Saturday 1953-04-04

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	5	3	Liverpool	Highbury	39,564
Roper 2, Lishman, Goring, Hughes OG	Lineups		Bimpson, A'Court, Liddell
Aston Villa	2	0	Burnley	Villa Park	24,037
Moss A, Canning	Lineups
Blackpool	2	0	West Bromwich Albion	Bloomfield Road	30,592
Mortensen 2	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	2	3	Tottenham Hotspur	Burnden Park	40,185
Moir 2	Lineups		McClellan, Stokes, Duquemin
Charlton Athletic	1	2	Manchester City	The Valley	26,327
Leary	Lineups		Hart, McCourt
Chelsea	1	2	Newcastle United	Stamford Bridge	40,218
Harris (p)	Lineups		Mitchell 2
Derby County	3	3	Middlesbrough	Baseball Ground	17,935
Hazledine, McLaren, Stamps	Lineups		Edwards, Mannion 2
Manchester United	1	4	Cardiff City	Old Trafford	38,987
Byrne	Lineups		Grant 2, Tiddy, Chisholm
Portsmouth	5	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Fratton Park	29,614
Harris 2, Phillips, Henderson 2	Lineups		Froggatt, Quixall
Sunderland	2	2	Preston North End	Roker Park	29,793
Ford, McSeveney	Lineups		Foster, Morrison
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	0	Stoke City	Molineux	30,396
Stockin 2, Wilshaw	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	38	11	5	3	45	25	6	7	6	29	32	1.298	46	W	D	L	W	D	1953-04-06	Portsmouth	H
2	-1	Preston North End	36	13	2	3	41	23	4	9	5	35	33	1.357	45	D	D	L	W	D	1953-04-06	Burnley	H
3	-1	Charlton Athletic	36	10	7	1	42	19	7	3	8	28	35	1.296	44	L	D	W	W	W	1953-04-06	Manchester United	A
4	2	Arsenal	35	11	3	3	48	26	5	8	5	33	30	1.446	43	W	D	L	D	D	1953-04-06	Chelsea	H
5	-1	Burnley	36	9	6	4	29	19	7	5	5	27	22	1.366	43	L	D	L	L	W	1953-04-06	Preston North End	A
6	1	Blackpool	37	12	4	3	41	20	6	3	9	24	37	1.14	43	W	W	W	L	L	1953-04-06	Derby County	A
7	-2	West Bromwich Albion	36	11	3	4	30	16	7	3	8	27	38	1.056	42	L	D	D	W	L	1953-04-06	Aston Villa	H
8	0	Manchester United	37	9	4	5	27	25	6	5	8	32	36	0.967	39	L	D	D	W	L	1953-04-06	Charlton Athletic	H
9	0	Sunderland	37	9	8	1	35	24	4	4	11	25	46	0.857	38	D	L	L	D	L	1953-04-06	Bolton Wanderers	H
10	1	Tottenham Hotspur	37	10	5	4	51	34	4	4	10	20	26	1.183	37	W	W	D	L	L	1953-04-06	Stoke City	A
11	-1	Bolton Wanderers	36	9	4	6	39	33	5	4	8	17	25	0.966	36	L	W	W	L	W	1953-04-06	Sunderland	A
12	0	Cardiff City	35	6	7	4	27	14	6	4	8	19	23	1.243	35	W	L	D	W	W	1953-04-06	Liverpool	H
13	0	Newcastle United	37	9	5	5	31	28	4	4	10	22	30	0.914	35	W	W	L	W	D	1953-04-06	Middlesbrough	A
14	1	Portsmouth	37	9	6	4	38	29	3	4	11	28	43	0.917	34	W	D	D	W	L	1953-04-06	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
15	1	Aston Villa	35	7	6	4	29	18	4	5	9	22	33	1	33	W	W	D	L	L	1953-04-06	West Bromwich Albion	A
16	-2	Liverpool	37	9	5	5	33	27	4	2	12	23	44	0.789	33	L	W	L	L	L	1953-04-06	Cardiff City	A
17	2	Manchester City	36	11	2	5	38	22	2	4	12	25	50	0.875	32	W	W	W	D	W	1953-04-06	Sheffield Wednesday	A
18	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	38	7	4	7	29	30	4	5	11	24	36	0.803	31	L	L	D	L	W	1953-04-06	Manchester City	H
19	-1	Chelsea	37	9	3	7	31	22	1	7	10	20	38	0.85	30	L	D	D	W	W	1953-04-06	Arsenal	A
20	1	Middlesbrough	37	9	5	4	34	25	1	5	13	19	48	0.726	30	D	L	W	L	D	1953-04-06	Newcastle United	H
21	-1	Stoke City	37	8	4	6	31	24	2	5	12	16	36	0.783	29	L	L	W	D	L	1953-04-06	Tottenham Hotspur	H
22	0	Derby County	37	8	5	5	35	27	1	3	15	15	43	0.714	26	D	L	D	L	L	1953-04-06	Blackpool	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	0	1	Southampton	Oakwell	6,524
	Lineups		Sillett
Blackburn Rovers	1	1	Luton Town	Ewood Park	23,920
Eckersley (p)	Lineups		Mitchell
Brentford	1	1	Rotherham United	Griffin Park	14,411
Bloomfield	Lineups		Burke
Everton	2	0	Plymouth Argyle	Goodison Park	38,794
Eglington 2	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	1	0	Leicester City	Leeds Road	26,822
Shiner	Lineups
Hull City	2	0	Birmingham City	Boothferry Park	23,483
Horton, Murray	Lineups
Lincoln City	4	0	Bury	Sincil Bank	14,586
Garvie 2, Graver 2	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	2	1	Leeds United	City Ground	18,584
Burkitt, Leverton	Lineups		Nightingale
Sheffield United	2	1	Notts County	Bramall Lane	33,603
Hagan, Hawksworth	Lineups		Crookes
Swansea Town	4	1	West Ham United	Vetch Field	17,944
Lucas 2, Medwin, Griffiths	Lineups		Barrett
Footnotes
Barnsley relegated

				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	37	14	3	2	57	24	9	5	4	34	26	1.82	54	W	D	W	W	D	1953-04-06	Nottingham Forest	A
2	0	Huddersfield Town	36	11	4	3	35	10	9	5	4	31	17	2.444	49	W	L	W	D	D	1953-04-06	Everton	A
3	0	Luton Town	36	13	1	4	46	15	7	5	6	29	29	1.705	46	D	L	W	W	W	1953-04-06	Bury	H
4	1	Nottingham Forest	36	11	4	3	43	26	7	3	8	30	28	1.352	43	W	W	W	W	D	1953-04-06	Sheffield United	H
5	-1	Plymouth Argyle	37	10	4	4	31	20	8	3	8	27	31	1.137	43	L	W	L	W	L	1953-04-06	Notts County	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	36	11	5	2	49	25	4	4	10	30	44	1.145	39	L	W	D	L	D	1953-04-06	Rotherham United	A
8	0	Birmingham City	36	9	3	6	37	33	6	6	6	22	26	1	39	L	L	D	W	L	1953-04-06	Doncaster Rovers	H
9	0	Blackburn Rovers	38	11	4	5	36	20	4	4	10	21	37	1	38	D	W	W	L	D	1953-04-06	Barnsley	A
10	3	Swansea Town	37	8	8	2	39	22	5	3	11	30	49	0.972	37	W	D	L	W	W	1953-04-06	Brentford	H
11	-1	Leeds United	36	11	3	4	37	22	1	9	8	22	31	1.113	36	L	L	L	W	D	1953-04-06	Southampton	A
12	0	Rotherham United	37	8	5	5	37	28	7	1	11	32	41	1	36	D	D	L	D	L	1953-04-06	Leicester City	H
13	-2	West Ham United	37	8	5	6	35	26	3	8	7	15	24	1	35	L	L	L	W	W	1953-04-06	Fulham	A
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	Everton	35	7	7	3	32	18	3	6	9	29	38	1.089	33	W	D	D	L	D	1953-04-06	Huddersfield Town	H
16	-1	Brentford	36	8	6	4	33	23	4	3	11	18	43	0.773	33	D	D	L	L	W	1953-04-06	Swansea Town	A
17	2	Lincoln City	36	7	9	3	35	25	1	7	9	17	40	0.8	32	W	W	D	L	L	1953-04-06	Hull City	A
18	-1	Bury	37	8	6	5	29	29	3	3	12	19	40	0.696	31	L	W	W	L	D	1953-04-06	Luton Town	A
19	-1	Notts County	37	9	5	5	38	31	3	2	13	17	50	0.679	31	L	L	W	L	W	1953-04-06	Plymouth Argyle	A
20	0	Hull City	36	10	4	4	33	17	2	2	14	18	46	0.81	30	W	L	L	W	W	1953-04-06	Lincoln City	H
21	0	Southampton	36	3	5	9	35	40	4	6	9	20	38	0.705	25	W	D	L	L	L	1953-04-06	Leeds United	H
22	0	Barnsley	37	4	3	11	29	38	1	4	14	15	58	0.458	17	L	L	L	L	L	1953-04-06	Blackburn Rovers	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bradford City	4	0	Workington	Valley Parade	9,831
Carr 2, Rosenthal, Ward	Lineups
Carlisle United	0	0	Barrow	Brunton Park	6,383
	Lineups
Chester	2	2	Mansfield Town	Sealand Road	5,082
Moremont 2	Lineups		Reeve, Watson V
Crewe Alexandra	2	3	Bradford	Gresty Road	7,739
McGuigan, Mitcheson	Lineups		Crosbie 2, Deplidge
Darlington	1	2	Tranmere Rovers	Feethams Ground	5,108
Scarborough	Lineups		Done 2
Gateshead	1	1	York City	Redheugh Park	5,745
Ingham	Lineups		Fenton
Hartlepools United	2	0	Grimsby Town	Victoria Park	8,714
Harden 2	Lineups
Port Vale	1	1	Oldham Athletic	Vale Park	24,499	Largest home gate 1952-53
Sproson	Lineups		McKennan
Rochdale	0	2	Chesterfield	Spotland	4,803
	Lineups		Wilson (p), Harvey
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	1	1	Halifax Town	Old Showground	6,451
Whitfield	Lineups		Holt
Southport	1	0	Wrexham	Haig Avenue	8,561
Hitchen	Lineups
Stockport County	3	1	Accrington Stanley	Edgeley Park	7,068
Weigh 2, Connor	Lineups		Watkinson

				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	39	13	3	4	44	19	6	8	5	25	22	1.683	49	D	W	L	L	L	1953-04-06	Accrington Stanley	A
2	0	Grimsby Town	40	14	5	2	44	16	5	5	9	23	29	1.489	48	L	W	D	D	W	1953-04-06	York City	A
3	1	Port Vale	39	10	8	1	32	10	6	7	7	20	20	1.733	47	D	D	L	D	W	1953-04-06	Chester	A
4	-1	Wrexham	39	16	3	2	51	24	4	4	10	22	34	1.259	47	L	D	W	W	W	1953-04-06	Chesterfield	A
5	1	Southport	40	14	4	2	35	13	4	6	10	19	35	1.125	46	W	W	L	D	W	1953-04-06	Stockport County	A
6	-1	Crewe Alexandra	40	13	4	4	44	25	7	2	10	22	34	1.119	46	L	W	W	W	W	1953-04-06	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
7	0	Carlisle United	41	12	6	3	53	23	4	6	10	19	31	1.333	44	D	D	L	L	W	1953-04-07	Bradford City	A
8	0	York City	39	11	5	4	29	15	5	7	7	21	23	1.316	44	D	L	W	W	D	1953-04-06	Grimsby Town	H
9	0	Gateshead	40	11	5	3	38	18	3	9	9	23	34	1.173	42	D	L	D	W	L	1953-04-06	Darlington	H
10	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	41	9	5	6	34	18	6	7	8	23	33	1.118	42	D	L	L	L	W	1953-04-06	Crewe Alexandra	H
11	0	Bradford	40	8	6	5	24	19	8	4	9	35	36	1.073	42	W	D	W	W	W	1953-04-06	Workington	H
12	0	Tranmere Rovers	40	14	4	2	38	12	4	1	15	17	40	1.058	41	W	W	W	L	W	1953-04-06	Barrow	A
13	2	Hartlepools United	40	12	5	3	31	13	2	8	10	17	39	0.923	41	W	W	L	L	D	1953-04-06	Rochdale	A
14	2	Stockport County	39	11	6	2	53	23	4	4	12	20	38	1.197	40	W	L	W	W	L	1953-04-06	Southport	H
15	-2	Halifax Town	38	11	5	4	40	28	2	9	7	17	28	1.018	40	D	W	D	L	D	1953-04-06	Mansfield Town	H
16	-2	Barrow	40	14	5	1	44	17	1	5	14	16	45	0.968	40	D	L	W	L	D	1953-04-06	Tranmere Rovers	H
17	0	Chesterfield	40	10	6	4	33	22	4	5	11	21	33	0.982	39	W	D	D	L	D	1953-04-06	Wrexham	H
18	0	Bradford City	40	11	6	2	40	26	0	10	11	19	47	0.808	38	W	D	D	L	W	1953-04-07	Carlisle United	H
19	0	Mansfield Town	38	8	8	3	28	23	4	4	11	16	31	0.815	36	D	W	L	D	L	1953-04-06	Halifax Town	A
20	0	Chester	39	9	5	4	32	17	1	8	12	24	49	0.848	33	D	D	L	D	W	1953-04-06	Port Vale	H
21	0	Darlington	40	11	4	5	31	25	1	2	17	24	60	0.647	30	L	W	L	W	D	1953-04-06	Gateshead	A
22	0	Workington	39	8	5	7	35	29	2	3	14	11	48	0.597	28	L	D	L	L	L	1953-04-06	Bradford	A
23	0	Rochdale	40	9	4	6	35	25	1	0	20	18	52	0.688	24	L	L	L	W	L	1953-04-06	Hartlepools United	H
24	0	Accrington Stanley	39	6	8	6	23	26	1	1	17	14	50	0.487	23	L	L	W	L	L	1953-04-06	Oldham Athletic	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	1	Millwall	Dean Court	13,704
Cross	Lineups		Saward
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Coventry City	Goldstone Ground	14,930
Addinall	Lineups		Hill J
Bristol City	0	0	Aldershot	Ashton Gate	16,177
	Lineups
Crystal Palace	3	1	Colchester United	Selhurst Park	12,373
Thomas, Rainford, Briggs	Lineups		Church
Ipswich Town	5	0	Walsall	Portman Road	6,801
Brown, Parker 2, Ball, Elsworthy	Lineups
Leyton Orient	0	0	Shrewsbury Town	Brisbane Road	10,259
	Lineups
Newport County	1	1	Norwich City	Somerton Park	8,375
Graham	Lineups		Ashman (p)
Northampton Town	4	2	Queens Park Rangers	County Ground	12,546
Baxter, Dodgin, English, Fowler	Lineups		Tomkys, Cameron
Reading	3	2	Gillingham	Elm Park	12,267
Blackman 3	Lineups		Cherry, Sowden
Southend United	2	1	Bristol Rovers	Greyhound Stadium	16,010	Largest home gate 1952-53
Grant 2	Lineups		Bradford
Torquay United	3	1	Swindon Town	Plainmoor	6,334
Edds 2, Collins	Lineups		Millar
Watford	3	1	Exeter City	Vicarage Road	12,751
Meadows 2, Reid	Lineups		Knight

				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	38	16	4	0	51	13	9	5	4	34	22	2.429	59	L	W	W	L	W	1953-04-06	Swindon Town	H
2	0	Bristol City	39	11	8	1	59	26	8	6	5	25	24	1.68	52	D	D	D	D	W	1953-04-06	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
3	0	Millwall	38	12	6	2	38	13	8	5	5	29	24	1.811	51	D	W	W	W	D	1953-04-06	Queens Park Rangers	A
4	0	Northampton Town	37	15	2	1	61	24	7	5	7	31	33	1.614	51	W	W	W	D	D	1953-04-06	Ipswich Town	A
5	0	Norwich City	38	13	5	1	43	15	7	3	9	34	31	1.674	48	D	L	W	L	W	1953-04-06	Leyton Orient	H
6	0	Coventry City	39	15	3	2	48	17	4	6	9	22	34	1.373	47	D	W	W	L	L	1953-04-06	Colchester United	H
7	0	Southend United	39	14	4	2	36	14	3	5	11	25	47	1	43	W	D	W	W	L	1953-04-06	Crystal Palace	A
8	0	Watford	39	12	5	2	37	18	2	9	9	19	39	0.982	42	W	D	L	W	D	1953-04-06	Newport County	H
9	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	39	8	6	5	38	29	6	5	9	27	40	0.942	39	D	W	L	D	W	1953-04-06	Walsall	A
10	1	Reading	38	13	2	3	40	14	2	5	13	16	42	1	37	W	W	L	W	L	1953-04-06	Torquay United	A
11	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	38	11	3	5	37	21	3	5	11	21	40	0.951	36	D	D	L	W	W	1953-04-06	Bristol City	H
12	-2	Gillingham	39	9	7	5	27	23	2	7	9	21	34	0.842	36	L	W	D	D	D	1953-04-06	Shrewsbury Town	A
13	2	Leyton Orient	39	10	6	4	41	22	3	3	13	13	36	0.931	35	D	W	L	W	D	1953-04-06	Norwich City	A
14	2	Ipswich Town	38	9	5	5	30	24	3	6	10	23	34	0.914	35	W	D	L	L	L	1953-04-06	Northampton Town	H
15	-2	Exeter City	40	9	7	3	34	17	2	6	13	21	44	0.902	35	L	D	L	L	W	1953-04-06	Aldershot	H
16	-2	Colchester United	37	8	8	3	36	22	3	4	11	12	30	0.923	34	L	L	D	D	W	1953-04-06	Coventry City	A
17	2	Torquay United	39	11	4	4	48	25	2	4	14	21	54	0.873	34	W	L	W	W	L	1953-04-06	Reading	H
18	3	Crystal Palace	38	9	4	4	33	23	3	6	12	25	49	0.806	34	W	D	W	W	L	1953-04-06	Southend United	H
19	-1	Aldershot	38	6	7	6	31	25	4	6	9	21	36	0.852	33	D	D	L	L	L	1953-04-06	Exeter City	A
20	0	Newport County	39	10	3	6	38	29	2	6	12	24	45	0.838	33	D	D	D	W	L	1953-04-06	Watford	A
21	-4	Queens Park Rangers	39	7	9	3	34	30	2	6	12	23	45	0.76	33	L	L	L	D	D	1953-04-06	Millwall	H
22	1	Shrewsbury Town	39	9	4	7	32	32	1	6	12	25	46	0.731	30	D	L	L	L	L	1953-04-06	Gillingham	H
23	-1	Swindon Town	39	7	5	9	33	33	3	5	10	18	37	0.729	30	L	L	D	L	D	1953-04-06	Bristol Rovers	A
24	0	Walsall	40	4	7	8	28	41	2	0	19	20	67	0.444	19	L	L	W	L	W	1953-04-06	Brighton & Hove Albion	H