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Saturday April 11th, 1953

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

3 - 0

3

W. Millar (18'), J. Bain (41' pen), M. Owen (59')

Northampton Town

Northampton Town

0

W. Millar (18'), J. Bain (41' pen), M. Owen (59')
(HT: 2-0)

Attendance: 9,564

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
JOHNSTON
5
BATCHELOR
6
WILLIAMS
7
LUNN
8
BETTERIDGE
9
OWEN
10
MILLAR
11
BAIN
1
WOOD
2
SOUTHAM
3
PATTERSON
4
CANDLIN
5
COLLINS
6
McLAIN
7
ENGLISH
8
BAXTER
9
O'DONNELL
10
RAMSCAR
11
FOWLER

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday April 11th, 1953:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday April 11th, 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 40 16 4 2 52 18 9 5 4 34 22 25 9 6 86 40 2.15 59
2 Millwall Millwall 40 13 6 2 42 14 9 5 5 32 25 22 11 7 74 39 1.90 55
3 Northampton Town Northampton Town 40 16 2 1 63 24 7 6 8 32 37 23 8 9 95 61 1.56 54
4 Norwich City Norwich City 40 15 5 1 53 17 7 3 9 34 31 22 8 10 87 48 1.81 52
5 Bristol City Bristol City 41 11 8 1 59 26 8 6 7 27 31 19 14 8 86 57 1.51 52
6 Coventry City Coventry City 41 15 4 3 50 20 4 6 9 22 34 19 10 12 72 54 1.33 48
7 Watford Watford 41 12 5 3 37 19 3 9 9 22 39 15 14 12 59 58 1.02 44
8 Southend United Southend United 41 14 4 2 36 14 3 6 12 26 51 17 10 14 62 65 0.95 44
9 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 41 8 6 5 38 29 7 5 10 32 44 15 11 15 70 73 0.96 41
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 40 12 3 5 41 22 4 5 11 23 41 16 8 16 64 63 1.02 40
11 Reading Reading 40 13 3 3 40 14 2 5 14 16 44 15 8 17 56 58 0.97 38
12 Torquay United Torquay United 41 12 4 4 50 25 3 4 14 23 54 15 8 18 73 79 0.92 38
13 Colchester United Colchester United 39 9 8 3 39 23 3 5 11 14 32 12 13 14 53 55 0.96 37
14 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 41 9 6 5 31 25 3 7 11 25 38 12 13 16 56 63 0.89 37
15 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 41 10 6 4 41 22 4 3 14 15 41 14 9 18 56 63 0.89 37
16 Newport County Newport County 41 10 3 6 38 29 4 6 12 26 45 14 9 18 64 74 0.86 37
17 Exeter City Exeter City 42 9 8 4 37 24 2 6 13 21 44 11 14 17 58 68 0.85 36
18 Gillingham Gillingham 41 9 7 6 28 25 2 7 10 22 37 11 14 16 50 62 0.81 36
19 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 40 9 5 4 33 23 3 6 13 26 54 12 11 17 59 77 0.77 35
20 Aldershot Aldershot 40 6 7 7 31 27 4 7 9 23 38 10 14 16 54 65 0.83 34
21 Swindon Town Swindon 41 8 5 9 36 33 4 5 10 20 38 12 10 19 56 71 0.79 34
22 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 41 10 5 7 37 35 1 6 12 25 46 11 11 19 62 81 0.77 33
23 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 41 7 9 5 35 34 2 6 12 23 45 9 15 17 58 79 0.73 33
24 Walsall Walsall 42 5 7 8 31 41 2 1 19 20 67 7 8 27 51 108 0.47 22

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