Saturday 1953-02-21

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	3	2	Arsenal	Bloomfield Road	30,034
Mudie 2, Brown	Lineups		Mercer, Goring
Bolton Wanderers	0	0	Aston Villa	Burnden Park	24,446
	Lineups
Cardiff City	6	0	Manchester City	Ninian Park	24,886
Williams R, Thomas 2, Grant 2, Edwards	Lineups
Chelsea	0	1	Charlton Athletic	Stamford Bridge	53,176
	Lineups		Leary
Derby County	1	3	Burnley	Baseball Ground	19,646
Lee	Lineups		Chew, McIlroy, Elliott
Manchester United	0	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Old Trafford	40,078
	Lineups		Mullen 2, Wilshaw
Newcastle United	1	2	Liverpool	St James' Park	40,345
Mitchell	Lineups		Smyth, Taylor
Portsmouth	5	2	Sunderland	Fratton Park	29,669
Harris 3, Gordon, Henderson	Lineups		Smith 2
Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	Stoke City	Hillsborough	40,209
Sewell	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	4	4	Preston North End	White Hart Lane	50,070
Walters, Duquemin 3	Lineups		Finney, Lewis, Wayman, Morrison
West Bromwich Albion	3	0	Middlesbrough	The Hawthorns	24,269
Allen 2, Lee	Lineups

				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	Burnley	29	8	5	2	25	14	6	5	3	24	18	1.531	38	W	W	W	D	D	1953-03-03	Blackpool	H
2	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31	8	5	3	37	25	6	4	5	24	25	1.22	37	W	D	L	W	W	1953-02-28	Newcastle United	A
3	2	West Bromwich Albion	30	10	1	4	24	12	7	2	6	25	32	1.114	37	W	L	W	L	W	1953-02-28	Sunderland	H
4	-1	Preston North End	28	11	2	2	34	19	3	6	4	25	23	1.405	36	D	W	W	W	L	1953-02-28	Chelsea	H
5	-3	Arsenal	27	10	1	2	40	19	4	6	4	26	24	1.535	35	L	W	W	D	W	1953-03-02	Sheffield Wednesday	A
6	0	Sunderland	30	9	5	1	29	18	4	3	8	24	35	1	34	L	D	L	D	L	1953-02-28	West Bromwich Albion	A
7	1	Blackpool	29	9	4	2	35	18	4	3	7	22	33	1.118	33	W	W	D	D	L	1953-02-23	Charlton Athletic	A
8	-1	Manchester United	30	7	4	4	18	17	6	3	6	28	29	1	33	L	D	W	L	W	1953-02-28	Stoke City	A
9	0	Charlton Athletic	27	7	5	0	30	14	5	3	7	24	31	1.2	32	W	D	D	W	W	1953-02-23	Blackpool	H
10	0	Tottenham Hotspur	30	8	4	3	40	26	3	4	8	15	19	1.222	30	D	L	L	W	D	1953-03-07	Blackpool	A
11	1	Liverpool	29	7	4	4	28	24	4	2	8	20	29	0.906	28	W	W	W	L	L	1953-03-04	Bolton Wanderers	H
12	1	Sheffield Wednesday	31	6	3	6	26	26	4	5	7	20	25	0.902	28	W	L	L	L	L	1953-03-02	Arsenal	H
13	3	Portsmouth	30	7	4	4	28	23	3	3	9	24	34	0.912	27	W	L	W	W	L	1953-02-28	Manchester City	A
14	-3	Bolton Wanderers	28	7	4	4	31	27	3	3	7	14	23	0.9	27	D	W	L	W	L	1953-03-04	Liverpool	A
15	0	Aston Villa	28	5	5	4	22	17	3	5	6	17	22	1	26	D	W	L	D	D	1953-03-04	Middlesbrough	A
16	-2	Newcastle United	30	8	3	4	27	24	2	3	10	18	29	0.849	26	L	L	L	L	D	1953-02-28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
17	2	Cardiff City	27	4	6	3	21	10	3	4	7	12	20	1.1	24	W	D	L	D	D	1953-02-28	Charlton Athletic	H
18	-1	Stoke City	30	6	4	5	24	21	2	3	10	14	30	0.745	23	L	D	W	W	D	1953-02-28	Manchester United	H
19	-1	Middlesbrough	30	7	4	4	30	24	1	3	11	15	41	0.692	23	L	L	L	L	D	1953-03-04	Aston Villa	H
20	0	Chelsea	29	7	2	5	25	17	0	6	9	13	31	0.792	22	L	D	W	D	W	1953-02-28	Preston North End	A
21	0	Derby County	30	7	4	4	30	21	1	2	12	10	32	0.755	22	L	L	D	L	W	1953-03-07	Sheffield Wednesday	H
22	0	Manchester City	29	7	2	5	26	18	1	3	11	20	45	0.73	21	L	W	L	W	W	1953-02-28	Portsmouth	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	0	2	Bury	St Andrew's	24,800
	Lineups		Daniel (p), Gleadall
Blackburn Rovers	1	2	Sheffield United	Ewood Park	29,902	Largest home gate 1952-53
Briggs	Lineups		Hagan, Ringstead
Brentford	1	0	Doncaster Rovers	Griffin Park	16,716
Lawton	Lineups
Everton	0	0	Swansea Town	Goodison Park	39,618
	Lineups
Hull City	2	2	Barnsley	Boothferry Park	25,015
Linaker 2	Lineups		Taylor, McMorran
Leeds United	3	1	Notts County	Elland Road	22,922
Burden, Iggleden, McCall	Lineups		Edwards
Lincoln City	2	2	Fulham	Sincil Bank	15,042
Graver, Kerr	Lineups		Jezzard 2
Luton Town	1	2	Southampton	Kenilworth Road	19,424
Cullen	Lineups		Day, Walker
Nottingham Forest	1	0	Huddersfield Town	City Ground	25,074
Martin	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	2	1	Leicester City	Home Park	19,618
Dougall, Willis	Lineups		Worthington
Rotherham United	1	1	West Ham United	Millmoor	14,861
Shaw	Lineups		Andrews

				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	31	12	2	2	51	21	7	4	4	25	21	1.81	44	W	L	W	W	D	1953-02-28	Leeds United	A
2	0	Huddersfield Town	30	9	3	3	28	9	8	4	3	28	15	2.333	41	L	L	W	W	W	1953-02-28	Luton Town	A
3	0	Luton Town	29	11	1	3	37	11	6	3	5	25	25	1.722	38	L	W	W	W	W	1953-02-28	Huddersfield Town	H
4	2	Plymouth Argyle	30	9	4	2	26	15	6	2	7	20	28	1.07	36	W	W	W	W	L	1953-02-28	Barnsley	H
5	-1	Birmingham City	29	9	2	4	33	25	5	5	4	18	21	1.109	35	L	W	W	W	L	1953-03-07	Huddersfield Town	A
6	-1	Leicester City	30	10	4	1	44	20	4	2	9	28	41	1.18	34	L	D	L	L	W	1953-02-28	Nottingham Forest	H
7	1	Leeds United	30	10	3	2	35	15	1	8	6	19	26	1.317	33	W	D	W	L	W	1953-02-28	Sheffield United	H
8	1	Nottingham Forest	30	9	3	3	37	22	5	2	8	25	27	1.265	33	W	L	D	D	D	1953-02-28	Leicester City	A
9	-2	Fulham	31	11	1	3	39	20	2	6	8	19	32	1.115	33	D	W	L	D	W	1953-02-28	Hull City	H
10	0	Rotherham United	31	7	3	5	32	24	7	0	9	26	33	1.018	31	D	L	W	L	L	1953-02-28	Lincoln City	H
11	0	Blackburn Rovers	31	10	2	4	30	14	3	2	10	18	37	0.941	30	L	W	W	D	W	1953-02-28	West Ham United	A
12	0	West Ham United	30	7	4	4	30	20	2	7	6	10	19	1.026	29	D	L	L	L	L	1953-02-28	Blackburn Rovers	H
13	1	Everton	29	6	5	3	25	13	3	4	8	24	31	1.114	27	D	L	W	D	D	1953-03-05	Notts County	A
14	-1	Doncaster Rovers	30	5	7	3	20	16	2	6	7	21	33	0.837	27	L	W	D	D	D	1953-02-28	Bury	A
15	0	Notts County	30	7	4	4	31	22	3	2	10	15	38	0.767	26	L	L	L	W	D	1953-03-05	Everton	H
16	0	Swansea Town	30	5	8	2	28	20	3	2	10	21	45	0.754	26	D	W	L	W	L	1953-03-07	Bury	H
17	0	Lincoln City	29	5	8	2	28	22	1	6	7	12	33	0.727	26	D	D	W	L	W	1953-02-28	Rotherham United	A
18	0	Brentford	29	7	4	3	26	18	2	3	10	13	36	0.722	25	W	D	L	D	L	1953-02-28	Southampton	A
19	0	Bury	30	5	5	5	20	25	3	3	9	18	31	0.679	24	W	D	D	L	L	1953-02-28	Doncaster Rovers	H
20	1	Southampton	30	3	4	7	30	30	3	6	7	19	32	0.79	22	W	D	D	D	L	1953-02-28	Brentford	H
21	-1	Hull City	29	7	4	4	27	15	1	2	11	12	38	0.736	22	D	L	L	D	L	1953-02-28	Fulham	A
22	0	Barnsley	30	4	2	9	26	32	1	4	10	13	41	0.534	16	D	D	L	L	L	1953-02-28	Plymouth Argyle	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	1	0	Barrow	Peel Park	4,350
Kendall	Lineups
Bradford City	4	3	Darlington	Valley Parade	8,571
Williamson, Rosenthal, Carr, Woan	Lineups		Clarke 2, Dowson
Chester	1	2	Carlisle United	Sealand Road	5,987
Travis	Lineups		Harrison, Whitehouse
Chesterfield	1	2	York City	Saltergate Recreation Ground	8,736
Mitchell	Lineups		Spence R, Hughes
Crewe Alexandra	1	0	Tranmere Rovers	Gresty Road	6,844
King	Lineups
Halifax Town	0	0	Wrexham	The Shay	6,300
	Lineups
Mansfield Town	1	1	Bradford	Field Mill	6,224
Evans	Lineups		Horsman
Port Vale	0	0	Southport	Vale Park	13,919
	Lineups
Rochdale	3	1	Oldham Athletic	Spotland	15,502	Largest home gate 1952-53
Buchan, Whitworth, Foulds	Lineups		McIlvenny
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	0	0	Hartlepools United	Old Showground	7,076
	Lineups
Stockport County	3	1	Gateshead	Edgeley Park	9,616
Bodle, Weigh 2	Lineups		Brown
Workington	3	1	Grimsby Town	Borough Park	10,454
McDowall, Bertolini, Wallbanks	Lineups		McCue

				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	31	12	2	2	38	13	6	6	3	23	16	2.103	44	L	W	D	L	D	1953-03-03	Gateshead	H
2	0	Grimsby Town	33	12	4	1	39	12	5	4	7	22	25	1.649	42	L	W	L	W	W	1953-02-28	Stockport County	H
3	0	Port Vale	31	8	5	1	23	7	6	6	5	19	17	1.75	39	D	L	W	W	D	1953-02-28	Chesterfield	A
4	1	York City	32	10	4	3	26	13	4	5	6	15	19	1.281	37	W	L	L	L	D	1953-02-28	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
5	-1	Wrexham	32	13	2	2	42	22	3	3	9	18	30	1.154	37	D	W	L	L	L	1953-02-28	Rochdale	H
6	1	Carlisle United	33	10	4	2	43	16	3	6	8	14	24	1.425	36	W	W	D	W	W	1953-02-28	Halifax Town	A
7	1	Crewe Alexandra	33	10	4	3	36	20	5	2	9	18	29	1.102	36	W	L	D	W	L	1953-02-28	Workington	A
8	-2	Gateshead	33	9	4	3	31	14	3	7	7	22	31	1.178	35	L	D	L	W	D	1953-03-03	Oldham Athletic	A
9	1	Southport	32	11	3	2	29	12	3	4	9	15	31	1.023	35	D	W	W	W	L	1953-02-28	Accrington Stanley	A
10	1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	32	7	4	5	28	14	5	6	5	19	24	1.237	34	D	D	W	L	D	1953-02-28	York City	A
11	-2	Barrow	33	12	4	1	35	13	1	4	11	13	34	1.021	34	L	W	D	W	W	1953-02-28	Bradford City	H
12	0	Hartlepools United	33	9	5	2	22	9	2	7	8	15	34	0.86	34	D	D	L	L	W	1953-02-28	Mansfield Town	A
13	1	Halifax Town	32	9	5	3	34	23	2	6	7	14	25	1	33	D	L	W	L	D	1953-02-28	Carlisle United	H
14	-1	Chesterfield	33	9	4	4	30	20	3	4	9	16	25	1.022	32	L	L	L	W	D	1953-02-28	Port Vale	H
15	1	Stockport County	32	9	5	2	45	20	2	4	10	17	34	1.148	31	W	W	L	L	W	1953-02-28	Grimsby Town	A
16	-1	Tranmere Rovers	32	10	4	2	30	12	3	1	12	12	28	1.05	31	L	W	L	W	W	1953-02-28	Chester	H
17	0	Mansfield Town	32	6	7	3	23	21	4	3	9	14	27	0.771	30	D	L	D	D	L	1953-02-28	Hartlepools United	H
18	0	Bradford	31	6	4	5	19	18	5	3	8	23	27	0.933	29	D	L	L	W	W	1953-02-28	Darlington	H
19	0	Bradford City	32	8	6	2	30	23	0	7	9	12	35	0.724	29	W	W	L	W	L	1953-02-28	Barrow	A
20	2	Workington	32	7	4	5	28	23	2	3	11	10	40	0.603	25	W	W	W	D	D	1953-02-28	Crewe Alexandra	H
21	-1	Chester	31	7	3	4	26	15	0	7	10	20	40	0.836	24	L	D	W	L	L	1953-02-28	Tranmere Rovers	A
22	-1	Darlington	32	9	2	4	25	20	1	1	15	22	52	0.653	23	L	L	W	W	L	1953-02-28	Bradford	A
23	0	Rochdale	32	7	4	4	27	17	1	0	16	15	43	0.7	20	W	L	L	D	L	1953-02-28	Wrexham	A
24	0	Accrington Stanley	31	5	7	5	19	22	1	1	12	11	38	0.5	20	W	L	W	D	L	1953-02-28	Southport	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	4	1	Watford	Dean Court	9,323
Stroud 2, Cross, Harrison	Lineups		Bowie
Bristol Rovers	5	2	Coventry City	Eastville	28,614
Lambden 2, Petherbridge, Bradford 2	Lineups		Kirk, Brown
Gillingham	1	1	Colchester United	Priestfield Stadium	11,299
Long	Lineups		McCurley
Ipswich Town	3	0	Newport County	Portman Road	10,019
Garneys, Brown, Elsworthy	Lineups
Leyton Orient	0	0	Crystal Palace	Brisbane Road	12,240
	Lineups
Millwall	2	3	Norwich City	The Den, New Cross	21,917
Monkhouse 2	Lineups		Gavin, Kinsey, McCrohan
Northampton Town	0	2	Bristol City	County Ground	15,291
	Lineups		Regan 2 (1p)
Reading	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Elm Park	13,654
	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	2	1	Swindon Town	Gay Meadow	8,556
Brown, Jackson	Lineups		Ryder (p)
Southend United	2	0	Queens Park Rangers	Greyhound Stadium	9,252
Sibley, O'Neil	Lineups
Torquay United	5	2	Exeter City	Plainmoor	10,147
Shaw, Mills 2, Collins, Marchant	Lineups		Mitchell, Webster G OG
Walsall	0	0	Aldershot	Fellows Park	6,545
	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	31	14	3	0	45	11	8	4	2	27	14	2.88	51	W	D	D	W	D	1953-02-28	Northampton Town	H
2	2	Bristol City	32	10	5	1	48	20	6	5	5	23	24	1.614	42	W	D	D	L	W	1953-02-28	Gillingham	A
3	-1	Northampton Town	31	13	1	1	54	20	6	3	7	25	29	1.612	42	L	L	W	W	D	1953-02-28	Bristol Rovers	A
4	2	Norwich City	31	10	5	1	34	12	7	1	7	30	24	1.778	40	W	W	L	D	W	1953-02-28	Reading	H
5	-2	Millwall	31	9	5	2	32	12	7	3	5	21	21	1.606	40	L	L	D	W	D	1953-02-28	Torquay United	H
6	-1	Coventry City	32	13	3	1	43	14	3	5	7	20	31	1.4	40	L	W	D	D	W	1953-02-28	Ipswich Town	H
7	0	Watford	32	10	4	2	30	14	2	6	8	17	36	0.94	34	L	W	D	W	W	1953-02-28	Swindon Town	A
8	1	Southend United	32	11	3	2	27	11	2	4	10	21	43	0.889	33	W	D	L	W	W	1953-02-28	Aldershot	A
9	2	Ipswich Town	31	8	5	2	24	16	3	5	8	22	28	1.045	32	W	W	D	L	L	1953-02-28	Coventry City	A
10	-2	Brighton & Hove Albion	32	7	4	4	32	24	5	4	8	20	33	0.912	32	D	L	L	L	D	1953-02-28	Queens Park Rangers	A
11	2	Gillingham	32	8	5	4	21	18	2	6	7	16	27	0.822	31	D	L	D	D	D	1953-02-28	Bristol City	H
12	-2	Exeter City	33	8	7	1	32	14	1	5	11	17	38	0.942	30	L	D	D	L	D	1953-02-28	Leyton Orient	H
13	-1	Queens Park Rangers	32	7	7	2	30	25	2	5	9	16	33	0.793	30	L	W	D	D	D	1953-02-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
14	0	Reading	31	9	2	3	30	11	2	5	10	16	36	0.979	29	D	L	W	W	L	1953-02-28	Norwich City	A
15	0	Aldershot	31	6	5	4	28	20	4	4	8	19	33	0.887	29	D	W	D	L	D	1953-02-28	Southend United	H
16	0	Colchester United	29	7	5	2	28	16	3	3	9	11	23	1	28	D	W	L	W	D	1953-02-28	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
17	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	31	10	1	5	34	19	2	3	10	15	34	0.925	28	W	D	D	W	W	1953-02-28	Colchester United	A
18	1	Torquay United	32	8	4	4	38	22	1	4	11	19	45	0.851	26	W	D	D	W	L	1953-02-28	Millwall	A
19	1	Shrewsbury Town	32	9	3	5	29	26	0	5	10	21	37	0.794	26	W	L	W	W	L	1953-02-28	Newport County	H
20	-2	Newport County	32	8	1	6	32	26	2	4	11	20	39	0.8	25	L	L	L	L	W	1953-02-28	Shrewsbury Town	A
21	0	Leyton Orient	30	9	3	4	34	17	1	1	12	10	34	0.863	24	D	W	W	L	L	1953-02-28	Exeter City	A
22	1	Crystal Palace	30	7	4	3	26	20	1	4	11	17	41	0.705	24	D	W	D	L	L	1953-02-28	Walsall	A
23	-1	Swindon Town	31	6	2	8	29	29	2	5	8	15	30	0.746	23	L	L	D	L	D	1953-02-28	Watford	H
24	0	Walsall	33	2	7	7	23	37	2	0	15	16	50	0.448	15	D	L	W	L	L	1953-02-28	Crystal Palace	H