Football League Division Three (South)
Wednesday, September 2, 1953

Aldershot Swindon Town
A.McCulloch (??')
 HT: 1-0
Attendance:  7,338   Referee:  C.W. Bucknall


1
BROWN
2
ROGERS
3
JEFFERSON
4
LAIRD
5
BILLINGTON
6
CROPLEY
7
HOBBS
8
MCCULLOCH
9
BROWN
10
DURKIN
11
FLINT
1
CHURCHILL
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
CROSS
5
BATCHELOR
6
JOHNSTON
7
LUNN
8
LAMBERT
9
OWEN
10
BETTERIDGE
11
BULL

Lineups
1
Fred BROWN
                 
Trevor CHURCHILL
1
2
Alf ROGERS
                 
George HUNT
2
3
Arthur JEFFERSON
                 
Terry ELWELL
3
4
Davie LAIRD
                 
Jim CROSS
4
5
Charlie BILLINGTON
                 
Ted BATCHELOR
5
6
Jack CROPLEY
                 
Jimmy JOHNSTON
6
7
Ronnie HOBBS
                 
Harry LUNN
7

8
Adam MCCULLOCH
               
Ken LAMBERT
8

9
Eddie BROWN
                 
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Billy DURKIN
                 
Mick BETTERIDGE
10
11
Ken FLINT
                 
Mike BULL
11













Results on Wednesday, September 2, 1953: League Table
 
  Aldershot 1 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Crystal Palace 3 - 2 Shrewsbury Town  
  Southampton 4 - 0 Newport County  
  Torquay United 1 - 1 Ipswich Town  

Table as at Wednesday, September 2, 1953:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Ipswich Town 5 4 1 0 10 3 3.33 9 
2 Southampton 5 4 0 1 17 6 2.83 8 
3 Brighton and Hove Albion 4 4 0 0 10 6 1.67 8 
4 Swindon Town 5 3 1 1 14 6 2.33 7 
5 Norwich City 5 2 3 0 7 4 1.75 7 
6 Aldershot 5 3 1 1 8 5 1.60 7 
7 Gillingham 5 2 2 1 8 4 2.00 6 
8 Colchester United 4 3 0 1 9 6 1.50 6 
9 Crystal Palace 5 2 2 1 11 12 0.92 6 
10 Reading 5 3 0 2 9 11 0.82 6 
11 Shrewsbury Town 4 2 1 1 10 8 1.25 5 
12 Coventry City 5 2 0 3 11 11 1.00 4 
13 Bristol City 5 1 2 2 8 8 1.00 4 
14 Watford 5 2 0 3 9 11 0.82 4 
15 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 4 2 0 2 7 9 0.78 4 
16 Newport County 5 2 0 3 9 18 0.50 4 
17 Exeter City 4 1 1 2 4 5 0.80 3 
18 Southend United 5 1 1 3 4 6 0.67 3 
19 Queens Park Rangers 5 1 1 3 5 9 0.56 3 
20 Leyton Orient 4 1 0 3 7 8 0.88 2 
21 Millwall 4 1 0 3 4 8 0.50 2 
22 Walsall 5 0 2 3 4 11 0.36 2 
23 Northampton Town 4 0 1 3 5 9 0.56 1 
24 Torquay United 5 0 1 4 6 12 0.50 1 

Key: Promotion Re-election