Saturday 1953-03-21

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

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Semi Final						Venue	Gate
D 1	Blackpool	2	1	Tottenham Hotspur	D 1	Villa Park, Birmingham	68,221
	Perry, Mudie	Lineups		Duquemin
D 1	Bolton Wanderers	4	3	Everton	D 2	Maine Road, Manchester	75,213
	Moir, Lofthouse 2, Holden	Lineups		Parker 2, Farrell

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	2	2	West Bromwich Albion	Highbury	49,078
Holton, Roper	Lineups		Evans, Lee
Charlton Athletic	2	0	Middlesbrough	The Valley	22,204
Kiernan, Hurst	Lineups
Chelsea	1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Stamford Bridge	36,191
McNichol	Lineups
Derby County	0	2	Newcastle United	Baseball Ground	19,741
	Lineups		Robledo G 2
Portsmouth	2	1	Burnley	Fratton Park	33,413
Reid, Vaughan	Lineups		Shannon
Sunderland	3	3	Manchester City	Roker Park	26,270
Davis 2, Shackleton	Lineups		Broadis 2, Williamson
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	0	Liverpool	Molineux	29,884
Hancocks, Swinbourne, Wright	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	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	10	5	3	42	25	6	6	5	26	27	1.308	43	W	D	W	D	W	1953-03-28	Manchester City	A
2	-1	Burnley	33	9	5	3	27	16	7	5	4	27	20	1.5	42	L	W	W	L	W	1953-03-28	Bolton Wanderers	H
3	-1	Preston North End	32	13	2	2	40	20	3	7	5	28	29	1.388	41	D	W	L	W	D	1953-03-25	Bolton Wanderers	A
4	2	Charlton Athletic	33	10	6	0	39	15	6	3	8	26	34	1.327	41	W	W	L	D	W	1953-03-28	Liverpool	A
5	-1	West Bromwich Albion	34	11	2	4	28	14	7	3	7	27	36	1.1	41	D	W	L	D	W	1953-03-28	Derby County	H
6	-1	Arsenal	32	10	3	3	43	23	5	7	4	32	27	1.5	40	D	D	D	L	W	1953-03-28	Middlesbrough	A
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	34	9	7	1	33	22	4	4	9	25	38	0.967	37	D	L	D	D	L	1953-03-28	Stoke City	A
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	3	Newcastle United	34	8	5	4	30	27	3	4	10	20	29	0.893	31	W	D	D	D	L	1953-03-28	Blackpool	H
13	-1	Liverpool	33	8	5	4	30	24	4	2	10	20	36	0.833	31	L	W	L	D	W	1953-03-23	Chelsea	A
14	-1	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
15	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	35	7	3	7	29	30	4	5	9	21	28	0.862	30	L	W	L	L	W	1953-03-28	Manchester United	H
16	1	Portsmouth	34	8	5	4	31	25	3	3	11	25	40	0.862	30	W	L	D	L	W	1953-03-28	Tottenham Hotspur	A
17	-1	Aston Villa	32	6	5	4	26	17	3	5	9	19	32	0.918	28	L	L	W	L	D	1953-03-25	Stoke City	H
18	0	Middlesbrough	34	8	5	4	32	25	1	4	12	16	44	0.696	27	L	D	D	W	L	1953-03-28	Arsenal	H
19	1	Manchester City	33	9	2	5	32	20	1	4	12	23	49	0.797	26	D	W	L	W	L	1953-03-28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
20	1	Chelsea	33	8	2	6	26	19	1	6	10	17	35	0.796	26	W	W	L	L	L	1953-03-23	Liverpool	H
21	-2	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
22	0	Derby County	34	8	4	5	32	24	1	2	14	12	39	0.698	24	L	L	L	W	L	1953-03-28	West Bromwich Albion	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	1	3	Birmingham City	Oakwell	7,465
Bartlett	Lineups		Badham, James 2
Blackburn Rovers	1	3	Plymouth Argyle	Ewood Park	21,465
Quigley (p)	Lineups		Dougall, Davis, Dews
Brentford	1	4	West Ham United	Griffin Park	18,117
Latimer	Lineups		Moroney 2, Hooper 2
Doncaster Rovers	0	0	Leicester City	Belle Vue	15,141
	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	5	0	Southampton	Leeds Road	21,797
Metcalfe 2, Cavanagh, Glazzard, Quested	Lineups
Hull City	1	0	Leeds United	Boothferry Park	25,367
Harris	Lineups
Lincoln City	1	2	Luton Town	Sincil Bank	15,510
Whittle (p)	Lineups		Turner, Pye
Nottingham Forest	4	3	Rotherham United	City Ground	18,225
Burkitt, Moore, Ardron 2	Lineups		Burke, Grainger, Guest
Sheffield United	3	1	Bury	Bramall Lane	30,293
Ringstead, Hawksworth, Browning	Lineups		Daniel
Swansea Town	5	1	Notts County	Vetch Field	20,304
Allchurch I 2, Medwin, Lucas 2	Lineups		McCormack

				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	35	13	3	2	55	23	9	4	4	30	22	1.889	51	W	W	D	W	W	1953-03-28	Southampton	A
2	0	Huddersfield Town	34	10	4	3	34	10	9	5	3	31	16	2.5	47	W	D	D	W	L	1953-03-28	Notts County	A
3	0	Luton Town	33	12	1	4	43	13	7	4	5	28	27	1.775	43	W	W	D	L	L	1953-03-28	Hull City	H
4	0	Plymouth Argyle	34	10	4	3	31	17	7	3	7	23	29	1.174	41	W	L	D	W	W	1953-03-28	Nottingham Forest	H
5	0	Nottingham Forest	34	10	4	3	41	25	6	3	8	27	28	1.283	39	W	W	D	D	W	1953-03-28	Plymouth Argyle	A
6	3	Birmingham City	33	9	2	6	35	31	6	6	4	22	23	1.056	38	W	L	L	D	L	1953-03-28	Lincoln City	H
7	0	Leicester City	34	10	5	2	47	24	4	4	9	30	43	1.149	37	D	L	D	D	L	1953-03-28	Swansea Town	H
8	-2	Leeds United	34	11	3	3	37	19	1	9	7	21	29	1.208	36	L	W	D	L	W	1953-03-28	Blackburn Rovers	H
9	-1	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
10	1	West Ham United	34	8	5	4	33	21	3	8	6	14	20	1.146	35	W	W	D	D	D	1953-03-28	Doncaster Rovers	H
11	-1	Rotherham United	35	8	4	5	35	26	7	0	11	31	40	1	34	L	D	L	W	D	1953-03-28	Everton	H
12	1	Swansea Town	34	7	8	2	35	21	5	2	10	29	47	0.941	34	W	W	W	W	D	1953-03-28	Leicester City	A
13	-1	Blackburn Rovers	35	10	3	5	33	19	3	4	10	18	37	0.911	33	L	D	D	D	L	1953-03-28	Leeds United	A
14	0	Brentford	33	8	4	4	32	22	4	3	10	18	38	0.833	31	L	W	W	W	W	1953-03-28	Fulham	A
15	1	Doncaster Rovers	34	6	8	3	21	16	2	6	9	25	39	0.836	30	D	L	W	L	L	1953-03-28	West Ham United	A
16	-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
17	0	Notts County	34	8	5	4	37	27	3	2	12	16	48	0.707	29	L	W	L	D	L	1953-03-28	Huddersfield Town	H
18	2	Hull City	33	9	4	4	31	17	2	2	12	15	41	0.793	28	W	W	W	L	D	1953-03-28	Luton Town	A
19	-1	Lincoln City	33	5	9	3	29	24	1	6	9	15	38	0.71	27	L	L	D	L	D	1953-03-28	Birmingham City	A
20	-1	Bury	34	6	6	5	23	27	3	3	11	19	36	0.667	27	L	D	L	W	W	1953-03-28	Barnsley	H
21	0	Southampton	34	3	4	9	31	36	3	6	9	19	38	0.676	22	L	L	L	L	W	1953-03-28	Sheffield United	H
22	0	Barnsley	34	4	3	10	29	37	1	4	12	13	51	0.477	17	L	L	D	L	D	1953-03-28	Bury	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bradford City	5	3	Tranmere Rovers	Valley Parade	8,849
Tunnicliffe (p), Rosenthal 2, McCulloch, Carr	Lineups		Williams, Eastham, Iceton
Carlisle United	1	3	Bradford	Brunton Park	8,923
Whitehouse	Lineups		Redfearn, Crosbie 2
Chester	2	0	Accrington Stanley	Sealand Road	3,818
Deakin, Travis	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	1	0	Mansfield Town	Gresty Road	5,802
King	Lineups
Darlington	1	1	Grimsby Town	Feethams Ground	6,163
Forsyth	Lineups		Hernon
Gateshead	3	1	Barrow	Redheugh Park	5,164
Wyles 3	Lineups		Gordon
Hartlepools United	1	2	Wrexham	Victoria Park	7,919
Richardson	Lineups		Bannan, Richards
Port Vale	1	1	Halifax Town	Vale Park	17,945
Hayward	Lineups		Murphy
Rochdale	0	3	York City	Spotland	6,373
	Lineups		Fenton 2, Hughes
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	2	1	Workington	Old Showground	6,529
Bushby 2	Lineups		McDowall
Southport	1	0	Oldham Athletic	Haig Avenue	11,376	Largest home gate 1952-53
Dale	Lineups
Stockport County	4	1	Chesterfield	Edgeley Park	8,046
Oliver 2, Weigh, Connor	Lineups		Westcott

				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	36	12	3	3	41	18	6	7	5	24	21	1.667	46	L	L	D	L	D	1953-03-28	Crewe Alexandra	H
2	0	Port Vale	36	10	6	1	30	8	6	7	6	20	19	1.852	45	D	W	D	W	L	1953-03-28	Mansfield Town	A
3	0	Grimsby Town	37	13	4	2	42	15	5	5	8	23	27	1.548	45	D	W	L	L	L	1953-03-28	Gateshead	H
4	1	Wrexham	36	15	2	2	46	22	4	4	9	22	33	1.236	44	W	W	D	W	D	1953-03-28	Carlisle United	H
5	-1	Carlisle United	38	12	4	3	49	19	4	6	9	19	28	1.447	42	L	W	W	W	L	1953-03-28	Wrexham	A
6	0	Crewe Alexandra	37	12	4	3	40	22	6	2	10	21	34	1.089	42	W	W	W	L	W	1953-03-28	Oldham Athletic	A
7	1	York City	36	10	5	4	26	15	5	6	6	19	20	1.286	41	W	D	D	L	W	1953-03-28	Darlington	H
8	-1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	37	9	4	5	32	15	6	7	6	22	29	1.227	41	W	L	D	W	W	1953-03-26	Bradford	H
9	0	Southport	36	12	4	2	31	13	4	5	9	19	34	1.064	41	W	D	D	W	D	1953-03-25	Chester	A
10	0	Gateshead	37	11	4	3	37	17	3	8	8	23	33	1.2	40	W	L	W	D	L	1953-03-28	Grimsby Town	A
11	0	Barrow	37	13	5	1	42	16	1	4	13	16	43	0.983	37	L	D	L	W	L	1953-03-28	Hartlepools United	H
12	1	Halifax Town	36	10	5	4	37	27	2	8	7	16	27	0.981	37	D	L	D	W	D	1953-03-28	Chester	H
13	-1	Hartlepools United	37	10	5	3	27	12	2	8	9	16	37	0.878	37	L	D	W	L	D	1953-03-28	Barrow	A
14	2	Stockport County	36	10	6	2	50	22	3	4	11	18	35	1.193	36	W	L	D	W	W	1953-03-28	Workington	A
15	2	Bradford	36	7	6	5	23	19	6	3	9	28	31	1.02	35	W	D	D	L	W	1953-03-26	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
16	-2	Tranmere Rovers	37	12	4	2	35	12	3	1	15	15	39	0.98	35	L	W	L	L	W	1953-03-28	Rochdale	H
17	-2	Chesterfield	37	10	5	4	32	21	3	4	11	17	31	0.942	35	L	D	L	W	L	1953-03-28	Bradford City	H
18	1	Bradford City	36	10	6	2	36	26	0	8	10	13	40	0.742	34	W	D	W	L	W	1953-03-24	Rochdale	A
19	-1	Mansfield Town	36	7	8	3	27	23	4	3	11	14	29	0.788	33	L	D	L	W	D	1953-03-28	Port Vale	H
20	0	Chester	35	9	3	4	30	15	1	7	11	22	45	0.867	30	W	W	W	L	L	1953-03-25	Southport	H
21	0	Workington	36	8	4	6	33	25	2	3	13	11	44	0.638	27	L	L	L	W	W	1953-03-28	Stockport County	H
22	0	Darlington	36	9	4	4	28	23	1	2	16	24	57	0.65	26	D	D	D	L	L	1953-03-25	Accrington Stanley	H
23	0	Rochdale	36	8	4	5	33	22	1	0	18	17	49	0.704	22	L	L	W	L	W	1953-03-24	Bradford City	H
24	0	Accrington Stanley	35	5	8	6	21	25	1	1	14	13	43	0.5	21	L	D	L	L	W	1953-03-25	Darlington	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	2	1	Exeter City	Dean Court	10,340
Harrison, Cross	Lineups		Dailey
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	0	Colchester United	Goldstone Ground	12,588
	Lineups
Bristol City	4	4	Queens Park Rangers	Ashton Gate	20,052
Atyeo, Rodgers, White, Williams	Lineups		Mountford, Cameron, Smith 2
Crystal Palace	3	0	Swindon Town	Selhurst Park	10,462
Simpson 3	Lineups
Ipswich Town	1	6	Millwall	Portman Road	9,373
Parker	Lineups		Hartburn 2, Monkhouse 2, Smith 2
Leyton Orient	1	1	Gillingham	Brisbane Road	11,418
Facey	Lineups		Long
Newport County	2	1	Aldershot	Somerton Park	7,929
Beattie, Graham	Lineups		Cropley
Northampton Town	2	1	Walsall	County Ground	9,717
O'Donnell, Ramscar	Lineups		McIntosh
Reading	2	0	Bristol Rovers	Elm Park	17,885
Blackman, Ritchie	Lineups
Southend United	1	0	Coventry City	Greyhound Stadium	9,500
Burns	Lineups
Torquay United	4	0	Shrewsbury Town	Plainmoor	6,237
Shaw 2, Collins, Edds	Lineups
Watford	3	2	Norwich City	Vicarage Road	15,697
Reid, Bowie, Meadows	Lineups		Ashman 2 (2p)

				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	35	15	4	0	49	12	8	5	3	30	19	2.548	55	L	W	D	D	W	1953-03-28	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
2	0	Bristol City	36	11	6	1	58	25	8	5	5	25	24	1.694	49	D	W	W	W	W	1953-03-28	Swindon Town	A
3	1	Northampton Town	35	14	2	1	57	22	6	5	7	27	31	1.585	47	W	D	D	D	L	1953-03-28	Shrewsbury Town	A
4	1	Millwall	35	10	6	2	35	12	8	4	5	28	23	1.8	46	W	D	D	W	L	1953-03-28	Reading	H
5	-2	Norwich City	35	12	5	1	40	13	7	2	8	32	27	1.8	45	L	W	D	W	W	1953-03-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
6	0	Coventry City	36	14	3	2	47	17	3	5	9	20	33	1.34	42	L	L	L	W	L	1953-03-28	Watford	H
7	0	Watford	36	11	5	2	34	17	2	8	8	18	37	0.963	39	W	D	D	D	L	1953-03-28	Coventry City	A
8	0	Southend United	36	13	3	2	32	11	2	5	11	23	47	0.948	38	W	L	W	D	W	1953-03-28	Exeter City	A
9	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	36	7	5	5	33	26	6	5	8	25	37	0.921	36	D	W	L	D	D	1953-03-28	Norwich City	A
10	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	35	11	2	5	36	20	3	4	10	19	37	0.965	34	W	W	D	D	W	1953-03-28	Bristol Rovers	A
11	-1	Exeter City	37	9	7	2	34	15	2	5	12	19	40	0.964	34	L	W	W	L	L	1953-03-28	Southend United	H
12	-1	Colchester United	34	8	7	2	33	18	3	4	10	11	27	0.978	33	D	W	D	L	D	1953-03-28	Newport County	H
13	3	Reading	35	11	2	3	33	11	2	5	12	16	41	0.942	33	W	L	W	L	D	1953-03-28	Millwall	A
14	0	Gillingham	36	8	6	5	22	20	2	7	8	19	31	0.804	33	D	D	L	L	D	1953-03-28	Ipswich Town	H
15	0	Queens Park Rangers	36	7	9	2	34	29	2	6	10	20	39	0.794	33	D	D	L	D	L	1953-03-28	Torquay United	H
16	-3	Ipswich Town	35	8	5	4	25	23	3	5	10	22	33	0.839	32	L	L	L	L	W	1953-03-25	Leyton Orient	H
17	0	Aldershot	35	6	6	5	30	23	4	5	9	21	36	0.864	31	L	L	D	D	D	1953-03-28	Crystal Palace	H
18	0	Leyton Orient	35	9	5	4	38	21	2	3	12	12	35	0.893	30	D	D	D	D	W	1953-03-25	Ipswich Town	A
19	2	Torquay United	36	10	4	4	45	24	1	4	13	19	50	0.865	30	W	L	W	L	W	1953-03-28	Queens Park Rangers	A
20	2	Newport County	36	10	1	6	36	27	2	5	12	21	42	0.826	30	W	L	W	D	L	1953-03-28	Colchester United	A
21	-2	Swindon Town	36	7	4	8	32	30	3	5	9	17	34	0.766	29	L	D	W	W	D	1953-03-28	Bristol City	H
22	-2	Shrewsbury Town	36	9	4	6	30	28	1	5	11	23	42	0.757	29	L	L	W	D	W	1953-03-28	Northampton Town	H
23	0	Crystal Palace	35	8	4	4	30	22	2	5	12	22	47	0.754	29	W	L	D	L	W	1953-03-28	Aldershot	A
24	0	Walsall	37	3	7	8	27	41	2	0	17	18	58	0.455	17	L	W	L	L	D	1953-03-28	Leyton Orient	H