1953-12-12

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

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Round 2						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 3N	Accrington Stanley	2	2	Tranmere Rovers	D 3N	Peel Park	14,390
	Eastham, Musgraves (p)	Lineups		Williams, Done
D 3N	Barrow	5	2	Great Yarmouth Town	ECL	Holker Street	6,771
	Gordon 2, Keen A, McLaren, Collins	Lineups		Plunkett 2
ECL	Cambridge United	1	2	Bradford	D 3N	Abbey Stadium	10,000
	Whttaker	Lineups		Pickard, Whitaker
SL	Hastings United	4	1	Swindon Town	D 3S	The Pilot Field	9,917
	Hunt OG, Huckstepp, Asher, Hillman	Lineups		Sampson
D 3S	Ipswich Town	2	2	Walthamstow Avenue	IsL	Portman Road	18,403
	Myles, Brown	Lineups		Walker R, Richards J
D 3S	Leyton Orient	4	0	Weymouth	SL	Brisbane Road	14,313
	Rees 2, Morgan, Pacey	Lineups
D 3S	Millwall	3	3	Headington United	SL	The Den, New Cross	20,555
	Shepherd, Heydon, Short	Lineups		Peart, Steel, Maskell
D 3S	Northampton Town	1	1	Hartlepools United	D 3N	County Ground	18,772
	Ramscar	Lineups		Harden
D 3S	Norwich City	2	1	Barnsley	D 3N	Carrow Road	20,655
	Johnston 2	Lineups		Brown
ML	Peterborough United	2	1	Aldershot	D 3S	London Road	16,743
	Taft, Martin	Lineups		Lacey
D 3S	Queens Park Rangers	1	1	Nuneaton Borough	Bir	Loftus Road	18,316
	Tomkys	Lineups		Davies
CCL	Rhyl	0	3	Bristol City	D 3S	Belle Vue	9,000
		Lineups		Micklewright, Atyeo, Williams
D 3N	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	1	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	D 3S	Old Showground	12,005
	Brown	Lineups
D 3S	Southend United	1	2	Chesterfield	D 3N	Greyhound Stadium	10,184
	Dicker	Lineups		Smith, Keating
D 3N	Southport	1	1	Port Vale	D 3N	Haig Avenue	12,529
	Whitworth	Lineups		Hayward
D 3N	Stockport County	2	1	Workington	D 3N	Edgeley Park	13,236
	Connor, Cushin OG	Lineups		Cameron
D 3S	Walsall	3	0	Crewe Alexandra	D 3N	Fellows Park	12,877
	Holding 2, Jones	Lineups
LaC	Wigan Athletic	4	1	Hereford United	SL	The Hawthorns, West Bromwich	24,526	record attendance between non league teams (24,526)
	Lyon, Livesey 2, Hughes OG	Lineups		Lewis T
CCL	Witton Albion	1	1	Grimsby Town	D 3N	Central Ground	7,173
	Yearsley	Lineups		Rayner
D 3N	Wrexham	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	D 3S	Racecourse Ground	17,980	aet
	Bannan	Lineups		Leadbetter

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	2	2	West Bromwich Albion	Highbury	55,264
Lishman 2	Lineups		Nicholls 2
Aston Villa	1	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Villa Park	27,480
Blanchflower	Lineups		Walters, Baily
Blackpool	1	3	Newcastle United	Bloomfield Road	19,896
Perry	Lineups		Broadis, Hannah, Mitchell
Cardiff City	1	0	Middlesbrough	Ninian Park	31,776
Ford	Lineups
Chelsea	3	1	Manchester United	Stamford Bridge	37,153
McNichol 2, Parsons	Lineups		Berry
Huddersfield Town	2	2	Preston North End	Leeds Road	26,972
Cavanagh, Metcalfe (p)	Lineups		Wayman, Morrison
Manchester City	3	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Maine Road	27,710
Little, Revie, Davies	Lineups		Froggatt, Curtis (p)
Portsmouth	5	1	Liverpool	Fratton Park	23,709
Harris 3, Vaughan, Gordon	Lineups		Smyth
Sheffield United	3	0	Bolton Wanderers	Bramall Lane	22,769
Hawksworth, Ringstead, Toner	Lineups
Sunderland	2	1	Charlton Athletic	Roker Park	29,652
Shackleton 2	Lineups		Hurst
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	2	Burnley	Molineux	35,043
Hancocks	Lineups		Holden 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	West Bromwich Albion	22	8	2	2	33	13	7	1	2	27	17	2	33	D	L	W	W	L	1953-12-19	Bolton Wanderers	A
2	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	9	0	1	30	11	5	5	2	25	20	1.774	33	L	W	W	W	W	1953-12-19	Manchester City	H
3	0	Huddersfield Town	22	8	3	0	26	7	4	2	5	14	16	1.739	29	D	D	W	L	W	1953-12-19	Arsenal	H
4	0	Burnley	22	9	0	2	30	15	5	0	6	20	24	1.282	28	W	W	L	W	L	1953-12-19	Charlton Athletic	H
5	0	Bolton Wanderers	21	6	4	0	21	9	2	4	5	16	22	1.194	24	L	D	D	D	L	1953-12-19	West Bromwich Albion	H
6	0	Charlton Athletic	22	8	0	3	33	18	3	1	7	13	24	1.095	23	L	W	L	L	D	1953-12-19	Burnley	A
7	2	Arsenal	22	4	4	3	23	22	5	1	5	20	19	1.049	23	D	L	W	W	W	1953-12-19	Huddersfield Town	A
8	3	Cardiff City	22	7	2	2	19	14	2	3	6	8	23	0.73	23	W	L	W	L	L	1953-12-19	Aston Villa	A
9	-2	Manchester United	22	4	5	2	17	14	2	5	4	18	18	1.094	22	L	D	D	W	W	1953-12-19	Liverpool	H
10	-2	Blackpool	21	6	3	2	17	9	3	1	6	21	29	1	22	L	L	D	L	W	1953-12-19	Chelsea	A
11	1	Preston North End	22	5	2	4	26	16	4	1	6	23	17	1.485	21	D	D	L	W	W	1953-12-19	Middlesbrough	H
12	2	Tottenham Hotspur	22	7	1	3	22	15	3	0	8	14	24	0.923	21	W	L	L	W	L	1953-12-19	Sheffield Wednesday	H
13	-3	Sheffield Wednesday	23	8	2	2	29	17	1	1	9	11	34	0.784	21	L	W	L	D	L	1953-12-19	Tottenham Hotspur	A
14	-1	Aston Villa	21	7	1	2	25	13	2	1	8	10	24	0.946	20	L	D	W	L	W	1953-12-19	Cardiff City	H
15	0	Newcastle United	22	3	2	6	19	22	3	5	3	16	18	0.875	19	W	D	L	D	D	1953-12-19	Sunderland	A
16	0	Chelsea	22	6	2	3	23	17	1	3	7	14	30	0.787	19	W	D	W	D	W	1953-12-19	Blackpool	H
17	0	Sheffield United	21	5	2	4	25	20	2	2	6	11	22	0.857	18	W	D	W	L	D	1953-12-19	Portsmouth	H
18	0	Portsmouth	22	5	3	3	27	21	1	3	7	19	33	0.852	18	W	W	D	D	L	1953-12-19	Sheffield United	A
19	2	Manchester City	22	4	2	5	14	19	2	3	6	14	24	0.651	17	W	L	L	W	D	1953-12-19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
20	-1	Middlesbrough	22	4	2	5	16	19	2	2	7	16	28	0.681	16	L	W	W	L	L	1953-12-19	Preston North End	A
21	-1	Liverpool	22	5	5	2	34	22	0	0	10	8	34	0.75	15	L	W	L	L	L	1953-12-19	Manchester United	A
22	0	Sunderland	21	6	0	3	27	20	0	3	9	15	36	0.75	15	W	L	L	D	W	1953-12-19	Newcastle United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	3	0	Rotherham United	Ewood Park	17,248
Crossan 2, Briggs	Lineups
Brentford	0	0	Stoke City	Griffin Park	11,848
	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	2	1	Fulham	Eastville	22,834
Pitt (p), Hale	Lineups		Stevens
Bury	3	0	Plymouth Argyle	Gigg Lane	10,144
Gleadall 2, Kelly	Lineups
Derby County	2	1	Leicester City	Baseball Ground	28,205	Largest home gate 1953-54
Parry 2	Lineups		Rowley (p)
Doncaster Rovers	1	0	Swansea Town	Belle Vue	14,438
Tindill	Lineups
Everton	3	3	Nottingham Forest	Goodison Park	33,192
Hickson 2, Parker	Lineups		Thompson, Gager (p), Moore
Hull City	3	0	Birmingham City	Boothferry Park	19,752
Crosbie, Harrison K, Green OG	Lineups
Lincoln City	1	2	West Ham United	Sincil Bank	12,886
Whittle	Lineups		Dixon, Dick
Notts County	2	0	Leeds United	Meadow Lane	17,552
Johnston, Crookes	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	1	2	Luton Town	Boundary Park	14,128
Ormond	Lineups		Turner 2

				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	22	8	2	1	37	11	3	5	3	17	19	1.8	29	L	W	L	W	D	1953-12-19	West Ham United	H
2	0	Doncaster Rovers	22	8	1	2	19	8	5	2	4	18	16	1.542	29	W	D	L	D	W	1953-12-19	Lincoln City	A
3	0	Everton	22	6	3	1	25	16	4	5	3	19	21	1.189	28	D	L	W	D	D	1953-12-19	Luton Town	H
4	3	Luton Town	22	6	4	2	22	15	4	3	3	18	19	1.176	27	W	W	W	W	W	1953-12-19	Everton	A
5	-1	Birmingham City	22	7	4	1	33	10	3	2	5	15	20	1.6	26	L	W	W	D	L	1953-12-19	Swansea Town	A
6	0	Nottingham Forest	22	9	3	0	38	15	1	3	6	10	19	1.412	26	D	D	L	D	L	1953-12-19	Plymouth Argyle	A
7	-2	Rotherham United	23	7	2	3	24	16	5	0	6	18	24	1.05	26	L	W	W	D	L	1953-12-19	Leeds United	H
8	1	Stoke City	23	4	5	2	22	16	2	6	4	13	18	1.029	23	D	W	D	L	W	1953-12-19	Fulham	H
9	3	Bristol Rovers	22	5	3	3	20	12	2	5	4	24	23	1.257	22	W	L	W	D	L	1953-12-19	Blackburn Rovers	H
10	3	West Ham United	22	7	1	3	29	10	2	3	6	11	24	1.176	22	W	L	L	D	L	1953-12-19	Leicester City	A
11	4	Blackburn Rovers	21	5	4	1	23	11	3	2	6	15	22	1.152	22	W	L	L	L	W	1953-12-19	Bristol Rovers	A
12	-4	Leeds United	22	6	4	1	27	14	1	4	6	18	28	1.071	22	L	D	L	W	D	1953-12-19	Rotherham United	A
13	-3	Lincoln City	22	7	3	1	28	10	1	2	8	8	29	0.923	21	L	L	D	L	W	1953-12-19	Doncaster Rovers	H
14	-3	Swansea Town	22	7	2	2	19	10	2	1	8	11	28	0.789	21	L	W	L	W	W	1953-12-19	Birmingham City	H
15	-1	Fulham	22	5	2	4	29	21	2	4	5	17	23	1.045	20	L	W	D	W	D	1953-12-19	Stoke City	A
16	0	Derby County	21	7	2	2	25	15	1	2	7	16	30	0.911	20	W	L	W	L	L	1953-12-19	Brentford	A
17	1	Notts County	22	3	2	5	11	16	4	3	5	15	27	0.605	19	W	W	D	W	D	1953-12-19	Bury	H
18	1	Hull City	22	7	0	3	18	8	1	2	9	8	26	0.765	18	W	D	W	L	L	1953-12-19	Oldham Athletic	H
19	-2	Plymouth Argyle	22	2	8	1	20	17	2	2	7	8	22	0.718	18	L	D	W	W	L	1953-12-19	Nottingham Forest	H
20	1	Bury	22	4	4	3	24	23	0	4	7	5	23	0.63	16	W	L	W	D	D	1953-12-19	Notts County	A
21	-1	Brentford	22	4	3	4	9	15	1	3	7	8	27	0.405	16	D	L	L	L	W	1953-12-19	Derby County	H
22	0	Oldham Athletic	22	4	3	4	13	13	0	2	9	10	27	0.575	13	L	D	L	L	W	1953-12-19	Hull City	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Chester	2	0	Rochdale	Sealand Road	3,578
Thomas, Travis	Lineups
Gateshead	4	0	Halifax Town	Redheugh Park	4,758
Ingham 2, Smith, Callender J	Lineups
Mansfield Town	6	0	Darlington	Field Mill	5,665
Murray 2, Darwin 2, Reeve, Daley	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	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	0	Gateshead	23	8	3	0	25	8	4	4	4	16	16	1.708	31	W	W	D	W	D	1953-12-19	Southport	H
3	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	Mansfield Town	22	5	5	2	26	15	2	2	6	15	25	1.025	21	W	D	L	L	D	1953-12-19	Tranmere Rovers	H
15	-1	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
16	-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
17	0	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	0	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	Chester	22	5	4	3	21	13	1	1	8	4	24	0.676	17	W	L	D	L	D	1953-12-19	Hartlepools United	A
20	-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
21	0	Halifax Town	23	4	3	4	12	9	1	1	10	9	26	0.6	14	L	W	L	L	D	1953-12-19	Wrexham	A
22	0	Darlington	22	4	1	5	10	14	0	5	7	9	26	0.475	14	L	L	L	L	L	1953-12-19	Crewe Alexandra	H
23	0	Rochdale	22	4	2	4	10	6	1	2	9	8	37	0.419	14	L	W	L	L	W	1953-12-19	Carlisle United	H
24	0	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
Gillingham	0	1	Newport County	Priestfield Stadium	10,204
	Lineups		Graham
Torquay United	2	0	Shrewsbury Town	Plainmoor	6,086
Shaw 2	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	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	5	Torquay United	23	5	5	2	24	16	4	1	6	18	20	1.167	24	W	W	W	W	L	1953-12-19	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
10	-1	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
11	-1	Gillingham	23	6	3	3	17	11	3	3	5	13	24	0.857	24	L	W	W	W	W	1953-12-19	Reading	A
12	-1	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
13	-1	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
14	-1	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
15	0	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	22	5	4	2	25	20	1	2	8	8	19	0.846	18	L	L	L	L	D	1953-12-19	Watford	A
19	0	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	0	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	1	Newport County	23	5	2	4	19	21	1	1	10	8	33	0.5	15	W	W	D	L	D	1953-12-19	Swindon Town	H
23	-1	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
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