1953-11-07

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Bolton Wanderers	6	1	Portsmouth	Burnden Park	22,441
Holden, Lofthouse 2, Hassall 3 (1p)	Lineups		Harris
Burnley	2	1	Sheffield United	Turf Moor	15,846
McIlroy 2	Lineups		Brook
Charlton Athletic	2	1	Huddersfield Town	The Valley	23,733
Evans, Hurst	Lineups		Glazzard
Liverpool	2	2	Manchester City	Anfield Road	30,917
Bimpson, Baron	Lineups		Hart, Meadows
Manchester United	2	2	Arsenal	Old Trafford	28,141
Blanchflower, Rowley	Lineups		Holton, Roper
Middlesbrough	3	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Ayresome Park	24,284
Fitzsimons, McPherson, Hartnett	Lineups		Hancocks, Swinbourne, Wilshaw
Newcastle United	4	0	Cardiff City	St James' Park	42,355
Broadis 2, Hannah, Milburn	Lineups
Preston North End	2	3	Blackpool	Deepdale	31,886
Baxter, Morrison	Lineups		Fenton (p), Brown, Mortensen
Sheffield Wednesday	3	1	Aston Villa	Hillsborough	31,124
Quixall, Shaw, Finney	Lineups		Thompson
Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	Chelsea	White Hart Lane	44,795
Walters, Baily	Lineups		Stubbs
West Bromwich Albion	2	0	Sunderland	The Hawthorns	37,553
Barlow, Lee	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	17	7	2	1	25	9	6	0	1	22	12	2.238	28	W	L	W	W	W	1953-11-14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	7	0	0	24	8	3	5	2	20	18	1.692	25	D	W	D	W	W	1953-11-14	West Bromwich Albion	H
3	0	Huddersfield Town	17	6	2	0	19	4	4	1	4	14	15	1.737	23	L	D	W	W	L	1953-11-14	Sheffield Wednesday	H
4	0	Burnley	17	7	0	2	22	12	4	0	4	16	18	1.267	22	W	L	W	W	W	1953-11-14	Chelsea	A
5	0	Bolton Wanderers	16	6	2	0	19	7	2	3	3	13	15	1.455	21	W	D	D	W	W	1953-11-14	Arsenal	A
6	1	Charlton Athletic	17	7	0	2	31	15	3	0	5	10	19	1.206	20	W	L	L	L	W	1953-11-14	Sheffield United	A
7	1	Blackpool	16	5	2	1	15	6	3	1	4	18	20	1.269	19	W	W	W	L	L	1953-11-14	Tottenham Hotspur	H
8	-2	Cardiff City	17	5	2	1	14	7	2	3	4	6	15	0.909	19	L	W	L	W	W	1953-11-14	Manchester United	H
9	0	Sheffield Wednesday	18	7	1	2	25	14	1	1	6	8	25	0.846	18	W	L	D	W	W	1953-11-14	Huddersfield Town	A
10	2	Tottenham Hotspur	17	6	1	2	19	12	2	0	6	10	17	1	17	W	L	W	L	L	1953-11-14	Blackpool	A
11	0	Arsenal	17	2	3	3	15	16	4	1	4	18	16	1.031	16	D	W	W	L	W	1953-11-14	Bolton Wanderers	H
12	2	Manchester United	17	3	4	2	11	11	1	4	3	10	13	0.875	16	D	D	W	L	W	1953-11-14	Cardiff City	A
13	-3	Preston North End	17	4	1	4	23	14	3	0	5	18	13	1.519	15	L	L	W	W	L	1953-11-14	Portsmouth	A
14	-1	Aston Villa	16	5	1	1	17	7	2	0	7	7	20	0.889	15	L	D	L	L	L	1953-11-14	Middlesbrough	H
15	2	Newcastle United	17	3	0	6	17	20	2	4	2	12	15	0.829	14	W	L	L	W	L	1953-11-14	Manchester City	A
16	0	Liverpool	17	4	5	1	28	18	0	0	7	4	23	0.78	13	D	L	W	L	W	1953-11-14	Sunderland	A
17	-2	Portsmouth	17	4	2	2	20	16	0	2	7	15	30	0.761	12	L	L	D	W	L	1953-11-14	Preston North End	H
18	0	Sheffield United	16	3	1	4	16	17	2	1	5	8	18	0.686	12	L	W	L	L	L	1953-11-14	Charlton Athletic	H
19	1	Middlesbrough	17	3	2	4	14	18	1	2	5	11	22	0.625	12	D	W	L	D	W	1953-11-14	Aston Villa	A
20	1	Manchester City	17	3	1	4	9	14	1	3	5	12	22	0.583	12	D	W	L	L	L	1953-11-14	Newcastle United	H
21	-2	Chelsea	17	3	2	3	17	15	1	1	7	11	27	0.667	11	L	W	L	D	L	1953-11-14	Burnley	H
22	0	Sunderland	16	4	0	2	22	15	0	2	8	12	29	0.773	10	L	W	L	L	L	1953-11-14	Liverpool	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	0	0	Blackburn Rovers	St Andrew's	24,604
	Lineups
Fulham	3	1	Oldham Athletic	Craven Cottage	18,285
Mitten, Jezzard 2	Lineups		Clarke
Leeds United	3	1	Doncaster Rovers	Elland Road	26,830
Nightingale 3	Lineups		Lawlor
Leicester City	1	3	Hull City	Filbert Street	28,726
Morris	Lineups		Crosbie 2, Jensen
Luton Town	1	1	Brentford	Kenilworth Road	15,167
Mitchell	Lineups		Robertson
Nottingham Forest	4	2	Derby County	City Ground	31,347
Moore, Capel 2, Lemon	Lineups		McLaren, Wilkins
Plymouth Argyle	3	3	Bristol Rovers	Home Park	23,211
Dews 2, McCrory	Lineups		Bradford, Petherbridge, Meyer
Rotherham United	0	1	Notts County	Millmoor	12,189
	Lineups		Wylie
Stoke City	2	4	Everton	Victoria Ground	18,653
Bowyer, Bourne	Lineups		Hickson 3, Parker
Swansea Town	4	2	Lincoln City	Vetch Field	10,074
Beech C, Allchurch I, Palmer 2	Lineups		Whittle, Graver
West Ham United	5	0	Bury	Upton Park	19,697
Dick 3, Sexton, Stroud	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	Leicester City	17	6	2	1	22	9	3	4	1	15	13	1.682	24	L	W	W	W	W	1953-11-14	Notts County	A
2	1	Nottingham Forest	17	9	1	0	35	12	1	2	4	6	12	1.708	23	W	D	W	D	W	1953-11-14	Blackburn Rovers	A
3	-1	Doncaster Rovers	17	6	1	1	14	4	5	0	4	16	14	1.667	23	L	W	W	W	L	1953-11-14	Birmingham City	H
4	0	Everton	17	5	1	1	18	10	4	4	2	17	15	1.4	23	W	L	W	D	L	1953-11-14	Fulham	H
5	1	Birmingham City	17	6	3	1	28	9	2	2	3	11	12	1.857	21	D	W	W	D	W	1953-11-14	Doncaster Rovers	A
6	-1	Rotherham United	18	6	1	3	18	13	4	0	4	14	17	1.067	21	L	L	L	W	W	1953-11-14	Lincoln City	A
7	1	West Ham United	17	7	0	2	27	7	1	3	4	7	18	1.36	19	W	L	W	L	L	1953-11-14	Oldham Athletic	A
8	-1	Lincoln City	17	6	2	0	22	4	1	2	6	5	16	1.35	18	L	W	L	D	L	1953-11-14	Rotherham United	H
9	3	Leeds United	17	5	3	1	25	13	1	3	4	13	20	1.152	18	W	D	W	L	D	1953-11-14	Bury	A
10	-1	Blackburn Rovers	16	3	4	0	16	8	3	2	4	13	18	1.115	18	D	D	L	W	L	1953-11-14	Nottingham Forest	H
11	0	Bristol Rovers	17	3	3	2	15	10	2	4	3	21	19	1.241	17	D	D	L	D	D	1953-11-14	Swansea Town	H
12	-2	Stoke City	18	3	5	1	19	13	1	4	4	10	16	1	17	L	L	W	L	W	1953-11-14	Hull City	A
13	0	Luton Town	17	4	4	2	17	12	1	3	3	11	16	1	17	D	D	W	W	W	1953-11-14	Derby County	A
14	0	Derby County	16	5	2	1	18	10	1	2	5	12	22	0.938	16	L	L	L	W	L	1953-11-14	Luton Town	H
15	0	Swansea Town	17	5	2	2	16	9	1	1	6	8	23	0.75	15	W	L	W	D	W	1953-11-14	Bristol Rovers	A
16	0	Fulham	17	3	2	4	20	19	2	2	4	14	19	0.895	14	W	W	L	L	W	1953-11-14	Everton	A
17	2	Hull City	17	5	0	2	12	5	1	1	8	7	21	0.731	13	W	W	L	W	L	1953-11-14	Stoke City	H
18	-1	Plymouth Argyle	17	1	7	1	17	15	1	2	5	5	16	0.71	13	D	L	D	L	W	1953-11-14	Brentford	A
19	-1	Brentford	17	3	2	3	8	14	1	3	5	8	20	0.471	13	D	D	L	W	W	1953-11-14	Plymouth Argyle	H
20	2	Notts County	17	2	0	5	8	15	2	3	5	12	26	0.488	11	W	W	D	L	L	1953-11-14	Leicester City	H
21	0	Oldham Athletic	17	3	3	2	7	7	0	1	8	8	24	0.484	10	L	W	L	L	L	1953-11-14	West Ham United	H
22	-2	Bury	17	2	3	3	15	18	0	3	6	3	20	0.474	10	L	L	L	L	L	1953-11-14	Leeds United	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	2	2	Port Vale	Peel Park	7,895
Brydon, Cocker	Lineups		Cunliffe, Griffiths
Barrow	0	1	Workington	Holker Street	5,445
	Lineups		Dunlop
Bradford City	1	3	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Valley Parade	8,093
Rosenthal	Lineups		Jones, Whitfield, Brownsword (p)
Carlisle United	5	0	Crewe Alexandra	Brunton Park	4,934
Whitehouse 2, McIntosh (p), Ashman, Bond	Lineups
Chesterfield	3	2	York City	Saltergate Recreation Ground	6,770
Hatton (p), Smith G 2	Lineups		Linaker, Fenton
Grimsby Town	0	0	Bradford	Blundell Park	8,551
	Lineups
Halifax Town	1	1	Chester	The Shay	3,297
Hampson	Lineups		Windle
Mansfield Town	1	1	Gateshead	Field Mill	7,355
Watson V	Lineups		Callender J
Rochdale	3	0	Darlington	Spotland	2,601
Haines 2, Frost	Lineups
Stockport County	3	0	Barnsley	Edgeley Park	6,530
Connor 2, Moran	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	2	0	Southport	Prenton Park	5,165
Davies R, Atkinson	Lineups
Wrexham	2	0	Hartlepools United	Racecourse Ground	7,106
Betts 2	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	19	8	1	0	20	1	6	3	1	14	6	4.857	32	D	W	W	W	W	1953-11-14	Grimsby Town	H
2	0	Gateshead	19	6	2	0	17	5	3	4	4	12	15	1.45	24	D	W	W	W	L	1953-11-14	Barrow	H
3	0	Bradford	18	5	3	1	28	14	3	4	2	10	9	1.652	23	D	W	W	W	D	1953-11-14	Stockport County	H
4	3	Stockport County	19	7	3	0	27	9	1	3	5	7	14	1.478	22	W	L	W	L	W	1953-11-14	Bradford	A
5	1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	18	5	2	1	15	7	3	4	3	17	15	1.455	22	W	W	L	W	D	1953-11-14	Chesterfield	H
6	-2	Crewe Alexandra	19	5	4	0	14	6	2	4	4	8	14	1.1	22	L	W	L	W	L	1953-11-14	Accrington Stanley	H
7	2	Wrexham	19	6	2	2	26	7	3	1	5	12	19	1.462	21	W	L	W	L	D	1953-11-14	Darlington	A
8	-3	Barnsley	18	6	3	0	20	9	1	4	4	6	13	1.182	21	L	D	L	D	W	1953-11-14	Rochdale	H
9	2	Chesterfield	18	6	2	1	20	8	2	2	5	10	17	1.2	20	W	L	W	L	L	1953-11-14	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
10	-2	Bradford City	19	7	1	2	18	8	2	1	6	4	16	0.917	20	L	L	W	L	W	1953-11-14	Workington	A
11	-1	Barrow	18	6	2	1	20	7	2	1	6	10	21	1.071	19	L	L	W	W	W	1953-11-14	Gateshead	A
12	0	Grimsby Town	19	8	1	2	17	8	0	2	6	6	22	0.767	19	D	D	W	L	W	1953-11-14	Port Vale	A
13	1	Tranmere Rovers	18	5	2	2	20	11	3	0	6	8	18	0.966	18	W	W	W	L	D	1953-11-14	York City	A
14	-1	Mansfield Town	18	4	4	2	19	14	2	2	4	13	20	0.941	18	D	D	W	L	W	1953-11-14	Hartlepool United	A
15	1	Carlisle United	18	6	2	2	27	8	0	3	5	10	20	1.321	17	W	L	L	D	D	1953-11-14	Chester	A
16	2	Accrington Stanley	18	6	3	1	24	14	0	1	7	8	20	0.941	16	D	L	W	L	W	1953-11-14	Crewe Alexandra	A
17	-2	Southport	18	4	1	3	14	12	2	3	5	9	16	0.821	16	L	W	L	L	L	1953-11-14	Halifax Town	H
18	-1	Hartlepool United	18	5	3	1	18	7	0	2	7	5	19	0.885	15	L	W	L	W	L	1953-11-14	Mansfield Town	H
19	2	Chester	18	4	3	2	18	11	1	1	7	4	19	0.733	14	D	L	L	W	L	1953-11-14	Carlisle United	H
20	0	York City	18	4	4	1	19	11	0	2	7	7	27	0.684	14	L	W	L	W	D	1953-11-14	Tranmere Rovers	H
21	-2	Darlington	18	4	1	3	9	9	0	5	5	9	18	0.667	14	L	W	L	W	D	1953-11-14	Wrexham	H
22	0	Halifax Town	19	3	3	4	9	9	1	1	7	7	18	0.593	12	D	L	L	L	L	1953-11-14	Southport	A
23	0	Rochdale	18	3	2	4	6	5	1	2	6	7	27	0.406	12	W	L	L	W	D	1953-11-14	Barnsley	A
24	0	Workington	18	2	2	4	9	10	1	1	8	7	31	0.39	9	W	D	L	L	L	1953-11-14	Bradford City	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	1	2	Gillingham	Recreation Ground	5,024
Lacey	Lineups		Millar, Durkin
Bristol City	2	1	Northampton Town	Ashton Gate	17,149
Atyeo, Rodgers	Lineups		Smith
Colchester United	2	2	Watford	Layer Road	6,905
Bewley OG, Barlow	Lineups		Bowie, Nolan
Crystal Palace	4	1	Torquay United	Selhurst Park	10,195
Foulds, Thomas 2, Andrews	Lineups		Bond
Exeter City	4	1	Millwall	St James Park	9,797
McClelland, Samuels, Donaldson, Mackay	Lineups		Hazlett
Newport County	1	1	Leyton Orient	Somerton Park	7,740
Hayward	Lineups		Pacey
Norwich City	2	3	Reading	Carrow Road	17,620
Gavin, Summers	Lineups		Hinshelwood 2, Blackman
Queens Park Rangers	1	0	Southend United	Loftus Road	9,975
Tomkys	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	1	1	Ipswich Town	Gay Meadow	10,227
Price	Lineups		Parker
Southampton	1	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	The Dell	19,579	Largest home gate 1953-54
Flood	Lineups
Swindon Town	1	1	Coventry City	County Ground	10,666
Bain (p)	Lineups		Dorman
Walsall	1	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Fellows Park	7,613
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	0	Ipswich Town	19	8	1	0	25	5	6	3	1	18	13	2.389	32	D	W	W	W	W	1953-11-14	Exeter City	H
2	1	Southampton	19	9	1	0	26	9	3	1	5	10	15	1.5	26	W	L	D	L	W	1953-11-14	Southend United	A
3	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	18	5	1	1	19	13	5	3	3	12	9	1.409	24	L	L	W	W	W	1953-11-14	Colchester United	H
4	1	Reading	19	7	2	0	27	9	3	2	5	11	20	1.31	24	W	W	L	D	W	1953-11-14	Queens Park Rangers	H
5	-1	Norwich City	19	5	3	2	14	10	5	1	3	16	13	1.304	24	L	L	W	W	L	1953-11-14	Leyton Orient	A
6	1	Bristol City	19	7	1	2	26	10	2	3	4	11	22	1.156	22	W	D	W	L	L	1953-11-14	Torquay United	A
7	-1	Leyton Orient	19	6	2	1	23	11	2	3	5	14	21	1.156	21	D	W	D	W	L	1953-11-14	Norwich City	H
8	1	Crystal Palace	19	6	1	3	24	18	2	4	3	10	17	0.971	21	W	L	L	D	W	1953-11-14	Watford	A
9	3	Exeter City	19	5	0	5	16	10	4	2	3	14	14	1.25	20	W	L	W	W	L	1953-11-14	Ipswich Town	A
10	-2	Northampton Town	19	6	2	0	22	6	0	5	6	9	17	1.348	19	L	W	D	W	D	1953-11-14	Aldershot	H
11	0	Coventry City	19	5	3	1	11	3	2	2	6	13	18	1.143	19	D	W	L	D	W	1953-11-14	Walsall	H
12	1	Watford	19	5	1	2	20	10	3	2	6	17	23	1.121	19	D	W	W	L	W	1953-11-14	Crystal Palace	H
13	1	Swindon Town	19	7	1	3	29	12	1	1	6	8	22	1.088	18	D	L	L	L	W	1953-11-14	Gillingham	A
14	-4	Millwall	18	5	1	3	17	10	2	3	4	12	18	1.036	18	L	W	W	W	D	1953-11-14	Newport County	H
15	0	Shrewsbury Town	18	5	4	1	23	16	1	2	5	7	13	1.034	18	D	L	D	D	W	1953-11-14	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
16	2	Gillingham	19	4	3	2	14	10	2	3	5	11	23	0.758	18	W	D	W	W	L	1953-11-14	Swindon Town	H
17	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	19	5	2	2	21	11	2	0	8	10	22	0.939	16	L	W	W	W	L	1953-11-14	Shrewsbury Town	H
18	-2	Torquay United	19	2	5	2	16	15	3	1	6	15	19	0.912	16	L	W	D	D	W	1953-11-14	Bristol City	H
19	2	Queens Park Rangers	18	2	3	5	6	13	3	3	2	13	11	0.792	16	W	L	D	D	L	1953-11-14	Reading	A
20	-1	Aldershot	19	4	3	3	13	10	2	1	6	9	24	0.647	16	L	L	L	L	D	1953-11-14	Northampton Town	A
21	-1	Southend United	19	5	1	3	15	9	0	3	7	8	16	0.92	14	L	W	L	L	L	1953-11-14	Southampton	H
22	0	Colchester United	19	3	3	4	14	12	1	0	8	6	22	0.588	11	D	L	D	L	L	1953-11-14	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
23	0	Newport County	19	4	2	4	17	20	0	0	9	5	29	0.449	10	D	L	W	L	L	1953-11-14	Millwall	A
24	0	Walsall	19	3	3	5	6	13	0	1	7	6	23	0.333	10	W	L	L	L	L	1953-11-14	Coventry City	A