Monday 1953-04-06

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	2	0	Chelsea	Highbury	40,536
Lishman, Marden	Lineups
Cardiff City	4	0	Liverpool	Ninian Park	35,419
Grant 2, Chisholm 2	Lineups
Derby County	1	1	Blackpool	Baseball Ground	24,795
Lee	Lineups		Mortensen
Manchester United	3	2	Charlton Athletic	Old Trafford	31,914
Taylor 2, Rowley	Lineups		O'Linn, Firmani
Middlesbrough	2	1	Newcastle United	Ayresome Park	37,926
Mannion 2	Lineups		Mitchell (p)
Preston North End	2	1	Burnley	Deepdale	39,741	Largest home gate 1952-53
Foster, Baxter (p)	Lineups		McIlroy
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Manchester City	Hillsborough	43,520
Woodhead	Lineups		Hart
Stoke City	2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Victoria Ground	25,346
Brown, Thomson	Lineups
Sunderland	2	0	Bolton Wanderers	Roker Park	32,227
Wright T 2	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	3	2	Aston Villa	The Hawthorns	34,310
Allen 2 (1p), Griffin	Lineups		Blanchflower, Walsh (p)
Wolverhampton Wanderers	4	1	Portsmouth	Molineux	29,900
Wilshaw 2, Hancocks, Stockin	Lineups		Harris

				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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	12	5	3	49	26	6	7	6	29	32	1.345	48	W	W	D	L	W	1953-04-11	Preston North End	A
2	0	Preston North End	37	14	2	3	43	24	4	9	5	35	33	1.368	47	W	D	D	L	W	1953-04-11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
3	1	Arsenal	36	12	3	3	50	26	5	8	5	33	30	1.482	45	W	W	D	L	D	1953-04-11	Manchester City	A
4	-1	Charlton Athletic	37	10	7	1	42	19	7	3	9	30	38	1.263	44	L	L	D	W	W	1953-04-11	Stoke City	A
5	1	Blackpool	38	12	4	3	41	20	6	4	9	25	38	1.138	44	D	W	W	W	L	1953-04-11	Middlesbrough	A
6	1	West Bromwich Albion	37	12	3	4	33	18	7	3	8	27	38	1.071	44	W	L	D	D	W	1953-04-07	Aston Villa	A
7	-2	Burnley	37	9	6	4	29	19	7	5	6	28	24	1.326	43	L	L	D	L	L	1953-04-11	Sunderland	H
8	0	Manchester United	38	10	4	5	30	27	6	5	8	32	36	0.984	41	W	L	D	D	W	1953-04-11	Newcastle United	A
9	0	Sunderland	38	10	8	1	37	24	4	4	11	25	46	0.886	40	W	D	L	L	D	1953-04-11	Burnley	A
10	2	Cardiff City	36	7	7	4	31	14	6	4	8	19	23	1.351	37	W	W	L	D	W	1953-04-11	Portsmouth	H
11	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	38	10	5	4	51	34	4	4	11	20	28	1.145	37	L	W	W	D	L	1953-04-11	Aston Villa	H
12	-1	Bolton Wanderers	37	9	4	6	39	33	5	4	9	17	27	0.933	36	L	L	W	W	L	1953-04-11	Sheffield Wednesday	A
13	0	Newcastle United	38	9	5	5	31	28	4	4	11	23	32	0.9	35	L	W	W	L	W	1953-04-11	Manchester United	H
14	0	Portsmouth	38	9	6	4	38	29	3	4	12	29	47	0.882	34	L	W	D	D	W	1953-04-11	Cardiff City	A
15	0	Aston Villa	36	7	6	4	29	18	4	5	10	24	36	0.981	33	L	W	W	D	L	1953-04-07	West Bromwich Albion	H
16	1	Manchester City	37	11	2	5	38	22	2	5	12	26	51	0.877	33	D	W	W	W	D	1953-04-11	Arsenal	H
17	-1	Liverpool	38	9	5	5	33	27	4	2	13	23	48	0.747	33	L	L	W	L	L	1953-04-11	Derby County	H
18	0	Sheffield Wednesday	39	7	5	7	30	31	4	5	11	24	36	0.806	32	D	L	L	D	L	1953-04-11	Bolton Wanderers	H
19	1	Middlesbrough	38	10	5	4	36	26	1	5	13	19	48	0.743	32	W	D	L	W	L	1953-04-11	Blackpool	H
20	1	Stoke City	38	9	4	6	33	24	2	5	12	16	36	0.817	31	W	L	L	W	D	1953-04-11	Charlton Athletic	H
21	-2	Chelsea	38	9	3	7	31	22	1	7	11	20	40	0.823	30	L	L	D	D	W	1953-04-11	West Bromwich Albion	A
22	0	Derby County	38	8	6	5	36	28	1	3	15	15	43	0.718	27	D	D	L	D	L	1953-04-11	Liverpool	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	1	4	Blackburn Rovers	Oakwell	4,483
Bartlett	Lineups		Quigley 2, Wright 2
Birmingham City	2	1	Doncaster Rovers	St Andrew's	12,055
Lane, Boyd	Lineups		Walker
Everton	2	1	Huddersfield Town	Goodison Park	48,221	Largest home & D 2 gate 1952-53
Buckle 2	Lineups		Lindsay OG
Fulham	2	3	West Ham United	Craven Cottage	19,270
Haynes, Newcombe	Lineups		Dixon 2, Sexton
Hull City	1	1	Lincoln City	Boothferry Park	26,802
Gerrie	Lineups		Garvie
Luton Town	4	1	Bury	Kenilworth Road	16,363
Turner, McJarrow 2, Hart OG	Lineups		Gleadall
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Sheffield United	City Ground	30,480
Collindridge	Lineups		Ringstead
Plymouth Argyle	2	2	Notts County	Home Park	18,330
Astall, Chisholm	Lineups		Adamson, Broome
Rotherham United	0	0	Leicester City	Millmoor	14,330
	Lineups
Southampton	2	2	Leeds United	The Dell	17,704
Horton, Day	Lineups		Nightingale 2
Swansea Town	3	2	Brentford	Vetch Field	21,695
Allchurch I 3	Lineups		Ledgerton, Godwin

				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	38	14	3	2	57	24	9	6	4	35	27	1.804	55	D	W	D	W	W	1953-04-11	Leicester City	A
2	0	Huddersfield Town	37	11	4	3	35	10	9	5	5	32	19	2.31	49	L	W	L	W	D	1953-04-07	Everton	H
3	0	Luton Town	37	14	1	4	50	16	7	5	6	29	29	1.756	48	W	D	L	W	W	1953-04-11	Nottingham Forest	H
4	0	Nottingham Forest	37	11	5	3	44	27	7	3	8	30	28	1.345	44	D	W	W	W	W	1953-04-11	Luton Town	A
5	0	Plymouth Argyle	38	10	5	4	33	22	8	3	8	27	31	1.132	44	D	L	W	L	W	1953-04-11	Brentford	H
6	0	Fulham	38	13	1	5	48	25	3	8	8	26	38	1.175	41	L	W	W	D	L	1953-04-11	Swansea Town	H
7	1	Birmingham City	37	10	3	6	39	34	6	6	6	22	26	1.017	41	W	L	L	D	W	1953-04-11	Blackburn Rovers	H
8	-1	Leicester City	37	11	5	2	49	25	4	5	10	30	44	1.145	40	D	L	W	D	L	1953-04-07	Rotherham United	H
9	0	Blackburn Rovers	39	11	4	5	36	20	5	4	10	25	38	1.052	40	W	D	W	W	L	1953-04-11	Birmingham City	A
10	0	Swansea Town	38	9	8	2	42	24	5	3	11	30	49	0.986	39	W	W	D	L	W	1953-04-11	Fulham	A
11	0	Leeds United	37	11	3	4	37	22	1	10	8	24	33	1.109	37	D	L	L	L	W	1953-04-11	Everton	H
12	1	West Ham United	38	8	5	6	35	26	4	8	7	18	26	1.019	37	W	L	L	L	W	1953-04-11	Huddersfield Town	H
13	-1	Rotherham United	38	8	6	5	37	28	7	1	11	32	41	1	37	D	D	D	L	D	1953-04-07	Leicester City	A
14	1	Everton	36	8	7	3	34	19	3	6	9	29	38	1.105	35	W	W	D	D	L	1953-04-07	Huddersfield Town	A
15	-1	Doncaster Rovers	37	7	8	3	22	16	3	6	10	29	42	0.879	34	L	W	W	D	L	1953-04-11	Rotherham United	A
16	1	Lincoln City	37	7	9	3	35	25	1	8	9	18	41	0.803	33	D	W	W	D	L	1953-04-11	Southampton	A
17	-1	Brentford	37	8	6	4	33	23	4	3	12	20	46	0.768	33	L	D	D	L	L	1953-04-11	Plymouth Argyle	A
18	1	Notts County	38	9	5	5	38	31	3	3	13	19	52	0.687	32	D	L	L	W	L	1953-04-11	Barnsley	H
19	1	Hull City	37	10	5	4	34	18	2	2	14	18	46	0.813	31	D	W	L	L	W	1953-04-11	Bury	A
20	-2	Bury	38	8	6	5	29	29	3	3	13	20	44	0.671	31	L	L	W	W	L	1953-04-11	Hull City	H
21	0	Southampton	37	3	6	9	37	42	4	6	9	20	38	0.713	26	D	W	D	L	L	1953-04-11	Lincoln City	H
22	0	Barnsley	38	4	3	12	30	42	1	4	14	15	58	0.45	17	L	L	L	L	L	1953-04-11	Notts County	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	0	2	Oldham Athletic	Peel Park	10,465	Largest home gate 1952-53
	Lineups		McIlvenny, Ormond
Barrow	2	0	Tranmere Rovers	Holker Street	5,707
Collins, Gibson OG	Lineups
Bradford	6	1	Workington	Park Avenue	8,407
Crosbie 3, Milburn, Brickley 2	Lineups		Wallbanks
Chester	2	2	Port Vale	Sealand Road	10,553
Moremont, Travis	Lineups		Cunliffe, Askey
Chesterfield	2	1	Wrexham	Saltergate Recreation Ground	8,507
Sears, Westcott	Lineups		Tilston
Gateshead	5	1	Darlington	Redheugh Park	4,248
Wyles, Campbell 3, Davison OG	Lineups		Wardle
Halifax Town	1	2	Mansfield Town	The Shay	5,794
Frost	Lineups		Fox, Watson V
Rochdale	3	1	Hartlepools United	Spotland	3,378
Murray, Arthur (p), Boxshall	Lineups		Richardson
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	2	0	Crewe Alexandra	Old Showground	5,989
Haigh, Brown	Lineups
Stockport County	3	0	Southport	Edgeley Park	7,940
Connor 2, Barrett OG	Lineups
York City	2	0	Grimsby Town	Bootham Crescent	12,414
Hughes, Warrender	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	40	13	3	4	44	19	7	8	5	27	22	1.732	51	W	D	W	L	L	1953-04-11	Chester	H
2	1	Port Vale	40	10	8	1	32	10	6	8	7	22	22	1.688	48	D	D	D	L	D	1953-04-11	Bradford	A
3	-1	Grimsby Town	41	14	5	2	44	16	5	5	10	23	31	1.426	48	L	L	W	D	D	1953-04-11	Carlisle United	H
4	0	Wrexham	40	16	3	2	51	24	4	4	11	23	36	1.233	47	L	L	D	W	W	1953-04-11	Crewe Alexandra	H
5	3	York City	40	12	5	4	31	15	5	7	7	21	23	1.368	46	W	D	L	W	W	1953-04-11	Hartlepools United	H
6	0	Crewe Alexandra	41	13	4	4	44	25	7	2	11	22	36	1.082	46	L	L	W	W	W	1953-04-11	Wrexham	A
7	-2	Southport	41	14	4	2	35	13	4	6	11	19	38	1.059	46	L	W	W	L	D	1953-04-11	Barrow	A
8	-1	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
9	0	Gateshead	41	12	5	3	43	19	3	9	9	23	34	1.245	44	W	D	L	D	W	1953-04-11	Tranmere Rovers	A
10	1	Bradford	41	9	6	5	30	20	8	4	9	35	36	1.161	44	W	W	D	W	W	1953-04-11	Port Vale	H
11	-1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	42	10	5	6	36	18	6	7	8	23	33	1.157	44	W	D	L	L	L	1953-04-11	Mansfield Town	A
12	2	Stockport County	40	12	6	2	56	23	4	4	12	20	38	1.246	42	W	W	L	W	W	1953-04-11	Halifax Town	A
13	3	Barrow	41	15	5	1	46	17	1	5	14	16	45	1	42	W	D	L	W	L	1953-04-11	Southport	H
14	-2	Tranmere Rovers	41	14	4	2	38	12	4	1	16	17	42	1.019	41	L	W	W	W	L	1953-04-11	Gateshead	H
15	2	Chesterfield	41	11	6	4	35	23	4	5	11	21	33	1	41	W	W	D	D	L	1953-04-11	Darlington	H
16	-3	Hartlepools United	41	12	5	3	31	13	2	8	11	18	42	0.891	41	L	W	W	L	L	1953-04-11	York City	A
17	-2	Halifax Town	39	11	5	5	41	30	2	9	7	17	28	1	40	L	D	W	D	L	1953-04-07	Mansfield Town	A
18	1	Mansfield Town	39	8	8	3	28	23	5	4	11	18	32	0.836	38	W	D	W	L	D	1953-04-07	Halifax Town	H
19	-1	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
20	0	Chester	40	9	6	4	34	19	1	8	12	24	49	0.853	34	D	D	D	L	D	1953-04-11	Oldham Athletic	A
21	0	Darlington	41	11	4	5	31	25	1	2	18	25	65	0.622	30	L	L	W	L	W	1953-04-11	Chesterfield	A
22	0	Workington	40	8	5	7	35	29	2	3	15	12	54	0.566	28	L	L	D	L	L	1953-04-11	Rochdale	H
23	0	Rochdale	41	10	4	6	38	26	1	0	20	18	52	0.718	26	W	L	L	L	W	1953-04-11	Workington	A
24	0	Accrington Stanley	40	6	8	7	23	28	1	1	17	14	50	0.474	23	L	L	L	W	L	1953-04-11	Bradford City	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	4	1	Bristol City	Dean Court	13,892
Buchanan, Cross, Cheney 2	Lineups		Tovey R
Bristol Rovers	1	2	Swindon Town	Eastville	24,406
Bradford	Lineups		Bain, Lunn
Coventry City	2	2	Colchester United	Highfield Road	11,284
Mason, Simpson	Lineups		Bearryman, Edwards
Crystal Palace	0	0	Southend United	Selhurst Park	12,845
	Lineups
Exeter City	2	2	Aldershot	St James Park	8,551
Rose 2	Lineups		Laird (p), McCulloch
Ipswich Town	1	1	Northampton Town	Portman Road	12,049
Elsworthy	Lineups		Ramscar
Norwich City	5	1	Leyton Orient	Carrow Road	23,351
McCrohan 2, Ackerman 2, Gavin	Lineups		Whiteley
Queens Park Rangers	1	3	Millwall	Loftus Road	12,607
Smith	Lineups		Saward, Monkhouse, Smith
Shrewsbury Town	3	1	Gillingham	Gay Meadow	8,324
Brown, Clowes, Marks OG	Lineups		Boswell
Torquay United	2	0	Reading	Plainmoor	7,131
Edds, Marchant	Lineups
Walsall	3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Fellows Park	4,093
Hughes, McIntosh, Green	Lineups
Watford	0	1	Newport County	Vicarage Road	11,455
	Lineups		Beattie
Footnotes
Walsall to apply for re-election

				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	39	16	4	1	52	15	9	5	4	34	22	2.324	59	L	L	W	W	L	1953-04-11	Watford	H
2	1	Millwall	39	12	6	2	38	13	9	5	5	32	25	1.842	53	W	D	W	W	W	1953-04-11	Southend United	H
3	1	Northampton Town	38	15	2	1	61	24	7	6	7	32	34	1.603	52	D	W	W	W	D	1953-04-07	Ipswich Town	H
4	-2	Bristol City	40	11	8	1	59	26	8	6	6	26	28	1.574	52	L	D	D	D	D	1953-04-11	Colchester United	A
5	0	Norwich City	39	14	5	1	48	16	7	3	9	34	31	1.745	50	W	D	L	W	L	1953-04-11	Crystal Palace	H
6	0	Coventry City	40	15	4	2	50	19	4	6	9	22	34	1.358	48	D	D	W	W	L	1953-04-11	Newport County	H
7	0	Southend United	40	14	4	2	36	14	3	6	11	25	47	1	44	D	W	D	W	W	1953-04-11	Millwall	A
8	0	Watford	40	12	5	3	37	19	2	9	9	19	39	0.966	42	L	W	D	L	W	1953-04-11	Bristol Rovers	A
9	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	40	8	6	5	38	29	6	5	10	27	43	0.903	39	L	D	W	L	D	1953-04-11	Exeter City	A
10	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	39	12	3	5	41	22	3	5	11	21	40	1	38	W	D	D	L	W	1953-04-11	Gillingham	A
11	-1	Reading	39	13	2	3	40	14	2	5	14	16	44	0.966	37	L	W	W	L	W	1953-04-11	Walsall	H
12	2	Ipswich Town	39	9	6	5	31	25	3	6	10	23	34	0.915	36	D	W	D	L	L	1953-04-07	Northampton Town	A
13	2	Exeter City	41	9	8	3	36	19	2	6	13	21	44	0.905	36	D	L	D	L	L	1953-04-11	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
14	3	Torquay United	40	12	4	4	50	25	2	4	14	21	54	0.899	36	W	W	L	W	W	1953-04-11	Aldershot	A
15	-3	Gillingham	40	9	7	5	27	23	2	7	10	22	37	0.817	36	L	L	W	D	D	1953-04-11	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
16	0	Colchester United	38	8	8	3	36	22	3	5	11	14	32	0.926	35	D	L	L	D	D	1953-04-11	Bristol City	H
17	-4	Leyton Orient	40	10	6	4	41	22	3	3	14	14	41	0.873	35	L	D	W	L	W	1953-04-11	Queens Park Rangers	A
18	2	Newport County	40	10	3	6	38	29	3	6	12	25	45	0.851	35	W	D	D	D	W	1953-04-11	Coventry City	A
19	-1	Crystal Palace	39	9	5	4	33	23	3	6	12	25	49	0.806	35	D	W	D	W	W	1953-04-11	Norwich City	A
20	-1	Aldershot	39	6	7	6	31	25	4	7	9	23	38	0.857	34	D	D	D	L	L	1953-04-11	Torquay United	H
21	0	Queens Park Rangers	40	7	9	4	35	33	2	6	12	23	45	0.744	33	L	L	L	L	D	1953-04-11	Leyton Orient	H
22	0	Shrewsbury Town	40	10	4	7	35	33	1	6	12	25	46	0.759	32	W	D	L	L	L	1953-04-11	Ipswich Town	H
23	0	Swindon Town	40	7	5	9	33	33	4	5	10	20	38	0.746	32	W	L	L	D	L	1953-04-11	Northampton Town	H
24	0	Walsall	41	5	7	8	31	41	2	0	19	20	67	0.472	21	W	L	L	W	L	1953-04-11	Reading	A