1953-09-07

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	1	1	Portsmouth	Bloomfield Road	30,914
Mudie	Lineups		Vaughan
Burnley	4	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Turf Moor	34,280
Gray 3, McIlroy	Lineups		Walters, Robb
Sheffield United	0	1	Cardiff City	Bramall Lane	34,043
	Lineups		Chisholm
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	1	Liverpool	Molineux	35,701
Broadbent, Swinbourne	Lineups		Jackson

				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	1	Burnley	7	4	0	0	14	5	1	0	2	4	6	1.636	10	W	W	L	W	W	1953-09-12	West Bromwich Albion	H
3	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	7	3	0	0	8	3	2	0	2	10	9	1.5	10	W	W	W	W	L	1953-09-12	Portsmouth	H
4	-2	Blackpool	6	3	1	0	8	3	1	0	1	5	5	1.625	9	D	W	W	W	L	1953-09-12	Aston Villa	A
5	0	Tottenham Hotspur	7	3	0	0	8	2	1	0	3	4	9	1.091	8	L	L	W	W	W	1953-09-12	Liverpool	H
6	7	Cardiff City	7	2	1	0	5	3	1	1	2	2	5	0.875	8	W	D	W	L	L	1953-09-12	Manchester City	A
7	-1	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
8	-1	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
9	-1	Sheffield United	6	1	0	2	4	5	2	1	0	7	5	1.1	7	L	W	D	L	W	1953-09-12	Sheffield Wednesday	H
10	-1	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
11	-1	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
12	-1	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
13	-1	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
14	0	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	0	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	0	Portsmouth	7	2	0	1	8	7	0	1	3	6	13	0.7	5	D	W	W	L	L	1953-09-12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
17	0	Liverpool	7	1	2	1	10	12	0	0	3	1	8	0.55	4	L	L	L	L	D	1953-09-12	Tottenham Hotspur	A
18	0	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	0	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	0	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
Bristol Rovers	2	0	Bury	Eastville	29,002
Petherbridge, Massey OG	Lineups
Hull City	3	0	Nottingham Forest	Boothferry Park	17,288
Wilkinson 2, Jensen	Lineups
Leicester City	4	0	Stoke City	Filbert Street	20,907
Griffiths 3, Rowley	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	1	1	Leeds United	Home Park	20,353
Willis	Lineups		Charles
Rotherham United	3	2	Fulham	Millmoor	14,427
Burke 2, Wilson I	Lineups		Jezzard, Haynes

				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	0	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	1	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
4	3	Leicester City	7	2	2	0	13	4	1	1	1	4	6	1.7	9	W	W	D	W	D	1953-09-12	Nottingham Forest	H
5	-2	Nottingham Forest	7	3	1	0	12	5	1	0	2	2	5	1.4	9	L	W	W	L	W	1953-09-12	Leicester City	A
6	5	Bristol Rovers	7	2	0	1	5	1	1	2	1	8	6	1.857	8	W	W	L	W	L	1953-09-12	West Ham United	H
7	2	Leeds United	7	3	1	0	14	5	0	1	2	4	10	1.2	8	D	D	W	L	L	1953-09-12	Fulham	A
8	-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
9	-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
10	-2	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
11	-1	Stoke City	7	0	3	0	4	4	1	2	1	3	6	0.7	7	L	D	D	D	D	1953-09-12	Birmingham City	H
12	4	Rotherham United	7	3	0	1	10	6	0	0	3	3	11	0.765	6	W	L	L	W	W	1953-09-12	Luton Town	H
13	-1	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
14	-1	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
15	7	Hull City	7	2	0	1	7	3	0	1	3	1	8	0.727	5	W	L	L	W	L	1953-09-12	Blackburn Rovers	H
16	-2	Bury	7	0	3	0	6	6	0	2	2	1	6	0.583	5	L	D	D	L	D	1953-09-12	Oldham Athletic	A
17	1	Plymouth Argyle	7	0	4	0	6	6	0	1	2	1	7	0.538	5	D	D	L	D	D	1953-09-12	Swansea Town	A
18	-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
19	-2	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
20	-1	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
21	-1	Fulham	7	0	2	1	5	6	0	1	3	6	10	0.688	3	L	L	D	L	D	1953-09-12	Leeds United	H
22	-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

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Crewe Alexandra	3	2	Barnsley	Gresty Road	8,895
McGuigan, Chapman, Boyle	Lineups		Lumley, Kelly
Gateshead	3	0	York City	Redheugh Park	6,781
Smith, Ingham, Watkin	Lineups
Hartlepools United	1	1	Southport	Victoria Park	8,925
McGuigan	Lineups		Gaskell
Port Vale	2	0	Bradford	Vale Park	19,270
Leake 2	Lineups
Stockport County	3	2	Carlisle United	Edgeley Park	10,157
Connor 3	Lineups		Whitehouse, Bloomfield
Workington	1	3	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Borough Park	7,367
Winters	Lineups		Whitfield 2, Haigh

				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	7	3	1	0	9	1	2	1	0	5	1	7	12	W	W	W	W	D	1953-09-12	Gateshead	A
2	2	Crewe Alexandra	7	3	1	0	8	4	0	3	0	2	2	1.667	10	W	W	D	D	D	1953-09-12	Workington	A
3	-1	Southport	7	2	0	1	9	7	2	2	0	4	2	1.444	10	D	W	W	W	W	1953-09-12	York City	A
4	5	Gateshead	7	2	1	0	5	1	1	2	1	6	6	1.571	9	W	L	D	W	D	1953-09-12	Port Vale	H
5	3	Stockport County	7	2	2	0	8	6	1	1	1	2	2	1.25	9	W	D	W	W	D	1953-09-12	Rochdale	A
6	4	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	6	1	1	0	4	1	2	1	1	7	5	1.833	8	W	L	D	W	D	1953-09-12	Chester	H
7	-4	Barnsley	7	3	0	0	9	2	0	2	2	3	5	1.714	8	L	W	W	W	D	1953-09-12	Darlington	A
8	-3	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
9	-3	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
10	-3	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
11	0	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	0	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	0	Carlisle United	6	2	1	0	15	3	0	0	3	6	10	1.615	5	L	W	D	L	L	1953-09-12	Barrow	A
14	0	Bradford	6	1	2	0	7	3	0	1	2	2	5	1.125	5	L	D	D	L	D	1953-09-12	Hartlepool United	A
15	0	York City	7	1	2	0	5	0	0	1	3	2	11	0.636	5	L	D	W	L	D	1953-09-12	Southport	H
16	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	2	Hartlepool United	6	0	3	0	3	3	0	1	2	2	9	0.417	4	D	L	L	D	D	1953-09-12	Bradford	H
21	-1	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
22	-1	Workington	6	1	0	2	4	5	0	1	2	2	7	0.5	3	L	L	W	L	L	1953-09-12	Crewe Alexandra	H
23	0	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	0	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
Millwall	1	0	Northampton Town	The Den, New Cross	11,909
Neary	Lineups
Newport County	1	3	Crystal Palace	Somerton Park	6,913
Shergold	Lineups		Foulds, Devonshire, Randall
Queens Park Rangers	0	1	Southampton	Loftus Road	11,308
	Lineups		Hoskins
Shrewsbury Town	0	2	Aldershot	Gay Meadow	11,057
	Lineups		Durkin 2

				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	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	Southampton	7	3	0	0	10	2	2	1	1	9	5	2.714	11	W	D	W	W	W	1953-09-12	Swindon Town	H
3	-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
4	1	Aldershot	7	2	2	0	6	3	2	0	1	5	3	1.833	10	W	D	W	W	L	1953-09-12	Colchester United	A
5	-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
6	3	Crystal Palace	7	2	1	0	9	7	1	2	1	7	8	1.067	9	W	D	W	L	D	1953-09-12	Bristol City	H
7	-1	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
8	-1	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
9	-1	Shrewsbury Town	6	2	1	1	9	8	1	0	1	3	3	1.091	7	L	W	L	W	D	1953-09-12	Norwich City	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	Northampton Town	7	2	0	0	6	2	0	1	4	5	10	0.917	5	L	W	W	L	L	1953-09-12	Torquay United	A
15	0	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	4	Millwall	6	2	1	1	5	4	0	0	2	2	6	0.7	5	W	D	L	L	W	1953-09-12	Leyton Orient	A
18	-1	Queens Park Rangers	7	0	0	4	1	7	2	1	0	5	3	0.6	5	L	W	L	L	D	1953-09-12	Walsall	H
19	-1	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
20	-1	Newport County	7	2	0	2	9	10	0	0	3	2	13	0.478	4	L	L	L	W	L	1953-09-12	Exeter City	H
21	-1	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
22	0	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	0	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	0	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