Watford Historical Standings 16th 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 Northampton Town 42 80   17 2 1 65 24   7 6 9 32 39
3 Millwall 41 77   13 6 2 42 14   9 5 6 32 26
4 Norwich City 41 74   15 5 1 53 17   7 3 10 35 35
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 42 60   12 6 3 37 19   3 9 9 22 39
9 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 41 59   13 3 5 43 22   4 5 11 23 41
10 Brighton & Hove Albion 42 59   9 6 5 39 29   7 5 10 32 44
11 Reading 41 56   14 3 3 42 14   2 5 14 16 44
12 42 56   13 4 4 54 26   3 4 14 23 54
13 Leyton Orient 42 54   11 6 4 45 23   4 3 14 15 41
14 Newport County 42 52   10 4 6 40 31   4 6 12 26 45
15 Ipswich Town 42 50   9 7 5 32 26   3 7 11 25 38
16 Crystal Palace 41 50   10 5 4 35 23   3 6 13 26 54
17 Colchester United 40 49   9 8 3 39 23   3 5 12 14 34
18 42 48   9 7 6 28 25   2 8 10 22 37
19 Exeter City 43 47   9 8 4 37 24   2 6 14 21 46
20 Swindon Town 42 47   8 5 9 36 33   4 6 10 21 39
21 Aldershot 41 44   6 7 7 31 27   4 7 10 24 42
22 Shrewsbury Town 42 44   10 5 7 37 35   1 6 13 25 48
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