Match Centre

Saturday April 10th, 1954

Football League Division Three (South)

Watford

2 - 1

2

J. Bowie (8'), R. Brown (62')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

R. Sampson (54')
J. Bowie (8'), R. Brown (62')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 11,178

R. Sampson (54')
F.W. Williams
Vicarage Road, Watford

Lineups


1
BENNETT
2
BEWLEY
3
GALLOGLY
4
KELLY
5
NOLAN
6
MITCHELL
7
COOK
8
BOWIE
9
BROWN
10
SMITH
11
ADAMS
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
PAGE
4
JOHNSTON
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMSON
7
BULL
8
ONSLOW
9
OWEN
10
SAMPSON
11
BEARDS
Watford
1Ted BENNETT
2Dave BEWLEY
3Charlie GALLOGLY
4Jimmy KELLY
5Phil NOLAN
6Frank MITCHELL
7Maurice COOK
8Jimmy BOWIE
9Roy BROWN
10Eddie SMITH
11Chris ADAMS
Manager/Head Coach
Len GOULDEN
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Mick PAGE3
4Jimmy JOHNSTON4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Stewart WILLIAMSON6
7Mickey BULL7
8Roy ONSLOW8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Ray SAMPSON10
11Alan BEARDS11
Manager/Head Coach
Maurice LINDLEY

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday April 10th, 1954:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday April 10th, 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 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 40 16 2 2 52 27 8 5 7 26 26 24 7 9 78 53 1.47 55
2 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 40 12 5 3 41 18 11 3 6 31 29 23 8 9 72 47 1.53 54
3 Bristol City Bristol City 40 14 3 2 49 14 7 3 11 29 44 21 6 13 78 58 1.34 48
4 Watford Watford 39 15 3 2 49 18 5 5 9 30 41 20 8 11 79 59 1.34 48
5 Northampton Town Northampton Town 40 16 4 1 58 18 2 6 11 17 30 18 10 12 75 48 1.56 46
6 Southampton Southampton 40 16 3 1 47 19 5 1 14 23 37 21 4 15 70 56 1.25 46
7 Reading Reading 41 12 3 6 50 31 6 5 9 27 35 18 8 15 77 66 1.17 44
8 Torquay United Torquay United 41 9 9 3 44 30 7 2 11 31 47 16 11 14 75 77 0.97 43
9 Gillingham Gillingham 41 12 3 6 33 20 5 6 9 22 39 17 9 15 55 59 0.93 43
10 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 39 13 4 3 44 23 4 4 11 26 39 17 8 14 70 62 1.13 42
11 Norwich City Norwich City 39 9 5 5 32 23 7 5 8 30 35 16 10 13 62 58 1.07 42
12 Millwall Millwall 39 13 2 5 40 24 4 6 9 25 41 17 8 14 65 65 1 42
13 Exeter City Exeter City 41 9 2 9 35 21 7 6 8 26 32 16 8 17 61 53 1.15 40
14 Southend United Southend United 40 13 2 5 41 19 2 5 13 22 43 15 7 18 63 62 1.02 37
15 Swindon Town Swindon 41 12 4 4 47 20 2 5 14 18 44 14 9 18 65 64 1.02 37
16 Coventry City Coventry City 40 10 5 4 27 13 4 4 13 23 37 14 9 17 50 50 1 37
17 Newport County Newport County 40 12 3 4 37 25 4 2 15 16 50 16 5 19 53 75 0.71 37
18 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 41 11 4 5 37 26 3 5 13 17 51 14 9 18 54 77 0.70 37
19 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 41 11 4 6 42 24 4 2 14 18 39 15 6 20 60 63 0.95 36
20 Aldershot Aldershot 40 9 4 7 36 29 5 3 12 25 51 14 7 19 61 80 0.76 35
21 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 39 7 5 8 25 22 5 5 9 24 36 12 10 17 49 58 0.84 34
22 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 40 9 8 3 40 31 1 4 15 13 35 10 12 18 53 66 0.80 32
23 Colchester United Colchester United 39 6 6 8 31 27 3 1 15 12 41 9 7 23 43 68 0.63 25
24 Walsall Walsall 41 7 3 10 19 26 1 3 17 17 54 8 6 27 36 80 0.45 22

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