1953-08-24

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	3	0	Manchester City	Villa Park	34,549
Blanchflower, Thompson 2	Lineups
Sheffield United	1	0	Arsenal	Bramall Lane	50,723	Largest home gate 1953-54
Browning	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	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	0	Charlton Athletic	2	2	0	0	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	W	W	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Tottenham Hotspur	A
3	7	Sheffield United	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	3	1.667	4	W	W	#	#	#	1953-08-29	Blackpool	H
4	-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
5	-1	Cardiff City	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	W	D	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Huddersfield Town	A
6	-1	Huddersfield Town	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	3	D	W	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Cardiff City	H
7	-1	Liverpool	2	1	1	0	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.4	3	D	W	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Newcastle United	H
8	-1	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
9	-1	Blackpool	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-25	Burnley	A
10	-1	Newcastle United	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Liverpool	A
11	10	Aston Villa	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	3	1.333	2	W	L	L	#	#	1953-08-29	Arsenal	H
12	-1	Burnley	2	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	1	3	1.25	2	L	W	#	#	#	1953-08-25	Blackpool	H
13	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	4	1.25	2	W	L	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Sunderland	A
14	-1	Manchester United	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	4	1	2	D	D	#	#	#	1953-08-26	West Bromwich Albion	H
15	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	L	W	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Charlton Athletic	H
16	-1	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Middlesbrough	H
17	-1	Chelsea	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	0.667	1	L	D	#	#	#	1953-08-25	Portsmouth	H
18	-1	Arsenal	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	L	D	L	#	#	1953-08-29	Aston Villa	A
19	-1	Middlesbrough	2	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	L	D	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Bolton Wanderers	A
20	-1	Portsmouth	2	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	1	1	3	0.571	0	L	L	#	#	#	1953-08-25	Chelsea	A
21	-1	Sunderland	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	7	0.571	0	L	L	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
22	0	Manchester City	3	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	L	L	L	#	#	1953-08-29	Sunderland	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bristol Rovers	0	1	Doncaster Rovers	Eastville	28,117
	Lineups		McMorran
Hull City	1	3	Everton	Boothferry Park	26,511
Jensen	Lineups		Fielding, Hickson, Parker
Leicester City	2	2	Fulham	Filbert Street	19,950
Morris 2	Lineups		Haynes, Jezzard
Plymouth Argyle	2	2	Birmingham City	Home Park	21,019
Davis, Tadman	Lineups		Kinsey, Govan
Rotherham United	5	0	West Ham United	Millmoor	12,895
Burke 2, Wilson I 2, Williams R	Lineups
Stoke City	2	2	Derby County	Victoria Ground	23,689
Finney 2	Lineups		Mays, Dunn

				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	Birmingham City	3	2	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	2	2	5	5	D	W	W	#	#	1953-08-29	Rotherham United	A
2	5	Doncaster Rovers	3	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	3	5	W	D	W	#	#	1953-08-29	Notts County	A
3	0	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	Derby County	3	1	0	0	4	1	0	2	0	4	4	1.6	4	D	W	D	#	#	1953-08-29	Bristol Rovers	A
5	-4	West Ham United	3	2	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	5	1.5	4	L	W	W	#	#	1953-08-29	Stoke City	A
6	6	Everton	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	7	5	1.4	4	W	D	D	#	#	1953-08-29	Oldham Athletic	H
7	1	Stoke City	3	0	2	0	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	1.333	4	D	W	D	#	#	1953-08-29	West Ham United	H
8	-4	Blackburn Rovers	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	1	2.5	3	D	W	#	#	#	1953-08-27	Brentford	A
9	-3	Nottingham Forest	2	1	1	0	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W	D	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Luton Town	A
10	11	Rotherham United	3	1	0	1	6	4	0	0	1	2	4	1	2	W	L	L	#	#	1953-08-29	Birmingham City	H
11	-1	Luton Town	2	0	2	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	D	D	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Nottingham Forest	H
12	-1	Bury	2	0	1	0	3	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	D	D	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Lincoln City	A
13	0	Oldham Athletic	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	1	2	D	D	#	#	#	1953-08-27	Notts County	A
14	0	Fulham	3	0	1	1	4	5	0	1	0	2	2	0.857	2	D	L	D	#	#	1953-08-29	Brentford	A
15	-6	Bristol Rovers	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	5	5	0.833	2	L	D	D	#	#	1953-08-29	Derby County	H
16	-1	Leicester City	3	0	2	0	4	4	0	0	1	1	4	0.625	2	D	L	D	#	#	1953-08-29	Leeds United	H
17	1	Plymouth Argyle	3	0	2	0	3	3	0	0	1	0	3	0.5	2	D	L	D	#	#	1953-08-29	Luton Town	H
18	-2	Brentford	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	0.4	1	L	D	#	#	#	1953-08-27	Blackburn Rovers	H
19	-2	Notts County	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	9	0.333	1	D	L	#	#	#	1953-08-27	Oldham Athletic	H
20	0	Hull City	3	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	1	0	2	0.2	1	L	D	L	#	#	1953-08-29	Bury	H
21	-2	Lincoln City	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	6	0.167	1	D	L	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Bury	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
Barrow	0	0	Port Vale	Holker Street	7,783
	Lineups
Gateshead	0	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Redheugh Park	8,727
	Lineups
Hartlepools United	2	2	York City	Victoria Park	11,854	Largest home gate 1953-54
McLaughlin, McGuigan	Lineups		Spence R (p), Fenton
Stockport County	1	1	Halifax Town	Edgeley Park	8,687
Clempson	Lineups		Priestley

				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	1	Gateshead	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	2	2	4	D	W	D	#	#	1953-08-29	Chester	H
2	2	Port Vale	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	4	D	D	W	#	#	1953-08-29	Darlington	A
3	-2	Wrexham	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	3	W	D	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Chesterfield	H
4	-1	Crewe Alexandra	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	3	W	D	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Bradford	H
5	5	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	3	D	W	#	#	#	1953-08-29	York City	H
6	-1	Carlisle United	1	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Grimsby Town	A
7	-1	Bradford	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Crewe Alexandra	A
8	-1	Grimsby Town	2	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	L	W	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Carlisle United	H
9	-1	Accrington Stanley	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Workington	H
10	-1	Mansfield Town	2	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	5	2	1.5	2	W	L	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Bradford City	A
11	4	Hartlepool United	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	D	D	#	#	#	1953-08-29	Crewe Alexandra	H
12	-1	Chesterfield	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	D	D	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Wrexham	A
13	0	Barrow	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	D	D	#	#	#	1953-08-29	Tranmere Rovers	H
14	2	Stockport County	3	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	2	0.75	2	D	L	D	#	#	1953-08-29	Grimsby Town	H
15	6	York City	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	0.4	2	D	D	L	#	#	1953-08-29	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
16	4	Halifax Town	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0.333	2	D	L	D	#	#	1953-08-29	Mansfield Town	A
17	-5	Bradford City	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0.25	2	L	W	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Mansfield Town	H
18	-4	Chester	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Barnsley	H
19	-2	Southport	2	0	0	1	2	4	0	1	0	1	1	0.6	1	L	D	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Darlington	A
20	-2	Darlington	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0.5	1	L	D	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Southport	H
21	-2	Barnsley	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	D	L	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Chester	A
22	0	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	0	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
Millwall	1	0	Watford	The Den, New Cross	18,364
Jardine (p)	Lineups
Newport County	0	4	Southampton	Somerton Park	8,571
	Lineups		Day 2, Hoskins, Flood
Shrewsbury Town	1	1	Crystal Palace	Gay Meadow	11,845
Johnston	Lineups		Thomas

				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	Ipswich Town	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	4	W	W	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Torquay United	H
2	0	Swindon Town	2	2	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.5	4	W	W	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Aldershot	H
3	10	Southampton	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	7	4	2.25	4	W	L	W	#	#	1953-08-29	Bristol City	H
4	-1	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
5	2	Crystal Palace	3	1	1	0	6	5	0	1	0	1	1	1.167	4	D	W	D	#	#	1953-08-29	Colchester United	A
6	-2	Gillingham	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	4	3	W	D	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Coventry City	H
7	-2	Aldershot	2	1	1	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	D	W	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Swindon Town	A
8	-2	Exeter City	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	3	D	W	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Colchester United	H
9	3	Shrewsbury Town	2	1	1	0	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.4	3	D	W	#	#	#	1953-08-29	Exeter City	A
10	-2	Norwich City	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	D	W	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Queens Park Rangers	H
11	-2	Southend United	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	W	L	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Reading	A
12	-2	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
13	-2	Coventry City	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	2	4	1.5	2	W	L	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Gillingham	A
14	0	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	0	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	6	Millwall	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	4	0.5	2	W	L	#	#	#	1953-08-29	Ipswich Town	H
17	-1	Newport County	3	1	0	1	4	5	0	0	1	1	7	0.417	2	L	L	W	#	#	1953-08-29	Walsall	H
18	-1	Bristol City	2	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.667	1	L	D	#	#	#	1953-08-27	Walsall	A
19	-1	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
20	-1	Walsall	2	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.333	1	D	L	#	#	#	1953-08-27	Bristol City	H
21	0	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	-2	Watford	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	9	0.444	0	L	L	L	#	#	1953-08-29	Torquay United	H
23	0	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	0	Reading	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	0.143	0	L	L	#	#	#	1953-08-26	Southend United	H