Match Centre

Saturday September 26th, 1953

Football League Division Three (South)

Crystal Palace

3 - 2

3

L. Fell (21'), E. Randall (26'), G. Briggs (90')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

K. Lambert (11'), J. Cross (77')
L. Fell (21'), E. Randall (26'), G. Briggs (90')
(HT: 2-1)

Attendance: 18,615

K. Lambert (11'), J. Cross (77')
R.H. Mann
Selhurst Park, South Norwood

Lineups


1
BAILEY
2
GEORGE
3
McDONALD
4
WOODS
5
BRIGGS
6
ANDREWS
7
FELL
8
THOMAS
9
RANDALL
10
FOULDS
11
HANLON
1
CHURCHILL
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
CROSS
5
BATCHELOR
6
JOHNSTON
7
LUNN
8
BETTERIDGE
9
OWEN
10
LAMBERT
11
BAIN
Crystal Palace
1Roy BAILEY
2Ron GEORGE
3Harry McDONALD
4Ray WOODS
5George BRIGGS
6Archie ANDREWS
7Les FELL
8Bob THOMAS
9Ernie RANDALL
10Bert FOULDS
11Wally HANLON
Manager/Head Coach
Laurie SCOTT
Swindon Town
1Trevor CHURCHILL1
2George HUNT2
3Terry ELWELL3
4Jim CROSS4
5Ted BATCHELOR5
6Jimmy JOHNSTON6
7Harry LUNN7
8Mick BETTERIDGE8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Ken LAMBERT10
11Jimmy BAIN11
Manager/Head Coach
Maurice LINDLEY

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday September 26th, 1953:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday September 26th, 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 12 4 3 0 11 6 4 1 0 9 1 8 4 0 20 7 2.86 20
2 Southampton Southampton 12 7 0 0 22 7 2 1 2 9 6 9 1 2 31 13 2.38 19
3 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 12 5 1 0 17 5 3 2 1 9 7 8 3 1 26 12 2.17 19
4 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 12 4 1 1 15 11 3 2 1 8 6 7 3 2 23 17 1.35 17
5 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 12 4 1 1 16 11 2 3 1 10 10 6 4 2 26 21 1.24 16
6 Bristol City Bristol City 12 4 1 1 18 5 2 2 2 7 10 6 3 3 25 15 1.67 15
7 Swindon Town Swindon 12 5 0 1 18 4 1 1 4 7 12 6 1 5 25 16 1.56 13
8 Reading Reading 12 4 1 0 14 6 1 2 4 5 15 5 3 4 19 21 0.90 13
9 Aldershot Aldershot 12 3 2 1 8 5 2 1 3 7 12 5 3 4 15 17 0.88 13
10 Northampton Town Northampton Town 12 4 2 0 13 6 0 2 4 6 11 4 4 4 19 17 1.12 12
11 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 12 4 1 1 17 8 1 1 4 7 14 5 2 5 24 22 1.09 12
12 Coventry City Coventry City 12 4 0 1 9 2 1 1 5 9 16 5 1 6 18 18 1 11
13 Watford Watford 12 4 0 1 16 6 1 1 5 10 20 5 1 6 26 26 1 11
14 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 11 3 2 1 14 10 1 0 4 5 9 4 2 5 19 19 1 10
15 Millwall Millwall 11 3 1 2 8 6 1 1 3 8 13 4 2 5 16 19 0.84 10
16 Exeter City Exeter City 12 2 0 4 6 8 2 2 2 8 9 4 2 6 14 17 0.82 10
17 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 12 3 2 0 9 4 1 0 6 7 17 4 2 6 16 21 0.76 10
18 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 12 1 2 4 4 8 2 2 1 7 7 3 4 5 11 15 0.73 10
19 Southend United Southend United 12 3 1 2 9 6 0 2 4 4 9 3 3 6 13 15 0.87 9
20 Colchester United Colchester United 12 3 1 2 11 5 1 0 5 4 14 4 1 7 15 19 0.79 9
21 Gillingham Gillingham 12 2 2 1 6 5 0 3 4 7 20 2 5 5 13 25 0.52 9
22 Torquay United Torquay United 12 1 4 2 11 12 1 0 4 9 11 2 4 6 20 23 0.87 8
23 Newport County Newport County 12 2 1 3 11 15 0 0 6 2 19 2 1 9 13 34 0.38 5
24 Walsall Walsall 12 1 2 3 3 8 0 1 5 5 18 1 3 8 8 26 0.31 5

Match Programme