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Saturday December 26th, 1953

Football League Division Three (South)

Shrewsbury Town

1 - 0

1

M. Candlin (??')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

M. Candlin (??')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 10,665

W. Clements

Lineups


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

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday December 26th, 1953:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday December 26th, 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 25 9 3 0 31 8 8 3 2 24 18 17 6 2 55 26 2.12 40
2 Southampton Southampton 25 12 1 0 35 13 4 1 7 16 21 16 2 7 51 34 1.50 34
3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 24 8 1 2 28 19 6 3 4 16 14 14 4 6 44 33 1.33 32
4 Reading Reading 25 9 2 2 34 15 3 3 6 13 23 12 5 8 47 38 1.24 29
5 Torquay United Torquay United 26 5 6 2 26 18 6 1 6 24 23 11 7 8 50 41 1.22 29
6 Northampton Town Northampton Town 25 9 3 0 40 11 1 5 7 13 21 10 8 7 53 32 1.66 28
7 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 25 9 2 2 30 16 2 4 6 16 24 11 6 8 46 40 1.15 28
8 Bristol City Bristol City 25 9 1 2 33 11 3 3 7 15 31 12 4 9 48 42 1.14 28
9 Norwich City Norwich City 25 6 4 3 20 17 5 2 5 18 18 11 6 8 38 35 1.09 28
10 Gillingham Gillingham 26 7 3 3 19 11 4 3 6 15 27 11 6 9 34 38 0.89 28
11 Watford Watford 25 8 2 2 35 15 3 3 7 19 28 11 5 9 54 43 1.26 27
12 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 25 8 1 3 26 18 3 4 6 15 27 11 5 9 41 45 0.91 27
13 Millwall Millwall 24 9 1 3 29 13 2 3 6 14 24 11 4 9 43 37 1.16 26
14 Exeter City Exeter City 25 6 0 7 20 16 5 3 4 17 18 11 3 11 37 34 1.09 25
15 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 25 7 3 2 27 14 3 0 10 15 27 10 3 12 42 41 1.02 23
16 Coventry City Coventry City 25 7 3 2 16 6 2 2 9 15 25 9 5 11 31 31 1 23
17 Swindon Town Swindon 25 8 2 3 33 15 1 1 10 9 28 9 3 13 42 43 0.98 21
18 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 25 6 4 2 26 20 1 2 10 10 24 7 6 12 36 44 0.82 20
19 Southend United Southend United 25 7 1 4 21 12 0 4 9 11 27 7 5 13 32 39 0.82 19
20 Aldershot Aldershot 25 4 3 5 16 15 3 2 8 18 40 7 5 13 34 55 0.62 19
21 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 24 3 4 6 9 15 3 3 5 14 23 6 7 11 23 38 0.61 19
22 Newport County Newport County 26 7 2 4 24 23 1 1 11 8 36 8 3 15 32 59 0.54 19
23 Colchester United Colchester United 25 5 3 5 21 14 1 1 10 6 25 6 4 15 27 39 0.69 16
24 Walsall Walsall 25 4 3 6 10 17 0 1 11 11 37 4 4 17 21 54 0.39 12

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