1953-12-25

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Burnley	2	1	Preston North End	Turf Moor	33,398
Shannon, Pilkington	Lineups		Morrison
Charlton Athletic	1	0	Bolton Wanderers	The Valley	19,226
Hewie	Lineups
Manchester United	5	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Old Trafford	27,123
Taylor 3, Blanchflower, Viollet	Lineups		Gannon, Woodhead
Middlesbrough	2	3	Newcastle United	Ayresome Park	28,138
Spuhler, Walker	Lineups		Mitchell, Monkhouse, Scoular
Sheffield United	2	2	Manchester City	Bramall Lane	32,787
Hawksworth, Brook (p)	Lineups		Revie, Hart
Sunderland	1	1	Huddersfield Town	Roker Park	36,751
Hall	Lineups		Watson
Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Portsmouth	White Hart Lane	36,502
Brooks	Lineups		Harris
West Bromwich Albion	5	2	Liverpool	The Hawthorns	30,390
Nicholls, Griffin 2, Barlow, Allen	Lineups		A'Court, Lambert (p)

				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	24	9	2	2	38	15	7	1	3	28	19	1.941	35	W	L	D	L	W	1953-12-26	Liverpool	A
2	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	10	0	2	34	14	5	5	2	25	20	1.735	35	L	W	L	W	W	1953-12-26	Aston Villa	A
3	1	Burnley	24	11	0	2	34	16	5	0	6	20	24	1.35	32	W	W	W	W	L	1953-12-26	Preston North End	A
4	-1	Huddersfield Town	24	8	4	0	28	9	4	3	5	15	17	1.654	31	D	D	D	D	W	1953-12-26	Sunderland	H
5	2	Manchester United	24	6	5	2	27	17	2	5	4	18	18	1.286	26	W	W	L	D	D	1953-12-26	Sheffield Wednesday	A
6	-1	Bolton Wanderers	23	7	4	0	23	10	2	4	6	16	23	1.182	26	L	W	L	D	D	1953-12-26	Charlton Athletic	H
7	3	Charlton Athletic	24	9	0	3	34	18	3	1	8	13	26	1.068	25	W	L	L	W	L	1953-12-26	Bolton Wanderers	A
8	-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
9	-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
10	1	Tottenham Hotspur	24	8	2	3	26	17	3	0	8	14	24	0.976	24	D	W	W	L	L	1953-12-26	Portsmouth	A
11	-2	Preston North End	24	6	2	4	27	16	4	1	7	24	19	1.457	23	L	W	D	D	L	1953-12-26	Burnley	H
12	0	Aston Villa	23	7	1	3	26	15	3	1	8	12	25	0.95	22	W	L	L	D	W	1953-12-26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
13	4	Newcastle United	24	3	2	6	19	22	4	6	3	20	21	0.907	22	W	D	W	D	L	1953-12-26	Middlesbrough	H
14	-1	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
15	1	Sheffield United	23	6	3	4	30	23	2	2	6	11	22	0.911	21	D	W	W	D	W	1953-12-26	Manchester City	A
16	-2	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
17	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	25	8	2	2	29	17	1	1	11	14	42	0.729	21	L	L	L	W	L	1953-12-26	Manchester United	H
18	0	Portsmouth	24	5	3	3	27	21	1	4	8	21	37	0.828	19	D	L	W	W	D	1953-12-26	Tottenham Hotspur	H
19	0	Manchester City	24	4	2	5	14	19	2	4	7	17	29	0.646	18	D	L	W	L	L	1953-12-26	Sheffield United	H
20	0	Sunderland	23	6	2	3	29	22	0	3	9	15	36	0.759	17	D	D	W	L	L	1953-12-26	Huddersfield Town	A
21	0	Middlesbrough	24	4	2	6	18	22	2	2	8	16	29	0.667	16	L	L	L	W	W	1953-12-26	Newcastle United	A
22	0	Liverpool	24	5	5	2	34	22	0	0	12	11	44	0.682	15	L	L	L	W	L	1953-12-26	West Bromwich Albion	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	3	0	Notts County	St Andrew's	30,489
Rowley 2, Govan	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	2	0	Doncaster Rovers	Ewood Park	27,337
Crossan, Quigley	Lineups
Brentford	3	1	Oldham Athletic	Griffin Park	15,309
Rainford, Dudley, Bloomfield	Lineups		Lowrie
Bury	4	0	Derby County	Gigg Lane	14,033
Daniel 2, Imlach, Kelly	Lineups
Everton	4	0	Bristol Rovers	Goodison Park	27,484
Hickson 2, Eglington, Wainwright	Lineups
Fulham	3	1	Plymouth Argyle	Craven Cottage	17,294
Jezzard 3	Lineups		Dews
Leicester City	4	1	Rotherham United	Filbert Street	30,902
Rowley 3, Hines	Lineups		Guest
Nottingham Forest	5	2	Leeds United	City Ground	19,725
Ardron 3, Capel, Moore	Lineups		Nightingale, Charles
West Ham United	1	0	Luton Town	Upton Park	19,721
Dick	Lineups

				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	24	10	2	1	43	13	3	5	3	17	19	1.875	33	W	W	L	W	L	1953-12-26	Rotherham United	A
2	1	Everton	24	8	3	1	31	17	4	5	3	19	21	1.316	32	W	W	D	L	W	1953-12-28	Bristol Rovers	A
3	-1	Doncaster Rovers	24	8	1	2	19	8	6	2	5	20	18	1.5	31	L	W	W	D	L	1953-12-26	Blackburn Rovers	H
4	0	Birmingham City	24	8	4	1	36	10	4	2	5	18	21	1.742	30	W	W	L	W	W	1953-12-26	Notts County	A
5	1	Nottingham Forest	24	10	3	0	43	17	1	3	7	10	20	1.432	28	W	L	D	D	L	1953-12-26	Leeds United	A
6	-1	Luton Town	24	6	4	2	22	15	4	3	5	19	22	1.108	27	L	L	W	W	W	1953-12-26	West Ham United	H
7	1	Blackburn Rovers	23	6	4	1	25	11	4	2	6	17	23	1.235	26	W	W	W	L	L	1953-12-26	Doncaster Rovers	A
8	-1	Rotherham United	25	7	2	4	26	20	5	0	7	19	28	0.938	26	L	L	L	W	W	1953-12-26	Leicester City	H
9	3	West Ham United	24	8	1	3	30	10	2	3	7	12	26	1.167	24	W	L	W	L	L	1953-12-26	Luton Town	A
10	3	Fulham	24	6	2	4	32	22	3	4	5	20	24	1.13	24	W	W	L	W	D	1953-12-26	Plymouth Argyle	A
11	-2	Leeds United	24	6	4	1	27	14	2	4	7	24	35	1.041	24	L	W	L	D	L	1953-12-26	Nottingham Forest	H
12	-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
13	-2	Bristol Rovers	24	5	3	4	21	14	2	5	5	24	27	1.098	22	L	L	W	L	W	1953-12-28	Everton	H
14	1	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
15	-1	Derby County	23	7	2	2	25	15	1	3	8	16	34	0.837	21	L	D	W	L	W	1953-12-26	Bury	H
16	0	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	0	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	0	Plymouth Argyle	24	3	8	1	21	17	2	2	8	9	25	0.714	20	L	W	L	D	W	1953-12-26	Fulham	H
19	0	Notts County	24	3	3	5	11	16	4	3	6	15	30	0.565	20	L	D	W	W	D	1953-12-26	Birmingham City	H
20	0	Bury	24	5	4	3	28	23	0	5	7	5	23	0.717	19	W	D	W	L	W	1953-12-26	Derby County	A
21	0	Brentford	24	5	4	4	12	16	1	3	7	8	27	0.465	19	W	D	D	L	L	1953-12-26	Oldham Athletic	A
22	0	Oldham Athletic	24	4	3	4	13	13	0	2	11	11	38	0.471	13	L	L	L	D	L	1953-12-26	Brentford	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Barrow	1	0	Wrexham	Holker Street	6,548
Gordon	Lineups
Gateshead	2	2	Carlisle United	Redheugh Park	7,210
Watkin, Smith	Lineups		Kinloch, Ashman
Grimsby Town	1	0	Tranmere Rovers	Blundell Park	12,054
Bloomer	Lineups
Halifax Town	2	0	Accrington Stanley	The Shay	5,517
Moncrieff, Hampson	Lineups
Mansfield Town	6	0	Crewe Alexandra	Field Mill	6,092
Reeve 2, Darwin 2, Plummer, Daley	Lineups
Port Vale	1	0	Chester	Vale Park	15,322
Hayward	Lineups
Rochdale	3	2	Bradford City	Spotland	5,693
Black 2, Anders	Lineups		Tunnicliffe, Rosenthal
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	1	1	Darlington	Old Showground	8,035
Brownsword (p)	Lineups		Robson
Southport	1	0	Bradford	Haig Avenue	5,166
Hitchen	Lineups
Stockport County	6	1	Chesterfield	Edgeley Park	8,822
Connor 2, Moran, Murray 2, Oliver	Lineups		Smith G
Workington	0	0	Hartlepools United	Borough Park	9,103
	Lineups
York City	0	2	Barnsley	Bootham Crescent	5,160
	Lineups		Chappell 2

				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	24	11	1	0	29	1	7	4	1	16	7	5.625	41	W	W	D	W	W	1953-12-26	Chester	A
2	0	Gateshead	25	9	4	0	28	10	4	4	4	16	16	1.692	34	D	W	W	W	D	1953-12-26	Carlisle United	A
3	2	Stockport County	24	9	4	0	39	11	2	3	6	14	18	1.828	29	W	D	W	W	L	1953-12-26	Chesterfield	A
4	2	Barnsley	23	8	3	1	24	12	3	4	4	9	13	1.32	29	W	L	W	W	W	1953-12-26	York City	H
5	-1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	23	8	3	1	23	12	3	4	4	18	20	1.281	29	D	W	L	W	W	1953-12-26	Darlington	A
6	-3	Bradford	23	7	3	1	33	16	3	5	4	11	14	1.467	28	L	L	D	W	W	1953-12-28	Southport	H
7	0	Wrexham	24	7	3	2	32	8	4	1	7	14	22	1.533	26	L	W	D	L	W	1953-12-26	Barrow	H
8	0	Bradford City	24	9	1	2	23	8	2	3	7	9	22	1.067	26	L	W	W	D	D	1953-12-26	Rochdale	H
9	3	Mansfield Town	24	7	5	2	34	15	2	2	6	15	25	1.225	25	W	W	W	D	L	1953-12-26	Crewe Alexandra	A
10	1	Carlisle United	23	7	2	2	32	9	2	4	6	17	25	1.441	24	D	L	W	W	W	1953-12-26	Gateshead	H
11	2	Barrow	23	7	3	2	23	10	3	1	7	13	23	1.091	24	W	D	L	W	L	1953-12-26	Wrexham	A
12	-3	Chesterfield	23	7	2	1	22	9	2	4	7	17	30	1	24	L	D	W	D	L	1953-12-26	Stockport County	H
13	1	Southport	23	7	1	3	21	15	3	3	6	11	18	0.97	24	W	L	W	W	W	1953-12-28	Bradford	A
14	-4	Crewe Alexandra	24	5	4	2	15	14	3	4	6	10	24	0.658	24	L	W	L	L	L	1953-12-26	Mansfield Town	H
15	2	Grimsby Town	24	9	1	3	19	10	0	3	8	8	27	0.73	22	W	L	L	D	L	1953-12-26	Tranmere Rovers	A
16	0	Hartlepools United	23	7	4	1	24	9	0	3	8	6	21	1	21	D	W	L	D	W	1953-12-26	Workington	H
17	-2	Accrington Stanley	23	7	3	1	26	14	1	2	9	15	28	0.976	21	L	D	W	L	W	1953-12-26	Halifax Town	H
18	0	Tranmere Rovers	23	5	2	3	21	15	3	1	9	9	23	0.789	19	L	L	L	L	D	1953-12-26	Grimsby Town	H
19	1	Rochdale	24	6	2	4	15	9	1	2	9	8	37	0.5	18	W	W	L	W	L	1953-12-26	Bradford City	A
20	-1	Chester	24	5	4	3	21	13	1	1	10	4	27	0.625	17	L	L	W	L	D	1953-12-26	Port Vale	H
21	1	Halifax Town	25	5	3	4	14	9	1	1	11	9	31	0.575	16	W	L	L	W	L	1953-12-26	Accrington Stanley	A
22	-1	York City	23	4	5	3	20	16	0	2	9	9	34	0.58	15	L	L	L	L	D	1953-12-26	Barnsley	A
23	0	Workington	23	4	4	4	18	15	1	1	9	7	34	0.51	15	D	W	L	W	D	1953-12-26	Hartlepools United	A
24	0	Darlington	24	4	1	6	10	15	0	6	7	10	27	0.476	15	D	L	L	L	L	1953-12-26	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	1	2	Exeter City	Recreation Ground	4,825
Menzies	Lineups		Mitchell, McClelland
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3	1	Southampton	Dean Court	11,900
Drummond, Fidler, Gaynor	Lineups		Williams
Colchester United	5	0	Queens Park Rangers	Layer Road	6,155
Barlow 2, McKim 2, Scott	Lineups
Coventry City	1	3	Ipswich Town	Highfield Road	16,820
Waldock	Lineups		Brown, Reed, Parker
Crystal Palace	1	0	Norwich City	Selhurst Park	11,742
Thomas (p)	Lineups
Gillingham	2	0	Millwall	Priestfield Stadium	10,058
Morgan, Scarth	Lineups
Newport County	3	2	Bristol City	Somerton Park	14,800	Largest home gate 1953-54
Birch, Graham, Wharton	Lineups		Micklewright, Rogers
Northampton Town	2	2	Leyton Orient	County Ground	13,809
English, Hughes	Lineups		Rees 2
Reading	2	4	Torquay United	Elm Park	8,802
Blackman, Uphill	Lineups		Collins, Norman, Bond, Shaw
Swindon Town	2	1	Shrewsbury Town	County Ground	6,611
Bull, Lunn	Lineups		Hudson
Walsall	3	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Fellows Park	9,404
Holding 3	Lineups		Mundy
Watford	2	2	Southend United	Vicarage Road	12,002
Brown R 2	Lineups		Lockhart, Dicker

				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	24	8	3	0	27	7	8	3	2	24	18	2.04	38	W	W	L	D	D	1953-12-26	Coventry City	H
2	0	Southampton	24	11	1	0	33	12	4	1	7	16	21	1.485	32	L	W	W	W	L	1953-12-26	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	23	7	1	2	23	16	6	3	4	16	14	1.3	30	L	L	W	W	W	1953-12-26	Walsall	H
4	1	Northampton Town	24	9	3	0	40	11	1	5	6	13	19	1.767	28	D	W	W	W	W	1953-12-26	Leyton Orient	A
5	-1	Reading	24	9	2	2	34	15	3	2	6	11	21	1.25	28	L	L	L	W	W	1953-12-26	Torquay United	A
6	1	Torquay United	25	5	5	2	24	16	6	1	6	24	23	1.231	28	W	W	W	W	W	1953-12-26	Reading	H
7	3	Gillingham	25	7	3	3	19	11	4	3	5	14	24	0.943	28	W	W	L	W	W	1953-12-26	Millwall	A
8	-2	Watford	24	8	2	2	35	15	3	3	6	19	25	1.35	27	D	W	D	W	W	1953-12-26	Southend United	A
9	3	Crystal Palace	24	8	1	3	26	18	3	4	5	14	25	0.93	27	W	L	W	W	L	1953-12-26	Norwich City	A
10	1	Leyton Orient	24	8	2	2	28	16	2	4	6	16	24	1.1	26	D	W	L	L	W	1953-12-26	Northampton Town	H
11	-3	Bristol City	24	8	1	2	30	11	3	3	7	15	31	1.071	26	L	W	W	L	L	1953-12-26	Newport County	H
12	-3	Norwich City	24	5	4	3	18	16	5	2	5	18	18	1.059	26	L	D	L	D	L	1953-12-26	Crystal Palace	H
13	2	Exeter City	24	6	0	6	19	13	5	3	4	17	18	1.161	25	W	W	L	L	D	1953-12-26	Aldershot	H
14	-1	Millwall	23	8	1	3	26	12	2	3	6	14	24	1.111	24	L	W	L	W	W	1953-12-26	Gillingham	H
15	-1	Coventry City	24	7	3	2	16	6	2	2	8	14	21	1.111	23	L	L	L	W	W	1953-12-26	Ipswich Town	A
16	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	24	7	3	2	27	14	3	0	9	14	25	1.051	23	W	L	W	D	W	1953-12-26	Southampton	A
17	0	Swindon Town	24	8	2	3	33	15	1	1	9	9	27	1	21	W	L	D	L	L	1953-12-26	Shrewsbury Town	A
18	3	Newport County	25	7	2	4	24	23	1	1	10	8	33	0.571	19	W	W	W	W	D	1953-12-26	Bristol City	A
19	-1	Shrewsbury Town	24	5	4	2	25	20	1	2	10	10	24	0.795	18	L	L	L	L	L	1953-12-26	Swindon Town	H
20	-1	Queens Park Rangers	23	3	3	6	9	15	3	3	5	14	23	0.605	18	L	L	W	L	L	1953-12-26	Colchester United	H
21	1	Southend United	24	6	1	4	18	12	0	4	9	11	27	0.744	17	D	L	L	L	W	1953-12-26	Watford	H
22	-2	Aldershot	24	4	3	5	16	15	2	2	8	15	39	0.574	17	L	D	L	L	L	1953-12-26	Exeter City	A
23	0	Colchester United	24	5	3	5	21	14	1	0	10	6	25	0.692	15	W	L	W	L	L	1953-12-26	Queens Park Rangers	A
24	0	Walsall	24	4	3	6	10	17	0	1	10	8	32	0.367	12	W	L	L	L	L	1953-12-26	Brighton & Hove Albion	A