Season 1952-1953

League Table

Football League Division Three (South)

Division Three (South) table as at Saturday May 2nd, 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 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 46 17 4 2 55 19 9 8 6 37 27 26 12 8 92 46 2 64
2 Millwall Millwall 46 14 7 2 46 16 10 7 6 36 28 24 14 8 82 44 1.86 62
3 Northampton Town Northampton Town 46 18 4 1 75 30 8 6 9 34 40 26 10 10 109 70 1.56 62
4 Norwich City Norwich City 46 16 6 1 56 17 9 4 10 43 38 25 10 11 99 55 1.80 60
5 Bristol City Bristol City 46 13 8 2 62 28 9 7 7 33 33 22 15 9 95 61 1.56 59
6 Coventry City Coventry City 46 15 5 3 52 22 4 7 12 25 40 19 12 15 77 62 1.24 50
7 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 46 12 6 5 48 30 7 6 10 33 45 19 12 15 81 75 1.08 50
8 Southend United Southend United 46 15 5 3 41 21 3 8 12 28 53 18 13 15 69 74 0.93 49
9 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 46 15 3 5 49 23 4 6 13 25 46 19 9 18 74 69 1.07 47
10 Watford Watford 46 12 8 3 39 21 3 9 11 23 42 15 17 14 62 63 0.98 47
11 Reading Reading 46 17 3 3 53 18 2 5 16 16 46 19 8 19 69 64 1.08 46
12 Torquay United Torquay United 46 15 4 4 61 28 3 5 15 26 60 18 9 19 87 88 0.99 45
13 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 46 12 7 4 40 26 3 6 14 26 56 15 13 18 66 82 0.80 43
14 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 46 12 7 4 52 28 4 3 16 16 45 16 10 20 68 73 0.93 42
15 Newport County Newport County 46 12 4 7 43 34 4 6 13 27 48 16 10 20 70 82 0.85 42
16 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 46 10 7 6 34 28 3 8 12 26 41 13 15 18 60 69 0.87 41
17 Exeter City Exeter City 46 11 8 4 40 24 2 6 15 21 47 13 14 19 61 71 0.86 40
18 Swindon Town Swindon 46 9 5 9 38 33 5 7 11 26 46 14 12 20 64 79 0.81 40
19 Aldershot Aldershot 46 8 8 7 36 29 4 7 12 25 48 12 15 19 61 77 0.79 39
20 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 46 9 9 5 37 34 3 6 14 24 48 12 15 19 61 82 0.74 39
21 Gillingham Gillingham 46 10 7 6 30 26 2 8 13 25 48 12 15 19 55 74 0.74 39
22 Colchester United Colchester United 46 9 9 5 40 29 3 5 15 19 47 12 14 20 59 76 0.78 38
23 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 46 11 5 7 38 35 1 7 15 30 56 12 12 22 68 91 0.75 36
24 Walsall Walsall 46 5 9 9 35 46 2 1 20 21 72 7 10 29 56 118 0.47 24