1953-12-19

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	1	2	Cardiff City	Villa Park	27,012
Dixon	Lineups		Northcott 2
Bolton Wanderers	2	1	West Bromwich Albion	Burnden Park	32,246
Wheeler, Lofthouse	Lineups		Ryan
Burnley	2	0	Charlton Athletic	Turf Moor	25,369
McIlroy, Shannon	Lineups
Chelsea	5	1	Blackpool	Stamford Bridge	34,865
Bentley, McNichol 3, Stubbs	Lineups		Mudie
Huddersfield Town	2	2	Arsenal	Leeds Road	34,018
Glazzard 2	Lineups		Milton, Lishman
Manchester United	5	1	Liverpool	Old Trafford	26,074
Blanchflower 2, Taylor 2, Viollet	Lineups		Bimpson
Preston North End	1	0	Middlesbrough	Deepdale	18,909
Wayman	Lineups
Sheffield United	3	1	Portsmouth	Bramall Lane	25,346
Furniss 2 (2p), Wragg	Lineups		Gordon
Sunderland	1	1	Newcastle United	Roker Park	49,822
Anderson	Lineups		Broadis
Tottenham Hotspur	3	1	Sheffield Wednesday	White Hart Lane	25,957
Baker, Duquemin, Curtis OG	Lineups		Froggatt
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	1	Manchester City	Molineux	27,606
Hancocks 2, Wilshaw	Lineups		Davies

				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	23	10	0	1	33	12	5	5	2	25	20	1.813	35	W	L	W	W	W	1953-12-24	Aston Villa	H
2	-1	West Bromwich Albion	23	8	2	2	33	13	7	1	3	28	19	1.906	33	L	D	L	W	W	1953-12-25	Liverpool	H
3	0	Huddersfield Town	23	8	4	0	28	9	4	2	5	14	16	1.68	30	D	D	D	W	L	1953-12-25	Sunderland	A
4	0	Burnley	23	10	0	2	32	15	5	0	6	20	24	1.333	30	W	W	W	L	W	1953-12-25	Preston North End	H
5	0	Bolton Wanderers	22	7	4	0	23	10	2	4	5	16	22	1.219	26	W	L	D	D	D	1953-12-25	Charlton Athletic	A
6	2	Cardiff City	23	7	2	2	19	14	3	3	6	10	24	0.763	25	W	W	L	W	L	1953-12-26	Chelsea	A
7	2	Manchester United	23	5	5	2	22	15	2	5	4	18	18	1.212	24	W	L	D	D	W	1953-12-25	Sheffield Wednesday	H
8	-1	Arsenal	23	4	4	3	23	22	5	2	5	22	21	1.047	24	D	D	L	W	W	1953-12-26	Blackpool	A
9	2	Preston North End	23	6	2	4	27	16	4	1	6	23	17	1.515	23	W	D	D	L	W	1953-12-25	Burnley	A
10	-4	Charlton Athletic	23	8	0	3	33	18	3	1	8	13	26	1.045	23	L	L	W	L	L	1953-12-25	Bolton Wanderers	H
11	1	Tottenham Hotspur	23	8	1	3	25	16	3	0	8	14	24	0.975	23	W	W	L	L	W	1953-12-25	Portsmouth	H
12	-2	Blackpool	22	6	3	2	17	9	3	1	7	22	34	0.907	22	L	L	L	D	L	1953-12-26	Arsenal	H
13	3	Chelsea	23	7	2	3	28	18	1	3	7	14	30	0.875	21	W	W	D	W	D	1953-12-26	Cardiff City	H
14	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	24	8	2	2	29	17	1	1	10	12	37	0.759	21	L	L	W	L	D	1953-12-25	Manchester United	A
15	-1	Aston Villa	22	7	1	3	26	15	2	1	8	10	24	0.923	20	L	L	D	W	L	1953-12-24	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
16	1	Sheffield United	22	6	2	4	28	21	2	2	6	11	22	0.907	20	W	W	D	W	L	1953-12-25	Manchester City	H
17	-2	Newcastle United	23	3	2	6	19	22	3	6	3	17	19	0.878	20	D	W	D	L	D	1953-12-25	Middlesbrough	A
18	0	Portsmouth	23	5	3	3	27	21	1	3	8	20	36	0.825	18	L	W	W	D	D	1953-12-25	Tottenham Hotspur	A
19	0	Manchester City	23	4	2	5	14	19	2	3	7	15	27	0.63	17	L	W	L	L	W	1953-12-25	Sheffield United	A
20	2	Sunderland	22	6	1	3	28	21	0	3	9	15	36	0.754	16	D	W	L	L	D	1953-12-25	Huddersfield Town	H
21	-1	Middlesbrough	23	4	2	5	16	19	2	2	8	16	29	0.667	16	L	L	W	W	L	1953-12-25	Newcastle United	H
22	-1	Liverpool	23	5	5	2	34	22	0	0	11	9	39	0.705	15	L	L	W	L	L	1953-12-25	West Bromwich Albion	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Brentford	0	0	Derby County	Griffin Park	10,652
	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	1	2	Blackburn Rovers	Eastville	22,314
Pitt	Lineups		Quigley 2
Everton	2	1	Luton Town	Goodison Park	33,544
Eglington, Parker	Lineups		Cummins
Hull City	8	0	Oldham Athletic	Boothferry Park	18,245
Ackerman 4, Crosbie 2, Horton, Harris	Lineups
Leicester City	2	1	West Ham United	Filbert Street	23,076
Rowley, Russell	Lineups		Dixon
Lincoln City	0	2	Doncaster Rovers	Sincil Bank	12,904
	Lineups		McMorran, Lawlor
Notts County	0	0	Bury	Meadow Lane	12,494
	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	1	0	Nottingham Forest	Home Park	17,737
Thomas	Lineups
Rotherham United	2	4	Leeds United	Millmoor	13,145
Burke, Henderson	Lineups		Charles 3 (1p), Iggleden
Stoke City	1	3	Fulham	Victoria Ground	13,919
King	Lineups		Mitten (p), Haynes, Robson
Swansea Town	1	3	Birmingham City	Vetch Field	12,493
Medwin	Lineups		Rowley 2, Purdon

				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	23	9	2	1	39	12	3	5	3	17	19	1.806	31	W	L	W	L	W	1953-12-25	Rotherham United	H
2	0	Doncaster Rovers	23	8	1	2	19	8	6	2	4	20	16	1.625	31	W	W	D	L	D	1953-12-25	Blackburn Rovers	A
3	0	Everton	23	7	3	1	27	17	4	5	3	19	21	1.211	30	W	D	L	W	D	1953-12-25	Bristol Rovers	H
4	1	Birmingham City	23	7	4	1	33	10	4	2	5	18	21	1.645	28	W	L	W	W	D	1953-12-25	Notts County	H
5	-1	Luton Town	23	6	4	2	22	15	4	3	4	19	21	1.139	27	L	W	W	W	W	1953-12-25	West Ham United	A
6	0	Nottingham Forest	23	9	3	0	38	15	1	3	7	10	20	1.371	26	L	D	D	L	D	1953-12-25	Leeds United	H
7	0	Rotherham United	24	7	2	4	26	20	5	0	6	18	24	1	26	L	L	W	W	D	1953-12-25	Leicester City	A
8	3	Blackburn Rovers	22	5	4	1	23	11	4	2	6	17	23	1.176	24	W	W	L	L	L	1953-12-25	Doncaster Rovers	H
9	3	Leeds United	23	6	4	1	27	14	2	4	6	22	30	1.114	24	W	L	D	L	W	1953-12-25	Nottingham Forest	A
10	-2	Stoke City	24	4	5	3	23	19	2	6	4	13	18	0.973	23	L	D	W	D	L	1953-12-26	Swansea Town	A
11	-2	Bristol Rovers	23	5	3	4	21	14	2	5	4	24	23	1.216	22	L	W	L	W	D	1953-12-25	Everton	A
12	-2	West Ham United	23	7	1	3	29	10	2	3	7	12	26	1.139	22	L	W	L	L	D	1953-12-25	Luton Town	H
13	2	Fulham	23	5	2	4	29	21	3	4	5	20	24	1.089	22	W	L	W	D	W	1953-12-25	Plymouth Argyle	H
14	2	Derby County	22	7	2	2	25	15	1	3	7	16	30	0.911	21	D	W	L	W	L	1953-12-25	Bury	A
15	-2	Lincoln City	23	7	3	2	28	12	1	2	8	8	29	0.878	21	L	L	L	D	L	1953-12-26	Hull City	A
16	-2	Swansea Town	23	7	2	3	20	13	2	1	8	11	28	0.756	21	L	L	W	L	W	1953-12-26	Stoke City	H
17	1	Hull City	23	8	0	3	26	8	1	2	9	8	26	1	20	W	W	D	W	L	1953-12-26	Lincoln City	H
18	1	Plymouth Argyle	23	3	8	1	21	17	2	2	7	8	22	0.744	20	W	L	D	W	W	1953-12-25	Fulham	A
19	-2	Notts County	23	3	3	5	11	16	4	3	5	15	27	0.605	20	D	W	W	D	W	1953-12-25	Birmingham City	A
20	0	Bury	23	4	4	3	24	23	0	5	7	5	23	0.63	17	D	W	L	W	D	1953-12-25	Derby County	H
21	0	Brentford	23	4	4	4	9	15	1	3	7	8	27	0.405	17	D	D	L	L	L	1953-12-25	Oldham Athletic	H
22	0	Oldham Athletic	23	4	3	4	13	13	0	2	10	10	35	0.479	13	L	L	D	L	L	1953-12-25	Brentford	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	0	1	Port Vale	Oakwell	11,426
	Lineups		Hayward
Barrow	2	2	Chesterfield	Holker Street	5,462
Keen A, McLaren (p)	Lineups		Smith G, Marsden
Bradford City	3	0	Bradford	Valley Parade	17,526	Largest home gate 1953-54
Rosenthal 2, Harbertson	Lineups
Darlington	0	1	Crewe Alexandra	Feethams Ground	3,285
	Lineups		Basford
Gateshead	1	0	Southport	Redheugh Park	4,787
Watkin	Lineups
Hartlepools United	2	0	Chester	Victoria Park	5,481
Richardson, Wildon	Lineups
Mansfield Town	2	0	Tranmere Rovers	Field Mill	6,102
Reeve, Darwin	Lineups
Rochdale	2	1	Carlisle United	Spotland	4,654
Kendall, Haines	Lineups		Bond
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	2	1	Grimsby Town	Old Showground	9,985
Whitfield, Gregory	Lineups		Bloomer
Stockport County	1	1	Accrington Stanley	Edgeley Park	9,273
Connor	Lineups		Bodle (p)
Workington	5	2	York City	Borough Park	6,774
Cameron, Simmonds 2, Dailey, Mitchell	Lineups		Dunmore, Fenton
Wrexham	5	0	Halifax Town	Racecourse Ground	6,265
Gwatkin 2, Richards 2, Bannan	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	23	10	1	0	28	1	7	4	1	16	7	5.5	39	W	D	W	W	D	1953-12-25	Chester	H
2	0	Gateshead	24	9	3	0	26	8	4	4	4	16	16	1.75	33	W	W	W	D	W	1953-12-25	Carlisle United	H
3	0	Bradford	22	7	3	1	33	16	3	5	3	11	13	1.517	28	L	D	W	W	D	1953-12-25	Southport	A
4	2	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	22	8	2	1	22	11	3	4	4	18	20	1.29	28	W	L	W	W	W	1953-12-25	Darlington	H
5	0	Stockport County	23	8	4	0	33	10	2	3	6	14	18	1.679	27	D	W	W	L	W	1953-12-25	Chesterfield	H
6	-2	Barnsley	22	8	3	1	24	12	2	4	4	7	13	1.24	27	L	W	W	W	L	1953-12-25	York City	A
7	0	Wrexham	23	7	3	2	32	8	4	1	6	14	21	1.586	26	W	D	L	W	W	1953-12-25	Barrow	A
8	0	Bradford City	23	9	1	2	23	8	2	3	6	7	19	1.111	26	W	W	D	D	L	1953-12-25	Rochdale	A
9	1	Chesterfield	22	7	2	1	22	9	2	4	6	16	24	1.152	24	D	W	D	L	W	1953-12-25	Stockport County	A
10	2	Crewe Alexandra	23	5	4	2	15	14	3	4	5	10	18	0.781	24	W	L	L	L	L	1953-12-25	Mansfield Town	A
11	-2	Carlisle United	22	7	2	2	32	9	2	3	6	15	23	1.469	23	L	W	W	W	W	1953-12-25	Gateshead	A
12	2	Mansfield Town	23	6	5	2	28	15	2	2	6	15	25	1.075	23	W	W	D	L	L	1953-12-25	Crewe Alexandra	H
13	0	Barrow	22	6	3	2	22	10	3	1	7	13	23	1.061	22	D	L	W	L	L	1953-12-25	Wrexham	H
14	-3	Southport	22	6	1	3	20	15	3	3	6	11	18	0.939	22	L	W	W	W	L	1953-12-25	Bradford	H
15	0	Accrington Stanley	22	7	3	1	26	14	1	2	8	15	26	1.025	21	D	W	L	W	D	1953-12-25	Halifax Town	A
16	2	Hartlepools United	22	7	4	1	24	9	0	2	8	6	21	1	20	W	L	D	W	L	1953-12-25	Workington	A
17	-1	Grimsby Town	23	8	1	3	18	10	0	3	8	8	27	0.703	20	L	L	D	L	D	1953-12-25	Tranmere Rovers	H
18	-1	Tranmere Rovers	22	5	2	3	21	15	3	1	8	9	22	0.811	19	L	L	L	D	W	1953-12-25	Grimsby Town	A
19	0	Chester	23	5	4	3	21	13	1	1	9	4	26	0.641	17	L	W	L	D	L	1953-12-25	Port Vale	A
20	3	Rochdale	23	5	2	4	12	7	1	2	9	8	37	0.455	16	W	L	W	L	L	1953-12-25	Bradford City	H
21	-1	York City	22	4	5	2	20	14	0	2	9	9	34	0.604	15	L	L	L	D	L	1953-12-25	Barnsley	H
22	-1	Halifax Town	24	4	3	4	12	9	1	1	11	9	31	0.525	14	L	L	W	L	L	1953-12-25	Accrington Stanley	H
23	1	Workington	22	4	3	4	18	15	1	1	9	7	34	0.51	14	W	L	W	D	W	1953-12-25	Hartlepools United	H
24	-2	Darlington	23	4	1	6	10	15	0	5	7	9	26	0.463	14	L	L	L	L	L	1953-12-25	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	2	Torquay United	Goldstone Ground	13,450
Leadbetter	Lineups		Mills, Dobbie
Colchester United	1	2	Ipswich Town	Layer Road	10,316	Largest home gate 1953-54
Scott	Lineups		Reed, Elsworthy
Exeter City	2	1	Walsall	St James Park	6,500
McClelland 2	Lineups		Morris
Leyton Orient	1	0	Coventry City	Brisbane Road	8,077
Facey	Lineups
Millwall	2	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	The Den, New Cross	7,573
Stobbart 2	Lineups		Stephens
Newport County	2	0	Swindon Town	Somerton Park	9,276
Graham, Shergold	Lineups
Northampton Town	5	0	Southend United	County Ground	9,181
English 4, McLain	Lineups
Norwich City	3	3	Aldershot	Carrow Road	11,798
Gavin, Gordon, Brennan	Lineups		Menzies 2, Gaynor
Queens Park Rangers	0	1	Bristol City	Loftus Road	8,126
	Lineups		Boxley
Reading	0	1	Gillingham	Elm Park	8,380
	Lineups		Millar
Southampton	3	1	Crystal Palace	The Dell	12,221
Williams 2, Flood	Lineups		Willard
Watford	3	1	Shrewsbury Town	Vicarage Road	10,914
Smith 2, Paton	Lineups		Hudson

				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	23	8	3	0	27	7	7	3	2	21	17	2	36	W	L	D	D	D	1953-12-25	Coventry City	A
2	0	Southampton	23	11	1	0	33	12	4	1	6	15	18	1.6	32	W	W	W	L	W	1953-12-25	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	7	1	2	23	16	6	3	3	15	11	1.407	30	L	W	W	W	L	1953-12-25	Walsall	A
4	0	Reading	23	9	2	1	32	11	3	2	6	11	21	1.344	28	L	L	W	W	W	1953-12-25	Torquay United	H
5	0	Northampton Town	23	9	2	0	38	9	1	5	6	13	19	1.821	27	W	W	W	W	L	1953-12-25	Leyton Orient	H
6	2	Watford	23	8	1	2	33	13	3	3	6	19	25	1.368	26	W	D	W	W	D	1953-12-25	Southend United	H
7	2	Torquay United	24	5	5	2	24	16	5	1	6	20	21	1.189	26	W	W	W	W	W	1953-12-25	Reading	A
8	2	Bristol City	23	8	1	2	30	11	3	3	6	13	28	1.103	26	W	W	L	L	W	1953-12-25	Newport County	A
9	-3	Norwich City	23	5	4	3	18	16	5	2	4	18	17	1.091	26	D	L	D	L	L	1953-12-25	Crystal Palace	A
10	1	Gillingham	24	6	3	3	17	11	4	3	5	14	24	0.886	26	W	L	W	W	W	1953-12-25	Millwall	H
11	2	Leyton Orient	23	8	2	2	28	16	2	3	6	14	22	1.105	25	W	L	L	W	D	1953-12-25	Northampton Town	A
12	-5	Crystal Palace	23	7	1	3	25	18	3	4	5	14	25	0.907	25	L	W	W	L	W	1953-12-25	Norwich City	H
13	1	Millwall	22	8	1	3	26	12	2	3	5	14	22	1.176	24	W	L	W	W	L	1953-12-25	Gillingham	A
14	-2	Coventry City	23	7	3	1	15	3	2	2	8	14	21	1.208	23	L	L	W	W	D	1953-12-25	Ipswich Town	H
15	0	Exeter City	23	6	0	6	19	13	4	3	4	15	17	1.133	23	W	L	L	D	W	1953-12-25	Aldershot	A
16	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	23	6	3	2	24	13	3	0	9	14	25	1	21	L	W	D	W	L	1953-12-25	Southampton	H
17	0	Swindon Town	23	7	2	3	31	14	1	1	9	9	27	0.976	19	L	D	L	L	D	1953-12-25	Shrewsbury Town	H
18	0	Shrewsbury Town	23	5	4	2	25	20	1	2	9	9	22	0.81	18	L	L	L	L	L	1953-12-25	Swindon Town	A
19	0	Queens Park Rangers	22	3	3	6	9	15	3	3	4	14	18	0.697	18	L	W	L	L	W	1953-12-25	Colchester United	A
20	1	Aldershot	23	4	3	4	15	13	2	2	8	15	39	0.577	17	D	L	L	L	L	1953-12-25	Exeter City	H
21	1	Newport County	24	6	2	4	21	21	1	1	10	8	33	0.537	17	W	W	W	D	L	1953-12-25	Bristol City	H
22	-2	Southend United	23	6	1	4	18	12	0	3	9	9	25	0.73	16	L	L	L	W	L	1953-12-25	Watford	A
23	0	Colchester United	23	4	3	5	16	14	1	0	10	6	25	0.564	13	L	W	L	L	D	1953-12-25	Queens Park Rangers	H
24	0	Walsall	23	3	3	6	7	16	0	1	10	8	32	0.313	10	L	L	L	L	W	1953-12-25	Brighton & Hove Albion	H