Football League Division Three (South)
Thursday, September 25, 1952

Northampton Town Swindon Town
M.Edelston (??', ??'), T.Fowler (??')
 HT: 1-1 T.Ryder (??')
Attendance:  8,746    


1
WOOD
2
SOUTHAM
3
PATTERSON
4
DAVIE
5
COLLINS
6
MCLAIN
7
ENGLISH
8
EDELSTON
9
O'DONNELL
10
RAMSCAR
11
FOWLER
1
UPRICHARD
2
HUNT
3
RADFORD
4
CRYLE
5
HUDSON
6
GRAY
7
RYDER
8
OWEN
9
JOHNSON
10
BETTERIDGE
11
WILLIAMS

Lineups
1
Alf WOOD
                 
  Norman UPRICHARD
1
2
Jack SOUTHAM
                 
George HUNT
2
3
Ronnie PATTERSON
                 
Arthur RADFORD
3
4
Jim DAVIE
                 
George CRYLE
4
5
Ben COLLINS
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
Tommy MCLAIN
                 
George GRAY
6
7
Jack ENGLISH
               
Terry RYDER
7

8
Maurice EDELSTON
               
Maurice OWEN
8

9
Willie O'DONNELL
                 
Roy JOHNSON
9
10
Fred RAMSCAR
                 
Mick BETTERIDGE
10
11
Tommy FOWLER
               
Gordon WILLIAMS
11













Results on Thursday, September 25, 1952: League Table
 
  Leyton Orient 5 - 0 Queens Park Rangers  
  Newport County 4 - 4 Coventry City  
  Northampton Town 3 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Walsall 2 - 0 Reading  
  Watford 2 - 3 Bristol Rovers  

Table as at Thursday, September 25, 1952:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bristol Rovers 10 7 1 2 22 12 1.83 15 
2 Brighton and Hove Albion 10 6 3 1 25 16 1.56 15 
3 Southend United 10 6 2 2 21 12 1.75 14 
4 Newport County 10 6 2 2 27 20 1.35 14 
5 Norwich City 10 6 1 3 24 7 3.43 13 
6 Northampton Town 10 6 1 3 22 18 1.22 13 
7 Millwall 10 4 4 2 11 5 2.20 12 
8 Coventry City 10 4 4 2 19 13 1.46 12 
9 Exeter City 10 5 1 4 18 14 1.29 11 
10 Reading 10 5 1 4 18 14 1.29 11 
11 Aldershot 10 4 3 3 15 14 1.07 11 
12 Bristol City 10 3 4 3 19 16 1.19 10 
13 Watford 10 3 4 3 16 16 1.00 10 
14 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 10 4 1 5 15 16 0.94 9 
15 Gillingham 10 3 3 4 8 11 0.73 9 
16 Ipswich Town 10 3 2 5 9 12 0.75 8 
17 Colchester United 10 3 2 5 9 14 0.64 8 
18 Swindon Town 10 3 2 5 11 18 0.61 8 
19 Queens Park Rangers 10 2 4 4 12 23 0.52 8 
20 Torquay United 10 2 3 5 17 21 0.81 7 
21 Leyton Orient 10 3 1 6 15 19 0.79 7 
22 Crystal Palace 10 1 4 5 7 21 0.33 6 
23 Shrewsbury Town 10 1 3 6 9 21 0.43 5 
24 Walsall 10 1 2 7 13 29 0.45 4 

Key: Promotion Re-election