Saturday 1953-03-14

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Burnley	2	1	Manchester United	Turf Moor	45,422	Largest home gate 1952-53
Chew, Holden	Lineups		Byrne
Cardiff City	2	0	Derby County	Ninian Park	33,670
Northcott, Williams R	Lineups
Liverpool	2	0	Sunderland	Anfield Road	40,409
Smyth, A'Court	Lineups
Manchester City	4	1	Aston Villa	Maine Road	32,566
Spurdle 3, Anders	Lineups		Thompson
Middlesbrough	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Ayresome Park	24,454
Mannion	Lineups		Wilshaw
Newcastle United	2	2	Arsenal	St James' Park	51,560
Mitchell, Robledo G	Lineups		Lishman 2
Preston North End	4	0	Portsmouth	Deepdale	28,322
Wayman 2, Baxter, Finney	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	2	0	Blackpool	Hillsborough	40,904
Sewell, Marriott	Lineups
Stoke City	1	2	Bolton Wanderers	Victoria Ground	28,232
Brown	Lineups		Lofthouse, Webster
Tottenham Hotspur	2	3	Chelsea	White Hart Lane	47,903
Willis (p), Bennett	Lineups		Lewis J, Edwards, Blunstone
West Bromwich Albion	3	1	Charlton Athletic	The Hawthorns	26,788
Evans, Griffin 2	Lineups		Vaughan

				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	32	9	5	3	27	16	7	5	3	26	18	1.559	42	W	W	L	W	W	1953-03-21	Portsmouth	A
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	9	5	3	39	25	6	6	5	26	27	1.25	41	D	W	D	W	D	1953-03-21	Liverpool	H
3	0	Preston North End	31	13	2	2	40	20	3	6	5	27	28	1.396	40	W	L	W	D	W	1953-03-19	Arsenal	A
4	0	West Bromwich Albion	33	11	2	4	28	14	7	2	7	25	34	1.104	40	W	L	D	W	L	1953-03-21	Arsenal	A
5	0	Arsenal	30	10	1	3	40	20	5	7	4	32	27	1.532	38	D	L	W	L	W	1953-03-19	Preston North End	H
6	0	Charlton Athletic	31	8	6	0	32	14	6	3	8	26	34	1.208	37	L	D	W	W	W	1953-03-18	Aston Villa	H
7	0	Blackpool	33	10	4	2	37	18	5	3	9	23	37	1.091	37	L	W	W	L	W	1953-03-25	Cardiff City	H
8	0	Sunderland	33	9	6	1	30	19	4	4	9	25	38	0.965	36	L	D	D	L	D	1953-03-21	Manchester City	H
9	0	Manchester United	33	8	4	4	23	19	6	3	8	30	34	1	35	L	W	L	L	D	1953-03-25	Tottenham Hotspur	H
10	0	Tottenham Hotspur	33	9	4	4	47	31	3	4	9	15	21	1.192	32	L	W	L	D	L	1953-03-25	Manchester United	A
11	0	Bolton Wanderers	32	8	4	4	32	27	4	4	8	16	25	0.923	32	W	L	W	D	D	1953-03-25	Preston North End	H
12	0	Liverpool	32	8	5	4	30	24	4	2	9	20	33	0.877	31	W	L	D	W	W	1953-03-21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
13	0	Cardiff City	31	6	6	4	24	11	4	4	7	13	20	1.194	30	W	W	W	L	W	1953-03-25	Blackpool	A
14	3	Sheffield Wednesday	34	7	3	7	29	30	4	5	8	21	27	0.877	30	W	L	L	W	L	1953-03-21	Chelsea	A
15	1	Newcastle United	33	8	5	4	30	27	2	4	10	18	29	0.857	29	D	D	D	L	L	1953-03-21	Derby County	A
16	-2	Aston Villa	31	6	5	4	26	17	3	5	8	18	27	1	28	L	W	L	D	W	1953-03-18	Charlton Athletic	A
17	-2	Portsmouth	33	7	5	4	29	24	3	3	11	25	40	0.844	28	L	D	L	W	L	1953-03-21	Burnley	H
18	1	Middlesbrough	33	8	5	4	32	25	1	4	11	16	42	0.716	27	D	D	W	L	L	1953-03-21	Charlton Athletic	A
19	-1	Stoke City	33	7	4	6	28	24	2	4	10	15	31	0.782	26	L	D	W	L	D	1953-03-25	Aston Villa	A
20	1	Manchester City	32	9	2	5	32	20	1	3	12	20	46	0.788	25	W	L	W	L	W	1953-03-21	Sunderland	A
21	1	Chelsea	32	7	2	6	25	19	1	6	10	17	35	0.778	24	W	L	L	L	D	1953-03-21	Sheffield Wednesday	H
22	-2	Derby County	33	8	4	4	32	22	1	2	14	12	39	0.721	24	L	L	W	L	L	1953-03-21	Newcastle United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	1	2	Sheffield United	St Andrew's	22,366
Cox	Lineups		Hagan, Ringstead
Bury	1	1	Huddersfield Town	Gigg Lane	19,334	Largest home gate 1952-53
Gleadall	Lineups		Quested
Fulham	0	1	Nottingham Forest	Craven Cottage	22,892
	Lineups		Taylor OG
Leeds United	2	1	Lincoln City	Elland Road	18,293
Meek 2	Lineups		Garvie
Leicester City	2	3	Brentford	Filbert Street	21,307
Rowley 2 (1p)	Lineups		Morrad, Latimer 2
Luton Town	6	0	Barnsley	Kenilworth Road	15,315
Watkins, Yeull OG, Cullen 2, Turner 2	Lineups
Notts County	4	3	Doncaster Rovers	Meadow Lane	17,906
McPherson K 2, Crookes 2	Lineups		Harrison 2, Doherty (p)
Plymouth Argyle	1	2	Hull City	Home Park	19,758
Davies	Lineups		Murray, Horton
Rotherham United	0	0	Blackburn Rovers	Millmoor	14,439
	Lineups
Southampton	1	4	Swansea Town	The Dell	16,852
Dudley	Lineups		Medwin, Allchurch I, Jones B, Griffiths
West Ham United	3	1	Everton	Upton Park	19,022
Andrews, Hooper, Moroney	Lineups		Lewis

				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	34	12	3	2	52	22	9	4	4	30	22	1.864	49	W	D	W	W	L	1953-03-21	Bury	H
2	0	Huddersfield Town	33	9	4	3	29	10	9	5	3	31	16	2.308	45	D	D	W	L	L	1953-03-21	Southampton	H
3	0	Luton Town	32	12	1	4	43	13	6	4	5	26	26	1.769	41	W	D	L	L	W	1953-03-21	Lincoln City	A
4	0	Plymouth Argyle	33	10	4	3	31	17	6	3	7	20	28	1.133	39	L	D	W	W	W	1953-03-21	Blackburn Rovers	A
5	3	Nottingham Forest	33	9	4	3	37	22	6	3	8	27	28	1.28	37	W	D	D	W	L	1953-03-21	Rotherham United	H
6	3	Leeds United	33	11	3	3	37	19	1	9	6	21	28	1.234	36	W	D	L	W	D	1953-03-21	Hull City	A
7	-2	Leicester City	33	10	5	2	47	24	4	3	9	30	43	1.149	36	L	D	D	L	D	1953-03-21	Doncaster Rovers	A
8	-2	Fulham	34	12	1	4	41	22	2	7	8	21	34	1.107	36	L	D	W	D	W	1953-03-25	Everton	A
9	-2	Birmingham City	32	9	2	6	35	31	5	6	4	19	22	1.019	36	L	L	D	L	W	1953-03-21	Barnsley	A
10	0	Rotherham United	34	8	4	5	35	26	7	0	10	28	36	1.016	34	D	L	W	D	L	1953-03-21	Nottingham Forest	A
11	1	West Ham United	33	8	5	4	33	21	2	8	6	10	19	1.075	33	W	D	D	D	L	1953-03-21	Brentford	A
12	-1	Blackburn Rovers	34	10	3	4	32	16	3	4	10	18	37	0.943	33	D	D	D	L	W	1953-03-21	Plymouth Argyle	H
13	0	Swansea Town	33	6	8	2	30	20	5	2	10	29	47	0.881	32	W	W	W	D	W	1953-03-21	Notts County	H
14	1	Brentford	32	8	4	3	31	18	4	3	10	18	38	0.875	31	W	W	W	W	D	1953-03-21	West Ham United	H
15	-1	Everton	32	6	6	3	27	15	3	5	9	27	36	1.059	29	L	D	D	D	L	1953-03-25	Fulham	H
16	0	Doncaster Rovers	33	6	7	3	21	16	2	6	9	25	39	0.836	29	L	W	L	L	W	1953-03-21	Leicester City	H
17	1	Notts County	33	8	5	4	37	27	3	2	11	15	43	0.743	29	W	L	D	L	L	1953-03-21	Swansea Town	A
18	-1	Lincoln City	32	5	9	2	28	22	1	6	9	15	38	0.717	27	L	D	L	D	D	1953-03-21	Luton Town	H
19	0	Bury	33	6	6	5	23	27	3	3	10	18	33	0.683	27	D	L	W	W	D	1953-03-21	Sheffield United	A
20	0	Hull City	32	8	4	4	30	17	2	2	12	15	41	0.776	26	W	W	L	D	L	1953-03-21	Leeds United	H
21	0	Southampton	33	3	4	9	31	36	3	6	8	19	33	0.725	22	L	L	L	W	D	1953-03-21	Huddersfield Town	A
22	0	Barnsley	33	4	3	9	28	34	1	4	12	13	51	0.482	17	L	D	L	D	D	1953-03-21	Birmingham City	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	1	1	Port Vale	Peel Park	5,499
Watkinson	Lineups		Griffiths
Barrow	2	2	Darlington	Holker Street	5,537
Gordon, Hannah	Lineups		Clark, Keers
Bradford	1	1	Hartlepools United	Park Avenue	6,006
Wright	Lineups		McGuigan
Chesterfield	1	1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	8,337
Wilson	Lineups		Whitfield
Grimsby Town	3	2	Rochdale	Blundell Park	10,578
McCue 2, Scotson	Lineups		Foulds 2
Halifax Town	1	3	Crewe Alexandra	The Shay	6,509
Frost	Lineups		King 2, Basford
Mansfield Town	2	2	Southport	Field Mill	6,665
Evans, Reeve	Lineups		Gaskell, Dale
Oldham Athletic	2	4	Carlisle United	Boundary Park	20,937
Brierley, Ormond	Lineups		Whitehouse 2, Harrison, Drury
Tranmere Rovers	1	0	Stockport County	Prenton Park	6,704
Atkinson	Lineups
Workington	1	2	Chester	Borough Park	8,466
Mullen	Lineups		Travis 2
Wrexham	1	0	Gateshead	Racecourse Ground	10,105
Tilston	Lineups
York City	0	0	Bradford City	Bootham Crescent	7,108
	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	35	12	3	3	41	18	6	7	4	24	20	1.711	46	L	D	L	D	L	1953-03-21	Southport	A
2	0	Grimsby Town	36	13	4	2	42	15	5	4	8	22	26	1.561	44	W	L	L	L	W	1953-03-21	Darlington	A
3	0	Port Vale	34	9	5	1	25	7	6	7	6	20	19	1.731	42	D	W	L	D	L	1953-03-16	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
4	0	Carlisle United	37	12	4	2	48	16	4	6	9	19	28	1.523	42	W	W	W	L	W	1953-03-21	Bradford	H
5	0	Wrexham	35	15	2	2	46	22	3	4	9	20	32	1.222	42	W	D	W	D	W	1953-03-21	Hartlepools United	A
6	4	Crewe Alexandra	36	11	4	3	39	22	6	2	10	21	34	1.071	40	W	W	L	W	L	1953-03-21	Mansfield Town	H
7	-1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	35	8	4	5	30	14	6	7	5	22	25	1.333	39	D	W	W	D	D	1953-03-16	Port Vale	A
8	-1	York City	35	10	5	4	26	15	4	6	6	16	20	1.2	39	D	D	L	W	L	1953-03-21	Rochdale	A
9	0	Southport	35	11	4	2	30	13	4	5	9	19	34	1.043	39	D	D	W	D	W	1953-03-21	Oldham Athletic	H
10	-2	Gateshead	36	10	4	3	34	16	3	8	8	23	33	1.163	38	L	W	D	L	D	1953-03-21	Barrow	H
11	1	Barrow	36	13	5	1	42	16	1	4	12	15	40	1.018	37	D	L	W	L	W	1953-03-21	Gateshead	A
12	1	Hartlepools United	36	10	5	2	26	10	2	8	9	16	37	0.894	37	D	W	L	D	D	1953-03-21	Wrexham	H
13	-2	Halifax Town	35	10	5	4	37	27	2	7	7	15	26	0.981	36	L	D	W	D	L	1953-03-21	Port Vale	A
14	2	Tranmere Rovers	36	12	4	2	35	12	3	1	14	12	34	1.022	35	W	L	L	W	L	1953-03-21	Bradford City	A
15	0	Chesterfield	36	10	5	4	32	21	3	4	10	16	27	1	35	D	L	W	L	L	1953-03-21	Stockport County	A
16	-2	Stockport County	35	9	6	2	46	21	3	4	11	18	35	1.143	34	L	D	W	W	W	1953-03-21	Chesterfield	H
17	0	Bradford	35	7	6	5	23	19	5	3	9	25	30	0.98	33	D	D	L	W	D	1953-03-21	Carlisle United	A
18	0	Mansfield Town	35	7	8	3	27	23	4	3	10	14	28	0.804	33	D	L	W	D	L	1953-03-21	Crewe Alexandra	A
19	0	Bradford City	35	9	6	2	31	23	0	8	10	13	40	0.698	32	D	W	L	W	W	1953-03-21	Tranmere Rovers	H
20	1	Chester	34	8	3	4	28	15	1	7	11	22	45	0.833	28	W	W	L	L	D	1953-03-21	Accrington Stanley	H
21	-1	Workington	35	8	4	6	33	25	2	3	12	10	42	0.642	27	L	L	W	W	W	1953-03-21	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
22	0	Darlington	35	9	3	4	27	22	1	2	16	24	57	0.646	25	D	D	L	L	L	1953-03-21	Grimsby Town	H
23	0	Rochdale	35	8	4	4	33	19	1	0	18	17	49	0.735	22	L	W	L	W	L	1953-03-21	York City	H
24	0	Accrington Stanley	34	5	8	6	21	25	1	1	13	13	41	0.515	21	D	L	L	W	L	1953-03-21	Chester	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Recreation Ground	7,201
Taylor	Lineups		Gilberg, Gordon
Bristol Rovers	3	0	Ipswich Town	Eastville	21,244
Petherbridge, Bradford, Bamford	Lineups
Colchester United	1	1	Watford	Layer Road	6,667
McCurley	Lineups		Meadows
Coventry City	2	3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Highfield Road	13,274
Brown, Waldock	Lineups		Cross, Harrison, Buchanan
Exeter City	2	0	Reading	St James Park	9,074
Mackay 2	Lineups
Gillingham	1	1	Northampton Town	Priestfield Stadium	10,250
King	Lineups		Ramscar
Millwall	0	0	Leyton Orient	The Den, New Cross	23,700
	Lineups
Norwich City	3	1	Southend United	Carrow Road	16,890
Gavin, Kinsey, Ashman (p)	Lineups		O'Neil
Queens Park Rangers	1	1	Crystal Palace	Loftus Road	12,972
Cameron	Lineups		Rainford
Shrewsbury Town	0	1	Bristol City	Gay Meadow	11,093
	Lineups		Rodgers
Swindon Town	2	0	Newport County	County Ground	7,445
Lunn, Betteridge	Lineups
Walsall	2	0	Torquay United	Fellows Park	4,584
Dean, McIntosh	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	34	15	4	0	49	12	8	5	2	30	17	2.724	55	W	D	D	W	D	1953-03-21	Reading	A
2	0	Bristol City	35	11	5	1	54	21	8	5	5	25	24	1.756	48	W	W	W	W	D	1953-03-21	Queens Park Rangers	H
3	1	Norwich City	34	12	5	1	40	13	7	2	7	30	24	1.892	45	W	D	W	W	W	1953-03-21	Watford	A
4	-1	Northampton Town	34	13	2	1	55	21	6	5	7	27	31	1.577	45	D	D	D	L	L	1953-03-21	Walsall	H
5	0	Millwall	34	10	6	2	35	12	7	4	5	22	22	1.676	44	D	D	W	L	L	1953-03-21	Ipswich Town	A
6	0	Coventry City	35	14	3	2	47	17	3	5	8	20	32	1.367	42	L	L	W	L	W	1953-03-21	Southend United	A
7	1	Watford	35	10	5	2	31	15	2	8	8	18	37	0.942	37	D	D	D	L	W	1953-03-21	Norwich City	H
8	-1	Southend United	35	12	3	2	31	11	2	5	11	23	47	0.931	36	L	W	D	W	D	1953-03-21	Coventry City	H
9	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	35	7	4	5	33	26	6	5	8	25	37	0.921	35	W	L	D	D	L	1953-03-21	Colchester United	H
10	1	Exeter City	36	9	7	2	34	15	2	5	11	18	38	0.981	34	W	W	L	L	D	1953-03-21	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
11	5	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	34	10	2	5	34	19	3	4	10	19	37	0.946	32	W	D	D	W	D	1953-03-21	Exeter City	H
12	-2	Ipswich Town	34	8	5	3	24	17	3	5	10	22	33	0.92	32	L	L	L	W	W	1953-03-21	Millwall	H
13	1	Gillingham	35	8	6	5	22	20	2	6	8	18	30	0.8	32	D	L	L	D	L	1953-03-21	Leyton Orient	A
14	1	Queens Park Rangers	35	7	9	2	34	29	2	5	10	16	35	0.781	32	D	L	D	L	W	1953-03-21	Bristol City	A
15	-3	Reading	34	10	2	3	31	11	2	5	12	16	41	0.904	31	L	W	L	D	L	1953-03-21	Bristol Rovers	H
16	-3	Aldershot	34	6	6	5	30	23	4	5	8	20	34	0.877	31	L	D	D	D	W	1953-03-21	Newport County	A
17	0	Colchester United	32	7	7	2	30	18	3	3	10	11	27	0.911	30	D	L	D	D	W	1953-03-19	Crystal Palace	H
18	0	Shrewsbury Town	35	9	4	6	30	28	1	5	10	23	38	0.803	29	L	W	D	W	L	1953-03-21	Torquay United	A
19	2	Leyton Orient	33	9	4	4	37	20	2	2	12	11	34	0.889	28	D	D	W	D	W	1953-03-18	Swindon Town	A
20	-1	Torquay United	35	9	4	4	41	24	1	4	13	19	50	0.811	28	L	W	L	W	D	1953-03-21	Shrewsbury Town	H
21	-1	Newport County	35	9	1	6	34	26	2	5	12	21	42	0.809	28	L	W	D	L	L	1953-03-21	Aldershot	H
22	0	Swindon Town	34	7	3	8	31	29	3	5	8	17	31	0.8	28	W	W	D	L	L	1953-03-18	Leyton Orient	H
23	0	Crystal Palace	33	7	4	4	27	22	2	5	11	22	44	0.742	27	D	L	W	D	W	1953-03-19	Colchester United	A
24	0	Walsall	36	3	7	8	27	41	2	0	16	17	56	0.454	17	W	L	L	D	L	1953-03-21	Northampton Town	A