6 5 2 24 21 1 4 6 12 24 7 9 8 36 45 0.80 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 Newport County Newport County 24 6 1 4 26 22 2 4 7 20 28 8 5 11 46 50 0.92 21
16 Colchester United Colchester United 21 5 4 1 17 11 2 2 7 9 17 7 6 8 26 28 0.93 20
17 Swindon Town Swindon 23 6 2 5 27 23 2 2 6 10 21 8 4 11 37 44 0.84 20
18 Aldershot Aldershot 24 5 4 4 22 16 2 2 7 11 24 7 6 11 33 40 0.83 20
19 Torquay United Torquay United 24 6 3 3 27 16 1 1 10 12 35 7 4 13 39 51 0.76 18
20 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 23 6 0 5 19 14 2 2 8 14 31 8 2 13 33 45 0.73 18
21 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 22 5 4 1 20 13 1 2 9 12 33 6 6 10 32 46 0.70 18
22 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 22 7 2 3 28 16 0 1 9 7 26 7 3 12 35 42 0.83 17
23 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 24 5 3 5 22 25 0 3 8 12 25 5 6 13 34 50 0.68 16
24 Walsall Walsall 24 1 4 7 14 29 2 0 10 14 35 3 4 17 28 64 0.44 10

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