1953-10-24

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bolton Wanderers	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Burnden Park	40,027
Moir	Lineups		Hancocks
Burnley	3	0	Cardiff City	Turf Moor	29,539
Gray, McIlroy, Pilkington	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	1	5	Arsenal	The Valley	60,259	Largest home gate 1953-54
Hurst	Lineups		Marden 3, Holton, Roper
Liverpool	3	0	Sheffield United	Anfield Road	37,978
Payne, Smyth 2	Lineups
Manchester United	1	0	Aston Villa	Old Trafford	30,266
Berry	Lineups
Middlesbrough	0	1	Blackpool	Ayresome Park	39,416	Largest home gate 1953-54
	Lineups		Taylor
Newcastle United	0	2	Huddersfield Town	St James' Park	46,644
	Lineups		Glazzard, Brennan OG
Preston North End	6	2	Sunderland	Deepdale	34,466
Wayman 3, Baxter, Morrison, Hatsell	Lineups		Wright T 2
Sheffield Wednesday	4	4	Portsmouth	Hillsborough	36,500
Sewell 2, Jordan 2	Lineups		Vaughan, Gordon 3
Tottenham Hotspur	3	0	Manchester City	White Hart Lane	37,577
Duquemin, Robb 2	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	5	2	Chelsea	The Hawthorns	32,254
Allen 3, Nicholls, Lee	Lineups		Bentley 2

				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	15	6	2	1	23	9	6	0	0	21	8	2.588	26	W	W	W	W	W	1953-10-31	Blackpool	A
2	1	Huddersfield Town	15	6	1	0	19	4	4	1	3	13	13	1.882	22	W	W	L	W	W	1953-10-31	Manchester United	H
3	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	15	6	0	0	23	8	3	4	2	17	15	1.739	22	D	W	W	D	W	1953-10-31	Preston North End	H
4	1	Burnley	15	6	0	2	20	11	4	0	3	14	15	1.308	20	W	W	W	W	L	1953-10-31	Manchester City	A
5	-1	Charlton Athletic	15	6	0	2	29	14	3	0	4	10	14	1.393	18	L	L	W	W	W	1953-10-31	Cardiff City	A
6	0	Bolton Wanderers	14	5	2	0	13	6	2	2	3	11	13	1.263	18	D	W	W	W	L	1953-10-31	Aston Villa	A
7	0	Cardiff City	15	4	2	1	9	7	2	3	3	6	11	0.833	17	L	W	W	D	L	1953-10-31	Charlton Athletic	H
8	0	Sheffield Wednesday	16	6	1	2	22	13	1	1	5	7	21	0.853	16	D	W	W	D	L	1953-10-31	Arsenal	A
9	1	Preston North End	15	4	1	3	21	11	3	0	4	18	12	1.696	15	W	W	L	L	W	1953-10-31	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
10	1	Blackpool	14	4	2	1	11	5	2	1	4	15	18	1.13	15	W	L	L	W	L	1953-10-31	West Bromwich Albion	H
11	1	Tottenham Hotspur	15	5	1	2	17	11	2	0	5	7	13	1	15	W	L	L	L	D	1953-10-31	Sunderland	A
12	-3	Aston Villa	14	5	0	1	15	5	2	0	6	6	17	0.955	14	L	L	L	L	W	1953-10-31	Bolton Wanderers	H
13	0	Manchester United	15	3	3	2	9	9	1	3	3	10	13	0.864	14	W	L	W	L	D	1953-10-31	Huddersfield Town	A
14	2	Arsenal	15	1	3	3	11	15	4	0	4	16	14	0.931	13	W	L	W	W	W	1953-10-31	Sheffield Wednesday	H
15	0	Portsmouth	15	4	2	1	20	14	0	2	6	14	24	0.895	12	D	W	L	D	L	1953-10-31	Middlesbrough	H
16	1	Liverpool	15	4	4	1	26	16	0	0	6	2	18	0.824	12	W	L	W	D	L	1953-10-31	Chelsea	A
17	-3	Newcastle United	15	2	0	6	13	20	2	4	1	11	12	0.75	12	L	W	L	L	W	1953-10-31	Sheffield United	A
18	0	Sheffield United	14	2	1	4	13	16	2	1	4	7	16	0.625	10	L	L	L	D	L	1953-10-31	Newcastle United	H
19	0	Chelsea	15	2	2	3	12	13	1	1	6	10	25	0.579	9	L	D	L	D	L	1953-10-31	Liverpool	H
20	0	Middlesbrough	15	3	1	4	11	15	0	2	5	9	22	0.541	9	L	D	W	L	L	1953-10-31	Portsmouth	A
21	0	Manchester City	15	2	1	4	6	12	1	2	5	10	20	0.5	9	L	L	L	L	W	1953-10-31	Burnley	H
22	0	Sunderland	14	3	0	2	18	12	0	2	7	12	27	0.769	8	L	L	L	D	W	1953-10-31	Tottenham Hotspur	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	5	1	Brentford	St Andrew's	23,582
Purdon, Kinsey, Murphy, Govan, Bragg OG	Lineups		Dare
Fulham	1	2	Doncaster Rovers	Craven Cottage	25,238
Hill	Lineups		McMorran, Lawlor
Leeds United	3	1	Derby County	Elland Road	26,430
Charles 2, Nightingale	Lineups		Nielson
Leicester City	1	0	Oldham Athletic	Filbert Street	28,449
Rowley	Lineups
Luton Town	1	0	Lincoln City	Kenilworth Road	15,578
Davies	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	3	1	Bristol Rovers	City Ground	22,987
Thompson, Capel, Moore	Lineups		Bush (p)
Plymouth Argyle	3	3	Notts County	Home Park	16,656
McCrory 2 (1p), Edds	Lineups		Johnston, Wylie, Crookes
Rotherham United	1	2	Everton	Millmoor	18,860	Largest home gate 1953-54
Burke	Lineups		Fielding, Hickson
Stoke City	4	0	Bury	Victoria Ground	19,250
Bowyer, Malkin, Siddall, Oscroft	Lineups
Swansea Town	1	0	Hull City	Vetch Field	18,925
Allchurch I	Lineups
West Ham United	2	1	Blackburn Rovers	Upton Park	22,814
Southren, Gazzard	Lineups		Quigley

				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	Leicester City	15	6	2	0	21	6	2	4	1	13	12	1.889	22	W	W	W	D	W	1953-10-31	Everton	A
2	1	Doncaster Rovers	15	5	1	1	12	4	5	0	3	15	11	1.8	21	W	W	L	L	L	1953-10-31	West Ham United	H
3	1	Everton	15	5	1	0	17	8	3	4	2	13	13	1.429	21	W	D	L	L	W	1953-10-31	Leicester City	H
4	-3	Rotherham United	16	6	1	2	18	12	4	0	3	14	16	1.143	21	L	W	W	W	W	1953-10-31	Hull City	A
5	0	Nottingham Forest	15	8	1	0	31	10	1	1	4	5	11	1.714	20	W	D	W	W	L	1953-10-31	Brentford	A
6	0	Birmingham City	15	6	2	1	28	9	1	2	3	7	10	1.842	18	W	D	W	D	W	1953-10-31	Derby County	A
7	4	West Ham United	15	6	0	2	22	7	1	3	3	7	16	1.261	17	W	L	L	L	L	1953-10-31	Doncaster Rovers	A
8	4	Stoke City	16	3	5	0	17	9	1	4	3	10	15	1.125	17	W	L	W	D	D	1953-10-31	Oldham Athletic	A
9	-2	Lincoln City	15	5	2	0	20	4	1	2	5	3	12	1.438	16	L	D	L	W	W	1953-10-31	Plymouth Argyle	H
10	-1	Blackburn Rovers	14	3	3	0	14	6	3	1	4	13	18	1.125	16	L	W	L	W	L	1953-10-31	Leeds United	H
11	-3	Derby County	14	5	2	0	16	6	1	2	4	10	18	1.083	16	L	W	L	W	L	1953-10-31	Birmingham City	H
12	-2	Bristol Rovers	15	3	2	2	12	7	2	3	3	18	16	1.304	15	L	D	D	W	W	1953-10-31	Luton Town	H
13	0	Leeds United	15	4	3	1	22	12	1	2	4	11	18	1.1	15	W	L	D	D	L	1953-10-31	Blackburn Rovers	A
14	0	Luton Town	15	4	3	2	16	11	1	2	3	8	13	1	15	W	W	W	L	D	1953-10-31	Bristol Rovers	A
15	0	Swansea Town	15	4	2	2	12	7	1	1	5	8	20	0.741	13	W	D	W	D	L	1953-10-31	Notts County	A
16	0	Plymouth Argyle	15	1	6	1	14	12	1	2	4	5	14	0.731	12	D	L	W	D	L	1953-10-31	Lincoln City	A
17	0	Brentford	15	3	1	3	7	13	1	2	5	7	19	0.438	11	L	W	W	W	L	1953-10-31	Nottingham Forest	H
18	0	Fulham	15	2	2	4	17	18	1	2	4	11	18	0.778	10	L	L	W	W	W	1953-10-31	Bury	A
19	0	Bury	15	2	3	2	14	15	0	3	5	3	15	0.567	10	L	L	L	L	W	1953-10-31	Fulham	H
20	0	Hull City	15	4	0	2	11	5	0	1	8	4	20	0.6	9	L	W	L	L	W	1953-10-31	Rotherham United	H
21	0	Oldham Athletic	15	2	3	2	6	7	0	1	7	7	21	0.464	8	L	L	L	L	W	1953-10-31	Stoke City	H
22	0	Notts County	15	1	0	5	5	15	1	3	5	11	26	0.39	7	D	L	L	L	L	1953-10-31	Swansea Town	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	3	0	Barnsley	Peel Park	8,891
Holliday, Cocker 2	Lineups
Barrow	4	1	York City	Holker Street	6,355
McLaren, Andrews OG, Street 2	Lineups		Fenton
Bradford City	4	1	Southport	Valley Parade	11,387
Rosenthal 2, McCulloch, Tunnicliffe	Lineups		Hacking
Carlisle United	0	1	Bradford	Brunton Park	7,873
	Lineups		Pickard
Chesterfield	4	0	Chester	Saltergate Recreation Ground	8,229
Edwards, McGoldrick, Smith G 2	Lineups
Grimsby Town	1	0	Darlington	Blundell Park	8,907
Robson	Lineups
Halifax Town	0	1	Port Vale	The Shay	10,361	Largest home gate 1953-54
	Lineups		Leake
Mansfield Town	2	1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Field Mill	8,539
Marron, Bradley	Lineups		Brownsword (p)
Rochdale	0	1	Gateshead	Spotland	6,308
	Lineups		Callender J
Stockport County	1	0	Hartlepools United	Edgeley Park	8,867
Weigh	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	1	0	Crewe Alexandra	Prenton Park	8,137
McDevitt	Lineups
Wrexham	8	0	Workington	Racecourse Ground	7,408
Bannan 3, Betts 3, Tilston, Hewitt	Lineups

				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	17	7	1	0	19	1	6	2	1	12	4	6.2	29	W	W	W	W	D	1953-10-31	Carlisle United	H
2	2	Gateshead	17	5	2	0	14	4	3	3	4	11	14	1.389	21	W	W	L	W	L	1953-10-31	Wrexham	H
3	2	Bradford	16	4	3	1	22	10	3	3	2	10	9	1.684	20	W	W	D	D	W	1953-10-31	Accrington Stanley	H
4	3	Stockport County	17	6	3	0	24	9	1	3	4	7	13	1.409	20	W	L	W	W	D	1953-10-31	Darlington	A
5	-3	Barnsley	16	6	2	0	20	9	1	4	3	6	10	1.368	20	L	D	W	W	D	1953-10-31	Grimsby Town	H
6	-3	Crewe Alexandra	17	4	4	0	11	5	2	4	3	8	9	1.357	20	L	W	L	D	D	1953-10-31	Halifax Town	H
7	1	Bradford City	17	7	1	1	17	5	2	1	5	2	13	1.056	20	W	L	W	L	W	1953-10-31	York City	A
8	1	Wrexham	17	5	2	2	24	7	3	1	4	11	16	1.522	19	W	L	D	L	L	1953-10-31	Gateshead	A
9	1	Barrow	16	6	2	0	20	6	2	1	5	8	18	1.167	19	W	W	W	L	W	1953-10-31	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
10	-4	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	16	4	2	1	12	5	2	4	3	14	14	1.368	18	L	W	D	D	D	1953-10-31	Barrow	H
11	0	Chesterfield	16	5	2	1	17	6	2	2	4	9	15	1.238	18	W	L	L	D	W	1953-10-31	Southport	A
12	1	Grimsby Town	17	8	0	2	17	8	0	1	6	6	22	0.767	17	W	L	W	W	L	1953-10-31	Barnsley	A
13	2	Mansfield Town	16	4	3	2	18	13	2	1	4	12	19	0.938	16	W	L	W	L	L	1953-10-31	Workington	A
14	-2	Carlisle United	16	5	2	2	22	8	0	3	4	10	19	1.185	15	L	D	D	L	D	1953-10-31	Port Vale	A
15	1	Accrington Stanley	16	6	2	1	22	12	0	1	6	4	14	1	15	W	L	W	D	D	1953-10-31	Bradford	A
16	3	Tranmere Rovers	16	4	2	2	18	11	2	0	6	6	17	0.857	14	W	L	D	W	D	1953-10-31	Chester	A
17	-3	Southport	16	3	1	3	12	11	2	3	4	9	14	0.84	14	L	L	L	D	L	1953-10-31	Chesterfield	H
18	-1	Chester	16	4	3	1	17	9	1	0	7	3	18	0.741	13	L	W	L	W	L	1953-10-31	Tranmere Rovers	H
19	-1	Hartlepool United	16	4	3	1	12	7	0	2	6	5	17	0.708	13	L	W	L	W	D	1953-10-31	Rochdale	H
20	0	Darlington	16	3	1	3	8	9	0	5	4	9	15	0.708	12	L	W	D	L	L	1953-10-31	Stockport County	H
21	0	York City	16	3	4	1	16	9	0	2	6	5	24	0.636	12	L	W	D	L	L	1953-10-31	Bradford City	H
22	0	Halifax Town	17	3	2	4	8	8	1	1	6	6	15	0.609	11	L	L	L	L	W	1953-10-31	Crewe Alexandra	A
23	0	Rochdale	16	2	2	4	3	5	1	2	5	7	21	0.385	10	L	W	D	W	L	1953-10-31	Hartlepool United	A
24	0	Workington	16	2	1	4	8	9	0	1	8	6	31	0.35	6	L	L	L	L	W	1953-10-31	Mansfield Town	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Recreation Ground	5,923
Alison	Lineups		Fidler, Waugh
Bristol City	1	0	Coventry City	Ashton Gate	16,184
Micklewright	Lineups
Colchester United	1	1	Northampton Town	Layer Road	7,599
Elder	Lineups		Cross
Crystal Palace	1	2	Gillingham	Selhurst Park	15,856
Choules	Lineups		Millar, Scarth
Exeter City	2	0	Reading	St James Park	10,284
McClelland 2	Lineups
Newport County	3	2	Southend United	Somerton Park	6,958
Birch, Graham, Morrey	Lineups		Bridge, O'Neil
Norwich City	1	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Carrow Road	23,736
Gavin	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	0	4	Watford	Loftus Road	15,560
	Lineups		Bowie, Woods OG, Brown R, Paton
Shrewsbury Town	3	3	Leyton Orient	Gay Meadow	9,873
Hudson 3	Lineups		Morgan, Pacey, Edwards
Southampton	2	2	Torquay United	The Dell	15,792
Wilkins, Flood	Lineups		Dobbie, Collins (p)
Swindon Town	1	2	Ipswich Town	County Ground	13,147
Lunn	Lineups		Crowe, Garneys
Walsall	0	2	Millwall	Fellows Park	10,178
	Lineups		Stobbart 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	17	7	1	0	22	5	6	2	1	17	12	2.294	29	W	W	W	W	W	1953-10-31	Walsall	H
2	2	Norwich City	17	5	3	1	12	7	5	1	2	14	8	1.733	24	W	W	L	L	L	1953-10-31	Southend United	A
3	0	Southampton	17	8	1	0	25	9	3	1	4	10	13	1.591	24	D	L	W	L	W	1953-10-31	Watford	A
4	-2	Brighton & Hove Albion	17	5	1	1	19	13	5	3	2	12	8	1.476	24	L	W	W	W	D	1953-11-07	Southampton	A
5	0	Reading	17	6	2	0	23	8	2	2	5	8	18	1.192	20	L	D	W	W	W	1953-10-31	Newport County	H
6	3	Bristol City	17	6	1	2	24	9	2	2	4	9	20	1.138	19	W	L	L	L	W	1953-10-31	Gillingham	A
7	-1	Crystal Palace	17	5	1	3	20	17	2	4	2	10	11	1.071	19	L	D	W	L	L	1953-10-31	Northampton Town	A
8	3	Exeter City	17	4	0	5	12	9	4	2	2	13	11	1.25	18	W	W	L	W	W	1953-10-31	Leyton Orient	A
9	-1	Leyton Orient	17	5	2	1	20	10	2	2	5	13	20	1.1	18	D	W	L	D	W	1953-10-31	Exeter City	H
10	-3	Swindon Town	17	7	0	3	28	11	1	1	5	8	18	1.241	17	L	L	W	W	L	1953-10-31	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
11	1	Northampton Town	17	5	2	0	16	6	0	5	5	8	15	1.143	17	D	W	D	D	L	1953-10-31	Crystal Palace	H
12	1	Shrewsbury Town	16	5	3	1	22	15	1	2	4	6	10	1.12	17	D	D	W	W	D	1953-10-31	Millwall	A
13	-3	Coventry City	17	4	3	1	9	2	2	1	6	12	17	1.105	16	L	D	W	D	D	1953-10-31	Aldershot	H
14	1	Millwall	16	4	1	3	14	9	2	3	3	11	14	1.087	16	W	W	D	L	D	1953-10-31	Shrewsbury Town	H
15	1	Watford	17	4	1	2	18	10	3	1	6	15	21	1.065	16	W	L	W	L	D	1953-10-31	Southampton	H
16	-2	Aldershot	17	4	3	2	12	8	2	1	5	8	22	0.667	16	L	L	D	L	W	1953-10-31	Coventry City	A
17	2	Gillingham	17	4	2	2	12	8	1	3	5	9	22	0.7	15	W	W	L	W	L	1953-10-31	Bristol City	H
18	0	Torquay United	17	1	5	2	13	14	3	1	5	14	15	0.931	14	D	D	W	W	L	1953-10-31	Colchester United	H
19	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	17	4	2	2	17	11	2	0	7	10	21	0.844	14	W	W	L	L	L	1953-10-31	Swindon Town	H
20	-3	Queens Park Rangers	17	1	3	5	5	13	3	3	2	13	11	0.75	14	L	D	D	L	W	1953-11-07	Southend United	H
21	-1	Southend United	17	4	1	3	10	7	0	3	6	8	15	0.818	12	L	L	L	D	W	1953-10-31	Norwich City	H
22	0	Colchester United	17	3	2	4	12	10	1	0	7	5	19	0.586	10	D	L	L	L	L	1953-10-31	Torquay United	A
23	1	Newport County	17	4	1	4	16	19	0	0	8	4	25	0.455	9	W	L	L	W	L	1953-10-31	Reading	A
24	-1	Walsall	17	2	3	5	5	13	0	1	6	6	20	0.333	8	L	L	L	W	D	1953-10-31	Ipswich Town	A