1953-09-09

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Bolton Wanderers	2	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Burnden Park	31,143
Moir, Hassall (p)	Lineups		Froggatt
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Manchester City	Leeds Road	24,341
Metcalfe	Lineups		Little
Manchester United	2	2	Middlesbrough	Old Trafford	19,893
Rowley 2	Lineups		Fitzsimons, Delapenha
Preston North End	2	0	Charlton Athletic	Deepdale	28,055
Baxter, Foster	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	2	2	Newcastle United	The Hawthorns	32,953
Ryan, Barlow	Lineups		Keeble, Mitchell

				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	7	3	2	0	10	3	2	0	0	5	1	3.75	12	D	W	W	W	W	1953-09-12	Burnley	A
2	0	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	0	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	0	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	3	Bolton Wanderers	6	3	0	0	7	3	1	1	1	6	6	1.444	9	W	W	L	W	W	1953-09-12	Manchester United	H
6	5	Preston North End	7	2	0	2	9	4	2	0	1	11	5	2.222	8	W	W	L	L	W	1953-09-12	Newcastle United	H
7	0	Huddersfield Town	7	2	1	0	8	2	1	1	2	4	6	1.5	8	D	L	L	W	W	1953-09-12	Chelsea	H
8	-3	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
9	-3	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
10	2	Newcastle United	6	2	0	1	8	4	0	3	0	5	5	1.444	7	D	L	W	D	D	1953-09-12	Preston North End	A
11	-2	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
12	-2	Chelsea	7	2	0	1	8	6	1	1	2	6	7	1.077	7	W	L	L	W	W	1953-09-12	Huddersfield Town	A
13	0	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
14	0	Charlton Athletic	7	2	0	1	8	5	1	0	3	4	9	0.857	6	L	W	L	L	L	1953-09-12	Middlesbrough	H
15	0	Sheffield Wednesday	7	3	0	1	9	5	0	0	3	2	12	0.647	6	L	L	W	L	L	1953-09-12	Sheffield United	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	1	Manchester City	7	1	0	2	2	5	1	1	2	6	10	0.533	5	D	W	L	W	L	1953-09-12	Cardiff City	H
18	2	Manchester United	7	0	3	1	5	7	0	1	2	4	8	0.6	4	D	L	L	D	L	1953-09-12	Bolton Wanderers	A
19	-2	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
20	1	Middlesbrough	7	1	1	2	4	9	0	1	2	5	9	0.5	4	D	L	W	L	L	1953-09-12	Charlton Athletic	A
21	-2	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
22	0	Arsenal	7	0	2	2	4	6	0	0	3	1	5	0.455	2	L	L	D	L	L	1953-09-12	Sunderland	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	5	1	Luton Town	St Andrew's	18,881
Murphy 3, Purdon 2	Lineups		Downie
Derby County	2	2	Blackburn Rovers	Baseball Ground	15,675
Nielson 2	Lineups		Quigley, Briggs
Lincoln City	3	1	Oldham Athletic	Sincil Bank	13,821
McDowall, Whittle, Graver	Lineups		Houlahan

				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	7	Birmingham City	7	4	0	1	17	3	0	1	1	2	3	3.167	9	W	L	W	L	D	1953-09-12	Stoke City	A
3	-1	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
4	-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
5	-1	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
6	-1	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
7	1	Blackburn Rovers	7	1	2	0	5	3	2	1	1	10	12	1	9	D	W	D	L	W	1953-09-12	Hull City	A
8	-2	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
9	-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
10	0	Derby County	7	2	2	0	9	4	0	2	1	4	7	1.182	8	D	W	D	L	D	1953-09-12	Notts County	A
11	2	Lincoln City	7	2	1	0	11	1	0	2	2	2	9	1.3	7	W	L	D	W	D	1953-09-12	Brentford	H
12	-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
13	-1	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
14	0	Luton Town	7	1	2	1	7	6	0	1	2	4	9	0.733	5	L	W	L	D	L	1953-09-12	Rotherham United	A
15	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	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
20	0	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	0	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	0	Oldham Athletic	7	0	2	1	2	4	0	1	3	6	12	0.5	3	L	D	L	L	L	1953-09-12	Bury	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	1	0	Barrow	Valley Parade	9,456
Tunnicliffe	Lineups
Darlington	1	0	Chester	Feethams Ground	4,875
Dowson	Lineups
Grimsby Town	2	0	Accrington Stanley	Blundell Park	11,357
Bloomer, Dubois	Lineups
Wrexham	3	0	Tranmere Rovers	Racecourse Ground	11,767
Heggie 2, Hewitt	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	7	3	1	0	9	1	2	1	0	5	1	7	12	W	W	W	W	D	1953-09-12	Gateshead	A
2	0	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	0	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	4	Bradford City	7	3	1	0	6	2	1	1	1	1	4	1.167	10	W	W	D	W	D	1953-09-12	Halifax Town	H
5	4	Wrexham	7	2	1	1	9	5	2	0	1	4	2	1.857	9	W	W	L	W	L	1953-09-12	Grimsby Town	H
6	-2	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
7	3	Grimsby Town	7	4	0	1	11	5	0	1	1	5	6	1.455	9	W	W	D	L	W	1953-09-12	Wrexham	A
8	-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
9	-3	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
10	-3	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
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	Halifax Town	7	1	1	2	2	3	1	1	1	3	4	0.714	6	W	W	L	L	D	1953-09-12	Bradford City	A
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	0	Tranmere Rovers	6	1	0	2	7	7	1	0	2	2	5	0.75	4	L	L	W	L	W	1953-09-12	Chesterfield	A
18	1	Chester	6	1	2	0	5	2	0	0	3	1	6	0.75	4	L	W	L	L	D	1953-09-12	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
19	-1	Accrington Stanley	6	2	0	1	7	5	0	0	3	1	6	0.727	4	L	L	L	L	W	1953-09-12	Mansfield Town	A
20	0	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	2	Darlington	7	1	0	2	1	4	0	2	2	3	7	0.364	4	W	D	L	L	L	1953-09-12	Barnsley	H
22	-1	Barrow	6	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	3	1	8	0.333	4	L	L	L	W	D	1953-09-12	Carlisle United	H
23	-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
24	0	Rochdale	6	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	3	3	15	0.235	2	L	L	L	W	L	1953-09-12	Stockport County	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	0	Coventry City	Dean Court	11,003
Gaynor	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	2	Southend United	Goldstone Ground	17,790
Leadbetter 2, Sirrel	Lineups		Lowder, Dicker
Exeter City	0	1	Bristol City	St James Park	10,310
	Lineups		Boxley
Ipswich Town	6	1	Gillingham	Portman Road	12,458
Parker 2, Myles, Reed, Brown, MacLuckie	Lineups		Scarth
Norwich City	2	1	Colchester United	Carrow Road	22,228
Summers 2	Lineups		Scott
Reading	4	1	Watford	Elm Park	12,741
Uphill 2 (1p), Livingstone, Hinshelwood	Lineups		Bowie

				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	7	4	0	0	14	3	2	1	0	5	2	3.8	13	W	W	D	W	W	1953-09-12	Reading	A
2	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	7	3	0	0	8	5	3	1	0	7	3	1.875	13	W	D	W	W	W	1953-09-12	Coventry City	H
3	-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
4	1	Norwich City	7	2	2	0	7	5	2	1	0	6	1	2.167	11	W	W	W	D	D	1953-09-12	Shrewsbury Town	H
5	-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
6	4	Reading	7	3	0	0	10	4	1	1	2	4	9	1.077	9	W	D	W	W	W	1953-09-12	Ipswich Town	H
7	-1	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
8	3	Bristol City	7	2	1	1	9	4	1	1	1	3	4	1.5	8	W	W	W	L	D	1953-09-12	Crystal Palace	A
9	-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
10	-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
11	-3	Gillingham	7	2	1	0	5	0	0	2	2	4	10	0.9	7	L	D	L	D	W	1953-09-12	Watford	A
12	4	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	7	3	1	0	8	3	0	0	3	2	9	0.833	7	W	D	L	L	W	1953-09-12	Southend United	A
13	-1	Coventry City	7	3	0	0	7	1	0	0	4	5	11	1	6	L	W	W	L	L	1953-09-12	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
14	-1	Colchester United	7	2	0	1	7	3	1	0	3	3	9	0.833	6	L	L	L	W	W	1953-09-12	Aldershot	H
15	-1	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
16	-1	Exeter City	7	1	0	3	3	5	1	1	1	4	4	0.778	5	L	L	W	L	L	1953-09-12	Newport County	A
17	0	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	0	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	0	Watford	7	2	0	0	5	2	0	0	5	6	17	0.579	4	L	L	W	W	L	1953-09-12	Gillingham	H
20	0	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	0	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	7	1	1	1	4	3	0	0	4	2	7	0.6	3	L	L	L	D	L	1953-09-12	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
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