Match Centre

Saturday March 27th, 1954

Football League Division Three (South)

Coventry City

0 - 0

0

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 7,523

R.E. Smith

Lineups


1
TAYLOR
2
TIMMINS
3
KIRK
4
SIMPSON
5
McDONNELL
6
AUSTIN
7
NUTT
8
JAMIESON
9
BROWN
10
DORMAN
11
HILL
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
HILTON
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
JOHNSTON
7
BULL
8
ONSLOW
9
OWEN
10
SAMPSON
11
BEARDS

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday March 27th, 1954:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 27th, 1954:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 37 15 1 2 48 24 8 4 7 25 25 23 5 9 73 49 1.49 51
2 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 37 10 5 3 37 16 10 3 6 29 28 20 8 9 66 44 1.50 48
3 Southampton Southampton 37 16 3 0 44 14 5 1 12 21 33 21 4 12 65 47 1.38 46
4 Watford Watford 37 14 3 2 47 17 5 4 9 29 40 19 7 11 76 57 1.33 45
5 Northampton Town Northampton Town 37 15 3 1 55 16 2 6 10 16 27 17 9 11 71 43 1.65 43
6 Gillingham Gillingham 39 12 3 5 33 19 5 6 8 21 37 17 9 13 54 56 0.96 43
7 Reading Reading 37 11 3 4 44 24 6 5 8 27 33 17 8 12 71 57 1.25 42
8 Bristol City Bristol City 37 13 3 2 46 14 5 3 11 26 44 18 6 13 72 58 1.24 42
9 Torquay United Torquay United 39 8 9 3 41 29 7 2 10 31 44 15 11 13 72 73 0.99 41
10 Norwich City Norwich City 37 8 5 5 29 22 7 5 7 30 33 15 10 12 59 55 1.07 40
11 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 36 11 4 3 39 22 4 4 10 25 36 15 8 13 64 58 1.10 38
12 Exeter City Exeter City 38 9 2 8 34 19 6 5 8 23 30 15 7 16 57 49 1.16 37
13 Coventry City Coventry City 38 10 5 3 26 11 4 4 12 23 36 14 9 15 49 47 1.04 37
14 Millwall Millwall 36 12 2 5 38 23 3 5 9 21 39 15 7 14 59 62 0.95 37
15 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 38 11 3 5 36 25 3 5 11 16 45 14 8 16 52 70 0.74 36
16 Southend United Southend United 38 13 2 4 41 18 1 5 13 17 40 14 7 17 58 58 1 35
17 Swindon Town Swindon 38 11 4 4 45 19 2 4 13 16 41 13 8 17 61 60 1.02 34
18 Newport County Newport County 38 12 2 4 37 25 3 2 15 14 49 15 4 19 51 74 0.69 34
19 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 38 10 4 5 40 23 4 1 14 17 38 14 5 19 57 61 0.93 33
20 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 38 9 7 3 39 30 1 4 14 13 34 10 11 17 52 64 0.81 31
21 Aldershot Aldershot 37 7 4 7 30 27 5 3 11 23 48 12 7 18 53 75 0.71 31
22 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 36 6 5 8 23 22 4 5 8 22 34 10 10 16 45 56 0.80 30
23 Colchester United Colchester United 37 6 5 8 30 26 3 1 14 11 38 9 6 22 41 64 0.64 24
24 Walsall Walsall 38 6 3 10 18 26 1 3 15 15 48 7 6 25 33 74 0.45 20

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