Saturday 1952-12-27

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Cardiff City	0	0	Newcastle United	Ninian Park	52,202
	Lineups
Chelsea	0	0	Stoke City	Stamford Bridge	17,173
	Lineups
Middlesbrough	0	4	Tottenham Hotspur	Ayresome Park	23,265
	Lineups		Walters, Bennett, Duquemin, Bilciss OG
Portsmouth	2	2	Derby County	Fratton Park	30,768
Froggatt, Gordon	Lineups		Lee 2
Sunderland	5	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Roker Park	41,493
Davis 2, Bingham 2, Kirtley	Lineups		Broadbent, Smith
West Bromwich Albion	0	1	Sheffield Wednesday	The Hawthorns	49,510
	Lineups		Dooley

				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	24	6	4	2	28	19	5	4	3	18	18	1.243	30	L	D	D	W	D	1953-01-03	Charlton Athletic	H
2	0	West Bromwich Albion	23	7	1	4	17	10	6	2	3	19	16	1.385	29	L	W	W	L	W	1953-01-01	Newcastle United	A
3	3	Sunderland	23	8	2	1	21	12	4	3	5	19	24	1.111	29	W	D	L	L	W	1953-01-01	Aston Villa	H
4	-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
5	-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
6	-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
7	0	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	0	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	0	Newcastle United	23	8	2	1	22	15	2	3	7	14	22	0.973	25	D	W	L	W	L	1953-01-01	West Bromwich Albion	H
10	0	Tottenham Hotspur	24	6	3	3	31	19	3	3	6	13	12	1.419	24	W	W	L	W	D	1953-01-03	Newcastle United	H
11	2	Sheffield Wednesday	23	4	3	5	21	22	4	4	3	16	14	1.028	23	W	L	W	L	L	1953-01-01	Middlesbrough	A
12	-1	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
13	-1	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
14	0	Middlesbrough	23	7	2	3	26	19	1	3	7	11	25	0.841	21	L	L	D	W	L	1953-01-01	Sheffield Wednesday	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	21	3	5	2	15	8	3	2	6	12	18	1.038	19	D	L	D	W	W	1953-01-03	Sheffield Wednesday	A
17	0	Derby County	23	6	3	3	25	16	1	2	8	7	19	0.914	19	D	W	W	L	W	1953-01-01	Manchester United	A
18	0	Portsmouth	24	3	4	4	15	19	3	3	7	24	27	0.848	19	D	L	L	L	L	1953-01-03	Chelsea	H
19	0	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	23	5	2	4	21	14	0	4	8	10	26	0.775	16	D	D	L	L	L	1953-01-03	Portsmouth	A
21	1	Stoke City	24	4	3	5	16	19	1	2	9	12	28	0.596	15	D	D	L	W	L	1953-01-03	Liverpool	H
22	-1	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
Manager of the month
Matt Busby - Manchester United

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bury	2	0	Rotherham United	Gigg Lane	14,420
Walton, Imlach	Lineups
Hull City	3	1	Nottingham Forest	Boothferry Park	22,838
Gerrie 2, Horton	Lineups		Moore
Leeds United	2	2	Luton Town	Elland Road	31,634
Charles, Langley	Lineups		Pye, Pemberton
Leicester City	2	1	Blackburn Rovers	Filbert Street	32,015
Griffiths, Hines	Lineups		Briggs
Notts County	1	1	West Ham United	Meadow Lane	24,189
Evans	Lineups		Allison
Plymouth Argyle	2	1	Birmingham City	Home Park	25,266
Govan, Tadman	Lineups		Trigg (p)
Southampton	5	3	Fulham	The Dell	21,935	Largest home gate 1952-53
Dudley 3, Williams, Walker	Lineups		Jezzard 2, Taylor JN
Swansea Town	3	3	Huddersfield Town	Vetch Field	24,978	Largest home gate 1952-53
Turnbull, Allchurch I, Medwin	Lineups		Glazzard, Gunn, Davie

				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	24	8	2	2	22	5	6	4	2	22	12	2.588	34	D	W	L	W	W	1953-01-03	Sheffield United	H
3	2	Leicester City	24	9	3	0	34	12	3	2	7	23	36	1.188	29	W	L	D	W	L	1953-01-03	Southampton	H
4	-1	Birmingham City	24	7	2	3	28	21	4	5	3	13	15	1.139	29	L	W	W	W	D	1953-01-03	Fulham	A
5	-1	Luton Town	23	9	1	2	32	9	3	3	5	19	23	1.594	28	D	W	W	L	W	1953-01-03	Rotherham United	A
6	2	Plymouth Argyle	23	7	4	1	21	12	4	2	5	14	18	1.167	28	W	L	L	L	D	1953-01-01	Bury	A
7	-1	Nottingham Forest	24	7	1	3	30	17	5	1	7	23	24	1.293	26	L	W	L	D	W	1953-01-03	Notts County	H
8	-1	Rotherham United	24	7	2	3	28	17	5	0	7	18	22	1.179	26	L	W	L	L	L	1953-01-01	Sheffield United	A
9	0	West Ham United	24	6	4	2	27	16	2	6	4	7	13	1.172	26	D	D	W	W	L	1953-01-03	Bury	H
10	0	Fulham	24	8	1	3	30	17	2	4	6	16	25	1.095	25	L	D	D	W	L	1953-01-03	Birmingham City	H
11	0	Leeds United	24	7	3	2	25	12	0	7	5	14	21	1.182	24	D	L	W	W	D	1953-01-03	Plymouth Argyle	A
12	0	Notts County	23	6	4	3	28	19	3	1	6	9	27	0.804	23	D	D	D	W	L	1953-01-01	Blackburn Rovers	A
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	4	Hull City	24	7	2	3	24	10	1	2	9	12	34	0.818	20	W	L	W	L	W	1953-01-03	Brentford	A
15	-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
16	-1	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
17	-1	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
18	1	Swansea Town	24	2	8	2	20	19	3	1	8	20	39	0.69	19	D	L	L	L	D	1953-01-03	Barnsley	H
19	-2	Blackburn Rovers	24	7	2	3	20	10	1	1	10	9	34	0.659	19	L	W	W	L	W	1953-01-01	Notts County	H
20	0	Bury	23	4	4	4	16	19	2	2	7	11	24	0.628	18	W	L	D	L	L	1953-01-01	Plymouth Argyle	H
21	0	Southampton	25	3	3	7	29	29	2	4	6	14	25	0.796	17	W	D	L	D	L	1953-01-03	Leicester City	A
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
Manager of the month
Reg Freeman - Sheffield United

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	1	2	Wrexham	Peel Park	8,351
Kendall	Lineups		Hughes, Tunnicliffe
Chesterfield	3	2	Grimsby Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	15,519
Smallwood, Wilson 2	Lineups		Hart, Maddison
Gateshead	2	2	Bradford City	Redheugh Park	4,574
Callender J, Wilbert	Lineups		Rosenthal, Anders
Halifax Town	2	4	Bradford	The Shay	19,693	Largest home gate 1952-53
Savage, Murphy	Lineups		Kevan 2, Redfearn, Milburn
Hartlepools United	0	2	Stockport County	Victoria Park	7,387
	Lineups		Bodle (p), Connor
Mansfield Town	0	2	Oldham Athletic	Field Mill	11,373
	Lineups		Munro, Ormond
Port Vale	3	1	Crewe Alexandra	Vale Park	22,478
Hayward 2, Griffiths	Lineups		King
Rochdale	3	1	Darlington	Spotland	6,461
Haddington 3	Lineups		Murray
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	1	2	Carlisle United	Old Showground	7,325
White	Lineups		Whitehouse, Harrison
Workington	3	1	Barrow	Borough Park	5,306
Dick 2, McDowall	Lineups		Keen A

				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	0	Oldham Athletic	24	10	1	2	29	9	5	5	1	16	7	2.813	36	W	W	W	W	L	1953-01-03	York City	A
2	0	Grimsby Town	24	9	4	0	24	4	4	3	4	15	16	1.95	33	L	D	L	D	W	1953-01-01	Tranmere Rovers	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	24	11	2	1	40	19	3	1	6	12	18	1.405	31	W	W	W	L	W	1953-01-03	Barrow	A
5	0	Port Vale	24	6	4	1	18	6	5	4	4	15	12	1.833	30	W	W	D	D	L	1953-01-03	Rochdale	A
6	0	Halifax Town	24	8	3	2	30	18	2	5	4	9	13	1.258	28	L	W	W	W	D	1953-01-03	Chesterfield	A
7	0	Gateshead	24	7	2	2	22	8	2	7	4	15	21	1.276	27	D	L	D	D	D	1953-01-01	Rochdale	H
8	0	Crewe Alexandra	25	7	3	3	27	15	4	1	7	12	21	1.083	26	L	L	W	L	W	1953-01-03	Darlington	A
9	0	Mansfield Town	24	6	4	3	19	17	4	2	5	10	16	0.879	26	L	L	L	W	D	1953-01-01	Darlington	A
10	3	Chesterfield	24	8	2	3	25	15	2	3	6	12	18	1.121	25	W	D	W	W	D	1953-01-01	Barrow	A
11	4	Stockport County	24	6	4	1	34	13	2	4	7	16	27	1.25	24	W	D	L	D	D	1953-01-01	Carlisle United	A
12	-2	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	24	5	3	4	21	12	4	3	5	12	18	1.1	24	L	L	L	W	W	1953-01-01	Southport	A
13	-2	Hartlepools United	24	6	3	2	16	6	2	5	6	15	28	0.912	24	L	D	D	D	W	1953-01-01	Bradford City	H
14	-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
15	1	Carlisle United	25	6	4	2	32	15	1	5	7	8	19	1.176	23	W	W	D	L	W	1953-01-01	Stockport County	H
16	-2	Barrow	24	8	3	1	22	7	1	2	9	10	29	0.889	23	L	W	W	W	L	1953-01-01	Chesterfield	H
17	2	Bradford	23	5	4	4	18	17	3	1	6	12	18	0.857	21	W	L	L	D	W	1953-01-01	Accrington Stanley	A
18	-1	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
19	-1	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
20	0	Bradford City	24	5	4	2	17	15	0	6	7	12	28	0.674	20	D	W	D	L	D	1953-01-01	Hartlepools United	A
21	1	Rochdale	25	6	2	3	20	11	1	0	13	14	33	0.773	16	W	L	L	L	L	1953-01-01	Gateshead	A
22	-1	Darlington	24	6	1	4	16	16	1	1	11	18	43	0.576	16	L	W	L	L	L	1953-01-01	Mansfield Town	H
23	0	Workington	25	4	3	5	19	21	1	2	10	5	34	0.436	15	W	L	L	D	L	1953-01-03	Accrington Stanley	H
24	0	Accrington Stanley	23	2	5	5	11	17	1	1	9	11	30	0.468	12	L	L	D	D	W	1953-01-01	Bradford	H
Manager of the month
George Hardwick - Oldham Athletic

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	0	1	Torquay United	Dean Court	11,176
	Lineups		Calland A
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	2	Newport County	Goldstone Ground	15,309
Reed, Tennant	Lineups		Birch, Shergold
Bristol Rovers	2	1	Queens Park Rangers	Eastville	30,995
Lambden 2	Lineups		Gilberg
Coventry City	3	0	Aldershot	Highfield Road	17,032
Dorman 2, Brown	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	2	4	Millwall	Gay Meadow	11,752
Butler (p), Jackson	Lineups		Shepherd 3, Johnson
Swindon Town	5	2	Exeter City	County Ground	10,580
Millar, Ryder, Betteridge, Bain 2	Lineups		Mitchell, Dailey
Walsall	1	3	Gillingham	Fellows Park	6,898
Giles	Lineups		King, Long, Lambert

				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	24	11	2	0	33	7	7	2	2	23	14	2.667	40	W	W	W	W	W	1953-01-03	Walsall	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	0	Millwall	23	7	4	1	24	8	5	2	4	16	15	1.739	30	W	W	W	W	D	1953-01-03	Gillingham	H
6	0	Coventry City	24	9	3	1	32	11	3	3	5	17	24	1.4	30	W	L	W	W	W	1953-01-03	Queens Park Rangers	H
7	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	24	7	3	1	29	16	3	3	7	15	27	1.023	26	D	W	L	W	L	1953-01-03	Bristol City	H
8	4	Gillingham	24	7	3	3	17	13	2	4	5	12	20	0.879	25	W	W	D	L	D	1953-01-03	Millwall	A
9	-1	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
10	-1	Exeter City	25	7	4	1	28	12	1	3	9	12	28	1	23	L	L	D	D	L	1953-01-03	Shrewsbury Town	H
11	-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
12	-1	Queens Park Rangers	24	6	5	2	24	21	1	4	6	12	24	0.8	23	L	L	D	W	D	1953-01-03	Coventry City	A
13	0	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	0	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	1	Newport County	24	6	1	4	26	22	2	4	7	20	28	0.92	21	D	L	D	L	L	1953-01-03	Crystal Palace	H
16	-1	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
17	1	Swindon Town	23	6	2	5	27	23	2	2	6	10	21	0.841	20	W	W	L	W	W	1953-01-03	Norwich City	A
18	-1	Aldershot	24	5	4	4	22	16	2	2	7	11	24	0.825	20	L	W	L	D	W	1953-01-03	Colchester United	A
19	3	Torquay United	24	6	3	3	27	16	1	1	10	12	35	0.765	18	W	W	W	L	L	1953-01-03	Watford	A
20	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	23	6	0	5	19	14	2	2	8	14	31	0.733	18	L	L	L	L	L	1953-01-03	Leyton Orient	H
21	-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
22	-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
23	0	Shrewsbury Town	24	5	3	5	22	25	0	3	8	12	25	0.68	16	L	L	L	W	D	1953-01-03	Exeter City	A
24	0	Walsall	24	1	4	7	14	29	2	0	10	14	35	0.438	10	L	L	L	D	L	1953-01-03	Bristol Rovers	A
Manager of the month
Charlie Hewitt - Millwall