Football League Division Three (South)
Lineups
1
BROWN
BROWN
2
ROGERS
ROGERS
3
JEFFERSON
JEFFERSON
4
LAIRD
LAIRD
5
BILLINGTON
BILLINGTON
6
CROPLEY
CROPLEY
7
HOBBS
HOBBS
8
McCULLOCH
McCULLOCH
9
BROWN
BROWN
10
DURKIN
DURKIN
11
FLINT
FLINT
1
CHURCHILL
CHURCHILL
2
HUNT
HUNT
3
ELWELL
ELWELL
4
CROSS
CROSS
5
BATCHELOR
BATCHELOR
6
JOHNSTON
JOHNSTON
7
LUNN
LUNN
8
LAMBERT
LAMBERT
9
OWEN
OWEN
10
BETTERIDGE
BETTERIDGE
11
BULL
BULL
| Swindon Town | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Trevor CHURCHILL1 | ||
| 2George HUNT2 | ||
| 3Terry ELWELL3 | ||
| 4Jim CROSS4 | ||
| 5Ted BATCHELOR5 | ||
| 6Jimmy JOHNSTON6 | ||
| 7Harry LUNN7 | ||
| 8Ken LAMBERT8 | ||
| 9Maurice OWEN9 | ||
| 10Mick BETTERIDGE10 | ||
| 11Mickey BULL11 |
Results
Football League Division Three (South) results on Wednesday September 2nd, 1953:
Aldershot
Aldershot
|
1-0 | 
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
3-2 | 
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
|
Southampton
Southampton
|
4-0 | 
Newport County
Newport County
|
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
1-1 | 
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town
|
Table
Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Wednesday September 2nd, 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 |
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town
|
5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3.33 | 9 |
| 2 |
Southampton
Southampton
|
5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 2.83 | 8 |
| 3 | 
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 1.67 | 8 |
| 4 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 2.33 | 7 |
| 5 | 
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1.75 | 7 |
| 6 |
Aldershot
Aldershot
|
5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1.60 | 7 |
| 7 | 
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 
Colchester United
Colchester United
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1.50 | 6 |
| 9 |
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 0.92 | 6 |
| 10 | 
Reading
Reading
|
5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0.82 | 6 |
| 11 |
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
|
4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 1.25 | 5 |
| 12 | 
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | 
Coventry City
Coventry City
|
5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | 
Watford
Watford
|
5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 0.82 | 4 |
| 15 | 
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0.78 | 4 |
| 16 |
Newport County
Newport County
|
5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 0.50 | 4 |
| 17 | 
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0.80 | 3 |
| 18 | 
Southend United
Southend United
|
5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0.67 | 3 |
| 19 | 
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0.56 | 3 |
| 20 | 
Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0.88 | 2 |
| 21 | 
Millwall
Millwall
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0.50 | 2 |
| 22 | 
Walsall
Walsall
|
5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 0.36 | 2 |
| 23 | 
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0.56 | 1 |
| 24 |
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0.50 | 1 |