Reading Historical Standings 10th Jan 1953

English Third Division (South) 1952/1953
Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Bristol Rovers 25 61   12 2 0 35 7   7 2 2 23 14
2 Northampton Town 25 51   10 1 0 42 16   6 2 6 21 24
3 Norwich City 24 47   8 4 1 28 8   6 1 4 23 14
4 Bristol City 26 47   9 3 1 42 16   4 5 4 18 19
5 Millwall 24 45   8 4 1 27 9   5 2 4 16 15
6 Coventry City 25 45   10 3 1 34 11   3 3 5 17 24
7 26 37   8 3 3 20 13   2 4 6 13 23
8 Watford 25 36   8 4 1 25 10   1 5 6 12 26
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 25 36   7 3 2 29 17   3 3 7 15 27
10 Reading 25 33   7 1 2 23 8   2 5 8 15 32
11 25 33   8 2 2 22 11   1 4 8 20 39
12 Ipswich Town 24 32   6 3 2 16 12   2 5 6 17 21
13 Exeter City 26 32   7 5 1 30 14   1 3 9 12 28
14 Newport County 25 32   7 1 4 29 24   2 4 7 20 28
15 Aldershot 25 30   5 4 4 22 16   3 2 7 13 25
16 Queens Park Rangers 26 30   6 5 2 24 21   1 4 8 12 29
17 Swindon Town 24 29   6 2 5 27 23   2 3 6 11 22
18 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 25 29   7 0 5 23 15   2 2 9 14 32
19 Colchester United 22 27   5 4 2 18 13   2 2 7 9 17
20 Crystal Palace 24 27   6 4 1 21 13   1 2 10 14 36
21 25 26   6 3 3 27 16   1 2 10 13 36
22 Leyton Orient 24 24   7 2 4 28 17   0 1 10 8 30
23 Shrewsbury Town 25 22   5 3 5 22 25   0 4 8 14 27
24 Walsall 26 13   1 4 7 14 29   2 0 12 14 40