1953-09-19

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	2	2	Manchester City	Highbury	65,869	Largest home gate 1953-54
Lishman 2	Lineups		Spurdle, Hart
Blackpool	0	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bloomfield Road	35,074
	Lineups
Cardiff City	1	1	Bolton Wanderers	Ninian Park	35,788
Chisholm	Lineups		Hassall
Chelsea	1	2	Aston Villa	Stamford Bridge	47,487
Moss OG	Lineups		Walsh, Lockhart
Liverpool	4	0	Burnley	Anfield Road	36,643
Bimpson 4	Lineups
Manchester United	1	0	Preston North End	Old Trafford	43,003
Byrne	Lineups
Middlesbrough	4	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Ayresome Park	22,638
Mannion, Spuhler, Gannon OG, Delapenha	Lineups		Jordan
Newcastle United	1	3	Tottenham Hotspur	St James' Park	53,056
Milburn	Lineups		Walters, Baily, Robb
Portsmouth	4	1	Sunderland	Fratton Park	38,873	Largest home gate 1953-54
Vaughan, Gordon 2, McNeillOG	Lineups		Wright T
Sheffield United	3	6	Huddersfield Town	Bramall Lane	40,263
Hagan, Hawksworth, Ringstead	Lineups		Glazzard 3, Metcalfe 2, Davie
West Bromwich Albion	2	3	Charlton Athletic	The Hawthorns	43,809
Barlow, Griffin	Lineups		Evans 2, Leary

				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	10	3	2	1	12	6	4	0	0	16	5	2.545	16	L	W	W	D	W	1953-09-26	Sheffield Wednesday	A
2	1	Huddersfield Town	10	3	1	0	11	3	3	1	2	11	9	1.833	14	W	W	W	D	L	1953-09-26	Middlesbrough	H
3	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10	4	0	0	12	6	2	2	2	11	10	1.438	14	D	D	W	W	W	1953-09-26	Chelsea	H
4	2	Aston Villa	9	4	0	0	10	3	2	0	3	5	6	1.667	12	W	W	W	L	W	1953-09-26	Sheffield United	H
5	2	Charlton Athletic	10	4	0	1	18	7	2	0	3	7	11	1.389	12	W	W	W	L	W	1953-09-26	Liverpool	H
6	4	Tottenham Hotspur	10	4	0	1	12	6	2	0	3	7	10	1.188	12	W	L	W	L	L	1953-09-26	Manchester United	H
7	-2	Cardiff City	10	3	2	0	8	4	1	2	2	3	6	1.1	12	D	W	D	W	D	1953-09-26	Arsenal	H
8	-4	Burnley	10	4	0	1	15	9	2	0	3	7	12	1.048	12	L	W	L	W	W	1953-09-26	Newcastle United	H
9	-1	Blackpool	9	3	2	0	8	3	1	1	2	10	11	1.286	11	D	D	L	D	W	1953-09-26	Sunderland	A
10	-1	Bolton Wanderers	9	3	1	0	7	3	1	2	2	8	9	1.25	11	D	L	D	W	W	1953-09-26	Preston North End	A
11	0	Preston North End	10	2	1	2	11	6	2	0	3	12	8	1.643	9	L	L	D	W	W	1953-09-26	Bolton Wanderers	H
12	0	Sheffield United	9	2	0	3	9	11	2	1	1	7	7	0.889	9	L	L	W	L	W	1953-09-26	Aston Villa	A
13	3	Manchester United	10	1	3	1	6	7	1	2	2	8	9	0.875	9	W	W	D	D	L	1953-09-26	Tottenham Hotspur	A
14	-1	Newcastle United	9	2	0	3	12	14	0	4	0	7	7	0.905	8	L	L	D	D	L	1953-09-23	Sheffield Wednesday	A
15	2	Portsmouth	10	3	1	1	16	12	0	1	4	9	17	0.862	8	W	D	L	D	W	1953-09-26	Manchester City	A
16	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	10	4	0	1	11	6	0	0	5	3	18	0.583	8	L	W	L	L	L	1953-09-23	Newcastle United	H
17	-2	Chelsea	10	2	0	3	9	10	1	1	3	7	10	0.8	7	L	L	L	W	L	1953-09-26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
18	2	Liverpool	10	2	3	1	15	13	0	0	4	2	10	0.739	7	W	D	L	L	L	1953-09-26	Charlton Athletic	A
19	-1	Manchester City	10	1	1	3	3	7	1	2	2	8	12	0.579	7	D	L	D	D	W	1953-09-26	Portsmouth	H
20	2	Middlesbrough	10	2	1	3	9	14	0	1	3	6	17	0.484	6	W	L	L	D	L	1953-09-26	Huddersfield Town	A
21	-2	Sunderland	9	2	0	1	14	8	0	1	5	8	18	0.846	5	L	L	W	D	L	1953-09-26	Blackpool	H
22	-1	Arsenal	10	0	3	2	6	8	1	0	4	4	12	0.5	5	D	W	L	L	L	1953-09-26	Cardiff City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	2	2	Fulham	St Andrew's	21,138
Purdon 2	Lineups		Jezzard 2
Blackburn Rovers	0	0	Everton	Ewood Park	32,177
	Lineups
Brentford	0	0	Notts County	Griffin Park	12,770
	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	0	1	Lincoln City	Eastville	24,650
	Lineups		McDowall
Bury	1	2	Swansea Town	Gigg Lane	13,753
Imlach	Lineups		Medwin, Beech C
Derby County	2	0	Hull City	Baseball Ground	19,175
Harrison, McLaren	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	1	0	Oldham Athletic	Belle Vue	21,335
Robinson	Lineups
Leeds United	1	2	West Ham United	Elland Road	28,635	Largest home gate 1953-54
Charles	Lineups		Dixon, Hooper
Luton Town	2	2	Leicester City	Kenilworth Road	19,138
Downie, Dunn OG	Lineups		Griffiths, Rowley (p)
Nottingham Forest	5	4	Stoke City	City Ground	22,890
Moore 3, Leverton, Burkitt	Lineups		Bowyer, Malkin 2, Sellars
Plymouth Argyle	0	2	Rotherham United	Home Park	21,512
	Lineups		Burke 2

				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	10	4	1	0	10	2	4	0	1	12	6	2.75	17	W	W	L	W	W	1953-09-26	Bury	A
2	1	West Ham United	10	5	0	0	19	3	1	3	1	6	10	1.923	15	W	W	D	D	W	1953-09-26	Birmingham City	H
3	-1	Everton	9	3	0	0	9	2	2	4	0	11	7	2.222	14	D	W	W	D	W	1953-09-23	Notts County	H
4	0	Leicester City	10	3	2	0	14	4	1	3	1	8	10	1.571	13	D	D	W	W	W	1953-09-26	Plymouth Argyle	H
5	0	Nottingham Forest	10	5	1	0	19	9	1	0	3	2	6	1.4	13	W	W	L	L	W	1953-09-26	Fulham	A
6	2	Derby County	9	3	2	0	11	4	1	2	1	5	7	1.455	12	W	W	D	W	D	1953-09-26	Everton	A
7	0	Blackburn Rovers	9	1	3	0	5	3	3	1	1	12	12	1.133	12	D	W	D	W	D	1953-09-26	Oldham Athletic	A
8	1	Rotherham United	10	4	0	1	12	7	2	0	3	9	13	1.05	12	W	W	W	W	L	1953-09-21	Stoke City	H
9	4	Lincoln City	10	3	1	0	13	2	1	2	3	3	10	1.333	11	W	L	W	W	L	1953-09-26	Leeds United	H
10	-4	Leeds United	10	3	2	1	16	8	1	1	2	7	11	1.211	11	L	D	W	D	D	1953-09-26	Lincoln City	A
11	0	Birmingham City	10	4	1	1	19	5	0	1	3	4	8	1.769	10	D	L	L	W	L	1953-09-26	West Ham United	A
12	-2	Stoke City	10	1	4	0	9	8	1	2	2	7	11	0.842	10	L	D	W	L	D	1953-09-21	Rotherham United	A
13	-1	Bristol Rovers	10	2	1	2	7	4	1	2	2	9	9	1.231	9	L	L	D	W	W	1953-09-26	Notts County	A
14	2	Luton Town	10	2	3	1	11	8	0	1	3	5	11	0.842	8	D	W	L	L	W	1953-09-26	Stoke City	A
15	-1	Bury	10	1	3	1	10	9	0	3	2	1	6	0.733	8	L	W	D	L	D	1953-09-26	Doncaster Rovers	H
16	-1	Plymouth Argyle	10	0	4	1	6	8	1	2	2	3	8	0.563	8	L	D	W	D	D	1953-09-26	Leicester City	A
17	2	Swansea Town	10	2	1	2	7	7	1	0	4	5	16	0.522	7	W	L	L	D	L	1953-09-26	Rotherham United	A
18	-1	Oldham Athletic	10	1	3	1	3	4	0	1	4	6	13	0.529	6	L	W	D	L	D	1953-09-26	Blackburn Rovers	H
19	1	Notts County	9	1	0	3	3	8	1	2	2	6	12	0.45	6	D	L	L	L	W	1953-09-23	Everton	A
20	-2	Hull City	10	2	0	2	7	5	0	1	5	1	12	0.471	5	L	L	L	W	L	1953-09-26	Brentford	H
21	0	Brentford	10	1	1	3	4	12	0	2	3	5	12	0.375	5	D	L	L	L	L	1953-09-26	Hull City	A
22	0	Fulham	10	0	2	3	8	13	0	2	3	8	12	0.64	4	D	L	L	L	L	1953-09-26	Nottingham Forest	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	3	2	Barrow	Peel Park	8,137
Eastham, Devlin, Holliday	Lineups		Layton, Street
Barnsley	3	2	Hartlepools United	Oakwell	10,757
Smillie, Chappell, Brown	Lineups		McGuigan, Harden
Bradford	3	1	Gateshead	Park Avenue	12,581
Dunlop, Beattie, Crosbie	Lineups		Ingham
Carlisle United	2	0	Bradford City	Brunton Park	8,822
Ashman 2	Lineups
Chester	3	1	York City	Sealand Road	5,571
Travis, Smith, Windle	Lineups		Dunmore (p)
Crewe Alexandra	1	1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Gresty Road	8,717
Basford	Lineups		Haigh
Darlington	2	1	Tranmere Rovers	Feethams Ground	5,942
Clark, Keers	Lineups		Done
Grimsby Town	0	2	Mansfield Town	Blundell Park	9,929
	Lineups		Marron, Adam
Halifax Town	2	1	Chesterfield	The Shay	6,265
Horsman, Frost	Lineups		Smith G
Port Vale	2	0	Workington	Vale Park	16,627
Griffiths, Leake	Lineups
Southport	1	1	Rochdale	Haig Avenue	5,748
Gaskell	Lineups		Wasilewski
Stockport County	2	2	Wrexham	Edgeley Park	10,259
Clempson, Connor	Lineups		Heggie, Tilston

				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	10	4	1	0	11	1	3	1	1	7	3	4.5	16	W	W	L	W	W	1953-09-21	Crewe Alexandra	H
2	0	Crewe Alexandra	10	3	2	0	9	5	1	4	0	5	4	1.556	14	D	D	W	W	W	1953-09-21	Port Vale	A
3	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	9	3	1	0	9	2	2	2	1	8	6	2.125	13	D	W	W	W	L	1953-09-21	Hartlepool United	A
4	1	Southport	10	3	1	1	12	9	2	2	1	5	4	1.308	13	D	W	L	D	W	1953-09-23	Barnsley	A
5	3	Barnsley	10	4	1	0	13	5	0	3	2	4	6	1.545	12	W	D	D	L	W	1953-09-23	Southport	H
6	1	Wrexham	10	3	1	1	13	5	2	1	2	7	10	1.333	12	D	L	W	W	W	1953-09-23	Bradford City	A
7	-3	Gateshead	10	3	1	0	6	1	1	3	2	8	10	1.273	12	L	D	W	W	L	1953-09-21	Workington	H
8	-2	Bradford City	10	4	1	0	8	2	1	1	3	1	9	0.818	12	L	L	W	W	W	1953-09-23	Wrexham	H
9	0	Stockport County	10	2	3	0	10	8	1	2	2	2	4	1	11	D	L	D	W	D	1953-09-21	Tranmere Rovers	H
10	2	Carlisle United	9	4	1	0	19	3	0	1	3	7	11	1.857	10	W	W	D	L	W	1953-09-22	Accrington Stanley	H
11	2	Mansfield Town	9	1	3	1	7	6	2	1	1	9	9	1.067	10	W	D	D	L	D	1953-09-21	Barrow	A
12	3	Bradford	9	2	2	1	11	6	1	1	2	4	5	1.364	9	W	L	W	L	D	1953-09-23	Chester	A
13	3	Accrington Stanley	9	4	0	1	13	8	0	1	3	2	7	1	9	W	W	D	L	L	1953-09-22	Carlisle United	A
14	-4	Grimsby Town	10	4	0	2	11	7	0	1	3	6	13	0.85	9	L	L	L	W	W	1953-09-23	Halifax Town	H
15	-4	Chesterfield	9	2	2	0	5	3	1	1	3	6	11	0.786	9	L	D	W	L	W	1953-09-22	Rochdale	A
16	2	Halifax Town	10	2	2	2	5	5	1	1	2	3	6	0.727	9	W	D	L	W	W	1953-09-23	Grimsby Town	A
17	-3	York City	10	2	3	0	8	2	0	1	4	3	14	0.688	8	L	D	W	L	D	1953-09-21	Darlington	H
18	2	Darlington	10	2	1	2	4	6	0	3	2	5	9	0.6	8	W	D	D	W	D	1953-09-21	York City	A
19	2	Chester	9	2	3	0	10	5	0	0	4	1	7	0.917	7	W	D	L	L	W	1953-09-23	Bradford	H
20	-3	Barrow	9	2	2	0	6	2	0	1	4	3	11	0.692	7	L	W	D	L	L	1953-09-21	Mansfield Town	H
21	-2	Tranmere Rovers	9	2	0	2	13	8	1	0	4	4	9	1	6	L	W	L	L	L	1953-09-21	Stockport County	A
22	1	Rochdale	9	1	1	2	1	2	0	2	3	5	17	0.316	5	D	D	D	L	L	1953-09-22	Chesterfield	H
23	-1	Hartlepool United	9	0	3	1	3	5	0	1	4	5	14	0.421	4	L	L	L	D	L	1953-09-21	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
24	0	Workington	9	1	0	3	5	7	0	1	4	3	13	0.4	3	L	L	L	L	L	1953-09-21	Gateshead	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	2	Crystal Palace	Recreation Ground	8,308
McCulloch	Lineups		Randall, Fell
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Dean Court	13,541
Cheney	Lineups		Leadbetter
Coventry City	0	1	Watford	Highfield Road	13,782
	Lineups		Cook
Exeter City	0	2	Norwich City	St James Park	11,412
	Lineups		Ackerman 2
Gillingham	0	4	Torquay United	Priestfield Stadium	11,824
	Lineups		Collins 2, Shaw, Calland A
Ipswich Town	1	1	Southend United	Portman Road	14,491
Myles	Lineups		Sibley
Leyton Orient	4	1	Bristol City	Brisbane Road	13,125
Poulton, Rees 2, Facey	Lineups		Rodgers
Millwall	2	0	Reading	The Den, New Cross	17,087
Wicks OG, Stobbart	Lineups
Northampton Town	1	0	Newport County	County Ground	13,138
English	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	1	1	Queens Park Rangers	Gay Meadow	10,153
Brown	Lineups		Smith
Swindon Town	3	0	Colchester United	County Ground	12,284
Betteridge 2, Lewis OG	Lineups
Walsall	1	0	Southampton	Fellows Park	9,666
Horne	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	1	Norwich City	10	3	2	0	8	5	4	1	0	9	1	2.833	17	W	W	W	W	W	1953-09-23	Bristol City	H
2	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	10	4	0	0	11	6	3	2	1	8	6	1.583	16	D	L	W	W	D	1953-09-23	Watford	H
3	-2	Southampton	10	5	0	0	16	4	2	1	2	9	6	2.5	15	L	W	W	W	D	1953-09-23	Colchester United	H
4	0	Ipswich Town	10	4	1	0	15	4	2	2	1	7	6	2.2	15	D	D	L	W	W	1953-09-23	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
5	2	Swindon Town	10	5	0	1	18	4	1	1	2	4	6	2.2	13	W	W	L	W	L	1953-09-23	Exeter City	A
6	2	Crystal Palace	10	3	1	1	13	9	2	2	1	9	9	1.222	13	W	W	L	W	D	1953-09-21	Queens Park Rangers	A
7	-2	Bristol City	10	3	1	1	14	5	2	1	2	6	9	1.429	12	L	W	W	W	W	1953-09-23	Norwich City	A
8	-2	Aldershot	10	3	2	1	8	5	2	0	2	5	6	1.182	12	L	W	L	W	D	1953-09-21	Newport County	A
9	0	Reading	10	4	0	0	13	5	1	1	4	4	14	0.895	11	L	L	W	W	D	1953-09-21	Northampton Town	A
10	0	Northampton Town	10	4	0	0	11	4	0	2	4	6	11	1.133	10	W	W	D	L	W	1953-09-21	Reading	H
11	0	Watford	10	4	0	0	14	3	1	0	5	7	17	1.05	10	W	W	W	L	L	1953-09-23	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
12	5	Leyton Orient	10	3	1	1	14	7	1	0	4	6	13	1	9	W	W	D	W	L	1953-09-24	Gillingham	H
13	-1	Coventry City	10	4	0	1	9	2	0	0	5	6	14	0.938	8	L	W	L	L	W	1953-09-21	Millwall	A
14	1	Shrewsbury Town	9	2	2	1	10	9	1	0	3	3	5	0.929	8	D	L	L	L	W	1953-09-21	Walsall	H
15	1	Southend United	10	3	1	1	8	4	0	1	4	3	8	0.917	8	D	W	W	L	L	1953-09-23	Torquay United	A
16	-3	Colchester United	10	3	0	2	10	4	1	0	4	3	12	0.813	8	L	L	W	L	L	1953-09-23	Southampton	A
17	4	Millwall	9	3	1	1	7	4	0	1	3	6	12	0.813	8	W	L	D	W	D	1953-09-21	Coventry City	H
18	1	Queens Park Rangers	10	1	0	4	3	7	2	2	1	7	7	0.714	8	D	L	W	L	W	1953-09-21	Crystal Palace	H
19	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	10	3	2	0	9	4	0	0	5	3	13	0.706	8	D	L	L	W	D	1953-09-23	Ipswich Town	A
20	-6	Gillingham	10	2	2	1	6	5	0	2	3	5	16	0.524	8	L	D	L	L	D	1953-09-24	Leyton Orient	A
21	-3	Exeter City	10	1	0	4	3	7	2	1	2	8	9	0.688	7	L	L	W	L	L	1953-09-23	Swindon Town	H
22	0	Torquay United	10	1	2	2	9	10	1	0	4	9	11	0.857	6	W	L	D	L	W	1953-09-23	Southend United	H
23	0	Newport County	10	2	0	3	9	13	0	0	5	2	17	0.367	4	L	L	L	L	L	1953-09-21	Aldershot	H
24	0	Walsall	10	1	2	3	3	8	0	0	4	3	13	0.286	4	W	L	L	L	L	1953-09-21	Shrewsbury Town	A