Match Centre

Saturday January 30th, 1954

Football League Division Three (South)

Southend United

3 - 1

3

F. Burns (49' pen), J. McDonald (56', 84')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

R. Sampson (39')
F. Burns (49' pen), J. McDonald (56', 84')
(HT: 0-1)

Attendance: 3,333

R. Sampson (39')
H.L. Broadhurst
Southend Stadium, Southend-on-Sea

Lineups


1
THREADGOLD
2
PAVITT
3
ANDERSON
4
DUTHIE
5
STIRLING
6
BURNS
7
SIBLEY
8
McALINDEN
9
GRANT
10
BAINBRIDGE
11
McDONALD
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
JOHNSTON
7
LUNN
8
ONSLOW
9
OWEN
10
SAMPSON
11
BULL
Southend United
1Harry THREADGOLD
2Bill PAVITT
3Sandy ANDERSON
4Jim DUTHIE
5Jimmy STIRLING
6Frank BURNS
7Joe SIBLEY
8Jimmy McALINDEN
9Cyril GRANT
10Ken BAINBRIDGE
11Jack McDONALD
Manager/Head Coach
Harry WARREN
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Terry ELWELL3
4Jim CROSS4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Jimmy JOHNSTON6
7Harry LUNN7
8Roy ONSLOW8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Ray SAMPSON10
11Mickey BULL11
Manager/Head Coach
Maurice LINDLEY

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday January 30th, 1954:

Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 0-0 Exeter City Exeter City
Gillingham Gillingham 1-0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 0-3 Coventry City Coventry City
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 4-3 Bristol City Bristol City
Southend United Southend United 3-1 Swindon Town Swindon
Torquay United Torquay United 2-2 Millwall Millwall
Walsall Walsall 0-2 Aldershot Aldershot

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday January 30th, 1954:

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 28 9 4 1 32 10 9 3 2 26 19 18 7 3 58 29 2 43
2 Southampton Southampton 28 13 1 0 37 13 5 1 8 17 22 18 2 8 54 35 1.54 38
3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 28 10 1 2 34 22 7 3 5 20 19 17 4 7 54 41 1.32 38
4 Bristol City Bristol City 29 11 1 2 38 11 4 3 8 20 35 15 4 10 58 46 1.26 34
5 Torquay United Torquay United 31 5 8 2 30 22 7 2 7 29 29 12 10 9 59 51 1.16 34
6 Northampton Town Northampton Town 28 11 3 0 47 14 1 6 7 14 22 12 9 7 61 36 1.69 33
7 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 28 9 2 3 31 18 4 4 6 21 25 13 6 9 52 43 1.21 32
8 Reading Reading 29 9 2 3 34 16 4 4 7 17 27 13 6 10 51 43 1.19 32
9 Gillingham Gillingham 31 9 3 4 25 15 4 3 8 17 34 13 6 12 42 49 0.86 32
10 Exeter City Exeter City 30 8 0 8 29 18 5 5 4 18 19 13 5 12 47 37 1.27 31
11 Watford Watford 28 8 3 2 36 16 4 4 7 24 32 12 7 9 60 48 1.25 31
12 Millwall Millwall 29 9 2 4 31 18 3 5 6 20 29 12 7 10 51 47 1.09 31
13 Norwich City Norwich City 28 7 4 3 23 17 5 3 6 18 22 12 7 9 41 39 1.05 31
14 Coventry City Coventry City 30 7 4 3 18 9 3 4 9 21 28 10 8 12 39 37 1.05 28
15 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 30 8 2 5 28 22 3 4 8 15 38 11 6 13 43 60 0.72 28
16 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 30 8 3 4 32 18 4 0 11 16 28 12 3 15 48 46 1.04 27
17 Swindon Town Swindon 30 9 3 4 36 16 2 1 11 12 31 11 4 15 48 47 1.02 26
18 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 30 8 6 2 36 25 1 2 11 11 26 9 8 13 47 51 0.92 26
19 Southend United Southend United 30 8 2 4 26 15 1 4 11 13 33 9 6 15 39 48 0.81 24
20 Newport County Newport County 30 8 2 4 26 24 2 2 12 11 39 10 4 16 37 63 0.59 24
21 Aldershot Aldershot 29 5 3 6 20 19 4 2 9 20 42 9 5 15 40 61 0.66 23
22 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 28 3 4 8 9 20 4 3 6 18 26 7 7 14 27 46 0.59 21
23 Colchester United Colchester United 29 5 4 6 23 18 2 1 11 7 28 7 5 17 30 46 0.65 19
24 Walsall Walsall 29 5 3 8 12 20 0 1 12 11 40 5 4 20 23 60 0.38 14

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