1953-10-10

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

Cup and International Matches

World Cup Qualifier Group 3 & Home International						Venue	Gate	Notes
	Wales	1	4	England		Ninian Park, Cardiff	61,000
	Allchurch	Lineups		Wilshaw 2, Lofthouse 2

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bolton Wanderers	3	2	Manchester City	Burnden Park	34,443
Moir, Allcock 2	Lineups		Revie 2
Burnley	1	0	Portsmouth	Turf Moor	28,142
McIlroy	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	4	2	Blackpool	The Valley	56,664
O'Linn, Leary, Evans 2	Lineups		Mortensen, Fenton (p)
Liverpool	6	1	Aston Villa	Anfield Road	37,759
Liddell, Smyth 2, Paisley, Payne, Blanchflower OG	Lineups		Walsh
Manchester United	1	0	Sunderland	Old Trafford	36,482
Rowley	Lineups
Middlesbrough	2	0	Sheffield United	Ayresome Park	26,136
Mannion 2	Lineups
Newcastle United	1	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	St James' Park	39,913
Mulgrew	Lineups		Smith, Swinbourne
Preston North End	1	2	Cardiff City	Deepdale	23,500
Hatsell	Lineups		Chisholm 2
Sheffield Wednesday	2	0	Chelsea	Hillsborough	32,214
Shaw, Finney	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	1	4	Arsenal	White Hart Lane	69,821	Largest home, D 1 & league gate 1953-54
Robb	Lineups		Logie 2, Milton, Forbes
West Bromwich Albion	4	0	Huddersfield Town	The Hawthorns	47,043
Allen 3, Nicholls	Lineups

				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	13	5	2	1	18	7	5	0	0	19	7	2.643	22	W	W	W	L	W	1953-10-17	Sheffield United	A
2	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	13	5	0	0	20	7	3	3	2	16	14	1.714	19	W	D	W	D	D	1953-10-17	Manchester United	H
3	1	Charlton Athletic	13	6	0	1	28	9	3	0	3	9	11	1.85	18	W	W	W	W	W	1953-10-17	Portsmouth	A
4	-2	Huddersfield Town	13	5	1	0	17	4	3	1	3	11	13	1.647	18	L	W	W	W	W	1953-10-17	Liverpool	H
5	1	Burnley	13	5	0	2	17	11	3	0	3	9	13	1.083	16	W	W	L	L	W	1953-10-17	Arsenal	A
6	2	Bolton Wanderers	12	5	1	0	12	5	1	2	3	9	12	1.235	15	W	W	L	D	L	1953-10-17	Sunderland	A
7	3	Cardiff City	13	3	2	1	8	7	2	3	2	6	8	0.933	15	W	D	L	D	W	1953-10-17	Tottenham Hotspur	H
8	-3	Aston Villa	12	5	0	0	14	3	2	0	5	6	16	1.053	14	L	L	W	W	W	1953-10-17	Newcastle United	H
9	-2	Blackpool	12	4	2	0	10	3	1	1	4	14	18	1.143	13	L	W	L	D	D	1953-10-17	Sheffield Wednesday	H
10	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	13	4	1	2	14	11	2	0	4	7	12	0.913	13	L	L	D	W	L	1953-10-17	Cardiff City	A
11	1	Sheffield Wednesday	14	6	0	2	18	9	0	1	5	5	20	0.793	13	W	D	L	W	L	1953-10-17	Blackpool	A
12	1	Manchester United	13	2	3	2	8	9	1	3	2	9	10	0.895	12	W	L	D	W	W	1953-10-17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
13	-2	Preston North End	13	3	1	3	15	9	2	0	4	14	11	1.45	11	L	L	W	L	L	1953-10-17	Manchester City	A
14	3	Arsenal	13	1	3	2	9	10	3	0	4	11	13	0.87	11	W	W	W	D	W	1953-10-17	Burnley	H
15	6	Liverpool	13	3	4	1	23	16	0	0	5	2	16	0.781	10	W	D	L	W	D	1953-10-17	Huddersfield Town	A
16	-2	Newcastle United	13	2	0	5	13	18	1	4	1	9	11	0.759	10	L	L	W	L	L	1953-10-17	Aston Villa	A
17	-2	Sheffield United	12	2	1	3	12	14	2	1	3	7	13	0.704	10	L	D	L	L	L	1953-10-17	West Bromwich Albion	H
18	-2	Portsmouth	13	3	2	1	17	13	0	1	6	10	20	0.818	9	L	D	L	W	D	1953-10-17	Charlton Athletic	H
19	-1	Manchester City	13	2	1	3	5	8	1	2	4	10	17	0.6	9	L	L	W	D	L	1953-10-17	Preston North End	H
20	-1	Sunderland	12	3	0	1	17	10	0	2	6	10	21	0.871	8	L	D	W	L	L	1953-10-17	Bolton Wanderers	H
21	-1	Chelsea	13	2	1	3	11	12	1	1	5	8	20	0.594	8	L	D	L	L	L	1953-10-17	Middlesbrough	H
22	0	Middlesbrough	13	3	1	3	11	14	0	1	5	8	21	0.543	8	W	L	L	W	L	1953-10-17	Chelsea	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	1	0	Lincoln City	St Andrew's	21,948
Stewart	Lineups
Fulham	5	2	Derby County	Craven Cottage	25,522
Jezzard 4, Mitten	Lineups		McLaren 2
Leeds United	3	3	Bristol Rovers	Elland Road	19,386
Forrest 3	Lineups		Bradford 2, Roost
Leicester City	2	0	Doncaster Rovers	Filbert Street	31,299
Small, Rowley	Lineups
Luton Town	3	1	Hull City	Kenilworth Road	14,754
Turner 2, Watkins	Lineups		Porteous
Nottingham Forest	5	0	Notts County	City Ground	30,559
Gager (p), Collindridge, Capel, Thompson, Johnston OG	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	4	0	Everton	Home Park	26,342
Astall, McCrory, Davis, Edds	Lineups
Rotherham United	1	0	Bury	Millmoor	16,888
Burke	Lineups
Stoke City	3	0	Blackburn Rovers	Victoria Ground	23,329
Thomson 2, Bowyer	Lineups
Swansea Town	4	0	Oldham Athletic	Vetch Field	15,910
Charles 2, Jones C, Beech C	Lineups
West Ham United	0	1	Brentford	Upton Park	24,934
	Lineups		Bloomfield

				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	2	Rotherham United	14	6	1	1	17	10	3	0	3	11	14	1.167	19	W	W	W	D	W	1953-10-17	Oldham Athletic	A
2	2	Leicester City	13	5	2	0	20	6	1	4	1	8	10	1.75	18	W	D	W	D	D	1953-10-17	Bury	A
3	-2	Everton	13	5	0	0	15	6	2	4	2	11	12	1.444	18	L	L	W	W	D	1953-10-17	Swansea Town	H
4	2	Nottingham Forest	13	7	1	0	28	9	1	0	4	3	9	1.722	17	W	W	L	W	W	1953-10-17	Lincoln City	A
5	-3	Doncaster Rovers	13	4	1	1	11	4	4	0	3	13	10	1.714	17	L	L	L	W	W	1953-10-17	Stoke City	H
6	4	Birmingham City	13	5	2	1	23	8	1	1	3	6	9	1.706	15	W	D	W	D	L	1953-10-17	Bristol Rovers	A
7	-2	Lincoln City	13	5	1	0	18	2	1	2	4	3	11	1.615	15	L	W	W	W	L	1953-10-17	Nottingham Forest	H
8	-1	West Ham United	13	5	0	2	20	6	1	3	2	6	14	1.3	15	L	L	L	W	W	1953-10-17	Derby County	A
9	3	Stoke City	14	2	5	0	13	9	1	4	2	10	14	1	15	W	D	D	D	L	1953-10-17	Doncaster Rovers	A
10	1	Bristol Rovers	13	3	1	2	11	6	2	3	2	17	13	1.474	14	D	W	W	L	L	1953-10-17	Birmingham City	H
11	-3	Derby County	12	4	2	0	14	5	1	2	3	9	15	1.15	14	L	W	L	W	W	1953-10-17	West Ham United	H
12	-3	Blackburn Rovers	12	2	3	0	9	5	3	1	3	12	16	1	14	L	W	L	D	W	1953-10-17	Fulham	H
13	0	Leeds United	13	3	3	1	19	11	1	2	3	10	16	1.074	13	D	D	L	L	D	1953-10-17	Brentford	A
14	1	Luton Town	13	3	3	2	15	11	0	2	3	6	12	0.913	11	W	L	D	D	W	1953-10-17	Notts County	A
15	1	Plymouth Argyle	13	1	5	1	11	9	1	2	3	5	12	0.762	11	W	D	L	L	D	1953-10-17	Hull City	A
16	1	Fulham	13	2	2	3	16	16	1	2	3	10	13	0.897	10	W	W	W	D	L	1953-10-17	Blackburn Rovers	A
17	-3	Bury	13	2	3	1	12	10	0	3	4	3	11	0.714	10	L	L	W	L	W	1953-10-17	Leicester City	H
18	1	Swansea Town	13	3	2	2	11	7	1	0	5	6	18	0.68	10	W	D	L	W	L	1953-10-17	Everton	A
19	2	Brentford	13	2	1	3	5	12	1	2	4	6	14	0.423	9	W	W	L	D	L	1953-10-17	Leeds United	H
20	-2	Oldham Athletic	13	2	3	1	4	4	0	1	6	7	20	0.458	8	L	L	W	L	W	1953-10-17	Rotherham United	H
21	-1	Hull City	13	3	0	2	9	5	0	1	7	4	19	0.542	7	L	L	W	L	L	1953-10-17	Plymouth Argyle	H
22	0	Notts County	13	1	0	4	4	13	1	2	5	8	23	0.333	6	L	L	L	L	D	1953-10-17	Luton Town	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	2	0	Hartlepools United	Peel Park	7,729
Cocker, Bodle (p)	Lineups
Barrow	2	1	Chester	Holker Street	6,258
McLaren 2	Lineups		Thomas
Bradford City	3	0	Crewe Alexandra	Valley Parade	14,582
Tunnicliffe 2, Graham	Lineups
Carlisle United	1	1	Darlington	Brunton Park	6,566
Ashman	Lineups		Robson
Chesterfield	1	2	Port Vale	Saltergate Recreation Ground	15,806	Largest home gate 1953-54
Hatton	Lineups		Askey, Griffiths
Grimsby Town	2	0	Gateshead	Blundell Park	9,166
Smith F, Stroud	Lineups
Halifax Town	1	2	Barnsley	The Shay	9,354
Murphy	Lineups		Lumley, Chappell
Mansfield Town	4	2	Southport	Field Mill	7,926
Murray 2, Bradley 2	Lineups		Gaskell 2
Rochdale	1	1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Spotland	7,873
Haines	Lineups		Mosby
Stockport County	2	0	Workington	Edgeley Park	8,939
Murray, Connor	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	1	1	Bradford	Prenton Park	6,720
Williams R	Lineups		Beattie
Wrexham	1	1	York City	Racecourse Ground	9,614
Tilston	Lineups		Fenton

				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	15	6	1	0	17	1	5	2	1	11	4	5.6	25	W	W	D	W	W	1953-10-17	Tranmere Rovers	H
2	1	Barnsley	14	6	1	0	19	8	1	4	2	6	7	1.667	19	W	W	D	W	W	1953-10-17	Carlisle United	H
3	2	Stockport County	15	5	3	0	23	9	1	3	3	5	9	1.556	18	W	W	D	L	W	1953-10-17	Gateshead	A
4	-2	Crewe Alexandra	15	3	4	0	9	5	2	4	2	8	8	1.308	18	L	D	D	W	L	1953-10-17	Chesterfield	H
5	3	Bradford City	15	6	1	1	13	4	2	1	4	2	10	1.071	18	W	L	W	W	L	1953-10-17	Chester	A
6	0	Wrexham	15	4	2	2	16	7	3	1	3	10	13	1.3	17	D	L	L	W	W	1953-10-17	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
7	-3	Gateshead	15	4	2	0	10	2	2	3	4	10	14	1.25	17	L	W	L	D	W	1953-10-17	Stockport County	H
8	1	Bradford	14	3	3	1	18	8	2	3	2	9	9	1.588	16	D	D	W	D	W	1953-10-17	Halifax Town	H
9	1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	14	3	2	1	9	4	2	4	2	13	12	1.375	16	D	D	D	L	L	1953-10-17	Wrexham	H
10	-3	Chesterfield	14	4	2	1	13	6	2	2	3	9	13	1.158	16	L	D	W	W	W	1953-10-17	Crewe Alexandra	A
11	2	Barrow	14	5	2	0	16	5	1	1	5	7	18	1	15	W	L	W	W	W	1953-10-17	Southport	A
12	2	Grimsby Town	15	7	0	2	16	8	0	1	5	6	19	0.815	15	W	W	L	L	W	1953-10-17	Hartlepool United	A
13	-1	Carlisle United	14	5	2	1	22	7	0	2	4	9	18	1.24	14	D	L	D	L	W	1953-10-17	Barnsley	A
14	1	Mansfield Town	14	3	3	2	16	12	2	1	3	11	14	1.038	14	W	L	L	W	L	1953-10-17	York City	A
15	-4	Southport	14	3	1	2	12	10	2	3	3	8	10	1	14	L	D	L	L	D	1953-10-17	Barrow	H
16	0	Accrington Stanley	14	5	2	1	19	12	0	1	5	3	10	1	13	W	D	D	L	L	1953-10-17	Darlington	A
17	0	Tranmere Rovers	14	3	2	2	17	11	2	0	5	6	15	0.885	12	D	W	D	W	L	1953-10-17	Port Vale	A
18	0	Chester	14	3	3	1	14	9	1	0	6	3	14	0.739	11	L	W	L	W	L	1953-10-17	Bradford City	H
19	0	Halifax Town	15	3	2	3	8	7	1	1	5	4	11	0.667	11	L	L	W	L	L	1953-10-17	Bradford	A
20	0	Hartlepool United	14	3	3	1	9	7	0	2	5	5	16	0.609	11	L	W	D	W	W	1953-10-17	Grimsby Town	H
21	0	Darlington	14	2	1	3	4	8	0	5	3	9	14	0.591	10	D	L	L	D	W	1953-10-17	Accrington Stanley	H
22	0	York City	14	2	4	1	11	8	0	2	5	4	20	0.536	10	D	L	L	D	L	1953-10-17	Mansfield Town	H
23	0	Rochdale	14	2	2	3	3	4	0	2	5	6	21	0.36	8	D	W	L	L	L	1953-10-17	Workington	A
24	0	Workington	14	2	1	3	8	8	0	1	7	6	23	0.452	6	L	L	W	D	L	1953-10-17	Rochdale	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	1	Millwall	Recreation Ground	7,875
Lacey	Lineups		Neary
Bristol City	2	3	Ipswich Town	Ashton Gate	22,506
Boxley 2 (1p)	Lineups		Elsworthy, MacLuckie 2
Colchester United	0	3	Coventry City	Layer Road	8,174
	Lineups		Brown 3
Crystal Palace	3	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Selhurst Park	15,756
Thomas 2, Downs	Lineups		Fidler
Exeter City	0	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	St James Park	12,044
	Lineups		Leadbetter
Newport County	0	1	Watford	Somerton Park	5,959
	Lineups		Brown R R
Norwich City	0	1	Torquay United	Carrow Road	20,355
	Lineups		Dobbie
Queens Park Rangers	1	1	Northampton Town	Loftus Road	13,300
Shepherd	Lineups		Fowler
Shrewsbury Town	2	1	Southend United	Gay Meadow	9,500
Beynon, McCue	Lineups		Bainbridge
Southampton	1	0	Gillingham	The Dell	17,801
Walker	Lineups
Swindon Town	2	1	Leyton Orient	County Ground	12,617
Bull, Lambert	Lineups		Johnstone OG
Walsall	1	3	Reading	Fellows Park	10,944
Dean	Lineups		Blackman 2, Quinlan

				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	Ipswich Town	15	6	1	0	18	5	5	2	1	15	11	2.063	25	W	W	W	W	W	1953-10-17	Aldershot	H
2	0	Southampton	15	8	0	0	23	7	3	1	3	10	10	1.941	23	W	L	W	W	W	1953-10-17	Northampton Town	A
3	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	15	4	1	1	15	11	5	3	1	12	7	1.5	22	W	W	D	L	D	1953-10-17	Newport County	H
4	-1	Norwich City	15	4	3	1	11	7	4	1	2	11	7	1.571	20	L	L	L	W	D	1953-10-17	Watford	A
5	1	Reading	15	6	1	0	22	7	2	2	4	8	16	1.304	19	W	W	W	D	D	1953-10-17	Shrewsbury Town	H
6	1	Crystal Palace	15	5	1	2	19	15	2	3	2	10	11	1.115	18	W	L	L	W	D	1953-10-17	Coventry City	A
7	1	Swindon Town	15	7	0	2	27	9	1	1	4	7	12	1.619	17	W	W	L	L	L	1953-10-17	Millwall	A
8	-3	Bristol City	15	5	1	2	23	9	2	2	3	7	15	1.25	17	L	L	W	W	D	1953-10-17	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
9	1	Aldershot	15	4	3	1	11	6	2	1	4	8	18	0.792	16	D	L	W	L	D	1953-10-17	Ipswich Town	A
10	4	Coventry City	15	4	2	1	9	2	2	1	5	12	16	1.167	15	W	D	D	D	W	1953-10-17	Crystal Palace	H
11	1	Shrewsbury Town	14	5	2	1	19	12	1	1	4	5	9	1.143	15	W	W	D	L	W	1953-10-17	Reading	A
12	-3	Leyton Orient	15	4	2	1	18	9	2	1	5	10	17	1.077	15	L	D	W	D	W	1953-10-17	Walsall	H
13	-2	Exeter City	15	3	0	5	10	9	3	2	2	12	11	1.1	14	L	W	W	D	W	1953-10-17	Southend United	A
14	1	Watford	15	4	1	1	17	7	2	1	6	11	21	1	14	W	L	D	L	D	1953-10-17	Norwich City	H
15	-2	Northampton Town	15	4	2	0	13	6	0	4	5	7	14	1	14	D	D	L	D	D	1953-10-17	Southampton	H
16	1	Queens Park Rangers	15	1	3	4	5	9	3	2	2	11	9	0.889	13	D	L	W	D	D	1953-10-17	Torquay United	A
17	3	Torquay United	15	1	4	2	11	12	3	0	5	12	13	0.92	12	W	W	L	D	D	1953-10-17	Queens Park Rangers	H
18	-2	Southend United	15	4	1	2	10	6	0	3	5	6	12	0.889	12	L	D	W	L	D	1953-10-17	Exeter City	H
19	-1	Millwall	14	3	1	3	8	8	1	3	3	9	14	0.773	12	D	L	D	W	L	1953-10-17	Swindon Town	H
20	-1	Gillingham	15	3	2	2	10	8	0	3	5	7	21	0.586	11	L	W	L	D	L	1953-10-17	Colchester United	H
21	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	15	3	2	2	12	9	1	0	7	8	20	0.69	10	L	L	L	W	L	1953-10-17	Bristol City	H
22	0	Colchester United	15	3	1	4	11	9	1	0	6	5	17	0.615	9	L	L	L	D	L	1953-10-17	Gillingham	A
23	0	Walsall	15	2	3	4	5	11	0	1	5	5	18	0.345	8	L	W	D	D	L	1953-10-17	Leyton Orient	A
24	0	Newport County	15	3	1	4	13	17	0	0	7	2	21	0.395	7	L	W	L	L	D	1953-10-17	Brighton & Hove Albion	A