Saturday 1953-01-17

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	5	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Highbury	58,983
Lishman 2, Daniel, Logie, Milton	Lineups		Hancocks 2, Mullen
Blackpool	1	1	Aston Villa	Bloomfield Road	21,258
Mudie	Lineups		Gibson
Cardiff City	0	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Ninian Park	36,423
	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	3	0	Sheffield Wednesday	The Valley	21,282
Leary 2, O'Linn	Lineups
Chelsea	1	0	Bolton Wanderers	Stamford Bridge	36,572
Parsons	Lineups
Derby County	3	1	Sunderland	Baseball Ground	21,506
Lee 2, Stamps	Lineups		Watson
Liverpool	0	1	Manchester City	Anfield Road	41,191
	Lineups		Hart
Manchester United	1	0	Portsmouth	Old Trafford	34,173
Lewis	Lineups
Middlesbrough	0	0	Stoke City	Ayresome Park	20,861
	Lineups
Newcastle United	0	0	Burnley	St James' Park	49,366
	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	2	1	Preston North End	The Hawthorns	44,571
Ryan, Nicholls	Lineups		Lewis

				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	1	West Bromwich Albion	26	8	1	4	19	11	7	2	4	24	24	1.229	33	W	L	W	L	W	1953-01-24	Stoke City	A
2	-1	Sunderland	26	9	3	1	26	15	4	3	6	20	27	1.095	32	L	W	D	W	D	1953-01-24	Blackpool	H
3	0	Burnley	25	7	4	2	22	12	4	5	3	17	15	1.444	31	D	W	D	W	D	1953-01-24	Cardiff City	H
4	2	Arsenal	23	8	1	2	30	17	4	5	3	22	19	1.444	30	W	L	W	W	D	1953-01-24	Charlton Athletic	A
5	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	6	4	3	29	21	5	4	4	21	23	1.136	30	L	L	L	D	D	1953-01-24	Derby County	H
6	1	Manchester United	26	6	4	3	15	13	6	2	5	25	25	1.053	30	W	D	W	W	D	1953-01-24	Bolton Wanderers	A
7	-2	Preston North End	24	9	2	2	31	18	2	5	4	19	19	1.351	29	L	W	W	W	D	1953-01-24	Newcastle United	H
8	2	Charlton Athletic	24	7	4	0	28	12	4	2	7	22	30	1.19	28	W	W	W	D	W	1953-01-24	Arsenal	H
9	-1	Blackpool	26	7	4	2	30	16	4	2	7	21	32	1.063	28	D	L	L	L	D	1953-01-24	Sunderland	A
10	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	26	7	3	3	34	21	3	4	6	13	12	1.424	27	D	W	W	W	L	1953-01-24	Sheffield Wednesday	H
11	0	Sheffield Wednesday	26	5	3	5	23	22	4	5	4	18	19	1	26	L	W	D	W	L	1953-01-24	Tottenham Hotspur	A
12	0	Newcastle United	26	8	3	2	25	20	2	3	8	16	25	0.911	26	D	L	L	D	W	1953-01-24	Preston North End	A
13	2	Middlesbrough	26	7	4	3	28	21	1	3	8	11	28	0.796	23	D	L	D	L	L	1953-01-24	Manchester City	A
14	3	Aston Villa	24	4	4	4	15	16	3	4	5	16	19	0.886	22	D	W	D	D	L	1953-01-24	Chelsea	H
15	-2	Bolton Wanderers	24	5	3	4	24	23	3	3	6	13	20	0.86	22	L	W	L	L	L	1953-01-24	Manchester United	H
16	-2	Liverpool	25	6	4	4	25	24	2	2	7	14	23	0.83	22	L	L	D	L	D	1953-01-24	Portsmouth	A
17	2	Derby County	26	7	3	3	28	17	1	2	10	7	23	0.875	21	W	L	L	D	W	1953-01-24	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
18	-2	Portsmouth	26	4	4	4	17	19	3	3	8	24	28	0.872	21	L	W	D	L	L	1953-01-24	Liverpool	H
19	-1	Cardiff City	23	3	6	2	15	8	3	2	7	12	20	0.964	20	D	L	D	L	D	1953-01-24	Burnley	A
20	1	Chelsea	25	6	2	4	22	14	0	4	9	10	28	0.762	18	W	L	D	D	L	1953-01-24	Aston Villa	A
21	-1	Stoke City	26	5	3	5	19	20	1	3	9	12	28	0.646	18	D	W	D	D	L	1953-01-24	West Bromwich Albion	H
22	0	Manchester City	25	5	2	5	19	16	1	3	9	19	37	0.717	17	W	D	L	W	W	1953-01-24	Middlesbrough	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	2	4	Huddersfield Town	Oakwell	28,789	Largest home gate 1952-53
Taylor 2 (2p)	Lineups		Cavanagh 3, Glazzard
Birmingham City	2	0	West Ham United	St Andrew's	21,723
Trigg, Purdon	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	3	0	Brentford	Ewood Park	21,489
Chadwick, Quigley, Eckersley (p)	Lineups
Bury	1	4	Leicester City	Gigg Lane	15,668
Fletcher	Lineups		Griffiths, Crawford, Rowley, Hines
Hull City	1	1	Doncaster Rovers	Boothferry Park	28,481
Horton	Lineups		Miller
Leeds United	4	0	Rotherham United	Elland Road	24,048
Charles 3, Nightingale	Lineups
Lincoln City	3	1	Swansea Town	Sincil Bank	14,002
Birch, Garvie, Troops	Lineups		Beech C
Luton Town	2	0	Fulham	Kenilworth Road	21,409
Jones, Moore	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	3	3	Everton	City Ground	22,148
Capel 2, Ardron	Lineups		Eglington, Fielding, Wainwright
Sheffield United	5	0	Plymouth Argyle	Bramall Lane	34,538
Hawksworth, Bottom 3, Browning	Lineups
Southampton	1	1	Notts County	The Dell	16,262
Dudley	Lineups		Evans

				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	28	11	2	2	48	21	6	4	3	21	17	1.816	40	W	D	L	W	D	1953-01-24	Barnsley	H
2	0	Huddersfield Town	26	8	3	2	23	6	7	4	2	26	14	2.45	37	W	D	D	W	L	1953-01-24	Lincoln City	H
3	0	Leicester City	26	10	3	0	38	13	4	2	7	27	37	1.3	33	W	W	W	L	D	1953-01-24	Birmingham City	H
4	0	Luton Town	25	10	1	2	34	9	4	3	5	22	24	1.697	32	W	W	D	W	W	1953-01-24	West Ham United	A
5	0	Birmingham City	26	8	2	3	30	21	4	5	4	14	18	1.128	31	W	L	L	W	W	1953-01-24	Leicester City	A
6	0	Nottingham Forest	26	8	2	3	34	20	5	1	7	23	24	1.295	29	D	W	L	W	L	1953-01-24	Brentford	A
7	4	Leeds United	26	8	3	2	29	12	1	7	5	15	21	1.333	28	W	W	D	L	W	1953-01-24	Fulham	A
8	-1	West Ham United	26	7	4	2	30	18	2	6	5	7	15	1.121	28	L	W	D	D	W	1953-01-24	Luton Town	H
9	-1	Rotherham United	27	7	2	4	29	20	6	0	8	22	27	1.085	28	L	L	W	L	W	1953-01-24	Plymouth Argyle	H
10	-1	Plymouth Argyle	26	7	4	2	21	13	4	2	7	16	26	0.949	28	L	L	L	W	L	1953-01-24	Rotherham United	A
11	-1	Fulham	26	9	1	3	33	18	2	4	7	16	27	1.089	27	L	W	L	D	D	1953-01-24	Leeds United	H
12	1	Blackburn Rovers	27	9	2	3	26	12	2	1	10	12	34	0.826	25	W	W	W	L	W	1953-01-24	Doncaster Rovers	A
13	-1	Notts County	26	6	4	3	28	19	3	2	8	12	32	0.784	24	D	L	L	D	D	1953-01-24	Bury	H
14	0	Everton	25	5	3	3	18	11	3	4	7	24	28	1.077	23	D	L	W	D	L	1953-01-24	Southampton	H
15	1	Doncaster Rovers	25	4	5	3	14	13	2	5	6	19	30	0.767	22	D	W	L	D	D	1953-01-24	Blackburn Rovers	H
16	3	Lincoln City	25	4	7	2	23	18	1	5	6	11	27	0.756	22	W	L	D	D	L	1953-01-24	Huddersfield Town	A
17	1	Hull City	26	7	3	3	25	11	1	2	10	12	35	0.804	21	D	L	W	L	W	1953-01-24	Swansea Town	A
18	-3	Brentford	25	6	2	3	22	15	2	3	9	13	31	0.761	21	L	W	W	W	D	1953-01-24	Nottingham Forest	H
19	-2	Swansea Town	26	3	8	2	23	19	3	1	9	21	42	0.721	21	L	W	D	L	L	1953-01-24	Hull City	H
20	0	Bury	26	5	4	5	20	25	2	2	8	13	27	0.635	20	L	L	W	W	L	1953-01-24	Notts County	A
21	0	Southampton	27	3	4	7	30	30	2	4	7	15	29	0.763	18	D	L	W	D	L	1953-01-24	Everton	A
22	0	Barnsley	26	4	1	8	23	28	1	3	9	11	36	0.531	14	L	L	L	L	L	1953-01-24	Sheffield United	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	1	1	Chesterfield	Peel Park	4,977
Kendall	Lineups		Westcott
Bradford	1	0	Barrow	Park Avenue	9,362
Crosbie	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	4	3	Gateshead	Gresty Road	7,034
Basford 2, Blunstone, King	Lineups		Callender T (p), Ingham, Campbell
Halifax Town	0	0	Tranmere Rovers	The Shay	8,448
	Lineups
Mansfield Town	1	1	York City	Field Mill	6,964
Lewis	Lineups		Fenton
Oldham Athletic	1	1	Grimsby Town	Boundary Park	26,800
McIlvenny	Lineups		Johnston (p)
Port Vale	2	1	Darlington	Vale Park	11,417
Hulligan, Hayward	Lineups		Williamson
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	4	0	Bradford City	Old Showground	7,356
Haigh 2, Whitfield, Daley	Lineups
Southport	0	0	Hartlepools United	Haig Avenue	4,592
	Lineups
Stockport County	3	1	Wrexham	Edgeley Park	7,227
Connor 3	Lineups		Tilston

				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	27	11	2	2	34	11	6	5	1	18	8	2.737	41	D	W	W	W	W	1953-01-24	Barrow	A
2	0	Grimsby Town	28	10	4	1	31	11	4	4	5	17	19	1.6	36	D	W	L	L	L	1953-01-24	Mansfield Town	H
3	0	York City	27	10	3	2	23	8	3	5	4	13	16	1.5	34	D	D	L	W	W	1953-01-24	Halifax Town	H
4	1	Port Vale	26	7	4	1	20	7	5	5	4	16	13	1.8	33	W	D	W	W	D	1953-01-24	Gateshead	A
5	-1	Wrexham	26	11	2	1	40	19	3	2	7	14	22	1.317	32	L	D	W	W	W	1953-01-21	Tranmere Rovers	H
6	0	Gateshead	28	8	2	3	26	11	3	7	5	21	26	1.27	31	L	W	L	W	D	1953-01-24	Port Vale	H
7	0	Crewe Alexandra	28	9	3	3	33	18	4	2	7	13	22	1.15	31	W	W	D	L	L	1953-01-24	Hartlepools United	A
8	0	Hartlepools United	28	8	4	2	18	6	2	6	6	15	28	0.971	30	D	W	W	D	L	1953-01-24	Crewe Alexandra	H
9	3	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	27	6	3	4	25	12	5	4	5	16	21	1.242	29	W	D	W	L	L	1953-01-24	Rochdale	A
10	-1	Halifax Town	27	8	4	3	31	21	2	5	5	10	15	1.139	29	D	L	L	L	W	1953-01-24	York City	A
11	-1	Chesterfield	28	9	3	3	28	17	2	4	7	14	21	1.105	29	D	D	W	L	W	1953-01-24	Workington	H
12	2	Southport	27	8	3	2	22	12	3	3	8	15	29	0.902	28	D	D	W	L	W	1953-01-24	Carlisle United	A
13	-2	Carlisle United	28	8	4	2	39	16	1	5	8	8	20	1.306	27	W	L	W	W	W	1953-01-24	Southport	H
14	2	Stockport County	28	7	5	1	38	15	2	4	9	17	31	1.196	27	W	L	D	L	W	1953-01-24	Bradford City	A
15	-2	Barrow	28	9	4	1	25	9	1	3	10	11	31	0.9	27	L	D	D	W	L	1953-01-24	Oldham Athletic	H
16	-1	Mansfield Town	27	6	5	3	20	18	4	2	7	11	19	0.838	27	D	L	L	L	L	1953-01-24	Grimsby Town	A
17	1	Bradford	27	6	4	4	19	17	4	2	7	18	24	0.902	26	W	D	W	L	W	1953-01-24	Wrexham	A
18	-1	Tranmere Rovers	26	7	4	2	21	9	3	1	9	12	24	1	25	D	W	W	L	L	1953-01-21	Wrexham	A
19	0	Bradford City	28	5	6	2	21	19	0	7	8	12	32	0.647	23	L	D	D	D	D	1953-01-24	Stockport County	H
20	0	Chester	26	6	3	2	23	11	0	6	9	16	35	0.848	21	L	D	L	W	L	1953-01-24	Darlington	A
21	0	Darlington	28	7	2	4	19	18	1	1	13	19	46	0.594	19	L	L	D	W	L	1953-01-24	Chester	H
22	0	Rochdale	28	6	3	3	21	12	1	0	15	15	41	0.679	17	L	D	L	W	L	1953-01-24	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
23	0	Workington	27	5	3	5	22	21	1	2	11	6	38	0.475	17	L	W	W	L	L	1953-01-24	Chesterfield	A
24	0	Accrington Stanley	26	3	6	5	15	20	1	1	10	11	33	0.491	15	D	L	W	L	L	1953-01-24	Tranmere Rovers	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bristol City	2	0	Newport County	Ashton Gate	20,572
Rodgers, Williams	Lineups
Crystal Palace	0	1	Millwall	Selhurst Park	24,830	Largest home gate 1952-53
	Lineups		Morgan
Gillingham	0	4	Bristol Rovers	Priestfield Stadium	15,237
	Lineups		Bradford, Bush, Fox, Lewin OG
Ipswich Town	2	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Portman Road	9,630
Brown, Garneys	Lineups		Cross
Leyton Orient	3	0	Southend United	Brisbane Road	13,054
Pacey, Poulton (p), Brown	Lineups
Northampton Town	4	1	Watford	County Ground	13,250
Edelston, English, O'Donnell 2	Lineups		Reid
Queens Park Rangers	3	1	Norwich City	Loftus Road	13,084
Tomkys, Waugh 2	Lineups		Ashman
Reading	2	3	Aldershot	Elm Park	13,259
Blackman 2	Lineups		Laird 2 (2p), Menzies
Shrewsbury Town	1	0	Coventry City	Gay Meadow	12,261
Fisher	Lineups
Swindon Town	0	1	Colchester United	County Ground	8,545
	Lineups		McKim
Torquay United	1	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Plainmoor	7,384
Calland A	Lineups		Reed, Addinall
Walsall	2	2	Exeter City	Fellows Park	6,775
McIntosh, Giles	Lineups		Dailey, Mitchell

				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	26	12	2	0	35	7	8	2	2	27	14	2.952	44	W	W	W	W	W	1953-01-24	Millwall	H
2	0	Northampton Town	26	11	1	0	46	17	6	2	6	21	24	1.634	37	W	W	L	W	W	1953-01-24	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
3	0	Millwall	26	8	4	1	27	9	7	2	4	19	16	1.84	36	W	W	W	W	W	1953-01-24	Bristol Rovers	A
4	0	Bristol City	27	10	3	1	44	16	4	5	4	18	19	1.771	36	W	D	W	W	W	1953-01-24	Crystal Palace	A
5	0	Coventry City	27	11	3	1	36	12	3	3	6	17	25	1.432	34	L	W	W	W	L	1953-01-24	Walsall	H
6	0	Norwich City	26	8	4	1	28	8	6	1	6	25	19	1.963	33	L	L	D	W	W	1953-01-24	Shrewsbury Town	H
7	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	27	7	3	2	29	17	5	3	7	20	30	1.043	30	W	W	L	D	W	1953-01-24	Northampton Town	H
8	3	Ipswich Town	26	7	4	2	20	15	2	5	6	17	21	1.028	27	W	D	D	L	D	1953-01-24	Southend United	A
9	-1	Watford	27	8	4	2	27	13	1	5	7	13	30	0.93	27	L	L	W	D	W	1953-01-24	Leyton Orient	H
10	-1	Gillingham	27	8	3	4	20	17	2	4	6	13	23	0.825	27	L	W	L	W	W	1953-01-24	Exeter City	A
11	-1	Southend United	27	8	2	2	22	11	2	4	9	21	42	0.811	26	L	W	W	L	L	1953-01-24	Ipswich Town	H
12	0	Exeter City	27	7	5	1	30	14	1	4	9	14	30	1	25	D	D	L	L	D	1953-01-21	Colchester United	H
13	2	Queens Park Rangers	27	7	5	2	27	22	1	4	8	12	29	0.765	25	W	L	L	L	L	1953-01-24	Colchester United	A
14	-1	Reading	26	7	1	3	25	11	2	5	8	15	32	0.93	24	L	D	D	L	D	1953-01-24	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
15	1	Aldershot	26	5	4	4	22	16	4	2	7	16	27	0.884	24	W	W	L	W	L	1953-01-24	Swindon Town	H
16	-2	Newport County	27	7	1	5	29	25	2	4	8	20	30	0.891	23	L	L	W	D	L	1953-01-24	Torquay United	H
17	1	Colchester United	23	5	4	2	18	13	3	2	7	10	17	0.933	22	W	L	L	D	W	1953-01-21	Exeter City	A
18	-1	Swindon Town	26	6	2	7	28	26	2	3	6	11	22	0.813	21	L	L	D	W	W	1953-01-24	Aldershot	A
19	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	26	7	0	5	23	15	2	2	10	15	34	0.776	20	L	L	W	L	L	1953-01-24	Reading	H
20	0	Torquay United	27	6	3	4	28	18	1	3	10	15	38	0.768	20	L	D	D	W	W	1953-01-24	Newport County	A
21	1	Shrewsbury Town	27	6	3	5	23	25	0	5	8	18	31	0.732	20	W	D	D	L	L	1953-01-24	Norwich City	A
22	-1	Crystal Palace	25	6	4	2	21	14	1	2	10	14	36	0.7	20	L	W	L	L	W	1953-01-24	Bristol City	H
23	0	Leyton Orient	25	8	2	4	31	17	0	1	10	8	30	0.83	19	W	L	L	W	D	1953-01-24	Watford	A
24	0	Walsall	28	1	6	7	20	35	2	0	12	14	40	0.453	12	D	D	L	L	L	1953-01-24	Coventry City	A