Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, January 2, 1954

Swindon Town Norwich City

HT: 0-0
Attendance:  7,990   Referee:  P. Martin


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
JOHNSTON
7
LUNN
8
ONSLOW
9
JOHNSON
10
SAMPSON
11
BULL
1
OXFORD
2
MORGAN
3
LEWIS
4
CLEARY
5
FOULKES
6
ASHMAN
7
GORDON
8
HANSELL
9
JOHNSTON
10
BRENNAN
11
GAVIN

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Ken OXFORD
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Dennis MORGAN
2
3
Terry ELWELL
                 
Bill LEWIS
3
4
Jim CROSS
                 
Bill CLEARY
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Reg FOULKES
5
6
Jimmy JOHNSTON
                 
Ron ASHMAN
6
7
Harry LUNN
                 
Peter GORDON
7

8
Roy ONSLOW
                 
Ron HANSELL
8

9
Roy JOHNSON
                 
Tommy JOHNSTON
9
10
Ray SAMPSON
                 
  Bobby BRENNAN
10
11
Mike BULL
                 
  Johnny GAVIN
11















Results on Saturday, January 2, 1954: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, January 2, 1954:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Ipswich Town 26 17 7 2 56 27 2.07 41 
2 Southampton 26 16 2 8 51 35 1.46 34 
3 Brighton and Hove Albion 25 14 4 7 46 37 1.24 32 
4 Northampton Town 26 11 8 7 57 34 1.68 30 
5 Reading 26 12 6 8 48 39 1.23 30 
6 Torquay United 27 11 8 8 52 43 1.21 30 
7 Bristol City 26 13 4 9 49 42 1.17 30 
8 Leyton Orient 26 12 6 8 48 41 1.17 30 
9 Gillingham 27 12 6 9 37 39 0.95 30 
10 Norwich City 26 11 7 8 38 35 1.09 29 
11 Watford 26 11 6 9 56 45 1.24 28 
12 Millwall 25 11 5 9 44 38 1.16 27 
13 Crystal Palace 26 11 5 10 41 46 0.89 27 
14 Exeter City 26 11 4 11 38 35 1.09 26 
15 Coventry City 26 9 6 11 32 32 1.00 24 
16 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 26 10 3 13 43 43 1.00 23 
17 Swindon Town 26 9 4 13 42 43 0.98 22 
18 Shrewsbury Town 26 7 7 12 37 45 0.82 21 
19 Queens Park Rangers 25 7 7 11 27 39 0.69 21 
20 Newport County 27 9 3 15 33 59 0.56 21 
21 Southend United 26 7 5 14 33 42 0.79 19 
22 Aldershot 26 7 5 14 35 59 0.59 19 
23 Colchester United 26 7 4 15 28 39 0.72 18 
24 Walsall 26 4 4 18 21 55 0.38 12 

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