1953-09-12

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	2	1	Blackpool	Villa Park	31,434
Thompson, Walsh	Lineups		Mortensen
Bolton Wanderers	0	0	Manchester United	Burnden Park	48,591	Largest home gate 1953-54
	Lineups
Burnley	1	4	West Bromwich Albion	Turf Moor	38,948
Stephenson	Lineups		Nicholls 2, Allen, Ryan
Charlton Athletic	8	1	Middlesbrough	The Valley	23,790
O'Linn 2, Firmani 3, Hurst 2, Leary	Lineups		Spuhler
Huddersfield Town	3	1	Chelsea	Leeds Road	29,613
Davie, Glazzard, Watson	Lineups		Stubbs
Manchester City	1	1	Cardiff City	Maine Road	31,915
OG	Lineups		Edwards
Preston North End	2	2	Newcastle United	Deepdale	36,035
Baxter (p), Finney	Lineups		Keeble, Milburn
Sheffield United	2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Bramall Lane	45,463
Hagan, Hawksworth	Lineups
Sunderland	7	1	Arsenal	Roker Park	59,784
Ford 3, Elliott, Shackleton, Wright T 2	Lineups		Lishman
Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	Liverpool	White Hart Lane	47,535
Ramsey, Walters	Lineups		Jones W
Wolverhampton Wanderers	4	3	Portsmouth	Molineux	36,524
Wilshaw 3, Swinbourne	Lineups		Harris, Gordon, OG

				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	8	3	2	0	10	3	3	0	0	9	2	3.8	14	W	D	W	W	W	1953-09-16	Newcastle United	A
2	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	8	4	0	0	12	6	2	0	2	10	9	1.467	12	W	W	W	W	W	1953-09-16	Liverpool	A
3	4	Huddersfield Town	8	3	1	0	11	3	1	1	2	4	6	1.667	10	W	D	L	L	W	1953-09-16	Manchester City	A
4	1	Bolton Wanderers	7	3	1	0	7	3	1	1	1	6	6	1.444	10	D	W	W	L	W	1953-09-16	Sheffield Wednesday	A
5	-3	Burnley	8	4	0	1	15	9	1	0	2	4	6	1.267	10	L	W	W	L	W	1953-09-16	Tottenham Hotspur	A
6	2	Tottenham Hotspur	8	4	0	0	10	3	1	0	3	4	9	1.167	10	W	L	L	W	W	1953-09-16	Burnley	H
7	-1	Preston North End	8	2	1	2	11	6	2	0	1	11	5	2	9	D	W	W	L	L	1953-09-17	Charlton Athletic	A
8	-4	Blackpool	7	3	1	0	8	3	1	0	2	6	7	1.4	9	L	D	W	W	W	1953-09-16	Portsmouth	A
9	2	Sheffield United	7	2	0	2	6	5	2	1	0	7	5	1.3	9	W	L	W	D	L	1953-09-16	Cardiff City	A
10	-1	Cardiff City	8	2	1	0	5	3	1	2	2	3	6	0.889	9	D	W	D	W	L	1953-09-16	Sheffield United	H
11	2	Aston Villa	7	3	0	0	7	2	1	0	3	3	5	1.429	8	W	L	W	W	W	1953-09-14	Sunderland	H
12	-2	Newcastle United	7	2	0	1	8	4	0	4	0	7	7	1.364	8	D	D	L	W	D	1953-09-16	West Bromwich Albion	H
13	1	Charlton Athletic	8	3	0	1	16	6	1	0	3	4	9	1.333	8	W	L	W	L	L	1953-09-17	Preston North End	H
14	-2	Chelsea	8	2	0	1	8	6	1	1	3	7	10	0.938	7	L	W	L	L	W	1953-09-15	Arsenal	H
15	0	Sheffield Wednesday	8	3	0	1	9	5	0	0	4	2	14	0.579	6	L	L	L	W	L	1953-09-16	Bolton Wanderers	H
16	1	Manchester City	8	1	1	2	3	6	1	1	2	6	10	0.563	6	D	D	W	L	W	1953-09-16	Huddersfield Town	H
17	4	Sunderland	7	2	0	1	14	8	0	1	3	6	11	1.053	5	W	D	L	L	W	1953-09-14	Aston Villa	A
18	-2	Portsmouth	8	2	0	1	8	7	0	1	4	9	17	0.708	5	L	D	W	W	L	1953-09-16	Blackpool	H
19	-1	Manchester United	8	0	3	1	5	7	0	2	2	4	8	0.6	5	D	D	L	L	D	1953-09-16	Middlesbrough	A
20	-1	Liverpool	8	1	2	1	10	12	0	0	4	2	10	0.545	4	L	L	L	L	L	1953-09-16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
21	-1	Middlesbrough	8	1	1	2	4	9	0	1	3	6	17	0.385	4	L	D	L	W	L	1953-09-16	Manchester United	H
22	0	Arsenal	8	0	2	2	4	6	0	0	4	2	12	0.333	2	L	L	L	D	L	1953-09-15	Chelsea	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bristol Rovers	2	2	West Ham United	Eastville	28,736
Cairney, Meyer	Lineups		Sexton, Dixon
Everton	4	1	Doncaster Rovers	Goodison Park	58,110
Eglington 2, Parker 2	Lineups		McMorran
Fulham	1	3	Leeds United	Craven Cottage	26,044
Taylor J	Lineups		Charles 2, Williams
Hull City	0	2	Blackburn Rovers	Boothferry Park	23,564
	Lineups		Crossan, Quigley
Leicester City	1	0	Nottingham Forest	Filbert Street	29,839
Small	Lineups
Lincoln City	2	1	Brentford	Sincil Bank	16,592
Graver, Whittle	Lineups		Harper
Notts County	0	1	Derby County	Meadow Lane	23,899
	Lineups		Nielson
Oldham Athletic	0	0	Bury	Boundary Park	23,723
	Lineups
Rotherham United	2	1	Luton Town	Millmoor	15,726
Grainger, Guest	Lineups		Mitchell
Stoke City	3	2	Birmingham City	Victoria Ground	22,953
Oscroft, Bowyer, Mountford (p)	Lineups		Purdon, Hall
Swansea Town	0	1	Plymouth Argyle	Vetch Field	19,676
	Lineups		Willis

				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	8	2	1	0	6	2	4	0	1	12	6	2.25	13	L	W	W	W	W	1953-09-16	Brentford	H
2	0	Everton	8	3	0	0	9	2	2	3	0	11	7	2.222	13	W	W	D	W	W	1953-09-19	Blackburn Rovers	A
3	2	Leicester City	8	3	2	0	14	4	1	1	1	4	6	1.8	11	W	W	W	D	W	1953-09-14	Stoke City	A
4	-1	West Ham United	8	4	0	0	15	2	0	3	1	4	9	1.727	11	D	D	W	W	D	1953-09-14	Swansea Town	H
5	2	Blackburn Rovers	8	1	2	0	5	3	3	1	1	12	12	1.133	11	W	D	W	D	L	1953-09-19	Everton	H
6	3	Leeds United	8	3	1	0	14	5	1	1	2	7	11	1.313	10	W	D	D	W	L	1953-09-16	Plymouth Argyle	H
7	3	Derby County	8	2	2	0	9	4	1	2	1	5	7	1.273	10	W	D	W	D	L	1953-09-19	Hull City	H
8	-4	Birmingham City	8	4	0	1	17	3	0	1	2	4	6	2.333	9	L	W	L	W	L	1953-09-16	Luton Town	A
9	-1	Bristol Rovers	8	2	1	1	7	3	1	2	1	8	6	1.667	9	D	W	W	L	W	1953-09-16	Bury	A
10	1	Lincoln City	8	3	1	0	13	2	0	2	2	2	9	1.364	9	W	W	L	D	W	1953-09-14	Oldham Athletic	A
11	-5	Nottingham Forest	8	3	1	0	12	5	1	0	3	2	6	1.273	9	L	L	W	W	L	1953-09-16	Hull City	H
12	0	Stoke City	8	1	3	0	7	6	1	2	1	3	6	0.833	9	W	L	D	D	D	1953-09-14	Leicester City	H
13	0	Rotherham United	8	4	0	1	12	7	0	0	3	3	11	0.833	8	W	W	L	L	W	1953-09-16	Fulham	A
14	3	Plymouth Argyle	8	0	4	0	6	6	1	1	2	2	7	0.615	7	W	D	D	L	D	1953-09-16	Leeds United	A
15	1	Bury	8	0	3	0	6	6	0	3	2	1	6	0.583	6	D	L	D	D	L	1953-09-16	Bristol Rovers	H
16	-2	Luton Town	8	1	2	1	7	6	0	1	3	5	11	0.706	5	L	L	W	L	D	1953-09-16	Birmingham City	H
17	-2	Hull City	8	2	0	2	7	5	0	1	3	1	8	0.615	5	L	W	L	L	W	1953-09-16	Nottingham Forest	A
18	0	Swansea Town	8	2	1	2	7	7	0	0	3	2	11	0.5	5	L	D	L	L	W	1953-09-14	West Ham United	A
19	0	Notts County	8	1	0	3	3	8	1	1	2	6	12	0.45	5	L	L	L	W	L	1953-09-19	Brentford	A
20	2	Oldham Athletic	8	0	3	1	2	4	0	1	3	6	12	0.5	4	D	L	D	L	L	1953-09-14	Lincoln City	H
21	-1	Brentford	8	1	0	3	4	12	0	2	2	5	9	0.429	4	L	L	L	D	W	1953-09-16	Doncaster Rovers	A
22	-1	Fulham	8	0	2	2	6	9	0	1	3	6	10	0.632	3	L	L	L	D	L	1953-09-16	Rotherham United	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barrow	1	1	Carlisle United	Holker Street	6,817
McLaren	Lineups		Ashman
Bradford City	2	0	Halifax Town	Valley Parade	14,958
Miller 2	Lineups
Chesterfield	2	1	Tranmere Rovers	Saltergate Recreation Ground	7,563
McGoldrick, Smith G	Lineups		Done
Darlington	1	1	Barnsley	Feethams Ground	6,912
Ward	Lineups		Chappell
Gateshead	1	0	Port Vale	Redheugh Park	11,382	Largest home gate 1953-54
Ingham	Lineups
Hartlepools United	0	2	Bradford	Victoria Park	8,409
	Lineups		Brickley, Crosbie
Mansfield Town	1	1	Accrington Stanley	Field Mill	7,627
Murray	Lineups		Musgrave
Rochdale	0	0	Stockport County	Spotland	7,634
	Lineups
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	1	0	Chester	Old Showground	10,234
Whitfield	Lineups
Workington	1	2	Crewe Alexandra	Borough Park	7,036
Johnson	Lineups		Boyle, Basford
Wrexham	4	0	Grimsby Town	Racecourse Ground	13,748
Tilston 3 (1p), Heggie	Lineups
York City	2	1	Southport	Bootham Crescent	7,463
Dunmore 2	Lineups		Hitchen

				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	8	3	1	0	9	1	2	1	1	5	2	4.667	12	L	W	W	W	W	1953-09-16	Bradford	A
2	0	Crewe Alexandra	8	3	1	0	8	4	1	3	0	4	3	1.714	12	W	W	W	D	D	1953-09-16	Barnsley	A
3	1	Bradford City	8	4	1	0	8	2	1	1	1	1	4	1.5	12	W	W	W	D	W	1953-09-14	Barrow	A
4	1	Wrexham	8	3	1	1	13	5	2	0	1	4	2	2.429	11	W	W	W	L	W	1953-09-15	Tranmere Rovers	A
5	1	Gateshead	8	3	1	0	6	1	1	2	1	6	6	1.714	11	W	W	L	D	W	1953-09-14	York City	A
6	3	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	7	2	1	0	5	1	2	1	1	7	5	2	10	W	W	L	D	W	1953-09-17	Workington	H
7	-4	Southport	8	2	0	1	9	7	2	2	1	5	4	1.273	10	L	D	W	W	W	1953-09-15	Hartlepool United	H
8	0	Stockport County	8	2	2	0	8	6	1	2	1	2	2	1.25	10	D	W	D	W	W	1953-09-15	Carlisle United	A
9	1	Barnsley	8	3	0	0	9	2	0	3	2	4	6	1.625	9	D	L	W	W	W	1953-09-16	Crewe Alexandra	H
10	-3	Grimsby Town	8	4	0	1	11	5	0	1	2	5	10	1.067	9	L	W	W	D	L	1953-09-16	Accrington Stanley	A
11	2	Chesterfield	7	2	2	0	5	3	1	0	2	3	7	0.8	8	W	L	W	L	W	1953-09-14	Mansfield Town	A
12	3	Bradford	7	1	2	0	7	3	1	1	2	4	5	1.375	7	W	L	D	D	L	1953-09-16	Port Vale	H
13	-2	Mansfield Town	7	1	2	1	5	4	1	1	1	7	9	0.923	7	D	L	D	W	D	1953-09-14	Chesterfield	H
14	2	York City	8	2	2	0	7	1	0	1	3	2	11	0.75	7	W	L	D	W	L	1953-09-14	Gateshead	H
15	-1	Carlisle United	7	2	1	0	15	3	0	1	3	7	11	1.571	6	D	L	W	D	L	1953-09-15	Stockport County	H
16	-4	Halifax Town	8	1	1	2	2	3	1	1	2	3	6	0.556	6	L	W	W	L	L	1953-09-14	Rochdale	H
17	2	Accrington Stanley	7	2	0	1	7	5	0	1	3	2	7	0.75	5	D	L	L	L	L	1953-09-16	Grimsby Town	H
18	3	Darlington	8	1	1	2	2	5	0	2	2	3	7	0.417	5	D	W	D	L	L	1953-09-16	Chester	A
19	3	Barrow	7	1	2	0	3	2	0	1	3	1	8	0.4	5	D	L	L	L	W	1953-09-14	Bradford City	H
20	-3	Tranmere Rovers	7	1	0	2	7	7	1	0	3	3	7	0.714	4	L	L	L	W	L	1953-09-15	Wrexham	H
21	-3	Chester	7	1	2	0	5	2	0	0	4	1	7	0.667	4	L	L	W	L	L	1953-09-16	Darlington	H
22	-2	Hartlepool United	7	0	3	1	3	5	0	1	2	2	9	0.357	4	L	D	L	L	D	1953-09-15	Southport	A
23	0	Workington	7	1	0	3	5	7	0	1	2	2	7	0.5	3	L	L	L	W	L	1953-09-17	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
24	0	Rochdale	7	1	1	2	1	2	0	0	3	3	15	0.235	3	D	L	L	L	W	1953-09-14	Halifax Town	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	1	Coventry City	Goldstone Ground	20,465
Foreman (p), Sirrel, Leadbetter	Lineups		Waldock
Colchester United	3	0	Aldershot	Layer Road	8,170
McCurley, Barlow, Bearryman	Lineups
Crystal Palace	1	2	Bristol City	Selhurst Park	18,723
Randall	Lineups		Atyeo, Rodgers
Leyton Orient	2	2	Millwall	Brisbane Road	16,325
Morgan 2	Lineups		Shepherd, Hartburn
Newport County	0	3	Exeter City	Somerton Park	6,949
	Lineups		Mitchell, Donaldson 2
Norwich City	1	0	Shrewsbury Town	Carrow Road	21,772
Johnston	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	2	0	Walsall	Loftus Road	12,273
Petchey, Hawkins	Lineups
Reading	3	1	Ipswich Town	Elm Park	17,420	Largest home gate 1953-54
Blackman, Uphill, Simpson	Lineups		Reed
Southampton	3	1	Swindon Town	The Dell	19,302
Day 2, Williams	Lineups		Lunn
Southend United	2	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Greyhound Stadium	9,112
Bainbridge, Grant	Lineups		Cheney
Torquay United	1	1	Northampton Town	Plainmoor	8,148
Edds	Lineups		English
Watford	6	1	Gillingham	Vicarage Road	12,929
Bowie 2, Brown R 2, Lewin OG, Niblett OG	Lineups		Morgan

				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	Brighton & Hove Albion	8	4	0	0	11	6	3	1	0	7	3	2	15	W	W	D	W	W	1953-09-15	Southend United	A
2	1	Southampton	8	4	0	0	13	3	2	1	1	9	5	2.75	13	W	W	D	W	W	1953-09-16	Queens Park Rangers	H
3	-2	Ipswich Town	8	4	0	0	14	3	2	1	1	6	5	2.5	13	L	W	W	D	W	1953-09-16	Gillingham	A
4	0	Norwich City	8	3	2	0	8	5	2	1	0	6	1	2.333	13	W	W	W	W	D	1953-09-17	Colchester United	A
5	2	Reading	8	4	0	0	13	5	1	1	2	4	9	1.214	11	W	W	D	W	W	1953-09-15	Watford	A
6	3	Bristol City	8	2	1	1	9	4	2	1	1	5	5	1.556	10	W	W	W	W	L	1953-09-15	Exeter City	H
7	-2	Aldershot	8	2	2	0	6	3	2	0	2	5	6	1.222	10	L	W	D	W	W	1953-09-16	Shrewsbury Town	H
8	-2	Swindon Town	8	3	0	1	12	4	1	1	2	4	6	1.6	9	L	W	L	L	D	1953-09-16	Walsall	H
9	-1	Crystal Palace	8	2	1	1	10	9	1	2	1	7	8	1	9	L	W	D	W	L	1953-09-16	Newport County	H
10	4	Colchester United	8	3	0	1	10	3	1	0	3	3	9	1.083	8	W	L	L	L	W	1953-09-17	Norwich City	H
11	5	Exeter City	8	1	0	3	3	5	2	1	1	7	4	1.111	7	W	L	L	W	L	1953-09-15	Bristol City	A
12	-2	Shrewsbury Town	7	2	1	1	9	8	1	0	2	3	4	1	7	L	L	W	L	W	1953-09-16	Aldershot	A
13	5	Queens Park Rangers	8	1	0	4	3	7	2	1	0	5	3	0.8	7	W	L	W	L	L	1953-09-16	Southampton	A
14	-2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	8	3	1	0	8	3	0	0	4	3	11	0.786	7	L	W	D	L	L	1953-09-14	Coventry City	A
15	-4	Gillingham	8	2	1	0	5	0	0	2	3	5	16	0.625	7	L	L	D	L	D	1953-09-16	Ipswich Town	H
16	-1	Northampton Town	8	2	0	0	6	2	0	2	4	6	11	0.923	6	D	L	W	W	L	1953-09-17	Millwall	H
17	-4	Coventry City	8	3	0	0	7	1	0	0	5	6	14	0.867	6	L	L	W	W	L	1953-09-14	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
18	2	Watford	8	3	0	0	11	3	0	0	5	6	17	0.85	6	W	L	L	W	W	1953-09-15	Reading	H
19	-2	Millwall	7	2	1	1	5	4	0	1	2	4	8	0.75	6	D	W	D	L	L	1953-09-17	Northampton Town	A
20	-1	Leyton Orient	8	2	1	1	10	6	0	0	4	3	11	0.765	5	D	W	L	L	W	1953-09-16	Torquay United	A
21	2	Southend United	8	2	1	1	6	4	0	0	4	2	7	0.727	5	W	L	L	L	D	1953-09-15	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
22	0	Torquay United	8	1	2	1	7	7	0	0	4	5	11	0.667	4	D	L	W	D	L	1953-09-16	Leyton Orient	H
23	-2	Newport County	8	2	0	3	9	13	0	0	3	2	13	0.423	4	L	L	L	L	W	1953-09-16	Crystal Palace	A
24	0	Walsall	8	0	2	3	2	8	0	0	3	3	10	0.278	2	L	L	L	L	L	1953-09-16	Swindon Town	A