Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town
3 - 0
3
M. Betteridge (17', 59'), F. Lewis (50' o.g.)
Colchester United
Colchester United
0
W.E. Dellow
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
WRIGHT
WRIGHT
2
FRENCH
FRENCH
3
LEWIS
LEWIS
4
BEARRYMAN
BEARRYMAN
5
STEWART
STEWART
6
HILL
HILL
7
GRICE
GRICE
8
SCOTT
SCOTT
9
McCURLEY
McCURLEY
10
McKIM
McKIM
11
KEENE
KEENE
| Colchester United | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1George WRIGHT1 | ||
| 2George FRENCH2 | ||
| 3Fred LEWIS3 | ||
| 4Harry BEARRYMAN4 | ||
| 5Reg STEWART5 | ||
| 6Bertie HILL6 | ||
| 7Mike GRICE7 | ||
| 8Augie SCOTT8 | ||
| 9Kevin McCURLEY9 | ||
| 10Johnny McKIM10 | ||
| 11Doug KEENE11 |
Newspaper Reports
Results
Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday September 19th, 1953:
Aldershot
Aldershot
|
1-2 | 
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
1-1 | 
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
Coventry City
Coventry City
|
0-1 | 
Watford
Watford
|
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
0-2 | 
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
0-4 | 
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town
|
1-1 | 
Southend United
Southend United
|
Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient
|
4-1 | 
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
Millwall
Millwall
|
2-0 | 
Reading
Reading
|
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
1-0 | 
Newport County
Newport County
|
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
|
1-1 | 
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
|
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
3-0 |
Colchester United
Colchester United
|
Walsall
Walsall
|
1-0 | 
Southampton
Southampton
|
Table
Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday September 19th, 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 |
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 2.83 | 17 |
| 2 |
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 1.58 | 16 |
| 3 |
Southampton
Southampton
|
10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 2.50 | 15 |
| 4 |
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town
|
10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 2.20 | 15 |
| 5 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 2.20 | 13 |
| 6 |
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 1.22 | 13 |
| 7 |
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 1.43 | 12 |
| 8 |
Aldershot
Aldershot
|
10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 1.18 | 12 |
| 9 |
Reading
Reading
|
10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 0.89 | 11 |
| 10 |
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 1.13 | 10 |
| 11 |
Watford
Watford
|
10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 1.05 | 10 |
| 12 |
Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient
|
10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 9 |
| 13 |
Coventry City
Coventry City
|
10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 0.94 | 8 |
| 14 |
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
|
9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 0.93 | 8 |
| 15 |
Southend United
Southend United
|
10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 0.92 | 8 |
| 16 |
Colchester United
Colchester United
|
10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 0.81 | 8 |
| 17 |
Millwall
Millwall
|
9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 0.81 | 8 |
| 18 |
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 0.71 | 8 |
| 19 |
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 0.71 | 8 |
| 20 |
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 0.52 | 8 |
| 21 |
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 0.69 | 7 |
| 22 |
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 0.86 | 6 |
| 23 |
Newport County
Newport County
|
10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 0.37 | 4 |
| 24 |
Walsall
Walsall
|
10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 0.29 | 4 |
Match Programme
