Saturday 1953-02-07

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	4	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Highbury	69,051	Largest home gate 1952-53
Holton 2, Lishman, Logie	Lineups
Blackpool	2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bloomfield Road	21,702
Brown 2	Lineups
Cardiff City	0	2	Preston North End	Ninian Park	32,445
	Lineups		Finney (p), Lewis
Chelsea	3	2	Sunderland	Stamford Bridge	40,720
Parsons, Bentley 2	Lineups		Wright T 2
Derby County	1	1	Charlton Athletic	Baseball Ground	18,805
Stamps	Lineups		O'Linn
Manchester United	3	1	Aston Villa	Old Trafford	34,339
Rowley 2, Lewis	Lineups		Walsh
Middlesbrough	2	3	Liverpool	Ayresome Park	15,445
Delapenha 2 (1p)	Lineups		Liddell, Smyth, Taylor
Newcastle United	1	2	Stoke City	St James' Park	31,426
Robledo G	Lineups		Martin, Finney
Portsmouth	3	1	Bolton Wanderers	Fratton Park	25,240
Harris, Ferrier, Henderson	Lineups		Parry
Sheffield Wednesday	2	4	Burnley	Hillsborough	41,864
Sewell, Curtis (p)	Lineups		Holden 2, McIlroy, Shannon
West Bromwich Albion	2	1	Manchester City	The Hawthorns	27,783
Allen, Barlow	Lineups		Revie

				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	28	9	1	4	21	12	7	2	5	25	29	1.122	35	W	L	W	L	W	1953-02-14	Liverpool	A
2	2	Burnley	27	7	5	2	22	12	5	5	3	21	17	1.483	34	W	D	D	W	D	1953-02-17	Tottenham Hotspur	H
3	-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	8	4	3	35	23	5	4	5	21	25	1.167	34	L	W	W	L	L	1953-02-18	Chelsea	H
4	1	Arsenal	25	9	1	2	34	17	4	6	3	24	21	1.526	33	W	D	W	L	W	1953-02-18	Derby County	H
5	1	Preston North End	26	10	2	2	33	19	3	5	4	21	19	1.421	33	W	W	L	W	W	1953-02-14	Sheffield Wednesday	H
6	-3	Sunderland	28	9	4	1	27	16	4	3	7	22	30	1.065	33	L	D	L	W	D	1953-02-18	Manchester United	H
7	0	Manchester United	28	7	4	3	18	14	6	2	6	26	27	1.073	32	W	L	W	D	W	1953-02-18	Sunderland	A
8	2	Blackpool	28	8	4	2	32	16	4	3	7	22	33	1.102	31	W	D	D	L	L	1953-02-21	Arsenal	H
9	0	Charlton Athletic	26	7	5	0	30	14	4	3	7	23	31	1.178	30	D	D	W	W	W	1953-02-21	Chelsea	A
10	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	28	8	3	3	36	22	3	4	7	13	16	1.289	29	L	W	D	W	W	1953-02-17	Burnley	A
11	0	Sheffield Wednesday	29	5	3	6	25	26	4	5	6	20	24	0.9	26	L	L	L	L	W	1953-02-14	Preston North End	A
12	0	Newcastle United	28	8	3	3	26	22	2	3	9	17	27	0.878	26	L	L	D	L	L	1953-02-14	Manchester City	A
13	1	Portsmouth	28	6	4	4	23	21	3	3	8	24	28	0.959	25	W	W	L	W	D	1953-02-18	Aston Villa	A
14	-1	Bolton Wanderers	26	6	3	4	26	24	3	3	7	14	23	0.851	24	L	W	L	W	L	1953-02-18	Middlesbrough	H
15	2	Liverpool	27	6	4	4	25	24	3	2	8	18	28	0.827	24	W	L	L	L	D	1953-02-14	West Bromwich Albion	H
16	-1	Aston Villa	26	4	5	4	16	17	3	4	6	17	22	0.846	23	L	D	D	W	D	1953-02-18	Portsmouth	H
17	-1	Middlesbrough	28	7	4	4	30	24	1	3	9	12	33	0.737	23	L	L	D	L	D	1953-02-18	Bolton Wanderers	A
18	1	Derby County	28	7	4	3	29	18	1	2	11	8	26	0.841	22	D	L	W	L	L	1953-02-18	Arsenal	A
19	1	Stoke City	28	6	3	5	24	21	2	3	9	14	29	0.76	22	W	W	D	W	D	1953-02-14	Cardiff City	H
20	-2	Cardiff City	25	3	6	3	15	10	3	3	7	12	20	0.9	21	L	D	D	L	D	1953-02-14	Stoke City	A
21	1	Chelsea	27	7	2	4	25	16	0	5	9	11	29	0.8	21	W	D	W	L	D	1953-02-18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
22	-1	Manchester City	27	6	2	5	24	17	1	3	10	20	39	0.786	19	L	W	W	D	L	1953-02-14	Newcastle United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	2	3	Rotherham United	Oakwell	16,542
Taylor 2	Lineups		Guest, Noble, White
Birmingham City	3	2	Notts County	St Andrew's	24,522
Trigg 2 (2p), Murphy	Lineups		Evans, Jackson
Blackburn Rovers	3	0	Swansea Town	Ewood Park	21,324
Quigley, MacLuckie, Crossan	Lineups
Bury	0	0	Southampton	Gigg Lane	12,234
	Lineups
Everton	5	0	Brentford	Goodison Park	36,431
Hickson 3, Buckle, Eglington	Lineups
Hull City	0	2	Huddersfield Town	Boothferry Park	26,081
	Lineups		Glazzard 2
Leeds United	3	2	West Ham United	Elland Road	17,680
Iggleden, Charles 2	Lineups		Kearns, Barrett
Lincoln City	3	2	Sheffield United	Sincil Bank	17,049
Graver, Garvie, Whittle	Lineups		Ringstead, Browning
Luton Town	2	0	Leicester City	Kenilworth Road	22,489
Turner, Mitchell (p)	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	2	2	Doncaster Rovers	City Ground	16,857
Martin, Paterson OG	Lineups		Harrison, Lawlor
Plymouth Argyle	3	1	Fulham	Home Park	21,654
Tadman 2, Dews	Lineups		Mitten

				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	30	12	2	2	51	21	6	4	4	23	20	1.805	42	L	W	W	D	L	1953-02-21	Blackburn Rovers	A
2	0	Huddersfield Town	28	9	3	2	28	6	8	4	2	28	14	2.8	41	W	W	W	D	D	1953-02-14	Blackburn Rovers	H
3	0	Luton Town	27	11	1	2	36	9	5	3	5	23	24	1.788	36	W	W	W	W	D	1953-02-19	Notts County	A
4	1	Birmingham City	28	9	2	3	33	23	5	5	4	18	21	1.159	35	W	W	W	L	L	1953-02-21	Bury	H
5	-1	Leicester City	28	10	3	1	41	17	4	2	8	27	39	1.214	33	L	L	W	W	W	1953-02-14	Leeds United	H
6	2	Plymouth Argyle	28	8	4	2	24	14	5	2	7	19	28	1.024	32	W	W	L	L	L	1953-02-18	West Ham United	A
7	-1	Nottingham Forest	28	8	3	3	36	22	5	2	7	24	25	1.277	31	D	D	D	W	L	1953-02-14	Swansea Town	A
8	1	Leeds United	28	9	3	2	32	14	1	7	6	16	23	1.297	30	W	L	W	W	D	1953-02-14	Leicester City	A
9	2	Rotherham United	29	7	2	5	31	23	7	0	8	25	29	1.077	30	W	L	L	L	W	1953-02-18	Fulham	A
10	-3	Fulham	29	10	1	3	35	19	2	5	8	17	30	1.061	30	L	D	W	L	W	1953-02-18	Rotherham United	H
11	-1	West Ham United	28	7	4	3	30	19	2	6	6	9	18	1.054	28	L	L	L	W	D	1953-02-18	Plymouth Argyle	H
12	0	Blackburn Rovers	29	10	2	3	29	12	2	2	10	15	37	0.898	28	W	D	W	W	W	1953-02-14	Huddersfield Town	A
13	1	Everton	27	6	4	3	25	13	3	4	7	24	28	1.195	26	W	D	D	L	W	1953-02-18	Doncaster Rovers	A
14	-1	Notts County	28	7	4	3	30	20	3	2	9	14	35	0.8	26	L	W	D	L	L	1953-02-19	Luton Town	H
15	0	Doncaster Rovers	28	4	7	3	17	16	2	6	6	21	32	0.792	25	D	D	D	D	W	1953-02-18	Everton	H
16	2	Lincoln City	27	5	7	2	26	20	1	5	7	11	32	0.712	24	W	L	W	L	D	1953-02-14	Barnsley	A
17	-1	Swansea Town	28	4	8	2	26	19	3	1	10	21	45	0.734	23	L	W	L	W	D	1953-02-14	Nottingham Forest	H
18	-1	Brentford	27	6	3	3	23	16	2	3	10	13	36	0.692	22	L	D	L	W	W	1953-02-14	Bury	H
19	0	Hull City	28	7	3	4	25	13	1	2	11	12	38	0.725	21	L	L	D	L	W	1953-02-21	Barnsley	H
20	0	Bury	28	5	5	5	20	25	2	2	9	14	29	0.63	21	D	L	L	L	W	1953-02-14	Brentford	A
21	0	Southampton	29	3	4	7	30	30	2	6	7	17	31	0.77	20	D	D	D	L	W	1953-02-21	Luton Town	A
22	0	Barnsley	28	4	1	9	25	31	1	3	10	11	39	0.514	14	L	L	L	L	L	1953-02-14	Lincoln City	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	1	0	York City	Peel Park	4,336
D'Arcy	Lineups
Bradford City	2	1	Bradford	Valley Parade	18,661
Tunnicliffe, Kendall	Lineups		Haines
Chester	2	0	Gateshead	Sealand Road	5,075
Travis 2	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	2	2	Carlisle United	Gresty Road	7,101
King, Mould	Lineups		Twentyman, Ashman
Halifax Town	3	2	Grimsby Town	The Shay	9,038
Darbyshire, Frost, Hampson	Lineups		Maddison, Lloyd
Mansfield Town	2	2	Barrow	Field Mill	5,298
Marron, Reeve	Lineups		McLaren, Keen J
Oldham Athletic	4	2	Wrexham	Boundary Park	17,488
Houlshan, Gemmell 2, Ormond	Lineups		Hughes, Heggie
Port Vale	3	0	Hartlepools United	Vale Park	13,919
Hayward 2, Griffiths	Lineups
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	2	0	Darlington	Old Showground	5,922
Haigh, Whitfield	Lineups
Southport	1	0	Chesterfield	Haig Avenue	4,414
Hitchen	Lineups
Stockport County	2	0	Rochdale	Edgeley Park	5,689
Connor, Crosby	Lineups
Workington	2	0	Tranmere Rovers	Borough Park	7,292
Bertolini, Wallbanks	Lineups

				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	30	12	2	2	38	13	6	6	2	22	13	2.308	44	W	D	L	D	W	1953-02-21	Rochdale	A
2	0	Grimsby Town	31	11	4	1	36	12	5	4	6	21	22	1.676	40	L	W	W	D	W	1953-02-14	Accrington Stanley	H
3	0	Port Vale	29	8	4	1	23	7	6	6	4	19	15	1.909	38	W	W	D	W	D	1953-02-14	Carlisle United	A
4	0	York City	30	10	4	2	25	10	3	5	6	13	18	1.357	35	L	L	D	D	D	1953-02-14	Workington	H
5	0	Gateshead	31	9	3	3	30	13	3	7	6	21	28	1.244	34	L	W	D	L	W	1953-02-18	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
6	1	Crewe Alexandra	31	9	4	3	35	20	5	2	8	18	26	1.152	34	D	W	L	W	W	1953-02-14	Southport	A
7	-1	Wrexham	30	12	2	2	41	22	3	2	9	18	30	1.135	34	L	L	L	W	L	1953-02-14	Mansfield Town	H
8	2	Carlisle United	31	9	4	2	41	16	2	6	8	12	23	1.359	32	D	W	W	W	L	1953-02-14	Port Vale	H
9	3	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	30	7	3	5	28	14	5	5	5	18	23	1.243	32	W	L	D	W	D	1953-02-18	Gateshead	A
10	-2	Chesterfield	31	9	4	3	29	18	3	4	8	15	22	1.1	32	L	W	D	D	D	1953-02-14	Tranmere Rovers	A
11	2	Halifax Town	30	9	4	3	34	23	2	6	6	13	20	1.093	32	W	L	D	D	L	1953-02-19	Barrow	A
12	-1	Barrow	31	11	4	1	30	12	1	4	10	13	33	0.956	32	D	W	W	L	D	1953-02-19	Halifax Town	H
13	1	Southport	30	10	3	2	26	12	3	3	9	15	31	0.953	32	W	W	L	D	D	1953-02-14	Crewe Alexandra	H
14	-5	Hartlepools United	31	9	4	2	20	7	2	6	8	15	34	0.854	32	L	L	W	D	W	1953-02-14	Chester	H
15	3	Stockport County	31	8	5	2	42	19	2	4	10	17	34	1.113	29	W	L	L	W	L	1953-02-21	Gateshead	H
16	-1	Tranmere Rovers	30	9	4	2	27	11	3	1	11	12	27	1.026	29	L	W	W	L	D	1953-02-14	Chesterfield	H
17	0	Mansfield Town	30	6	6	3	22	20	4	3	8	14	26	0.783	29	D	D	L	D	L	1953-02-14	Wrexham	A
18	-2	Bradford	30	6	4	5	19	18	5	2	8	22	26	0.932	28	L	L	W	W	D	1953-02-21	Mansfield Town	A
19	0	Bradford City	31	7	6	2	26	20	0	7	9	12	35	0.691	27	W	L	W	L	D	1953-02-21	Darlington	H
20	1	Chester	29	7	3	3	25	13	0	6	10	18	38	0.843	23	W	L	L	L	D	1953-02-14	Hartlepools United	A
21	-1	Darlington	31	9	2	4	25	20	1	1	14	19	48	0.647	23	L	W	W	L	L	1953-02-21	Bradford City	A
22	0	Workington	30	6	4	5	25	22	1	3	11	7	39	0.525	21	W	D	D	L	W	1953-02-14	York City	A
23	0	Rochdale	31	6	4	4	24	16	1	0	16	15	43	0.661	18	L	L	D	L	D	1953-02-21	Oldham Athletic	H
24	0	Accrington Stanley	29	4	7	5	18	22	1	1	11	11	35	0.509	18	W	D	L	D	L	1953-02-14	Grimsby Town	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	1	Swindon Town	Dean Court	8,799
Fidler	Lineups		Owen
Bristol City	0	0	Bristol Rovers	Ashton Gate	35,372	Largest home & D 3S gate 1952-53
	Lineups
Gillingham	0	0	Coventry City	Priestfield Stadium	10,383
	Lineups
Ipswich Town	1	1	Watford	Portman Road	8,177
Elsworthy	Lineups		Meadows
Leyton Orient	3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Brisbane Road	8,210
Facey 2, Lusted	Lineups
Millwall	0	0	Exeter City	The Den, New Cross	18,825
	Lineups
Northampton Town	5	0	Newport County	County Ground	11,977
Edelston, English 2, Ramscar 2	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	2	2	Aldershot	Loftus Road	10,713
Smith, Waugh	Lineups		Laird (p), Menzies
Reading	1	0	Southend United	Elm Park	13,383
Reeves (p)	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	3	0	Colchester United	Gay Meadow	7,624
Roberts 2 (1p), Fisher	Lineups
Torquay United	1	1	Crystal Palace	Plainmoor	6,077
Shaw	Lineups		Hancox
Walsall	3	2	Norwich City	Fellows Park	6,850
Freeman, Green, McIntosh	Lineups		Ackerman, McCrohan

				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	29	13	3	0	40	9	8	3	2	27	14	2.913	48	D	W	D	W	W	1953-02-14	Exeter City	A
2	0	Northampton Town	29	13	1	0	54	18	6	3	6	22	25	1.767	42	W	W	D	W	W	1953-02-14	Crystal Palace	A
3	0	Millwall	29	9	5	1	30	9	7	3	4	20	17	1.923	40	D	W	D	W	W	1953-02-14	Coventry City	A
4	0	Bristol City	30	10	4	1	44	16	5	5	5	21	24	1.625	39	D	L	W	W	D	1953-02-14	Torquay United	H
5	0	Coventry City	30	12	3	1	39	13	3	5	6	18	26	1.462	38	D	D	W	L	W	1953-02-14	Millwall	H
6	0	Norwich City	29	9	5	1	31	10	6	1	7	27	22	1.813	36	L	D	W	L	L	1953-02-14	Gillingham	H
7	1	Watford	30	9	4	2	28	13	2	6	7	16	32	0.978	32	D	W	W	L	L	1953-02-14	Reading	H
8	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	30	7	4	3	31	20	5	3	8	20	33	0.962	31	L	L	D	W	W	1953-02-14	Ipswich Town	H
9	0	Southend United	30	10	2	2	25	11	2	4	10	21	43	0.852	30	L	W	W	L	W	1953-02-14	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
10	0	Gillingham	30	8	4	4	20	17	2	6	6	14	24	0.829	30	D	D	D	L	W	1953-02-14	Norwich City	A
11	0	Exeter City	31	8	6	1	32	14	1	5	10	15	33	1	29	D	L	D	W	D	1953-02-14	Bristol Rovers	H
12	2	Reading	29	9	1	3	30	11	2	5	9	15	34	1	28	W	W	L	L	D	1953-02-14	Watford	A
13	-1	Ipswich Town	29	7	5	2	21	16	2	5	8	18	27	0.907	28	D	L	L	W	D	1953-02-14	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
14	-1	Queens Park Rangers	30	7	7	2	30	25	1	5	8	13	30	0.782	28	D	D	D	W	L	1953-02-14	Swindon Town	A
15	2	Aldershot	29	5	5	4	24	18	4	3	8	19	33	0.843	26	D	L	D	W	W	1953-02-14	Shrewsbury Town	H
16	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	29	9	1	5	30	18	2	2	10	15	34	0.865	25	D	W	W	L	L	1953-02-14	Southend United	A
17	-2	Colchester United	27	6	5	2	22	15	3	2	9	10	22	0.865	25	L	W	D	L	W	1953-02-14	Walsall	H
18	-2	Newport County	30	8	1	5	32	25	2	4	10	20	36	0.852	25	L	L	W	L	L	1953-02-14	Leyton Orient	H
19	2	Shrewsbury Town	30	8	3	5	27	25	0	5	9	19	33	0.793	24	W	W	L	W	D	1953-02-14	Aldershot	A
20	-1	Torquay United	30	7	4	4	33	20	1	3	11	15	41	0.787	23	D	W	L	L	D	1953-02-14	Bristol City	A
21	-1	Swindon Town	29	6	2	7	28	26	2	5	7	14	28	0.778	23	D	L	D	L	L	1953-02-14	Queens Park Rangers	H
22	1	Leyton Orient	28	9	2	4	34	17	0	1	12	9	34	0.843	21	W	L	L	W	L	1953-02-14	Newport County	A
23	-1	Crystal Palace	28	6	4	3	22	17	1	3	11	17	41	0.672	21	D	L	L	L	W	1953-02-14	Northampton Town	H
24	0	Walsall	31	2	6	7	23	37	2	0	14	15	44	0.469	14	W	L	L	D	D	1953-02-14	Colchester United	A