Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town
2 - 1
2
M. Bull (63'), K. Lambert (69')
Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient
1
J. Johnston (66' o.g.)
W. Clements
Lineups
1
BURTON
BURTON
2
HUNT
HUNT
3
HILTON
HILTON
4
CROSS
CROSS
5
HUDSON
HUDSON
6
JOHNSTON
JOHNSTON
7
LUNN
LUNN
8
BETTERIDGE
BETTERIDGE
9
OWEN
OWEN
10
LAMBERT
LAMBERT
11
BULL
BULL
1
WELTON
WELTON
2
EVANS
EVANS
3
CHARLTON
CHARLTON
4
BLIZZARD
BLIZZARD
5
ALDOUS
ALDOUS
6
McMAHON
McMAHON
7
WHITE
WHITE
8
FACEY
FACEY
9
PACEY
PACEY
10
MORGAN
MORGAN
11
POULTON
POULTON
| Swindon Town | |
|---|---|
| 1Sam BURTON | |
| 2George HUNT | |
| 3Peter HILTON | |
| 4Jim CROSS | |
| 5Garth HUDSON | |
| 6Jimmy JOHNSTON | |
| 7Harry LUNN | |
| 8Mick BETTERIDGE | |
| 9Maurice OWEN | |
| 10Ken LAMBERT | |
| 11Mickey BULL |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Maurice LINDLEY |
| Leyton Orient | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Pat WELTON1 | ||
| 2John EVANS2 | ||
| 3Stan CHARLTON3 | ||
| 4Les BLIZZARD4 | ||
| 5Stan ALDOUS5 | ||
| 6Peter McMAHON6 | ||
| 7Phil WHITE7 | ||
| 8Ken FACEY8 | ||
| 9Denis PACEY9 | ||
| 10Stan MORGAN10 | ||
| 11George POULTON11 |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Alec STOCK |
Newspaper Reports
Results
Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday October 10th, 1953:
Aldershot
Aldershot
|
1-1 | 
Millwall
Millwall
|
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
2-3 | 
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town
|
Colchester United
Colchester United
|
0-3 | 
Coventry City
Coventry City
|
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
3-1 | 
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
0-1 | 
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
Newport County
Newport County
|
0-1 | 
Watford
Watford
|
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
0-1 | 
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
1-1 | 
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
|
2-1 | 
Southend United
Southend United
|
Southampton
Southampton
|
1-0 | 
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
|
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
2-1 |
Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient
|
Walsall
Walsall
|
1-3 | 
Reading
Reading
|
Table
Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday October 10th, 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
|
15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 16 | 2.06 | 25 |
| 2 |
Southampton
Southampton
|
15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 1.94 | 23 |
| 3 |
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 1.50 | 22 |
| 4 |
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 1.57 | 20 |
| 5 |
Reading
Reading
|
15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 23 | 1.30 | 19 |
| 6 |
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 26 | 1.12 | 18 |
| 7 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
15 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 21 | 1.62 | 17 |
| 8 |
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 1.25 | 17 |
| 9 |
Aldershot
Aldershot
|
15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 0.79 | 16 |
| 10 |
Coventry City
Coventry City
|
15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 1.17 | 15 |
| 11 |
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
|
14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 1.14 | 15 |
| 12 |
Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient
|
15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 1.08 | 15 |
| 13 |
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
15 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 1.10 | 14 |
| 14 |
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 14 |
| 15 |
Watford
Watford
|
15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 14 |
| 16 |
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 0.89 | 13 |
| 17 |
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
15 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 0.92 | 12 |
| 18 |
Southend United
Southend United
|
15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 0.89 | 12 |
| 19 |
Millwall
Millwall
|
14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 0.77 | 12 |
| 20 |
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 0.59 | 11 |
| 21 |
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 0.69 | 10 |
| 22 |
Colchester United
Colchester United
|
15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 0.62 | 9 |
| 23 |
Walsall
Walsall
|
15 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 0.34 | 8 |
| 24 |
Newport County
Newport County
|
15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 38 | 0.39 | 7 |
Match Programme
