Football League Division Three (South)
Exeter City
3 - 1
3
A. Mackay (??', ??'), G. Priestley (??')
Swindon Town
Swindon Town
1
M. Bull (??')
Lineups
1
KELLY
KELLY
2
WALTON
WALTON
3
DOYLE
DOYLE
4
BOOTH
BOOTH
5
DAVEY
DAVEY
6
DODGIN
DODGIN
7
PRIESTLEY
PRIESTLEY
8
DAILEY
DAILEY
9
DONALDSON
DONALDSON
10
MACKAY
MACKAY
11
McCLELLAND
McCLELLAND
1
BURTON
BURTON
2
HUNT
HUNT
3
ELWELL
ELWELL
4
CROSS
CROSS
5
BATCHELOR
BATCHELOR
6
JOHNSTON
JOHNSTON
7
BULL
BULL
8
LUNN
LUNN
9
OWEN
OWEN
10
LAMBERT
LAMBERT
11
BAIN
BAIN
| Exeter City | |
|---|---|
| 1Hugh KELLY | |
| 2Dick WALTON | |
| 3Les DOYLE | |
| 4Sam BOOTH | |
| 5Fred DAVEY | |
| 6Norman DODGIN | |
| 7Gerry PRIESTLEY | |
| 8Jimmy DAILEY | |
| 9Andy DONALDSON | |
| 10Angus MACKAY | |
| 11Charlie McCLELLAND |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Norman DODGIN |
| Swindon Town | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Sam BURTON1 | ||
| 2George HUNT2 | ||
| 3Terry ELWELL3 | ||
| 4Jim CROSS4 | ||
| 5Ted BATCHELOR5 | ||
| 6Jimmy JOHNSTON6 | ||
| 7Mickey BULL7 | ||
| 8Harry LUNN8 | ||
| 9Maurice OWEN9 | ||
| 10Ken LAMBERT10 | ||
| 11Jimmy BAIN11 |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Maurice LINDLEY |
Results
Football League Division Three (South) results on Wednesday September 23rd, 1953:
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
3-3 | 
Watford
Watford
|
|
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
3-1 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town
|
2-1 | 
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
1-1 | 
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
Southampton
Southampton
|
2-1 | 
Colchester United
Colchester United
|
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
1-1 | 
Southend United
Southend United
|
Table
Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Wednesday September 23rd, 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 |
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 2.57 | 18 |
| 2 |
Southampton
Southampton
|
11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 2.45 | 17 |
| 3 |
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town
|
11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 2.18 | 17 |
| 4 |
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 1.47 | 17 |
| 5 | 
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 19 | 1.21 | 14 |
| 6 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 1.77 | 13 |
| 7 |
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 1.40 | 13 |
| 8 | 
Aldershot
Aldershot
|
11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 1.15 | 13 |
| 9 | 
Reading
Reading
|
11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 0.90 | 12 |
| 10 | 
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 1.13 | 11 |
| 11 |
Watford
Watford
|
11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 1.04 | 11 |
| 12 | 
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
|
10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 1.13 | 10 |
| 13 | 
Coventry City
Coventry City
|
11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 10 |
| 14 | 
Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient
|
10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 9 |
| 15 |
Southend United
Southend United
|
11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 0.92 | 9 |
| 16 |
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
11 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 0.82 | 9 |
| 17 | 
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 0.73 | 9 |
| 18 |
Colchester United
Colchester United
|
11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 0.78 | 8 |
| 19 | 
Millwall
Millwall
|
10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 0.78 | 8 |
| 20 |
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 0.68 | 8 |
| 21 | 
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 0.52 | 8 |
| 22 |
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 0.86 | 7 |
| 23 | 
Newport County
Newport County
|
11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 0.41 | 5 |
| 24 | 
Walsall
Walsall
|
11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 0.28 | 4 |
Match Programme
