Match Centre

Saturday February 28th, 1953

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

0 - 0

0

Watford

Watford

0

(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 8,081

H. Ball
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
BETTERIDGE
5
BATCHELOR
6
PROUTON
7
RYDER
8
LUNN
9
OWEN
10
PARKER
11
BRANDON
1
UNDERWOOD
2
GALLOGLY
3
JONES
4
KELLY
5
NOLAN
6
MITCHELL
7
PATON
8
BOWIE
9
MEADOWS
10
PATERSON
11
COLLINS
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2George HUNT
3Terry ELWELL
4Mick BETTERIDGE
5Ted BATCHELOR
6Ralph PROUTON
7Terry RYDER
8Harry LUNN
9Maurice OWEN
10Bill PARKER
11Ken BRANDON
Manager/Head Coach
Louis PAGE
Watford
1Dave UNDERWOOD1
2Charlie GALLOGLY2
3Jimmy JONES3
4Jimmy KELLY4
5Phil NOLAN5
6Frank MITCHELL6
7Johnny PATON7
8Jimmy BOWIE8
9Johnny MEADOWS9
10Tommy PATERSON10
11Tony COLLINS11
Manager/Head Coach
Len GOULDEN

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday February 28th, 1953:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday February 28th, 1953:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 32 14 4 0 46 12 8 4 2 27 14 22 8 2 73 26 2.81 52
2 Bristol City Bristol City 33 10 5 1 48 20 7 5 5 24 24 17 10 6 72 44 1.64 44
3 Northampton Town Northampton Town 32 13 1 1 54 20 6 4 7 26 30 19 5 8 80 50 1.60 43
4 Norwich City Norwich City 32 11 5 1 37 12 7 1 7 30 24 18 6 8 67 36 1.86 42
5 Millwall Millwall 32 10 5 2 35 12 7 3 5 21 21 17 8 7 56 33 1.70 42
6 Coventry City Coventry City 33 14 3 1 45 14 3 5 7 20 31 17 8 8 65 45 1.44 42
7 Watford Watford 33 10 4 2 30 14 2 7 8 17 36 12 11 10 47 50 0.94 35
8 Southend United Southend United 33 11 3 2 27 11 2 5 10 22 44 13 8 12 49 55 0.89 34
9 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 33 7 4 4 32 24 5 5 8 23 36 12 9 12 55 60 0.92 33
10 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 32 8 5 2 24 16 3 5 9 22 30 11 10 11 46 46 1 32
11 Gillingham Gillingham 33 8 5 5 21 19 2 6 7 16 27 10 11 12 37 46 0.80 31
12 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 33 7 8 2 33 28 2 5 9 16 33 9 13 11 49 61 0.80 31
13 Exeter City Exeter City 34 8 7 2 32 15 1 5 11 17 38 9 12 13 49 53 0.92 30
14 Aldershot Aldershot 32 6 6 4 29 21 4 4 8 19 33 10 10 12 48 54 0.89 30
15 Colchester United Colchester United 30 7 6 2 29 17 3 3 9 11 23 10 9 11 40 40 1 29
16 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 32 10 1 5 34 19 2 4 10 16 35 12 5 15 50 54 0.93 29
17 Reading Reading 32 9 2 3 30 11 2 5 11 16 39 11 7 14 46 50 0.92 29
18 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 33 9 4 5 30 27 0 5 10 21 37 9 9 15 51 64 0.80 27
19 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 31 9 3 4 34 17 2 1 12 11 34 11 4 16 45 51 0.88 26
20 Torquay United Torquay United 33 8 4 4 38 22 1 4 12 19 48 9 8 16 57 70 0.81 26
21 Newport County Newport County 33 8 1 6 32 26 2 5 11 21 40 10 6 17 53 66 0.80 26
22 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 31 7 4 3 26 20 2 4 11 21 43 9 8 14 47 63 0.75 26
23 Swindon Town Swindon 32 6 3 8 29 29 2 5 8 15 30 8 8 16 44 59 0.75 24
24 Walsall Walsall 34 2 7 8 25 41 2 0 15 16 50 4 7 23 41 91 0.45 15

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