Saturday 1953-03-07

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	0	1	Cardiff City	Highbury	59,580
	Lineups		Blair
Aston Villa	4	0	Liverpool	Villa Park	29,656
Walsh, Dorsett, Dixon, Thompson	Lineups
Blackpool	2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Bloomfield Road	26,796
Mudie, Perry	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	1	0	Manchester City	Burnden Park	39,585
Lofthouse	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	0	0	Newcastle United	The Valley	33,222
	Lineups
Chelsea	0	2	Burnley	Stamford Bridge	39,214
	Lineups		Holden 2
Derby County	2	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Baseball Ground	23,085
Lee, Parry	Lineups		Curtis (p)
Manchester United	5	2	Preston North End	Old Trafford	54,397	Largest home gate 1952-53
Pegg 2, Taylor 2, Rowley	Lineups		Wayman 2
Portsmouth	1	1	Stoke City	Fratton Park	25,370
Gordon	Lineups		Oscroft
Sunderland	1	1	Middlesbrough	Roker Park	38,237
Aitken	Lineups		Spuhler
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	West Bromwich Albion	Molineux	48,247
Wilshaw 2	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	31	8	5	3	25	15	7	5	3	26	18	1.545	40	W	L	W	W	W	1953-03-14	Manchester United	H
2	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	9	5	3	39	25	6	5	5	25	26	1.255	40	W	D	W	D	L	1953-03-14	Middlesbrough	A
3	-1	Preston North End	30	12	2	2	36	20	3	6	5	27	28	1.313	38	L	W	D	W	W	1953-03-14	Portsmouth	H
4	0	West Bromwich Albion	32	10	2	4	25	13	7	2	7	25	34	1.064	38	L	D	W	L	W	1953-03-14	Charlton Athletic	H
5	0	Arsenal	29	10	1	3	40	20	5	6	4	30	25	1.556	37	L	W	L	W	W	1953-03-14	Newcastle United	A
6	0	Charlton Athletic	30	8	6	0	32	14	6	3	7	25	31	1.267	37	D	W	W	W	D	1953-03-14	West Bromwich Albion	A
7	0	Blackpool	32	10	4	2	37	18	5	3	8	23	35	1.132	37	W	W	L	W	W	1953-03-14	Sheffield Wednesday	A
8	0	Sunderland	32	9	6	1	30	19	4	4	8	25	36	1	36	D	D	L	D	L	1953-03-14	Liverpool	A
9	0	Manchester United	32	8	4	4	23	19	6	3	7	29	32	1.02	35	W	L	L	D	W	1953-03-14	Burnley	A
10	0	Tottenham Hotspur	31	8	4	3	40	26	3	4	9	15	21	1.17	30	L	D	L	L	W	1953-03-12	Derby County	H
11	1	Bolton Wanderers	30	8	4	4	32	27	3	4	7	14	23	0.92	30	W	D	D	W	L	1953-03-11	Cardiff City	A
12	-1	Liverpool	31	7	5	4	28	24	4	2	9	20	33	0.842	29	L	D	W	W	W	1953-03-14	Sunderland	H
13	3	Aston Villa	30	6	5	4	26	17	3	5	7	17	23	1.075	28	W	L	D	W	L	1953-03-14	Manchester City	A
14	0	Portsmouth	32	7	5	4	29	24	3	3	10	25	36	0.9	28	D	L	W	L	W	1953-03-14	Preston North End	A
15	0	Newcastle United	32	8	4	4	28	25	2	4	10	18	29	0.852	28	D	D	L	L	L	1953-03-14	Arsenal	H
16	-3	Sheffield Wednesday	33	6	3	7	27	30	4	5	8	21	27	0.842	28	L	L	W	L	L	1953-03-14	Blackpool	H
17	2	Cardiff City	29	4	6	4	21	11	4	4	7	13	20	1.097	26	W	L	W	D	L	1953-03-11	Bolton Wanderers	H
18	-1	Stoke City	32	7	4	5	27	22	2	4	10	15	31	0.792	26	D	W	L	D	W	1953-03-14	Bolton Wanderers	H
19	-1	Middlesbrough	32	8	4	4	31	24	1	4	11	16	42	0.712	26	D	W	L	L	L	1953-03-14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
20	2	Derby County	31	8	4	4	32	22	1	2	12	10	32	0.778	24	W	L	L	D	L	1953-03-12	Tottenham Hotspur	A
21	-1	Manchester City	31	8	2	5	28	19	1	3	12	20	46	0.738	23	L	W	L	W	L	1953-03-14	Aston Villa	H
22	-1	Chelsea	31	7	2	6	25	19	0	6	10	14	33	0.75	22	L	L	L	D	W	1953-03-14	Tottenham Hotspur	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	2	2	Leeds United	Oakwell	11,536
Bartlett, Kaye	Lineups		Charles, McCall
Blackburn Rovers	2	2	Fulham	Ewood Park	23,551
Briggs, Campbell	Lineups		Mitten, Jezzard
Brentford	5	0	Notts County	Griffin Park	16,147
Monk (p), Harper 2, Dare, Lawton	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	1	0	Southampton	Belle Vue	16,787
Doherty	Lineups
Everton	2	2	Leicester City	Goodison Park	41,005
Buckle, Hickson	Lineups		Worthington, Dryburgh
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Birmingham City	Leeds Road	28,636
Glazzard	Lineups		Ferris
Hull City	3	2	Rotherham United	Boothferry Park	25,215
Gerrie, Murray, Selkirk OG	Lineups		Rawson, Rickett
Lincoln City	0	0	Plymouth Argyle	Sincil Bank	14,508
	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	0	0	West Ham United	City Ground	18,088
	Lineups
Sheffield United	1	1	Luton Town	Bramall Lane	38,839
Brook	Lineups		Turner
Swansea Town	2	0	Bury	Vetch Field	17,711
Jones C, Allchurch I	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	33	12	3	2	52	22	8	4	4	28	21	1.86	47	D	W	W	L	W	1953-03-14	Birmingham City	A
2	0	Huddersfield Town	32	9	4	3	29	10	9	4	3	30	15	2.36	44	D	W	L	L	W	1953-03-14	Bury	A
3	0	Luton Town	31	11	1	4	37	13	6	4	5	26	26	1.615	39	D	L	L	W	W	1953-03-14	Barnsley	H
4	0	Plymouth Argyle	32	10	4	2	30	15	6	3	7	20	28	1.163	39	D	W	W	W	W	1953-03-14	Hull City	H
5	0	Leicester City	32	10	5	1	45	21	4	3	9	30	43	1.172	36	D	D	L	D	L	1953-03-14	Brentford	H
6	0	Fulham	33	12	1	3	41	21	2	7	8	21	34	1.127	36	D	W	D	W	L	1953-03-14	Nottingham Forest	H
7	0	Birmingham City	30	9	2	4	33	25	5	6	4	19	22	1.106	36	D	L	W	W	W	1953-03-11	Swansea Town	H
8	0	Nottingham Forest	32	9	4	3	37	22	5	3	8	26	28	1.26	35	D	D	W	L	D	1953-03-14	Fulham	A
9	0	Leeds United	32	10	3	3	35	18	1	9	6	21	28	1.217	34	D	L	W	D	W	1953-03-14	Lincoln City	H
10	0	Rotherham United	33	8	3	5	35	26	7	0	10	28	36	1.016	33	L	W	D	L	W	1953-03-14	Blackburn Rovers	H
11	0	Blackburn Rovers	33	10	3	4	32	16	3	3	10	18	37	0.943	32	D	D	L	W	W	1953-03-14	Rotherham United	A
12	0	West Ham United	32	7	5	4	30	20	2	8	6	10	19	1.026	31	D	D	D	L	L	1953-03-14	Everton	H
13	0	Everton	31	6	6	3	27	15	3	5	8	26	33	1.104	29	D	D	D	L	W	1953-03-14	West Ham United	A
14	2	Brentford	31	8	4	3	31	18	3	3	10	15	36	0.852	29	W	W	W	D	L	1953-03-14	Leicester City	A
15	-1	Doncaster Rovers	32	6	7	3	21	16	2	6	8	22	35	0.843	29	W	L	L	W	D	1953-03-14	Notts County	A
16	1	Swansea Town	31	6	8	2	30	20	3	2	10	21	45	0.785	28	W	D	W	L	W	1953-03-11	Birmingham City	A
17	1	Lincoln City	31	5	9	2	28	22	1	6	8	14	36	0.724	27	D	L	D	D	W	1953-03-14	Leeds United	A
18	-3	Notts County	32	7	5	4	33	24	3	2	11	15	43	0.716	27	L	D	L	L	L	1953-03-14	Doncaster Rovers	H
19	0	Bury	32	6	5	5	22	26	3	3	10	18	33	0.678	26	L	W	W	D	D	1953-03-14	Huddersfield Town	H
20	1	Hull City	31	8	4	4	30	17	1	2	12	13	40	0.754	24	W	L	D	L	L	1953-03-14	Plymouth Argyle	A
21	-1	Southampton	32	3	4	8	30	32	3	6	8	19	33	0.754	22	L	L	W	D	D	1953-03-14	Swansea Town	H
22	0	Barnsley	32	4	3	9	28	34	1	4	11	13	45	0.519	17	D	L	D	D	L	1953-03-14	Luton Town	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	1	0	Grimsby Town	Valley Parade	13,651
Rosenthal	Lineups
Carlisle United	1	0	Mansfield Town	Brunton Park	8,309
Bond	Lineups
Chester	2	0	Chesterfield	Sealand Road	3,794
Deakin, Astbury	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	3	2	Accrington Stanley	Gresty Road	5,094
McGuigan, King, Betts	Lineups		Smith, D'Arcy
Darlington	2	2	Wrexham	Feethams Ground	5,234
Scarborough, McGhee	Lineups		Hughes, Bannan
Gateshead	3	2	Bradford	Redheugh Park	7,303
Ingham, Wyles, Winters	Lineups		Wright 2
Hartlepools United	4	1	Oldham Athletic	Victoria Park	9,421
Burnett, Newton, Richardson, McClure	Lineups		Gemmell
Port Vale	2	0	Workington	Vale Park	12,093
Bennett, Hayward	Lineups
Rochdale	6	2	Barrow	Spotland	5,239
Whitworth 3, Foulds, Morris, Graham	Lineups		Gordon, Collins
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	2	0	Tranmere Rovers	Old Showground	6,796
Haigh, Daley	Lineups
Southport	1	1	Halifax Town	Haig Avenue	5,463
Forsyth (p)	Lineups		Hampson
Stockport County	1	1	York City	Edgeley Park	8,811
Murray	Lineups		Griffiths (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	33	12	3	2	39	14	6	6	4	24	20	1.853	45	L	D	L	W	D	1953-03-11	Bradford	A
2	0	Grimsby Town	35	12	4	2	39	13	5	4	8	22	26	1.564	42	L	L	L	W	L	1953-03-14	Rochdale	H
3	0	Port Vale	33	9	5	1	25	7	6	6	6	19	18	1.76	41	W	L	D	L	W	1953-03-14	Accrington Stanley	A
4	0	Wrexham	34	14	2	2	45	22	3	4	9	20	32	1.204	40	D	W	D	W	L	1953-03-14	Gateshead	H
5	2	Carlisle United	35	11	4	2	44	16	3	6	9	15	26	1.405	38	W	L	W	W	D	1953-03-12	Tranmere Rovers	H
6	2	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	34	8	4	5	30	14	6	6	5	21	24	1.342	38	W	W	D	D	W	1953-03-14	Chesterfield	A
7	-2	York City	34	10	4	4	26	15	4	6	6	16	20	1.2	38	D	L	W	L	L	1953-03-14	Bradford City	H
8	1	Gateshead	35	10	4	3	34	16	3	8	7	23	32	1.188	38	W	D	L	D	L	1953-03-14	Wrexham	A
9	-3	Southport	34	11	4	2	30	13	4	4	9	17	32	1.044	38	D	W	D	W	W	1953-03-14	Mansfield Town	A
10	1	Crewe Alexandra	35	11	4	3	39	22	5	2	10	18	33	1.036	38	W	L	W	L	D	1953-03-14	Halifax Town	A
11	1	Halifax Town	34	10	5	3	36	24	2	7	7	15	26	1.02	36	D	W	D	L	W	1953-03-14	Crewe Alexandra	H
12	-2	Barrow	35	13	4	1	40	14	1	4	12	15	40	1.019	36	L	W	L	W	D	1953-03-14	Darlington	H
13	1	Hartlepools United	35	10	5	2	26	10	2	7	9	15	36	0.891	36	W	L	D	D	L	1953-03-14	Bradford	A
14	1	Stockport County	34	9	6	2	46	21	3	4	10	18	34	1.164	34	D	W	W	W	L	1953-03-14	Tranmere Rovers	A
15	-2	Chesterfield	35	10	4	4	31	20	3	4	10	16	27	1	34	L	W	L	L	L	1953-03-14	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
16	0	Tranmere Rovers	34	11	4	2	34	12	3	1	13	12	30	1.095	33	L	W	L	W	L	1953-03-12	Carlisle United	A
17	0	Mansfield Town	34	7	7	3	25	21	4	3	10	14	28	0.796	32	L	W	D	L	D	1953-03-14	Southport	H
18	0	Bradford	33	7	4	5	22	18	5	3	9	25	30	0.979	31	L	W	D	L	L	1953-03-11	Oldham Athletic	H
19	0	Bradford City	34	9	6	2	31	23	0	7	10	13	40	0.698	31	W	L	W	W	L	1953-03-14	York City	A
20	0	Workington	34	8	4	5	32	23	2	3	12	10	42	0.646	27	L	W	W	W	W	1953-03-14	Chester	H
21	0	Chester	33	8	3	4	28	15	0	7	11	20	44	0.814	26	W	L	L	D	W	1953-03-14	Workington	A
22	0	Darlington	34	9	3	4	27	22	1	1	16	22	55	0.636	24	D	L	L	L	W	1953-03-14	Barrow	A
23	0	Rochdale	34	8	4	4	33	19	1	0	17	15	46	0.738	22	W	L	W	L	L	1953-03-14	Grimsby Town	A
24	0	Accrington Stanley	33	5	7	6	20	24	1	1	13	13	41	0.508	20	L	L	W	L	W	1953-03-14	Port Vale	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	0	0	Norwich City	Dean Court	11,154
	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	2	Swindon Town	Goldstone Ground	12,824
Bennett	Lineups		Owen, Betteridge
Bristol City	6	1	Walsall	Ashton Gate	16,702
Atyeo 2, Regan 2 (1p), Rodgers, Williams	Lineups		Green
Crystal Palace	1	2	Shrewsbury Town	Selhurst Park	13,300
Thomas	Lineups		Jackson, Brown
Ipswich Town	0	1	Exeter City	Portman Road	8,867
	Lineups		Knight
Leyton Orient	3	3	Bristol Rovers	Brisbane Road	16,136
Facey, Pacey 2	Lineups		McIlvenny, Lambden 2
Newport County	2	0	Queens Park Rangers	Somerton Park	7,971
Beattie, Graham	Lineups
Northampton Town	1	1	Millwall	County Ground	13,687
O'Donnell	Lineups		Neary
Reading	1	0	Coventry City	Elm Park	11,777
Robshaw	Lineups
Southend United	4	0	Colchester United	Greyhound Stadium	10,250
Bainbridge 2, Grant, Thompson	Lineups
Torquay United	3	2	Gillingham	Plainmoor	6,278
Collins 2, Mills	Lineups		Marks, Cherry
Watford	1	1	Aldershot	Vicarage Road	11,650
Reid	Lineups		Alison

				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	33	14	4	0	46	12	8	5	2	30	17	2.621	53	D	D	W	D	D	1953-03-14	Ipswich Town	H
2	0	Bristol City	34	11	5	1	54	21	7	5	5	24	24	1.733	46	W	W	W	D	D	1953-03-14	Shrewsbury Town	A
3	0	Northampton Town	33	13	2	1	55	21	6	4	7	26	30	1.588	44	D	D	L	L	W	1953-03-14	Gillingham	A
4	0	Norwich City	33	11	5	1	37	12	7	2	7	30	24	1.861	43	D	W	W	W	L	1953-03-14	Southend United	H
5	0	Millwall	33	10	5	2	35	12	7	4	5	22	22	1.676	43	D	W	L	L	D	1953-03-14	Leyton Orient	H
6	0	Coventry City	34	14	3	1	45	14	3	5	8	20	32	1.413	42	L	W	L	W	D	1953-03-14	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
7	1	Southend United	34	12	3	2	31	11	2	5	10	22	44	0.964	36	W	D	W	D	L	1953-03-14	Norwich City	A
8	-1	Watford	34	10	5	2	31	15	2	7	8	17	36	0.941	36	D	D	L	W	D	1953-03-14	Colchester United	A
9	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	34	7	4	5	33	26	5	5	8	23	36	0.903	33	L	D	D	L	L	1953-03-14	Aldershot	A
10	0	Ipswich Town	33	8	5	3	24	17	3	5	9	22	30	0.979	32	L	L	W	W	D	1953-03-14	Bristol Rovers	A
11	2	Exeter City	35	8	7	2	32	15	2	5	11	18	38	0.943	32	W	L	L	D	D	1953-03-14	Reading	H
12	5	Reading	33	10	2	3	31	11	2	5	11	16	39	0.94	31	W	L	D	L	W	1953-03-14	Exeter City	A
13	1	Aldershot	33	6	6	4	29	21	4	5	8	20	34	0.891	31	D	D	D	W	D	1953-03-14	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
14	-3	Gillingham	34	8	5	5	21	19	2	6	8	18	30	0.796	31	L	L	D	L	D	1953-03-14	Northampton Town	H
15	-3	Queens Park Rangers	34	7	8	2	33	28	2	5	10	16	35	0.778	31	L	D	L	W	D	1953-03-14	Crystal Palace	H
16	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	33	10	2	5	34	19	2	4	10	16	35	0.926	30	D	D	W	D	D	1953-03-14	Coventry City	A
17	-2	Colchester United	31	7	6	2	29	17	3	3	10	11	27	0.909	29	L	D	D	W	L	1953-03-14	Watford	H
18	0	Shrewsbury Town	34	9	4	5	30	27	1	5	10	23	38	0.815	29	W	D	W	L	W	1953-03-14	Bristol City	H
19	1	Torquay United	34	9	4	4	41	24	1	4	12	19	48	0.833	28	W	L	W	D	D	1953-03-14	Walsall	A
20	1	Newport County	34	9	1	6	34	26	2	5	11	21	40	0.833	28	W	D	L	L	L	1953-03-14	Swindon Town	A
21	-2	Leyton Orient	32	9	4	4	37	20	2	1	12	11	34	0.889	27	D	W	D	W	W	1953-03-14	Millwall	A
22	1	Swindon Town	33	6	3	8	29	29	3	5	8	17	31	0.767	26	W	D	L	L	D	1953-03-14	Newport County	H
23	-1	Crystal Palace	32	7	4	4	27	22	2	4	11	21	43	0.738	26	L	W	D	W	D	1953-03-14	Queens Park Rangers	A
24	0	Walsall	35	2	7	8	25	41	2	0	16	17	56	0.433	15	L	L	D	L	W	1953-03-14	Torquay United	H