Football League Division Three (South)
Friday, December 25, 1953

Swindon Town Shrewsbury Town
M.Bull (15'), H.Lunn (47')
HT: 1-0 J.Hudson (50')
Attendance:  6,611   Referee:  W. Clements


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
JOHNSTON
7
LUNN
8
ONSLOW
9
JOHNSON
10
SAMPSON
11
BULL
1
MCBRIDE
2
BANNISTER
3
PARR
4
BULLIONS
5
CANDLIN
6
BEYNON
7
FISHER
8
JACKSON
9
HUDSON
10
STAMPS
11
MCCUE

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
John MCBRIDE
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Jimmy BANNISTER
2
3
Terry ELWELL
                 
Jackie PARR
3
4
Jim CROSS
                 
Jimmy BULLIONS
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Maurice CANDLIN
5
6
Jimmy JOHNSTON
                 
Eddie BEYNON
6
7
Harry LUNN
               
Freddie FISHER
7

8
Roy ONSLOW
                 
Arnold JACKSON
8

9
Roy JOHNSON
               
Jackie HUDSON
9
10
Ray SAMPSON
                 
Jackie STAMPS
10
11
Mike BULL
               
Alec MCCUE
11













Results on Friday, December 25, 1953: League Table

 
  Aldershot 1 - 2 Exeter City  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 3 - 1 Southampton  
  Colchester United 5 - 0 Queens Park Rangers  
  Coventry City 1 - 3 Ipswich Town  
  Crystal Palace 1 - 0 Norwich City  
  Gillingham 2 - 0 Millwall  
  Newport County 3 - 2 Bristol City  
  Northampton Town 2 - 2 Leyton Orient  
  Reading 2 - 4 Torquay United  
  Swindon Town 2 - 1 Shrewsbury Town  
  Walsall 3 - 1 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Watford 2 - 2 Southend United  

Table as at Friday, December 25, 1953:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Ipswich Town 24 16 6 2 51 25 2.04 38 
2 Southampton 24 15 2 7 49 33 1.48 32 
3 Brighton and Hove Albion 23 13 4 6 39 30 1.30 30 
4 Northampton Town 24 10 8 6 53 30 1.77 28 
5 Reading 24 12 4 8 45 36 1.25 28 
6 Torquay United 25 11 6 8 48 39 1.23 28 
7 Gillingham 25 11 6 8 33 35 0.94 28 
8 Watford 24 11 5 8 54 40 1.35 27 
9 Crystal Palace 24 11 5 8 40 43 0.93 27 
10 Leyton Orient 24 10 6 8 44 40 1.10 26 
11 Bristol City 24 11 4 9 45 42 1.07 26 
12 Norwich City 24 10 6 8 36 34 1.06 26 
13 Exeter City 24 11 3 10 36 31 1.16 25 
14 Millwall 23 10 4 9 40 36 1.11 24 
15 Coventry City 24 9 5 10 30 27 1.11 23 
16 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 24 10 3 11 41 39 1.05 23 
17 Swindon Town 24 9 3 12 42 42 1.00 21 
18 Newport County 25 8 3 14 32 56 0.57 19 
19 Shrewsbury Town 24 6 6 12 35 44 0.80 18 
20 Queens Park Rangers 23 6 6 11 23 38 0.61 18 
21 Southend United 24 6 5 13 29 39 0.74 17 
22 Aldershot 24 6 5 13 31 54 0.57 17 
23 Colchester United 24 6 3 15 27 39 0.69 15 
24 Walsall 24 4 4 16 18 49 0.37 12 

Key: Promotion Re-election