Saturday 1953-01-24

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	1	1	Chelsea	Villa Park	30,376
Thompson	Lineups		Armstrong
Bolton Wanderers	2	1	Manchester United	Burnden Park	46,818	Largest home gate 1952-53
Moir 2	Lineups		Lewis
Burnley	0	0	Cardiff City	Turf Moor	29,491
	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	2	2	Arsenal	The Valley	66,555	Largest home gate 1952-53
Hurst 2	Lineups		Lishman, Roper
Manchester City	5	1	Middlesbrough	Maine Road	26,822
Spurdle 3, Williamson, Revie	Lineups		Mannion
Portsmouth	3	1	Liverpool	Fratton Park	27,046
Scoular, Harris, Henderson	Lineups		Paisley
Preston North End	2	1	Newcastle United	Deepdale	26,394
Anders, Lewis	Lineups		Brander
Stoke City	5	1	West Bromwich Albion	Victoria Ground	35,226
Oscroft 2, Martin 2, Bowyer	Lineups		Nicholls
Sunderland	1	1	Blackpool	Roker Park	53,653
Wright T	Lineups		Hepton
Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	Sheffield Wednesday	White Hart Lane	43,241
Walters, Baily	Lineups		Dooley
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	1	Derby County	Molineux	29,811
Hancocks, Mullen, Wilshaw	Lineups		Stamps (p)

				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	West Bromwich Albion	27	8	1	4	19	11	7	2	5	25	29	1.1	33	L	W	L	W	L	1953-02-07	Manchester City	H
2	0	Sunderland	27	9	4	1	27	16	4	3	6	20	27	1.093	33	D	L	W	D	W	1953-02-07	Chelsea	A
3	0	Burnley	26	7	5	2	22	12	4	5	3	17	15	1.444	32	D	D	W	D	W	1953-02-07	Sheffield Wednesday	A
4	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	7	4	3	32	22	5	4	4	21	23	1.178	32	W	L	L	L	D	1953-01-31	Sheffield Wednesday	H
5	-1	Arsenal	24	8	1	2	30	17	4	6	3	24	21	1.421	31	D	W	L	W	W	1953-02-07	Tottenham Hotspur	H
6	1	Preston North End	25	10	2	2	33	19	2	5	4	19	19	1.368	31	W	L	W	W	W	1953-02-07	Cardiff City	A
7	-1	Manchester United	27	6	4	3	15	13	6	2	6	26	27	1.025	30	L	W	D	W	W	1953-02-07	Aston Villa	H
8	2	Tottenham Hotspur	27	8	3	3	36	22	3	4	6	13	12	1.441	29	W	D	W	W	W	1953-02-07	Arsenal	A
9	-1	Charlton Athletic	25	7	5	0	30	14	4	2	7	22	30	1.182	29	D	W	W	W	D	1953-02-07	Derby County	A
10	-1	Blackpool	27	7	4	2	30	16	4	3	7	22	33	1.061	29	D	D	L	L	L	1953-02-07	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
11	0	Sheffield Wednesday	27	5	3	5	23	22	4	5	5	19	21	0.977	26	L	L	W	D	W	1953-01-31	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
12	0	Newcastle United	27	8	3	2	25	20	2	3	9	17	27	0.894	26	L	D	L	L	D	1953-02-07	Stoke City	H
13	2	Bolton Wanderers	25	6	3	4	26	24	3	3	6	13	20	0.886	24	W	L	W	L	L	1953-02-07	Portsmouth	A
14	4	Portsmouth	27	5	4	4	20	20	3	3	8	24	28	0.917	23	W	L	W	D	L	1953-02-07	Bolton Wanderers	H
15	-1	Aston Villa	25	4	5	4	16	17	3	4	5	16	19	0.889	23	D	D	W	D	D	1953-02-07	Manchester United	A
16	-3	Middlesbrough	27	7	4	3	28	21	1	3	9	12	33	0.741	23	L	D	L	D	L	1953-02-07	Liverpool	H
17	-1	Liverpool	26	6	4	4	25	24	2	2	8	15	26	0.8	22	L	L	L	D	L	1953-02-07	Middlesbrough	A
18	1	Cardiff City	24	3	6	2	15	8	3	3	7	12	20	0.964	21	D	D	L	D	L	1953-02-07	Preston North End	H
19	-2	Derby County	27	7	3	3	28	17	1	2	11	8	26	0.837	21	L	W	L	L	D	1953-02-07	Charlton Athletic	H
20	1	Stoke City	27	6	3	5	24	21	1	3	9	12	28	0.735	20	W	D	W	D	D	1953-02-07	Newcastle United	A
21	1	Manchester City	26	6	2	5	24	17	1	3	9	19	37	0.796	19	W	W	D	L	W	1953-02-07	West Bromwich Albion	A
22	-2	Chelsea	26	6	2	4	22	14	0	5	9	11	29	0.767	19	D	W	L	D	D	1953-02-07	Sunderland	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Brentford	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Griffin Park	15,110
Ledgerton	Lineups		Gager
Doncaster Rovers	3	3	Blackburn Rovers	Belle Vue	15,010
Jones, Doherty, Harrison	Lineups		Briggs 2, Crossan
Everton	2	2	Southampton	Goodison Park	25,278
Eglington, Wainwright	Lineups		Day, Hoskins
Fulham	2	1	Leeds United	Craven Cottage	21,210
Jezzard, Mitten	Lineups		Tyrer
Huddersfield Town	5	0	Lincoln City	Leeds Road	26,512
Glazzard 2, Watson, Cavanagh 2	Lineups
Leicester City	3	4	Birmingham City	Filbert Street	27,478
Hines, Rowley (p), Griffiths	Lineups		Murphy 3, Trigg
Notts County	2	1	Bury	Meadow Lane	18,750
Johnston 2	Lineups		Plant
Rotherham United	2	3	Plymouth Argyle	Millmoor	14,907
Guest, Rawson	Lineups		Smith A, Dobbie, Govan
Sheffield United	3	0	Barnsley	Bramall Lane	33,495
Normanton OG, Browning 2	Lineups
Swansea Town	3	0	Hull City	Vetch Field	18,323
Beech C 2, Medwin	Lineups
West Ham United	0	1	Luton Town	Upton Park	23,667
	Lineups		Mitchell

				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	29	12	2	2	51	21	6	4	3	21	17	1.895	42	W	W	D	L	W	1953-02-07	Lincoln City	A
2	0	Huddersfield Town	27	9	3	2	28	6	7	4	2	26	14	2.7	39	W	W	D	D	W	1953-02-07	Hull City	A
3	1	Luton Town	26	10	1	2	34	9	5	3	5	23	24	1.727	34	W	W	W	D	W	1953-02-07	Leicester City	H
4	-1	Leicester City	27	10	3	1	41	17	4	2	7	27	37	1.259	33	L	W	W	W	L	1953-02-07	Luton Town	A
5	0	Birmingham City	27	8	2	3	30	21	5	5	4	18	21	1.143	33	W	W	L	L	W	1953-02-07	Notts County	H
6	0	Nottingham Forest	27	8	2	3	34	20	5	2	7	24	25	1.289	30	D	D	W	L	W	1953-02-07	Doncaster Rovers	H
7	3	Plymouth Argyle	27	7	4	2	21	13	5	2	7	19	28	0.976	30	W	L	L	L	W	1953-02-07	Fulham	H
8	3	Fulham	27	10	1	3	35	19	2	4	7	16	27	1.109	29	W	L	W	L	D	1953-01-31	Doncaster Rovers	A
9	-2	Leeds United	27	8	3	2	29	12	1	7	6	16	23	1.286	28	L	W	W	D	L	1953-02-07	West Ham United	H
10	-2	West Ham United	27	7	4	3	30	19	2	6	5	7	15	1.088	28	L	L	W	D	D	1953-02-07	Leeds United	A
11	-2	Rotherham United	28	7	2	5	31	23	6	0	8	22	27	1.06	28	L	L	L	W	L	1953-02-07	Barnsley	A
12	0	Blackburn Rovers	28	9	2	3	26	12	2	2	10	15	37	0.837	26	D	W	W	W	L	1953-02-07	Swansea Town	H
13	0	Notts County	27	7	4	3	30	20	3	2	8	12	32	0.808	26	W	D	L	L	D	1953-02-07	Birmingham City	A
14	0	Everton	26	5	4	3	20	13	3	4	7	24	28	1.073	24	D	D	L	W	D	1953-02-07	Brentford	H
15	0	Doncaster Rovers	26	4	6	3	17	16	2	5	6	19	30	0.783	23	D	D	W	L	D	1953-01-31	Fulham	H
16	3	Swansea Town	27	4	8	2	26	19	3	1	9	21	42	0.77	23	W	L	W	D	L	1953-02-07	Blackburn Rovers	A
17	1	Brentford	26	6	3	3	23	16	2	3	9	13	31	0.766	22	D	L	W	W	W	1953-02-07	Everton	A
18	-2	Lincoln City	26	4	7	2	23	18	1	5	7	11	32	0.68	22	L	W	L	D	D	1953-02-07	Sheffield United	H
19	-2	Hull City	27	7	3	3	25	11	1	2	11	12	38	0.755	21	L	D	L	W	L	1953-02-07	Huddersfield Town	H
20	0	Bury	27	5	4	5	20	25	2	2	9	14	29	0.63	20	L	L	L	W	W	1953-02-07	Southampton	H
21	0	Southampton	28	3	4	7	30	30	2	5	7	17	31	0.77	19	D	D	L	W	D	1953-02-07	Bury	A
22	0	Barnsley	27	4	1	8	23	28	1	3	10	11	39	0.507	14	L	L	L	L	L	1953-02-07	Rotherham United	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Barrow	4	3	Oldham Athletic	Holker Street	6,214
Collins 3, McLaren	Lineups		McIlvenny, Ormond 2
Bradford City	3	0	Stockport County	Valley Parade	11,503
Anders, Carr, Tunnicliffe	Lineups
Carlisle United	2	0	Southport	Brunton Park	6,425
Ashman 2	Lineups
Chesterfield	1	1	Workington	Saltergate Recreation Ground	8,483
Wilson	Lineups		Robson
Darlington	3	2	Chester	Feethams Ground	4,243
Wardle, Ward 2	Lineups		Hilton, Travis
Gateshead	1	1	Port Vale	Redheugh Park	7,785
Campbell	Lineups		Hayward
Grimsby Town	5	1	Mansfield Town	Blundell Park	13,890
McCue 2, Hart 2, Hernon	Lineups		Chessell (p)
Hartlepools United	2	1	Crewe Alexandra	Victoria Park	7,209
Richardson, McClure	Lineups		Basford
Rochdale	2	2	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Spotland	5,050
Betts, Lynn (p)	Lineups		Ottewell, Brownsword (p)
Tranmere Rovers	2	0	Accrington Stanley	Prenton Park	5,162
Done, McDevitt	Lineups
Wrexham	0	3	Bradford	Racecourse Ground	10,120
	Lineups		Smith, Brickley, Crosbie
York City	2	2	Halifax Town	Bootham Crescent	9,604
Fenton 2	Lineups		Lorenson, Frost

				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	28	11	2	2	34	11	6	5	2	21	12	2.391	41	L	D	W	W	W	1953-01-31	Workington	A
2	0	Grimsby Town	29	11	4	1	36	12	4	4	5	17	19	1.71	38	W	D	W	L	L	1953-01-31	Chester	A
3	0	York City	28	10	4	2	25	10	3	5	4	13	16	1.462	35	D	D	D	L	W	1953-01-31	Barrow	A
4	1	Port Vale	27	7	4	1	20	7	5	6	4	17	14	1.762	34	D	W	D	W	W	1953-01-31	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
5	-1	Wrexham	28	12	2	2	41	22	3	2	7	14	22	1.25	34	L	W	L	D	W	1953-01-31	Tranmere Rovers	A
6	0	Gateshead	29	8	3	3	27	12	3	7	5	21	26	1.263	32	D	L	W	L	W	1953-02-04	Halifax Town	H
7	1	Hartlepools United	29	9	4	2	20	7	2	6	6	15	28	1	32	W	D	W	W	D	1953-01-31	Darlington	A
8	-1	Crewe Alexandra	29	9	3	3	33	18	4	2	8	14	24	1.119	31	L	W	W	D	L	1953-01-31	Stockport County	A
9	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	28	6	3	4	25	12	5	5	5	18	23	1.229	30	D	W	D	W	L	1953-01-31	Port Vale	H
10	0	Halifax Town	28	8	4	3	31	21	2	6	5	12	17	1.132	30	D	D	L	L	L	1953-02-04	Gateshead	A
11	0	Chesterfield	29	9	4	3	29	18	2	4	7	14	21	1.103	30	D	D	D	W	L	1953-01-31	Bradford	A
12	1	Carlisle United	29	9	4	2	41	16	1	5	8	8	20	1.361	29	W	W	L	W	W	1953-01-31	Rochdale	A
13	2	Barrow	29	10	4	1	29	12	1	3	10	11	31	0.93	29	W	L	D	D	W	1953-01-31	York City	H
14	3	Bradford	28	6	4	4	19	17	5	2	7	21	24	0.976	28	W	W	D	W	L	1953-01-31	Chesterfield	H
15	-3	Southport	28	8	3	2	22	12	3	3	9	15	31	0.86	28	L	D	D	W	L	1953-01-31	Bradford City	H
16	-2	Stockport County	29	7	5	1	38	15	2	4	10	17	34	1.122	27	L	W	L	D	L	1953-01-31	Crewe Alexandra	H
17	1	Tranmere Rovers	28	8	4	2	23	9	3	1	10	12	25	1.029	27	W	L	D	W	W	1953-01-31	Wrexham	H
18	-2	Mansfield Town	28	6	5	3	20	18	4	2	8	12	24	0.762	27	L	D	L	L	L	1953-01-31	Accrington Stanley	A
19	0	Bradford City	29	6	6	2	24	19	0	7	8	12	32	0.706	25	W	L	D	D	D	1953-01-31	Southport	A
20	0	Chester	27	6	3	2	23	11	0	6	10	18	38	0.837	21	L	L	D	L	W	1953-01-31	Grimsby Town	H
21	0	Darlington	29	8	2	4	22	20	1	1	13	19	46	0.621	21	W	L	L	D	W	1953-01-31	Hartlepools United	H
22	0	Rochdale	29	6	4	3	23	14	1	0	15	15	41	0.691	18	D	L	D	L	W	1953-01-31	Carlisle United	H
23	0	Workington	28	5	3	5	22	21	1	3	11	7	39	0.483	18	D	L	W	W	L	1953-01-31	Oldham Athletic	H
24	0	Accrington Stanley	27	3	6	5	15	20	1	1	11	11	35	0.473	15	L	D	L	W	L	1953-01-31	Mansfield Town	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	2	2	Swindon Town	Recreation Ground	5,708
Mortimore, Menzies	Lineups		Rogers OG, Bain
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	2	0	Reading	Dean Court	9,021
Stroud, Harrison	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Northampton Town	Goldstone Ground	18,750
Tennant	Lineups		Staroscik
Bristol Rovers	1	1	Millwall	Eastville	31,035
Bradford	Lineups		Monkhouse
Colchester United	1	1	Queens Park Rangers	Layer Road	7,959
Rowlands	Lineups		Harrison OG
Coventry City	3	1	Walsall	Highfield Road	13,881
Dorman 2, Brown	Lineups		McIntosh
Crystal Palace	1	3	Bristol City	Selhurst Park	12,296
George (p)	Lineups		Williams 2, Rodgers
Exeter City	0	0	Gillingham	St James Park	9,305
	Lineups
Newport County	3	0	Torquay United	Somerton Park	8,038
Evans 3	Lineups
Norwich City	2	1	Shrewsbury Town	Carrow Road	15,264
Summers, Ashman	Lineups		McCulloch
Southend United	2	0	Ipswich Town	Greyhound Stadium	6,500
Mansfield, Sibley	Lineups
Watford	1	0	Leyton Orient	Vicarage Road	11,343
Meadows	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	27	12	3	0	36	8	8	2	2	27	14	2.864	45	D	W	W	W	W	1953-01-31	Aldershot	H
2	2	Bristol City	28	10	3	1	44	16	5	5	4	21	20	1.806	38	W	W	D	W	W	1953-01-31	Reading	A
3	-1	Northampton Town	27	11	1	0	46	17	6	3	6	22	25	1.619	38	D	W	W	L	W	1953-01-31	Leyton Orient	H
4	-1	Millwall	27	8	4	1	27	9	7	3	4	20	17	1.808	37	D	W	W	W	W	1953-01-31	Swindon Town	H
5	0	Coventry City	28	12	3	1	39	13	3	3	6	17	25	1.474	36	W	L	W	W	W	1953-01-31	Norwich City	A
6	0	Norwich City	27	9	4	1	30	9	6	1	6	25	19	1.964	35	W	L	L	D	W	1953-01-31	Coventry City	H
7	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	28	7	4	2	30	18	5	3	7	20	30	1.042	31	D	W	W	L	D	1953-01-31	Watford	H
8	2	Watford	28	9	4	2	28	13	1	5	7	13	30	0.953	29	W	L	L	W	D	1953-01-31	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
9	-1	Exeter City	29	8	6	1	32	14	1	4	9	14	30	1.045	28	D	W	D	D	L	1953-01-31	Colchester United	A
10	2	Southend United	28	9	2	2	24	11	2	4	9	21	42	0.849	28	W	L	W	W	L	1953-01-31	Newport County	H
11	0	Gillingham	28	8	3	4	20	17	2	5	6	13	23	0.825	28	D	L	W	L	W	1953-01-31	Queens Park Rangers	A
12	-3	Ipswich Town	27	7	4	2	20	15	2	5	7	17	23	0.974	27	L	W	D	D	L	1953-01-31	Torquay United	A
13	0	Queens Park Rangers	28	7	5	2	27	22	1	5	8	13	30	0.769	26	D	W	L	L	L	1953-01-31	Gillingham	H
14	2	Newport County	28	8	1	5	32	25	2	4	8	20	30	0.945	25	W	L	L	W	D	1953-01-31	Southend United	A
15	0	Aldershot	27	5	5	4	24	18	4	2	7	16	27	0.889	25	D	W	W	L	W	1953-01-31	Bristol Rovers	A
16	-2	Reading	27	7	1	3	25	11	2	5	9	15	34	0.889	24	L	L	D	D	L	1953-01-31	Bristol City	H
17	0	Colchester United	25	5	5	2	19	14	3	2	8	10	19	0.879	23	D	L	W	L	L	1953-01-31	Exeter City	H
18	0	Swindon Town	27	6	2	7	28	26	2	4	6	13	24	0.82	22	D	L	L	D	W	1953-01-31	Millwall	A
19	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	27	8	0	5	25	15	2	2	10	15	34	0.816	22	W	L	L	W	L	1953-01-31	Crystal Palace	H
20	0	Torquay United	28	6	3	4	28	18	1	3	11	15	41	0.729	20	L	L	D	D	W	1953-01-31	Ipswich Town	H
21	0	Shrewsbury Town	28	6	3	5	23	25	0	5	9	19	33	0.724	20	L	W	D	D	L	1953-02-05	Walsall	H
22	0	Crystal Palace	26	6	4	3	22	17	1	2	10	14	36	0.679	20	L	L	W	L	L	1953-01-31	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
23	0	Leyton Orient	26	8	2	4	31	17	0	1	11	8	31	0.813	19	L	W	L	L	W	1953-01-31	Northampton Town	A
24	0	Walsall	29	1	6	7	20	35	2	0	13	15	43	0.449	12	L	D	D	L	L	1953-02-05	Shrewsbury Town	A