
| Aldershot | |
|---|---|
| 1Fred BROWN | |
| 2Alf ROGERS | |
| 3Arthur JEFFERSON | |
| 4Davie LAIRD | |
| 5Charlie BILLINGTON | |
| 6Jack CROPLEY | |
| 7Ronnie HOBBS | |
| 8Adam McCULLOCH | |
| 9Eddie BROWN | |
| 10Billy DURKIN | |
| 11Ken FLINT |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Gordon CLARK |
| Swindon Town | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Trevor CHURCHILL1 | ||
| 2George HUNT2 | ||
| 3Terry ELWELL3 | ||
| 4Jim CROSS4 | ||
| 5Ted BATCHELOR5 | ||
| 6Jimmy JOHNSTON6 | ||
| 7Harry LUNN7 | ||
| 8Ken LAMBERT8 | ||
| 9Maurice OWEN9 | ||
| 10Mick BETTERIDGE10 | ||
| 11Mickey BULL11 |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Maurice LINDLEY |
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
|
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 |