Match Centre

Saturday March 28th, 1953

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

0 - 0

0

Bristol City

Bristol City

0

(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 10,026

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
BETTERIDGE
5
BATCHELOR
6
BINES
7
RYDER
8
LUNN
9
OWEN
10
PARKER
11
BAIN
1
COOK
2
GUY
3
BAILEY
4
PEACOCK
5
WHITE
6
TOVEY
7
EISENTRAGER
8
ROGERS
9
ATYEO
10
WILLIAMS
11
REGAN

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday March 28th, 1953:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 28th, 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 36 16 4 0 51 13 8 5 3 30 19 24 9 3 81 32 2.53 57
2 Bristol City Bristol City 37 11 6 1 58 25 8 6 5 25 24 19 12 6 83 49 1.69 50
3 Northampton Town Northampton Town 36 14 2 1 57 22 7 5 7 31 33 21 7 8 88 55 1.60 49
4 Millwall Millwall 36 11 6 2 36 12 8 4 5 28 23 19 10 7 64 35 1.83 48
5 Norwich City Norwich City 36 13 5 1 43 15 7 2 8 32 27 20 7 9 75 42 1.79 47
6 Coventry City Coventry City 37 15 3 2 48 17 3 5 9 20 33 18 8 11 68 50 1.36 44
7 Southend United Southend United 37 13 3 2 32 11 3 5 11 25 47 16 8 13 57 58 0.98 40
8 Watford Watford 37 11 5 2 34 17 2 8 9 18 38 13 13 11 52 55 0.95 39
9 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 37 7 5 5 33 26 6 5 9 27 40 13 10 14 60 66 0.91 36
10 Colchester United Colchester United 35 8 8 2 36 21 3 4 10 11 27 11 12 12 47 48 0.98 34
11 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 36 11 2 5 36 20 3 4 11 20 39 14 6 16 56 59 0.95 34
12 Exeter City Exeter City 38 9 7 3 34 17 2 5 12 19 40 11 12 15 53 57 0.93 34
13 Gillingham Gillingham 37 8 7 5 23 21 2 7 8 19 31 10 14 13 42 52 0.81 34
14 Reading Reading 36 11 2 3 33 11 2 5 13 16 42 13 7 16 49 53 0.92 33
15 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 37 8 5 5 25 24 3 6 10 23 34 11 11 15 48 58 0.83 33
16 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 37 7 9 3 34 30 2 6 10 20 39 9 15 13 54 69 0.78 33
17 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 37 9 5 4 38 21 3 3 13 13 36 12 8 17 51 57 0.89 32
18 Torquay United Torquay United 37 10 4 4 45 24 2 4 13 20 50 12 8 17 65 74 0.88 32
19 Aldershot Aldershot 36 6 6 6 30 24 4 5 9 21 36 10 11 15 51 60 0.85 31
20 Newport County Newport County 37 10 1 6 36 27 2 6 12 24 45 12 7 18 60 72 0.83 31
21 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 36 8 4 4 30 22 3 5 12 23 47 11 9 16 53 69 0.77 31
22 Swindon Town Swindon 37 7 5 8 32 30 3 5 9 17 34 10 10 17 49 64 0.77 30
23 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 37 9 4 7 32 32 1 5 11 23 42 10 9 18 55 74 0.74 29
24 Walsall Walsall 38 4 7 8 28 41 2 0 17 18 58 6 7 25 46 99 0.46 19

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