Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, September 12, 1953

Southampton Swindon Town
E.Day (55', 87'), R.Williams (58')
 HT: 0-1 H.Lunn (35')
Attendance:  19,292   Referee:  R.J. Burgess


1
CHRISTIE
2
ELLERINGTON
3
GREGORY
4
WILKINS
5
CLEMENTS
6
SIMPSON
7
FLOOD
8
WILLIAMS
9
DAY
10
HORTON
11
HOSKINS
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
CROSS
5
BATCHELOR
6
JOHNSTON
7
LUNN
8
BETTERIDGE
9
OWEN
10
LAMBERT
11
BAIN

Lineups
1
John CHRISTIE
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Bill ELLERINGTON  
                 
George HUNT
2
3
Jack GREGORY
                 
Terry ELWELL
3
4
Len WILKINS
                 
Jim CROSS
4
5
Stan CLEMENTS
                 
Ted BATCHELOR
5
6
Alec SIMPSON
                 
Jimmy JOHNSTON
6
7
John FLOOD
               
Harry LUNN
7

8
Roy WILLIAMS
               
Mick BETTERIDGE
8

9
Eric DAY
               
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Henry HORTON
                 
Ken LAMBERT
10
11
John HOSKINS view STFC profile
                 
Jimmy BAIN
11















Results on Saturday, September 12, 1953: League Table
 
  Brighton and Hove Albion 3 - 1 Coventry City  
  Colchester United 3 - 0 Aldershot  
  Crystal Palace 1 - 2 Bristol City  
  Leyton Orient 2 - 2 Millwall  
  Newport County 0 - 3 Exeter City  
  Norwich City 1 - 0 Shrewsbury Town  
  Queens Park Rangers 2 - 0 Walsall  
  Reading 3 - 1 Ipswich Town  
  Southampton 3 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Southend United 2 - 1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Torquay United 1 - 1 Northampton Town  
  Watford 6 - 1 Gillingham  

Table as at Saturday, September 12, 1953:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Brighton and Hove Albion 8 7 1 0 18 9 2.00 15 
2 Southampton 8 6 1 1 22 8 2.75 13 
3 Ipswich Town 8 6 1 1 20 8 2.50 13 
4 Norwich City 8 5 3 0 14 6 2.33 13 
5 Reading 8 5 1 2 17 14 1.21 11 
6 Bristol City 8 4 2 2 14 9 1.56 10 
7 Aldershot 8 4 2 2 11 9 1.22 10 
8 Swindon Town 8 4 1 3 16 10 1.60 9 
9 Crystal Palace 8 3 3 2 17 17 1.00 9 
10 Colchester United 8 4 0 4 13 12 1.08 8 
11 Exeter City 8 3 1 4 10 9 1.11 7 
12 Shrewsbury Town 7 3 1 3 12 12 1.00 7 
13 Queens Park Rangers 8 3 1 4 8 10 0.80 7 
14 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 8 3 1 4 11 14 0.79 7 
15 Gillingham 8 2 3 3 10 16 0.63 7 
16 Northampton Town 8 2 2 4 12 13 0.92 6 
17 Coventry City 8 3 0 5 13 15 0.87 6 
18 Watford 8 3 0 5 17 20 0.85 6 
19 Millwall 7 2 2 3 9 12 0.75 6 
20 Leyton Orient 8 2 1 5 13 17 0.76 5 
21 Southend United 8 2 1 5 8 11 0.73 5 
22 Torquay United 8 1 2 5 12 18 0.67 4 
23 Newport County 8 2 0 6 11 26 0.42 4 
24 Walsall 8 0 2 6 5 18 0.28 2 

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