1953-10-03

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	3	2	Preston North End	Highbury	61,807
Roper 2, Barnes (p)	Lineups		Hatsell 2
Blackpool	2	0	Manchester City	Bloomfield Road	35,666
Mudie 2	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Burnden Park	39,842
Hassall, Lofthouse	Lineups
Chelsea	2	2	Sunderland	Stamford Bridge	56,685
Bentley, Lewis	Lineups		Wright T, Kemp
Huddersfield Town	4	0	Aston Villa	Leeds Road	36,534
Glazzard 3, Metcalfe	Lineups
Liverpool	2	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Anfield Road	38,647
Paisley, Bimpson	Lineups		Sewell, Woodhead
Manchester United	1	2	Burnley	Old Trafford	39,550
Pearson	Lineups		Gray, Stephenson
Newcastle United	0	2	Charlton Athletic	St James' Park	47,516
	Lineups		Fenton (p), Leary
Portsmouth	1	1	Cardiff City	Fratton Park	31,766
Vaughan	Lineups		Sullivan
Sheffield United	3	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bramall Lane	35,961
Ringstead 2, Bottom	Lineups		Hancocks, Swinbourne, Wilshaw
West Bromwich Albion	2	1	Middlesbrough	The Hawthorns	37,042
Nicholls, Lee	Lineups		Spuhler

				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	12	4	2	1	14	7	5	0	0	19	7	2.357	20	W	W	L	W	W	1953-10-10	Huddersfield Town	H
2	0	Huddersfield Town	12	5	1	0	17	4	3	1	2	11	9	2.154	18	W	W	W	W	W	1953-10-10	West Bromwich Albion	A
3	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	12	5	0	0	20	7	2	3	2	14	13	1.7	17	D	W	D	D	W	1953-10-10	Newcastle United	A
4	1	Charlton Athletic	12	5	0	1	24	7	3	0	3	9	11	1.833	16	W	W	W	W	W	1953-10-10	Blackpool	H
5	-1	Aston Villa	11	5	0	0	14	3	2	0	4	5	10	1.462	14	L	W	W	W	W	1953-10-10	Liverpool	A
6	1	Burnley	12	4	0	2	16	11	3	0	3	9	13	1.042	14	W	L	L	W	L	1953-10-10	Portsmouth	H
7	3	Blackpool	11	4	2	0	10	3	1	1	3	12	14	1.294	13	W	L	D	D	L	1953-10-10	Charlton Athletic	A
8	3	Bolton Wanderers	11	4	1	0	9	3	1	2	3	9	12	1.2	13	W	L	D	L	D	1953-10-10	Manchester City	H
9	-3	Tottenham Hotspur	12	4	1	1	13	7	2	0	4	7	12	1.053	13	L	D	W	L	W	1953-10-10	Arsenal	H
10	-2	Cardiff City	12	3	2	1	8	7	1	3	2	4	7	0.857	13	D	L	D	W	D	1953-10-10	Preston North End	A
11	-2	Preston North End	12	3	1	2	14	7	2	0	4	14	11	1.556	11	L	W	L	L	D	1953-10-10	Cardiff City	H
12	2	Sheffield Wednesday	13	5	0	2	16	9	0	1	5	5	20	0.724	11	D	L	W	L	W	1953-10-10	Chelsea	H
13	-1	Manchester United	12	1	3	2	7	9	1	3	2	9	10	0.842	10	L	D	W	W	D	1953-10-10	Sunderland	H
14	-1	Newcastle United	12	2	0	4	12	16	1	4	1	9	11	0.778	10	L	W	L	L	L	1953-10-10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
15	0	Sheffield United	11	2	1	3	12	14	2	1	2	7	11	0.76	10	D	L	L	L	W	1953-10-10	Middlesbrough	A
16	1	Portsmouth	12	3	2	1	17	13	0	1	5	10	19	0.844	9	D	L	W	D	L	1953-10-10	Burnley	A
17	2	Arsenal	12	1	3	2	9	10	2	0	4	7	12	0.727	9	W	W	D	W	L	1953-10-10	Tottenham Hotspur	A
18	-2	Manchester City	12	2	1	3	5	8	1	2	3	8	14	0.591	9	L	W	D	L	D	1953-10-10	Bolton Wanderers	A
19	-1	Sunderland	11	3	0	1	17	10	0	2	5	10	20	0.9	8	D	W	L	L	W	1953-10-10	Manchester United	A
20	0	Chelsea	12	2	1	3	11	12	1	1	4	8	18	0.633	8	D	L	L	L	L	1953-10-10	Sheffield Wednesday	A
21	0	Liverpool	12	2	4	1	17	15	0	0	5	2	16	0.613	8	D	L	W	D	L	1953-10-10	Aston Villa	H
22	0	Middlesbrough	12	2	1	3	9	14	0	1	5	8	21	0.486	6	L	L	W	L	L	1953-10-10	Sheffield United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	3	3	Leeds United	St Andrew's	26,434
Kinsey, Murphy, Govan	Lineups		Charles, Iggleden, Kerfoot
Blackburn Rovers	4	2	Bury	Ewood Park	33,291
Quigley 2, Briggs, Crossan	Lineups		Fletcher, Kelly
Brentford	1	0	Everton	Griffin Park	17,367
Dare	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	4	2	Hull City	Eastville	25,244
Roost 2, Bradford, Watling	Lineups		Tarrant, Harrison K
Derby County	3	1	Oldham Athletic	Baseball Ground	18,034
McLaren 2, Nielson	Lineups		Ormond
Doncaster Rovers	1	2	Rotherham United	Belle Vue	29,380	Largest home gate 1953-54
Tindill	Lineups		Wilson I 2
Lincoln City	3	0	Notts County	Sincil Bank	16,448
Graver 2, Finch	Lineups
Luton Town	1	2	Fulham	Kenilworth Road	18,619
Cummins	Lineups		Lowe, Jezzard
Nottingham Forest	4	0	West Ham United	City Ground	23,167
Collindridge 2, Capel, Burkitt	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	1	1	Stoke City	Home Park	23,026
Dews	Lineups		Oscroft
Swansea Town	0	0	Leicester City	Vetch Field	21,721
	Lineups

				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	Everton	12	5	0	0	15	6	2	4	1	11	8	1.857	18	L	W	W	D	W	1953-10-10	Plymouth Argyle	A
2	0	Doncaster Rovers	12	4	1	1	11	4	4	0	2	13	8	2	17	L	L	W	W	L	1953-10-10	Leicester City	A
3	2	Rotherham United	13	5	1	1	16	10	3	0	3	11	14	1.125	17	W	W	D	W	W	1953-10-10	Bury	H
4	0	Leicester City	12	4	2	0	18	6	1	4	1	8	10	1.625	16	D	W	D	D	W	1953-10-10	Doncaster Rovers	H
5	1	Lincoln City	12	5	1	0	18	2	1	2	3	3	10	1.75	15	W	W	W	L	W	1953-10-10	Birmingham City	A
6	1	Nottingham Forest	12	6	1	0	23	9	1	0	4	3	9	1.444	15	W	L	W	W	L	1953-10-10	Notts County	H
7	-4	West Ham United	12	5	0	1	20	5	1	3	2	6	14	1.368	15	L	L	W	W	D	1953-10-10	Brentford	H
8	1	Derby County	11	4	2	0	14	5	1	2	2	7	10	1.4	14	W	L	W	W	D	1953-10-10	Fulham	A
9	1	Blackburn Rovers	11	2	3	0	9	5	3	1	2	12	13	1.167	14	W	L	D	W	D	1953-10-10	Stoke City	A
10	-2	Birmingham City	12	4	2	1	22	8	1	1	3	6	9	1.647	13	D	W	D	L	L	1953-10-10	Lincoln City	H
11	1	Bristol Rovers	12	3	1	2	11	6	2	2	2	14	10	1.563	13	W	W	L	L	D	1953-10-10	Leeds United	A
12	-1	Stoke City	13	1	5	0	10	9	1	4	2	10	14	0.87	13	D	D	D	L	D	1953-10-10	Blackburn Rovers	H
13	0	Leeds United	12	3	2	1	16	8	1	2	3	10	16	1.083	12	D	L	L	D	W	1953-10-10	Bristol Rovers	H
14	0	Bury	12	2	3	1	12	10	0	3	3	3	10	0.75	10	L	W	L	W	D	1953-10-10	Rotherham United	A
15	0	Luton Town	12	2	3	2	12	10	0	2	3	6	12	0.818	9	L	D	D	W	L	1953-10-10	Hull City	H
16	1	Plymouth Argyle	12	0	5	1	7	9	1	2	3	5	12	0.571	9	D	L	L	D	W	1953-10-10	Everton	H
17	3	Fulham	12	1	2	3	11	14	1	2	3	10	13	0.778	8	W	W	D	L	L	1953-10-10	Derby County	H
18	-2	Oldham Athletic	12	2	3	1	4	4	0	1	5	7	16	0.55	8	L	W	L	W	D	1953-10-10	Swansea Town	A
19	0	Swansea Town	12	2	2	2	7	7	1	0	5	6	18	0.52	8	D	L	W	L	L	1953-10-10	Oldham Athletic	H
20	-2	Hull City	12	3	0	2	9	5	0	1	6	3	16	0.571	7	L	W	L	L	L	1953-10-10	Luton Town	A
21	1	Brentford	12	2	1	3	5	12	0	2	4	5	14	0.385	7	W	L	D	L	L	1953-10-10	West Ham United	A
22	-1	Notts County	12	1	0	4	4	13	1	2	4	8	18	0.387	6	L	L	L	D	L	1953-10-10	Nottingham Forest	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	2	2	Chesterfield	Peel Park	8,297
Musgrave, Cocker	Lineups		Bellis, Hatton
Barnsley	4	2	Workington	Oakwell	10,985
Lumley 2, Chappell, Brown	Lineups		Talbot, Simmonds
Bradford	2	2	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Park Avenue	13,686
Dunlop, Whitaker	Lineups		Jones, Gregory
Carlisle United	0	2	Tranmere Rovers	Brunton Park	8,168
	Lineups		Done 2
Chester	2	1	Wrexham	Sealand Road	14,627	Largest home gate 1953-54
Thomas, Travis	Lineups		Hughes
Crewe Alexandra	0	0	Southport	Gresty Road	7,939
	Lineups
Darlington	0	2	Gateshead	Feethams Ground	8,443	Largest home gate 1953-54
	Lineups		Wilbert, Watkin
Grimsby Town	1	0	Bradford City	Blundell Park	8,677
Smith F	Lineups
Hartlepools United	2	0	Halifax Town	Victoria Park	8,255
Harden, Wildon	Lineups
Port Vale	5	0	York City	Vale Park	18,778
Hayward 2, Cunliffe, Griffiths, Tomkinson	Lineups
Rochdale	1	0	Mansfield Town	Spotland	7,483
Haddington	Lineups
Stockport County	5	1	Barrow	Edgeley Park	9,261
Connor, Weigh, Murray 2, Wilson OG	Lineups		McLaren

				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	14	6	1	0	17	1	4	2	1	9	3	6.5	23	W	D	W	W	W	1953-10-10	Chesterfield	A
2	0	Crewe Alexandra	14	3	4	0	9	5	2	4	1	8	5	1.7	18	D	D	W	L	D	1953-10-10	Bradford City	A
3	2	Barnsley	13	6	1	0	19	8	0	4	2	4	6	1.643	17	W	D	W	W	D	1953-10-10	Halifax Town	A
4	2	Gateshead	14	4	2	0	10	2	2	3	3	10	12	1.429	17	W	L	D	W	L	1953-10-10	Grimsby Town	A
5	5	Stockport County	14	4	3	0	21	9	1	3	3	5	9	1.444	16	W	D	L	W	D	1953-10-10	Workington	H
6	-3	Wrexham	14	4	1	2	15	6	3	1	3	10	13	1.316	16	L	L	W	W	D	1953-10-10	York City	H
7	0	Chesterfield	13	4	2	0	12	4	2	2	3	9	13	1.235	16	D	W	W	W	L	1953-10-10	Port Vale	H
8	-4	Bradford City	14	5	1	1	10	4	2	1	4	2	10	0.857	16	L	W	W	L	L	1953-10-10	Crewe Alexandra	H
9	-1	Bradford	13	3	3	1	18	8	2	2	2	8	8	1.625	15	D	W	D	W	W	1953-10-10	Tranmere Rovers	A
10	-1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	13	3	2	1	9	4	2	3	2	12	11	1.4	15	D	D	L	L	D	1953-10-10	Rochdale	A
11	2	Southport	13	3	1	2	12	10	2	3	2	6	6	1.125	14	D	L	L	D	W	1953-10-10	Mansfield Town	A
12	-1	Carlisle United	13	5	1	1	21	6	0	2	4	9	18	1.25	13	L	D	L	W	W	1953-10-10	Darlington	H
13	-1	Barrow	13	4	2	0	14	4	1	1	5	7	18	0.955	13	L	W	W	W	L	1953-10-10	Chester	H
14	2	Grimsby Town	14	6	0	2	14	8	0	1	5	6	19	0.741	13	W	L	L	W	L	1953-10-10	Gateshead	H
15	-1	Mansfield Town	13	2	3	2	12	10	2	1	3	11	14	0.958	12	L	L	W	L	W	1953-10-10	Southport	H
16	1	Accrington Stanley	13	4	2	1	17	12	0	1	5	3	10	0.909	11	D	D	L	L	W	1953-10-10	Hartlepool United	H
17	1	Tranmere Rovers	13	3	1	2	16	10	2	0	5	6	15	0.88	11	W	D	W	L	L	1953-10-10	Bradford	H
18	1	Chester	13	3	3	1	14	9	1	0	5	2	12	0.762	11	W	L	W	L	W	1953-10-10	Barrow	A
19	-4	Halifax Town	14	3	2	2	7	5	1	1	5	4	11	0.688	11	L	W	L	L	W	1953-10-10	Barnsley	H
20	2	Hartlepool United	13	3	3	1	9	7	0	2	4	5	14	0.667	11	W	D	W	W	L	1953-10-10	Accrington Stanley	A
21	0	Darlington	13	2	1	3	4	8	0	4	3	8	13	0.571	9	L	L	D	W	D	1953-10-10	Carlisle United	A
22	-2	York City	13	2	4	1	11	8	0	1	5	3	19	0.519	9	L	L	D	L	D	1953-10-10	Wrexham	A
23	1	Rochdale	13	2	1	3	2	3	0	2	5	6	21	0.333	7	W	L	L	L	D	1953-10-10	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
24	-1	Workington	13	2	1	3	8	8	0	1	6	6	21	0.483	6	L	W	D	L	L	1953-10-10	Stockport County	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	2	Torquay United	Dean Court	10,853
Cheney	Lineups		Shaw, Collins
Coventry City	0	0	Northampton Town	Highfield Road	17,540	Largest home gate 1953-54
	Lineups
Exeter City	4	0	Southampton	St James Park	13,691
Dailey, Mackay 2, McClelland	Lineups
Gillingham	3	1	Norwich City	Priestfield Stadium	11,092
Evans B, Morgan, Scarth	Lineups		Ashman
Ipswich Town	1	0	Watford	Portman Road	15,528
Garneys	Lineups
Leyton Orient	1	1	Southend United	Brisbane Road	16,986
Pacey	Lineups		Sibley
Millwall	0	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	The Den, New Cross	21,027
	Lineups		Sirrel, Bisset
Newport County	2	1	Queens Park Rangers	Somerton Park	6,817
Graham, Parker	Lineups		Hurrell
Reading	6	1	Aldershot	Elm Park	17,263
Hinshelwood 2, Uphill 2 (1p), Simpson, Blackman	Lineups		Lacey
Shrewsbury Town	3	1	Colchester United	Gay Meadow	9,915
Fisher, Beynon, Bannister (p)	Lineups		Barlow
Swindon Town	5	0	Bristol City	County Ground	15,481	Largest home gate 1953-54
Owen, Bull, Cross, Lambert, Lunn	Lineups
Walsall	1	0	Crystal Palace	Fellows Park	11,020
Morris	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	Ipswich Town	14	6	1	0	18	5	4	2	1	12	9	2.143	23	W	W	W	W	D	1953-10-10	Bristol City	A
2	-1	Southampton	14	7	0	0	22	7	3	1	3	10	10	1.882	21	L	W	W	W	L	1953-10-10	Gillingham	H
3	0	Norwich City	14	4	3	0	11	6	4	1	2	11	7	1.692	20	L	L	W	D	W	1953-10-10	Torquay United	H
4	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	14	4	1	1	15	11	4	3	1	11	7	1.444	20	W	D	L	D	D	1953-10-10	Exeter City	A
5	0	Bristol City	14	5	1	1	21	6	2	2	3	7	15	1.333	17	L	W	W	D	L	1953-10-10	Ipswich Town	H
6	1	Reading	14	6	1	0	22	7	1	2	4	5	15	1.227	17	W	W	D	D	L	1953-10-10	Walsall	A
7	-1	Crystal Palace	14	4	1	2	16	14	2	3	2	10	11	1.04	16	L	L	W	D	W	1953-10-10	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
8	2	Swindon Town	14	6	0	2	25	8	1	1	4	7	12	1.6	15	W	L	L	L	W	1953-10-10	Leyton Orient	H
9	0	Leyton Orient	14	4	2	1	18	9	2	1	4	9	15	1.125	15	D	W	D	W	W	1953-10-10	Swindon Town	A
10	-2	Aldershot	14	4	2	1	10	5	2	1	4	8	18	0.783	15	L	W	L	D	L	1953-10-10	Millwall	H
11	3	Exeter City	14	3	0	4	10	8	3	2	2	12	11	1.158	14	W	W	D	W	L	1953-10-10	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
12	4	Shrewsbury Town	13	4	2	1	17	11	1	1	4	5	9	1.1	13	W	D	L	W	D	1953-10-10	Southend United	H
13	-1	Northampton Town	14	4	2	0	13	6	0	3	5	6	13	1	13	D	L	D	D	W	1953-10-10	Queens Park Rangers	A
14	-1	Coventry City	14	4	2	1	9	2	1	1	5	9	16	1	13	D	D	D	W	L	1953-10-10	Colchester United	A
15	-4	Watford	14	4	1	1	17	7	1	1	6	10	21	0.964	12	L	D	L	D	W	1953-10-10	Newport County	A
16	1	Southend United	14	4	1	2	10	6	0	3	4	5	10	0.938	12	D	W	L	D	D	1953-10-10	Shrewsbury Town	A
17	-2	Queens Park Rangers	14	1	2	4	4	8	3	2	2	11	9	0.882	12	L	W	D	D	D	1953-10-10	Northampton Town	H
18	0	Millwall	13	3	1	3	8	8	1	2	3	8	13	0.762	11	L	D	W	L	W	1953-10-10	Aldershot	A
19	2	Gillingham	14	3	2	2	10	8	0	3	4	7	20	0.607	11	W	L	D	L	L	1953-10-10	Southampton	A
20	2	Torquay United	14	1	4	2	11	12	2	0	5	11	13	0.88	10	W	L	D	D	W	1953-10-10	Norwich City	A
21	-2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	14	3	2	2	12	9	1	0	6	7	17	0.731	10	L	L	W	L	D	1953-10-10	Crystal Palace	A
22	-2	Colchester United	14	3	1	3	11	6	1	0	6	5	17	0.696	9	L	L	D	L	L	1953-10-10	Coventry City	H
23	0	Walsall	14	2	3	3	4	8	0	1	5	5	18	0.346	8	W	D	D	L	W	1953-10-10	Reading	H
24	0	Newport County	14	3	1	3	13	16	0	0	7	2	21	0.405	7	W	L	L	D	L	1953-10-10	Watford	H