Saturday 1953-01-31

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

Cup and International Matches

FA Coup Round 4						Venue	Gate
D 1	Arsenal	6	2	Bury	D 2	Highbury	45,701
	Holton, Lishman, Logie, Milton, Roper, Daniel T OG	Lineups		Walton, Gleadall
D 1	Aston Villa	0	0	Brentford	D 2	Villa Park	40,625
		Lineups
D 1	Blackpool	1	0	Huddersfield Town	D 2	Bloomfield Road	29,293
	Garrett	Lineups
D 1	Bolton Wanderers	1	1	Notts County	D 2	Burnden Park	40,048
	Lofthouse	Lineups		McPherson K
D 1	Burnley	2	0	Sunderland	D 1	Turf Moor	53,231
	Holden 2	Lineups
D 1	Chelsea	1	1	West Bromwich Albion	D 1	Stamford Bridge	58,912
	Bentley	Lineups		Nicholls J
D 2	Everton	4	1	Nottingham Forest	D 2	Goodison Park	48,904
	Parker 2, Clinton, Eglington	Lineups		Capel
D 3N	Halifax Town	1	0	Stoke City	D 1	The Shay	35,621
	Priestley	Lineups
D 2	Hull City	1	2	Gateshead	D 3N	Boothferry Park	37,063
	Gerrie	Lineups		Ingham, Phillips OG
D 1	Manchester City	1	1	Luton Town	D 2	Maine Road	38,411
	Broadis	Lineups		Pye
D 1	Manchester United	1	1	Walthamstow Avenue	IsL	Old Trafford	34,748
	Lewis	Lineups		Lewis
D 1	Newcastle United	1	3	Rotherham United	D 2	St James' Park	54,356
	Keeble	Lineups		Grainger 2, Rickett
D 2	Plymouth Argyle	1	0	Barnsley	D 2	Home Park	27,800
	Govan	Lineups
D 1	Preston North End	2	2	Tottenham Hotspur	D 1	Deepdale	35,194
	Finney (p), Lewis	Lineups		Withers 2
D 2	Sheffield United	1	1	Birmingham City	D 2	Bramall Lane	43,104
	Hagan	Lineups		Purdon
D 3S	Shrewsbury Town	1	4	Southampton	D 2	Gay Meadow	17,249
	Jackson	Lineups		Hoskins 2, Walker, Day

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Molineux	28,983
Hancocks, Wilshaw, Curtis OG	Lineups		Marriott

				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	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	8	4	3	35	23	5	4	4	21	23	1.217	34	W	W	L	L	L	1953-02-07	Blackpool	A
2	-1	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
3	-1	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
4	-1	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
5	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	28	5	3	5	23	22	4	5	6	20	24	0.935	26	L	L	L	W	D	1953-02-07	Burnley	H
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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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
Manager of the month
Jimmy Seed - Charlton Athletic

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Doncaster Rovers	0	0	Fulham	Belle Vue	10,721
	Lineups

				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	0	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	0	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	1	Fulham	28	10	1	3	35	19	2	5	7	16	27	1.109	30	D	W	L	W	L	1953-02-07	Plymouth Argyle	A
8	-1	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
9	0	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	0	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	0	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	27	4	7	3	17	16	2	5	6	19	30	0.783	24	D	D	D	W	L	1953-02-07	Nottingham Forest	A
16	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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
Manager of the month
Dally Duncan - Luton Town

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	2	2	Mansfield Town	Peel Park	3,274
Cooper, Grummett	Lineups		Marron, Brocklehurst OG
Barrow	1	0	York City	Holker Street	4,949
McLaren	Lineups
Bradford	0	1	Chesterfield	Park Avenue	7,559
	Lineups		Wilson
Chester	0	2	Grimsby Town	Sealand Road	4,005
	Lineups		Maddison, McCue
Darlington	3	0	Hartlepools United	Feethams Ground	4,879
Dowson, Williamson, Clark	Lineups
Rochdale	1	2	Carlisle United	Spotland	3,447
Haddington	Lineups		Whitehouse, Ashman
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	1	2	Port Vale	Old Showground	6,984
Mosby	Lineups		Cunliffe, Hayward
Southport	3	0	Bradford City	Haig Avenue	2,442
Billingham, Gaskell 2	Lineups
Stockport County	2	4	Crewe Alexandra	Edgeley Park	4,579
Black, Weigh (p)	Lineups		McGuigan 2, Basford 2
Tranmere Rovers	4	2	Wrexham	Prenton Park	6,010
Done 3, Steed OG	Lineups		Hewitt, Heggie
Workington	1	1	Oldham Athletic	Borough Park	6,933
Dick	Lineups		Houlahan

				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	29	11	2	2	34	11	6	6	2	22	13	2.333	42	D	L	D	W	W	1953-02-07	Wrexham	H
2	0	Grimsby Town	30	11	4	1	36	12	5	4	5	19	19	1.774	40	W	W	D	W	L	1953-02-07	Halifax Town	A
3	1	Port Vale	28	7	4	1	20	7	6	6	4	19	15	1.773	36	W	D	W	D	W	1953-02-07	Hartlepools United	H
4	-1	York City	29	10	4	2	25	10	3	5	5	13	17	1.407	35	L	D	D	D	L	1953-02-07	Accrington Stanley	A
5	0	Wrexham	29	12	2	2	41	22	3	2	8	16	26	1.188	34	L	L	W	L	D	1953-02-07	Oldham Athletic	A
6	2	Crewe Alexandra	30	9	3	3	33	18	5	2	8	18	26	1.159	33	W	L	W	W	D	1953-02-07	Carlisle United	H
7	-1	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
8	3	Chesterfield	30	9	4	3	29	18	3	4	7	15	21	1.128	32	W	D	D	D	W	1953-02-07	Southport	A
9	-2	Hartlepools United	30	9	4	2	20	7	2	6	7	15	31	0.921	32	L	W	D	W	W	1953-02-07	Port Vale	A
10	2	Carlisle United	30	9	4	2	41	16	2	5	8	10	21	1.378	31	W	W	W	L	W	1953-02-07	Crewe Alexandra	A
11	2	Barrow	30	11	4	1	30	12	1	3	10	11	31	0.953	31	W	W	L	D	D	1953-02-07	Mansfield Town	A
12	-3	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	29	6	3	5	26	14	5	5	5	18	23	1.189	30	L	D	W	D	W	1953-02-07	Darlington	H
13	-3	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
14	1	Southport	29	9	3	2	25	12	3	3	9	15	31	0.93	30	W	L	D	D	W	1953-02-07	Chesterfield	H
15	2	Tranmere Rovers	29	9	4	2	27	11	3	1	10	12	25	1.083	29	W	W	L	D	W	1953-02-07	Workington	A
16	-2	Bradford	29	6	4	5	19	18	5	2	7	21	24	0.952	28	L	W	W	D	W	1953-02-07	Bradford City	A
17	1	Mansfield Town	29	6	5	3	20	18	4	3	8	14	26	0.773	28	D	L	D	L	L	1953-02-07	Barrow	H
18	-2	Stockport County	30	7	5	2	40	19	2	4	10	17	34	1.075	27	L	L	W	L	D	1953-02-07	Rochdale	H
19	0	Bradford City	30	6	6	2	24	19	0	7	9	12	35	0.667	25	L	W	L	D	D	1953-02-07	Bradford	H
20	1	Darlington	30	9	2	4	25	20	1	1	13	19	46	0.667	23	W	W	L	L	D	1953-02-07	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
21	-1	Chester	28	6	3	3	23	13	0	6	10	18	38	0.804	21	L	L	L	D	L	1953-02-07	Gateshead	H
22	1	Workington	29	5	4	5	23	22	1	3	11	7	39	0.492	19	D	D	L	W	W	1953-02-07	Tranmere Rovers	H
23	-1	Rochdale	30	6	4	4	24	16	1	0	15	15	41	0.684	18	L	D	L	D	L	1953-02-07	Stockport County	A
24	0	Accrington Stanley	28	3	7	5	17	22	1	1	11	11	35	0.491	16	D	L	D	L	W	1953-02-07	York City	H
Manager of the month
Fred Emery - Carlisle United

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	4	2	Crystal Palace	Dean Court	7,724
Cross 3, Buchanan	Lineups		Thomas, Burgess
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	2	Watford	Goldstone Ground	13,587
Addinall	Lineups		Collins, Kelly
Bristol Rovers	4	1	Aldershot	Eastville	18,263
Lambden 2, Bradford 2	Lineups		Flint
Colchester United	3	1	Exeter City	Layer Road	5,643
Barlow, Rowlands, Elder	Lineups		Walton
Millwall	3	0	Swindon Town	The Den, New Cross	18,382
Shepherd 2, Monkhouse	Lineups
Northampton Town	3	1	Leyton Orient	County Ground	9,868
Fowler, Ramscar 2	Lineups		Pacey
Norwich City	1	1	Coventry City	Carrow Road	16,387
Gavin	Lineups		Brown
Queens Park Rangers	1	1	Gillingham	Loftus Road	10,565
Tomkys	Lineups		Long
Reading	4	0	Bristol City	Elm Park	11,178
Brooks, Blackman, Parker, Reeves (p)	Lineups
Southend United	1	0	Newport County	Greyhound Stadium	5,690
Stirling	Lineups
Torquay United	4	1	Ipswich Town	Plainmoor	5,492
Mills, Collins, Stitfall, Calland A	Lineups		Garneys

				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	28	13	3	0	40	9	8	2	2	27	14	2.913	47	W	D	W	W	W	1953-02-07	Bristol City	A
2	1	Northampton Town	28	12	1	0	49	18	6	3	6	22	25	1.651	40	W	D	W	W	L	1953-02-07	Newport County	H
3	1	Millwall	28	9	4	1	30	9	7	3	4	20	17	1.923	39	W	D	W	W	W	1953-02-07	Exeter City	H
4	-2	Bristol City	29	10	3	1	44	16	5	5	5	21	24	1.625	38	L	W	W	D	W	1953-02-07	Bristol Rovers	H
5	0	Coventry City	29	12	3	1	39	13	3	4	6	18	26	1.462	37	D	W	L	W	W	1953-02-07	Gillingham	A
6	0	Norwich City	28	9	5	1	31	10	6	1	6	25	19	1.931	36	D	W	L	L	D	1953-02-07	Walsall	A
7	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	29	7	4	3	31	20	5	3	7	20	30	1.02	31	L	D	W	W	L	1953-02-07	Leyton Orient	A
8	0	Watford	29	9	4	2	28	13	2	5	7	15	31	0.977	31	W	W	L	L	W	1953-02-07	Ipswich Town	A
9	1	Southend United	29	10	2	2	25	11	2	4	9	21	42	0.868	30	W	W	L	W	W	1953-02-07	Reading	A
10	1	Gillingham	29	8	3	4	20	17	2	6	6	14	24	0.829	29	D	D	L	W	L	1953-02-07	Coventry City	H
11	-2	Exeter City	30	8	6	1	32	14	1	4	10	15	33	1	28	L	D	W	D	D	1953-02-07	Millwall	A
12	0	Ipswich Town	28	7	4	2	20	15	2	5	8	18	27	0.905	27	L	L	W	D	D	1953-02-07	Watford	H
13	0	Queens Park Rangers	29	7	6	2	28	23	1	5	8	13	30	0.774	27	D	D	W	L	L	1953-02-07	Aldershot	H
14	2	Reading	28	8	1	3	29	11	2	5	9	15	34	0.978	26	W	L	L	D	D	1953-02-07	Southend United	H
15	2	Colchester United	26	6	5	2	22	15	3	2	8	10	19	0.941	25	W	D	L	W	L	1953-02-07	Shrewsbury Town	A
16	-2	Newport County	29	8	1	5	32	25	2	4	9	20	31	0.929	25	L	W	L	L	W	1953-02-07	Northampton Town	A
17	-2	Aldershot	28	5	5	4	24	18	4	2	8	17	31	0.837	25	L	D	W	W	L	1953-02-07	Queens Park Rangers	A
18	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	28	9	0	5	29	17	2	2	10	15	34	0.863	24	W	W	L	L	W	1953-02-07	Swindon Town	H
19	1	Torquay United	29	7	3	4	32	19	1	3	11	15	41	0.783	22	W	L	L	D	D	1953-02-07	Crystal Palace	H
20	-2	Swindon Town	28	6	2	7	28	26	2	4	7	13	27	0.774	22	L	D	L	L	D	1953-02-07	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
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	27	6	4	3	22	17	1	2	11	16	40	0.667	20	L	L	L	W	L	1953-02-07	Torquay United	A
23	0	Leyton Orient	27	8	2	4	31	17	0	1	12	9	34	0.784	19	L	L	W	L	L	1953-02-07	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
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
Manager of the month
Charlie Hewitt - Millwall