Friday 1952-12-26

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	1	1	Charlton Athletic	Villa Park	39,949
Thompson	Lineups		Firmani
Derby County	3	0	Portsmouth	Baseball Ground	30,201
Lee, Dunn, McLaren	Lineups
Liverpool	1	1	Burnley	Anfield Road	46,589
Liddell (p)	Lineups		Adamson
Manchester United	2	1	Blackpool	Old Trafford	49,934
Carey, Lewis	Lineups		Mortensen
Preston North End	6	2	Manchester City	Deepdale	37,093
Wayman 2, Baxter, Morrison, Westwood OG, Finney	Lineups		Hart 2
Sheffield Wednesday	4	5	West Bromwich Albion	Hillsborough	59,389	Largest home gate 1952-53
Woodhead 2, Froggatt, Dooley	Lineups		Curtis OG, Barlow, Gannon OG, Nicholls, Allen
Stoke City	1	1	Chelsea	Victoria Ground	30,846
Malkin	Lineups		Campbell
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	Sunderland	Molineux	51,419
Swinbourne	Lineups		Bingham

				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	23	6	4	2	28	19	5	4	2	16	13	1.375	30	D	D	W	D	D	1952-12-27	Sunderland	A
2	1	West Bromwich Albion	22	7	1	3	17	9	6	2	3	19	16	1.44	29	W	W	L	W	W	1952-12-27	Sheffield Wednesday	H
3	-1	Arsenal	21	7	1	2	25	14	4	5	2	21	16	1.533	28	W	W	D	D	W	1953-01-03	Sunderland	A
4	1	Burnley	23	6	4	2	17	12	4	4	3	17	15	1.259	28	D	W	D	D	D	1953-01-03	West Bromwich Albion	H
5	-1	Blackpool	23	7	3	2	29	15	4	2	5	19	24	1.231	27	L	D	W	L	W	1953-01-01	Preston North End	A
6	0	Sunderland	22	7	2	1	16	10	4	3	5	19	24	1.029	27	D	L	L	W	D	1952-12-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
7	1	Preston North End	21	7	2	2	24	16	2	5	3	18	17	1.273	25	W	D	W	W	W	1953-01-01	Blackpool	H
8	1	Manchester United	23	4	3	3	12	12	6	2	5	25	25	1	25	W	D	W	W	W	1953-01-01	Derby County	H
9	-2	Newcastle United	22	8	2	1	22	15	2	2	7	14	22	0.973	24	W	L	W	L	W	1952-12-27	Cardiff City	A
10	0	Tottenham Hotspur	23	6	3	3	31	19	2	3	6	9	12	1.29	22	W	L	W	D	D	1952-12-27	Middlesbrough	A
11	0	Charlton Athletic	21	6	4	0	25	12	2	2	7	18	28	1.075	22	D	W	L	L	W	1953-01-01	Bolton Wanderers	A
12	2	Liverpool	23	6	4	3	25	23	2	2	6	13	20	0.884	22	D	L	D	L	D	1953-01-03	Stoke City	A
13	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	22	4	3	5	21	22	3	4	3	15	14	1	21	L	W	L	L	D	1952-12-27	West Bromwich Albion	A
14	-1	Middlesbrough	22	7	2	2	26	15	1	3	7	11	25	0.925	21	L	D	W	L	W	1952-12-27	Tottenham Hotspur	H
15	0	Bolton Wanderers	21	4	3	3	19	21	3	3	5	13	19	0.8	20	L	L	W	W	D	1953-01-01	Charlton Athletic	H
16	0	Cardiff City	20	3	4	2	15	8	3	2	6	12	18	1.038	18	L	D	W	W	L	1952-12-27	Newcastle United	H
17	2	Derby County	22	6	3	3	25	16	1	1	8	5	17	0.909	18	W	W	L	W	L	1952-12-27	Portsmouth	A
18	-1	Portsmouth	23	3	3	4	13	17	3	3	7	24	27	0.841	18	L	L	L	L	L	1952-12-27	Derby County	H
19	-1	Aston Villa	21	3	4	4	12	16	3	2	5	13	16	0.781	18	D	L	L	D	L	1953-01-01	Sunderland	A
20	0	Chelsea	22	5	1	4	21	14	0	4	8	10	26	0.775	15	D	L	L	L	L	1952-12-27	Stoke City	H
21	0	Manchester City	23	5	2	5	19	16	0	2	9	17	36	0.692	14	L	W	W	L	W	1953-01-03	Manchester United	A
22	0	Stoke City	23	4	3	5	16	19	1	1	9	12	28	0.596	14	D	L	W	L	D	1952-12-27	Chelsea	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	0	2	Brentford	Oakwell	13,725
	Lineups		McNeil OG, Ledgerton
Doncaster Rovers	0	2	Sheffield United	Belle Vue	27,656	Largest home gate 1952-53
	Lineups		Brook 2
Fulham	1	1	Southampton	Craven Cottage	17,018
Stevens	Lineups		Dudley
Lincoln City	1	1	Everton	Sincil Bank	19,524
Birch	Lineups		Potts
Luton Town	2	0	Leeds United	Kenilworth Road	19,480
McCabe OG, Pye	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	4	1	Hull City	City Ground	25,213
Ardron 4	Lineups		Jensen
Rotherham United	6	1	Bury	Millmoor	16,718
Grainger 2, Guest 2, Rawson, Shaw	Lineups		Daniel

				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	25	10	2	1	42	17	6	3	3	20	16	1.879	37	W	D	W	W	W	1953-01-01	Rotherham United	H
2	0	Huddersfield Town	23	8	2	2	22	5	6	3	2	19	9	2.929	33	W	L	W	W	W	1952-12-27	Swansea Town	A
3	0	Birmingham City	23	7	2	3	28	21	4	5	2	12	13	1.176	29	W	W	W	D	L	1952-12-27	Plymouth Argyle	A
4	2	Luton Town	22	9	1	2	32	9	3	2	5	17	21	1.633	27	W	W	L	W	L	1952-12-27	Leeds United	A
5	-1	Leicester City	23	8	3	0	32	11	3	2	7	23	36	1.17	27	L	D	W	L	D	1952-12-27	Blackburn Rovers	H
6	2	Nottingham Forest	23	7	1	3	30	17	5	1	6	22	21	1.368	26	W	L	D	W	W	1952-12-27	Hull City	A
7	3	Rotherham United	23	7	2	3	28	17	5	0	6	18	20	1.243	26	W	L	L	L	W	1952-12-27	Bury	A
8	-3	Plymouth Argyle	22	6	4	1	19	11	4	2	5	14	18	1.138	26	L	L	L	D	D	1952-12-27	Birmingham City	H
9	-2	West Ham United	23	6	4	2	27	16	2	5	4	6	12	1.179	25	D	W	W	L	D	1952-12-27	Notts County	A
10	-1	Fulham	23	8	1	3	30	17	2	4	5	13	20	1.162	25	D	D	W	L	L	1952-12-27	Southampton	A
11	0	Leeds United	23	7	2	2	23	10	0	7	5	14	21	1.194	23	L	W	W	D	W	1952-12-27	Luton Town	H
12	0	Notts County	22	6	3	3	27	18	3	1	6	9	27	0.8	22	D	D	W	L	D	1952-12-27	West Ham United	H
13	0	Everton	22	4	3	2	16	7	3	3	7	21	25	1.156	20	D	L	W	D	L	1953-01-01	Barnsley	H
14	1	Lincoln City	23	3	7	2	20	17	1	5	5	11	25	0.738	20	D	D	L	W	D	1953-01-03	Doncaster Rovers	A
15	4	Brentford	23	5	2	3	21	15	2	3	8	13	28	0.791	19	W	W	D	L	L	1953-01-03	Hull City	H
16	-2	Doncaster Rovers	23	3	5	3	12	13	2	4	6	18	29	0.714	19	L	D	D	W	D	1953-01-03	Lincoln City	H
17	-1	Blackburn Rovers	23	7	2	3	20	10	1	1	9	8	32	0.667	19	W	W	L	W	L	1952-12-27	Leicester City	A
18	-1	Hull City	23	6	2	3	21	9	1	2	9	12	34	0.767	18	L	W	L	W	L	1952-12-27	Nottingham Forest	H
19	-1	Swansea Town	23	2	7	2	17	16	3	1	8	20	39	0.673	18	L	L	L	D	L	1952-12-27	Huddersfield Town	H
20	0	Bury	22	3	4	4	14	19	2	2	7	11	24	0.581	16	L	D	L	L	W	1952-12-27	Rotherham United	H
21	0	Southampton	24	2	3	7	24	26	2	4	6	14	25	0.745	15	D	L	D	L	W	1952-12-27	Fulham	H
22	0	Barnsley	23	4	1	7	21	24	1	3	7	10	31	0.564	14	L	L	D	L	W	1953-01-01	Everton	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barrow	3	0	Workington	Holker Street	8,178	Largest home gate 1952-53
Hannah, Keen A, Gordon	Lineups
Bradford	1	2	Halifax Town	Park Avenue	22,252	Largest home gate 1952-53
Horsman	Lineups		Moncrieff, Holt
Crewe Alexandra	1	4	Port Vale	Gresty Road	13,962	Largest home gate 1952-53
Basford	Lineups		Griffiths 2, Hayward 2
Darlington	3	2	Rochdale	Feethams Ground	6,406
Murray 3	Lineups		Lynn (p), Marriott
Oldham Athletic	1	0	Mansfield Town	Boundary Park	26,194
Clarke	Lineups
Southport	2	0	Chester	Haig Avenue	6,000
Hitchen, Dale	Lineups
Wrexham	3	1	Accrington Stanley	Racecourse Ground	14,880
Tapscott, Hewitt, Bannan	Lineups		Kendall
York City	2	0	Tranmere Rovers	Bootham Crescent	11,380
Griffiths (p), Fenton	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	Oldham Athletic	23	10	1	2	29	9	4	5	1	14	7	2.688	34	W	W	W	L	L	1952-12-27	Mansfield Town	A
2	-1	Grimsby Town	23	9	4	0	24	4	4	3	3	13	13	2.176	33	D	L	D	W	W	1952-12-27	Chesterfield	A
3	0	York City	24	10	2	1	21	5	3	4	4	12	15	1.65	32	W	W	W	L	W	1953-01-03	Oldham Athletic	H
4	0	Wrexham	23	11	2	1	40	19	2	1	6	10	17	1.389	29	W	W	L	W	W	1952-12-27	Accrington Stanley	A
5	0	Port Vale	23	5	4	1	15	5	5	4	4	15	12	1.765	28	W	D	D	L	W	1952-12-27	Crewe Alexandra	H
6	0	Halifax Town	23	8	3	1	28	14	2	5	4	9	13	1.37	28	W	W	W	D	W	1952-12-27	Bradford	H
7	0	Gateshead	23	7	1	2	20	6	2	7	4	15	21	1.296	26	L	D	D	D	W	1952-12-27	Bradford City	H
8	0	Crewe Alexandra	24	7	3	3	27	15	4	1	6	11	18	1.152	26	L	W	L	W	W	1952-12-27	Port Vale	A
9	0	Mansfield Town	23	6	4	2	19	15	4	2	5	10	16	0.935	26	L	L	W	D	D	1952-12-27	Oldham Athletic	H
10	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	23	5	3	3	20	10	4	3	5	12	18	1.143	24	L	L	W	W	L	1952-12-27	Carlisle United	H
11	0	Hartlepools United	23	6	3	1	16	4	2	5	6	15	28	0.969	24	D	D	D	W	L	1952-12-27	Stockport County	H
12	2	Southport	23	8	2	1	20	9	2	2	8	11	26	0.886	24	W	W	D	L	L	1953-01-01	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
13	-1	Chesterfield	23	7	2	3	22	13	2	3	6	12	18	1.097	23	D	W	W	D	W	1952-12-27	Grimsby Town	H
14	2	Barrow	23	8	3	1	22	7	1	2	8	9	26	0.939	23	W	W	W	L	D	1952-12-27	Workington	A
15	-2	Stockport County	23	6	4	1	34	13	1	4	7	14	27	1.2	22	D	L	D	D	W	1952-12-27	Hartlepools United	A
16	-1	Carlisle United	24	6	4	2	32	15	0	5	7	6	18	1.152	21	W	D	L	W	L	1952-12-27	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
17	0	Tranmere Rovers	23	5	4	2	18	8	3	0	9	12	24	0.938	20	L	L	D	L	W	1953-01-01	Grimsby Town	H
18	0	Chester	24	6	3	2	23	11	0	5	8	10	28	0.846	20	L	W	L	W	L	1953-01-03	Bradford City	A
19	0	Bradford	22	5	4	4	18	17	2	1	6	8	16	0.788	19	L	L	D	W	W	1952-12-27	Halifax Town	A
20	0	Bradford City	23	5	4	2	17	15	0	5	7	10	26	0.659	19	W	D	L	D	L	1952-12-27	Gateshead	A
21	1	Darlington	23	6	1	4	16	16	1	1	10	17	40	0.589	16	W	L	L	L	L	1952-12-27	Rochdale	A
22	-1	Rochdale	24	5	2	3	17	10	1	0	13	14	33	0.721	14	L	L	L	L	L	1952-12-27	Darlington	H
23	0	Workington	24	3	3	5	16	20	1	2	10	5	34	0.389	13	L	L	D	L	W	1952-12-27	Barrow	H
24	0	Accrington Stanley	22	2	5	4	10	15	1	1	9	11	30	0.467	12	L	D	D	W	L	1952-12-27	Wrexham	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	4	1	Coventry City	Recreation Ground	7,239
Menzies 2, Raine 2	Lineups		Warner
Bristol City	5	0	Southend United	Ashton Gate	30,100
Peacock, Regan, Rodgers, Tovey W, Williams	Lineups
Exeter City	1	2	Swindon Town	St James Park	13,620
Mitchell	Lineups		Bain, Ryder
Gillingham	3	1	Walsall	Priestfield Stadium	9,326
Lambert, King, Long	Lineups		Green
Leyton Orient	3	1	Ipswich Town	Brisbane Road	6,597
Blatchford 2, Harris	Lineups		Brown
Millwall	4	1	Shrewsbury Town	The Den, New Cross	15,879
Shepherd 2, Stobbart, Monkhouse	Lineups		Roberts
Northampton Town	6	1	Reading	County Ground	19,242	Largest home gate 1952-53
Edelston, English 2, O'Donnell 2, Ramscar	Lineups		Simpson
Norwich City	3	0	Colchester United	Carrow Road	19,859
Summers 2, Rattray	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	0	1	Bristol Rovers	Loftus Road	13,866
	Lineups		Bradford
Torquay United	5	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Plainmoor	9,600
Calland A 3, Collins 2	Lineups		Harrison (p)
Watford	2	0	Crystal Palace	Vicarage Road	12,422
Evans, Reid	Lineups

				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	23	10	2	0	31	6	7	2	2	23	14	2.7	38	W	W	W	W	W	1952-12-27	Queens Park Rangers	H
2	0	Northampton Town	23	10	1	0	42	16	5	2	5	19	21	1.649	33	W	W	W	L	D	1953-01-03	Southend United	A
3	0	Norwich City	23	8	3	1	27	7	6	1	4	23	14	2.381	32	W	W	L	D	W	1953-01-03	Swindon Town	H
4	0	Bristol City	24	9	2	1	41	15	3	5	4	17	19	1.706	31	W	W	D	W	D	1953-01-03	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
5	1	Millwall	22	7	4	1	24	8	4	2	4	12	13	1.714	28	W	W	W	D	W	1952-12-27	Shrewsbury Town	A
6	-1	Coventry City	23	8	3	1	29	11	3	3	5	17	24	1.314	28	L	W	W	W	W	1952-12-27	Aldershot	H
7	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	23	7	2	1	27	14	3	3	7	15	27	1.024	25	W	L	W	L	L	1952-12-27	Newport County	H
8	5	Watford	23	7	3	1	21	9	1	5	6	12	26	0.943	24	W	L	D	D	D	1953-01-03	Torquay United	H
9	-1	Exeter City	24	7	4	1	28	12	1	3	8	10	23	1.086	23	L	D	D	L	W	1952-12-27	Swindon Town	A
10	-1	Ipswich Town	23	6	3	2	16	12	2	4	6	16	20	1	23	L	D	D	D	W	1953-01-03	Reading	A
11	-1	Queens Park Rangers	23	6	5	2	24	21	1	4	5	11	22	0.814	23	L	D	W	D	D	1952-12-27	Bristol Rovers	A
12	2	Gillingham	23	7	3	3	17	13	1	4	5	9	19	0.813	23	W	D	L	D	W	1952-12-27	Walsall	A
13	-2	Reading	23	7	0	2	22	7	2	4	8	14	31	0.947	22	L	D	L	D	L	1953-01-03	Ipswich Town	H
14	-2	Southend United	24	7	2	2	19	10	1	4	8	20	39	0.796	22	L	L	L	W	D	1953-01-03	Northampton Town	H
15	0	Colchester United	21	5	4	1	17	11	2	2	7	9	17	0.929	20	L	D	W	W	W	1953-01-03	Aldershot	H
16	0	Newport County	23	6	1	4	26	22	2	3	7	18	26	0.917	20	L	D	L	L	L	1952-12-27	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
17	1	Aldershot	23	5	4	4	22	16	2	2	6	11	21	0.892	20	W	L	D	W	L	1952-12-27	Coventry City	A
18	3	Swindon Town	22	5	2	5	22	21	2	2	6	10	21	0.762	18	W	L	W	W	L	1952-12-27	Exeter City	H
19	-2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	22	6	0	4	19	13	2	2	8	14	31	0.75	18	L	L	L	L	L	1952-12-27	Torquay United	H
20	-1	Crystal Palace	22	5	4	1	20	13	1	2	9	12	33	0.696	18	L	W	L	L	W	1953-01-03	Newport County	A
21	1	Leyton Orient	22	7	2	3	28	16	0	1	9	7	26	0.833	17	W	D	L	L	W	1953-01-03	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
22	1	Torquay United	23	6	3	3	27	16	0	1	10	11	35	0.745	16	W	W	L	L	L	1952-12-27	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
23	-3	Shrewsbury Town	23	5	3	4	20	21	0	3	8	12	25	0.696	16	L	L	W	D	W	1952-12-27	Millwall	H
24	0	Walsall	23	1	4	6	13	26	2	0	10	14	35	0.443	10	L	L	D	L	L	1952-12-27	Gillingham	H