Saturday 1953-04-11

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Burnley	5	1	Sunderland	Turf Moor	21,252
Holden 4, Adamson	Lineups		Wright T
Cardiff City	0	1	Portsmouth	Ninian Park	35,945
	Lineups		Froggatt
Liverpool	1	1	Derby County	Anfield Road	34,034
Smyth	Lineups		Lee
Manchester City	2	4	Arsenal	Maine Road	53,418
Spurdle 2	Lineups		Goring 2, Logie, Roper
Middlesbrough	5	1	Blackpool	Ayresome Park	38,847
Mannion, Fitzsimons 2, Spuhler 2	Lineups		Durie
Newcastle United	1	2	Manchester United	St James' Park	39,078
Mitchell	Lineups		Taylor 2
Preston North End	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Deepdale	35,788
Baxter	Lineups		Slater
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Bolton Wanderers	Hillsborough	40,158
Sewell	Lineups		Lofthouse
Stoke City	1	0	Charlton Athletic	Victoria Ground	27,087
Brown	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Aston Villa	White Hart Lane	39,217
McClellan	Lineups		Blanchflower
West Bromwich Albion	0	1	Chelsea	The Hawthorns	26,194
	Lineups		McNichol

				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	40	12	5	3	49	26	6	8	6	30	33	1.339	49	D	W	W	D	L	1953-04-18	Burnley	H
2	0	Preston North End	38	14	3	3	44	25	4	9	5	35	33	1.362	48	D	W	D	D	L	1953-04-18	Charlton Athletic	A
3	0	Arsenal	37	12	3	3	50	26	6	8	5	37	32	1.5	47	W	W	W	D	L	1953-04-15	Bolton Wanderers	H
4	3	Burnley	38	10	6	4	34	20	7	5	6	28	24	1.409	45	W	L	L	D	L	1953-04-18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
5	-1	West Bromwich Albion	39	12	3	5	33	19	7	4	8	28	39	1.052	45	L	D	W	L	D	1953-04-18	Manchester United	A
6	-1	Charlton Athletic	38	10	7	1	42	19	7	3	10	30	39	1.241	44	L	L	L	D	W	1953-04-18	Preston North End	H
7	-1	Blackpool	39	12	4	3	41	20	6	4	10	26	43	1.063	44	L	D	W	W	W	1953-04-15	Stoke City	H
8	0	Manchester United	39	10	4	5	30	27	7	5	8	34	37	1	43	W	W	L	D	D	1953-04-18	West Bromwich Albion	H
9	0	Sunderland	39	10	8	1	37	24	4	4	12	26	51	0.84	40	L	W	D	L	L	1953-04-18	Tottenham Hotspur	H
10	1	Tottenham Hotspur	39	10	6	4	52	35	4	4	11	20	28	1.143	38	D	L	W	W	D	1953-04-18	Sunderland	A
11	-1	Cardiff City	37	7	7	5	31	15	6	4	8	19	23	1.316	37	L	W	W	L	D	1953-04-18	Bolton Wanderers	A
12	0	Bolton Wanderers	38	9	4	6	39	33	5	5	9	18	28	0.934	37	D	L	L	W	W	1953-04-15	Arsenal	A
13	2	Portsmouth	39	9	6	4	38	29	4	4	12	30	47	0.895	36	W	L	W	D	D	1953-04-18	Newcastle United	H
14	0	Aston Villa	38	7	7	4	30	19	4	6	10	25	37	0.982	35	D	D	L	W	W	1953-04-18	Sheffield Wednesday	H
15	-2	Newcastle United	39	9	5	6	32	30	4	4	11	23	32	0.887	35	L	L	W	W	L	1953-04-18	Portsmouth	A
16	3	Middlesbrough	39	11	5	4	41	27	1	5	13	19	48	0.8	34	W	W	D	L	W	1953-04-18	Chelsea	A
17	0	Liverpool	39	9	6	5	34	28	4	2	13	23	48	0.75	34	D	L	L	W	L	1953-04-18	Blackpool	A
18	-2	Manchester City	38	11	2	6	40	26	2	5	12	26	51	0.857	33	L	D	W	W	W	1953-04-18	Derby County	A
19	1	Stoke City	39	10	4	6	34	24	2	5	12	16	36	0.833	33	W	W	L	L	W	1953-04-15	Blackpool	A
20	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	40	7	6	7	31	32	4	5	11	24	36	0.809	33	D	D	L	L	D	1953-04-18	Aston Villa	A
21	0	Chelsea	39	9	3	7	31	22	2	7	11	21	40	0.839	32	W	L	L	D	D	1953-04-18	Middlesbrough	H
22	0	Derby County	39	8	6	5	36	28	1	4	15	16	44	0.722	28	D	D	D	L	D	1953-04-18	Manchester City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	1	2	Blackburn Rovers	St Andrew's	18,347
Cox	Lineups		Eckersley, Quigley
Bury	2	1	Hull City	Gigg Lane	11,889
Daniel, Gleadall	Lineups		Gerrie
Fulham	3	1	Swansea Town	Craven Cottage	26,077
Robson 2, Jezzard	Lineups		Beech C
Leeds United	2	0	Everton	Elland Road	15,363
Forrest, Meek	Lineups
Leicester City	0	0	Sheffield United	Filbert Street	32,468
	Lineups
Luton Town	3	0	Nottingham Forest	Kenilworth Road	18,599
Davies, Watkins, Mitchell	Lineups
Notts County	1	0	Barnsley	Meadow Lane	13,855
Adamson	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	1	0	Brentford	Home Park	19,955
Dougall	Lineups
Rotherham United	4	2	Doncaster Rovers	Millmoor	14,574
Burke 2, Pell, Shaw	Lineups		Tindill, McMorran
Southampton	1	0	Lincoln City	The Dell	14,922
Walker	Lineups
West Ham United	0	1	Huddersfield Town	Upton Park	22,801
	Lineups		Cavanagh

				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	39	14	3	2	57	24	9	7	4	35	27	1.804	56	D	D	W	D	W	1953-04-18	West Ham United	H
2	0	Huddersfield Town	39	12	4	3	43	12	10	5	5	33	19	2.452	53	W	W	L	W	L	1953-04-18	Fulham	H
3	0	Luton Town	38	15	1	4	53	16	7	5	6	29	29	1.822	50	W	W	D	L	W	1953-04-18	Everton	A
4	1	Plymouth Argyle	39	11	5	4	34	22	8	3	8	27	31	1.151	46	W	D	L	W	L	1953-04-18	Doncaster Rovers	A
5	-1	Nottingham Forest	38	11	5	3	44	27	7	3	9	30	31	1.276	44	L	D	W	W	W	1953-04-18	Birmingham City	H
6	1	Fulham	39	14	1	5	51	26	3	8	8	26	38	1.203	43	W	L	W	W	D	1953-04-18	Huddersfield Town	A
7	-1	Leicester City	39	12	6	2	52	27	4	5	10	30	44	1.155	43	D	W	D	L	W	1953-04-16	Hull City	A
8	1	Blackburn Rovers	40	11	4	5	36	20	6	4	10	27	39	1.068	42	W	W	D	W	W	1953-04-18	Bury	H
9	-1	Birmingham City	38	10	3	7	40	36	6	6	6	22	26	1	41	L	W	L	L	D	1953-04-15	Southampton	A
10	1	Leeds United	38	12	3	4	39	22	1	10	8	24	33	1.145	39	W	D	L	L	L	1953-04-16	Swansea Town	A
11	2	Rotherham United	40	9	6	5	41	30	7	1	12	34	44	1.014	39	W	L	D	D	D	1953-04-18	Swansea Town	A
12	-2	Swansea Town	39	9	8	2	42	24	5	3	12	31	52	0.961	39	L	W	W	D	L	1953-04-16	Leeds United	H
13	-1	West Ham United	39	8	5	7	35	27	4	8	7	18	26	1	37	L	W	L	L	L	1953-04-18	Sheffield United	A
14	0	Everton	38	8	7	3	34	19	3	6	11	31	48	0.97	35	L	L	W	W	D	1953-04-15	Bury	H
15	0	Doncaster Rovers	38	7	8	3	22	16	3	6	11	31	46	0.855	34	L	L	W	W	D	1953-04-18	Plymouth Argyle	H
16	2	Notts County	39	10	5	5	39	31	3	3	13	19	52	0.699	34	W	D	L	L	W	1953-04-18	Lincoln City	A
17	-1	Lincoln City	38	7	9	3	35	25	1	8	10	18	42	0.791	33	L	D	W	W	D	1953-04-18	Notts County	H
18	-1	Brentford	38	8	6	4	33	23	4	3	13	20	47	0.757	33	L	L	D	D	L	1953-04-18	Leeds United	H
19	1	Bury	39	9	6	5	31	30	3	3	13	20	44	0.689	33	W	L	L	W	W	1953-04-15	Everton	A
20	-1	Hull City	38	10	5	4	34	18	2	2	15	19	48	0.803	31	L	D	W	L	L	1953-04-16	Leicester City	H
21	0	Southampton	38	4	6	9	38	42	4	6	9	20	38	0.725	28	W	D	W	D	L	1953-04-15	Birmingham City	H
22	0	Barnsley	39	4	3	12	30	42	1	4	15	15	59	0.446	17	L	L	L	L	L	1953-04-18	Leicester City	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	1	1	Bradford City	Peel Park	4,496
Watkinson	Lineups		Ward
Barrow	1	1	Southport	Holker Street	2,875
Rogers	Lineups		McLaren OG
Bradford	2	2	Port Vale	Park Avenue	11,790
Crosbie 2	Lineups		Griffiths, Hayward
Chesterfield	3	0	Darlington	Saltergate Recreation Ground	6,975
Harvey 2, Westcott	Lineups
Grimsby Town	2	3	Carlisle United	Blundell Park	10,260
Lord, Jenkin	Lineups		Whitehouse, Ashman 2
Halifax Town	3	0	Stockport County	The Shay	5,853
Hampson 2, Holt	Lineups
Mansfield Town	1	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Field Mill	7,314
Reeve	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	2	1	Chester	Boundary Park	19,058
Harris, Gill OG	Lineups		Travis
Tranmere Rovers	2	0	Gateshead	Prenton Park	6,502
Bainbridge, Done	Lineups
Workington	1	2	Rochdale	Borough Park	3,193
Simmonds	Lineups		Haddington, Arthur (p)
Wrexham	1	0	Crewe Alexandra	Racecourse Ground	9,697
Hewitt	Lineups
York City	1	0	Hartlepools United	Bootham Crescent	7,939
Hughes	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	41	14	3	4	46	20	7	8	5	27	22	1.738	53	W	W	D	W	L	1953-04-13	Stockport County	A
2	0	Port Vale	41	10	8	1	32	10	6	9	7	24	24	1.647	49	D	D	D	D	L	1953-04-13	Barrow	H
3	1	Wrexham	41	17	3	2	52	24	4	4	11	23	36	1.25	49	W	L	L	D	W	1953-04-15	Chester	A
4	1	York City	41	13	5	4	32	15	5	7	7	21	23	1.395	48	W	W	D	L	W	1953-04-14	Southport	A
5	-2	Grimsby Town	42	14	5	3	46	19	5	5	10	23	31	1.38	48	L	L	L	W	D	1953-04-18	Southport	A
6	1	Southport	42	14	4	2	35	13	4	7	11	20	39	1.058	47	D	L	W	W	L	1953-04-14	York City	H
7	2	Carlisle United	43	12	6	3	53	23	5	6	11	24	40	1.222	46	W	L	D	D	L	1953-04-18	York City	H
8	-2	Crewe Alexandra	42	13	4	4	44	25	7	2	12	22	37	1.065	46	L	L	L	W	W	1953-04-18	Barrow	H
9	1	Bradford	42	9	7	5	32	22	8	4	9	35	36	1.155	45	D	W	W	D	W	1953-04-18	Chester	A
10	-2	Gateshead	42	12	5	3	43	19	3	9	10	23	36	1.2	44	L	W	D	L	D	1953-04-15	Workington	H
11	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	43	10	5	6	36	18	6	7	9	23	34	1.135	44	L	W	D	L	L	1953-04-18	Oldham Athletic	H
12	2	Tranmere Rovers	42	15	4	2	40	12	4	1	16	17	42	1.056	43	W	L	W	W	W	1953-04-18	Hartlepools United	A
13	2	Chesterfield	42	12	6	4	38	23	4	5	11	21	33	1.054	43	W	W	W	D	D	1953-04-18	Gateshead	A
14	-1	Barrow	42	15	6	1	47	18	1	5	14	16	45	1	43	D	W	D	L	W	1953-04-13	Port Vale	A
15	-3	Stockport County	41	12	6	2	56	23	4	4	13	20	41	1.188	42	L	W	W	L	W	1953-04-13	Oldham Athletic	H
16	1	Halifax Town	41	12	5	5	44	30	2	9	8	18	30	1.033	42	W	L	L	D	W	1953-04-14	Rochdale	A
17	2	Mansfield Town	41	10	8	3	31	24	5	4	11	18	32	0.875	42	W	W	W	D	W	1953-04-13	Accrington Stanley	H
18	0	Bradford City	42	12	6	2	47	28	0	11	11	20	48	0.882	41	D	W	W	D	D	1953-04-18	Halifax Town	H
19	-3	Hartlepools United	42	12	5	3	31	13	2	8	12	18	43	0.875	41	L	L	W	W	L	1953-04-18	Tranmere Rovers	H
20	0	Chester	41	9	6	4	34	19	1	8	13	25	51	0.843	34	L	D	D	D	L	1953-04-15	Wrexham	H
21	0	Darlington	42	11	4	5	31	25	1	2	19	25	68	0.602	30	L	L	L	W	L	1953-04-18	Workington	H
22	1	Rochdale	42	10	4	6	38	26	2	0	20	20	53	0.734	28	W	W	L	L	L	1953-04-14	Halifax Town	H
23	-1	Workington	41	8	5	8	36	31	2	3	15	12	54	0.565	28	L	L	L	D	L	1953-04-15	Gateshead	A
24	0	Accrington Stanley	41	6	9	7	24	29	1	1	17	14	50	0.481	24	D	L	L	L	W	1953-04-13	Mansfield Town	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	0	2	Torquay United	Recreation Ground	6,090
	Lineups		Marchant 2
Bristol Rovers	0	3	Watford	Eastville	22,614
	Lineups		Meadows, Bowie 2
Colchester United	3	1	Bristol City	Layer Road	7,519
Edwards 2, Barlow	Lineups		Tovey R
Coventry City	0	1	Newport County	Highfield Road	11,204
	Lineups		Graham
Exeter City	1	5	Brighton & Hove Albion	St James Park	7,731
Mitchell	Lineups		Foreman, Gordon 2, Leadbetter, Addinall
Gillingham	1	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Priestfield Stadium	10,448
Warsap	Lineups		Harrison, Cheney
Millwall	4	1	Southend United	The Den, New Cross	21,564
Johnson, Monkhouse, Hartburn, Saward	Lineups		O'Neil
Norwich City	5	1	Crystal Palace	Carrow Road	16,270
McCrohan, Gavin, Ackerman 2, Kinsey	Lineups		Simpson
Queens Park Rangers	0	1	Leyton Orient	Loftus Road	11,018
	Lineups		Rees
Reading	0	0	Walsall	Elm Park	8,819
	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	2	2	Ipswich Town	Gay Meadow	8,294
Brown, Roberts	Lineups		Rees, Parker
Swindon Town	3	0	Northampton Town	County Ground	9,564
Millar, Bain (p), Owen	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	40	16	4	2	52	18	9	5	4	34	22	2.15	59	L	L	L	W	W	1953-04-13	Newport County	A
2	1	Millwall	40	13	6	2	42	14	9	5	5	32	25	1.897	55	W	W	D	W	W	1953-04-15	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
3	-1	Northampton Town	40	16	2	1	63	24	7	6	8	32	37	1.557	54	L	W	D	W	W	1953-04-13	Reading	A
4	1	Norwich City	40	15	5	1	53	17	7	3	9	34	31	1.813	52	W	W	D	L	W	1953-04-15	Torquay United	A
5	-1	Bristol City	41	11	8	1	59	26	8	6	7	27	31	1.509	52	L	L	D	D	D	1953-04-18	Norwich City	H
6	0	Coventry City	41	15	4	3	50	20	4	6	9	22	34	1.333	48	L	D	D	W	W	1953-04-18	Crystal Palace	A
7	1	Watford	41	12	5	3	37	19	3	9	9	22	39	1.017	44	W	L	W	D	L	1953-04-16	Gillingham	H
8	-1	Southend United	41	14	4	2	36	14	3	6	12	26	51	0.954	44	L	D	W	D	W	1953-04-18	Gillingham	H
9	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	41	8	6	5	38	29	7	5	10	32	44	0.959	41	W	L	D	W	L	1953-04-15	Millwall	H
10	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	40	12	3	5	41	22	4	5	11	23	41	1.016	40	W	W	D	D	L	1953-04-15	Shrewsbury Town	H
11	0	Reading	40	13	3	3	40	14	2	5	14	16	44	0.966	38	D	L	W	W	L	1953-04-13	Northampton Town	H
12	1	Torquay United	41	12	4	4	50	25	3	4	14	23	54	0.924	38	W	W	W	L	W	1953-04-15	Norwich City	H
13	3	Colchester United	39	9	8	3	39	23	3	5	11	14	32	0.964	37	W	D	L	L	D	1953-04-16	Northampton Town	A
14	0	Ipswich Town	41	9	6	5	31	25	3	7	11	25	38	0.889	37	D	L	D	W	D	1953-04-15	Swindon Town	H
15	2	Leyton Orient	41	10	6	4	41	22	4	3	14	15	41	0.889	37	W	L	D	W	L	1953-04-16	Aldershot	H
16	2	Newport County	41	10	3	6	38	29	4	6	12	26	45	0.865	37	W	W	D	D	D	1953-04-13	Bristol Rovers	H
17	-5	Exeter City	42	9	8	4	37	24	2	6	13	21	44	0.853	36	L	D	L	D	L	1953-04-15	Crystal Palace	A
18	-3	Gillingham	41	9	7	6	28	25	2	7	10	22	37	0.806	36	L	L	L	W	D	1953-04-16	Watford	A
19	0	Crystal Palace	40	9	5	4	33	23	3	6	13	26	54	0.766	35	L	D	W	D	W	1953-04-15	Exeter City	H
20	0	Aldershot	40	6	7	7	31	27	4	7	9	23	38	0.831	34	L	D	D	D	L	1953-04-16	Leyton Orient	A
21	2	Swindon Town	41	8	5	9	36	33	4	5	10	20	38	0.789	34	W	W	L	L	D	1953-04-15	Ipswich Town	A
22	0	Shrewsbury Town	41	10	5	7	37	35	1	6	12	25	46	0.765	33	D	W	D	L	L	1953-04-15	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
23	-2	Queens Park Rangers	41	7	9	5	35	34	2	6	12	23	45	0.734	33	L	L	L	L	L	1953-04-18	Ipswich Town	A
24	0	Walsall	42	5	7	8	31	41	2	1	19	20	67	0.472	22	D	W	L	L	W	1953-04-18	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A