1953-11-14

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	4	3	Bolton Wanderers	Highbury	52,319
Holton 3, Lishman	Lineups		Moir, Hassall (p), Wheeler
Aston Villa	5	3	Middlesbrough	Villa Park	20,735
Thompson 3, Walsh, Chapman	Lineups		McPherson, Delapenha, Rayment
Blackpool	1	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Bloomfield Road	19,667
Taylor	Lineups
Cardiff City	1	6	Manchester United	Ninian Park	26,844
Chisholm	Lineups		Viollet 2, Berry, Blanchflower, Rowley, Taylor
Chelsea	2	1	Burnley	Stamford Bridge	39,731
Bentley, McNichol	Lineups		Stephenson
Huddersfield Town	2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Leeds Road	30,671
Glazzard 2	Lineups
Manchester City	0	0	Newcastle United	Maine Road	34,150
	Lineups
Portsmouth	1	3	Preston North End	Fratton Park	30,734
Dale	Lineups		Baxter (p), Finney, Morrison
Sheffield United	1	1	Charlton Athletic	Bramall Lane	27,661
Wragg	Lineups		Hurst
Sunderland	3	2	Liverpool	Roker Park	36,537
Aitken, Elliott 2	Lineups		Smyth 2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	West Bromwich Albion	Molineux	56,590	Largest home gate 1953-54
Mullen	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	18	7	2	1	25	9	6	0	2	22	13	2.136	28	L	W	L	W	W	1953-11-21	Cardiff City	H
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	8	0	0	25	8	3	5	2	20	18	1.731	27	W	D	W	D	W	1953-11-21	Charlton Athletic	A
3	0	Huddersfield Town	18	7	2	0	21	4	4	1	4	14	15	1.842	25	W	L	D	W	W	1953-11-21	Tottenham Hotspur	A
4	0	Burnley	18	7	0	2	22	12	4	0	5	17	20	1.219	22	L	W	L	W	W	1953-11-21	Aston Villa	H
5	0	Bolton Wanderers	17	6	2	0	19	7	2	3	4	16	19	1.346	21	L	W	D	D	W	1953-11-21	Chelsea	H
6	1	Blackpool	17	6	2	1	16	6	3	1	4	18	20	1.308	21	W	W	W	W	L	1953-11-21	Manchester United	A
7	-1	Charlton Athletic	18	7	0	2	31	15	3	1	5	11	20	1.2	21	D	W	L	L	L	1953-11-21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
8	0	Cardiff City	18	5	2	2	15	13	2	3	4	6	15	0.75	19	L	L	W	L	W	1953-11-21	West Bromwich Albion	A
9	3	Manchester United	18	3	4	2	11	11	2	4	3	16	14	1.08	18	W	D	D	W	L	1953-11-21	Blackpool	H
10	1	Arsenal	18	3	3	3	19	19	4	1	4	18	16	1.057	18	W	D	W	W	L	1953-11-21	Liverpool	A
11	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	19	7	1	2	25	14	1	1	7	8	27	0.805	18	L	W	L	D	W	1953-11-21	Sunderland	H
12	1	Preston North End	18	4	1	4	23	14	4	0	5	21	14	1.571	17	W	L	L	W	W	1953-11-21	Sheffield United	H
13	-3	Tottenham Hotspur	18	6	1	2	19	12	2	0	7	10	18	0.967	17	L	W	L	W	L	1953-11-21	Huddersfield Town	H
14	0	Aston Villa	17	6	1	1	22	10	2	0	7	7	20	0.967	17	W	L	D	L	L	1953-11-21	Burnley	A
15	0	Newcastle United	18	3	0	6	17	20	2	5	2	12	15	0.829	15	D	W	L	L	W	1953-11-21	Portsmouth	H
16	0	Liverpool	18	4	5	1	28	18	0	0	8	6	26	0.773	13	L	D	L	W	L	1953-11-21	Arsenal	H
17	4	Chelsea	18	4	2	3	19	16	1	1	7	11	27	0.698	13	W	L	W	L	D	1953-11-21	Bolton Wanderers	A
18	0	Sheffield United	17	3	2	4	17	18	2	1	5	8	18	0.694	13	D	L	W	L	L	1953-11-21	Preston North End	A
19	1	Manchester City	18	3	2	4	9	14	1	3	5	12	22	0.583	13	D	D	W	L	L	1953-11-21	Middlesbrough	A
20	2	Sunderland	17	5	0	2	25	17	0	2	8	12	29	0.804	12	W	L	W	L	L	1953-11-21	Sheffield Wednesday	A
21	-4	Portsmouth	18	4	2	3	21	19	0	2	7	15	30	0.735	12	L	L	L	D	W	1953-11-21	Newcastle United	A
22	-3	Middlesbrough	18	3	2	4	14	18	1	2	6	14	27	0.622	12	L	D	W	L	D	1953-11-21	Manchester City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	2	0	Nottingham Forest	Ewood Park	16,549
Briggs 2	Lineups
Brentford	1	0	Plymouth Argyle	Griffin Park	17,327
Dare	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	0	1	Swansea Town	Eastville	25,692
	Lineups		Charles
Bury	4	4	Leeds United	Gigg Lane	11,915
Kelly 2, Gleadall, Hart	Lineups		Charles 3, Nightingale
Derby County	1	2	Luton Town	Baseball Ground	15,934
Wilkins	Lineups		Mitchell 2
Doncaster Rovers	3	1	Birmingham City	Belle Vue	16,586
Tindill, Harrison, Lawlor	Lineups		Kinsey
Everton	2	2	Fulham	Goodison Park	36,092
Hickson, Parker	Lineups		Jezzard, Stevens
Hull City	1	2	Stoke City	Boothferry Park	26,581	Largest home gate 1953-54
Harris	Lineups		Bowyer, Siddall
Lincoln City	4	3	Rotherham United	Sincil Bank	15,460
Whittle 3, Graver	Lineups		Guest, Johnson, Wilson I
Notts County	1	1	Leicester City	Meadow Lane	27,806
McCormack	Lineups		Small
Oldham Athletic	3	1	West Ham United	Boundary Park	12,228
Mcllvenny, Ormond, Gregory OG	Lineups		Stroud

				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	Doncaster Rovers	18	7	1	1	17	5	5	0	4	16	14	1.737	25	W	L	W	W	W	1953-11-21	Nottingham Forest	A
2	-1	Leicester City	18	6	2	1	22	9	3	5	1	16	14	1.652	25	D	L	W	W	W	1953-11-21	Lincoln City	H
3	1	Everton	18	5	2	1	20	12	4	4	2	17	15	1.37	24	D	W	L	W	D	1953-11-21	West Ham United	A
4	-2	Nottingham Forest	18	9	1	0	35	12	1	2	5	6	14	1.577	23	L	W	D	W	D	1953-11-21	Doncaster Rovers	H
5	0	Birmingham City	18	6	3	1	28	9	2	2	4	12	15	1.667	21	L	D	W	W	D	1953-11-21	Bury	H
6	0	Rotherham United	19	6	1	3	18	13	4	0	5	17	21	1.029	21	L	L	L	L	W	1953-11-21	Bristol Rovers	H
7	1	Lincoln City	18	7	2	0	26	7	1	2	6	5	16	1.348	20	W	L	W	L	D	1953-11-21	Leicester City	A
8	2	Blackburn Rovers	17	4	4	0	18	8	3	2	4	13	18	1.192	20	W	D	D	L	W	1953-11-21	Luton Town	A
9	-2	West Ham United	18	7	0	2	27	7	1	3	5	8	21	1.25	19	L	W	L	W	L	1953-11-21	Everton	H
10	-1	Leeds United	18	5	3	1	25	13	1	4	4	17	24	1.135	19	D	W	D	W	L	1953-11-21	Oldham Athletic	H
11	2	Luton Town	18	4	4	2	17	12	2	3	3	13	17	1.034	19	W	D	D	W	W	1953-11-21	Blackburn Rovers	H
12	0	Stoke City	19	3	5	1	19	13	2	4	4	12	17	1.033	19	W	L	L	W	L	1953-11-21	Notts County	H
13	-2	Bristol Rovers	18	3	3	3	15	11	2	4	3	21	19	1.2	17	L	D	D	L	D	1953-11-21	Rotherham United	A
14	1	Swansea Town	18	5	2	2	16	9	2	1	6	9	23	0.781	17	W	W	L	W	D	1953-11-21	Brentford	H
15	-1	Derby County	17	5	2	2	19	12	1	2	5	12	22	0.912	16	L	L	L	L	W	1953-11-21	Plymouth Argyle	A
16	0	Fulham	18	3	2	4	20	19	2	3	4	16	21	0.9	15	D	W	W	L	L	1953-11-21	Hull City	H
17	2	Brentford	18	4	2	3	9	14	1	3	5	8	20	0.5	15	W	D	D	L	W	1953-11-21	Swansea Town	A
18	-1	Hull City	18	5	0	3	13	7	1	1	8	7	21	0.714	13	L	W	W	L	W	1953-11-21	Fulham	A
19	-1	Plymouth Argyle	18	1	7	1	17	15	1	2	6	5	17	0.688	13	L	D	L	D	L	1953-11-21	Derby County	H
20	1	Oldham Athletic	18	4	3	2	10	8	0	1	8	8	24	0.563	12	W	L	W	L	L	1953-11-21	Leeds United	A
21	-1	Notts County	18	2	1	5	9	16	2	3	5	12	26	0.5	12	D	W	W	D	L	1953-11-21	Stoke City	A
22	0	Bury	18	2	4	3	19	22	0	3	6	3	20	0.524	11	D	L	L	L	L	1953-11-21	Birmingham City	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	2	1	Rochdale	Oakwell	8,146
Kaye, Brown	Lineups		Frost
Bradford	3	2	Stockport County	Park Avenue	12,253
Dunlop, Beattie, Pickard	Lineups		Connor 2
Chester	0	1	Carlisle United	Sealand Road	5,104
	Lineups		Whitehouse
Crewe Alexandra	0	3	Accrington Stanley	Gresty Road	6,772
	Lineups		Brydon 3
Darlington	0	2	Wrexham	Feethams Ground	4,845
	Lineups		Hewitt, Betts
Gateshead	1	0	Barrow	Redheugh Park	7,369
Wilbert	Lineups
Hartlepools United	3	1	Mansfield Town	Victoria Park	7,182
Wildon, Linacre, Johnson	Lineups		Daley
Port Vale	2	0	Grimsby Town	Vale Park	14,799
Leake 2	Lineups
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	2	1	Chesterfield	Old Showground	8,247
Whitfield, Brownsword (p)	Lineups		Smith G
Southport	1	0	Halifax Town	Haig Avenue	2,551
McLean	Lineups
Workington	2	2	Bradford City	Borough Park	7,959
Dunlop 2	Lineups		Holmes 2
York City	0	0	Tranmere Rovers	Bootham Crescent	5,245
	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	20	9	1	0	22	1	6	3	1	14	6	5.143	34	W	D	W	W	W	1953-11-28	Rochdale	H
2	0	Gateshead	20	7	2	0	18	5	3	4	4	12	15	1.5	26	W	D	W	W	W	1953-11-28	Chesterfield	H
3	0	Bradford	19	6	3	1	31	16	3	4	2	10	9	1.64	25	W	D	W	W	W	1953-11-28	Wrexham	H
4	1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	19	6	2	1	17	8	3	4	3	17	15	1.478	24	W	W	W	L	W	1953-11-28	Halifax Town	H
5	2	Wrexham	20	6	2	2	26	7	4	1	5	14	19	1.538	23	W	W	L	W	L	1953-11-28	Bradford	A
6	2	Barnsley	19	7	3	0	22	10	1	4	4	6	13	1.217	23	W	L	D	L	D	1953-11-28	Mansfield Town	H
7	-3	Stockport County	20	7	3	0	27	9	1	3	6	9	17	1.385	22	L	W	L	W	L	1953-11-28	Crewe Alexandra	A
8	-2	Crewe Alexandra	20	5	4	1	14	9	2	4	4	8	14	0.957	22	L	L	W	L	W	1953-11-28	Stockport County	H
9	1	Bradford City	20	7	1	2	18	8	2	2	6	6	18	0.923	21	D	L	L	W	L	1953-11-28	Hartlepool United	A
10	-1	Chesterfield	19	6	2	1	20	8	2	2	6	11	19	1.148	20	L	W	L	W	L	1953-11-28	Gateshead	A
11	4	Carlisle United	19	6	2	2	27	8	1	3	5	11	20	1.357	19	W	W	L	L	D	1953-11-28	York City	A
12	-1	Barrow	19	6	2	1	20	7	2	1	7	10	22	1.034	19	L	L	L	W	W	1953-11-28	Darlington	A
13	0	Tranmere Rovers	19	5	2	2	20	11	3	1	6	8	18	0.966	19	D	W	W	W	L	1953-11-28	Workington	A
14	-2	Grimsby Town	20	8	1	2	17	8	0	2	7	6	24	0.719	19	L	D	D	W	L	1953-11-28	Chester	A
15	1	Accrington Stanley	19	6	3	1	24	14	1	1	7	11	20	1.029	18	W	D	L	W	L	1953-11-28	Southport	A
16	-2	Mansfield Town	19	4	4	2	19	14	2	2	5	14	23	0.892	18	L	D	D	W	L	1953-11-28	Barnsley	A
17	0	Southport	19	5	1	3	15	12	2	3	5	9	16	0.857	18	W	L	W	L	L	1953-11-28	Accrington Stanley	H
18	0	Hartlepool United	19	6	3	1	21	8	0	2	7	5	19	0.963	17	W	L	W	L	W	1953-11-28	Bradford City	H
19	1	York City	19	4	5	1	19	11	0	2	7	7	27	0.684	15	D	L	W	L	W	1953-11-28	Carlisle United	H
20	-1	Chester	19	4	3	3	18	12	1	1	7	4	19	0.71	14	L	D	L	L	W	1953-11-28	Grimsby Town	H
21	0	Darlington	19	4	1	4	9	11	0	5	5	9	18	0.621	14	L	L	W	L	W	1953-11-28	Barrow	H
22	0	Halifax Town	20	3	3	4	9	9	1	1	8	7	19	0.571	12	L	D	L	L	L	1953-11-28	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
23	0	Rochdale	19	3	2	4	6	5	1	2	7	8	29	0.412	12	L	W	L	L	W	1953-11-28	Port Vale	A
24	0	Workington	19	2	3	4	11	12	1	1	8	7	31	0.419	10	D	W	D	L	L	1953-11-28	Tranmere Rovers	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	2	1	Shrewsbury Town	Dean Court	8,622
Harrison, Gaynor	Lineups		Hudson
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	Colchester United	Goldstone Ground	15,624
Gordon	Lineups
Coventry City	2	0	Walsall	Highfield Road	11,064
Nutt, Brown	Lineups
Gillingham	1	0	Swindon Town	Priestfield Stadium	11,682
Morgan	Lineups
Ipswich Town	1	1	Exeter City	Portman Road	15,125
MacLuckie	Lineups		Donaldson
Leyton Orient	3	1	Norwich City	Brisbane Road	15,694
Poulton 2, Rees	Lineups		Hansell
Millwall	3	1	Newport County	The Den, New Cross	14,814
Smith, Stobbart, Jardine (p)	Lineups		Birch
Northampton Town	6	2	Aldershot	County Ground	11,695
Anderson 2, English, Fowler, O'Donnell, Ramscar	Lineups		Wood (p), Gaynor
Reading	3	1	Queens Park Rangers	Elm Park	14,866
Blackman 2, Simpson	Lineups		Shepherd
Southend United	2	1	Southampton	Greyhound Stadium	11,000
Dicker, O'Neil	Lineups		Day
Torquay United	4	0	Bristol City	Plainmoor	7,480
Collins 2, Bond 2	Lineups
Watford	4	1	Crystal Palace	Vicarage Road	14,547
Paton, Brown R, Wilson 2	Lineups		Andrews

				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	20	8	2	0	26	6	6	3	1	18	13	2.316	33	D	D	W	W	W	1953-11-28	Norwich City	H
2	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	19	6	1	1	20	13	5	3	3	12	9	1.455	26	W	L	L	W	W	1953-11-28	Bristol City	H
3	-1	Southampton	20	9	1	0	26	9	3	1	6	11	17	1.423	26	L	W	L	D	L	1953-11-28	Leyton Orient	A
4	0	Reading	20	8	2	0	30	10	3	2	5	11	20	1.367	26	W	W	W	L	D	1953-11-28	Colchester United	H
5	0	Norwich City	20	5	3	2	14	10	5	1	4	17	16	1.192	24	L	L	L	W	W	1953-11-28	Ipswich Town	A
6	1	Leyton Orient	20	7	2	1	26	12	2	3	5	14	21	1.212	23	W	D	W	D	W	1953-11-28	Southampton	H
7	-1	Bristol City	20	7	1	2	26	10	2	3	5	11	26	1.028	22	L	W	D	W	L	1953-11-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
8	2	Northampton Town	20	7	2	0	28	8	0	5	6	9	17	1.48	21	W	L	W	D	W	1953-11-28	Walsall	H
9	0	Exeter City	20	5	0	5	16	10	4	3	3	15	15	1.24	21	D	W	L	W	W	1953-11-28	Coventry City	A
10	1	Coventry City	20	6	3	1	13	3	2	2	6	13	18	1.238	21	W	D	W	L	D	1953-11-28	Exeter City	H
11	1	Watford	20	6	1	2	24	11	3	2	6	17	23	1.206	21	W	D	W	W	L	1953-11-28	Aldershot	H
12	-4	Crystal Palace	20	6	1	3	24	18	2	4	4	11	21	0.897	21	L	W	L	L	D	1953-11-28	Southend United	A
13	1	Millwall	19	6	1	3	20	11	2	3	4	12	18	1.103	20	W	L	W	W	W	1953-11-28	Queens Park Rangers	H
14	2	Gillingham	20	5	3	2	15	10	2	3	5	11	23	0.788	20	W	W	D	W	W	1953-11-28	Shrewsbury Town	H
15	-2	Swindon Town	20	7	1	3	29	12	1	1	7	8	23	1.057	18	L	D	L	L	L	1953-11-28	Torquay United	A
16	2	Torquay United	20	3	5	2	20	15	3	1	6	15	19	1.029	18	W	L	W	D	D	1953-11-28	Swindon Town	H
17	-2	Shrewsbury Town	19	5	4	1	23	16	1	2	6	8	15	1	18	L	D	L	D	D	1953-11-28	Gillingham	A
18	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	20	6	2	2	23	12	2	0	8	10	22	0.971	18	W	L	W	W	W	1953-11-28	Newport County	H
19	2	Southend United	20	6	1	3	17	10	0	3	7	8	16	0.962	16	W	L	W	L	L	1953-11-28	Crystal Palace	H
20	-1	Queens Park Rangers	19	2	3	5	6	13	3	3	3	14	14	0.741	16	L	W	L	D	D	1953-11-28	Millwall	A
21	-1	Aldershot	20	4	3	3	13	10	2	1	7	11	30	0.6	16	L	L	L	L	L	1953-11-28	Watford	A
22	0	Colchester United	20	3	3	4	14	12	1	0	9	6	23	0.571	11	L	D	L	D	L	1953-11-28	Reading	A
23	0	Newport County	20	4	2	4	17	20	0	0	10	6	32	0.442	10	L	D	L	W	L	1953-11-28	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
24	0	Walsall	20	3	3	5	6	13	0	1	8	6	25	0.316	10	L	W	L	L	L	1953-11-28	Northampton Town	A