| SEASON 1953-1954 |
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 | FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION THREE (SOUTH) |
| DATE | OPPONENTS | RESULT | SCORERS | ATT. | LINKS |
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| 19 AUG | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. (Home) | 2 - 1 | Lunn 2 | 14,751 |
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| 22 AUG |  Newport County (Home) |
7 - 1 | Betteridge, Owen 3, Lambert, Bull, Lunn | 13,444 |
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| 26 AUG | Aldershot (Home) | 3 - 1 | Betteridge, Owen 2 | 14,964 |
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| 29 AUG | Norwich City (Away) | 2 - 2 | Bull 2 | 15,467 |
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| 2 SEP | Aldershot (Away) | 0 - 1 | - | 7,338 |
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| 5 SEP | Queens Park Rangers (Home) | 0 - 1 | - | 15,157 |
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| 10 SEP | Walsall (Away) | 1 - 0 | Bain | 7,784 |
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| 12 SEP | Southampton (Away) | 1 - 3 | Lunn | 19,292 |
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| 16 SEP | Walsall (Home) | 3 - 0 | Lunn, Betteridge, Bain | 8,832 |
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| 19 SEP | Colchester United (Home) | 3 - 0 | Betteridge 2, Lewis (og) | 12,284 |
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| 23 SEP | Exeter City (Away) | 1 - 3 | Bull | 8,162 |
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| 26 SEP | Crystal Palace (Away) | 2 - 3 | Lambert, Cross | 18,615 |
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| 30 SEP | Exeter City (Home) | 2 - 4 | Betteridge 2 | 7,727 |
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| 3 OCT | Bristol City (Home) | 5 - 0 | Owen, Bull, Cross, Lambert, Lunn | 15,481 |
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| 10 OCT | Leyton Orient (Home) | 2 - 1 | Bull, Lambert | 12,617 |
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| 17 OCT | Millwall (Away) | 1 - 6 | Bull | 9,612 |
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| 24 OCT | Ipswich Town (Home) | 1 - 2 | Lunn | 13,147 |
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| 31 OCT | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. (Away) | 0 - 4 | - | 7,621 |
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| 7 NOV | Coventry City (Home) | 1 - 1 | Bain (pen) | 10,666 |
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| 14 NOV | Gillingham (Away) | 0 - 1 | - | 11,682 |
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| 28 NOV | Torquay United (Away) | 1 - 2 | Onslow | 6,440 |
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| 5 DEC | Watford (Home) | 2 - 2 | Owen, Sampson | 8,769 |
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| 19 DEC | Newport County (Away) |
0 - 2 | - | 9,276 |
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| 25 DEC | Shrewsbury Town (Home) | 2 - 1 | Bull, Lunn | 6,611 |
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| 26 DEC | Shrewsbury Town (Away) | 0 - 1 | - | 10,665 |
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| 2 JAN | Norwich City (Home) | 0 - 0 | - | 7,990 |
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| 9 JAN | Southend United (Home) | 3 - 0 | Lunn, Onslow, Anderson (og) | 8,217 |
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| 16 JAN | Queens Park Rangers (Away) | 2 - 0 | Owen, Bull | 9,122 |
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| 23 JAN | Southampton (Home) | 0 - 1 | - | 12,942 |
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| 30 JAN | Southend United (Away) | 1 - 3 | Sampson | 3,333 |
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| 6 FEB | Colchester United (Away) | 2 - 2 | Owen, Sampson | 6,824 |
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| 13 FEB | Crystal Palace (Home) | 1 - 1 | Lunn | 8,907 |
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| 20 FEB | Bristol City (Away) | 1 - 5 | Onslow | 23,525 |
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| 27 FEB | Leyton Orient (Away) | 1 - 1 | Lambert | 12,466 |
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| 6 MAR | Millwall (Home) | 2 - 1 | Bull, Johnson | 8,903 |
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| 13 MAR | Northampton Town (Away) | 0 - 2 | - | 6,821 |
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| 20 MAR | Torquay United (Home) | 6 - 1 | Bull, Hudson (pen), Owen, R.Thomas (og), Sampson, Onslow | 8,495 |
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| 27 MAR | Coventry City (Away) | 0 - 0 | - | 7,523 |
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| 3 APR | Gillingham (Home) | 2 - 1 | Bull, Sampson | 7,150 |
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| 7 APR | Brighton and Hove Albion (Away) | 1 - 1 | Onslow | 19,440 |
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| 10 APR | Watford (Away) | 1 - 2 | Sampson | 11,178 |
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| 16 APR | Reading (Home) | 1 - 0 | Johnson | 12,743 |
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| 17 APR | Brighton and Hove Albion (Home) | 0 - 1 | - | 12,319 |
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| 19 APR | Reading (Away) | 1 - 3 | Beards | 12,011 |
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| 24 APR | Ipswich Town (Away) | 0 - 2 | - | 17,802 |
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| 28 APR | Northampton Town (Home) | 0 - 0 | - | 5,195 |
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 | FA CUP |
| DATE | STAGE | OPPONENTS | RESULT | SCORERS | ATT. | LINKS |
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| FIRST ROUND | ||||||
| 21 NOV | 1 | Newport (IOW) (Home) | 2 - 1 | Batchelor 2 | 12,176 |
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| SECOND ROUND | ||||||
| 12 DEC | 2 | Hastings United (Away) | 1 - 4 | Sampson | 9,917 |
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