Saturday 1952-12-20

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	3	1	Aston Villa	Highbury	32,064
Lishman, Holton, Roper	Lineups		Thompson
Blackpool	3	2	Portsmouth	Bloomfield Road	13,562
Taylor, Fenton, Perry	Lineups		Froggatt, Harris
Cardiff City	0	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Ninian Park	25,598
	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	3	1	Sunderland	The Valley	14,548
Hedley OG, Firmani, Kiernan	Lineups		Bingham
Chelsea	2	3	Manchester United	Stamford Bridge	23,261
Dickson, Smith R	Lineups		Doherty 2, Aston
Derby County	4	3	Bolton Wanderers	Baseball Ground	12,884
Lee 2, McLaren 2	Lineups		Moir, Lofthouse, Hassall
Liverpool	2	2	Preston North End	Anfield Road	27,659
Liddell, Baron	Lineups		Baxter, Morrison
Manchester City	2	1	Stoke City	Maine Road	13,562
Williamson, Hart	Lineups		Whiston
Middlesbrough	2	2	Burnley	Ayresome Park	19,155
Mannion, Fitzsimons	Lineups		Holden, Elliott
Newcastle United	1	5	Sheffield Wednesday	St James' Park	37,927
Mitchell (p)	Lineups		Dooley 2, Sewell 2, Marriott
West Bromwich Albion	2	1	Tottenham Hotspur	The Hawthorns	18,816
Ryan, Allen	Lineups		Dicker

				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	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	6	3	2	27	18	5	4	2	16	13	1.387	29	D	W	D	D	L	1952-12-26	Sunderland	H
2	1	West Bromwich Albion	21	7	1	3	17	9	5	2	3	14	12	1.476	27	W	L	W	W	W	1952-12-26	Sheffield Wednesday	A
3	1	Arsenal	20	7	1	2	25	14	3	5	2	15	12	1.538	26	W	D	D	W	W	1952-12-25	Bolton Wanderers	A
4	1	Blackpool	21	7	2	2	29	15	4	2	4	18	22	1.27	26	W	L	W	D	D	1952-12-25	Manchester United	H
5	-3	Sunderland	21	7	2	1	16	10	4	2	5	18	23	1.03	26	L	L	W	D	W	1952-12-26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
6	0	Burnley	21	5	4	2	15	12	4	3	3	16	14	1.192	25	D	D	D	L	W	1952-12-25	Liverpool	H
7	0	Preston North End	20	6	2	2	18	14	2	5	3	18	17	1.161	23	D	W	W	W	W	1952-12-26	Manchester City	H
8	3	Manchester United	21	3	3	3	10	11	6	1	5	25	25	0.972	22	W	W	W	L	D	1952-12-25	Blackpool	A
9	-1	Newcastle United	21	7	2	1	19	15	2	2	7	14	22	0.892	22	L	W	L	W	D	1952-12-25	Cardiff City	H
10	0	Middlesbrough	21	7	2	2	26	15	1	3	6	10	18	1.091	21	D	W	L	W	D	1952-12-25	Tottenham Hotspur	A
11	3	Charlton Athletic	20	6	4	0	25	12	2	1	7	17	27	1.077	21	W	L	L	W	L	1952-12-26	Aston Villa	A
12	3	Sheffield Wednesday	21	4	3	4	17	17	3	4	3	15	14	1.032	21	W	L	L	D	D	1952-12-26	West Bromwich Albion	H
13	-1	Liverpool	21	6	3	3	24	22	2	2	5	13	18	0.925	21	D	L	D	L	L	1952-12-25	Burnley	A
14	-5	Tottenham Hotspur	22	5	3	3	24	18	2	3	6	9	12	1.1	20	L	W	D	D	W	1952-12-25	Middlesbrough	H
15	-2	Bolton Wanderers	20	4	3	2	15	15	3	3	5	13	19	0.824	20	L	W	W	D	D	1952-12-25	Arsenal	H
16	1	Cardiff City	19	3	4	2	15	8	3	2	5	12	15	1.174	18	D	W	W	L	W	1952-12-25	Newcastle United	A
17	-1	Portsmouth	22	3	3	4	13	17	3	3	6	24	24	0.902	18	L	L	L	L	L	1952-12-26	Derby County	A
18	0	Aston Villa	20	3	3	4	11	15	3	2	5	13	16	0.774	17	L	L	D	L	L	1952-12-26	Charlton Athletic	H
19	1	Derby County	21	5	3	3	22	16	1	1	8	5	17	0.818	16	W	L	W	L	W	1952-12-26	Portsmouth	H
20	-1	Chelsea	21	5	1	4	21	14	0	3	8	9	25	0.769	14	L	L	L	L	L	1952-12-26	Stoke City	A
21	1	Manchester City	22	5	2	5	19	16	0	2	8	15	30	0.739	14	W	W	L	W	L	1952-12-26	Preston North End	A
22	-1	Stoke City	22	4	2	5	15	18	1	1	9	12	28	0.587	13	L	W	L	D	L	1952-12-26	Chelsea	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	2	2	Doncaster Rovers	Oakwell	9,747
Kelly J (p), Taylor	Lineups		Tindill, Lawlor
Birmingham City	4	0	Rotherham United	St Andrew's	11,978
Trigg (p), Purdon, Murphy, Wardle	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	2	1	Nottingham Forest	Ewood Park	12,794
Eckersley 2 (2p)	Lineups		Leverton
Bury	1	1	Fulham	Gigg Lane	6,089
Daniel (p)	Lineups		Jezzard
Hull City	1	0	Everton	Boothferry Park	15,708
Murray	Lineups
Leeds United	2	1	Huddersfield Town	Elland Road	34,365
Iggleden, Charles	Lineups		Glazzard
Lincoln City	0	0	Brentford	Sincil Bank	11,953
	Lineups
Luton Town	1	0	Plymouth Argyle	Kenilworth Road	13,055
Davies	Lineups
Notts County	2	2	Leicester City	Meadow Lane	16,168
Evans, McPherson K	Lineups		Rowley 2
Sheffield United	7	1	Swansea Town	Bramall Lane	19,842
Furniss (p), Brook, Hawksworth 2, Ringstead 2, Hagan	Lineups		Lucas (p)
Southampton	1	2	West Ham United	The Dell	12,274
Hoskins	Lineups		Woodgate, Kearns

				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	0	Sheffield United	23	10	1	1	40	15	5	3	3	18	16	1.871	34	W	W	W	D	W	1952-12-25	Doncaster Rovers	H
2	0	Huddersfield Town	22	7	2	2	19	5	6	3	2	19	9	2.714	31	L	W	W	W	L	1952-12-25	Swansea Town	H
3	1	Leicester City	22	8	3	0	32	11	3	2	6	23	34	1.222	27	D	W	L	D	L	1952-12-25	Blackburn Rovers	A
4	1	Birmingham City	22	6	2	3	24	21	4	5	2	12	13	1.059	27	W	W	D	L	W	1952-12-25	Plymouth Argyle	H
5	-2	Plymouth Argyle	21	6	4	1	19	11	4	2	4	14	14	1.32	26	L	L	D	D	W	1952-12-25	Birmingham City	A
6	2	Luton Town	21	8	1	2	30	9	3	2	5	17	21	1.567	25	W	L	W	L	W	1952-12-26	Leeds United	H
7	-1	Nottingham Forest	22	6	1	3	26	16	5	1	6	22	21	1.297	24	L	D	W	W	W	1952-12-26	Hull City	H
8	2	West Ham United	22	6	3	2	25	14	2	5	4	6	12	1.192	24	W	W	L	D	W	1952-12-25	Notts County	H
9	0	Fulham	22	8	0	3	29	16	2	4	5	13	20	1.167	24	D	W	L	L	D	1952-12-26	Southampton	H
10	-3	Rotherham United	22	6	2	3	22	16	5	0	6	18	20	1.111	24	L	L	L	W	L	1952-12-26	Bury	H
11	0	Leeds United	22	7	2	2	23	10	0	7	4	14	19	1.276	23	W	W	D	W	D	1952-12-26	Luton Town	A
12	0	Notts County	21	6	3	3	27	18	3	0	6	7	25	0.791	21	D	W	L	D	W	1952-12-25	West Ham United	A
13	0	Everton	21	4	3	2	16	7	3	2	7	20	24	1.161	19	L	W	D	L	D	1952-12-26	Lincoln City	A
14	1	Lincoln City	22	3	6	2	19	16	1	5	5	11	25	0.732	19	D	L	W	D	D	1952-12-26	Everton	H
15	2	Hull City	22	6	2	3	21	9	1	2	8	11	30	0.821	18	W	L	W	L	L	1952-12-26	Nottingham Forest	A
16	0	Doncaster Rovers	21	3	5	2	12	11	2	3	6	16	27	0.737	18	D	W	D	D	W	1952-12-25	Sheffield United	A
17	-3	Swansea Town	22	2	7	2	17	16	3	1	7	20	36	0.712	18	L	L	D	L	D	1952-12-25	Huddersfield Town	A
18	1	Blackburn Rovers	22	6	2	3	18	10	1	1	9	8	32	0.619	17	W	L	W	L	L	1952-12-25	Leicester City	H
19	-1	Bury	21	3	4	4	14	19	2	2	6	10	18	0.649	16	D	L	L	W	W	1952-12-26	Rotherham United	A
20	1	Brentford	21	4	2	3	17	15	1	3	8	11	28	0.651	15	D	L	L	L	L	1952-12-25	Barnsley	H
21	-1	Southampton	23	2	3	7	24	26	2	3	6	13	24	0.74	14	L	D	L	W	D	1952-12-26	Fulham	A
22	0	Barnsley	21	4	1	6	21	22	1	3	6	10	27	0.633	14	D	L	W	D	L	1952-12-25	Brentford	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	1	1	Hartlepools United	Peel Park	3,195
Kendall	Lineups		Elder
Bradford	2	3	York City	Park Avenue	6,506
Andrews OG, Lyons	Lineups		Hughes, Patrick A, Fenton
Carlisle United	2	2	Gateshead	Brunton Park	4,465
Whitehouse, Duffett	Lineups		Wilbert, Winters
Chester	4	0	Stockport County	Sealand Road	3,144
Moremont, Travis, Bullock, Windle	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	4	2	Rochdale	Gresty Road	4,454
Basford 3, Blunstone	Lineups		Haddington, Whitworth
Halifax Town	5	2	Workington	The Shay	4,805
Moncrieff 3, Hampson, Holt	Lineups		Simmonds, Wallbanks
Mansfield Town	1	4	Chesterfield	Field Mill	6,802
Scott	Lineups		Smith, Southall, Mitchell, Westcott
Oldham Athletic	5	2	Tranmere Rovers	Boundary Park	7,803
Gemmell 3, McKennan, Ormond	Lineups		Done, Williams
Port Vale	0	0	Bradford City	Vale Park	6,000
	Lineups
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	1	2	Barrow	Old Showground	5,434
White	Lineups		Gordon 2
Southport	3	0	Darlington	Haig Avenue	2,307
Billingham, Hitchen, Nuttall	Lineups
Wrexham	3	1	Grimsby Town	Racecourse Ground	9,420
Tilston 2, Hewitt	Lineups		Maddison

				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	Oldham Athletic	22	9	1	2	28	9	4	5	1	14	7	2.625	32	W	W	L	L	W	1952-12-26	Mansfield Town	H
2	-1	Grimsby Town	22	9	3	0	24	4	4	3	3	13	13	2.176	32	L	D	W	W	L	1952-12-25	Chesterfield	H
3	0	York City	23	9	2	1	19	5	3	4	4	12	15	1.55	30	W	W	L	W	L	1952-12-26	Tranmere Rovers	H
4	3	Wrexham	22	10	2	1	37	18	2	1	6	10	17	1.343	27	W	L	W	W	L	1952-12-26	Accrington Stanley	H
5	0	Port Vale	22	5	4	1	15	5	4	4	4	11	11	1.625	26	D	D	L	W	D	1952-12-26	Crewe Alexandra	A
6	0	Gateshead	22	7	1	2	20	6	2	7	3	14	18	1.417	26	D	D	D	W	W	1952-12-25	Bradford City	A
7	2	Halifax Town	22	8	3	1	28	14	1	5	4	7	12	1.346	26	W	W	D	W	L	1952-12-26	Bradford	A
8	2	Crewe Alexandra	23	7	3	2	26	11	4	1	6	11	18	1.276	26	W	L	W	W	L	1952-12-26	Port Vale	H
9	-5	Mansfield Town	22	6	4	2	19	15	4	2	4	10	15	0.967	26	L	W	D	D	D	1952-12-26	Oldham Athletic	A
10	-2	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	22	5	3	3	20	10	4	3	4	12	10	1.6	24	L	W	W	L	W	1952-12-25	Carlisle United	A
11	0	Hartlepools United	22	6	3	1	16	4	2	4	6	14	27	0.968	23	D	D	W	L	W	1952-12-25	Stockport County	A
12	2	Chesterfield	22	7	2	3	22	13	2	2	6	12	18	1.097	22	W	W	D	W	L	1952-12-25	Grimsby Town	A
13	2	Southport	22	7	2	1	18	9	2	2	8	11	26	0.829	22	W	D	L	L	D	1952-12-26	Chester	H
14	-2	Stockport County	22	6	3	1	33	12	1	4	7	14	27	1.205	21	L	D	D	W	W	1952-12-25	Hartlepools United	H
15	2	Barrow	22	7	3	1	19	7	1	2	8	9	26	0.848	21	W	W	L	D	L	1952-12-26	Workington	H
16	-3	Tranmere Rovers	22	5	4	2	18	8	3	0	8	12	22	1	20	L	D	L	W	L	1952-12-26	York City	A
17	2	Chester	23	6	3	2	23	11	0	5	7	10	26	0.892	20	W	L	W	L	D	1952-12-26	Southport	A
18	0	Carlisle United	23	5	4	2	24	15	0	5	7	6	18	0.909	19	D	L	W	L	D	1952-12-25	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
19	-3	Bradford	21	5	4	3	17	15	2	1	6	8	16	0.806	19	L	D	W	W	D	1952-12-26	Halifax Town	H
20	0	Bradford City	22	4	4	2	14	14	0	5	7	10	26	0.6	17	D	L	D	L	W	1952-12-25	Gateshead	H
21	0	Rochdale	23	5	2	3	17	10	1	0	12	12	30	0.725	14	L	L	L	L	L	1952-12-26	Darlington	A
22	0	Darlington	22	5	1	4	13	14	1	1	10	17	40	0.556	14	L	L	L	L	L	1952-12-26	Rochdale	H
23	0	Workington	23	3	3	5	16	20	1	2	9	5	31	0.412	13	L	D	L	W	W	1952-12-26	Barrow	A
24	0	Accrington Stanley	21	2	5	4	10	15	1	1	8	10	27	0.476	12	D	D	W	L	L	1952-12-26	Wrexham	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	2	Norwich City	Recreation Ground	4,871
Flint	Lineups		Adams, Coxon
Bristol City	5	1	Watford	Ashton Gate	12,744
Rodgers 3, Eisentrager, Williams	Lineups		Meadows
Crystal Palace	2	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Selhurst Park	10,081
Simpson 2	Lineups		Keene
Gillingham	1	1	Newport County	Priestfield Stadium	7,179
Lambert	Lineups		Moore
Ipswich Town	2	2	Colchester United	Portman Road	12,572
Elsworthy, Jones	Lineups		McKim, McCurley
Leyton Orient	1	1	Reading	Brisbane Road	4,797
Facey	Lineups		Blackman
Northampton Town	5	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	County Ground	8,649
O'Donnell 2, Ramscar 3	Lineups		Fidler
Queens Park Rangers	1	1	Exeter City	Loftus Road	6,310
Clayton	Lineups		Mackay
Shrewsbury Town	0	1	Bristol Rovers	Gay Meadow	8,810
	Lineups		Bush
Swindon Town	2	3	Coventry City	County Ground	7,368
Millar, Betteridge	Lineups		Dorman 2, Brown
Torquay United	4	2	Southend United	Plainmoor	5,501
Calland A, Mills, Collins, Shaw	Lineups		McAlinden, Thompson
Walsall	0	2	Millwall	Fellows Park	3,357
	Lineups		Morgan, Monkhouse

				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	0	Bristol Rovers	22	10	2	0	31	6	6	2	2	22	14	2.65	36	W	W	W	W	W	1952-12-26	Queens Park Rangers	A
2	0	Northampton Town	22	9	1	0	36	15	5	2	5	19	21	1.528	31	W	W	L	D	W	1952-12-26	Reading	H
3	0	Norwich City	22	7	3	1	24	7	6	1	4	23	14	2.238	30	W	L	D	W	W	1952-12-26	Colchester United	H
4	0	Bristol City	23	8	2	1	36	15	3	5	4	17	19	1.559	29	W	D	W	D	W	1952-12-26	Southend United	H
5	0	Coventry City	22	8	3	1	29	11	3	3	4	16	20	1.452	28	W	W	W	W	D	1952-12-26	Aldershot	A
6	0	Millwall	21	6	4	1	20	7	4	2	4	12	13	1.6	26	W	W	D	W	L	1952-12-26	Shrewsbury Town	H
7	1	Exeter City	23	7	4	0	27	10	1	3	8	10	23	1.121	23	D	D	L	W	D	1952-12-26	Swindon Town	H
8	1	Ipswich Town	22	6	3	2	16	12	2	4	5	15	17	1.069	23	D	D	D	W	D	1952-12-26	Leyton Orient	A
9	-2	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	7	2	1	27	14	2	3	7	12	27	0.951	23	L	W	L	L	L	1952-12-25	Newport County	A
10	2	Queens Park Rangers	22	6	5	1	24	20	1	4	5	11	22	0.833	23	D	W	D	D	D	1952-12-26	Bristol Rovers	H
11	2	Reading	22	7	0	2	22	7	2	4	7	13	25	1.094	22	D	L	D	L	W	1952-12-26	Northampton Town	A
12	-1	Southend United	23	7	2	2	19	10	1	4	7	20	34	0.886	22	L	L	W	D	L	1952-12-26	Bristol City	A
13	-3	Watford	22	6	3	1	19	9	1	5	6	12	26	0.886	22	L	D	D	D	D	1952-12-26	Crystal Palace	H
14	0	Gillingham	22	6	3	3	14	12	1	4	5	9	19	0.742	21	D	L	D	W	D	1952-12-26	Walsall	H
15	0	Colchester United	20	5	4	1	17	11	2	2	6	9	14	1.04	20	D	W	W	W	D	1952-12-26	Norwich City	A
16	0	Newport County	22	6	1	3	26	19	2	3	7	18	26	0.978	20	D	L	L	L	L	1952-12-25	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
17	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	21	6	0	4	19	13	2	2	7	13	26	0.821	18	L	L	L	L	L	1952-12-26	Torquay United	A
18	0	Aldershot	22	4	4	4	18	15	2	2	6	11	21	0.806	18	L	D	W	L	L	1952-12-26	Coventry City	H
19	2	Crystal Palace	21	5	4	1	20	13	1	2	8	12	31	0.727	18	W	L	L	W	W	1952-12-26	Watford	A
20	-1	Shrewsbury Town	22	5	3	4	20	21	0	3	7	11	21	0.738	16	L	W	D	W	L	1952-12-26	Millwall	A
21	-1	Swindon Town	21	5	2	5	22	21	1	2	6	8	20	0.732	16	L	W	W	L	L	1952-12-26	Exeter City	A
22	0	Leyton Orient	21	6	2	3	25	15	0	1	9	7	26	0.78	15	D	L	L	W	L	1952-12-26	Ipswich Town	H
23	0	Torquay United	22	5	3	3	22	15	0	1	10	11	35	0.66	14	W	L	L	L	D	1952-12-26	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
24	0	Walsall	22	1	4	6	13	26	2	0	9	13	32	0.448	10	L	D	L	L	L	1952-12-26	Gillingham	A