1953-08-26

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Bolton Wanderers	3	2	Middlesbrough	Burnden Park	29,502
Hassall 2 (1p), Webster	Lineups		Mannion, Delapenha
Huddersfield Town	2	0	Cardiff City	Leeds Road	30,089
Watson, Metcalfe	Lineups
Liverpool	2	2	Newcastle United	Anfield Road	47,263
Baron 2	Lineups		Davies, Hannah
Manchester United	1	3	West Bromwich Albion	Old Trafford	33,652
Taylor	Lineups		Dudley, Nicholls, Lee
Preston North End	6	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Deepdale	33,118
Baxter 3, Wayman, Foster, Finney	Lineups
Sunderland	3	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Roker Park	57,135
Shackleton, Wright T, Ford	Lineups		Hancocks, Wilshaw
Tottenham Hotspur	3	1	Charlton Athletic	White Hart Lane	48,035
Baily, Robb 2	Lineups		Kiernan

				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	6	Huddersfield Town	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	4	5	W	D	W	#	#	1953-08-29	Portsmouth	H
2	3	West Bromwich Albion	3	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	3	1	3	5	W	D	W	#	#	1953-08-29	Preston North End	A
3	7	Preston North End	3	1	0	1	7	2	1	0	0	4	0	5.5	4	W	W	L	#	#	1953-08-29	West Bromwich Albion	H
4	12	Tottenham Hotspur	3	2	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	1	2	1.667	4	W	L	W	#	#	1953-08-29	Middlesbrough	H
5	-2	Sheffield United	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	3	1.667	4	W	W	#	#	#	1953-08-29	Blackpool	H
6	-2	Burnley	3	2	0	0	6	2	0	0	1	1	3	1.4	4	W	L	W	#	#	1953-08-29	Sheffield Wednesday	H
7	-5	Charlton Athletic	3	2	0	0	8	4	0	0	1	1	3	1.286	4	L	W	W	#	#	1953-08-29	Chelsea	A
8	0	Liverpool	3	1	2	0	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	1.286	4	D	D	W	#	#	1953-08-29	Bolton Wanderers	A
9	-8	Sheffield Wednesday	3	2	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	6	0.571	4	L	W	W	#	#	1953-08-29	Burnley	A
10	7	Bolton Wanderers	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	1	1	1.333	3	W	D	#	#	#	1953-08-29	Liverpool	H
11	0	Newcastle United	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	2	1.333	3	D	W	#	#	#	1953-08-29	Manchester United	A
12	-3	Chelsea	3	1	0	0	4	3	0	1	1	2	3	1	3	W	L	D	#	#	1953-08-29	Charlton Athletic	H
13	-7	Cardiff City	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	2	0.667	3	L	W	D	#	#	1953-08-29	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
14	-2	Aston Villa	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	3	1.333	2	W	L	L	#	#	1953-08-29	Arsenal	H
15	-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	7	1	2	L	W	L	#	#	1953-08-29	Cardiff City	H
16	-1	Blackpool	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	L	W	#	#	#	1953-08-29	Sheffield United	A
17	4	Sunderland	3	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	2	4	7	0.778	2	W	L	L	#	#	1953-08-29	Manchester City	H
18	-4	Manchester United	3	0	1	1	2	4	0	1	0	4	4	0.75	2	L	D	D	#	#	1953-08-29	Newcastle United	H
19	0	Middlesbrough	3	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	2	3	0.286	1	L	L	D	#	#	1953-08-29	Tottenham Hotspur	A
20	-2	Arsenal	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	L	D	L	#	#	1953-08-29	Aston Villa	A
21	-1	Portsmouth	3	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	2	4	7	0.636	0	L	L	L	#	#	1953-08-29	Huddersfield Town	A
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
Lincoln City	0	0	Bury	Sincil Bank	14,564
	Lineups
Luton Town	0	1	Nottingham Forest	Kenilworth Road	17,522
	Lineups		Capel

				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	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	0	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	6	Nottingham Forest	3	1	1	0	6	3	1	0	0	1	0	2.333	5	W	W	D	#	#	1953-08-29	Swansea Town	A
4	-1	Leeds United	2	2	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	W	W	#	#	#	1953-08-27	Swansea Town	A
5	-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
6	-1	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
7	-1	Everton	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	7	5	1.4	4	W	D	D	#	#	1953-08-29	Oldham Athletic	H
8	-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
9	-1	Blackburn Rovers	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	1	2.5	3	D	W	#	#	#	1953-08-27	Brentford	A
10	2	Bury	3	0	1	0	3	3	0	2	0	1	1	1	3	D	D	D	#	#	1953-08-29	Hull City	A
11	-1	Rotherham United	3	1	0	1	6	4	0	0	1	2	4	1	2	W	L	L	#	#	1953-08-29	Birmingham City	H
12	1	Oldham Athletic	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	1	2	D	D	#	#	#	1953-08-27	Notts County	A
13	1	Fulham	3	0	1	1	4	5	0	1	0	2	2	0.857	2	D	L	D	#	#	1953-08-29	Brentford	A
14	1	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
15	-4	Luton Town	3	0	2	1	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0.833	2	L	D	D	#	#	1953-08-29	Plymouth Argyle	A
16	0	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	0	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	3	Lincoln City	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	6	0.167	2	D	D	L	#	#	1953-08-29	Blackburn Rovers	H
19	-1	Brentford	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	0.4	1	L	D	#	#	#	1953-08-27	Blackburn Rovers	H
20	-1	Notts County	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	9	0.333	1	D	L	#	#	#	1953-08-27	Oldham Athletic	H
21	-1	Hull City	3	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	1	0	2	0.2	1	L	D	L	#	#	1953-08-29	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
Accrington Stanley	4	2	Workington	Peel Park	9,596	Largest home gate 1953-54
Bodle 2 (2p), Brown, Cocker	Lineups		Simmonds, Johnson
Bradford City	2	2	Mansfield Town	Valley Parade	9,873
Rosenthal, Harbertson	Lineups		Plummer, Reeve
Chester	1	1	Barnsley	Sealand Road	7,117
Windle	Lineups		Brown
Crewe Alexandra	1	1	Bradford	Gresty Road	6,873
Basford	Lineups		Dunlop
Darlington	0	1	Southport	Feethams Ground	7,695
	Lineups		Gaskell
Grimsby Town	3	2	Carlisle United	Blundell Park	14,516
Smith F 2, Hernon	Lineups		Ashman, Drury
Wrexham	1	2	Chesterfield	Racecourse Ground	13,099
Heggie	Lineups		Smallwood, McGoldrick

				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	7	Grimsby Town	3	2	0	1	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	W	L	W	#	#	1953-08-29	Stockport County	A
2	-1	Gateshead	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	2	2	4	D	W	D	#	#	1953-08-29	Chester	H
3	-1	Port Vale	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	4	D	D	W	#	#	1953-08-29	Darlington	A
4	5	Accrington Stanley	2	2	0	0	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	W	W	#	#	#	1953-08-29	Rochdale	A
5	-1	Crewe Alexandra	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	4	D	W	D	#	#	1953-08-29	Hartlepool United	A
6	6	Chesterfield	3	0	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	1.333	4	W	D	D	#	#	1953-08-29	Bradford City	A
7	0	Bradford	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	5	3	D	W	#	#	#	1953-08-29	Barnsley	A
8	2	Mansfield Town	3	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	7	4	1.333	3	D	W	L	#	#	1953-08-29	Halifax Town	H
9	-6	Wrexham	3	0	1	1	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	1.333	3	L	W	D	#	#	1953-08-29	Carlisle United	H
10	-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
11	9	Southport	3	0	0	1	2	4	1	1	0	2	1	0.8	3	W	L	D	#	#	1953-08-29	Workington	A
12	6	Bradford City	3	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	4	0.5	3	D	L	W	#	#	1953-08-29	Chesterfield	H
13	-7	Carlisle United	2	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	2	L	W	#	#	#	1953-08-29	Wrexham	A
14	-3	Hartlepool United	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	D	D	#	#	#	1953-08-29	Crewe Alexandra	H
15	4	Chester	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	D	D	#	#	#	1953-08-29	Gateshead	A
16	-3	Barrow	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	D	D	#	#	#	1953-08-29	Tranmere Rovers	H
17	-3	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
18	-3	Tranmere Rovers	2	0	0	1	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0.6	2	W	L	#	#	#	1953-08-29	Barrow	A
19	3	Barnsley	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	0.5	2	D	D	L	#	#	1953-08-29	Bradford	H
20	-4	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
21	-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
22	1	Workington	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	0.5	1	L	D	#	#	#	1953-08-29	Southport	H
23	-2	Darlington	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	0.333	1	L	L	D	#	#	1953-08-29	Port Vale	H
24	0	Rochdale	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	L	L	#	#	#	1953-08-29	Accrington Stanley	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	2	1	Northampton Town	Dean Court	14,409
Cross 2	Lineups		English
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	1	Leyton Orient	Goldstone Ground	18,336
Sirrel 2	Lineups		Facey
Exeter City	1	2	Colchester United	St James Park	10,589
Priestley	Lineups		Barlow, McCurley
Gillingham	2	0	Coventry City	Priestfield Stadium	14,407
Long, Morgan	Lineups
Ipswich Town	2	1	Torquay United	Portman Road	11,476
Garneys 2	Lineups		Rees OG
Norwich City	2	2	Queens Park Rangers	Carrow Road	23,432
Gavin 2	Lineups		Clayton, Hawkins
Reading	2	0	Southend United	Elm Park	12,588
Blackman, Hinshelwood	Lineups
Swindon Town	3	1	Aldershot	County Ground	14,964
Betteridge, Owen 2	Lineups		Flint

				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	3	2	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	2	0	7	6	W	W	W	#	#	1953-08-29	Millwall	A
2	0	Swindon Town	3	3	0	0	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	W	W	W	#	#	1953-08-29	Norwich City	A
3	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	3	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	5	3	1.75	6	W	W	W	#	#	1953-08-29	Northampton Town	H
4	2	Gillingham	3	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	1	1	6	5	W	W	D	#	#	1953-08-29	Southend United	A
5	-2	Southampton	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	7	4	2.25	4	W	L	W	#	#	1953-08-29	Bristol City	H
6	6	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3	2	0	0	6	2	0	0	1	1	2	1.75	4	W	W	L	#	#	1953-08-29	Leyton Orient	A
7	3	Norwich City	3	1	1	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.5	4	D	D	W	#	#	1953-08-29	Swindon Town	H
8	-3	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
9	6	Colchester United	3	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	1	2	4	1	4	W	L	W	#	#	1953-08-29	Crystal Palace	H
10	-1	Shrewsbury Town	2	1	1	0	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.4	3	D	W	#	#	#	1953-08-29	Exeter City	A
11	-4	Aldershot	3	1	1	0	4	2	0	0	1	1	3	1	3	L	D	W	#	#	1953-08-29	Queens Park Rangers	A
12	2	Queens Park Rangers	3	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	4	3	1	3	D	W	L	#	#	1953-08-29	Aldershot	H
13	-5	Exeter City	3	1	0	1	3	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	3	L	D	W	#	#	1953-08-29	Shrewsbury Town	H
14	-1	Coventry City	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	2	6	1	2	L	W	L	#	#	1953-08-29	Reading	A
15	-4	Southend United	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	3	0.667	2	L	W	L	#	#	1953-08-29	Gillingham	H
16	0	Millwall	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	4	0.5	2	W	L	#	#	#	1953-08-29	Ipswich Town	H
17	7	Reading	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	7	0.429	2	W	L	L	#	#	1953-08-29	Coventry City	H
18	-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
19	-1	Bristol City	2	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.667	1	L	D	#	#	#	1953-08-27	Walsall	A
20	-1	Northampton Town	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	6	0.5	1	L	L	D	#	#	1953-08-29	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
21	-1	Walsall	2	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.333	1	D	L	#	#	#	1953-08-27	Bristol City	H
22	-1	Torquay United	3	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	2	2	5	0.5	0	L	L	L	#	#	1953-08-29	Watford	A
23	-1	Watford	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	9	0.444	0	L	L	L	#	#	1953-08-29	Torquay United	H
24	-1	Leyton Orient	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	8	0.25	0	L	L	L	#	#	1953-08-29	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H