Saturday 1953-01-03

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	3	0	Derby County	Villa Park	27,425
Thompson, Dixon, Roberts	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	4	0	Blackpool	Burnden Park	36,572
Wheeler 3, Moir	Lineups
Burnley	5	0	West Bromwich Albion	Turf Moor	35,680
Shannon 3, McIlroy, Elliott	Lineups
Manchester United	1	1	Manchester City	Old Trafford	47,883
Pearson	Lineups		Broadis
Portsmouth	2	0	Chelsea	Fratton Park	31,571
Henderson 2	Lineups
Preston North End	3	0	Middlesbrough	Deepdale	29,139
Wayman 3	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	2	0	Cardiff City	Hillsborough	40,109
Dooley 2	Lineups
Stoke City	3	1	Liverpool	Victoria Ground	23,488
Oscroft 2, Whiston	Lineups		Baron
Sunderland	3	1	Arsenal	Roker Park	54,912
Ford (p), Shackleton, Bingham	Lineups		Lishman
Tottenham Hotspur	3	2	Newcastle United	White Hart Lane	52,648
Burgess 2, Duquemin	Lineups		Davies, Milburn
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	2	Charlton Athletic	Molineux	33,091
Swinbourne	Lineups		Wright OG, Ayre

				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	2	Sunderland	25	9	3	1	26	15	4	3	5	19	24	1.154	32	W	D	W	D	L	1953-01-17	Derby County	A
2	-1	West Bromwich Albion	25	7	1	4	17	10	7	2	4	24	24	1.206	31	L	W	L	W	W	1953-01-17	Preston North End	H
3	2	Burnley	24	7	4	2	22	12	4	4	3	17	15	1.444	30	W	D	W	D	D	1953-01-17	Newcastle United	A
4	-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	6	4	3	29	21	5	4	3	18	18	1.205	30	L	L	D	D	W	1953-01-17	Arsenal	A
5	1	Preston North End	23	9	2	2	31	18	2	5	3	18	17	1.4	29	W	W	W	D	W	1953-01-17	West Bromwich Albion	A
6	-2	Arsenal	22	7	1	2	25	14	4	5	3	22	19	1.424	28	L	W	W	D	D	1953-01-17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
7	1	Manchester United	25	5	4	3	14	13	6	2	5	25	25	1.026	28	D	W	W	D	W	1953-01-17	Portsmouth	H
8	-1	Blackpool	25	7	3	2	29	15	4	2	7	21	32	1.064	27	L	L	L	D	W	1953-01-17	Aston Villa	H
9	1	Tottenham Hotspur	25	7	3	3	34	21	3	3	6	13	12	1.424	26	W	W	W	L	W	1953-01-17	Cardiff City	A
10	1	Charlton Athletic	23	6	4	0	25	12	4	2	7	22	30	1.119	26	W	W	D	W	L	1953-01-17	Sheffield Wednesday	H
11	1	Sheffield Wednesday	25	5	3	5	23	22	4	5	3	18	16	1.079	26	W	D	W	L	W	1953-01-17	Charlton Athletic	A
12	-3	Newcastle United	25	8	2	2	25	20	2	3	8	16	25	0.911	25	L	L	D	W	L	1953-01-17	Burnley	H
13	2	Bolton Wanderers	23	5	3	4	24	23	3	3	5	13	19	0.881	22	W	L	L	L	W	1953-01-17	Chelsea	A
14	-1	Liverpool	24	6	4	3	25	23	2	2	7	14	23	0.848	22	L	D	L	D	L	1953-01-17	Manchester City	H
15	-1	Middlesbrough	25	7	3	3	28	21	1	3	8	11	28	0.796	22	L	D	L	L	D	1953-01-17	Stoke City	H
16	2	Portsmouth	25	4	4	4	17	19	3	3	7	24	27	0.891	21	W	D	L	L	L	1953-01-17	Manchester United	A
17	2	Aston Villa	23	4	4	4	15	16	3	3	5	15	18	0.882	21	W	D	D	L	L	1953-01-17	Blackpool	A
18	-2	Cardiff City	22	3	5	2	15	8	3	2	7	12	20	0.964	19	L	D	L	D	W	1953-01-17	Tottenham Hotspur	H
19	-2	Derby County	25	6	3	3	25	16	1	2	10	7	23	0.821	19	L	L	D	W	W	1953-01-17	Sunderland	H
20	1	Stoke City	25	5	3	5	19	20	1	2	9	12	28	0.646	17	W	D	D	L	W	1953-01-17	Middlesbrough	A
21	-1	Chelsea	24	5	2	4	21	14	0	4	9	10	28	0.738	16	L	D	D	L	L	1953-01-17	Bolton Wanderers	H
22	0	Manchester City	24	5	2	5	19	16	0	3	9	18	37	0.698	15	D	L	W	W	L	1953-01-17	Liverpool	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brentford	1	0	Hull City	Griffin Park	16,035
D'Arcy	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	2	0	Lincoln City	Belle Vue	14,206
Harrison 2	Lineups
Everton	0	3	Blackburn Rovers	Goodison Park	37,137
	Lineups		Quigley 2, Briggs
Fulham	3	1	Birmingham City	Craven Cottage	21,508
Jezzard 2, Robson	Lineups		Purdon
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Sheffield United	Leeds Road	43,339	Largest home gate 1952-53
Furniss OG	Lineups		Furniss (p)
Leicester City	4	1	Southampton	Filbert Street	22,889
Dryburgh, Griffiths, Rowley (p), Crawford	Lineups		Day
Nottingham Forest	1	0	Notts County	City Ground	38,002
Moore	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	0	1	Leeds United	Home Park	23,149
	Lineups		Iggleden
Rotherham United	1	3	Luton Town	Millmoor	16,850
Rawson	Lineups		Moore, Pye 2
Swansea Town	3	0	Barnsley	Vetch Field	19,607
Allchurch I, Medwin, Lucas	Lineups
West Ham United	3	2	Bury	Upton Park	18,278
Kearns 3	Lineups		Gleadall, Imlach

				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	27	10	2	2	43	21	6	4	3	21	17	1.684	38	D	L	W	D	W	1953-01-17	Plymouth Argyle	H
2	0	Huddersfield Town	25	8	3	2	23	6	6	4	2	22	12	2.5	35	D	D	W	L	W	1953-01-17	Barnsley	A
3	0	Leicester City	25	10	3	0	38	13	3	2	7	23	36	1.245	31	W	W	L	D	W	1953-01-17	Bury	A
4	1	Luton Town	24	9	1	2	32	9	4	3	5	22	24	1.636	30	W	D	W	W	L	1953-01-17	Fulham	H
5	-1	Birmingham City	25	7	2	3	28	21	4	5	4	14	18	1.077	29	L	L	W	W	W	1953-01-17	West Ham United	H
6	2	Nottingham Forest	25	8	1	3	31	17	5	1	7	23	24	1.317	28	W	L	W	L	D	1953-01-17	Everton	H
7	2	West Ham United	25	7	4	2	30	18	2	6	4	7	13	1.194	28	W	D	D	W	W	1953-01-17	Birmingham City	A
8	-2	Rotherham United	26	7	2	4	29	20	6	0	7	22	23	1.186	28	L	W	L	W	L	1953-01-17	Leeds United	A
9	-2	Plymouth Argyle	25	7	4	2	21	13	4	2	6	16	21	1.088	28	L	L	W	L	L	1953-01-17	Sheffield United	A
10	0	Fulham	25	9	1	3	33	18	2	4	6	16	25	1.14	27	W	L	D	D	W	1953-01-17	Luton Town	A
11	0	Leeds United	25	7	3	2	25	12	1	7	5	15	21	1.212	26	W	D	L	W	W	1953-01-17	Rotherham United	H
12	0	Notts County	25	6	4	3	28	19	3	1	8	11	31	0.78	23	L	L	D	D	D	1953-01-17	Southampton	A
13	1	Blackburn Rovers	26	8	2	3	23	12	2	1	10	12	34	0.761	23	W	W	L	W	W	1953-01-17	Brentford	H
14	-1	Everton	24	5	3	3	18	11	3	3	7	21	25	1.083	22	L	W	D	L	W	1953-01-17	Nottingham Forest	A
15	3	Brentford	24	6	2	3	22	15	2	3	8	13	28	0.814	21	W	W	W	D	L	1953-01-17	Blackburn Rovers	A
16	3	Doncaster Rovers	24	4	5	3	14	13	2	4	6	18	29	0.762	21	W	L	D	D	W	1953-01-17	Hull City	A
17	3	Swansea Town	25	3	8	2	23	19	3	1	8	20	39	0.741	21	W	D	L	L	L	1953-01-17	Lincoln City	A
18	-3	Hull City	25	7	2	3	24	10	1	2	10	12	35	0.8	20	L	W	L	W	L	1953-01-17	Doncaster Rovers	H
19	-3	Lincoln City	24	3	7	2	20	17	1	5	6	11	27	0.705	20	L	D	D	L	W	1953-01-17	Swansea Town	H
20	-3	Bury	25	5	4	4	19	21	2	2	8	13	27	0.667	20	L	W	W	L	D	1953-01-17	Leicester City	H
21	0	Southampton	26	3	3	7	29	29	2	4	7	15	29	0.759	17	L	W	D	L	D	1953-01-17	Notts County	H
22	0	Barnsley	25	4	1	7	21	24	1	3	9	11	36	0.533	14	L	L	L	L	D	1953-01-17	Huddersfield Town	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barrow	1	1	Wrexham	Holker Street	6,224
Collins	Lineups		Bannan
Bradford City	2	2	Chester	Valley Parade	9,172
Rosenthal, Ward	Lineups		Travis, Windle
Chesterfield	2	1	Halifax Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	9,295
Wilson, Capel	Lineups		Frost
Darlington	1	1	Crewe Alexandra	Feethams Ground	4,246
Ward	Lineups		Mitcheson
Gateshead	1	2	Southport	Redheugh Park	5,268
Ingham	Lineups		Billingham, Hitchen
Grimsby Town	2	3	Bradford	Blundell Park	12,201
Grant, Rayner	Lineups		Haines 2, Crosbie
Hartlepools United	1	0	Carlisle United	Victoria Park	5,773
Willetts (p)	Lineups
Rochdale	1	1	Port Vale	Spotland	6,899
Lynn (p)	Lineups		Hayward
Stockport County	1	1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Edgeley Park	7,999
Connor	Lineups		Whitfield
Tranmere Rovers	1	0	Mansfield Town	Prenton Park	8,844
Davies	Lineups
Workington	3	0	Accrington Stanley	Borough Park	7,233
McDowall (p), Dick, Wallbanks	Lineups
York City	1	2	Oldham Athletic	Bootham Crescent	15,222	Largest home gate 1952-53
Fenton	Lineups		Clarke 2

				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	25	10	1	2	29	9	6	5	1	18	8	2.765	38	W	W	W	W	W	1953-01-13	Workington	H
2	0	Grimsby Town	26	9	4	1	26	7	4	3	5	16	18	1.68	33	L	L	L	D	L	1953-01-13	Chester	H
3	0	York City	25	10	2	2	22	7	3	4	4	12	15	1.545	32	L	W	W	W	L	1953-01-10	Barrow	H
4	0	Wrexham	25	11	2	1	40	19	3	2	6	13	19	1.395	32	D	W	W	W	L	1953-01-17	Stockport County	A
5	0	Port Vale	25	6	4	1	18	6	5	5	4	16	13	1.789	31	D	W	W	D	D	1953-01-17	Darlington	H
6	0	Gateshead	26	8	2	3	26	11	2	7	4	15	21	1.281	29	L	W	D	L	D	1953-01-12	Halifax Town	A
7	0	Halifax Town	25	8	3	2	30	18	2	5	5	10	15	1.212	28	L	L	W	W	W	1953-01-12	Gateshead	H
8	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	26	5	3	4	21	12	5	4	5	16	21	1.121	27	D	W	L	L	L	1953-01-17	Bradford City	H
9	3	Chesterfield	26	9	2	3	27	16	2	3	7	13	20	1.111	27	W	L	W	D	W	1953-01-10	Bradford	H
10	-1	Crewe Alexandra	26	7	3	3	27	15	4	2	7	13	22	1.081	27	D	L	L	W	L	1953-01-14	Stockport County	H
11	3	Hartlepools United	26	7	4	2	17	6	2	5	6	15	28	0.941	27	W	D	L	D	D	1953-01-10	Darlington	H
12	1	Barrow	26	9	4	1	25	9	1	2	9	10	29	0.921	26	D	W	L	W	W	1953-01-10	York City	A
13	3	Southport	25	8	2	2	22	12	3	2	8	13	27	0.897	26	W	L	W	W	D	1953-01-10	Bradford City	A
14	-4	Mansfield Town	26	6	4	3	19	17	4	2	7	11	19	0.833	26	L	L	L	L	L	1953-01-17	York City	H
15	0	Stockport County	26	6	5	1	35	14	2	4	8	17	29	1.209	25	D	L	W	D	L	1953-01-14	Crewe Alexandra	A
16	-5	Carlisle United	27	7	4	2	34	16	1	5	8	8	20	1.167	25	L	W	W	W	D	1953-01-10	Rochdale	H
17	0	Tranmere Rovers	25	7	4	2	21	9	3	0	9	12	24	1	24	W	W	L	L	D	1953-01-17	Halifax Town	A
18	0	Bradford	25	5	4	4	18	17	4	1	7	17	23	0.875	23	W	L	W	L	L	1953-01-10	Chesterfield	A
19	0	Bradford City	26	5	5	2	19	17	0	7	7	12	28	0.689	22	D	D	D	W	D	1953-01-10	Southport	H
20	0	Chester	25	6	3	2	23	11	0	6	8	12	30	0.854	21	D	L	W	L	W	1953-01-13	Grimsby Town	A
21	0	Darlington	26	7	2	4	19	18	1	1	11	18	43	0.607	19	D	W	L	W	L	1953-01-10	Hartlepools United	A
22	0	Rochdale	27	6	3	3	21	12	1	0	14	15	36	0.75	17	D	L	W	L	L	1953-01-10	Carlisle United	A
23	0	Workington	26	5	3	5	22	21	1	2	10	5	34	0.491	17	W	W	L	L	D	1953-01-13	Oldham Athletic	A
24	0	Accrington Stanley	25	3	5	5	14	19	1	1	10	11	33	0.481	14	L	W	L	L	D	1953-01-17	Chesterfield	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	4	1	Leyton Orient	Dean Court	8,380
Fidler 2, Buchanan, Cheney	Lineups		Harris
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	1	Bristol City	Goldstone Ground	15,905
	Lineups		Williams
Bristol Rovers	2	0	Walsall	Eastville	24,171
Bradford, Bush	Lineups
Colchester United	1	2	Aldershot	Layer Road	7,438
McCurley	Lineups		Flint 2
Coventry City	2	0	Queens Park Rangers	Highfield Road	15,097
Brown 2	Lineups
Exeter City	2	2	Shrewsbury Town	St James Park	9,318
Mackay, Mitchell	Lineups		McCulloch, Fisher
Millwall	3	1	Gillingham	The Den, New Cross	20,200
Johnson, Shepherd, Monkhouse	Lineups		Lambert
Newport County	3	2	Crystal Palace	Somerton Park	8,062
Briggs OG, Beattie, Shergold	Lineups		Burgess, George (p)
Norwich City	1	1	Swindon Town	Carrow Road	18,124
Summers	Lineups		Ryder
Reading	1	1	Ipswich Town	Elm Park	10,601
Hinshelwood	Lineups		Elsworthy
Southend United	3	1	Northampton Town	Greyhound Stadium	7,425
Sibley 2, Grant	Lineups		O'Donnell
Watford	1	1	Torquay United	Vicarage Road	11,470
Reid	Lineups		Calland A

				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	25	12	2	0	35	7	7	2	2	23	14	2.762	42	W	W	W	W	W	1953-01-17	Gillingham	A
2	1	Norwich City	24	8	4	1	28	8	6	1	4	23	14	2.318	33	D	W	W	L	D	1953-01-15	Coventry City	A
3	1	Bristol City	25	9	2	1	41	15	4	5	4	18	19	1.735	33	W	W	W	D	W	1953-01-10	Reading	H
4	-2	Northampton Town	24	10	1	0	42	16	5	2	6	20	24	1.55	33	L	W	W	W	L	1953-01-10	Leyton Orient	A
5	0	Millwall	24	8	4	1	27	9	5	2	4	16	15	1.792	32	W	W	W	W	W	1953-01-14	Swindon Town	A
6	0	Coventry City	25	10	3	1	34	11	3	3	5	17	24	1.457	32	W	W	L	W	W	1953-01-15	Norwich City	H
7	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	25	7	3	2	29	17	3	3	7	15	27	1	26	L	D	W	L	W	1953-01-14	Watford	A
8	1	Watford	24	7	4	1	22	10	1	5	6	12	26	0.944	25	D	W	L	D	D	1953-01-10	Walsall	H
9	-1	Gillingham	25	7	3	3	17	13	2	4	6	13	23	0.833	25	L	W	W	D	L	1953-01-10	Queens Park Rangers	H
10	0	Exeter City	26	7	5	1	30	14	1	3	9	12	28	1	24	D	L	L	D	D	1953-01-17	Walsall	A
11	0	Ipswich Town	24	6	3	2	16	12	2	5	6	17	21	1	24	D	L	D	D	D	1953-01-14	Torquay United	H
12	2	Southend United	25	8	2	2	22	11	1	4	8	20	39	0.84	24	W	L	L	L	W	1953-01-15	Newport County	A
13	0	Reading	24	7	1	2	23	8	2	4	8	14	31	0.949	23	D	L	D	L	D	1953-01-10	Bristol City	A
14	1	Newport County	25	7	1	4	29	24	2	4	7	20	28	0.942	23	W	D	L	D	L	1953-01-15	Southend United	H
15	-3	Queens Park Rangers	25	6	5	2	24	21	1	4	7	12	26	0.766	23	L	L	L	D	W	1953-01-10	Gillingham	A
16	2	Aldershot	25	5	4	4	22	16	3	2	7	13	25	0.854	22	W	L	W	L	D	1953-01-17	Reading	A
17	0	Swindon Town	24	6	2	5	27	23	2	3	6	11	22	0.844	21	D	W	W	L	W	1953-01-14	Millwall	H
18	-2	Colchester United	22	5	4	2	18	13	2	2	7	9	17	0.9	20	L	L	D	W	W	1953-01-17	Swindon Town	A
19	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	24	7	0	5	23	15	2	2	8	14	31	0.804	20	W	L	L	L	L	1953-01-10	Crystal Palace	A
20	-1	Torquay United	25	6	3	3	27	16	1	2	10	13	36	0.769	19	D	W	W	W	L	1953-01-14	Ipswich Town	A
21	0	Crystal Palace	23	5	4	1	20	13	1	2	10	14	36	0.694	18	L	L	W	L	L	1953-01-10	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
22	0	Leyton Orient	23	7	2	3	28	16	0	1	10	8	30	0.783	17	L	W	D	L	L	1953-01-10	Northampton Town	H
23	0	Shrewsbury Town	25	5	3	5	22	25	0	4	8	14	27	0.692	17	D	L	L	L	W	1953-01-15	Walsall	A
24	0	Walsall	25	1	4	7	14	29	2	0	11	14	37	0.424	10	L	L	L	L	D	1953-01-10	Watford	A