Third Division South Table 1952/53

#	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Bristol Rovers	46	26	12	8	92	46	+46	64
2	Millwall	46	24	14	8	82	44	+38	62
3	Northampton Town	46	26	10	10	109	70	+39	62
4	Norwich City	46	25	10	11	99	55	+44	60
5	Bristol City	46	22	15	9	95	61	+34	59
6	Coventry City	46	19	12	15	77	62	+15	50
7	Brighton and Hove Albion	46	19	12	15	81	75	+6	50
8	Southend United	46	18	13	15	69	74	-5	49
9	Bournemouth	46	19	9	18	74	69	+5	47
10	Watford	46	15	17	14	62	63	-1	47
11	Reading	46	19	8	19	69	64	+5	46
12	Torquay United	46	18	9	19	87	88	-1	45
13	Crystal Palace	46	15	13	18	66	82	-16	43
14	Leyton Orient	46	16	10	20	68	73	-5	42
15	Newport County	46	16	10	20	70	82	-12	42
16	Ipswich Town	46	13	15	18	60	69	-9	41
17	Exeter City	46	13	14	19	61	71	-10	40
18	Swindon Town	46	14	12	20	64	79	-15	40
19	Aldershot	46	12	15	19	61	77	-16	39
20	Queens Park Rangers	46	12	15	19	61	82	-21	39
21	Gillingham	46	12	15	19	55	74	-19	39
22	Colchester United	46	12	14	20	59	76	-17	38
23	Shrewsbury Town	46	12	12	22	68	91	-23	36
24	Walsall	46	7	10	29	56	118	-62	24