1953-09-14

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	3	1	Sunderland	Villa Park	35,722
Thompson, Dixon 2	Lineups		Wright T

				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	0	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	0	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	7	Aston Villa	8	4	0	0	10	3	1	0	3	3	5	1.625	10	W	W	L	W	W	1953-09-19	Chelsea	A
5	-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
6	-1	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
7	-1	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
8	-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
9	-1	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
10	-1	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
11	-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
12	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	Sunderland	8	2	0	1	14	8	0	1	4	7	14	0.955	5	L	W	D	L	L	1953-09-19	Portsmouth	A
18	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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
Oldham Athletic	1	0	Lincoln City	Boundary Park	17,624
Lewin	Lineups
Stoke City	2	2	Leicester City	Victoria Ground	19,367
Malkin 2	Lineups		Small 2
West Ham United	4	1	Swansea Town	Upton Park	22,383
Dixon 3, Sexton	Lineups		Griffiths

				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	1	West Ham United	9	5	0	0	19	3	0	3	1	4	9	1.917	13	W	D	D	W	W	1953-09-19	Leeds United	A
4	-1	Leicester City	9	3	2	0	14	4	1	2	1	6	8	1.667	12	D	W	W	W	D	1953-09-19	Luton Town	A
5	0	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	0	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	0	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	Stoke City	9	1	4	0	9	8	1	2	1	3	6	0.857	10	D	W	L	D	D	1953-09-19	Nottingham Forest	A
9	-1	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
10	-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
11	0	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	-2	Lincoln City	9	3	1	0	13	2	0	2	3	2	10	1.25	9	L	W	W	L	D	1953-09-19	Bristol Rovers	A
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	0	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	0	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	4	Oldham Athletic	9	1	3	1	3	4	0	1	3	6	12	0.563	6	W	D	L	D	L	1953-09-19	Doncaster Rovers	A
17	-1	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
18	-1	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
19	-1	Swansea Town	9	2	1	2	7	7	0	0	4	3	15	0.455	5	L	L	D	L	L	1953-09-19	Bury	A
20	-1	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
21	0	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	0	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	3	0	Bradford City	Holker Street	5,096
Gordon 2, Street	Lineups
Halifax Town	1	1	Rochdale	The Shay	6,186
Priestley	Lineups		Haddington
Mansfield Town	2	2	Chesterfield	Field Mill	11,185	Largest home gate 1953-54
Murray 2	Lineups		McGoldrick, Hatton
York City	1	1	Gateshead	Bootham Crescent	7,777
Dunmore (p)	Lineups		Wilbert

				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	2	Gateshead	9	3	1	0	6	1	1	3	1	7	7	1.625	12	D	W	W	L	D	1953-09-19	Bradford	A
4	-1	Bradford City	9	4	1	0	8	2	1	1	2	1	7	1	12	L	W	W	W	D	1953-09-19	Carlisle United	A
5	-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
6	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	Chesterfield	8	2	2	0	5	3	1	1	2	5	9	0.833	9	D	W	L	W	L	1953-09-19	Halifax Town	A
12	1	Mansfield Town	8	1	3	1	7	6	1	1	1	7	9	0.933	8	D	D	L	D	W	1953-09-19	Grimsby Town	A
13	1	York City	9	2	3	0	8	2	0	1	3	2	11	0.769	8	D	W	L	D	W	1953-09-19	Chester	A
14	-2	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
15	4	Barrow	8	2	2	0	6	2	0	1	3	1	8	0.7	7	W	D	L	L	L	1953-09-19	Accrington Stanley	A
16	0	Halifax Town	9	1	2	2	3	4	1	1	2	3	6	0.6	7	D	L	W	W	L	1953-09-19	Chesterfield	H
17	-2	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
18	-1	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
19	-1	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
20	0	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	0	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	0	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	1	Rochdale	8	1	1	2	1	2	0	1	3	4	16	0.278	4	D	D	L	L	L	1953-09-19	Southport	A
24	-1	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

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Coventry City	2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Highfield Road	10,581
Bradbury, Dutton	Lineups

				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	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	6	Coventry City	9	4	0	0	9	1	0	0	5	6	14	1	8	W	L	L	W	W	1953-09-19	Watford	H
12	-1	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
13	-1	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
14	-1	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
15	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	9	3	1	0	8	3	0	0	5	3	13	0.688	7	L	L	W	D	L	1953-09-19	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
16	-1	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
17	-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
18	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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