Football League Division Three (South)
R.E. Smith
Lineups
1
CHURCHILL
CHURCHILL
2
HUNT
HUNT
3
ELWELL
ELWELL
4
CROSS
CROSS
5
HUDSON
HUDSON
6
JOHNSTON
JOHNSTON
7
LUNN
LUNN
8
BAIN
BAIN
9
BATCHELOR
BATCHELOR
10
LAMBERT
LAMBERT
11
BULL
BULL
1
TAYLOR
TAYLOR
2
JONES
JONES
3
KIRK
KIRK
4
JAMIESON
JAMIESON
5
McDONNELL
McDONNELL
6
AUSTIN
AUSTIN
7
NUTT
NUTT
8
DORMAN
DORMAN
9
BROWN
BROWN
10
WALDOCK
WALDOCK
11
JOHNSON
JOHNSON
| Swindon Town | |
|---|---|
| 1Trevor CHURCHILL | |
| 2George HUNT | |
| 3Terry ELWELL | |
| 4Jim CROSS | |
| 5Garth HUDSON | |
| 6Jimmy JOHNSTON | |
| 7Harry LUNN | |
| 8Jimmy BAIN | |
| 9Ted BATCHELOR | |
| 10Ken LAMBERT | |
| 11Mickey BULL |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Maurice LINDLEY |
| Coventry City | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Peter TAYLOR1 | ||
| 2Ken JONES2 | ||
| 3Roy KIRK3 | ||
| 4Iain JAMIESON4 | ||
| 5Martin McDONNELL5 | ||
| 6Frank AUSTIN6 | ||
| 7Gordon NUTT7 | ||
| 8Don DORMAN8 | ||
| 9Eddie BROWN9 | ||
| 10Ronnie WALDOCK10 | ||
| 11Eric JOHNSON11 |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| George JONES |
Newspaper Reports
Results
Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday November 7th, 1953:
Aldershot
Aldershot
|
1-2 | 
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
2-1 | 
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
Colchester United
Colchester United
|
2-2 | 
Watford
Watford
|
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
4-1 | 
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
4-1 | 
Millwall
Millwall
|
Newport County
Newport County
|
1-1 | 
Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient
|
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
2-3 | 
Reading
Reading
|
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
1-0 | 
Southend United
Southend United
|
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
|
1-1 | 
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town
|
Southampton
Southampton
|
1-0 | 
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
1-1 | 
Coventry City
Coventry City
|
Walsall
Walsall
|
1-0 | 
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
Table
Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday November 7th, 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
|
19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 18 | 2.39 | 32 |
| 2 |
Southampton
Southampton
|
19 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 24 | 1.50 | 26 |
| 3 |
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 1.41 | 24 |
| 4 |
Reading
Reading
|
19 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 29 | 1.31 | 24 |
| 5 |
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 1.30 | 24 |
| 6 |
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 32 | 1.16 | 22 |
| 7 |
Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient
|
19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 32 | 1.16 | 21 |
| 8 |
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 35 | 0.97 | 21 |
| 9 |
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
19 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 24 | 1.25 | 20 |
| 10 |
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 1.35 | 19 |
| 11 |
Coventry City
Coventry City
|
19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 1.14 | 19 |
| 12 |
Watford
Watford
|
19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 33 | 1.12 | 19 |
| 13 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 37 | 34 | 1.09 | 18 |
| 14 |
Millwall
Millwall
|
18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 28 | 1.04 | 18 |
| 15 |
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
|
18 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 1.03 | 18 |
| 16 |
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
19 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 33 | 0.76 | 18 |
| 17 |
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 31 | 33 | 0.94 | 16 |
| 18 |
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
19 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 34 | 0.91 | 16 |
| 19 |
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 0.79 | 16 |
| 20 |
Aldershot
Aldershot
|
19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 34 | 0.65 | 16 |
| 21 |
Southend United
Southend United
|
19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 25 | 0.92 | 14 |
| 22 |
Colchester United
Colchester United
|
19 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 34 | 0.59 | 11 |
| 23 |
Newport County
Newport County
|
19 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 49 | 0.45 | 10 |
| 24 |
Walsall
Walsall
|
19 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 36 | 0.33 | 10 |
Match Programme
