1953-09-26

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	4	0	Sheffield United	Villa Park	39,586
Walsh 2, Thompson, Lockhart	Lineups
Burnley	1	2	Newcastle United	Turf Moor	33,688
Holden	Lineups		Keery, Milburn
Cardiff City	0	3	Arsenal	Ninian Park	49,137	Largest home gate 1953-54
	Lineups		Lishman 2, Mansell OG
Charlton Athletic	6	0	Liverpool	The Valley	31,258
Evans 2, Leary 4 (1p)	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	2	1	Middlesbrough	Leeds Road	37,054
Glazzard 2	Lineups		Mannion
Manchester City	2	1	Portsmouth	Maine Road	35,691
Revie, Hart	Lineups		Reid
Preston North End	3	1	Bolton Wanderers	Deepdale	39,553	Largest home gate 1953-54
Hatsell, Wayman, Baxter (p)	Lineups		Moir
Sheffield Wednesday	2	3	West Bromwich Albion	Hillsborough	44,573	Largest home gate 1953-54
Sewell, Woodhead	Lineups		Griffin, Nicholls, Lee
Sunderland	3	2	Blackpool	Roker Park	60,998	Largest home gate 1953-54
Ford 2, Daniel	Lineups		Perry, Mudie
Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Manchester United	White Hart Lane	52,837
Duquemin	Lineups		Rowley
Wolverhampton Wanderers	8	1	Chelsea	Molineux	36,134
Hancocks 3, Swinbourne 2, Broadbent, Smith, Wilshaw	Lineups		Bentley

				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	11	3	2	1	12	6	5	0	0	19	7	2.385	18	W	L	W	W	D	1953-10-03	Middlesbrough	H
2	0	Huddersfield Town	11	4	1	0	13	4	3	1	2	11	9	1.846	16	W	W	W	W	D	1953-10-03	Aston Villa	H
3	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	11	5	0	0	20	7	2	2	2	11	10	1.824	16	W	D	D	W	W	1953-10-03	Sheffield United	A
4	0	Aston Villa	10	5	0	0	14	3	2	0	3	5	6	2.111	14	W	W	W	W	L	1953-10-03	Huddersfield Town	A
5	0	Charlton Athletic	11	5	0	1	24	7	2	0	3	7	11	1.722	14	W	W	W	W	L	1953-10-03	Newcastle United	A
6	0	Tottenham Hotspur	11	4	1	1	13	7	2	0	3	7	10	1.176	13	D	W	L	W	L	1953-10-03	Bolton Wanderers	A
7	1	Burnley	11	4	0	2	16	11	2	0	3	7	12	1	12	L	L	W	L	W	1953-10-03	Manchester United	A
8	-1	Cardiff City	11	3	2	1	8	7	1	2	2	3	6	0.846	12	L	D	W	D	W	1953-10-03	Portsmouth	A
9	3	Preston North End	11	3	1	2	14	7	2	0	3	12	8	1.733	11	W	L	L	D	W	1953-10-03	Arsenal	A
10	-1	Blackpool	10	3	2	0	8	3	1	1	3	12	14	1.176	11	L	D	D	L	D	1953-10-03	Manchester City	H
11	-1	Bolton Wanderers	10	3	1	0	7	3	1	2	3	9	12	1.067	11	L	D	L	D	W	1953-10-03	Tottenham Hotspur	H
12	2	Manchester United	11	1	3	1	6	7	1	3	2	9	10	0.882	10	D	W	W	D	D	1953-10-03	Burnley	H
13	3	Newcastle United	11	2	0	3	12	14	1	4	1	9	11	0.84	10	W	L	L	L	D	1953-10-03	Charlton Athletic	H
14	-3	Sheffield Wednesday	12	5	0	2	16	9	0	0	5	3	18	0.704	10	L	W	L	W	L	1953-10-03	Liverpool	A
15	-2	Sheffield United	10	2	0	3	9	11	2	1	2	7	11	0.727	9	L	L	L	W	L	1953-10-03	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
16	3	Manchester City	11	2	1	3	5	8	1	2	2	8	12	0.65	9	W	D	L	D	D	1953-10-03	Blackpool	A
17	-2	Portsmouth	11	3	1	1	16	12	0	1	5	10	19	0.839	8	L	W	D	L	D	1953-10-03	Cardiff City	H
18	3	Sunderland	10	3	0	1	17	10	0	1	5	8	18	0.893	7	W	L	L	W	D	1953-10-03	Chelsea	A
19	3	Arsenal	11	0	3	2	6	8	2	0	4	7	12	0.65	7	W	D	W	L	L	1953-10-03	Preston North End	H
20	-3	Chelsea	11	2	0	3	9	10	1	1	4	8	18	0.607	7	L	L	L	L	W	1953-10-03	Sunderland	H
21	-3	Liverpool	11	2	3	1	15	13	0	0	5	2	16	0.586	7	L	W	D	L	L	1953-10-03	Sheffield Wednesday	H
22	-2	Middlesbrough	11	2	1	3	9	14	0	1	4	7	19	0.485	6	L	W	L	L	D	1953-10-03	West Bromwich Albion	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bury	2	1	Doncaster Rovers	Gigg Lane	15,999
Kelly, Imlach	Lineups		Tindill
Everton	3	2	Derby County	Goodison Park	54,216
Eglington, Lello, Parker	Lineups		Nielson, McLaren
Fulham	3	1	Nottingham Forest	Craven Cottage	24,251
Jezzard 2, Robson	Lineups		Moore
Hull City	2	0	Brentford	Boothferry Park	19,501
Murray, Fagan	Lineups
Leicester City	4	2	Plymouth Argyle	Filbert Street	25,095
Griffiths, Small 2, Rowley	Lineups		Davis 2
Lincoln City	2	0	Leeds United	Sincil Bank	17,979
McDowall, Graver	Lineups
Notts County	1	5	Bristol Rovers	Meadow Lane	15,318
Lovell	Lineups		Bradford 3, Roost, Watling
Oldham Athletic	1	0	Blackburn Rovers	Boundary Park	30,832	Largest home gate 1953-54
Clarke	Lineups
Rotherham United	2	1	Swansea Town	Millmoor	16,280
Grainger, Wilson I	Lineups		Allchurch I
Stoke City	1	1	Luton Town	Victoria Ground	24,082
King	Lineups		Scott
West Ham United	1	2	Birmingham City	Upton Park	36,091	Largest home gate 1953-54
Newman OG	Lineups		Purdon, Kinsey

				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	1	Everton	11	5	0	0	15	6	2	4	0	11	7	2	18	W	W	D	W	W	1953-10-03	Brentford	A
2	-1	Doncaster Rovers	11	4	1	0	10	2	4	0	2	13	8	2.3	17	L	W	W	L	W	1953-10-03	Rotherham United	H
3	0	West Ham United	11	5	0	1	20	5	1	3	1	6	10	1.733	15	L	W	W	D	D	1953-10-03	Nottingham Forest	A
4	0	Leicester City	11	4	2	0	18	6	1	3	1	8	10	1.625	15	W	D	D	W	W	1953-10-03	Swansea Town	A
5	1	Rotherham United	12	5	1	1	16	10	2	0	3	9	13	1.087	15	W	D	W	W	W	1953-10-03	Doncaster Rovers	A
6	3	Lincoln City	11	4	1	0	15	2	1	2	3	3	10	1.5	13	W	W	L	W	W	1953-10-03	Notts County	H
7	-2	Nottingham Forest	11	5	1	0	19	9	1	0	4	3	9	1.222	13	L	W	W	L	L	1953-10-03	West Ham United	H
8	4	Birmingham City	11	4	1	1	19	5	1	1	3	6	9	1.786	12	W	D	L	L	W	1953-10-03	Leeds United	H
9	-2	Derby County	10	3	2	0	11	4	1	2	2	7	10	1.286	12	L	W	W	D	W	1953-10-03	Oldham Athletic	H
10	-2	Blackburn Rovers	10	1	3	0	5	3	3	1	2	12	13	1.063	12	L	D	W	D	W	1953-10-03	Bury	H
11	0	Stoke City	12	1	5	0	10	9	1	3	2	9	13	0.864	12	D	D	L	D	W	1953-10-03	Plymouth Argyle	A
12	1	Bristol Rovers	11	2	1	2	7	4	2	2	2	14	10	1.5	11	W	L	L	D	W	1953-10-03	Hull City	H
13	-3	Leeds United	11	3	2	1	16	8	1	1	3	7	13	1.095	11	L	L	D	W	D	1953-10-03	Birmingham City	A
14	1	Bury	11	2	3	1	12	10	0	3	2	1	6	0.813	10	W	L	W	D	L	1953-10-03	Blackburn Rovers	A
15	-1	Luton Town	11	2	3	1	11	8	0	2	3	6	12	0.85	9	D	D	W	L	L	1953-10-03	Fulham	H
16	2	Oldham Athletic	11	2	3	1	4	4	0	1	4	6	13	0.588	8	W	L	W	D	L	1953-10-03	Derby County	A
17	-1	Plymouth Argyle	11	0	4	1	6	8	1	2	3	5	12	0.55	8	L	L	D	W	D	1953-10-03	Stoke City	H
18	2	Hull City	11	3	0	2	9	5	0	1	5	1	12	0.588	7	W	L	L	L	W	1953-10-03	Bristol Rovers	A
19	-2	Swansea Town	11	2	1	2	7	7	1	0	5	6	18	0.52	7	L	W	L	L	D	1953-10-03	Leicester City	H
20	2	Fulham	11	1	2	3	11	14	0	2	3	8	12	0.731	6	W	D	L	L	L	1953-10-03	Luton Town	A
21	-2	Notts County	11	1	0	4	4	13	1	2	3	8	15	0.429	6	L	L	D	L	L	1953-10-03	Lincoln City	A
22	-1	Brentford	11	1	1	3	4	12	0	2	4	5	14	0.346	5	L	D	L	L	L	1953-10-03	Everton	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barrow	4	0	Grimsby Town	Holker Street	8,006
Gordon 2, Layton, McLaren (p)	Lineups
Bradford City	1	0	Accrington Stanley	Valley Parade	13,224
Worthington	Lineups
Chesterfield	5	0	Carlisle United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	8,683
Bellis, Smith G, McGoldrick 2, Hatton	Lineups
Gateshead	0	0	Barnsley	Redheugh Park	10,417
	Lineups
Hartlepools United	1	0	Darlington	Victoria Park	7,865
Wildon	Lineups
Mansfield Town	3	1	Stockport County	Field Mill	8,610
Coole, Murray, Plummer	Lineups		Connor
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	0	2	Port Vale	Old Showground	12,630	Largest home gate 1953-54
	Lineups		Hayward, Leake
Southport	0	1	Chester	Haig Avenue	5,770
	Lineups		Pye
Tranmere Rovers	1	0	Halifax Town	Prenton Park	6,220
Davies R	Lineups
Workington	1	1	Bradford	Borough Park	6,140
McAlone	Lineups		Crosbie
Wrexham	2	0	Rochdale	Racecourse Ground	12,602
Hewitt, Tilston	Lineups
York City	0	3	Crewe Alexandra	Bootham Crescent	7,115
	Lineups		Basford 2, McCaig

				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	12	5	1	0	12	1	4	1	1	9	3	5.25	20	W	W	W	W	L	1953-09-28	Crewe Alexandra	A
2	2	Crewe Alexandra	12	3	2	0	9	5	2	4	1	8	5	1.7	16	W	L	D	D	W	1953-09-28	Port Vale	H
3	2	Wrexham	12	4	1	1	15	5	3	1	2	9	11	1.5	16	W	W	D	L	W	1953-09-30	Bradford City	H
4	-2	Barnsley	12	5	1	0	15	6	0	4	2	4	6	1.583	15	D	W	W	D	D	1953-10-03	Workington	H
5	-2	Gateshead	12	4	2	0	10	2	1	3	2	8	10	1.5	15	D	W	L	D	W	1953-09-28	Workington	A
6	4	Bradford City	12	5	1	1	10	4	1	1	3	1	9	0.846	14	W	L	L	L	W	1953-09-30	Wrexham	A
7	-1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	11	3	1	1	9	4	2	2	2	10	9	1.462	13	L	L	D	W	W	1953-10-01	Hartlepool United	H
8	-1	Stockport County	12	3	3	0	16	8	1	2	3	3	7	1.267	13	L	W	D	L	D	1953-09-29	Tranmere Rovers	A
9	4	Chesterfield	11	3	2	0	10	3	2	1	3	7	11	1.214	13	W	W	L	D	W	1953-09-28	Rochdale	H
10	-2	Southport	12	3	1	2	12	10	2	2	2	6	6	1.125	13	L	L	D	W	L	1953-10-03	Crewe Alexandra	A
11	-2	Carlisle United	11	5	1	0	21	4	0	1	4	7	16	1.4	12	L	W	W	W	D	1953-09-28	Accrington Stanley	A
12	-1	Bradford	11	2	2	1	11	6	2	2	2	8	8	1.357	12	D	W	W	L	W	1953-09-30	Chester	H
13	1	Mansfield Town	11	2	3	1	10	7	2	1	2	11	13	1.05	12	W	L	W	D	D	1953-09-28	Barrow	H
14	2	Barrow	11	4	2	0	14	4	0	1	4	3	11	1.133	11	W	W	L	W	D	1953-09-28	Mansfield Town	A
15	-3	Grimsby Town	12	5	0	2	13	8	0	1	4	6	17	0.76	11	L	W	L	L	L	1953-09-28	Halifax Town	A
16	4	Chester	11	2	3	1	12	8	1	0	4	2	7	0.933	9	W	L	W	D	L	1953-09-30	Bradford	A
17	-2	Accrington Stanley	11	4	0	1	13	8	0	1	5	3	10	0.889	9	L	L	W	W	D	1953-09-28	Carlisle United	H
18	0	Halifax Town	12	2	2	2	5	5	1	1	4	4	9	0.643	9	L	L	W	D	L	1953-09-28	Grimsby Town	H
19	-2	York City	12	2	4	1	11	8	0	1	4	3	14	0.636	9	L	D	L	D	W	1953-10-03	Port Vale	A
20	-1	Darlington	12	2	1	2	4	6	0	4	3	8	13	0.632	9	L	D	W	D	D	1953-10-03	Gateshead	H
21	0	Tranmere Rovers	11	3	0	2	14	8	1	0	5	4	15	0.783	8	W	L	L	W	L	1953-09-29	Stockport County	H
22	0	Hartlepool United	11	2	3	1	7	7	0	1	4	5	14	0.571	8	W	W	L	L	L	1953-10-01	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
23	0	Rochdale	11	1	1	3	1	3	0	2	4	5	19	0.273	5	L	L	D	D	D	1953-09-28	Chesterfield	A
24	0	Workington	11	1	1	3	6	8	0	1	5	4	17	0.4	4	D	L	L	L	L	1953-09-28	Gateshead	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	2	Ipswich Town	Goldstone Ground	23,209
Foreman (p)	Lineups		Reed, Acres
Bristol City	4	0	Aldershot	Ashton Gate	19,727
Atyeo 2, Peacock, Rogers	Lineups
Colchester United	1	1	Walsall	Layer Road	7,643
Grice	Lineups		Burgess
Crystal Palace	3	2	Swindon Town	Selhurst Park	18,766	Largest home gate 1953-54
Fell, Randall, Briggs	Lineups		Lambert, Cross
Northampton Town	1	1	Gillingham	County Ground	12,096
English	Lineups		Morgan
Norwich City	2	0	Newport County	Carrow Road	23,856
Ackerman, Brennan	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	0	0	Exeter City	Loftus Road	13,041
	Lineups
Reading	1	1	Leyton Orient	Elm Park	14,366
Hinshelwood	Lineups		Poulton
Southampton	4	2	Shrewsbury Town	The Dell	17,273
Day 2, Horton, Flood	Lineups		Bannister (p), Johnston
Southend United	1	2	Millwall	Greyhound Stadium	15,000	Largest home gate 1953-54
Grant	Lineups		Saward, Hartburn
Torquay United	1	1	Coventry City	Plainmoor	7,971
Edds	Lineups		Dutton
Watford	2	3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Vicarage Road	17,233	Largest home gate 1953-54
Paton, Cook	Lineups		Woodward, Fidler, Gaynor

				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	Norwich City	12	4	3	0	11	6	4	1	0	9	1	2.857	20	W	D	W	W	W	1953-09-30	Bristol City	A
2	0	Southampton	12	7	0	0	22	7	2	1	2	9	6	2.385	19	W	W	L	W	W	1953-10-01	Colchester United	A
3	0	Ipswich Town	12	5	1	0	17	5	3	2	1	9	7	2.167	19	W	W	D	D	L	1953-09-30	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
4	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	12	4	1	1	15	11	3	2	1	8	6	1.353	17	L	D	D	L	W	1953-09-29	Watford	A
5	0	Crystal Palace	12	4	1	1	16	11	2	3	1	10	10	1.238	16	W	D	W	W	L	1953-09-30	Queens Park Rangers	H
6	1	Bristol City	12	4	1	1	18	5	2	2	2	7	10	1.667	15	W	D	L	W	W	1953-09-30	Norwich City	H
7	-1	Swindon Town	12	5	0	1	18	4	1	1	4	7	12	1.563	13	L	L	W	W	L	1953-09-30	Exeter City	H
8	1	Reading	12	4	1	0	14	6	1	2	4	5	15	0.905	13	D	D	L	L	W	1953-09-30	Northampton Town	H
9	-1	Aldershot	12	3	2	1	8	5	2	1	3	7	12	0.882	13	L	D	L	W	L	1953-09-30	Newport County	H
10	0	Northampton Town	12	4	2	0	13	6	0	2	4	6	11	1.118	12	D	D	W	W	D	1953-09-30	Reading	A
11	0	Leyton Orient	12	4	1	1	17	8	1	1	4	7	14	1.091	12	D	W	W	W	D	1953-09-30	Gillingham	A
12	0	Watford	12	4	0	1	16	6	1	1	5	10	20	1	11	L	D	W	W	W	1953-09-29	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
13	1	Coventry City	12	4	0	1	9	2	1	1	5	9	16	1	11	D	W	L	W	L	1953-09-28	Millwall	H
14	-1	Shrewsbury Town	11	3	2	1	14	10	1	0	4	5	9	1	10	L	W	D	L	L	1953-10-01	Walsall	A
15	4	Millwall	11	3	1	2	8	6	1	1	3	8	13	0.842	10	W	L	W	L	D	1953-09-28	Coventry City	A
16	0	Exeter City	12	2	0	4	6	8	2	2	2	8	9	0.824	10	D	W	L	L	W	1953-09-30	Swindon Town	A
17	3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	12	3	2	0	9	4	1	0	6	7	17	0.762	10	W	L	D	L	L	1953-09-30	Ipswich Town	H
18	-1	Queens Park Rangers	12	1	2	4	4	8	2	2	1	7	7	0.733	10	D	D	D	L	W	1953-09-30	Crystal Palace	A
19	-4	Southend United	12	3	1	2	9	6	0	2	4	4	9	0.867	9	L	D	D	W	W	1953-09-30	Torquay United	H
20	-2	Colchester United	12	3	1	2	11	5	1	0	5	4	14	0.789	9	D	L	L	L	W	1953-10-01	Southampton	H
21	0	Gillingham	12	2	2	1	6	5	0	3	4	7	20	0.52	9	D	L	L	D	L	1953-09-30	Leyton Orient	H
22	0	Torquay United	12	1	4	2	11	12	1	0	4	9	11	0.87	8	D	D	W	L	D	1953-09-30	Southend United	A
23	0	Newport County	12	2	1	3	11	15	0	0	6	2	19	0.382	5	L	D	L	L	L	1953-09-30	Aldershot	A
24	0	Walsall	12	1	2	3	3	8	0	1	5	5	18	0.308	5	D	L	W	L	L	1953-10-01	Shrewsbury Town	H