1953-08-22

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	0	0	Huddersfield Town	Highbury	54,847
	Lineups
Blackpool	2	1	Chelsea	Bloomfield Road	28,440
Mortensen 2	Lineups		Lewis
Cardiff City	2	1	Aston Villa	Ninian Park	36,671
Rainford, Thomas P	Lineups		Dixon
Charlton Athletic	3	1	Burnley	The Valley	24,802
Kiernan, Firmani, Leary	Lineups		McIlroy
Liverpool	4	4	Manchester United	Anfield Road	47,000
Bimpson 3, Jones W	Lineups		Byrne, Lewis, Rowley, Taylor
Manchester City	0	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Maine Road	22,729
	Lineups		Swinbourne 2, Slater, Wilshaw
Middlesbrough	0	4	Preston North End	Ayresome Park	32,891
	Lineups		Foster 3, Wayman
Newcastle United	2	1	Sunderland	St James' Park	58,516
Mitchell (p), Keeble	Lineups		Shackleton
Portsmouth	3	4	Sheffield United	Fratton Park	32,259
Harris, Vaughan, Reid	Lineups		Hawksworth 2, Brook, Ringstead
Sheffield Wednesday	2	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Hillsborough	38,114
Sewell 2	Lineups		Walters
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Bolton Wanderers	The Hawthorns	29,122
Barlow	Lineups		Moir

				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	Sheffield Wednesday	2	2	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	W	W	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Preston North End	A
2	4	Charlton Athletic	2	2	0	0	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	W	W	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Tottenham Hotspur	A
3	1	West Bromwich Albion	2	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	D	W	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Manchester United	A
4	6	Cardiff City	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	W	D	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Huddersfield Town	A
5	0	Huddersfield Town	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	3	D	W	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Cardiff City	H
6	-4	Liverpool	2	1	1	0	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.4	3	D	W	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Newcastle United	H
7	6	Preston North End	2	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	4	0	2.5	2	W	L	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Sheffield Wednesday	H
8	11	Blackpool	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-25	Burnley	A
9	12	Newcastle United	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Liverpool	A
10	12	Sheffield United	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	3	1.333	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-24	Arsenal	H
11	-10	Burnley	2	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	1	3	1.25	2	L	W	#	#	#	1953-08-25	Blackpool	H
12	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	4	1.25	2	W	L	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Sunderland	A
13	-4	Manchester United	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	4	1	2	D	D	#	#	#	1953-08-26	West Bromwich Albion	H
14	-7	Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	L	W	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Charlton Athletic	H
15	5	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Middlesbrough	H
16	-8	Chelsea	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	0.667	1	L	D	#	#	#	1953-08-25	Portsmouth	H
17	-1	Arsenal	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	D	L	#	#	#	1953-08-24	Sheffield United	A
18	-7	Middlesbrough	2	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	L	D	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Bolton Wanderers	A
19	-5	Portsmouth	2	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	1	1	3	0.571	0	L	L	#	#	#	1953-08-25	Chelsea	A
20	-8	Sunderland	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	7	0.571	0	L	L	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
21	-4	Aston Villa	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0.333	0	L	L	#	#	#	1953-08-24	Manchester City	H
22	-4	Manchester City	2	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	L	L	#	#	#	1953-08-24	Aston Villa	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	6	0	Swansea Town	St Andrew's	26,817
Purdon 2, Murphy 3, Kinsey	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	1	1	Bristol Rovers	Ewood Park	26,145
Campbell	Lineups		Meyer
Bury	3	3	Notts County	Gigg Lane	12,268
Gleadall, Johnstone OG, Imlach	Lineups		Johnston, McCormack, Lovell
Derby County	4	1	Brentford	Baseball Ground	18,927
Lee 3, Powell	Lineups		Lawton
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	Lincoln City	Belle Vue	16,531
Lawlor	Lineups		Graver
Fulham	0	1	Stoke City	Craven Cottage	26,632
	Lineups		Finney
Leeds United	4	2	Rotherham United	Elland Road	24,309
Charles 3, Nightingale	Lineups		Burke, Wilson I
Luton Town	1	1	Everton	Kenilworth Road	20,217
McJarrow	Lineups		Buckle
Nottingham Forest	3	0	Plymouth Argyle	City Ground	16,896
Moore, Martin (p), Leverton	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	0	0	Hull City	Boundary Park	22,934
	Lineups
West Ham United	4	1	Leicester City	Upton Park	22,157
Kearns 3, Andrews	Lineups		Rowley (p)

				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	1	West Ham United	2	2	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	4	W	W	#	#	#	1953-08-24	Rotherham United	A
2	2	Birmingham City	2	2	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	4	W	W	#	#	#	1953-08-24	Plymouth Argyle	A
3	-2	Leeds United	2	2	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	W	W	#	#	#	1953-08-27	Swansea Town	A
4	-1	Blackburn Rovers	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	1	2.5	3	D	W	#	#	#	1953-08-27	Brentford	A
5	7	Derby County	2	1	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	2	2	2	3	W	D	#	#	#	1953-08-24	Stoke City	A
6	5	Nottingham Forest	2	1	1	0	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W	D	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Luton Town	A
7	-2	Doncaster Rovers	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	3	D	W	#	#	#	1953-08-24	Bristol Rovers	A
8	9	Stoke City	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	3	W	D	#	#	#	1953-08-24	Derby County	H
9	-3	Bristol Rovers	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	5	1	2	D	D	#	#	#	1953-08-24	Doncaster Rovers	H
10	-2	Luton Town	2	0	2	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	D	D	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Nottingham Forest	H
11	4	Bury	2	0	1	0	3	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	D	D	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Lincoln City	A
12	-2	Everton	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	4	1	2	D	D	#	#	#	1953-08-24	Hull City	A
13	-4	Oldham Athletic	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	1	2	D	D	#	#	#	1953-08-27	Notts County	A
14	-7	Fulham	2	0	1	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	1	L	D	#	#	#	1953-08-24	Leicester City	A
15	-2	Leicester City	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	4	0.5	1	L	D	#	#	#	1953-08-24	Fulham	H
16	-2	Brentford	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	0.4	1	L	D	#	#	#	1953-08-27	Blackburn Rovers	H
17	4	Notts County	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	9	0.333	1	D	L	#	#	#	1953-08-27	Oldham Athletic	H
18	-2	Plymouth Argyle	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	0.25	1	L	D	#	#	#	1953-08-24	Birmingham City	H
19	1	Lincoln City	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	6	0.167	1	D	L	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Bury	H
20	-1	Hull City	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	D	L	#	#	#	1953-08-24	Everton	H
21	-3	Rotherham United	2	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	2	4	0.375	0	L	L	#	#	#	1953-08-24	West Ham United	H
22	0	Swansea Town	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	L	L	#	#	#	1953-08-27	Leeds United	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	2	1	Stockport County	Peel Park	9,133
Bodle, Brown	Lineups		Clempson
Bradford	4	0	Bradford City	Park Avenue	19,376	Largest home gate 1953-54
Beattie, Crosbie 2, Whitaker	Lineups
Carlisle United	7	0	Rochdale	Brunton Park	8,378
Whitehouse 2, Atkinson 2, Johnston, Drury, Ashman	Lineups
Chester	1	1	Hartlepools United	Sealand Road	6,695
Windle	Lineups		Johnson
Chesterfield	1	1	Barrow	Saltergate Recreation Ground	8,185
Bellis	Lineups		Collins
Crewe Alexandra	1	0	Darlington	Gresty Road	5,872
Basford	Lineups
Grimsby Town	0	1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Blundell Park	18,246	Largest home gate 1953-54
	Lineups		Gregory
Halifax Town	0	2	Wrexham	The Shay	8,941
	Lineups		Heggie, Richards
Port Vale	0	0	Barnsley	Vale Park	14,223
	Lineups
Southport	2	4	Gateshead	Haig Avenue	5,572
Gaskell 2	Lineups		Brown, Wilbert 2, Johnson
Tranmere Rovers	2	5	Mansfield Town	Prenton Park	7,917
Done, Iceton	Lineups		Reeve 2, Murray, Plummer, Adam
York City	0	0	Workington	Bootham Crescent	7,868
	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	8	Wrexham	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	3	W	D	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Chesterfield	H
2	8	Gateshead	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	2	2	3	W	D	#	#	#	1953-08-24	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
3	2	Crewe Alexandra	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	3	W	D	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Bradford	H
4	-2	Port Vale	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	3	D	W	#	#	#	1953-08-24	Barrow	A
5	13	Carlisle United	1	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Grimsby Town	A
6	11	Bradford	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Crewe Alexandra	A
7	-6	Grimsby Town	2	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	L	W	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Carlisle United	H
8	7	Accrington Stanley	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Workington	H
9	3	Mansfield Town	2	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	5	2	1.5	2	W	L	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Bradford City	A
10	12	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-24	Gateshead	A
11	-7	Chesterfield	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	D	D	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Wrexham	A
12	-9	Bradford City	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0.25	2	L	W	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Mansfield Town	H
13	3	Barrow	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1953-08-24	Port Vale	H
14	5	Chester	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Barnsley	H
15	5	Hartlepool United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1953-08-24	York City	H
16	-8	Stockport County	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	0.667	1	L	D	#	#	#	1953-08-24	Halifax Town	H
17	-10	Southport	2	0	0	1	2	4	0	1	0	1	1	0.6	1	L	D	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Darlington	A
18	-12	Darlington	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0.5	1	L	D	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Southport	H
19	-6	Barnsley	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	D	L	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Chester	A
20	-9	Halifax Town	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	L	D	#	#	#	1953-08-24	Stockport County	A
21	-7	York City	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	D	L	#	#	#	1953-08-24	Hartlepool United	A
22	2	Workington	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Accrington Stanley	A
23	0	Tranmere Rovers	1	0	0	1	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	0	L	#	#	#	#	1953-08-25	Rochdale	A
24	-3	Rochdale	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1953-08-25	Tranmere Rovers	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	0	0	Norwich City	Recreation Ground	8,776
	Lineups
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	4	1	Millwall	Dean Court	15,047	Largest home gate 1953-54
Buchanan, Cross 2 (1p), Cheney	Lineups		Monkhouse
Bristol City	1	2	Queens Park Rangers	Ashton Gate	20,605
Rodgers	Lineups		Petchey, Cameron
Coventry City	4	0	Leyton Orient	Highfield Road	11,661
Dorman, Brown 2, Hill J	Lineups
Crystal Palace	4	3	Southampton	Selhurst Park	17,790
Thomas 2, Randall, Foulds	Lineups		Hoskins 2, Day
Gillingham	3	0	Reading	Priestfield Stadium	13,672
Durkin 2, Long	Lineups
Ipswich Town	3	0	Colchester United	Portman Road	18,130
MacLuckie 2, Reed	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	6	4	Watford	Gay Meadow	11,989	Largest home gate 1953-54
Bannister (p), Jackson 3, Johnston, Fisher	Lineups		Bowie 3, Brown R
Southend United	2	0	Northampton Town	Greyhound Stadium	10,295
Sibley 2	Lineups
Swindon Town	7	1	Newport County	County Ground	13,444
Betteridge, Owen 3, Lambert, Bull, Lunn	Lineups		Parker
Torquay United	2	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	Plainmoor	9,019
Shaw, Edds	Lineups		Addinall 2, Foreman
Walsall	1	1	Exeter City	Fellows Park	10,428
Scarlett	Lineups		Goddard

				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	3	Ipswich Town	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	6.798	4	W	W	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Torquay United	H
2	5	Swindon Town	2	2	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.5	4	W	W	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Aldershot	H
3	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	3	1.667	4	W	W	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Leyton Orient	H
4	9	Gillingham	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	4	3	W	D	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Coventry City	H
5	-2	Aldershot	2	1	1	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	D	W	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Swindon Town	A
6	0	Exeter City	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	3	D	W	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Colchester United	H
7	3	Crystal Palace	2	1	1	0	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	3	W	D	#	#	#	1953-08-24	Shrewsbury Town	A
8	1	Norwich City	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	D	W	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Queens Park Rangers	H
9	11	Southend United	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	W	L	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Reading	A
10	5	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	2	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	1	2	1.667	2	W	L	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Northampton Town	H
11	3	Coventry City	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	2	4	1.5	2	W	L	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Gillingham	A
12	12	Shrewsbury Town	1	1	0	0	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-24	Crystal Palace	H
13	-5	Southampton	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	3	4	1.25	2	L	W	#	#	#	1953-08-24	Newport County	A
14	3	Queens Park Rangers	2	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	W	L	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Norwich City	A
15	-13	Colchester United	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	3	0.75	2	L	W	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Exeter City	A
16	-15	Newport County	2	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	1	7	0.625	2	L	W	#	#	#	1953-08-24	Southampton	H
17	-5	Bristol City	2	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.667	1	L	D	#	#	#	1953-08-27	Walsall	A
18	-7	Northampton Town	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	0.5	1	L	D	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
19	2	Walsall	2	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.333	1	D	L	#	#	#	1953-08-27	Bristol City	H
20	2	Watford	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	8	0.5	0	L	L	#	#	#	1953-08-24	Millwall	A
21	-3	Torquay United	2	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	3	0.5	0	L	L	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Ipswich Town	A
22	1	Millwall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0.25	0	L	#	#	#	#	1953-08-24	Watford	H
23	-7	Leyton Orient	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	6	0.167	0	L	L	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
24	-5	Reading	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	0.143	0	L	L	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Southend United	H