Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, December 25, 1954

Exeter City Swindon Town
R.John (??'), E.Murphy (??')
HT: 1-0 M.Gemmell (??')
Attendance:  6,527    


1
KELLY
2
DOYLE
3
DOUGLASS
4
SETTERS
5
DAVEY
6
MITCHELL
7
THOMAS
8
MACKAY
9
JOHN
10
MURPHY
11
MCCLELLAND
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
PAGE
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMSON
7
GIBSON
8
MCCLELLAND
9
SAMPSON
10
GEMMELL
11
BEARDS

Lineups
1
Hugh KELLY  
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Brian DOYLE
                 
George HUNT
2
3
Norman DOUGLASS
                 
Mick PAGE
3
4
Maurice SETTERS
                 
Jim CROSS
4
5
Fred DAVEY
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
Arnold MITCHELL
                 
Stewart WILLIAMSON
6
7
Peter THOMAS
                 
Dave GIBSON
7

8
Angus MACKAY
                 
John MCCLELLAND
8

9
Ray JOHN
               
Ray SAMPSON
9
10
Eddie MURPHY
             
Matt GEMMELL
10
11
Charlie MCCLELLAND
                 
Alan BEARDS
11













Results on Saturday, December 25, 1954: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, December 25, 1954:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bristol City 24 15 6 3 55 27 2.04 36 
2 Leyton Orient 22 16 2 4 46 20 2.30 34 
3 Southampton 23 13 4 6 41 27 1.52 30 
4 Coventry City 23 11 6 6 38 28 1.36 28 
5 Millwall 23 12 4 7 32 25 1.28 28 
6 Norwich City 23 11 4 8 34 26 1.31 26 
7 Queens Park Rangers 23 9 8 6 39 30 1.30 26 
8 Southend United 23 9 8 6 45 37 1.22 26 
9 Northampton Town 24 11 4 9 31 33 0.94 26 
10 Gillingham 23 10 5 8 35 38 0.92 25 
11 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 23 8 8 7 38 34 1.12 24 
12 Brighton and Hove Albion 22 10 2 10 36 31 1.16 22 
13 Watford 23 7 7 9 36 37 0.97 21 
14 Aldershot 23 9 3 11 37 39 0.95 21 
15 Brentford 23 7 6 10 45 49 0.92 20 
16 Torquay United 23 8 4 11 43 48 0.90 20 
17 Reading 23 6 8 9 32 38 0.84 20 
18 Exeter City 23 6 8 9 22 34 0.65 20 
19 Swindon Town 24 6 7 11 26 34 0.76 19 
20 Newport County 23 5 8 10 29 40 0.73 18 
21 Shrewsbury Town 24 6 6 12 33 48 0.69 18 
22 Crystal Palace 23 4 9 10 25 44 0.57 17 
23 Walsall 23 5 5 13 36 46 0.78 15 
24 Colchester United 23 4 6 13 25 46 0.54 14 

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