Friday 1953-04-03

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	2	1	Derby County	Bloomfield Road	27,382
Mortensen, Taylor	Lineups		McLaren
Bolton Wanderers	5	0	Sunderland	Burnden Park	34,862
Lofthouse 3, Langton, Neill	Lineups
Burnley	2	2	Preston North End	Turf Moor	41,685
McIlroy, Elliott	Lineups		Wayman, Foster
Charlton Athletic	2	2	Manchester United	The Valley	41,814
Hurst, Leary	Lineups		Berry, Taylor
Chelsea	1	1	Arsenal	Stamford Bridge	72,614	Largest home, D 1 & league gate 1952-53
Parsons	Lineups		Goring
Liverpool	2	1	Cardiff City	Anfield Road	52,259	Largest home gate 1952-53
Jones W, Bimpson	Lineups		Northcott
Manchester City	3	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Maine Road	55,486
Broadis, Whitfield, Cunliffe	Lineups		Sewell
Newcastle United	1	0	Middlesbrough	St James' Park	48,434
Hannah	Lineups
Portsmouth	2	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Fratton Park	39,720
Froggatt, Harris	Lineups		Slater, Swinbourne
Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	Stoke City	White Hart Lane	35,606
Harmer	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	Preston North End	35	13	2	3	41	23	4	8	5	33	31	1.37	44	D	L	W	D	W	1953-04-04	Sunderland	A
2	0	Charlton Athletic	35	10	7	0	41	17	7	3	8	28	35	1.327	44	D	W	W	W	L	1953-04-04	Manchester City	H
3	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	10	5	3	42	25	6	7	6	29	32	1.246	44	D	L	W	D	W	1953-04-04	Stoke City	H
4	0	Burnley	35	9	6	4	29	19	7	5	4	27	20	1.436	43	D	L	L	W	W	1953-04-04	Aston Villa	A
5	0	West Bromwich Albion	35	11	3	4	30	16	7	3	7	27	36	1.096	42	D	D	W	L	D	1953-04-04	Blackpool	A
6	0	Arsenal	34	10	3	3	43	23	5	8	5	33	30	1.434	41	D	L	D	D	D	1953-04-04	Liverpool	H
7	0	Blackpool	36	11	4	3	39	20	6	3	9	24	37	1.105	41	W	W	L	L	W	1953-04-04	West Bromwich Albion	H
8	0	Manchester United	36	9	4	4	26	21	6	5	8	32	36	1.018	39	D	D	W	L	W	1953-04-04	Cardiff City	H
9	0	Sunderland	36	9	7	1	33	22	4	4	11	25	46	0.853	37	L	L	D	L	D	1953-04-04	Preston North End	H
10	0	Bolton Wanderers	35	9	4	5	37	30	5	4	8	17	25	0.982	36	W	W	L	W	L	1953-04-04	Tottenham Hotspur	H
11	1	Tottenham Hotspur	36	10	5	4	51	34	3	4	10	17	24	1.172	35	W	D	L	L	W	1953-04-04	Bolton Wanderers	A
12	-1	Cardiff City	34	6	7	4	27	14	5	4	8	15	22	1.167	33	L	D	W	W	W	1953-04-04	Manchester United	A
13	1	Newcastle United	36	9	5	5	31	28	3	4	10	20	29	0.895	33	W	L	W	D	D	1953-04-04	Chelsea	A
14	3	Liverpool	36	9	5	5	33	27	4	2	11	20	39	0.803	33	W	L	L	L	W	1953-04-04	Arsenal	A
15	0	Portsmouth	36	8	6	4	33	27	3	4	11	28	43	0.871	32	D	D	W	L	D	1953-04-04	Sheffield Wednesday	H
16	-3	Aston Villa	34	6	6	4	27	18	4	5	9	22	33	0.961	31	W	D	L	L	W	1953-04-04	Burnley	H
17	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	37	7	4	7	29	30	4	5	10	22	31	0.836	31	L	D	L	W	L	1953-04-04	Portsmouth	A
18	0	Chelsea	36	9	3	6	30	20	1	7	10	20	38	0.862	30	D	D	W	W	W	1953-04-04	Newcastle United	H
19	2	Manchester City	35	11	2	5	38	22	1	4	12	23	49	0.859	30	W	W	D	W	L	1953-04-04	Charlton Athletic	A
20	-1	Stoke City	36	8	4	6	31	24	2	5	11	16	33	0.825	29	L	W	D	L	D	1953-04-04	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
21	-1	Middlesbrough	36	9	5	4	34	25	1	4	13	16	45	0.714	29	L	W	L	D	D	1953-04-04	Derby County	A
22	0	Derby County	36	8	4	5	32	24	1	3	15	15	43	0.701	25	L	D	L	L	L	1953-04-04	Middlesbrough	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	2	0	Barnsley	Ewood Park	18,467
Crossan, Holmes	Lineups
Brentford	0	0	Swansea Town	Griffin Park	17,876
	Lineups
Bury	1	0	Luton Town	Gigg Lane	15,648
Gleadall	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	1	0	Birmingham City	Belle Vue	18,056
Lawlor	Lineups
Lincoln City	2	1	Hull City	Sincil Bank	18,445
Garvie, Whittle	Lineups		Gerrie
Notts County	0	4	Plymouth Argyle	Meadow Lane	18,363
	Lineups		Govan 2, Astall, Tadman
West Ham United	1	2	Fulham	Upton Park	24,592
Barrett	Lineups		Jezzard 2

				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	36	13	3	2	55	23	9	5	4	34	26	1.816	52	D	W	W	D	W	1953-04-04	Notts County	H
2	0	Huddersfield Town	35	10	4	3	34	10	9	5	4	31	17	2.407	47	L	W	D	D	W	1953-04-04	Leicester City	H
3	0	Luton Town	35	13	1	4	46	15	7	4	6	28	28	1.721	45	L	W	W	W	D	1953-04-04	Blackburn Rovers	A
4	1	Plymouth Argyle	36	10	4	4	31	20	8	3	7	27	29	1.184	43	W	L	W	L	D	1953-04-04	Everton	A
5	-1	Nottingham Forest	35	10	4	3	41	25	7	3	8	30	28	1.34	41	W	W	W	D	D	1953-04-04	Leeds United	H
6	0	Fulham	37	13	1	4	46	22	3	8	8	26	38	1.2	41	W	W	D	L	D	1953-04-06	West Ham United	H
7	0	Leicester City	35	11	5	2	49	25	4	4	9	30	43	1.162	39	W	D	L	D	D	1953-04-04	Huddersfield Town	A
8	0	Birmingham City	35	9	3	6	37	33	6	6	5	22	24	1.035	39	L	D	W	L	L	1953-04-04	Hull City	A
9	3	Blackburn Rovers	37	11	3	5	35	19	4	4	10	21	37	1	37	W	W	L	D	D	1953-04-04	Luton Town	H
10	-1	Leeds United	35	11	3	4	37	22	1	9	7	21	29	1.137	36	L	L	W	D	L	1953-04-04	Nottingham Forest	A
11	-1	West Ham United	36	8	5	6	35	26	3	8	6	14	20	1.065	35	L	L	W	W	D	1953-04-04	Swansea Town	A
12	-1	Rotherham United	36	8	5	5	37	28	7	0	11	31	40	1	35	D	L	D	L	W	1953-04-04	Brentford	A
13	0	Swansea Town	36	7	8	2	35	21	5	3	11	30	49	0.929	35	D	L	W	W	W	1953-04-04	West Ham United	H
14	0	Doncaster Rovers	36	7	8	3	22	16	3	6	9	28	40	0.893	34	W	W	D	L	W	1953-04-06	Birmingham City	A
15	1	Brentford	35	8	5	4	32	22	4	3	11	18	43	0.769	32	D	L	L	W	W	1953-04-04	Rotherham United	H
16	-1	Everton	34	6	7	3	30	18	3	6	9	29	38	1.054	31	D	D	L	D	D	1953-04-04	Plymouth Argyle	H
17	1	Bury	36	8	6	5	29	29	3	3	11	19	36	0.738	31	W	W	L	D	L	1953-04-04	Lincoln City	A
18	-1	Notts County	36	9	5	5	38	31	3	2	12	16	48	0.684	31	L	W	L	W	L	1953-04-04	Sheffield United	A
19	1	Lincoln City	35	6	9	3	31	25	1	7	9	17	40	0.738	30	W	D	L	L	D	1953-04-04	Bury	H
20	-1	Hull City	35	9	4	4	31	17	2	2	14	18	46	0.778	28	L	L	W	W	W	1953-04-04	Birmingham City	H
21	0	Southampton	35	3	5	9	35	40	3	6	9	19	38	0.692	23	D	L	L	L	L	1953-04-04	Barnsley	A
22	0	Barnsley	36	4	3	10	29	37	1	4	14	15	58	0.463	17	L	L	L	L	D	1953-04-04	Southampton	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Carlisle United	4	4	Bradford City	Brunton Park	8,222
Whitehouse 2 (1p), Harrison, Drury	Lineups		Williamson, Carr 3
Crewe Alexandra	2	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Gresty Road	9,379
King, Betts	Lineups
Darlington	1	0	Gateshead	Feethams Ground	7,144
Scarborough	Lineups
Grimsby Town	2	1	York City	Blundell Park	18,551
Grant, Lloyd	Lineups		Fenton
Hartlepools United	2	1	Rochdale	Victoria Park	8,777
Harden, Newton	Lineups		Boxshall
Oldham Athletic	3	0	Accrington Stanley	Boundary Park	21,698
McKennan (p), Gemmell 2	Lineups
Port Vale	1	1	Chester	Vale Park	19,413
Griffiths	Lineups		Sutcliffe
Southport	3	0	Stockport County	Haig Avenue	8,704
Dale, Gaskell, Billingham	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	2	0	Barrow	Prenton Park	9,098
Davies, Done	Lineups
Workington	2	2	Bradford	Borough Park	6,698
Simmonds, Dick	Lineups		Smith, Milburn
Wrexham	2	2	Chesterfield	Racecourse Ground	18,927	Largest home gate 1952-53
Hewitt, Bannan	Lineups		Smith 2

				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	38	13	3	4	44	19	6	7	5	24	21	1.7	48	W	L	L	L	D	1953-04-04	Port Vale	A
2	0	Grimsby Town	39	14	5	2	44	16	5	5	8	23	27	1.558	48	W	D	D	W	L	1953-04-04	Hartlepools United	A
3	0	Wrexham	38	16	3	2	51	24	4	4	9	22	33	1.281	47	D	W	W	W	D	1953-04-04	Southport	A
4	0	Port Vale	38	10	7	1	31	9	6	7	7	20	20	1.759	46	D	L	D	W	D	1953-04-04	Oldham Athletic	H
5	0	Crewe Alexandra	39	13	4	3	42	22	7	2	10	22	34	1.143	46	W	W	W	W	W	1953-04-04	Bradford	H
6	2	Southport	39	13	4	2	34	13	4	6	10	19	35	1.104	44	W	L	D	W	D	1953-04-04	Wrexham	H
7	0	Carlisle United	40	12	5	3	53	23	4	6	10	19	31	1.333	43	D	L	L	W	W	1953-04-04	Barrow	H
8	-2	York City	38	11	5	4	29	15	5	6	7	20	22	1.324	43	L	W	W	D	D	1953-04-04	Gateshead	A
9	0	Gateshead	39	11	4	3	37	17	3	9	9	23	34	1.176	41	L	D	W	L	W	1953-04-04	York City	H
10	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	40	9	4	6	33	17	6	7	8	23	33	1.12	41	L	L	L	W	L	1953-04-04	Halifax Town	H
11	0	Bradford	39	8	6	5	24	19	7	4	9	32	34	1.057	40	D	W	W	W	D	1953-04-04	Crewe Alexandra	A
12	3	Tranmere Rovers	39	14	4	2	38	12	3	1	15	15	39	1.039	39	W	W	L	W	L	1953-04-04	Darlington	A
13	-1	Halifax Town	37	11	5	4	40	28	2	8	7	16	27	1.018	39	W	D	L	D	W	1953-04-04	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
14	-1	Barrow	39	14	5	1	44	17	1	4	14	16	45	0.968	39	L	W	L	D	L	1953-04-04	Carlisle United	A
15	1	Hartlepools United	39	11	5	3	29	13	2	8	10	17	39	0.885	39	W	L	L	D	W	1953-04-04	Grimsby Town	H
16	-2	Stockport County	38	10	6	2	50	22	4	4	12	20	38	1.167	38	L	W	W	L	D	1953-04-04	Accrington Stanley	H
17	0	Chesterfield	39	10	6	4	33	22	3	5	11	19	33	0.945	37	D	D	L	D	L	1953-04-04	Rochdale	A
18	1	Bradford City	39	10	6	2	36	26	0	10	11	19	47	0.753	36	D	D	L	W	D	1953-04-04	Workington	H
19	-1	Mansfield Town	37	8	8	3	28	23	4	3	11	14	29	0.808	35	W	L	D	L	W	1953-04-04	Chester	A
20	0	Chester	38	9	4	4	30	15	1	8	12	24	49	0.844	32	D	L	D	W	W	1953-04-04	Mansfield Town	H
21	0	Darlington	39	11	4	4	30	23	1	2	17	24	60	0.651	30	W	L	W	D	D	1953-04-04	Tranmere Rovers	H
22	0	Workington	38	8	5	7	35	29	2	3	13	11	44	0.63	28	D	L	L	L	L	1953-04-04	Bradford City	A
23	0	Rochdale	39	9	4	5	35	23	1	0	20	18	52	0.707	24	L	L	W	L	L	1953-04-04	Chesterfield	H
24	0	Accrington Stanley	38	6	8	6	23	26	1	1	16	13	47	0.493	23	L	W	L	L	D	1953-04-04	Stockport County	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	1	1	Exeter City	Recreation Ground	7,430
Laird	Lineups		Davey
Brighton & Hove Albion	4	2	Walsall	Goldstone Ground	13,383
Foreman 2, Addinall, Green OG	Lineups		Bowen, Hughes
Bristol City	1	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Ashton Gate	25,403
Atyeo	Lineups		Cross
Colchester United	0	1	Coventry City	Layer Road	10,618
	Lineups		Brown
Gillingham	4	2	Shrewsbury Town	Priestfield Stadium	12,070
Sowden 2 (1p), Cherry, Lambert	Lineups		Brown, Jackson
Leyton Orient	3	1	Norwich City	Brisbane Road	18,535
Aldous, Lusted, Pacey	Lineups		Ackerman
Millwall	2	1	Queens Park Rangers	The Den, New Cross	23,962
Hartburn, Smith	Lineups		Smith
Newport County	1	1	Watford	Somerton Park	9,319
Beattie	Lineups		Collins
Reading	4	1	Torquay United	Elm Park	13,199
Blackman, Hinshelwood, McLean 2	Lineups		Edds
Southend United	2	2	Crystal Palace	Greyhound Stadium	10,341
Burns, Grant	Lineups		Simpson 2
Swindon Town	1	3	Bristol Rovers	County Ground	24,459	Largest home gate 1952-53
Lunn	Lineups		Batchelor OG, Bradford 2

				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	37	16	4	0	51	13	9	5	3	33	20	2.545	59	W	W	L	W	D	1953-04-04	Southend United	A
2	0	Bristol City	38	11	7	1	59	26	8	6	5	25	24	1.68	51	D	D	D	W	W	1953-04-04	Aldershot	H
3	1	Millwall	37	12	6	2	38	13	8	4	5	28	23	1.833	50	W	W	W	D	D	1953-04-04	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
4	-1	Northampton Town	36	14	2	1	57	22	7	5	7	31	33	1.6	49	W	W	D	D	D	1953-04-04	Queens Park Rangers	H
5	0	Norwich City	37	13	5	1	43	15	7	2	9	33	30	1.689	47	L	W	L	W	D	1953-04-04	Newport County	A
6	0	Coventry City	38	15	3	2	48	17	4	5	9	21	33	1.38	46	W	W	L	L	L	1953-04-04	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
7	0	Southend United	38	13	4	2	34	13	3	5	11	25	47	0.983	41	D	W	W	L	W	1953-04-04	Bristol Rovers	H
8	0	Watford	38	11	5	2	34	17	2	9	9	19	39	0.946	40	D	L	W	D	D	1953-04-04	Exeter City	H
9	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	8	5	5	37	28	6	5	9	27	40	0.941	38	W	L	D	W	L	1953-04-04	Coventry City	H
10	3	Gillingham	38	9	7	5	27	23	2	7	8	19	31	0.852	36	W	D	D	D	L	1953-04-04	Reading	A
11	3	Reading	37	12	2	3	37	12	2	5	13	16	42	0.981	35	W	L	W	L	W	1953-04-04	Gillingham	H
12	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	37	11	2	5	36	20	3	5	11	21	40	0.95	35	D	L	W	W	D	1953-04-04	Millwall	H
13	-1	Exeter City	39	9	7	3	34	17	2	6	12	20	41	0.931	35	D	L	L	W	W	1953-04-04	Watford	A
14	-4	Colchester United	36	8	8	3	36	22	3	4	10	11	27	0.959	34	L	D	D	W	D	1953-04-04	Crystal Palace	A
15	2	Leyton Orient	38	10	5	4	41	22	3	3	13	13	36	0.931	34	W	L	W	D	D	1953-04-04	Shrewsbury Town	H
16	-1	Ipswich Town	37	8	5	5	25	24	3	6	10	23	34	0.828	33	D	L	L	L	L	1953-04-04	Walsall	H
17	-1	Queens Park Rangers	38	7	9	3	34	30	2	6	11	21	41	0.775	33	L	L	D	D	L	1953-04-04	Northampton Town	A
18	1	Aldershot	37	6	7	6	31	25	4	5	9	21	36	0.852	32	D	L	L	L	D	1953-04-04	Bristol City	A
19	-1	Torquay United	38	10	4	4	45	24	2	4	14	21	54	0.846	32	L	W	W	L	W	1953-04-04	Swindon Town	H
20	0	Newport County	38	10	2	6	37	28	2	6	12	24	45	0.836	32	D	D	W	L	W	1953-04-04	Norwich City	H
21	0	Crystal Palace	37	8	4	4	30	22	3	6	12	25	49	0.775	32	D	W	W	L	D	1953-04-04	Colchester United	H
22	0	Swindon Town	38	7	5	9	33	33	3	5	9	17	34	0.746	30	L	D	L	D	W	1953-04-04	Torquay United	A
23	0	Shrewsbury Town	38	9	4	7	32	32	1	5	12	25	46	0.731	29	L	L	L	L	W	1953-04-04	Leyton Orient	A
24	0	Walsall	39	4	7	8	28	41	2	0	18	20	62	0.466	19	L	W	L	W	L	1953-04-04	Ipswich Town	A