1953-12-05

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Bolton Wanderers	0	0	Huddersfield Town	Burnden Park	36,077
	Lineups
Burnley	5	1	Sunderland	Turf Moor	27,839
McIlroy, Holden, Shannon, Adamson, Gray	Lineups		Shackleton
Charlton Athletic	2	1	Manchester City	The Valley	17,813
Leary, Fenton	Lineups		Meadows
Liverpool	5	2	Blackpool	Anfield Road	47,320
Payne, A'Court 2, Arnell, Smyth	Lineups		Taylor 2
Manchester United	2	2	Sheffield United	Old Trafford	33,524
Blanchflower 2	Lineups		Toner, Hawksworth
Middlesbrough	2	0	Arsenal	Ayresome Park	30,085
Spuhler 2	Lineups
Newcastle United	1	1	Chelsea	St James' Park	41,728
Mitchell	Lineups		Stubbs
Preston North End	1	1	Aston Villa	Deepdale	20,590
Hatsell	Lineups		Thompson
Sheffield Wednesday	2	1	Cardiff City	Hillsborough	26,597
Froggatt, Sewell	Lineups		Chisholm
Tottenham Hotspur	2	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	White Hart Lane	48,164
Bennett, Duquemin	Lineups		Broadbent, Hancocks, Wilshaw
West Bromwich Albion	2	3	Portsmouth	The Hawthorns	29,623
Nicholls, Allen	Lineups		Harris, Gordon 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	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	9	0	0	29	9	5	5	2	25	20	1.862	33	W	W	W	W	D	1953-12-12	Burnley	H
2	-1	West Bromwich Albion	21	8	2	2	33	13	7	0	2	25	15	2.071	32	L	W	W	L	W	1953-12-12	Arsenal	A
3	0	Huddersfield Town	21	8	2	0	24	5	4	2	5	14	16	1.81	28	D	W	L	W	L	1953-12-12	Preston North End	H
4	0	Burnley	21	9	0	2	30	15	4	0	6	18	23	1.263	26	W	L	W	L	W	1953-12-12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
5	0	Bolton Wanderers	20	6	4	0	21	9	2	4	4	16	19	1.321	24	D	D	D	L	W	1953-12-12	Sheffield United	A
6	3	Charlton Athletic	21	8	0	3	33	18	3	1	6	12	22	1.125	23	W	L	L	D	W	1953-12-12	Sunderland	A
7	1	Manchester United	21	4	5	2	17	14	2	5	3	17	15	1.172	22	D	D	W	W	D	1953-12-12	Chelsea	A
8	-2	Blackpool	20	6	3	1	16	6	3	1	6	21	29	1.057	22	L	D	L	W	W	1953-12-12	Newcastle United	H
9	-2	Arsenal	21	4	3	3	21	20	5	1	5	20	19	1.051	22	L	W	W	W	D	1953-12-12	West Bromwich Albion	H
10	4	Sheffield Wednesday	22	8	2	2	29	17	1	1	8	9	31	0.792	21	W	L	D	L	W	1953-12-12	Manchester City	A
11	-1	Cardiff City	21	6	2	2	18	14	2	3	6	8	23	0.703	21	L	W	L	L	L	1953-12-12	Middlesbrough	H
12	-1	Preston North End	21	5	2	4	26	16	4	0	6	21	15	1.516	20	D	L	W	W	L	1953-12-12	Huddersfield Town	A
13	-1	Aston Villa	20	7	1	1	24	11	2	1	8	10	24	0.971	20	D	W	L	W	L	1953-12-12	Tottenham Hotspur	H
14	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	21	7	1	3	22	15	2	0	8	12	23	0.895	19	L	L	W	L	W	1953-12-12	Aston Villa	A
15	0	Newcastle United	21	3	2	6	19	22	2	5	3	13	17	0.821	17	D	L	D	D	W	1953-12-12	Blackpool	A
16	0	Chelsea	21	5	2	3	20	16	1	3	7	14	30	0.739	17	D	W	D	W	L	1953-12-12	Manchester United	H
17	0	Sheffield United	20	4	2	4	22	20	2	2	6	11	22	0.786	16	D	W	L	D	L	1953-12-12	Bolton Wanderers	H
18	1	Portsmouth	21	4	3	3	22	20	1	3	7	19	33	0.774	16	W	D	D	L	L	1953-12-12	Liverpool	H
19	1	Middlesbrough	21	4	2	5	16	19	2	2	6	16	27	0.696	16	W	W	L	L	D	1953-12-12	Cardiff City	A
20	2	Liverpool	21	5	5	2	34	22	0	0	9	7	29	0.804	15	W	L	L	L	D	1953-12-12	Portsmouth	A
21	-3	Manchester City	21	3	2	5	11	17	2	3	6	14	24	0.61	15	L	L	W	D	D	1953-12-12	Sheffield Wednesday	H
22	-1	Sunderland	20	5	0	3	25	19	0	3	9	15	36	0.727	13	L	L	D	W	L	1953-12-12	Charlton Athletic	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	5	1	Everton	St Andrew's	23,557
Trigg, Murphy, Astall 2, Clinton OG	Lineups		Parker
Fulham	4	1	Lincoln City	Craven Cottage	18,726
Robson, Jezzard 2, Haynes	Lineups		Graver
Leeds United	0	0	Hull City	Elland Road	21,070
	Lineups
Leicester City	6	0	Brentford	Filbert Street	24,036
Rowley 2, Morris, Dryburgh, Small, Baldwin	Lineups
Luton Town	3	2	Bury	Kenilworth Road	15,309
Morton, Turner, Pye	Lineups		Bardsley, Tilley
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Oldham Athletic	City Ground	16,798
Ardron	Lineups		Scrine
Plymouth Argyle	0	0	Doncaster Rovers	Home Park	18,729
	Lineups
Rotherham United	5	2	Derby County	Millmoor	14,208
Burke 2, Grainger, Guest, Wilson I	Lineups		McLaren 2
Stoke City	3	2	Bristol Rovers	Victoria Ground	13,177
Malkin, Siddall 2	Lineups		Mcllvenny, Meyer
Swansea Town	2	1	Blackburn Rovers	Vetch Field	17,399
Allchurch I, Beech C	Lineups		Briggs
West Ham United	1	2	Notts County	Upton Park	16,236
Dick	Lineups		Johnston, Crookes

				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	21	8	2	1	37	11	3	5	2	16	17	1.893	29	W	L	W	D	L	1953-12-12	Derby County	A
2	1	Doncaster Rovers	21	7	1	2	18	8	5	2	4	18	16	1.5	27	D	L	D	W	L	1953-12-12	Swansea Town	H
3	-1	Everton	21	6	2	1	22	13	4	5	3	19	21	1.206	27	L	W	D	D	W	1953-12-12	Nottingham Forest	H
4	0	Birmingham City	21	7	4	1	33	10	3	2	4	15	17	1.778	26	W	W	D	L	D	1953-12-12	Hull City	A
5	1	Rotherham United	22	7	2	3	24	16	5	0	5	18	21	1.135	26	W	W	D	L	L	1953-12-12	Blackburn Rovers	A
6	-1	Nottingham Forest	21	9	3	0	38	15	1	2	6	7	16	1.452	25	D	L	D	L	W	1953-12-12	Everton	A
7	0	Luton Town	21	6	4	2	22	15	3	3	3	16	18	1.152	25	W	W	W	W	D	1953-12-12	Oldham Athletic	A
8	0	Leeds United	21	6	4	1	27	14	1	4	5	18	26	1.125	22	D	L	W	D	W	1953-12-12	Notts County	A
9	4	Stoke City	22	4	5	2	22	16	2	5	4	13	18	1.029	22	W	D	L	W	L	1953-12-12	Brentford	A
10	-1	Lincoln City	21	7	3	0	27	8	1	2	8	8	29	0.946	21	L	D	L	W	L	1953-12-12	West Ham United	H
11	3	Swansea Town	21	7	2	2	19	10	2	1	7	11	27	0.811	21	W	L	W	W	W	1953-12-12	Doncaster Rovers	A
12	-2	Bristol Rovers	21	4	3	3	18	11	2	5	4	24	23	1.235	20	L	W	D	L	D	1953-12-12	Fulham	H
13	-2	West Ham United	21	7	1	3	29	10	1	3	6	9	23	1.152	20	L	L	D	L	W	1953-12-12	Lincoln City	A
14	1	Fulham	21	5	2	4	29	21	2	4	4	16	21	1.071	20	W	D	W	D	W	1953-12-12	Bristol Rovers	A
15	-3	Blackburn Rovers	20	4	4	1	20	11	3	2	6	15	22	1.061	20	L	L	L	W	D	1953-12-12	Rotherham United	H
16	0	Derby County	20	6	2	2	23	14	1	2	7	16	30	0.886	18	L	W	L	L	L	1953-12-12	Leicester City	H
17	0	Plymouth Argyle	21	2	8	1	20	17	2	2	6	8	19	0.778	18	D	W	W	L	D	1953-12-12	Bury	A
18	1	Notts County	21	2	2	5	9	16	4	3	5	15	27	0.558	17	W	D	W	D	W	1953-12-12	Leeds United	H
19	-1	Hull City	21	6	0	3	15	8	1	2	9	8	26	0.676	16	D	W	L	L	W	1953-12-12	Birmingham City	H
20	0	Brentford	21	4	2	4	9	15	1	3	7	8	27	0.405	15	L	L	L	W	D	1953-12-12	Stoke City	H
21	0	Bury	21	3	4	3	21	23	0	4	7	5	23	0.565	14	L	W	D	D	L	1953-12-12	Plymouth Argyle	H
22	0	Oldham Athletic	21	4	3	3	12	11	0	2	9	10	27	0.579	13	D	L	L	W	L	1953-12-12	Luton Town	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	2	0	York City	Peel Park	7,557
Brydon 2	Lineups
Barrow	0	1	Barnsley	Holker Street	6,311
	Lineups		Brown
Bradford City	2	0	Darlington	Valley Parade	7,784
Rosenthal, Holmes	Lineups
Carlisle United	5	1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Brunton Park	6,169
Whitehouse 2, Atkinson 2, Ashman	Lineups		Gregory
Chesterfield	2	1	Hartlepools United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	7,038
Marsden 2	Lineups		Wildon
Grimsby Town	1	2	Southport	Blundell Park	7,469
Bloomer	Lineups		McLean, Hitchen
Halifax Town	3	0	Workington	The Shay	3,704
Murphy, Moncrieff, Rickett (p)	Lineups
Mansfield Town	1	1	Bradford	Field Mill	5,493
Murray	Lineups		Pickard
Rochdale	4	1	Crewe Alexandra	Spotland	4,451
Haines 3, Frost	Lineups		Mitcheson
Stockport County	5	0	Chester	Edgeley Park	8,252
Connor 3, Moran, Clempson (p)	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	1	4	Gateshead	Prenton Park	5,913
Done	Lineups		Ingham, Watkin 2, Wilbert
Wrexham	1	1	Port Vale	Racecourse Ground	14,570	Largest home gate 1953-54
Hughes	Lineups		Hayward

				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	22	10	1	0	28	1	6	4	1	15	7	5.375	37	D	W	W	D	W	1953-12-19	Barnsley	A
2	1	Gateshead	22	7	3	0	21	8	4	4	4	16	16	1.542	29	W	D	W	D	W	1953-12-12	Halifax Town	H
3	-1	Bradford	21	7	3	1	33	16	3	5	2	11	10	1.692	28	D	W	W	D	W	1953-12-19	Bradford City	A
4	1	Barnsley	21	8	3	0	24	11	2	4	4	7	13	1.292	27	W	W	W	L	D	1953-12-19	Port Vale	H
5	1	Stockport County	22	8	3	0	32	9	2	3	6	14	18	1.704	26	W	W	L	W	L	1953-12-19	Accrington Stanley	H
6	-2	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	21	7	2	1	20	10	3	4	4	18	20	1.267	26	L	W	W	W	W	1953-12-19	Grimsby Town	H
7	0	Wrexham	22	6	3	2	27	8	4	1	6	14	21	1.414	24	D	L	W	W	L	1953-12-19	Halifax Town	H
8	0	Bradford City	22	8	1	2	20	8	2	3	6	7	19	1	24	W	D	D	L	L	1953-12-19	Bradford	H
9	1	Carlisle United	21	7	2	2	32	9	2	3	5	14	21	1.533	23	W	W	W	W	L	1953-12-19	Rochdale	A
10	1	Chesterfield	21	7	2	1	22	9	2	3	6	14	22	1.161	23	W	D	L	W	L	1953-12-19	Barrow	A
11	2	Southport	21	6	1	3	20	15	3	3	5	11	17	0.969	22	W	W	W	L	W	1953-12-19	Gateshead	A
12	-3	Crewe Alexandra	22	5	4	2	15	14	2	4	5	9	18	0.75	22	L	L	L	L	W	1953-12-19	Darlington	A
13	-1	Barrow	21	6	2	2	20	8	3	1	7	13	23	1.065	21	L	W	L	L	L	1953-12-19	Chesterfield	H
14	2	Accrington Stanley	21	7	3	1	26	14	1	1	8	14	25	1.026	20	W	L	W	D	L	1953-12-19	Stockport County	A
15	-1	Grimsby Town	22	8	1	3	18	10	0	3	7	7	25	0.714	20	L	D	L	D	D	1953-12-19	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
16	2	Mansfield Town	21	4	5	2	20	15	2	2	6	15	25	0.875	19	D	L	L	D	D	1953-12-12	Darlington	H
17	-2	Tranmere Rovers	21	5	2	3	21	15	3	1	7	9	20	0.857	19	L	L	D	W	W	1953-12-19	Mansfield Town	A
18	-1	Hartlepools United	21	6	4	1	22	9	0	2	8	6	21	0.933	18	L	D	W	L	W	1953-12-19	Chester	H
19	1	York City	21	4	5	2	20	14	0	2	8	7	29	0.628	15	L	L	D	L	W	1953-12-19	Workington	A
20	-1	Chester	21	4	4	3	19	13	1	1	8	4	24	0.622	15	L	D	L	D	L	1953-12-12	Rochdale	H
21	1	Halifax Town	22	4	3	4	12	9	1	1	9	9	22	0.677	14	W	L	L	D	L	1953-12-12	Gateshead	A
22	-1	Darlington	21	4	1	5	10	14	0	5	6	9	20	0.559	14	L	L	L	L	W	1953-12-12	Mansfield Town	A
23	1	Rochdale	21	4	2	4	10	6	1	2	8	8	35	0.439	14	W	L	L	W	L	1953-12-12	Chester	A
24	-1	Workington	21	3	3	4	13	13	1	1	9	7	34	0.426	12	L	W	D	W	D	1953-12-19	York City	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	2	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	Recreation Ground	7,245
Hobbs, McCulloch	Lineups		Addinall, Mundy, Tennant (p)
Bristol City	4	1	Southend United	Ashton Gate	14,342
Boxley 2 (1p), Rogers, Williams	Lineups		Dicker
Colchester United	1	0	Leyton Orient	Layer Road	6,819
Grice	Lineups
Crystal Palace	1	0	Reading	Selhurst Park	12,085
Hanlon	Lineups
Exeter City	1	2	Gillingham	St James Park	7,946
McClelland	Lineups		Morgan 2
Newport County	2	1	Coventry City	Somerton Park	10,572
Waite, Shergold	Lineups		Nutt
Norwich City	1	3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Carrow Road	16,246
Brennan	Lineups		Stephens, MacDonald, Gaynor
Queens Park Rangers	3	1	Ipswich Town	Loftus Road	13,815
Petchey, Woods, Shepherd	Lineups		Reed
Shrewsbury Town	2	4	Northampton Town	Gay Meadow	7,825
Brennan, McCue	Lineups		Cross, Edelston, Ramscar, Bannister OG
Southampton	4	2	Millwall	The Dell	15,411
Flood, Walker, Horton, Day	Lineups		Stobbart, Neary
Swindon Town	2	2	Watford	County Ground	8,769
Owen, Sampson	Lineups		Paton, Bowie
Walsall	1	3	Torquay United	Fellows Park	6,848
Morris	Lineups		Collins 2 (1p), Dobbie

				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	22	8	3	0	27	7	6	3	2	19	16	2	34	L	D	D	D	W	1953-12-19	Colchester United	A
2	0	Southampton	22	10	1	0	30	11	4	1	6	15	18	1.552	30	W	W	L	W	L	1953-12-19	Crystal Palace	H
3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	21	7	1	1	22	14	6	3	3	15	11	1.48	30	W	W	W	L	L	1953-12-19	Torquay United	H
4	0	Reading	22	9	2	0	32	10	3	2	6	11	21	1.387	28	L	W	W	W	W	1953-12-19	Gillingham	H
5	1	Northampton Town	22	8	2	0	33	9	1	5	6	13	19	1.643	25	W	W	W	L	W	1953-12-19	Southend United	H
6	-1	Norwich City	22	5	3	3	15	13	5	2	4	18	17	1.1	25	L	D	L	L	L	1953-12-19	Aldershot	H
7	3	Crystal Palace	22	7	1	3	25	18	3	4	4	13	22	0.95	25	W	W	L	W	L	1953-12-19	Southampton	A
8	-1	Watford	22	7	1	2	30	12	3	3	6	19	25	1.324	24	D	W	W	D	W	1953-12-19	Shrewsbury Town	H
9	3	Bristol City	22	8	1	2	30	11	2	3	6	12	28	1.077	24	W	L	L	W	D	1953-12-19	Queens Park Rangers	A
10	3	Gillingham	22	6	3	2	17	10	3	3	5	13	24	0.882	24	W	W	W	W	D	1953-12-12	Newport County	H
11	-3	Coventry City	22	7	3	1	15	3	2	2	7	14	20	1.261	23	L	W	W	D	W	1953-12-19	Leyton Orient	A
12	-3	Leyton Orient	22	7	2	2	27	16	2	3	6	14	22	1.079	23	L	L	W	D	W	1953-12-19	Coventry City	H
13	-2	Millwall	21	7	1	3	24	11	2	3	5	14	22	1.152	22	L	W	W	L	W	1953-12-19	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
14	1	Torquay United	22	4	5	2	22	16	4	1	6	18	20	1.111	22	W	W	W	L	W	1953-12-12	Shrewsbury Town	H
15	-1	Exeter City	22	5	0	6	17	12	4	3	4	15	17	1.103	21	L	L	D	W	L	1953-12-19	Walsall	H
16	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	22	6	3	2	24	13	3	0	8	13	23	1.028	21	W	D	W	L	W	1953-12-19	Millwall	A
17	0	Swindon Town	22	7	2	3	31	14	1	1	8	9	25	1.026	19	D	L	L	D	L	1953-12-19	Newport County	A
18	0	Shrewsbury Town	21	5	4	2	25	20	1	2	7	8	17	0.892	18	L	L	L	D	L	1953-12-12	Torquay United	A
19	1	Queens Park Rangers	21	3	3	5	9	14	3	3	4	14	18	0.719	18	W	L	L	W	L	1953-12-19	Bristol City	H
20	-1	Southend United	22	6	1	4	18	12	0	3	8	9	20	0.844	16	L	L	W	L	W	1953-12-19	Northampton Town	A
21	0	Aldershot	22	4	3	4	15	13	2	1	8	12	36	0.551	16	L	L	L	L	L	1953-12-19	Norwich City	A
22	0	Colchester United	22	4	3	4	15	12	1	0	10	6	25	0.568	13	W	L	L	D	L	1953-12-19	Ipswich Town	H
23	0	Newport County	22	5	2	4	19	21	0	1	10	7	33	0.481	13	W	D	L	D	L	1953-12-12	Gillingham	A
24	0	Walsall	22	3	3	6	7	16	0	1	9	7	30	0.304	10	L	L	L	W	L	1953-12-19	Exeter City	A