Reading Historical Standings 28th Feb 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 32 74   14 4 0 46 12   8 4 2 27 14
2 Northampton Town 32 62   13 1 1 54 20   6 4 7 26 30
3 Bristol City 33 61   10 5 1 48 20   7 5 5 24 24
4 Norwich City 32 60   11 5 1 37 12   7 1 7 30 24
5 Millwall 32 59   10 5 2 35 12   7 3 5 21 21
6 Coventry City 33 59   14 3 1 45 14   3 5 7 20 31
7 Watford 33 47   10 4 2 30 14   2 7 8 17 36
8 33 47   11 3 2 27 11   2 5 10 22 44
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 33 45   7 4 4 32 24   5 5 8 23 36
10 Ipswich Town 32 43   8 5 2 24 16   3 5 9 22 30
11 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 32 41   10 1 5 34 19   2 4 10 16 35
12 33 41   8 5 5 21 19   2 6 7 16 27
13 Reading 32 40   9 2 3 30 11   2 5 11 16 39
14 Aldershot 32 40   6 6 4 29 21   4 4 8 19 33
15 Queens Park Rangers 33 40   7 8 2 33 28   2 5 9 16 33
16 Colchester United 30 39   7 6 2 29 17   3 3 9 11 23
17 Exeter City 34 39   8 7 2 32 15   1 5 11 17 38
18 Leyton Orient 31 37   9 3 4 34 17   2 1 12 11 34
19 Newport County 33 36   8 1 6 32 26   2 5 11 21 40
20 Shrewsbury Town 33 36   9 4 5 30 27   0 5 10 21 37
21 33 35   8 4 4 38 22   1 4 12 19 48
22 Crystal Palace 31 35   7 4 3 26 20   2 4 11 21 43
23 Swindon Town 32 32   6 3 8 29 29   2 5 8 15 30
24 Walsall 34 19   2 7 8 25 41   2 0 15 16 50