1953-09-05

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	2	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Highbury	60,460
Roper, Holton	Lineups		Broadbent, Hancocks, Wilshaw
Blackpool	3	1	Huddersfield Town	Bloomfield Road	34,507
Mortensen, Mudie, Fenton	Lineups		Davie
Cardiff City	1	1	Sunderland	Ninian Park	42,002
Chisholm	Lineups		Wright T
Chelsea	1	2	Sheffield United	Stamford Bridge	49,824
McNichol	Lineups		Hagan 2
Liverpool	1	5	Preston North End	Anfield Road	46,928
Jones W	Lineups		Finney 2, Foster, Wayman, Kaile
Manchester City	2	0	Manchester United	Maine Road	53,097	Largest home gate 1953-54
Revie, Hart	Lineups
Middlesbrough	1	3	Burnley	Ayresome Park	32,957
Edwards	Lineups		Gray, Holden, Stephenson
Newcastle United	2	3	Bolton Wanderers	St James' Park	61,321	Largest home gate 1953-54
Hannah, Mitchell	Lineups		Hassall (p), Webster 2
Portsmouth	2	1	Aston Villa	Fratton Park	31,810
Froggatt, Harris	Lineups		Walsh
Sheffield Wednesday	1	2	Charlton Athletic	Hillsborough	40,936
Woodhead	Lineups		Leary, Hurst
West Bromwich Albion	3	0	Tottenham Hotspur	The Hawthorns	43,168
Allen, Nicholls, Ramsey OG	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	West Bromwich Albion	6	3	1	0	8	1	2	0	0	5	1	6.5	11	W	W	W	W	D	1953-09-09	Newcastle United	H
2	4	Blackpool	5	3	0	0	7	2	1	0	1	5	5	1.714	8	W	W	W	L	W	1953-09-07	Portsmouth	H
3	5	Burnley	6	3	0	0	10	3	1	0	2	4	6	1.556	8	W	L	W	W	L	1953-09-07	Tottenham Hotspur	H
4	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	6	2	0	0	6	2	2	0	2	10	9	1.455	8	W	W	W	L	W	1953-09-07	Liverpool	H
5	-3	Tottenham Hotspur	6	3	0	0	8	2	1	0	2	2	5	1.429	8	L	W	W	W	L	1953-09-07	Burnley	A
6	-3	Huddersfield Town	6	2	0	0	7	1	1	1	2	4	6	1.571	7	L	L	W	W	D	1953-09-09	Manchester City	H
7	3	Bolton Wanderers	5	2	0	0	5	2	1	1	1	6	6	1.375	7	W	L	W	W	D	1953-09-09	Sheffield Wednesday	H
8	3	Sheffield United	5	1	0	1	4	4	2	1	0	7	5	1.222	7	W	D	L	W	W	1953-09-07	Cardiff City	H
9	5	Preston North End	6	1	0	2	7	4	2	0	1	11	5	2	6	W	L	L	W	W	1953-09-09	Charlton Athletic	H
10	-6	Newcastle United	5	2	0	1	8	4	0	2	0	3	3	1.571	6	L	W	D	D	W	1953-09-09	West Bromwich Albion	A
11	-6	Aston Villa	6	2	0	0	5	1	1	0	3	3	5	1.333	6	L	W	W	W	L	1953-09-12	Blackpool	H
12	3	Charlton Athletic	6	2	0	1	8	5	1	0	2	4	7	1	6	W	L	L	L	W	1953-09-09	Preston North End	A
13	0	Cardiff City	6	2	1	0	5	3	0	1	2	1	5	0.75	6	D	W	L	L	W	1953-09-07	Sheffield United	A
14	-5	Sheffield Wednesday	6	3	0	1	9	5	0	0	2	1	10	0.667	6	L	W	L	L	W	1953-09-09	Bolton Wanderers	A
15	-3	Chelsea	6	2	0	1	8	6	0	1	2	4	6	1	5	L	L	W	W	L	1953-09-08	Arsenal	A
16	4	Portsmouth	6	2	0	1	8	7	0	0	3	5	12	0.684	4	W	W	L	L	L	1953-09-07	Blackpool	A
17	-1	Liverpool	6	1	2	1	10	12	0	0	2	0	6	0.556	4	L	L	L	D	D	1953-09-07	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
18	3	Manchester City	6	1	0	2	2	5	1	0	2	5	9	0.5	4	W	L	W	L	L	1953-09-09	Huddersfield Town	A
19	0	Sunderland	6	1	0	1	7	7	0	1	3	6	11	0.722	3	D	L	L	W	L	1953-09-12	Arsenal	H
20	-3	Manchester United	6	0	2	1	3	5	0	1	2	4	8	0.538	3	L	L	D	L	D	1953-09-09	Middlesbrough	H
21	-3	Middlesbrough	6	1	1	2	4	9	0	0	2	3	7	0.438	3	L	W	L	L	L	1953-09-09	Manchester United	A
22	0	Arsenal	6	0	2	1	3	4	0	0	3	1	5	0.444	2	L	D	L	L	D	1953-09-08	Chelsea	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	1	2	Leicester City	St Andrew's	30,885	Largest home gate 1953-54
Stewart	Lineups		Rowley, Hines
Blackburn Rovers	2	0	Notts County	Ewood Park	23,244
Quigley, Briggs	Lineups
Brentford	0	3	Bristol Rovers	Griffin Park	21,158
	Lineups		Bradford 3
Bury	2	2	Everton	Gigg Lane	17,960
Plant, Gleadall	Lineups		Eglington, Parker
Derby County	2	0	Lincoln City	Baseball Ground	21,810
Lee, Harrison	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	4	1	Hull City	Belle Vue	21,226
Robinson, Harrison, McMorran, Lawlor	Lineups		Jensen
Leeds United	1	1	Stoke City	Elland Road	27,571
Charles	Lineups		Oscroft
Luton Town	2	0	Swansea Town	Kenilworth Road	17,479
Downie, Mitchell	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	4	1	Rotherham United	City Ground	23,352
Scott, Leverton 2, Capel	Lineups		Williams R
Oldham Athletic	1	1	Plymouth Argyle	Boundary Park	22,124
McKennan	Lineups		McCrory
West Ham United	3	1	Fulham	Upton Park	30,103
Andrews 2, Dixon	Lineups		Jezzard

				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	Doncaster Rovers	6	2	1	0	6	2	3	0	0	7	1	4.333	11	W	W	W	W	D	1953-09-10	Brentford	A
2	2	West Ham United	6	4	0	0	15	2	0	1	1	1	6	2	9	W	W	D	L	W	1953-09-10	Swansea Town	A
3	2	Nottingham Forest	6	3	1	0	12	5	1	0	1	2	2	2	9	W	W	L	W	W	1953-09-07	Hull City	A
4	-2	Everton	6	2	0	0	5	1	1	3	0	9	7	1.75	9	D	W	W	W	D	1953-09-10	Notts County	A
5	3	Blackburn Rovers	6	1	2	0	5	3	2	0	1	8	10	1	8	W	D	L	W	D	1953-09-09	Derby County	A
6	-3	Birmingham City	6	3	0	1	12	2	0	1	1	2	3	2.8	7	L	W	L	D	W	1953-09-09	Luton Town	H
7	3	Leicester City	6	1	2	0	9	4	1	1	1	4	6	1.3	7	W	D	W	D	L	1953-09-07	Stoke City	H
8	3	Derby County	6	2	1	0	7	2	0	2	1	4	7	1.222	7	W	D	L	D	W	1953-09-09	Blackburn Rovers	H
9	-3	Leeds United	6	3	1	0	14	5	0	0	2	3	9	1.214	7	D	W	L	L	W	1953-09-07	Plymouth Argyle	A
10	-3	Stoke City	6	0	3	0	4	4	1	2	0	3	2	1.167	7	D	D	D	D	W	1953-09-07	Leicester City	A
11	2	Bristol Rovers	6	1	0	1	3	1	1	2	1	8	6	1.571	6	W	L	W	L	D	1953-09-07	Bury	H
12	-3	Lincoln City	6	1	1	0	8	0	0	2	2	2	9	1.111	5	L	D	W	D	D	1953-09-09	Oldham Athletic	H
13	6	Luton Town	6	1	2	1	7	6	0	1	1	3	4	1	5	W	L	D	L	D	1953-09-09	Birmingham City	A
14	1	Bury	6	0	3	0	6	6	0	2	1	1	4	0.7	5	D	D	L	D	D	1953-09-07	Bristol Rovers	A
15	-3	Notts County	6	1	0	1	3	5	1	1	2	6	12	0.529	5	L	W	L	W	D	1953-09-10	Everton	H
16	-2	Rotherham United	6	2	0	1	7	4	0	0	3	3	11	0.667	4	L	L	W	W	L	1953-09-07	Fulham	H
17	0	Swansea Town	6	2	0	1	6	5	0	0	3	2	11	0.5	4	L	L	W	W	L	1953-09-10	West Ham United	H
18	3	Plymouth Argyle	6	0	3	0	5	5	0	1	2	1	7	0.5	4	D	L	D	D	L	1953-09-07	Leeds United	H
19	-3	Brentford	6	1	0	2	3	8	0	2	1	4	7	0.467	4	L	D	W	L	L	1953-09-10	Doncaster Rovers	H
20	-2	Fulham	6	0	2	1	5	6	0	1	2	4	7	0.692	3	L	D	L	D	L	1953-09-07	Rotherham United	A
21	1	Oldham Athletic	6	0	2	1	2	4	0	1	2	5	9	0.538	3	D	L	L	L	D	1953-09-09	Lincoln City	A
22	-2	Hull City	6	1	0	1	4	3	0	1	3	1	8	0.455	3	L	L	W	L	D	1953-09-07	Nottingham Forest	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	1	2	Wrexham	Peel Park	8,298
Kirk	Lineups		Hughes, Heggie
Barnsley	4	1	Chesterfield	Oakwell	12,640
Lumley 3, Pattison	Lineups		McGoldrick
Bradford	2	2	Darlington	Park Avenue	12,295
Crosbie, Milburn	Lineups		Robson, Scarborough
Carlisle United	5	0	Mansfield Town	Brunton Park	8,482
Whitehouse 3, Ashman 2	Lineups
Chester	3	0	Workington	Sealand Road	5,790
Coffin 2 (2p), Pye	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	3	1	Gateshead	Gresty Road	6,862
McGuigan, Chapman, Betts	Lineups		Johnson
Grimsby Town	3	2	Rochdale	Blundell Park	12,305
Wright 2, Smith F	Lineups		Haddington, Anders
Halifax Town	2	0	Barrow	The Shay	7,552
Moncrieff, Murphy	Lineups
Port Vale	3	1	Hartlepools United	Vale Park	20,052
Hayward 2, Griffiths	Lineups		Burnett
Southport	4	3	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Haig Avenue	5,821
McLean 2, Hitchen, Dale (p)	Lineups		Brown, Haigh, Whitfield
Tranmere Rovers	0	1	Bradford City	Prenton Park	7,838
	Lineups		Woan
York City	0	0	Stockport County	Bootham Crescent	8,573	Largest home gate 1953-54
	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	0	Port Vale	6	2	1	0	7	1	2	1	0	5	1	6	10	W	W	W	D	D	1953-09-07	Bradford	H
2	1	Southport	6	2	0	1	9	7	2	1	0	3	1	1.5	9	W	W	W	W	L	1953-09-07	Hartlepool United	A
3	2	Barnsley	6	3	0	0	9	2	0	2	1	1	2	2.5	8	W	W	W	D	D	1953-09-07	Crewe Alexandra	A
4	3	Crewe Alexandra	6	2	1	0	5	2	0	3	0	2	2	1.75	8	W	D	D	D	W	1953-09-07	Barnsley	H
5	5	Bradford City	6	2	1	0	5	2	1	1	1	1	4	1	8	W	D	W	D	L	1953-09-09	Barrow	H
6	5	Wrexham	6	1	1	1	6	5	2	0	1	4	2	1.429	7	W	L	W	L	W	1953-09-09	Tranmere Rovers	H
7	5	Grimsby Town	6	3	0	1	9	5	0	1	1	5	6	1.273	7	W	D	L	W	L	1953-09-09	Accrington Stanley	H
8	0	Stockport County	6	1	2	0	5	4	1	1	1	2	2	1.167	7	D	W	W	D	L	1953-09-07	Carlisle United	H
9	-7	Gateshead	6	1	1	0	2	1	1	2	1	6	6	1.143	7	L	D	W	D	W	1953-09-07	York City	H
10	-6	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	5	1	1	0	4	1	1	1	1	4	4	1.6	6	L	D	W	D	W	1953-09-07	Workington	A
11	-5	Mansfield Town	6	1	1	1	4	3	1	1	1	7	9	0.917	6	L	D	W	D	W	1953-09-12	Accrington Stanley	H
12	-3	Chesterfield	6	1	2	0	3	2	1	0	2	3	7	0.667	6	L	W	L	W	D	1953-09-12	Tranmere Rovers	H
13	5	Carlisle United	5	2	1	0	15	3	0	0	2	4	7	1.9	5	W	D	L	L	W	1953-09-07	Stockport County	A
14	-1	Bradford	5	1	2	0	7	3	0	1	1	2	3	1.5	5	D	D	L	D	W	1953-09-07	Port Vale	A
15	1	York City	6	1	2	0	5	0	0	1	2	2	8	0.875	5	D	W	L	D	D	1953-09-07	Gateshead	A
16	-2	Tranmere Rovers	5	1	0	2	7	7	1	0	1	2	2	1	4	L	W	L	W	L	1953-09-09	Wrexham	A
17	-2	Accrington Stanley	5	2	0	1	7	5	0	0	2	1	4	0.889	4	L	L	L	W	W	1953-09-09	Grimsby Town	A
18	3	Chester	5	1	2	0	5	2	0	0	2	1	5	0.857	4	W	L	L	D	D	1953-09-09	Darlington	A
19	3	Halifax Town	6	1	1	2	2	3	0	1	1	2	4	0.571	4	W	L	L	D	L	1953-09-08	Rochdale	A
20	-3	Barrow	5	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	2	1	7	0.375	4	L	L	W	D	D	1953-09-09	Bradford City	A
21	-2	Workington	5	1	0	1	3	2	0	1	2	2	7	0.556	3	L	W	L	L	D	1953-09-07	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
22	-2	Hartlepool United	5	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	2	2	9	0.364	3	L	L	D	D	D	1953-09-07	Southport	H
23	1	Darlington	6	0	0	2	0	4	0	2	2	3	7	0.273	2	D	L	L	L	L	1953-09-09	Chester	H
24	-1	Rochdale	5	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	3	15	0.25	2	L	L	W	L	L	1953-09-08	Halifax Town	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	1	1	Southampton	Recreation Ground	13,206	Largest home gate 1953-54
Laird (p)	Lineups		Horton
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	1	Reading	Dean Court	13,148
Cross	Lineups		Uphill
Bristol City	3	0	Colchester United	Ashton Gate	17,219
Rodgers 2, Boxley	Lineups
Coventry City	1	0	Southend United	Highfield Road	13,069
Dorman	Lineups
Gillingham	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Priestfield Stadium	16,203	Largest home gate 1953-54
	Lineups
Ipswich Town	3	1	Leyton Orient	Portman Road	13,851
Brown, Garneys, Elsworthy	Lineups		Facey
Millwall	2	2	Crystal Palace	The Den, New Cross	21,997	Largest home gate 1953-54
Monkhouse, Short	Lineups		Fell, Thomas
Northampton Town	4	1	Watford	County Ground	13,831
English 3, O'Donnell	Lineups		Paton
Shrewsbury Town	2	1	Newport County	Gay Meadow	11,540
McCue, Johnston	Lineups		Graham
Swindon Town	0	1	Queens Park Rangers	County Ground	15,157
	Lineups		Cameron
Torquay United	3	2	Exeter City	Plainmoor	10,833	Largest home gate 1953-54
Collins 2, Thomas B	Lineups		Mitchell, McClelland (p)
Walsall	1	4	Norwich City	Fellows Park	11,048
Morris	Lineups		Collins, Summers 2, Johnston

				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	1	Ipswich Town	6	3	0	0	8	2	2	1	0	5	2	3.25	11	W	D	W	W	W	1953-09-09	Gillingham	H
2	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	6	2	0	0	5	3	3	1	0	7	3	2	11	D	W	W	W	W	1953-09-09	Southend United	H
3	0	Southampton	6	3	0	0	10	2	1	1	1	8	5	2.571	9	D	W	W	W	L	1953-09-07	Queens Park Rangers	A
4	1	Norwich City	6	1	2	0	5	4	2	1	0	6	1	2.2	9	W	W	D	D	D	1953-09-09	Colchester United	H
5	1	Aldershot	6	2	2	0	6	3	1	0	1	3	3	1.5	8	D	W	W	L	D	1953-09-07	Shrewsbury Town	A
6	-2	Swindon Town	6	3	0	1	12	4	0	1	1	2	3	2	7	L	L	D	W	W	1953-09-10	Walsall	A
7	0	Gillingham	6	2	1	0	5	0	0	2	1	3	4	2	7	D	L	D	W	W	1953-09-09	Ipswich Town	A
8	3	Shrewsbury Town	5	2	1	0	9	6	1	0	1	3	3	1.333	7	W	L	W	D	W	1953-09-07	Aldershot	H
9	0	Crystal Palace	6	2	1	0	9	7	0	2	1	4	7	0.929	7	D	W	L	D	W	1953-09-07	Newport County	A
10	0	Reading	6	2	0	0	6	3	1	1	2	4	9	0.833	7	D	W	W	W	L	1953-09-09	Watford	H
11	3	Bristol City	6	2	1	1	9	4	0	1	1	2	4	1.375	6	W	W	L	D	L	1953-09-09	Exeter City	A
12	1	Coventry City	6	3	0	0	7	1	0	0	3	5	10	1.091	6	W	W	L	L	W	1953-09-09	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
13	-5	Colchester United	6	2	0	1	7	3	1	0	2	2	7	0.9	6	L	L	W	W	L	1953-09-09	Norwich City	A
14	4	Northampton Town	6	2	0	0	6	2	0	1	3	5	9	1	5	W	W	L	L	L	1953-09-07	Millwall	A
15	-3	Exeter City	6	1	0	2	3	4	1	1	1	4	4	0.875	5	L	W	L	L	D	1953-09-09	Bristol City	H
16	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	6	2	1	0	7	3	0	0	3	2	9	0.75	5	D	L	L	W	W	1953-09-09	Coventry City	H
17	3	Queens Park Rangers	6	0	0	3	1	6	2	1	0	5	3	0.667	5	W	L	L	D	W	1953-09-07	Southampton	H
18	-3	Watford	6	2	0	0	5	2	0	0	4	5	13	0.667	4	L	W	W	L	L	1953-09-09	Reading	A
19	-2	Newport County	6	2	0	1	8	7	0	0	3	2	13	0.5	4	L	L	W	L	L	1953-09-07	Crystal Palace	H
20	4	Torquay United	6	1	1	1	6	6	0	0	3	3	8	0.643	3	W	D	L	L	L	1953-09-10	Leyton Orient	A
21	1	Millwall	5	1	1	1	4	4	0	0	2	2	6	0.6	3	D	L	L	W	L	1953-09-07	Northampton Town	H
22	-3	Southend United	6	1	1	1	4	3	0	0	3	0	4	0.571	3	L	L	D	L	W	1953-09-09	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
23	-2	Leyton Orient	6	1	0	1	5	2	0	0	4	3	11	0.615	2	L	L	W	L	L	1953-09-10	Torquay United	H
24	-1	Walsall	6	0	2	2	2	7	0	0	2	3	8	0.333	2	L	L	L	D	D	1953-09-10	Swindon Town	H