Match Centre

Saturday January 31st, 1953

Football League Division Three (South)

Millwall

3 - 0

3

J. Shepherd (25', 55'), A. Monkhouse (67')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

J. Shepherd (25', 55'), A. Monkhouse (67')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 18,382

F.S. Fiander
The Den, New Cross

Lineups


1
FINLAYSON
2
JARDINE
3
FISHER
4
SHORT
5
BOWLER
6
SAWARD
7
JOHNSON
8
SMITH
9
SHEPHERD
10
MORGAN
11
MONKHOUSE
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
BETTERIDGE
5
BATCHELOR
6
GRAY
7
RYDER
8
LUNN
9
OWEN
10
WILLIAMS
11
BAIN
Millwall
1Malcolm FINLAYSON
2Alex JARDINE
3George FISHER
4John SHORT
5Gerry BOWLER
6Pat SAWARD
7Johnny JOHNSON
8Fred SMITH
9John SHEPHERD
10Stan MORGAN
11Alan MONKHOUSE
Manager/Head Coach
Charlie HEWITT
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Terry ELWELL3
4Mick BETTERIDGE4
5Ted BATCHELOR5
6George GRAY6
7Terry RYDER7
8Harry LUNN8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Gordon WILLIAMS10
11Jimmy BAIN11
Manager/Head Coach
Louis PAGE

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday January 31st, 1953:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday January 31st, 1953:

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 28 13 3 0 40 9 8 2 2 27 14 21 5 2 67 23 2.91 47
2 Northampton Town Northampton Town 28 12 1 0 49 18 6 3 6 22 25 18 4 6 71 43 1.65 40
3 Millwall Millwall 28 9 4 1 30 9 7 3 4 20 17 16 7 5 50 26 1.92 39
4 Bristol City Bristol City 29 10 3 1 44 16 5 5 5 21 24 15 8 6 65 40 1.63 38
5 Coventry City Coventry City 29 12 3 1 39 13 3 4 6 18 26 15 7 7 57 39 1.46 37
6 Norwich City Norwich City 28 9 5 1 31 10 6 1 6 25 19 15 6 7 56 29 1.93 36
7 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 29 7 4 3 31 20 5 3 7 20 30 12 7 10 51 50 1.02 31
8 Watford Watford 29 9 4 2 28 13 2 5 7 15 31 11 9 9 43 44 0.98 31
9 Southend United Southend United 29 10 2 2 25 11 2 4 9 21 42 12 6 11 46 53 0.87 30
10 Gillingham Gillingham 29 8 3 4 20 17 2 6 6 14 24 10 9 10 34 41 0.83 29
11 Exeter City Exeter City 30 8 6 1 32 14 1 4 10 15 33 9 10 11 47 47 1 28
12 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 28 7 4 2 20 15 2 5 8 18 27 9 9 10 38 42 0.90 27
13 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 29 7 6 2 28 23 1 5 8 13 30 8 11 10 41 53 0.77 27
14 Reading Reading 28 8 1 3 29 11 2 5 9 15 34 10 6 12 44 45 0.98 26
15 Colchester United Colchester United 26 6 5 2 22 15 3 2 8 10 19 9 7 10 32 34 0.94 25
16 Newport County Newport County 29 8 1 5 32 25 2 4 9 20 31 10 5 14 52 56 0.93 25
17 Aldershot Aldershot 28 5 5 4 24 18 4 2 8 17 31 9 7 12 41 49 0.84 25
18 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 28 9 0 5 29 17 2 2 10 15 34 11 2 15 44 51 0.86 24
19 Torquay United Torquay United 29 7 3 4 32 19 1 3 11 15 41 8 6 15 47 60 0.78 22
20 Swindon Town Swindon 28 6 2 7 28 26 2 4 7 13 27 8 6 14 41 53 0.77 22
21 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 28 6 3 5 23 25 0 5 9 19 33 6 8 14 42 58 0.72 20
22 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 27 6 4 3 22 17 1 2 11 16 40 7 6 14 38 57 0.67 20
23 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 27 8 2 4 31 17 0 1 12 9 34 8 3 16 40 51 0.78 19
24 Walsall Walsall 29 1 6 7 20 35 2 0 13 15 43 3 6 20 35 78 0.45 12

Match Programme