Saturday 1953-02-28

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

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Round 6						Venue	Gate
D 1	Arsenal	1	2	Blackpool	D 1	Highbury	69,158
	Logie	Lineups		Taylor, Brown
D 1	Aston Villa	0	1	Everton	D 2	Villa Park	60,658
		Lineups		Hickson
D 2	Birmingham City	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	D 1	St Andrew's	52,348
	Wardle	Lineups		Bennett
D 3N	Gateshead	0	1	Bolton Wanderers	D 1	Redheugh Park	17,692
		Lineups		Lofthouse

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Cardiff City	0	1	Charlton Athletic	Ninian Park	35,248
	Lineups		Firmani
Manchester City	2	1	Portsmouth	Maine Road	38,726
Meadows, Cunliffe	Lineups		Harris
Newcastle United	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	St James' Park	46,254
Robledo G	Lineups		Wilshaw
Preston North End	2	1	Chelsea	Deepdale	30,501
Lewis 2	Lineups		Parsons
Stoke City	3	1	Manchester United	Victoria Ground	30,219
Brown 2, Martin	Lineups		Berry
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Sunderland	The Hawthorns	31,686
Ryan	Lineups		Shackleton

				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	Preston North End	29	12	2	2	36	20	3	6	4	25	23	1.419	38	W	D	W	W	W	1953-03-07	Manchester United	A
3	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	8	5	3	37	25	6	5	5	25	26	1.216	38	D	W	D	L	W	1953-03-07	West Bromwich Albion	H
4	-1	West Bromwich Albion	31	10	2	4	25	13	7	2	6	25	32	1.111	38	D	W	L	W	L	1953-03-07	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
5	1	Charlton Athletic	29	8	5	0	32	14	6	3	7	25	31	1.267	36	W	W	W	D	D	1953-03-07	Newcastle United	H
6	-1	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
7	0	Sunderland	31	9	5	1	29	18	4	4	8	25	36	1	35	D	L	D	L	D	1953-03-07	Middlesbrough	H
8	0	Blackpool	30	9	4	2	35	18	4	3	8	22	35	1.075	33	L	W	W	D	D	1953-03-03	Burnley	A
9	0	Manchester United	31	7	4	4	18	17	6	3	7	29	32	0.959	33	L	L	D	W	L	1953-03-07	Preston North End	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	0	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	0	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	1	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
14	-1	Portsmouth	31	7	4	4	28	23	3	3	10	25	36	0.898	27	L	W	L	W	W	1953-03-07	Stoke City	H
15	1	Newcastle United	31	8	4	4	28	25	2	3	10	18	29	0.852	27	D	L	L	L	L	1953-03-07	Charlton Athletic	A
16	-1	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
17	1	Stoke City	31	7	4	5	27	22	2	3	10	14	30	0.788	25	W	L	D	W	W	1953-03-07	Portsmouth	A
18	-1	Cardiff City	28	4	6	4	21	11	3	4	7	12	20	1.065	24	L	W	D	L	D	1953-03-07	Arsenal	A
19	3	Manchester City	30	8	2	5	28	19	1	3	11	20	45	0.75	23	W	L	W	L	W	1953-03-07	Bolton Wanderers	A
20	-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
21	-1	Chelsea	30	7	2	5	25	17	0	6	10	14	33	0.78	22	L	L	D	W	D	1953-03-07	Burnley	H
22	-1	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
Manager of the month
Frank Hill - Burnley

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bury	2	1	Doncaster Rovers	Gigg Lane	13,887
Fletcher, Imlach	Lineups		Adey
Fulham	2	1	Hull City	Craven Cottage	24,991
Jezzard, Mitten	Lineups		Horton
Leeds United	0	3	Sheffield United	Elland Road	39,858	Largest home gate 1952-53
	Lineups		Browning, Hawksworth, Dunn OG
Leicester City	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Filbert Street	27,009
Hogg	Lineups		Moore
Luton Town	0	2	Huddersfield Town	Kenilworth Road	25,841	Largest home gate 1952-53
	Lineups		Glazzard, Shiner
Plymouth Argyle	4	0	Barnsley	Home Park	19,005
Astall 2, Govan, Tadman	Lineups
Rotherham United	3	2	Lincoln City	Millmoor	16,751
Guest, Shaw, Williams H	Lineups		Finch, Graver
Southampton	0	2	Brentford	The Dell	20,327
	Lineups		Ellerington OG, Dare
West Ham United	0	0	Blackburn Rovers	Upton Park	19,542
	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	32	12	2	2	51	21	8	4	4	28	21	1.881	46	W	W	L	W	W	1953-03-07	Luton Town	H
2	0	Huddersfield Town	31	9	3	3	28	9	9	4	3	30	15	2.417	43	W	L	L	W	W	1953-03-07	Birmingham City	H
3	0	Luton Town	30	11	1	4	37	13	6	3	5	25	25	1.632	38	L	L	W	W	W	1953-03-07	Sheffield United	A
4	0	Plymouth Argyle	31	10	4	2	30	15	6	2	7	20	28	1.163	38	W	W	W	W	W	1953-03-07	Lincoln City	A
5	1	Leicester City	31	10	5	1	45	21	4	2	9	28	41	1.177	35	D	L	D	L	L	1953-03-07	Everton	A
6	3	Fulham	32	12	1	3	41	21	2	6	8	19	32	1.132	35	W	D	W	L	D	1953-03-07	Blackburn Rovers	A
7	-2	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
8	0	Nottingham Forest	31	9	3	3	37	22	5	3	8	26	28	1.26	34	D	W	L	D	D	1953-03-07	West Ham United	H
9	-2	Leeds United	31	10	3	3	35	18	1	8	6	19	26	1.227	33	L	W	D	W	L	1953-03-07	Barnsley	A
10	0	Rotherham United	32	8	3	5	35	26	7	0	9	26	33	1.034	33	W	D	L	W	L	1953-03-07	Hull City	A
11	0	Blackburn Rovers	32	10	2	4	30	14	3	3	10	18	37	0.941	31	D	L	W	W	D	1953-03-07	Fulham	H
12	0	West Ham United	31	7	5	4	30	20	2	7	6	10	19	1.026	30	D	D	L	L	L	1953-03-07	Nottingham Forest	A
13	0	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	0	Doncaster Rovers	31	5	7	3	20	16	2	6	8	22	35	0.824	27	L	L	W	D	D	1953-03-07	Southampton	H
15	3	Brentford	30	7	4	3	26	18	3	3	10	15	36	0.759	27	W	W	D	L	D	1953-03-07	Notts County	H
16	-1	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
17	-1	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
18	-1	Lincoln City	30	5	8	2	28	22	1	6	8	14	36	0.724	26	L	D	D	W	L	1953-03-07	Plymouth Argyle	H
19	0	Bury	31	6	5	5	22	26	3	3	9	18	31	0.702	26	W	W	D	D	L	1953-03-07	Swansea Town	A
20	0	Southampton	31	3	4	8	30	32	3	6	7	19	32	0.766	22	L	W	D	D	D	1953-03-07	Doncaster Rovers	A
21	0	Hull City	30	7	4	4	27	15	1	2	12	13	40	0.727	22	L	D	L	L	D	1953-03-07	Rotherham United	H
22	0	Barnsley	31	4	2	9	26	32	1	4	11	13	45	0.506	16	L	D	D	L	L	1953-03-07	Leeds United	H
Manager of the month
Jimmy Rae - Plymouth Argyle

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	1	2	Southport	Peel Park	7,422
Kendall	Lineups		Billingham, Hitchen
Barrow	5	1	Bradford City	Holker Street	5,432
McLaren 2, Gordon, Collins, Layton	Lineups		Carr
Bradford	3	0	Darlington	Park Avenue	6,551
Deplidge 3	Lineups
Chesterfield	1	0	Port Vale	Saltergate Recreation Ground	9,772
Wilson	Lineups
Grimsby Town	0	1	Stockport County	Blundell Park	13,148
	Lineups		Weigh
Halifax Town	2	1	Carlisle United	The Shay	7,635
Twentyman OG, Hampson	Lineups		Ashman
Mansfield Town	2	0	Hartlepools United	Field Mill	6,724
Reeve, Chessell (p)	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	4	0	Chester	Prenton Park	8,633
McDevitt, Atkinson, Done, Iceton	Lineups
Workington	4	0	Crewe Alexandra	Borough Park	9,104
Dick, Miller, Simmonds 2	Lineups
Wrexham	3	0	Rochdale	Racecourse Ground	7,879
Boyle OG, Hughes, Tilston	Lineups
York City	0	2	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Bootham Crescent	7,480
	Lineups		Haigh, Brownsword (p)

				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	34	12	4	2	39	13	5	4	7	22	25	1.605	42	L	L	W	L	W	1953-03-07	Bradford City	A
3	0	Port Vale	32	8	5	1	23	7	6	6	6	19	18	1.68	39	L	D	L	W	W	1953-03-07	Workington	H
4	1	Wrexham	33	14	2	2	45	22	3	3	9	18	30	1.212	39	W	D	W	L	L	1953-03-07	Darlington	A
5	-1	York City	33	10	4	4	26	15	4	5	6	15	19	1.206	37	L	W	L	L	L	1953-03-07	Stockport County	A
6	3	Southport	33	11	3	2	29	12	4	4	9	17	32	1.045	37	W	D	W	W	W	1953-03-07	Halifax Town	H
7	-1	Carlisle United	34	10	4	2	43	16	3	6	9	15	26	1.381	36	L	W	W	D	W	1953-03-07	Mansfield Town	H
8	2	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	33	7	4	5	28	14	6	6	5	21	24	1.289	36	W	D	D	W	L	1953-03-07	Tranmere Rovers	H
9	2	Barrow	34	13	4	1	40	14	1	4	11	13	34	1.104	36	W	L	W	D	W	1953-03-07	Rochdale	A
10	-3	Crewe Alexandra	34	10	4	3	36	20	5	2	10	18	33	1.019	36	L	W	L	D	W	1953-03-07	Accrington Stanley	H
11	-3	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
12	1	Halifax Town	33	10	5	3	36	24	2	6	7	14	25	1.02	35	W	D	L	W	L	1953-03-07	Southport	A
13	1	Chesterfield	34	10	4	4	31	20	3	4	9	16	25	1.044	34	W	L	L	L	W	1953-03-07	Chester	A
14	-2	Hartlepools United	34	9	5	2	22	9	2	7	9	15	36	0.822	34	L	D	D	L	L	1953-03-07	Oldham Athletic	H
15	0	Stockport County	33	9	5	2	45	20	3	4	10	18	34	1.167	33	W	W	W	L	L	1953-03-07	York City	H
16	0	Tranmere Rovers	33	11	4	2	34	12	3	1	12	12	28	1.15	33	W	L	W	L	W	1953-03-07	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
17	0	Mansfield Town	33	7	7	3	25	21	4	3	9	14	27	0.813	32	W	D	L	D	D	1953-03-07	Carlisle United	A
18	0	Bradford	32	7	4	5	22	18	5	3	8	23	27	1	31	W	D	L	L	W	1953-03-07	Gateshead	A
19	0	Bradford City	33	8	6	2	30	23	0	7	10	13	40	0.683	29	L	W	W	L	W	1953-03-07	Grimsby Town	H
20	0	Workington	33	8	4	5	32	23	2	3	11	10	40	0.667	27	W	W	W	W	D	1953-03-07	Port Vale	A
21	0	Chester	32	7	3	4	26	15	0	7	11	20	44	0.78	24	L	L	D	W	L	1953-03-07	Chesterfield	H
22	0	Darlington	33	9	2	4	25	20	1	1	16	22	55	0.627	23	L	L	L	W	W	1953-03-07	Wrexham	H
23	0	Rochdale	33	7	4	4	27	17	1	0	17	15	46	0.667	20	L	W	L	L	D	1953-03-07	Barrow	H
24	0	Accrington Stanley	32	5	7	6	20	24	1	1	12	11	38	0.5	20	L	W	L	W	D	1953-03-07	Crewe Alexandra	A
Manager of the month
Ted Smith - Workington

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	1	1	Southend United	Recreation Ground	6,752
Menzies	Lineups		Lawler
Bristol Rovers	1	1	Northampton Town	Eastville	31,115	Largest home gate 1952-53
Bradford	Lineups		Ramscar
Colchester United	1	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Layer Road	7,858
McCurley	Lineups		Harrison
Coventry City	2	0	Ipswich Town	Highfield Road	14,040
Warner, Lowrie	Lineups
Exeter City	0	1	Leyton Orient	St James Park	9,509
	Lineups		Facey
Gillingham	0	1	Bristol City	Priestfield Stadium	12,571
	Lineups		Atyeo
Millwall	3	0	Torquay United	The Den, New Cross	17,286
Hartburn 2, Neary	Lineups
Norwich City	3	0	Reading	Carrow Road	18,576
Gavin 3	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	3	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	Loftus Road	15,238
Higgins, Hatton, Jennings OG	Lineups		Addinall 2, Wilson
Shrewsbury Town	1	1	Newport County	Gay Meadow	8,528
Brown	Lineups		Beattie
Swindon Town	0	0	Watford	County Ground	8,081
	Lineups
Walsall	2	4	Crystal Palace	Fellows Park	5,931
Bowen, Wright	Lineups		Burgess 2, Devonshire, Thomas

				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	32	14	4	0	46	12	8	4	2	27	14	2.808	52	D	W	D	D	W	1953-03-07	Leyton Orient	A
2	0	Bristol City	33	10	5	1	48	20	7	5	5	24	24	1.636	44	W	W	D	D	L	1953-03-07	Walsall	H
3	0	Northampton Town	32	13	1	1	54	20	6	4	7	26	30	1.6	43	D	L	L	W	W	1953-03-07	Millwall	H
4	0	Norwich City	32	11	5	1	37	12	7	1	7	30	24	1.861	42	W	W	W	L	D	1953-03-07	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
5	0	Millwall	32	10	5	2	35	12	7	3	5	21	21	1.697	42	W	L	L	D	W	1953-03-07	Northampton Town	A
6	0	Coventry City	33	14	3	1	45	14	3	5	7	20	31	1.444	42	W	L	W	D	D	1953-03-07	Reading	A
7	0	Watford	33	10	4	2	30	14	2	7	8	17	36	0.94	35	D	L	W	D	W	1953-03-07	Aldershot	H
8	0	Southend United	33	11	3	2	27	11	2	5	10	22	44	0.891	34	D	W	D	L	W	1953-03-07	Colchester United	H
9	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	33	7	4	4	32	24	5	5	8	23	36	0.917	33	D	D	L	L	L	1953-03-07	Swindon Town	H
10	-1	Ipswich Town	32	8	5	2	24	16	3	5	9	22	30	1	32	L	W	W	D	L	1953-03-07	Exeter City	H
11	0	Gillingham	33	8	5	5	21	19	2	6	7	16	27	0.804	31	L	D	L	D	D	1953-03-07	Torquay United	A
12	1	Queens Park Rangers	33	7	8	2	33	28	2	5	9	16	33	0.803	31	D	L	W	D	D	1953-03-07	Newport County	A
13	-1	Exeter City	34	8	7	2	32	15	1	5	11	17	38	0.925	30	L	L	D	D	L	1953-03-07	Ipswich Town	A
14	1	Aldershot	32	6	6	4	29	21	4	4	8	19	33	0.889	30	D	D	W	D	L	1953-03-07	Watford	A
15	1	Colchester United	30	7	6	2	29	17	3	3	9	11	23	1	29	D	D	W	L	W	1953-03-07	Southend United	A
16	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	32	10	1	5	34	19	2	4	10	16	35	0.926	29	D	W	D	D	W	1953-03-07	Norwich City	H
17	-3	Reading	32	9	2	3	30	11	2	5	11	16	39	0.92	29	L	D	L	W	W	1953-03-07	Coventry City	H
18	1	Shrewsbury Town	33	9	4	5	30	27	0	5	10	21	37	0.797	27	D	W	L	W	W	1953-03-07	Crystal Palace	A
19	2	Leyton Orient	31	9	3	4	34	17	2	1	12	11	34	0.882	26	W	D	W	W	L	1953-03-07	Bristol Rovers	H
20	-2	Torquay United	33	8	4	4	38	22	1	4	12	19	48	0.814	26	L	W	D	D	W	1953-03-07	Gillingham	H
21	-1	Newport County	33	8	1	6	32	26	2	5	11	21	40	0.803	26	D	L	L	L	L	1953-03-07	Queens Park Rangers	H
22	0	Crystal Palace	31	7	4	3	26	20	2	4	11	21	43	0.746	26	W	D	W	D	L	1953-03-07	Shrewsbury Town	H
23	0	Swindon Town	32	6	3	8	29	29	2	5	8	15	30	0.746	24	D	L	L	D	L	1953-03-07	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
24	0	Walsall	34	2	7	8	25	41	2	0	15	16	50	0.451	15	L	D	L	W	L	1953-03-07	Bristol City	A
Manager of the month
Alec Stock - Orient