Match Centre

Friday December 25th, 1953

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

2 - 1

2

M. Bull (15'), H. Lunn (47')

Shrewsbury Town

Shrewsbury Town

1

J. Hudson (50')
M. Bull (15'), H. Lunn (47')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 6,611

J. Hudson (50')
W. Clements

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
JOHNSTON
7
LUNN
8
ONSLOW
9
JOHNSON
10
SAMPSON
11
BULL
1
McBRIDE
2
BANNISTER
3
PARR
4
BULLIONS
5
CANDLIN
6
BEYNON
7
FISHER
8
JACKSON
9
HUDSON
10
STAMPS
11
McCUE

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Friday December 25th, 1953:

Aldershot Aldershot 1-2 Exeter City Exeter City
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 3-1 Southampton Southampton
Colchester United Colchester United 5-0 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Coventry City Coventry City 1-3 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 1-0 Norwich City Norwich City
Gillingham Gillingham 2-0 Millwall Millwall
Newport County Newport County 3-2 Bristol City Bristol City
Northampton Town Northampton Town 2-2 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient
Reading Reading 2-4 Torquay United Torquay United
Swindon Town Swindon 2-1 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Walsall Walsall 3-1 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Watford Watford 2-2 Southend United Southend United

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Friday December 25th, 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 24 8 3 0 27 7 8 3 2 24 18 16 6 2 51 25 2.04 38
2 Southampton Southampton 24 11 1 0 33 12 4 1 7 16 21 15 2 7 49 33 1.48 32
3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 23 7 1 2 23 16 6 3 4 16 14 13 4 6 39 30 1.30 30
4 Northampton Town Northampton Town 24 9 3 0 40 11 1 5 6 13 19 10 8 6 53 30 1.77 28
5 Reading Reading 24 9 2 2 34 15 3 2 6 11 21 12 4 8 45 36 1.25 28
6 Torquay United Torquay United 25 5 5 2 24 16 6 1 6 24 23 11 6 8 48 39 1.23 28
7 Gillingham Gillingham 25 7 3 3 19 11 4 3 5 14 24 11 6 8 33 35 0.94 28
8 Watford Watford 24 8 2 2 35 15 3 3 6 19 25 11 5 8 54 40 1.35 27
9 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 24 8 1 3 26 18 3 4 5 14 25 11 5 8 40 43 0.93 27
10 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 24 8 2 2 28 16 2 4 6 16 24 10 6 8 44 40 1.10 26
11 Bristol City Bristol City 24 8 1 2 30 11 3 3 7 15 31 11 4 9 45 42 1.07 26
12 Norwich City Norwich City 24 5 4 3 18 16 5 2 5 18 18 10 6 8 36 34 1.06 26
13 Exeter City Exeter City 24 6 0 6 19 13 5 3 4 17 18 11 3 10 36 31 1.16 25
14 Millwall Millwall 23 8 1 3 26 12 2 3 6 14 24 10 4 9 40 36 1.11 24
15 Coventry City Coventry City 24 7 3 2 16 6 2 2 8 14 21 9 5 10 30 27 1.11 23
16 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 24 7 3 2 27 14 3 0 9 14 25 10 3 11 41 39 1.05 23
17 Swindon Town Swindon 24 8 2 3 33 15 1 1 9 9 27 9 3 12 42 42 1 21
18 Newport County Newport County 25 7 2 4 24 23 1 1 10 8 33 8 3 14 32 56 0.57 19
19 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 24 5 4 2 25 20 1 2 10 10 24 6 6 12 35 44 0.80 18
20 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 23 3 3 6 9 15 3 3 5 14 23 6 6 11 23 38 0.61 18
21 Southend United Southend United 24 6 1 4 18 12 0 4 9 11 27 6 5 13 29 39 0.74 17
22 Aldershot Aldershot 24 4 3 5 16 15 2 2 8 15 39 6 5 13 31 54 0.57 17
23 Colchester United Colchester United 24 5 3 5 21 14 1 0 10 6 25 6 3 15 27 39 0.69 15
24 Walsall Walsall 24 4 3 6 10 17 0 1 10 8 32 4 4 16 18 49 0.37 12

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