Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, January 23, 1954

Swindon Town Southampton

HT: 0-0 J.Walker (63')
Attendance:  12,942   Referee:  R.J. Burgess


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
JOHNSTON
7
LUNN
8
ONSLOW
9
OWEN
10
SAMPSON
11
BULL
1
CHRISTIE
2
GREGORY
3
TRAYNOR
4
ELLIOTT
5
CLEMENTS
6
WILKINS
7
DAY
8
WALKER
9
WHITTLE
10
HORTON
11
HOSKINS

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
John CHRISTIE
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Jack GREGORY
2
3
Terry ELWELL
                 
  Tommy TRAYNOR
3
4
Jim CROSS
                 
Bryn ELLIOTT
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Stan CLEMENTS
5
6
Jimmy JOHNSTON
                 
Len WILKINS
6
7
Harry LUNN
                 
Eric DAY
7

8
Roy ONSLOW
               
Johnny WALKER
8

9
Maurice OWEN
                 
James WHITTLE
9
10
Ray SAMPSON
                 
Henry HORTON
10
11
Mike BULL
                 
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Results on Saturday, January 23, 1954: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, January 23, 1954:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Ipswich Town 28 18 7 3 58 29 2.00 43 
2 Southampton 28 18 2 8 54 35 1.54 38 
3 Brighton and Hove Albion 28 17 4 7 54 41 1.32 38 
4 Bristol City 28 15 4 9 55 42 1.31 34 
5 Northampton Town 28 12 9 7 61 36 1.69 33 
6 Torquay United 30 12 9 9 57 49 1.16 33 
7 Leyton Orient 28 13 6 9 52 43 1.21 32 
8 Reading 29 13 6 10 51 43 1.19 32 
9 Watford 28 12 7 9 60 48 1.25 31 
10 Norwich City 28 12 7 9 41 39 1.05 31 
11 Exeter City 29 13 4 12 47 37 1.27 30 
12 Millwall 28 12 6 10 49 45 1.09 30 
13 Gillingham 30 12 6 12 41 49 0.84 30 
14 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 29 12 3 14 48 45 1.07 27 
15 Crystal Palace 29 11 5 13 43 60 0.72 27 
16 Swindon Town 29 11 4 14 47 44 1.07 26 
17 Coventry City 29 9 8 12 36 37 0.97 26 
18 Shrewsbury Town 29 8 8 13 43 48 0.90 24 
19 Newport County 30 10 4 16 37 63 0.59 24 
20 Southend United 29 8 6 15 36 47 0.77 22 
21 Queens Park Rangers 27 7 7 13 27 43 0.63 21 
22 Aldershot 28 8 5 15 38 61 0.62 21 
23 Colchester United 29 7 5 17 30 46 0.65 19 
24 Walsall 28 5 4 19 23 58 0.40 14 

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