1953-11-28

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	2	1	Newcastle United	Highbury	62,456
Holton, Forbes	Lineups		Milburn
Aston Villa	2	1	Charlton Athletic	Villa Park	30,205
Dixon, Thompson	Lineups		Ayre
Blackpool	0	0	Bolton Wanderers	Bloomfield Road	29,464
	Lineups
Cardiff City	3	1	Liverpool	Ninian Park	21,284
Grant, Chisholm, Edwards	Lineups		Bimpson
Chelsea	1	0	Preston North End	Stamford Bridge	40,922
Bentley	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	3	1	Burnley	Leeds Road	34,666
Glazzard, Davie 2	Lineups		Shannon
Manchester City	2	3	West Bromwich Albion	Maine Road	40,753
Hart, Revie	Lineups		Lee, Allen, Nicholls
Portsmouth	1	1	Manchester United	Fratton Park	29,236
Froggatt	Lineups		Taylor
Sheffield United	5	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Bramall Lane	31,337
Ringstead 3, Brook, Hawksworth	Lineups		Walters, Bennett
Sunderland	0	2	Middlesbrough	Roker Park	41,538
	Lineups		Walker 2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	4	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Molineux	35,154
Hancocks 2, Swinbourne 2	Lineups		Woodhead

				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	20	8	2	1	31	10	7	0	2	25	15	2.24	32	W	W	L	W	L	1953-12-05	Portsmouth	H
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	9	0	0	29	9	4	5	2	22	18	1.889	31	W	W	W	D	W	1953-12-05	Tottenham Hotspur	A
3	0	Huddersfield Town	20	8	2	0	24	5	4	1	5	14	16	1.81	27	W	L	W	L	D	1953-12-05	Bolton Wanderers	A
4	0	Burnley	20	8	0	2	25	14	4	0	6	18	23	1.162	24	L	W	L	W	L	1953-12-05	Sunderland	H
5	0	Bolton Wanderers	19	6	3	0	21	9	2	4	4	16	19	1.321	23	D	D	L	W	D	1953-12-05	Huddersfield Town	H
6	0	Blackpool	19	6	3	1	16	6	3	1	5	19	24	1.167	22	D	L	W	W	W	1953-12-05	Liverpool	A
7	2	Arsenal	20	4	3	3	21	20	5	1	4	20	17	1.108	22	W	W	W	D	W	1953-12-05	Middlesbrough	A
8	0	Manchester United	20	4	4	2	15	12	2	5	3	17	15	1.185	21	D	W	W	D	D	1953-12-05	Sheffield United	H
9	-2	Charlton Athletic	20	7	0	3	31	17	3	1	6	12	22	1.103	21	L	L	D	W	L	1953-12-05	Manchester City	H
10	3	Cardiff City	20	6	2	2	18	14	2	3	5	7	21	0.714	21	W	L	L	L	W	1953-12-05	Sheffield Wednesday	A
11	-1	Preston North End	20	5	1	4	25	15	4	0	6	21	15	1.533	19	L	W	W	L	L	1953-12-05	Aston Villa	H
12	2	Aston Villa	19	7	1	1	24	11	2	0	8	9	23	0.971	19	W	L	W	L	D	1953-12-05	Preston North End	A
13	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	20	7	1	2	20	12	2	0	8	12	23	0.914	19	L	W	L	W	L	1953-12-05	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
14	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	21	7	2	2	27	16	1	1	8	9	31	0.766	19	L	D	L	W	L	1953-12-05	Cardiff City	H
15	0	Newcastle United	20	3	1	6	18	21	2	5	3	13	17	0.816	16	L	D	D	W	L	1953-12-05	Chelsea	H
16	1	Chelsea	20	5	2	3	20	16	1	2	7	13	29	0.733	16	W	D	W	L	W	1953-12-05	Newcastle United	A
17	4	Sheffield United	19	4	2	4	22	20	2	1	6	9	20	0.775	15	W	L	D	L	W	1953-12-05	Manchester United	A
18	-2	Manchester City	20	3	2	5	11	17	2	3	5	13	22	0.615	15	L	W	D	D	W	1953-12-05	Charlton Athletic	A
19	1	Portsmouth	20	4	3	3	22	20	0	3	7	16	31	0.745	14	D	D	L	L	L	1953-12-05	West Bromwich Albion	A
20	2	Middlesbrough	20	3	2	5	14	19	2	2	6	16	27	0.652	14	W	L	L	D	W	1953-12-05	Arsenal	H
21	-3	Sunderland	19	5	0	3	25	19	0	3	8	14	31	0.78	13	L	D	W	L	W	1953-12-05	Burnley	A
22	-3	Liverpool	20	4	5	2	29	20	0	0	9	7	29	0.735	13	L	L	L	D	L	1953-12-05	Blackpool	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	2	3	Plymouth Argyle	Ewood Park	21,204
Leaver, Quigley	Lineups		Tadman 2, McCrory
Brentford	0	1	Rotherham United	Griffin Park	16,740
	Lineups		Burke
Bristol Rovers	3	0	Leicester City	Eastville	26,250
Mcllvenny, Hale, Meyer	Lineups
Bury	2	1	Nottingham Forest	Gigg Lane	11,915
Tilley, Gager OG	Lineups		Moore
Derby County	4	2	Swansea Town	Baseball Ground	17,739
Dunn 2, Harrison, Wilkins	Lineups		Allchurch I, Griffiths
Doncaster Rovers	1	3	Luton Town	Belle Vue	18,273
Lawlor	Lineups		Pye, Mitchell, Graham OG
Everton	2	1	Leeds United	Goodison Park	55,970
Buckle, Hickson	Lineups		Charles
Hull City	2	1	West Ham United	Boothferry Park	21,620
Horton, Harrison K	Lineups		Sexton
Lincoln City	1	1	Stoke City	Sincil Bank	14,740
Whittle	Lineups		Siddall
Notts County	0	0	Fulham	Meadow Lane	19,336
	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	2	3	Birmingham City	Boundary Park	18,264
Hardwick (p), Scrine	Lineups		Kinsey, Astall, Govan

				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	20	7	2	1	31	11	3	5	2	16	17	1.679	27	L	W	D	L	W	1953-12-05	Brentford	H
2	1	Everton	20	6	2	1	22	13	4	5	2	18	16	1.379	27	W	D	D	W	L	1953-12-05	Birmingham City	A
3	-1	Doncaster Rovers	20	7	1	2	18	8	5	1	4	18	16	1.5	26	L	D	W	L	W	1953-12-05	Plymouth Argyle	A
4	1	Birmingham City	20	6	4	1	28	9	3	2	4	15	17	1.654	24	W	D	L	D	W	1953-12-05	Everton	H
5	-1	Nottingham Forest	20	9	2	0	37	14	1	2	6	7	16	1.467	24	L	D	L	W	D	1953-12-05	Oldham Athletic	H
6	0	Rotherham United	21	6	2	3	19	14	5	0	5	18	21	1.057	24	W	D	L	L	L	1953-12-05	Derby County	H
7	1	Luton Town	20	5	4	2	19	13	3	3	3	16	18	1.129	23	W	W	W	D	D	1953-12-05	Bury	H
8	-1	Leeds United	20	6	3	1	27	14	1	4	5	18	26	1.125	21	L	W	D	W	D	1953-12-05	Hull City	H
9	2	Lincoln City	20	7	3	0	27	8	1	2	7	7	25	1.03	21	D	L	W	L	W	1953-12-05	Fulham	A
10	4	Bristol Rovers	20	4	3	3	18	11	2	5	3	22	20	1.29	20	W	D	L	D	D	1953-12-05	Stoke City	A
11	-2	West Ham United	20	7	1	2	28	8	1	3	6	9	23	1.194	20	L	D	L	W	L	1953-12-05	Notts County	H
12	-2	Blackburn Rovers	19	4	4	1	20	11	3	2	5	14	20	1.097	20	L	L	W	D	D	1953-12-05	Swansea Town	A
13	-1	Stoke City	21	3	5	2	19	14	2	5	4	13	18	1	20	D	L	W	L	L	1953-12-05	Bristol Rovers	H
14	-1	Swansea Town	20	6	2	2	17	9	2	1	7	11	27	0.778	19	L	W	W	W	L	1953-12-05	Blackburn Rovers	H
15	0	Fulham	20	4	2	4	25	20	2	4	4	16	21	1	18	D	W	D	W	W	1953-12-05	Lincoln City	H
16	0	Derby County	19	6	2	2	23	14	1	2	6	14	25	0.949	18	W	L	L	L	L	1953-12-05	Rotherham United	A
17	0	Plymouth Argyle	20	2	7	1	20	17	2	2	6	8	19	0.778	17	W	W	L	D	L	1953-12-05	Doncaster Rovers	H
18	2	Hull City	20	6	0	3	15	8	1	1	9	8	26	0.676	15	W	L	L	W	W	1953-12-05	Leeds United	A
19	0	Notts County	20	2	2	5	9	16	3	3	5	13	26	0.524	15	D	W	D	W	W	1953-12-05	West Ham United	A
20	-2	Brentford	20	4	2	4	9	15	1	3	6	8	21	0.472	15	L	L	W	D	D	1953-12-05	Leicester City	A
21	1	Bury	20	3	4	3	21	23	0	4	6	3	20	0.558	14	W	D	D	L	L	1953-12-05	Luton Town	A
22	-1	Oldham Athletic	20	4	3	3	12	11	0	1	9	9	26	0.568	12	L	L	W	L	W	1953-12-05	Nottingham Forest	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	2	1	Mansfield Town	Oakwell	9,241
Kaye, Brown	Lineups		Daley
Bradford	2	0	Wrexham	Park Avenue	12,272
Wright, Dunlop	Lineups
Chester	1	1	Grimsby Town	Sealand Road	5,327
Molyneux	Lineups		Bloomer
Crewe Alexandra	1	5	Stockport County	Gresty Road	7,983
Chapman	Lineups		Connor 3, Oliver, Clempson
Darlington	1	3	Barrow	Feethams Ground	4,731
Scarborough	Lineups		McLaren 2, Davidson OG
Gateshead	3	3	Chesterfield	Redheugh Park	6,005
Callender J, Haley, Campbell	Lineups		Keating, Edwards, Smith G
Hartlepools United	1	1	Bradford City	Victoria Park	8,353
Wildon	Lineups		Powell
Port Vale	6	0	Rochdale	Vale Park	16,841
Griffiths 3, Leake 2, Hayward	Lineups
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	3	2	Halifax Town	Old Showground	8,151
Haigh, Brownsword (p), Bushby	Lineups		Priestley, Moncrieff
Southport	5	3	Accrington Stanley	Haig Avenue	6,897
Billingham 2, McLean 3	Lineups		Devlin, Brydon 2
Workington	2	1	Tranmere Rovers	Borough Park	7,489
Cameron, Dunlop	Lineups		Millington
York City	1	3	Carlisle United	Bootham Crescent	5,752
Dunmore (p)	Lineups		Whitehouse, Atkinson, Bond

				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	21	10	1	0	28	1	6	3	1	14	6	6	36	W	W	D	W	W	1953-12-05	Wrexham	A
2	1	Bradford	20	7	3	1	33	16	3	4	2	10	9	1.72	27	W	W	D	W	W	1953-12-05	Mansfield Town	A
3	-1	Gateshead	21	7	3	0	21	8	3	4	4	12	15	1.435	27	D	W	D	W	W	1953-12-05	Tranmere Rovers	A
4	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	20	7	2	1	20	10	3	4	3	17	15	1.48	26	W	W	W	W	L	1953-12-05	Carlisle United	A
5	1	Barnsley	20	8	3	0	24	11	1	4	4	6	13	1.25	25	W	W	L	D	L	1953-12-05	Barrow	A
6	1	Stockport County	21	7	3	0	27	9	2	3	6	14	18	1.519	24	W	L	W	L	W	1953-12-05	Chester	H
7	-2	Wrexham	21	6	2	2	26	7	4	1	6	14	21	1.429	23	L	W	W	L	W	1953-12-05	Port Vale	H
8	1	Bradford City	21	7	1	2	18	8	2	3	6	7	19	0.926	22	D	D	L	L	W	1953-12-05	Darlington	H
9	-1	Crewe Alexandra	21	5	4	2	15	14	2	4	4	8	14	0.821	22	L	L	L	W	L	1953-12-05	Rochdale	A
10	1	Carlisle United	20	6	2	2	27	8	2	3	5	14	21	1.414	21	W	W	W	L	L	1953-12-05	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
11	-1	Chesterfield	20	6	2	1	20	8	2	3	6	14	22	1.133	21	D	L	W	L	W	1953-12-05	Hartlepools United	H
12	0	Barrow	20	6	2	1	20	7	3	1	7	13	23	1.1	21	W	L	L	L	W	1953-12-05	Barnsley	H
13	4	Southport	20	6	1	3	20	15	2	3	5	9	16	0.935	20	W	W	L	W	L	1953-12-05	Grimsby Town	A
14	0	Grimsby Town	21	8	1	2	17	8	0	3	7	7	25	0.727	20	D	L	D	D	W	1953-12-05	Southport	H
15	-2	Tranmere Rovers	20	5	2	2	20	11	3	1	7	9	20	0.935	19	L	D	W	W	W	1953-12-05	Gateshead	H
16	-1	Accrington Stanley	20	6	3	1	24	14	1	1	8	14	25	0.974	18	L	W	D	L	W	1953-12-05	York City	H
17	1	Hartlepools United	20	6	4	1	22	9	0	2	7	5	19	0.964	18	D	W	L	W	L	1953-12-05	Chesterfield	A
18	-2	Mansfield Town	20	4	4	2	19	14	2	2	6	15	25	0.872	18	L	L	D	D	W	1953-12-05	Bradford	H
19	1	Chester	20	4	4	3	19	13	1	1	7	4	19	0.719	15	D	L	D	L	L	1953-12-05	Stockport County	A
20	-1	York City	20	4	5	2	20	14	0	2	7	7	27	0.659	15	L	D	L	W	L	1953-12-05	Accrington Stanley	A
21	0	Darlington	20	4	1	5	10	14	0	5	5	9	18	0.594	14	L	L	L	W	L	1953-12-05	Bradford City	A
22	0	Halifax Town	21	3	3	4	9	9	1	1	9	9	22	0.581	12	L	L	D	L	L	1953-12-05	Workington	H
23	1	Workington	20	3	3	4	13	13	1	1	8	7	31	0.455	12	W	D	W	D	L	1953-12-05	Halifax Town	A
24	-1	Rochdale	20	3	2	4	6	5	1	2	8	8	35	0.35	12	L	L	W	L	L	1953-12-05	Crewe Alexandra	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	1	Newport County	Dean Court	9,190
Fidler	Lineups		Wharton
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	1	Bristol City	Goldstone Ground	19,214
Mundy, Gordon	Lineups		Williams
Coventry City	2	0	Exeter City	Highfield Road	10,224
Brown, Bradbury	Lineups
Gillingham	2	0	Shrewsbury Town	Priestfield Stadium	10,307
Scarth, Millar	Lineups
Ipswich Town	1	1	Norwich City	Portman Road	25,961	Largest home gate 1953-54
Reed	Lineups		Brennan
Leyton Orient	1	4	Southampton	Brisbane Road	15,716
Rees	Lineups		Day 2, Flood 2
Millwall	4	0	Queens Park Rangers	The Den, New Cross	17,497
Stobbart 2, Neary, Jardine (p)	Lineups
Northampton Town	5	1	Walsall	County Ground	12,561
Cross 3, Ramscar 2	Lineups		Green
Reading	2	0	Colchester United	Elm Park	13,135
Uphill, Blackman	Lineups
Southend United	1	2	Crystal Palace	Greyhound Stadium	7,748
Dicker	Lineups		Randall, Thomas
Torquay United	2	1	Swindon Town	Plainmoor	6,440
Shaw, Dobbie	Lineups		Onslow
Watford	6	1	Aldershot	Vicarage Road	12,300
Bowie 2, Cook 2, Brown R 2	Lineups		Gaynor

				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	21	8	3	0	27	7	6	3	1	18	13	2.25	34	D	D	D	W	W	1953-12-05	Queens Park Rangers	A
2	1	Southampton	21	9	1	0	26	9	4	1	6	15	18	1.519	28	W	L	W	L	D	1953-12-05	Millwall	H
3	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	20	7	1	1	22	14	5	3	3	12	9	1.478	28	W	W	L	L	W	1953-12-05	Aldershot	A
4	0	Reading	21	9	2	0	32	10	3	2	5	11	20	1.433	28	W	W	W	W	L	1953-12-05	Crystal Palace	A
5	0	Norwich City	21	5	3	2	14	10	5	2	4	18	17	1.185	25	D	L	L	L	W	1953-12-05	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
6	2	Northampton Town	21	8	2	0	33	9	0	5	6	9	17	1.615	23	W	W	L	W	D	1953-12-05	Shrewsbury Town	A
7	4	Watford	21	7	1	2	30	12	3	2	6	17	23	1.343	23	W	W	D	W	W	1953-12-05	Swindon Town	A
8	2	Coventry City	21	7	3	1	15	3	2	2	6	13	18	1.333	23	W	W	D	W	L	1953-12-05	Newport County	A
9	-3	Leyton Orient	21	7	2	2	27	16	2	3	5	14	21	1.108	23	L	W	D	W	D	1953-12-05	Colchester United	A
10	2	Crystal Palace	21	6	1	3	24	18	3	4	4	13	22	0.925	23	W	L	W	L	L	1953-12-05	Reading	H
11	2	Millwall	20	7	1	3	24	11	2	3	4	12	18	1.241	22	W	W	L	W	W	1953-12-05	Southampton	A
12	-5	Bristol City	21	7	1	2	26	10	2	3	6	12	28	1	22	L	L	W	D	W	1953-12-05	Southend United	H
13	1	Gillingham	21	6	3	2	17	10	2	3	5	11	23	0.848	22	W	W	W	D	W	1953-12-05	Exeter City	A
14	-5	Exeter City	21	5	0	5	16	10	4	3	4	15	17	1.148	21	L	D	W	L	W	1953-12-05	Gillingham	H
15	1	Torquay United	21	4	5	2	22	16	3	1	6	15	19	1.057	20	W	W	L	W	D	1953-12-05	Walsall	A
16	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	21	6	3	2	24	13	2	0	8	10	22	0.971	19	D	W	L	W	W	1953-12-05	Norwich City	A
17	-2	Swindon Town	21	7	1	3	29	12	1	1	8	9	25	1.027	18	L	L	D	L	L	1953-12-05	Watford	H
18	-1	Shrewsbury Town	20	5	4	1	23	16	1	2	7	8	17	0.939	18	L	L	D	L	D	1953-12-05	Northampton Town	H
19	0	Southend United	21	6	1	4	18	12	0	3	7	8	16	0.929	16	L	W	L	W	L	1953-12-05	Bristol City	A
20	0	Queens Park Rangers	20	2	3	5	6	13	3	3	4	14	18	0.645	16	L	L	W	L	D	1953-12-05	Ipswich Town	H
21	0	Aldershot	21	4	3	3	13	10	2	1	8	12	36	0.543	16	L	L	L	L	L	1953-12-05	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
22	0	Colchester United	21	3	3	4	14	12	1	0	10	6	25	0.541	11	L	L	D	L	D	1953-12-05	Leyton Orient	H
23	0	Newport County	21	4	2	4	17	20	0	1	10	7	33	0.453	11	D	L	D	L	W	1953-12-05	Coventry City	H
24	0	Walsall	21	3	3	5	6	13	0	1	9	7	30	0.302	10	L	L	W	L	L	1953-12-05	Torquay United	H