Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, April 10, 1954

Watford Swindon Town
J.Bowie (8'), R.Brown (62')
HT: 1-0 R.Sampson (54')
Attendance:  11,178   Referee:  F.W. Williams


1
BENNETT
2
BEWLEY
3
GALLOGLY
4
KELLY
5
NOLAN
6
MITCHELL
7
COOK
8
BOWIE
9
BROWN
10
SMITH
11
ADAMS
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
PAGE
4
JOHNSTON
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMSON
7
BULL
8
ONSLOW
9
OWEN
10
SAMPSON
11
BEARDS

Lineups
1
Ted BENNETT
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Dave BEWLEY
                 
George HUNT
2
3
Charlie GALLOGLY  
                 
Mick PAGE
3
4
Jimmy KELLY
                 
Jimmy JOHNSTON
4
5
Phil NOLAN
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
Frank MITCHELL
                 
Stewart WILLIAMSON
6
7
Maurice COOK
                 
Mike BULL
7

8
Jimmy BOWIE
               
Roy ONSLOW
8

9
Roy BROWN
               
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Eddie SMITH
               
Ray SAMPSON
10
11
Chris ADAMS
                 
Alan BEARDS
11















Results on Saturday, April 10, 1954: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, April 10, 1954:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Brighton and Hove Albion 40 24 7 9 78 53 1.47 55 
2 Ipswich Town 40 23 8 9 72 47 1.53 54 
3 Watford 39 20 8 11 79 59 1.34 48 
4 Bristol City 40 21 6 13 78 58 1.34 48 
5 Northampton Town 40 18 10 12 75 48 1.56 46 
6 Southampton 40 21 4 15 70 56 1.25 46 
7 Reading 41 18 8 15 77 66 1.17 44 
8 Torquay United 41 16 11 14 75 77 0.97 43 
9 Gillingham 41 17 9 15 55 59 0.93 43 
10 Leyton Orient 39 17 8 14 70 62 1.13 42 
11 Norwich City 39 16 10 13 62 58 1.07 42 
12 Millwall 39 17 8 14 65 65 1.00 42 
13 Exeter City 41 16 8 17 61 53 1.15 40 
14 Swindon Town 41 14 9 18 65 64 1.02 37 
15 Southend United 40 15 7 18 63 62 1.02 37 
16 Coventry City 40 14 9 17 50 50 1.00 37 
17 Newport County 40 16 5 19 53 75 0.71 37 
18 Crystal Palace 41 14 9 18 54 77 0.70 37 
19 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 41 15 6 20 60 63 0.95 36 
20 Aldershot 40 14 7 19 61 80 0.76 35 
21 Queens Park Rangers 39 12 10 17 49 58 0.84 34 
22 Shrewsbury Town 40 10 12 18 53 66 0.80 32 
23 Colchester United 39 9 7 23 43 68 0.63 25 
24 Walsall 41 8 6 27 36 80 0.45 22 

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