Football League Third Division South  1953/54

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GA Pts Notes
1st  Ipswich Town 46 27 10 9 82 51 1.608 64 ▲Champions
2nd  Brighton & Hove Albion 46 26 9 11 86 61 1.410 61 Runners Up
3rd  Bristol City 46 25 6 15 88 66 1.333 56 -
4th  Watford 46 21 10 15 85 69 1.232 52 -
5th  Northampton Town 46 20 11 15 82 55 1.491 51 -
6th  Southampton 46 22 7 17 76 63 1.206 51 -
7th  Norwich City 46 20 11 15 73 66 1.106 51 -
8th  Reading 46 20 9 17 86 73 1.178 49 -
9th  Exeter City 46 20 8 18 68 58 1.172 48 -
10th  Gillingham 46 19 10 17 61 66 0.924 48 -
11th  Leyton Orient 46 18 11 17 79 73 1.062 47 -
12th  Millwall 46 19 9 18 74 77 0.961 47 -
13th  Torquay United 46 17 12 17 81 88 0.920 46 -
14th  Coventry City 46 18 9 19 61 56 1.089 45 -
15th  Newport County 46 19 6 21 61 81 0.753 44 -
16th  Southend United 46 18 7 21 69 71 0.972 43 -
17th  Aldershot 46 17 9 20 74 86 0.860 43 -
18th  Queens Park Rangers 46 16 10 20 60 68 0.882 42 -
19th  Bournemouth & Boscambe Athletic 46 16 8 22 67 70 0.957 40 -
20th  Swindon Town 46 15 10 21 67 70 0.957 40 -
21st  Shrewsbury Town 46 14 12 20 65 76 0.855 40 -
22nd  Crystal Palace 46 14 12 20 60 86 0.698 40 -
23rd  Colchester United 46 10 10 26 50 78 0.641 30 Re Elected
24th  Walsall 46 9 8 29 40 87 0.460 26 Re Elected

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Election for League Membership

Five non-league clubs challenged the two clubs needing to seek re-election in the vote for League membership.
Votes Club End Result
45 Colchester United Re Elected to the League
32 Walsall Re Elected to the League
18 Peterborough United Not Elected to the League
2 Worcester City Not Elected to the League
1 Merthyr Tydfil Not Elected to the League
0 Bath City Not Elected to the League
0 Yeovil Town Not Elected to the League

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End of Season Notes

 ▼Brentford were Relegated from the Football League Second Division

 ▲Ipswich Town were Promoted to the Football League Second Division

 - Colchester United were Re-Elected to the League

 - Walsall were Re-Elected to the League