Saturday 1952-08-30

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division North
Third Division South

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	2	Sunderland	Highbury	57,873
Lishman	Lineups		Bingham, Ford
Blackpool	3	0	Bolton Wanderers	Bloomfield Road	31,317
Barrass OG, Matthews, Taylor	Lineups
Cardiff City	4	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Ninian Park	43,478
Hazlett, Chisholm 2, Grant	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	2	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	The Valley	26,978
Kiernan, Vaughan	Lineups		Hancocks, Swinbourne
Chelsea	2	0	Portsmouth	Stamford Bridge	53,470
Parsons, Gray	Lineups
Derby County	0	1	Aston Villa	Baseball Ground	22,010
	Lineups		Gibson
Liverpool	3	2	Stoke City	Anfield Road	40,062
Smith, Baron, Liddell	Lineups		Bowyer, Johnston
Manchester City	2	1	Manchester United	Maine Road	56,140	Largest home gate 1952-53
Broadis, Clarke	Lineups		Downie
Middlesbrough	1	1	Preston North End	Ayresome Park	36,412
Mannion	Lineups		Finney
Newcastle United	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	St James' Park	59,629
Robledo G	Lineups		McClellan
West Bromwich Albion	1	2	Burnley	The Hawthorns	31,400
Allen	Lineups		Chew, Elliott

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	4	Blackpool	3	1	1	0	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	6	5	W	D	W	#	#	1952-09-06	Aston Villa	A
2	-1	Middlesbrough	3	1	1	0	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	5	5	D	W	W	#	#	1952-09-03	Cardiff City	A
3	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	2	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	2	2	2	5	D	W	W	#	#	1952-09-01	Bolton Wanderers	A
4	2	Liverpool	3	2	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	1	1	1.667	5	W	W	D	#	#	1952-09-03	Sheffield Wednesday	A
5	2	Sunderland	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	4	W	W	#	#	#	1952-09-01	Aston Villa	A
6	-3	Arsenal	3	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	2	1	1.25	4	L	W	W	#	#	1952-09-03	Manchester United	A
7	5	Burnley	3	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	2	1	1.25	4	W	W	L	#	#	1952-09-01	Stoke City	A
8	-4	West Bromwich Albion	3	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	4	3	1.2	4	L	W	W	#	#	1952-09-06	Preston North End	A
9	1	Tottenham Hotspur	3	0	0	1	3	4	1	1	0	2	1	1	3	D	W	L	#	#	1952-09-01	Manchester City	H
10	8	Chelsea	3	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	W	D	L	#	#	1952-09-03	Derby County	A
11	2	Preston North End	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	2	1	3	D	D	D	#	#	1952-09-06	West Bromwich Albion	H
12	10	Cardiff City	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	4	1	2	W	L	L	#	#	1952-09-03	Middlesbrough	H
13	-5	Manchester United	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	4	1	2	L	L	W	#	#	1952-09-03	Arsenal	H
14	6	Aston Villa	2	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	L	#	#	#	1952-09-01	Sunderland	H
15	-6	Stoke City	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	4	6	0.857	2	L	L	W	#	#	1952-09-01	Burnley	H
16	-2	Charlton Athletic	3	0	2	0	4	4	0	0	1	1	2	0.833	2	D	D	L	#	#	1952-09-03	Portsmouth	A
17	4	Manchester City	3	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	2	0.75	2	W	L	L	#	#	1952-09-01	Tottenham Hotspur	A
18	-3	Newcastle United	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	3	0.75	2	D	L	D	#	#	1952-09-06	Burnley	A
19	-8	Bolton Wanderers	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	6	0.5	2	L	L	W	#	#	1952-09-01	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
20	-3	Portsmouth	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	2	4	0.333	1	L	D	L	#	#	1952-09-03	Charlton Athletic	H
21	-5	Sheffield Wednesday	3	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	5	0.286	1	L	L	D	#	#	1952-09-03	Liverpool	H
22	-3	Derby County	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	3	0.25	1	L	D	L	#	#	1952-09-03	Chelsea	H
Manager of the month
Joe Smith - Blackpool

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	3	1	Swansea Town	Oakwell	11,797
Lumley, Taylor, McMorran	Lineups		Turnbull
Birmingham City	1	4	Fulham	St Andrew's	29,577
Briggs	Lineups		Robson 2, Brennan, Stevens
Blackburn Rovers	3	1	Everton	Ewood Park	27,134
Holmes 3	Lineups		Fielding
Bury	1	1	West Ham United	Gigg Lane	13,863
Griffiths (p)	Lineups		Andrews
Hull City	2	2	Brentford	Boothferry Park	35,993	Largest home gate 1952-53
Jensen 2	Lineups		Dare, Monk (p)
Leeds United	1	1	Plymouth Argyle	Elland Road	25,067
Rundle OG	Lineups		Govan
Lincoln City	2	0	Doncaster Rovers	Sincil Bank	20,775
Graver, Troops	Lineups
Luton Town	2	1	Rotherham United	Kenilworth Road	14,427
Turner 2	Lineups		Marsden
Notts County	3	2	Nottingham Forest	Meadow Lane	39,920	Largest home gate 1952-53
McCormack 2, Crookes	Lineups		Ardron, Scott
Sheffield United	0	2	Huddersfield Town	Bramall Lane	34,872
	Lineups		Watson, Glazzard
Southampton	5	2	Leicester City	The Dell	17,089
Day 2, Purves, Judd, McDonald	Lineups		Dryburgh, Elliott OG

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	6	Huddersfield Town	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	5	W	D	W	#	#	1952-09-03	Brentford	A
2	0	Hull City	3	1	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	2	0	2.5	5	D	W	W	#	#	1952-09-01	West Ham United	A
3	1	Plymouth Argyle	3	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	4	3	1.5	5	D	W	W	#	#	1952-09-03	Southampton	H
4	4	Lincoln City	3	2	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	4	W	W	L	#	#	1952-09-01	Blackburn Rovers	A
5	-4	Leicester City	3	2	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	2	5	1.833	4	L	W	W	#	#	1952-09-03	Fulham	A
6	0	Brentford	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	1.5	4	D	D	W	#	#	1952-09-03	Huddersfield Town	H
7	6	Fulham	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	5	7	1	4	W	L	W	#	#	1952-09-03	Leicester City	H
8	4	Blackburn Rovers	3	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	1	3	5	1	4	W	L	W	#	#	1952-09-01	Lincoln City	H
9	-6	Sheffield United	3	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	4	L	W	W	#	#	1952-09-03	Everton	A
10	4	Notts County	3	2	0	0	5	3	0	0	1	0	3	0.833	4	W	W	L	#	#	1952-09-01	Rotherham United	A
11	8	Barnsley	3	1	0	1	3	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	3	W	L	D	#	#	1952-09-03	Nottingham Forest	A
12	-1	West Ham United	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	3	D	L	W	#	#	1952-09-01	Hull City	H
13	-8	Birmingham City	3	0	0	1	1	4	1	1	0	2	1	0.6	3	L	W	D	#	#	1952-09-03	Luton Town	H
14	6	Southampton	3	1	0	1	7	5	0	0	1	0	1	1.167	2	W	L	L	#	#	1952-09-03	Plymouth Argyle	A
15	-6	Nottingham Forest	3	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	4	3	1	2	L	W	L	#	#	1952-09-03	Barnsley	H
16	0	Leeds United	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	3	0.75	2	D	D	L	#	#	1952-09-03	Bury	H
17	4	Luton Town	3	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	2	0.75	2	W	L	L	#	#	1952-09-03	Birmingham City	A
18	-8	Swansea Town	3	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	4	5	0.714	2	L	W	L	#	#	1952-09-04	Doncaster Rovers	H
19	-1	Bury	3	0	2	0	3	3	0	0	1	0	2	0.6	2	D	D	L	#	#	1952-09-03	Leeds United	A
20	-3	Rotherham United	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	4	0.6	1	L	L	D	#	#	1952-09-01	Notts County	H
21	-6	Doncaster Rovers	3	0	1	1	3	4	0	0	1	0	2	0.5	1	L	L	D	#	#	1952-09-04	Swansea Town	A
22	0	Everton	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	4	0.167	0	L	L	L	#	#	1952-09-03	Sheffield United	H
Manager of the month
Andy Beattie - Huddersfield Town

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	0	1	Workington	Peel Park	7,600
	Lineups		Dick
Bradford	0	3	Grimsby Town	Park Avenue	16,998
	Lineups		Cairns 2, Bloomer
Carlisle United	4	1	Hartlepools United	Brunton Park	10,876
Smith 2, Whitehouse, Ashman	Lineups		Weatherspoon
Chester	2	0	Bradford City	Sealand Road	6,365
Deakin, Bullock	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	0	1	Darlington	Gresty Road	6,491
	Lineups		McGhee
Halifax Town	3	1	Chesterfield	The Shay	8,746
Frost, Murphy, Priestley	Lineups		Mitchell
Mansfield Town	1	0	Tranmere Rovers	Field Mill	12,129
Marron	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	2	1	York City	Boundary Park	16,632
Gemmell, Crawford	Lineups		Patrick A
Port Vale	5	2	Rochdale	Vale Park	15,448
Griffiths 2, Steele, Mullard, Bennett	Lineups		Foulds, Gilfillan
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	2	2	Stockport County	Old Showground	8,892
Broadley, Ottewell	Lineups		Weigh, Connor
Southport	3	2	Gateshead	Haig Avenue	4,808
Billingham 2, Gaskell	Lineups		Callender T (p), Winters
Wrexham	4	0	Barrow	Racecourse Ground	9,338
Bannan 2, Tunnicliffe 2 (1p)	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division North	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Grimsby Town	3	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	4	0	6	6	W	W	W	#	#	1952-09-03	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
2	2	Oldham Athletic	3	2	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	5	W	W	D	#	#	1952-09-03	Darlington	A
3	4	Port Vale	3	2	0	0	7	2	0	0	1	0	1	2.333	4	W	W	L	#	#	1952-09-02	Tranmere Rovers	A
4	13	Wrexham	3	2	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	4	W	W	L	#	#	1952-09-03	Bradford City	A
5	-4	Chesterfield	3	2	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	1	3	1.5	4	L	W	W	#	#	1952-09-01	Crewe Alexandra	A
6	6	Workington	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	2	1.5	4	W	L	W	#	#	1952-09-03	Southport	H
7	8	Halifax Town	3	2	0	0	6	3	0	0	1	0	2	1.2	4	W	W	L	#	#	1952-09-01	Hartlepools United	A
8	1	Southport	3	2	0	0	5	2	0	0	1	1	3	1.2	4	W	W	L	#	#	1952-09-03	Workington	A
9	7	Mansfield Town	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	4	W	W	L	#	#	1952-09-01	Gateshead	A
10	8	Darlington	3	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	1	1	5	0.667	4	W	L	W	#	#	1952-09-03	Oldham Athletic	H
11	-8	Barrow	3	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	4	0.6	4	L	W	W	#	#	1952-09-01	Stockport County	A
12	-6	Stockport County	3	1	0	0	4	1	0	1	1	2	3	1.5	3	D	L	W	#	#	1952-09-01	Barrow	H
13	-8	York City	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	2	3	1.25	3	L	D	W	#	#	1952-09-01	Chester	H
14	6	Chester	3	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	1	4	0.8	3	W	D	L	#	#	1952-09-01	York City	A
15	9	Carlisle United	3	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	2	W	L	L	#	#	1952-09-04	Accrington Stanley	H
16	-8	Hartlepools United	3	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	2	3	7	0.875	2	L	L	W	#	#	1952-09-01	Halifax Town	H
17	-6	Gateshead	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	5	0.8	2	L	L	W	#	#	1952-09-01	Mansfield Town	H
18	-8	Bradford City	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	4	0.5	2	L	L	W	#	#	1952-09-03	Wrexham	H
19	-6	Crewe Alexandra	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0.5	2	L	L	W	#	#	1952-09-01	Chesterfield	H
20	-6	Bradford	3	1	0	1	2	4	0	0	1	1	3	0.429	2	L	W	L	#	#	1952-09-02	Rochdale	A
21	-2	Accrington Stanley	3	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	4	0.4	2	L	W	L	#	#	1952-09-04	Carlisle United	A
22	1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	3	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	2	0.6	1	D	L	L	#	#	1952-09-03	Grimsby Town	A
23	-2	Tranmere Rovers	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	L	L	D	#	#	1952-09-02	Port Vale	H
24	-2	Rochdale	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	7	0.375	0	L	L	L	#	#	1952-09-02	Bradford	H
Manager of the month
Bill Shankly - Grimsby Town

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	0	0	Colchester United	Recreation Ground	8,280
	Lineups
Bristol City	2	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Ashton Gate	16,491
Boxley, Rodgers	Lineups		Keene, Sirrel
Crystal Palace	2	1	Newport County	Selhurst Park	14,642
Simpson, Bennett	Lineups		Parker
Gillingham	0	1	Millwall	Priestfield Stadium	18,774	Largest home gate 1952-53
	Lineups		Mansfield
Ipswich Town	1	2	Reading	Portman Road	12,891
Garneys	Lineups		Brooks, Parker
Leyton Orient	2	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Brisbane Road	10,800
Aldous, Pacey	Lineups		Harrison, Stroud
Northampton Town	4	3	Southend United	County Ground	13,611
Fowler 2, Ramscar 2	Lineups		Wakefield, Grant, Southam OG
Queens Park Rangers	0	4	Coventry City	Loftus Road	14,335
	Lineups		Lowrie, Harrison 2, Hill P
Shrewsbury Town	1	3	Exeter City	Gay Meadow	10,797
Reagan (p)	Lineups		Regan, Dailey, Murphy
Swindon Town	2	1	Norwich City	County Ground	14,699
Ryder 2	Lineups		Johnston
Torquay United	2	2	Watford	Plainmoor	9,025
Northcott, Collins	Lineups		Paterson, Bowie
Walsall	3	5	Bristol Rovers	Fellows Park	8,023
Giles, Bridgett, Morris	Lineups		Bradford, Lambden 2, Bush 2

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division South	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	2	Millwall	3	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	5	W	D	W	#	#	1952-09-03	Bristol City	H
2	3	Exeter City	3	1	1	0	4	2	1	0	0	3	1	2.333	5	W	W	D	#	#	1952-09-04	Northampton Town	A
3	10	Coventry City	3	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	6	1	2.333	4	W	W	L	#	#	1952-09-01	Leyton Orient	H
4	-2	Brighton & Hove Albion	3	1	0	0	4	1	0	2	0	2	2	2	4	D	D	W	#	#	1952-09-03	Shrewsbury Town	H
5	1	Colchester United	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	D	W	D	#	#	1952-09-03	Reading	A
6	4	Reading	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	3	3	1.667	4	W	L	W	#	#	1952-09-03	Colchester United	H
7	-3	Watford	3	1	0	0	4	1	0	2	0	4	4	1.6	4	D	D	W	#	#	1952-09-04	Queens Park Rangers	H
8	-7	Southend United	3	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	1	6	5	1.5	4	L	W	W	#	#	1952-09-02	Swindon Town	H
9	5	Bristol Rovers	3	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	5	4	1.4	4	W	L	W	#	#	1952-09-01	Torquay United	H
10	7	Northampton Town	3	1	0	0	4	3	1	0	1	1	2	1	4	W	L	W	#	#	1952-09-04	Exeter City	H
11	4	Swindon Town	3	1	0	1	3	4	1	0	0	2	1	1	4	W	L	W	#	#	1952-09-02	Southend United	A
12	-4	Ipswich Town	3	1	0	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	L	W	D	#	#	1952-09-03	Norwich City	A
13	-6	Gillingham	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	1	3	L	D	W	#	#	1952-09-03	Crystal Palace	H
14	2	Torquay United	3	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	1	1	3	0.8	3	D	W	L	#	#	1952-09-01	Bristol Rovers	A
15	6	Crystal Palace	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	4	0.6	3	W	D	L	#	#	1952-09-03	Gillingham	A
16	2	Aldershot	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0.2	3	D	W	L	#	#	1952-09-03	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
17	-8	Norwich City	3	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	2	4	1.75	2	L	L	W	#	#	1952-09-03	Ipswich Town	H
18	-7	Newport County	3	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	4	3	1	2	L	W	L	#	#	1952-09-04	Walsall	H
19	-7	Queens Park Rangers	3	0	1	1	2	6	0	1	0	2	2	0.5	2	L	D	D	#	#	1952-09-04	Watford	A
20	0	Bristol City	3	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	4	0.5	2	D	D	L	#	#	1952-09-03	Millwall	A
21	1	Leyton Orient	3	0	1	1	3	4	0	0	1	0	2	0.5	1	D	L	L	#	#	1952-09-01	Coventry City	A
22	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	3	0.5	1	D	L	L	#	#	1952-09-03	Aldershot	H
23	-4	Shrewsbury Town	3	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	1	1	2	0.4	1	L	D	L	#	#	1952-09-03	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
24	-1	Walsall	3	0	0	2	4	8	0	0	1	0	3	0.364	0	L	L	L	#	#	1952-09-04	Newport County	A
Manager of the month
Charlie Hewitt - Millwall