Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, December 20, 1952

Swindon Town Coventry City
W.Millar (4'), M.Betteridge (7')
HT: 2-0 D.Dorman (64', 83'), E.Brown (84')
Attendance:  7,368   Referee:  A. Bond


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
RADFORD
4
BETTERIDGE
5
BATCHELOR
6
PROUTON
7
RYDER
8
LUNN
9
JOHNSON
10
MILLAR
11
BAIN
1
SPENCER
2
MCDONNELL
3
MASON
4
COOK
5
KIRK
6
SIMPSON
7
WARNER
8
DORMAN
9
BROWN
10
HILL
11
JOHNSON

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Derek SPENCER
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Martin MCDONNELL
2
3
Arthur RADFORD
                 
Dick MASON
3
4
Mick BETTERIDGE
               
Les COOK
4
5
Ted BATCHELOR
                 
Roy KIRK
5
6
Ralph PROUTON
                 
Noel SIMPSON
6
7
Terry RYDER
                 
Les WARNER
7

8
Harry LUNN
               
Don DORMAN
8

9
Roy JOHNSON
               
Eddie BROWN
9
10
William MILLAR
               
Peter HILL
10
11
Jimmy BAIN
                 
Eric JOHNSON
11















Results on Saturday, December 20, 1952: League Table

 
  Aldershot 1 - 2 Norwich City  
  Bristol City 5 - 1 Watford  
  Crystal Palace 2 - 1 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Gillingham 1 - 1 Newport County  
  Ipswich Town 2 - 2 Colchester United  
  Leyton Orient 1 - 1 Reading  
  Northampton Town 5 - 1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Queens Park Rangers 1 - 1 Exeter City  
  Shrewsbury Town 0 - 1 Bristol Rovers  
  Swindon Town 2 - 3 Coventry City  
  Torquay United 4 - 2 Southend United  
  Walsall 0 - 2 Millwall  

Table as at Saturday, December 20, 1952:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bristol Rovers 22 16 4 2 53 20 2.65 36 
2 Northampton Town 22 14 3 5 55 36 1.53 31 
3 Norwich City 22 13 4 5 47 21 2.24 30 
4 Bristol City 23 11 7 5 53 34 1.56 29 
5 Coventry City 22 11 6 5 45 31 1.45 28 
6 Millwall 21 10 6 5 32 20 1.60 26 
7 Exeter City 23 8 7 8 37 33 1.12 23 
8 Ipswich Town 22 8 7 7 31 29 1.07 23 
9 Brighton and Hove Albion 22 9 5 8 39 41 0.95 23 
10 Queens Park Rangers 22 7 9 6 35 42 0.83 23 
11 Reading 22 9 4 9 35 32 1.09 22 
12 Southend United 23 8 6 9 39 44 0.89 22 
13 Watford 22 7 8 7 31 35 0.89 22 
14 Gillingham 22 7 7 8 23 31 0.74 21 
15 Colchester United 20 7 6 7 26 25 1.04 20 
16 Newport County 22 8 4 10 44 45 0.98 20 
17 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 21 8 2 11 32 39 0.82 18 
18 Aldershot 22 6 6 10 29 36 0.81 18 
19 Crystal Palace 21 6 6 9 32 44 0.73 18 
20 Shrewsbury Town 22 5 6 11 31 42 0.74 16 
21 Swindon Town 21 6 4 11 30 41 0.73 16 
22 Leyton Orient 21 6 3 12 32 41 0.78 15 
23 Torquay United 22 5 4 13 33 50 0.66 14 
24 Walsall 22 3 4 15 26 58 0.45 10 

Key: Promotion Re-election