Saturday 1953-04-25

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Burnley	2	0	Charlton Athletic	Turf Moor	19,673
Holden, Shannon	Lineups
Cardiff City	1	2	Aston Villa	Ninian Park	29,917
Grant	Lineups		Dixon, Moss A
Liverpool	2	0	Chelsea	Anfield Road	47,699
Jones W, Bimpson	Lineups
Manchester City	5	0	Blackpool	Maine Road	35,507
Spurdle 2, McCourt, Cunliffe, Williamson	Lineups
Middlesbrough	5	0	Manchester United	Ayresome Park	34,344
Mannion 2, Delapenha, Spuhler, Fitzsimons	Lineups
Newcastle United	2	3	Bolton Wanderers	St James' Park	34,824
Hannah, Harvey	Lineups		Lofthouse 3
Preston North End	2	0	Arsenal	Deepdale	39,537
Finney (p), Wayman	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	4	0	Sunderland	Hillsborough	45,168
Sewell 3, Aitken OG	Lineups
Stoke City	1	2	Derby County	Victoria Ground	29,597
Bowyer	Lineups		Lee, Stamps
Tottenham Hotspur	3	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	White Hart Lane	48,136
Ramsey (p), Bennett 2	Lineups		Hancocks, Stockin
West Bromwich Albion	2	0	Portsmouth	The Hawthorns	24,725
Hodgkisson 2	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	Arsenal	41	14	3	3	57	28	6	9	6	37	34	1.516	52	L	D	W	W	W	1953-05-01	Burnley	H
2	1	Preston North End	41	15	3	3	46	25	5	9	6	38	35	1.4	52	W	W	L	D	W	1953-04-29	Derby County	A
3	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	5	3	54	27	6	8	7	32	36	1.365	51	L	W	D	W	W	End of Season
4	0	West Bromwich Albion	42	13	3	5	35	19	8	5	8	31	41	1.1	50	W	W	D	L	D	End of Season
5	2	Burnley	41	11	6	4	36	20	7	6	7	29	29	1.327	48	W	D	L	W	L	1953-05-01	Arsenal	A
6	-1	Charlton Athletic	41	11	8	1	44	20	7	3	11	30	41	1.213	47	L	D	W	L	L	1953-04-30	Tottenham Hotspur	H
7	-1	Blackpool	42	13	5	3	45	22	6	4	11	26	48	1.014	47	L	W	D	L	D	End of Season
8	0	Manchester United	42	11	5	5	35	30	7	5	9	34	42	0.958	46	L	W	D	W	W	End of Season
9	2	Tottenham Hotspur	41	11	6	4	55	37	4	5	11	21	29	1.152	41	W	D	D	L	W	1953-04-30	Charlton Athletic	A
10	-1	Sunderland	41	10	9	1	38	25	4	4	13	26	55	0.8	41	L	D	L	W	D	1953-04-27	Cardiff City	H
11	-1	Cardiff City	40	7	8	6	32	17	7	4	8	20	23	1.3	40	L	D	W	L	W	1953-04-27	Sunderland	A
12	1	Aston Villa	40	8	7	4	34	22	5	6	10	27	38	1.017	39	W	W	D	D	L	1953-04-29	Cardiff City	H
13	1	Bolton Wanderers	42	9	4	8	39	35	6	5	10	22	34	0.884	39	W	L	L	L	D	End of Season
14	-2	Portsmouth	41	10	6	4	43	30	4	4	13	30	49	0.924	38	L	W	W	L	W	1953-05-02	Middlesbrough	H
15	1	Middlesbrough	41	12	5	4	46	27	1	6	13	20	49	0.868	37	W	D	W	W	D	1953-05-02	Portsmouth	A
16	2	Liverpool	42	10	6	5	36	28	4	2	15	25	54	0.744	36	W	L	L	D	L	End of Season
17	3	Sheffield Wednesday	42	8	6	7	35	32	4	5	12	27	40	0.861	35	W	L	D	D	L	End of Season
18	3	Manchester City	41	12	2	7	45	28	2	5	13	26	56	0.845	35	W	L	L	L	D	1953-04-29	Chelsea	A
19	-4	Newcastle United	41	9	5	7	34	33	4	4	12	24	37	0.829	35	L	L	L	L	W	1953-05-01	Aston Villa	A
20	-3	Stoke City	42	10	4	7	35	26	2	6	13	18	40	0.803	34	L	L	D	W	W	End of Season
21	-2	Chelsea	41	9	4	7	32	23	2	7	12	21	42	0.815	33	L	D	W	L	L	1953-04-29	Manchester City	H
22	0	Derby County	41	9	6	5	41	28	2	4	15	18	45	0.808	32	W	W	D	D	D	1953-04-29	Preston North End	H
Manager of the month
Tom Whittaker - Arsenal

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	4	2	Everton	St Andrew's	17,083
Boyd 2, Murphy, Stewart	Lineups		Eglington, Hickson
Bury	2	0	Nottingham Forest	Gigg Lane	10,647
Daniel (p), Plant	Lineups
Fulham	1	2	Sheffield United	Craven Cottage	28,524
Jezzard	Lineups		Browning, Brook
Leeds United	1	1	Doncaster Rovers	Elland Road	12,715
Kerfoot	Lineups		Tindill
Leicester City	3	2	Lincoln City	Filbert Street	20,923
Rowley 3 (2p)	Lineups		Birch, Whittle (p)
Luton Town	0	1	Brentford	Kenilworth Road	15,826
	Lineups		Dare
Notts County	2	0	Hull City	Meadow Lane	11,699
McCormack 2	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	3	2	Swansea Town	Home Park	21,030
Tadman, Anderson, McCrory	Lineups		Beech C, Medwin
Rotherham United	0	0	Huddersfield Town	Millmoor	19,777
	Lineups
Southampton	6	1	Blackburn Rovers	The Dell	15,831
Day 3, Horton 2, Flood	Lineups		Wright
West Ham United	3	1	Barnsley	Upton Park	13,038
Dixon, Andrews, Hooper	Lineups		Chappell
Footnotes
Southampton relegated
Sheffield United champions
Huddersfield Town promoted

				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	41	15	3	2	60	25	10	7	4	37	28	1.83	60	W	W	D	D	W	1953-04-29	Hull City	H
2	0	Huddersfield Town	41	13	4	3	47	14	10	6	5	33	19	2.424	56	D	W	W	W	L	1953-05-01	Plymouth Argyle	H
3	0	Luton Town	41	15	1	5	53	17	7	7	6	31	31	1.75	52	L	D	D	W	W	1953-04-30	Doncaster Rovers	A
4	0	Plymouth Argyle	41	12	5	4	37	24	8	4	8	28	32	1.161	49	W	D	W	D	L	1953-05-01	Huddersfield Town	A
5	0	Leicester City	42	13	6	2	55	29	5	6	10	34	45	1.203	48	W	W	D	D	W	End of Season
6	2	Birmingham City	41	11	3	7	44	38	7	7	6	25	27	1.062	46	W	W	D	L	W	1953-05-01	Brentford	A
7	-1	Nottingham Forest	41	11	5	4	44	29	7	3	11	31	35	1.172	44	L	L	L	L	D	1953-04-29	Southampton	H
8	-1	Blackburn Rovers	42	12	4	5	40	20	6	4	11	28	45	1.046	44	L	W	W	W	D	End of Season
9	0	Fulham	41	14	1	6	52	28	3	8	9	28	42	1.143	43	L	L	W	L	W	1953-04-29	Barnsley	A
10	0	Leeds United	42	13	4	4	42	24	1	11	9	29	39	1.127	43	D	W	D	L	W	End of Season
11	0	Swansea Town	42	10	9	2	45	26	5	3	13	33	55	0.963	42	L	D	W	L	W	End of Season
12	0	Rotherham United	42	9	7	5	41	30	7	2	12	34	44	1.014	41	D	D	W	L	D	End of Season
13	1	West Ham United	41	9	5	7	38	28	4	8	8	19	29	1	39	W	L	L	W	L	1953-05-01	Lincoln City	A
14	-1	Everton	42	9	8	4	38	23	3	6	12	33	52	0.947	38	L	L	D	W	L	End of Season
15	0	Doncaster Rovers	41	8	9	3	25	17	3	7	11	32	47	0.891	38	D	W	D	L	L	1953-04-30	Luton Town	H
16	0	Lincoln City	41	8	9	3	38	25	2	8	11	23	45	0.871	37	L	W	W	L	D	1953-05-01	West Ham United	H
17	0	Brentford	41	8	8	4	37	27	5	3	13	21	47	0.784	37	W	D	D	L	L	1953-05-01	Birmingham City	H
18	1	Notts County	42	11	5	5	41	31	3	3	15	19	57	0.682	36	W	L	L	W	D	End of Season
19	1	Bury	42	10	6	5	33	30	3	3	15	20	51	0.654	35	W	L	L	W	L	End of Season
20	-2	Hull City	41	11	6	4	36	19	2	2	16	19	50	0.797	34	L	W	D	L	D	1953-04-29	Sheffield United	A
21	0	Southampton	41	5	7	9	45	44	4	6	10	20	39	0.783	31	W	L	D	W	D	1953-04-29	Nottingham Forest	A
22	0	Barnsley	41	4	3	13	30	45	1	4	16	16	62	0.43	17	L	L	L	L	L	1953-04-29	Fulham	H
Manager of the month
Andy Beattie - Huddersfield Town

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	1	0	Darlington	Peel Park	3,152
Goodfellow	Lineups
Barrow	1	2	Port Vale	Holker Street	5,080
King	Lineups		Hayward, Leake
Bradford	1	1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Park Avenue	8,571
Crosbie	Lineups		Brown
Chesterfield	2	0	Hartlepools United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	6,511
Smith, Westcott	Lineups
Grimsby Town	1	0	Crewe Alexandra	Blundell Park	8,187
Cairns	Lineups
Halifax Town	3	1	Rochdale	The Shay	4,826
Frost 2, Watson OG	Lineups		Boxshall
Mansfield Town	3	1	Bradford City	Field Mill	6,230
Fox, Reeve, Watson V	Lineups		Whyte
Oldham Athletic	1	1	Stockport County	Boundary Park	27,681	Largest home & D 3N gate 1952-53
Ormond	Lineups		Weigh
Tranmere Rovers	4	1	Carlisle United	Prenton Park	6,155
Davies, Bainbridge 2, Jackson	Lineups		Whitehouse
Workington	0	2	Gateshead	Borough Park	8,256
	Lineups		Smith, Wilbert
Wrexham	7	0	Chester	Racecourse Ground	11,082
Tilston 2, Bannan 2, Jones, Richards (p), Hewitt	Lineups
York City	3	1	Southport	Bootham Crescent	6,394
Warrender, Dunmore, Storey	Lineups		Billingham
Footnotes
Oldham Athletic champions & promoted

				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	45	15	4	4	48	21	7	10	5	29	24	1.711	58	D	W	D	D	W	1953-04-29	Bradford City	A
2	0	Port Vale	45	12	9	1	37	10	7	9	7	26	25	1.8	56	W	W	D	W	D	1953-04-30	Grimsby Town	H
3	0	Wrexham	45	18	3	2	59	24	5	5	12	25	41	1.292	54	W	L	D	W	W	1953-04-27	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
4	2	York City	45	14	5	4	35	16	5	8	9	22	28	1.295	51	W	L	D	L	W	1953-04-28	Tranmere Rovers	A
5	-1	Southport	46	16	4	3	42	18	4	7	12	21	42	1.05	51	L	L	W	W	D	End of Season
6	1	Grimsby Town	44	15	5	3	47	19	5	5	11	26	35	1.352	50	W	L	L	L	L	1953-04-29	Crewe Alexandra	A
7	-2	Bradford	45	10	8	5	37	23	9	4	9	38	36	1.271	50	D	W	W	D	W	1953-04-29	Stockport County	A
8	0	Crewe Alexandra	45	13	5	4	45	26	7	3	13	24	40	1.045	48	L	D	D	L	L	1953-04-29	Grimsby Town	H
9	1	Gateshead	45	12	6	4	46	24	4	9	10	25	36	1.183	47	W	L	D	L	W	1953-04-29	Accrington Stanley	H
10	-1	Carlisle United	45	12	7	3	54	24	5	6	12	25	44	1.162	47	L	D	W	L	D	1953-04-30	Chesterfield	H
11	1	Chesterfield	45	13	6	4	40	23	5	5	12	25	37	1.083	47	W	L	W	W	W	1953-04-30	Carlisle United	A
12	1	Tranmere Rovers	45	16	4	2	44	13	5	1	17	20	47	1.067	47	W	W	L	W	L	1953-04-28	York City	H
13	-2	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	45	10	6	6	37	19	6	8	9	24	35	1.13	46	D	D	L	W	D	1953-04-27	Wrexham	H
14	4	Mansfield Town	45	11	9	3	34	25	5	5	12	21	36	0.902	46	W	L	D	D	W	1953-04-29	Rochdale	A
15	1	Stockport County	45	12	8	2	59	26	4	5	14	21	43	1.159	45	D	L	D	D	L	1953-04-29	Bradford	H
16	3	Halifax Town	45	13	5	5	47	31	2	10	10	19	37	0.971	45	W	L	L	D	W	1953-04-29	Darlington	A
17	-2	Bradford City	45	14	6	2	54	29	0	11	12	21	51	0.938	45	L	W	W	D	W	1953-04-29	Oldham Athletic	H
18	-4	Hartlepools United	45	14	5	3	37	14	2	8	13	18	45	0.932	45	L	W	W	L	L	1953-04-29	Workington	H
19	-2	Barrow	45	15	6	2	48	20	1	6	15	17	49	0.942	44	L	D	L	D	W	1953-04-29	Chester	A
20	0	Chester	45	9	7	6	37	26	1	8	14	25	58	0.738	35	L	D	L	L	L	1953-04-29	Barrow	H
21	0	Darlington	45	13	4	5	33	25	1	2	20	25	69	0.617	34	L	W	W	L	L	1953-04-29	Halifax Town	H
22	0	Rochdale	45	11	5	6	40	27	2	0	21	21	56	0.735	31	L	W	D	W	W	1953-04-29	Mansfield Town	H
23	0	Workington	45	9	5	9	40	33	2	4	16	13	56	0.596	31	L	W	L	D	L	1953-04-29	Hartlepools United	A
24	0	Accrington Stanley	45	7	9	7	25	29	1	2	19	14	55	0.464	27	W	L	L	D	D	1953-04-29	Gateshead	A
Manager of the month
Freddie Steele - Port Vale

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	2	0	Leyton Orient	Recreation Ground	6,229
Alison, McCulloch	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	3	1	Newport County	Eastville	29,451
Bradford 3	Lineups		Beattie
Colchester United	1	2	Northampton Town	Layer Road	8,122
Barlow	Lineups		English, Fowler
Coventry City	2	2	Bristol City	Highfield Road	11,011
Thomas, Hill P	Lineups		Tovey R, White
Exeter City	2	0	Crystal Palace	St James Park	7,357
Knight, McClelland	Lineups
Gillingham	2	1	Watford	Priestfield Stadium	10,507
Briggs 2	Lineups		Lewin OG
Millwall	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	The Den, New Cross	20,131
Jardine (p)	Lineups		Addinall
Norwich City	3	0	Torquay United	Carrow Road	16,345
Coxon, Ackerman, Johnston	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	1	0	Reading	Loftus Road	10,433
Harrison	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	1	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Gay Meadow	7,411
Bannister (p)	Lineups
Swindon Town	2	0	Ipswich Town	County Ground	8,518
Owen, Millar	Lineups
Walsall	1	1	Southend United	Fellows Park	5,044
Bridgett	Lineups		Bainbridge
Footnotes
Shrewsbury Town 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	44	17	4	2	55	19	9	7	5	37	26	2.044	63	W	D	L	D	L	1953-04-29	Aldershot	A
2	0	Northampton Town	45	18	3	1	72	27	8	6	9	34	40	1.582	61	W	D	W	W	L	1953-04-30	Norwich City	H
3	0	Millwall	44	13	7	2	43	15	9	7	6	33	27	1.81	58	D	D	D	L	W	1953-04-27	Colchester United	H
4	0	Norwich City	44	16	6	1	56	17	8	3	10	36	35	1.769	57	W	D	W	L	W	1953-04-30	Northampton Town	A
5	0	Bristol City	44	12	8	2	61	28	8	7	7	29	33	1.475	55	D	W	L	L	L	1953-04-28	Coventry City	H
6	0	Coventry City	44	15	5	3	52	22	4	7	10	24	37	1.288	50	D	L	D	L	D	1953-04-28	Bristol City	A
7	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	45	11	6	5	43	30	7	6	10	33	45	1.013	48	D	W	W	W	W	1953-05-02	Gillingham	H
8	1	Southend United	44	15	4	2	39	15	3	8	12	28	53	0.985	48	D	D	W	L	D	1953-04-29	Bristol City	H
9	-2	Watford	45	12	8	3	39	21	3	9	10	23	41	1	47	L	D	D	D	W	1953-04-29	Crystal Palace	A
10	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	44	14	3	5	48	23	4	5	13	23	44	1.06	44	L	L	W	W	W	1953-04-30	Walsall	A
11	0	Torquay United	45	14	4	4	59	27	3	5	15	26	60	0.977	43	L	D	W	W	W	1953-05-02	Coventry City	H
12	0	Reading	44	15	3	3	47	17	2	5	16	16	46	1	42	L	L	W	W	D	1953-04-29	Queens Park Rangers	H
13	0	Newport County	45	12	4	6	42	31	4	6	13	27	48	0.873	42	L	W	W	D	W	1953-04-30	Millwall	H
14	0	Leyton Orient	45	11	7	4	47	25	4	3	16	16	45	0.9	40	L	L	D	W	W	1953-04-30	Colchester United	H
15	3	Exeter City	46	11	8	4	40	24	2	6	15	21	47	0.859	40	W	W	L	L	L	End of Season
16	3	Swindon Town	45	9	5	9	38	33	5	7	10	25	42	0.84	40	W	W	D	D	W	1953-05-01	Reading	A
17	-2	Ipswich Town	45	9	7	6	32	27	3	8	12	26	41	0.853	39	L	D	L	D	D	1953-05-01	Aldershot	H
18	2	Gillingham	45	10	7	6	30	26	2	8	12	25	43	0.797	39	W	L	L	D	L	1953-05-02	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
19	-3	Crystal Palace	44	10	7	4	38	26	3	6	14	26	56	0.78	39	L	D	D	W	L	1953-04-29	Watford	H
20	1	Queens Park Rangers	44	9	9	5	37	34	3	6	12	24	45	0.772	39	W	W	W	L	L	1953-04-29	Reading	A
21	-4	Colchester United	43	9	9	4	40	25	3	5	13	15	39	0.859	38	L	D	L	L	W	1953-04-27	Millwall	A
22	0	Aldershot	44	8	7	7	36	29	4	7	11	24	46	0.8	38	W	W	L	L	L	1953-04-29	Bristol Rovers	H
23	0	Shrewsbury Town	45	11	5	7	38	35	1	6	15	28	54	0.742	35	W	L	L	L	D	1953-05-01	Southend United	A
24	0	Walsall	45	5	8	9	33	44	2	1	20	21	72	0.466	23	D	L	L	D	W	1953-04-30	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
Manager of the month
Bill Lane - Brighton & Hove Albion