1953-08-19

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Burnley	4	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Turf Moor	32,822
Shannon 2, Holden, Pilkington	Lineups		Swinbourne
Charlton Athletic	5	3	Sunderland	The Valley	49,742
Firmani 2, Leary, Lock (p), Hammond	Lineups		Wright T, Ford 2 (1p)
Liverpool	3	1	Portsmouth	Anfield Road	39,662
Jones W 2, Liddell	Lineups		Henderson
Manchester United	1	1	Chelsea	Old Trafford	30,759
Pearson	Lineups		McNichol
Middlesbrough	0	0	Cardiff City	Ayresome Park	33,726
	Lineups
Preston North End	1	2	Huddersfield Town	Deepdale	35,925
Foster	Lineups		Watson 2
Sheffield Wednesday	2	0	Manchester City	Hillsborough	40,139
Jordan, Sewell	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	Aston Villa	White Hart Lane	50,202
Parkes OG	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	2	0	Arsenal	The Hawthorns	41,812
Nicholls 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	Burnley	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Charlton Athletic	A
2	0	Liverpool	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Manchester United	H
3	0	Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Tottenham Hotspur	H
4	0	West Bromwich Albion	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Bolton Wanderers	H
5	0	Huddersfield Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Arsenal	A
6	0	Charlton Athletic	1	1	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.667	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Burnley	H
7	0	Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Sheffield Wednesday	A
8	0	Chelsea	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Blackpool	A
9	0	Manchester United	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Liverpool	A
10	0	Cardiff City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Aston Villa	H
11	0	Middlesbrough	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Preston North End	H
12	0	Sunderland	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	0.6	0	L	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Newcastle United	A
13	0	Preston North End	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Middlesbrough	A
14	0	Portsmouth	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Sheffield United	H
15	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0.25	0	L	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Manchester City	A
16	0	Arsenal	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Huddersfield Town	H
17	0	Aston Villa	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Cardiff City	A
18	0	Manchester City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
19	0	Blackpool	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Chelsea	H
20	0	Bolton Wanderers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	West Bromwich Albion	A
21	0	Newcastle United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Sunderland	H
22	0	Sheffield United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Portsmouth	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	2	0	Hull City	St Andrew's	23,846
Murphy, Govan	Lineups
Leeds United	6	0	Notts County	Elland Road	18,432
Charles 4, Williams, Nightingale	Lineups
Leicester City	2	2	Derby County	Filbert Street	35,686
Rowley, Hines	Lineups		Dunn, Lee
Luton Town	4	4	Oldham Athletic	Kenilworth Road	22,822	Largest home gate 1953-54
Downie 3, Pemberton	Lineups		McKennan, Gemmell, McIlvenny 2
Nottingham Forest	3	3	Everton	City Ground	21,669
Capel 2, Collindridge	Lineups		Parker 2, Eglington
Plymouth Argyle	1	1	Bury	Home Park	16,870
McCrory	Lineups		Plant
Stoke City	1	1	Brentford	Victoria Ground	22,413
Oscroft	Lineups		Broome
Swansea Town	0	1	Doncaster Rovers	Vetch Field	20,041
	Lineups		Harrison
West Ham United	5	0	Lincoln City	Upton Park	17,045
Sexton 2, Parker, Dixon, Andrews	Lineups

				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	Leeds United	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Rotherham United	H
2	0	West Ham United	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Leicester City	H
3	0	Birmingham City	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Swansea Town	H
4	0	Doncaster Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Lincoln City	H
5	0	Luton Town	1	0	1	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Everton	H
6	0	Oldham Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Hull City	H
7	0	Everton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Luton Town	A
8	0	Nottingham Forest	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Plymouth Argyle	H
9	0	Derby County	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Brentford	H
10	0	Leicester City	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	West Ham United	A
11	0	Brentford	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Derby County	A
12	0	Bury	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Notts County	H
13	0	Plymouth Argyle	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Nottingham Forest	A
14	0	Stoke City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Fulham	A
15	0	Hull City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Oldham Athletic	A
16	0	Lincoln City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Doncaster Rovers	A
17	0	Notts County	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Bury	A
18	0	Swansea Town	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Birmingham City	A
19	0	Blackburn Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	#	#	#	#	1953-08-20	Rotherham United	A
20	0	Bristol Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	#	#	#	#	1953-08-20	Fulham	A
21	0	Fulham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	#	#	#	#	1953-08-20	Bristol Rovers	H
22	0	Rotherham United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	#	#	#	#	1953-08-20	Blackburn Rovers	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	1	0	Barnsley	Valley Parade	15,630
Tunnicliffe	Lineups
Chesterfield	1	1	Darlington	Saltergate Recreation Ground	10,227
Smith G	Lineups		Nicklas
Grimsby Town	3	0	York City	Blundell Park	16,320
Maddison 2, Smith F	Lineups
Halifax Town	0	0	Gateshead	The Shay	9,696
	Lineups
Mansfield Town	1	2	Port Vale	Field Mill	10,410
Marron	Lineups		Sproson, Hayward
Stockport County	1	1	Southport	Edgeley Park	10,526
Finney	Lineups		McLean
Wrexham	1	1	Crewe Alexandra	Racecourse Ground	12,585
Hughes	Lineups		Basford

				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	Grimsby Town	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
2	0	Port Vale	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Barnsley	H
3	0	Bradford City	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Bradford	A
4	0	Chesterfield	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Barrow	H
5	0	Crewe Alexandra	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Darlington	H
6	0	Darlington	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Crewe Alexandra	A
7	0	Southport	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Gateshead	H
8	0	Stockport County	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Accrington Stanley	A
9	0	Wrexham	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Halifax Town	A
10	0	Gateshead	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Southport	A
11	0	Halifax Town	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Wrexham	H
12	0	Mansfield Town	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Tranmere Rovers	A
13	0	Barnsley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Port Vale	A
14	0	York City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Workington	H
15	0	Accrington Stanley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Stockport County	H
16	0	Barrow	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Chesterfield	A
17	0	Bradford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Bradford City	H
18	0	Carlisle United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Rochdale	H
19	0	Chester	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Hartlepool United	H
20	0	Hartlepool United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Chester	A
21	0	Rochdale	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Carlisle United	A
22	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Grimsby Town	A
23	0	Tranmere Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Mansfield Town	H
24	0	Workington	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	York City	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	4	2	Coventry City	Recreation Ground	7,487
Rogers, Laird, McCulloch, Lacey	Lineups		Nutt, Hill J
Bristol City	1	1	Gillingham	Ashton Gate	18,906
Atyeo	Lineups		Millar
Exeter City	2	1	Leyton Orient	St James Park	10,412
Knight, Parker	Lineups		Rees
Norwich City	1	0	Southend United	Carrow Road	27,523	Largest home gate 1953-54
Brennan	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	1	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Loftus Road	16,649	Largest home gate 1953-54
Shepherd	Lineups		Gilberg, Addinall
Southampton	2	0	Watford	The Dell	16,754
Dudley, Walker	Lineups
Swindon Town	2	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	County Ground	14,751
Lunn 2	Lineups		Cross
Walsall	0	2	Ipswich Town	Fellows Park	13,075
	Lineups		MacLuckie, Myles

				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	Aldershot	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Norwich City	H
2	0	Ipswich Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Colchester United	H
3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Torquay United	A
4	0	Exeter City	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Walsall	A
5	0	Swindon Town	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Newport County	H
6	0	Southampton	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Crystal Palace	A
7	0	Norwich City	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Aldershot	A
8	0	Bristol City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Queens Park Rangers	H
9	0	Gillingham	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Reading	H
10	0	Coventry City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Leyton Orient	H
11	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Millwall	H
12	0	Leyton Orient	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Coventry City	A
13	0	Queens Park Rangers	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Bristol City	A
14	0	Southend United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Northampton Town	H
15	0	Walsall	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Exeter City	H
16	0	Watford	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Shrewsbury Town	A
17	0	Colchester United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	#	#	#	#	1953-08-20	Torquay United	H
18	0	Crystal Palace	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	#	#	#	#	1953-08-20	Northampton Town	H
19	0	Millwall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
20	0	Newport County	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	#	#	#	#	1953-08-20	Reading	H
21	0	Northampton Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	#	#	#	#	1953-08-20	Crystal Palace	A
22	0	Reading	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	#	#	#	#	1953-08-20	Newport County	A
23	0	Shrewsbury Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	#	#	#	#	1953-08-22	Watford	H
24	0	Torquay United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	#	#	#	#	1953-08-20	Colchester United	A