Reading Historical Standings 13th Apr 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 41 85   16 4 2 52 18   9 6 4 36 24
2 Millwall 40 77   13 6 2 42 14   9 5 5 32 25
3 Northampton Town 41 77   16 2 1 63 24   7 6 9 32 39
4 Norwich City 40 74   15 5 1 53 17   7 3 9 34 31
5 Bristol City 41 71   11 8 1 59 26   8 6 7 27 31
6 Coventry City 41 67   15 4 3 50 20   4 6 9 22 34
7 41 61   14 4 2 36 14   3 6 12 26 51
8 Watford 41 59   12 5 3 37 19   3 9 9 22 39
9 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 40 56   12 3 5 41 22   4 5 11 23 41
10 Reading 41 56   14 3 3 42 14   2 5 14 16 44
11 Brighton & Hove Albion 41 56   8 6 5 38 29   7 5 10 32 44
12 41 53   12 4 4 50 25   3 4 14 23 54
13 Newport County 42 52   10 4 6 40 31   4 6 12 26 45
14 Leyton Orient 41 51   10 6 4 41 22   4 3 14 15 41
15 Colchester United 39 49   9 8 3 39 23   3 5 11 14 32
16 Ipswich Town 41 49   9 6 5 31 25   3 7 11 25 38
17 Exeter City 42 47   9 8 4 37 24   2 6 13 21 44
18 41 47   9 7 6 28 25   2 7 10 22 37
19 Crystal Palace 40 47   9 5 4 33 23   3 6 13 26 54
20 Swindon Town 41 46   8 5 9 36 33   4 5 10 20 38
21 Aldershot 40 44   6 7 7 31 27   4 7 9 23 38
22 Shrewsbury Town 41 44   10 5 7 37 35   1 6 12 25 46
23 Queens Park Rangers 41 42   7 9 5 35 34   2 6 12 23 45
24 Walsall 42 29   5 7 8 31 41   2 1 19 20 67