1953-10-17

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	2	5	Burnley	Highbury	47,353
Forbes, Roper	Lineups		Holden 3, Stephenson 2
Aston Villa	1	2	Newcastle United	Villa Park	29,556
Thompson	Lineups		Davies, Milburn
Blackpool	1	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Bloomfield Road	35,910	Largest home gate 1953-54
Mortensen	Lineups		Finney, Fenton OG
Cardiff City	1	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Ninian Park	41,083
Grant (p)	Lineups
Chelsea	1	1	Middlesbrough	Stamford Bridge	23,513
Lewis	Lineups		Rayment
Huddersfield Town	2	0	Liverpool	Leeds Road	30,115
Glazzard, Metcalfe	Lineups
Manchester City	1	4	Preston North End	Maine Road	43,295
Anders	Lineups		Wayman 2, Hatsell, Finney
Portsmouth	3	1	Charlton Athletic	Fratton Park	30,933
Harris 2, Gordon	Lineups		Kiernan
Sheffield United	1	2	West Bromwich Albion	Bramall Lane	38,367
Hagan	Lineups		Allen, Nicholls
Sunderland	1	2	Bolton Wanderers	Roker Park	45,358
Bingham	Lineups		Wheeler, Lofthouse
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	1	Manchester United	Molineux	40,084
Broadbent, Hancocks, Swinbourne	Lineups		Taylor

				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	14	5	2	1	18	7	6	0	0	21	8	2.6	24	W	W	W	W	L	1953-10-24	Chelsea	H
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	14	6	0	0	23	8	3	3	2	16	14	1.773	21	W	W	D	W	D	1953-10-24	Bolton Wanderers	A
3	1	Huddersfield Town	14	6	1	0	19	4	3	1	3	11	13	1.765	20	W	L	W	W	W	1953-10-24	Newcastle United	A
4	-1	Charlton Athletic	14	6	0	1	28	9	3	0	4	10	14	1.652	18	L	W	W	W	W	1953-10-24	Arsenal	H
5	0	Burnley	14	5	0	2	17	11	4	0	3	14	15	1.192	18	W	W	W	L	L	1953-10-24	Cardiff City	H
6	0	Bolton Wanderers	13	5	1	0	12	5	2	2	3	11	13	1.278	17	W	W	W	L	D	1953-10-24	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
7	0	Cardiff City	14	4	2	1	9	7	2	3	2	6	8	1	17	W	W	D	L	D	1953-10-24	Burnley	A
8	3	Sheffield Wednesday	15	6	0	2	18	9	1	1	5	7	21	0.833	15	W	W	D	L	W	1953-10-24	Portsmouth	H
9	-1	Aston Villa	13	5	0	1	15	5	2	0	5	6	16	1	14	L	L	L	W	W	1953-10-24	Manchester United	A
10	3	Preston North End	14	3	1	3	15	9	3	0	4	18	12	1.571	13	W	L	L	W	L	1953-10-24	Sunderland	H
11	-2	Blackpool	13	4	2	1	11	5	1	1	4	14	18	1.087	13	L	L	W	L	D	1953-10-24	Middlesbrough	A
12	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	14	4	1	2	14	11	2	0	5	7	13	0.875	13	L	L	L	D	W	1953-10-24	Manchester City	H
13	-1	Manchester United	14	2	3	2	8	9	1	3	3	10	13	0.818	12	L	W	L	D	W	1953-10-24	Aston Villa	H
14	2	Newcastle United	14	2	0	5	13	18	2	4	1	11	12	0.8	12	W	L	L	W	L	1953-10-24	Huddersfield Town	H
15	3	Portsmouth	14	4	2	1	20	14	0	1	6	10	20	0.882	11	W	L	D	L	W	1953-10-24	Sheffield Wednesday	A
16	-2	Arsenal	14	1	3	3	11	15	3	0	4	11	13	0.786	11	L	W	W	W	D	1953-10-24	Charlton Athletic	A
17	-2	Liverpool	14	3	4	1	23	16	0	0	6	2	18	0.735	10	L	W	D	L	W	1953-10-24	Sheffield United	H
18	-1	Sheffield United	13	2	1	4	13	16	2	1	3	7	13	0.69	10	L	L	D	L	L	1953-10-24	Liverpool	A
19	2	Chelsea	14	2	2	3	12	13	1	1	5	8	20	0.606	9	D	L	D	L	L	1953-10-24	West Bromwich Albion	A
20	2	Middlesbrough	14	3	1	3	11	14	0	2	5	9	22	0.556	9	D	W	L	L	W	1953-10-24	Blackpool	H
21	-2	Manchester City	14	2	1	4	6	12	1	2	4	10	17	0.552	9	L	L	L	W	D	1953-10-24	Tottenham Hotspur	A
22	-2	Sunderland	13	3	0	2	18	12	0	2	6	10	21	0.848	8	L	L	D	W	L	1953-10-24	Preston North End	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	5	1	Fulham	Ewood Park	25,796
Briggs, Crossan 2, Glover, Langton	Lineups		Robson
Brentford	2	1	Leeds United	Griffin Park	18,329
Dare, Bloomfield	Lineups		Charles
Bristol Rovers	1	1	Birmingham City	Eastville	35,164	Largest home gate 1953-54
Bradford	Lineups		Purdon
Bury	2	5	Leicester City	Gigg Lane	18,163
Plant, Fletcher	Lineups		Rowley, Morris 2, Small, Hines
Derby County	2	1	West Ham United	Baseball Ground	17,689
McLaren, Powell	Lineups		Dick
Doncaster Rovers	1	0	Stoke City	Belle Vue	17,187
McMorran	Lineups
Everton	2	2	Swansea Town	Goodison Park	48,644
Parker 2	Lineups		Charles 2
Hull City	2	0	Plymouth Argyle	Boothferry Park	24,653
Ackerman, Jensen	Lineups
Lincoln City	2	2	Nottingham Forest	Sincil Bank	21,936	Largest home gate 1953-54
Whittle, Graver	Lineups		Capel, Thompson
Notts County	1	2	Luton Town	Meadow Lane	12,208
Leverton	Lineups		Cummins, Mitchell
Oldham Athletic	2	3	Rotherham United	Boundary Park	22,872
Hardwick (p), Lowrie	Lineups		Burke 2, Johnson

				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	Rotherham United	15	6	1	1	17	10	4	0	3	14	16	1.192	21	W	W	W	W	D	1953-10-24	Everton	H
2	0	Leicester City	14	5	2	0	20	6	2	4	1	13	12	1.833	20	W	W	D	W	D	1953-10-24	Oldham Athletic	H
3	2	Doncaster Rovers	14	5	1	1	12	4	4	0	3	13	10	1.786	19	W	L	L	L	W	1953-10-24	Fulham	A
4	-1	Everton	14	5	1	0	17	8	2	4	2	11	12	1.4	19	D	L	L	W	W	1953-10-24	Rotherham United	A
5	-1	Nottingham Forest	14	7	1	0	28	9	1	1	4	5	11	1.65	18	D	W	W	L	W	1953-10-24	Bristol Rovers	H
6	0	Birmingham City	14	5	2	1	23	8	1	2	3	7	10	1.667	16	D	W	D	W	D	1953-10-24	Brentford	H
7	0	Lincoln City	14	5	2	0	20	4	1	2	4	3	11	1.533	16	D	L	W	W	W	1953-10-24	Luton Town	A
8	3	Derby County	13	5	2	0	16	6	1	2	3	9	15	1.19	16	W	L	W	L	W	1953-10-24	Leeds United	A
9	3	Blackburn Rovers	13	3	3	0	14	6	3	1	3	12	16	1.182	16	W	L	W	L	D	1953-10-24	West Ham United	A
10	0	Bristol Rovers	14	3	2	2	12	7	2	3	2	17	13	1.45	15	D	D	W	W	L	1953-10-24	Nottingham Forest	A
11	-3	West Ham United	14	5	0	2	20	6	1	3	3	7	16	1.227	15	L	L	L	L	W	1953-10-24	Blackburn Rovers	H
12	-3	Stoke City	15	2	5	0	13	9	1	4	3	10	15	0.958	15	L	W	D	D	D	1953-10-24	Bury	H
13	0	Leeds United	14	3	3	1	19	11	1	2	4	11	18	1.034	13	L	D	D	L	L	1953-10-24	Derby County	H
14	0	Luton Town	14	3	3	2	15	11	1	2	3	8	13	0.958	13	W	W	L	D	D	1953-10-24	Lincoln City	H
15	3	Swansea Town	14	3	2	2	11	7	1	1	5	8	20	0.704	11	D	W	D	L	W	1953-10-24	Hull City	H
16	-1	Plymouth Argyle	14	1	5	1	11	9	1	2	4	5	14	0.696	11	L	W	D	L	L	1953-10-24	Notts County	H
17	2	Brentford	14	3	1	3	7	13	1	2	4	6	14	0.481	11	W	W	W	L	D	1953-10-24	Birmingham City	A
18	-2	Fulham	14	2	2	3	16	16	1	2	4	11	18	0.794	10	L	W	W	W	D	1953-10-24	Doncaster Rovers	H
19	-2	Bury	14	2	3	2	14	15	0	3	4	3	11	0.654	10	L	L	L	W	L	1953-10-24	Stoke City	A
20	1	Hull City	14	4	0	2	11	5	0	1	7	4	19	0.625	9	W	L	L	W	L	1953-10-24	Swansea Town	A
21	-1	Oldham Athletic	14	2	3	2	6	7	0	1	6	7	20	0.481	8	L	L	L	W	L	1953-10-24	Leicester City	A
22	0	Notts County	14	1	0	5	5	15	1	2	5	8	23	0.342	6	L	L	L	L	L	1953-10-24	Plymouth Argyle	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	1	1	Carlisle United	Oakwell	11,369
Brown	Lineups		Ashman
Bradford	4	2	Halifax Town	Park Avenue	14,261
Whitaker, Beattie 2, Brickley	Lineups		Hampson, Horsman
Chester	3	0	Bradford City	Sealand Road	6,150
Thomas, Coffin (p), Travis	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	2	0	Chesterfield	Gresty Road	8,252
Broome, Curzon	Lineups
Darlington	4	1	Accrington Stanley	Feethams Ground	5,936
Dowson 2, Robson, French	Lineups		Eastham
Gateshead	4	2	Stockport County	Redheugh Park	8,541
Callender T 2 (1p), Smith 2	Lineups		Clempson, Connor
Hartlepools United	3	0	Grimsby Town	Victoria Park	9,039
Stamper, Wildon 2	Lineups
Port Vale	2	0	Tranmere Rovers	Vale Park	19,204
Leake, Hayward	Lineups
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	3	1	Wrexham	Old Showground	8,402
Whitfield 2, Gregory	Lineups		Betts
Southport	0	1	Barrow	Haig Avenue	5,048
	Lineups		Hannah
Workington	0	1	Rochdale	Borough Park	7,070
	Lineups		Kendall
York City	5	1	Mansfield Town	Bootham Crescent	6,294
Dunmore 3, Storey, Fenton	Lineups		Murray

				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	16	7	1	0	19	1	5	2	1	11	4	6	27	W	W	W	D	W	1953-10-24	Halifax Town	A
2	0	Barnsley	15	6	2	0	20	9	1	4	2	6	7	1.625	20	D	W	W	D	W	1953-10-24	Accrington Stanley	A
3	1	Crewe Alexandra	16	4	4	0	11	5	2	4	2	8	8	1.462	20	W	L	D	D	W	1953-10-24	Tranmere Rovers	A
4	3	Gateshead	16	5	2	0	14	4	2	3	4	10	14	1.333	19	W	L	W	L	D	1953-10-24	Rochdale	A
5	3	Bradford	15	4	3	1	22	10	2	3	2	9	9	1.632	18	W	D	D	W	D	1953-10-24	Carlisle United	A
6	3	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	15	4	2	1	12	5	2	4	2	13	12	1.471	18	W	D	D	D	L	1953-10-24	Mansfield Town	A
7	-4	Stockport County	16	5	3	0	23	9	1	3	4	7	13	1.364	18	L	W	W	D	L	1953-10-24	Hartlepool United	H
8	-3	Bradford City	16	6	1	1	13	4	2	1	5	2	13	0.882	18	L	W	L	W	W	1953-10-24	Southport	H
9	-3	Wrexham	16	4	2	2	16	7	3	1	4	11	16	1.174	17	L	D	L	L	W	1953-10-24	Workington	H
10	1	Barrow	15	5	2	0	16	5	2	1	5	8	18	1.043	17	W	W	L	W	W	1953-10-24	York City	H
11	-1	Chesterfield	15	4	2	1	13	6	2	2	4	9	15	1.048	16	L	L	D	W	W	1953-10-24	Chester	H
12	1	Carlisle United	15	5	2	1	22	7	0	3	4	10	19	1.231	15	D	D	L	D	L	1953-10-24	Bradford	H
13	-1	Grimsby Town	16	7	0	2	16	8	0	1	6	6	22	0.733	15	L	W	W	L	L	1953-10-24	Darlington	H
14	1	Southport	15	3	1	3	12	11	2	3	3	8	10	0.952	14	L	L	D	L	L	1953-10-24	Bradford City	A
15	-1	Mansfield Town	15	3	3	2	16	12	2	1	4	12	19	0.903	14	L	W	L	L	W	1953-10-24	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
16	0	Accrington Stanley	15	5	2	1	19	12	0	1	6	4	14	0.885	13	L	W	D	D	L	1953-10-24	Barnsley	H
17	1	Chester	15	4	3	1	17	9	1	0	6	3	14	0.87	13	W	L	W	L	W	1953-10-24	Chesterfield	A
18	2	Hartlepool United	15	4	3	1	12	7	0	2	5	5	16	0.739	13	W	L	W	D	W	1953-10-24	Stockport County	A
19	-2	Tranmere Rovers	15	3	2	2	17	11	2	0	6	6	17	0.821	12	L	D	W	D	W	1953-10-24	Crewe Alexandra	H
20	1	Darlington	15	3	1	3	8	9	0	5	3	9	14	0.739	12	W	D	L	L	D	1953-10-24	Grimsby Town	A
21	1	York City	15	3	4	1	16	9	0	2	5	4	20	0.69	12	W	D	L	L	D	1953-10-24	Barrow	A
22	-3	Halifax Town	16	3	2	3	8	7	1	1	6	6	15	0.636	11	L	L	L	W	L	1953-10-24	Port Vale	H
23	0	Rochdale	15	2	2	3	3	4	1	2	5	7	21	0.4	10	W	D	W	L	L	1953-10-24	Gateshead	H
24	0	Workington	15	2	1	4	8	9	0	1	7	6	23	0.438	6	L	L	L	W	D	1953-10-24	Wrexham	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	5	2	Bristol City	Dean Court	10,061
Guy OG, Fidler, Cross 2, Williams OG	Lineups		Atyeo 2
Brighton & Hove Albion	4	2	Newport County	Goldstone Ground	15,936
Wilson, Leadbetter, Foreman 2	Lineups		Graham 2
Coventry City	0	0	Crystal Palace	Highfield Road	13,554
	Lineups
Gillingham	2	0	Colchester United	Priestfield Stadium	8,296
Morgan 2	Lineups
Ipswich Town	4	0	Aldershot	Portman Road	15,379
Reed, Crowe, MacLuckie, Garneys	Lineups
Leyton Orient	2	1	Walsall	Brisbane Road	7,694
Blizzard, Rees	Lineups		Dean
Millwall	6	1	Swindon Town	The Den, New Cross	9,612
Stobbart 3, Neary, Hartburn, Hazlett	Lineups		Bull
Northampton Town	3	0	Southampton	County Ground	14,403	Largest home gate 1953-54
Fowler, O'Donnell, Clements OG	Lineups
Reading	1	1	Shrewsbury Town	Elm Park	14,854
Blackman	Lineups		Hudson
Southend United	0	1	Exeter City	Greyhound Stadium	7,500
	Lineups		Donaldson
Torquay United	2	2	Queens Park Rangers	Plainmoor	8,328
Mills, Clayton OG	Lineups		Smith 2
Watford	1	3	Norwich City	Vicarage Road	15,116
Brown R R	Lineups		Gavin, Summers 2

				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	16	7	1	0	22	5	5	2	1	15	11	2.313	27	W	W	W	W	W	1953-10-24	Swindon Town	A
2	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	16	5	1	1	19	13	5	3	1	12	7	1.55	24	W	W	W	D	L	1953-10-24	Norwich City	A
3	-1	Southampton	16	8	0	0	23	7	3	1	4	10	13	1.65	23	L	W	L	W	W	1953-10-24	Torquay United	H
4	0	Norwich City	16	4	3	1	11	7	5	1	2	14	8	1.667	22	W	L	L	L	W	1953-10-24	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
5	0	Reading	16	6	2	0	23	8	2	2	4	8	16	1.292	20	D	W	W	W	D	1953-10-24	Exeter City	A
6	0	Crystal Palace	16	5	1	2	19	15	2	4	2	10	11	1.115	19	D	W	L	L	W	1953-10-24	Gillingham	H
7	0	Swindon Town	16	7	0	2	27	9	1	1	5	8	18	1.296	17	L	W	W	L	L	1953-10-24	Ipswich Town	H
8	4	Leyton Orient	16	5	2	1	20	10	2	1	5	10	17	1.111	17	W	L	D	W	D	1953-10-24	Shrewsbury Town	A
9	-1	Bristol City	16	5	1	2	23	9	2	2	4	9	20	1.103	17	L	L	L	W	W	1953-10-24	Coventry City	H
10	0	Coventry City	16	4	3	1	9	2	2	1	5	12	16	1.167	16	D	W	D	D	D	1953-10-24	Bristol City	A
11	2	Exeter City	16	3	0	5	10	9	4	2	2	13	11	1.15	16	W	L	W	W	D	1953-10-24	Reading	H
12	3	Northampton Town	16	5	2	0	16	6	0	4	5	7	14	1.15	16	W	D	D	L	D	1953-10-24	Colchester United	A
13	-2	Shrewsbury Town	15	5	2	1	19	12	1	2	4	6	10	1.136	16	D	W	W	D	L	1953-10-24	Leyton Orient	H
14	-5	Aldershot	16	4	3	1	11	6	2	1	5	8	22	0.679	16	L	D	L	W	L	1953-10-24	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
15	4	Millwall	15	4	1	3	14	9	1	3	3	9	14	1	14	W	D	L	D	W	1953-10-24	Walsall	A
16	-2	Watford	16	4	1	2	18	10	2	1	6	11	21	0.935	14	L	W	L	D	L	1953-10-24	Queens Park Rangers	A
17	-1	Queens Park Rangers	16	1	3	4	5	9	3	3	2	13	11	0.9	14	D	D	L	W	D	1953-10-24	Watford	H
18	-1	Torquay United	16	1	5	2	13	14	3	0	5	12	13	0.926	13	D	W	W	L	D	1953-10-24	Southampton	A
19	1	Gillingham	16	4	2	2	12	8	0	3	5	7	21	0.655	13	W	L	W	L	D	1953-10-24	Crystal Palace	A
20	-2	Southend United	16	4	1	3	10	7	0	3	5	6	12	0.842	12	L	L	D	W	L	1953-10-24	Newport County	A
21	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	16	4	2	2	17	11	1	0	7	8	20	0.806	12	W	L	L	L	W	1953-10-24	Aldershot	A
22	0	Colchester United	16	3	1	4	11	9	1	0	7	5	19	0.571	9	L	L	L	L	D	1953-10-24	Northampton Town	H
23	0	Walsall	16	2	3	4	5	11	0	1	6	6	20	0.355	8	L	L	W	D	D	1953-10-24	Millwall	H
24	0	Newport County	16	3	1	4	13	17	0	0	8	4	25	0.405	7	L	L	W	L	L	1953-10-24	Southend United	H