Football League Division Three (South)
Lineups
1
CHURCHILL
CHURCHILL
2
HUNT
HUNT
3
ELWELL
ELWELL
4
CROSS
CROSS
5
BATCHELOR
BATCHELOR
6
JOHNSTON
JOHNSTON
7
LUNN
LUNN
8
BETTERIDGE
BETTERIDGE
9
OWEN
OWEN
10
LAMBERT
LAMBERT
11
BAIN
BAIN
1
PIDCOCK
PIDCOCK
2
HORNE
HORNE
3
FLAVELL
FLAVELL
4
HOLDING
HOLDING
5
BRIDGETT
BRIDGETT
6
GREEN
GREEN
7
GRUBB
GRUBB
8
DEAN
DEAN
9
FINLAY
FINLAY
10
NICHOLLS
NICHOLLS
11
MORRIS
MORRIS
| Walsall | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Fred PIDCOCK1 | ||
| 2Les HORNE2 | ||
| 3Jack FLAVELL3 | ||
| 4Eddie HOLDING4 | ||
| 5Jack BRIDGETT5 | ||
| 6Billy GREEN6 | ||
| 7Alan GRUBB7 | ||
| 8George DEAN8 | ||
| 9Jock FINLAY9 | ||
| 10Ron NICHOLLS10 | ||
| 11Fred MORRIS11 |
Results
Football League Division Three (South) results on Wednesday September 16th, 1953:
Aldershot
Aldershot
|
1-0 | 
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
|
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
3-0 | 
Newport County
Newport County
|
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
1-1 | 
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town
|
Southampton
Southampton
|
3-1 | 
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
3-0 | 
Walsall
Walsall
|
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
2-3 | 
Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient
|
Table
Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Wednesday September 16th, 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 |
Southampton
Southampton
|
9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 2.78 | 15 |
| 2 | 
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 1.64 | 15 |
| 3 |
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town
|
9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 2.33 | 14 |
| 4 | 
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 2.33 | 13 |
| 5 | 
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 1.90 | 12 |
| 6 |
Aldershot
Aldershot
|
9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1.33 | 12 |
| 7 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 1.90 | 11 |
| 8 |
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 1.18 | 11 |
| 9 | 
Reading
Reading
|
9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | 
Colchester United
Colchester United
|
8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 1.08 | 8 |
| 11 | 
Coventry City
Coventry City
|
9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 8 |
| 12 | 
Watford
Watford
|
9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 8 |
| 13 |
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 0.65 | 8 |
| 14 |
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
|
8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 0.92 | 7 |
| 15 | 
Southend United
Southend United
|
9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 0.91 | 7 |
| 16 |
Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient
|
9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 0.84 | 7 |
| 17 | 
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 0.79 | 7 |
| 18 |
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 0.69 | 7 |
| 19 | 
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 0.69 | 7 |
| 20 | 
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 0.92 | 6 |
| 21 | 
Millwall
Millwall
|
7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0.75 | 6 |
| 22 |
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 0.67 | 4 |
| 23 |
Newport County
Newport County
|
9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 0.38 | 4 |
| 24 |
Walsall
Walsall
|
9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 0.24 | 2 |
Match Programme
