Football League Division Three (South)
Friday, December 26, 1952

Exeter City Swindon Town
A.Mitchell (28')
HT: 1-0 J.Bain (79'), T.Ryder (87')
Attendance:  13,620   Referee:  B.M. Griffiths


1
KELLY
2
WALTON
3
ROWE
4
BOOTH
5
GODDARD
6
DAVEY
7
MITCHELL
8
KNIGHT
9
DAILEY
10
MACKAY
11
MURPHY
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
RADFORD
4
BETTERIDGE
5
HUDSON
6
PROUTON
7
RYDER
8
LUNN
9
OWEN
10
MILLAR
11
BAIN

Lineups
1
Hugh KELLY  
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Dick WALTON
                 
George HUNT
2
3
Stan ROWE
                 
Arthur RADFORD
3
4
Sam BOOTH
                 
Mick BETTERIDGE
4
5
Ray GODDARD
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
Fred DAVEY
                 
Ralph PROUTON
6
7
Arnold MITCHELL
             
Terry RYDER
7

8
Jackie KNIGHT
                 
Harry LUNN
8

9
Jimmy DAILEY
                 
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Angus MACKAY
                 
William MILLAR
10
11
Eddie MURPHY
               
Jimmy BAIN
11













Results on Friday, December 26, 1952: League Table

 
  Aldershot 4 - 1 Coventry City  
  Bristol City 5 - 0 Southend United  
  Exeter City 1 - 2 Swindon Town  
  Gillingham 3 - 1 Walsall  
  Leyton Orient 3 - 1 Ipswich Town  
  Millwall 4 - 1 Shrewsbury Town  
  Northampton Town 6 - 1 Reading  
  Norwich City 3 - 0 Colchester United  
  Queens Park Rangers 0 - 1 Bristol Rovers  
  Torquay United 5 - 1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Watford 2 - 0 Crystal Palace  

Table as at Friday, December 26, 1952:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bristol Rovers 23 17 4 2 54 20 2.70 38 
2 Northampton Town 23 15 3 5 61 37 1.65 33 
3 Norwich City 23 14 4 5 50 21 2.38 32 
4 Bristol City 24 12 7 5 58 34 1.71 31 
5 Millwall 22 11 6 5 36 21 1.71 28 
6 Coventry City 23 11 6 6 46 35 1.31 28 
7 Brighton and Hove Albion 23 10 5 8 42 41 1.02 25 
8 Watford 23 8 8 7 33 35 0.94 24 
9 Exeter City 24 8 7 9 38 35 1.09 23 
10 Ipswich Town 23 8 7 8 32 32 1.00 23 
11 Queens Park Rangers 23 7 9 7 35 43 0.81 23 
12 Gillingham 23 8 7 8 26 32 0.81 23 
13 Reading 23 9 4 10 36 38 0.95 22 
14 Southend United 24 8 6 10 39 49 0.80 22 
15 Colchester United 21 7 6 8 26 28 0.93 20 
16 Newport County 23 8 4 11 44 48 0.92 20 
17 Aldershot 23 7 6 10 33 37 0.89 20 
18 Swindon Town 22 7 4 11 32 42 0.76 18 
19 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 22 8 2 12 33 44 0.75 18 
20 Crystal Palace 22 6 6 10 32 46 0.70 18 
21 Leyton Orient 22 7 3 12 35 42 0.83 17 
22 Torquay United 23 6 4 13 38 51 0.75 16 
23 Shrewsbury Town 23 5 6 12 32 46 0.70 16 
24 Walsall 23 3 4 16 27 61 0.44 10 

Key: Promotion Re-election