1953-12-26

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	1	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Villa Park	49,123
Thompson	Lineups		Hancocks, Wilshaw
Blackpool	2	2	Arsenal	Bloomfield Road	29,347
Brown 2	Lineups		Lishman, Roper
Bolton Wanderers	3	1	Charlton Athletic	Burnden Park	36,065
Wheeler, Moir, Lofthouse	Lineups		Hewie
Chelsea	2	0	Cardiff City	Stamford Bridge	61,336	Largest home gate 1953-54
Blunstone, Stubbs	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	2	1	Sunderland	Leeds Road	40,898
Cavanagh, Metcalfe	Lineups		Shackleton
Liverpool	0	0	West Bromwich Albion	Anfield Road	51,167	Largest home gate 1953-54
	Lineups
Manchester City	2	1	Sheffield United	Maine Road	35,786
Hart, OG	Lineups		Ringstead
Newcastle United	2	3	Middlesbrough	St James' Park	43,750
Broadis, Mitchell	Lineups		Delapenha, Lawrie, O'Connell
Portsmouth	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Fratton Park	36,677
Vaughan	Lineups		Walters
Preston North End	2	1	Burnley	Deepdale	32,416
Wayman 2	Lineups		McIlroy
Sheffield Wednesday	0	1	Manchester United	Hillsborough	44,196
	Lineups		Viollet

				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	25	10	0	2	34	14	6	5	2	27	21	1.743	37	W	L	W	L	W	1954-01-02	Cardiff City	A
2	-1	West Bromwich Albion	25	9	2	2	38	15	7	2	3	28	19	1.941	36	D	W	L	D	L	1954-01-02	Preston North End	H
3	1	Huddersfield Town	25	9	4	0	30	10	4	3	5	15	17	1.667	33	W	D	D	D	D	1954-01-02	Portsmouth	A
4	-1	Burnley	25	11	0	2	34	16	5	0	7	21	26	1.31	32	L	W	W	W	W	1954-01-02	Sheffield Wednesday	A
5	0	Manchester United	25	6	5	2	27	17	3	5	4	19	18	1.314	28	W	W	W	L	D	1954-01-02	Newcastle United	A
6	0	Bolton Wanderers	24	8	4	0	26	11	2	4	6	16	23	1.235	28	W	L	W	L	D	1954-01-01	Sheffield United	H
7	4	Preston North End	25	7	2	4	29	17	4	1	7	24	19	1.472	25	W	L	W	D	D	1954-01-02	West Bromwich Albion	A
8	1	Arsenal	24	4	4	3	23	22	5	3	5	24	23	1.044	25	D	D	D	L	W	1953-12-28	Blackpool	H
9	-2	Charlton Athletic	25	9	0	3	34	18	3	1	9	14	29	1.021	25	L	W	L	L	W	1954-01-02	Chelsea	H
10	0	Tottenham Hotspur	25	8	2	3	26	17	3	1	8	15	25	0.976	25	D	D	W	W	L	1954-01-02	Middlesbrough	A
11	-3	Cardiff City	24	7	2	2	19	14	3	3	7	10	26	0.725	25	L	W	W	L	W	1953-12-28	Chelsea	H
12	4	Chelsea	24	8	2	3	30	18	1	3	7	14	30	0.917	23	W	W	W	D	W	1953-12-28	Cardiff City	A
13	1	Blackpool	23	6	4	2	19	11	3	1	7	22	34	0.911	23	D	L	L	L	D	1953-12-28	Arsenal	A
14	-2	Aston Villa	24	7	1	4	27	17	3	1	8	12	25	0.929	22	L	W	L	L	D	1954-01-01	Sunderland	A
15	-2	Newcastle United	25	3	2	7	21	25	4	6	3	20	21	0.891	22	L	W	D	W	D	1954-01-01	Blackpool	H
16	-1	Sheffield United	24	6	3	4	30	23	2	2	7	12	24	0.894	21	L	D	W	W	D	1954-01-01	Bolton Wanderers	A
17	0	Sheffield Wednesday	26	8	2	3	29	18	1	1	11	14	42	0.717	21	L	L	L	L	W	1954-01-02	Burnley	H
18	0	Portsmouth	25	5	4	3	28	22	1	4	8	21	37	0.831	20	D	D	L	W	W	1954-01-02	Huddersfield Town	H
19	0	Manchester City	25	5	2	5	16	20	2	4	7	17	29	0.673	20	W	D	L	W	L	1954-01-02	Sunderland	H
20	1	Middlesbrough	25	4	2	6	18	22	3	2	8	19	31	0.698	18	W	L	L	L	W	1954-01-02	Tottenham Hotspur	H
21	-1	Sunderland	24	6	2	3	29	22	0	3	10	16	38	0.75	17	L	D	D	W	L	1954-01-01	Aston Villa	H
22	0	Liverpool	25	5	6	2	34	22	0	0	12	11	44	0.682	16	D	L	L	L	W	1954-01-02	Bolton Wanderers	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Derby County	3	1	Bury	Baseball Ground	17,725
Powell, Lee, Parry	Lineups		Kelly
Doncaster Rovers	0	2	Blackburn Rovers	Belle Vue	21,481
	Lineups		Quigley 2
Hull City	3	0	Lincoln City	Boothferry Park	26,476
Ackerman 2, Cripsey	Lineups
Leeds United	0	2	Nottingham Forest	Elland Road	22,135
	Lineups		Ardron, Moore
Luton Town	3	1	West Ham United	Kenilworth Road	20,133
Turner 2, Mitchell	Lineups		Dixon
Notts County	2	1	Birmingham City	Meadow Lane	20,986
McCormack, Leverton	Lineups		Astall
Oldham Athletic	2	0	Brentford	Boundary Park	14,414
Crawford, Gemmell	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	2	2	Fulham	Home Park	15,280
Thomas, Tadman	Lineups		Jezzard, Mitten
Rotherham United	1	1	Leicester City	Millmoor	16,757
Wilson I	Lineups		Griffiths
Swansea Town	2	2	Stoke City	Vetch Field	13,117
Charles, Griffiths	Lineups		Oscroft, Finney

				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	25	10	2	1	43	13	3	6	3	18	20	1.848	34	D	W	W	L	W	1954-01-02	Leeds United	A
2	0	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	0	Doncaster Rovers	25	8	1	3	19	10	6	2	5	20	18	1.393	31	L	L	W	W	D	1954-01-02	Notts County	H
4	0	Birmingham City	25	8	4	1	36	10	4	2	6	19	23	1.667	30	L	W	W	L	W	1954-01-02	Rotherham United	H
5	0	Nottingham Forest	25	10	3	0	43	17	2	3	7	12	20	1.486	30	W	W	L	D	D	1954-01-02	Swansea Town	H
6	0	Luton Town	25	7	4	2	25	16	4	3	5	19	22	1.158	29	W	L	L	W	W	1954-01-02	Plymouth Argyle	H
7	0	Blackburn Rovers	24	6	4	1	25	11	5	2	6	19	23	1.294	28	W	W	W	W	L	1954-01-01	Derby County	H
8	0	Rotherham United	26	7	3	4	27	21	5	0	7	19	28	0.939	27	D	L	L	L	W	1954-01-02	Birmingham City	A
9	1	Fulham	25	6	2	4	32	22	3	5	5	22	26	1.125	25	D	W	W	L	W	1954-01-02	Brentford	H
10	-1	West Ham United	25	8	1	3	30	10	2	3	8	13	29	1.103	24	L	W	L	W	L	1954-01-16	Fulham	A
11	0	Leeds United	25	6	4	2	27	16	2	4	7	24	35	1	24	L	L	W	L	D	1954-01-02	Leicester City	H
12	0	Stoke City	25	4	5	3	23	19	2	7	4	15	20	0.974	24	D	L	D	W	D	1953-12-28	Swansea Town	H
13	2	Derby County	24	8	2	2	28	16	1	3	8	16	34	0.88	23	W	L	D	W	L	1954-01-01	Blackburn Rovers	A
14	-1	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
15	2	Hull City	24	9	0	3	29	8	1	2	9	8	26	1.088	22	W	W	W	D	W	1953-12-28	Lincoln City	A
16	0	Swansea Town	24	7	3	3	22	15	2	1	8	11	28	0.767	22	D	L	L	W	L	1953-12-28	Stoke City	A
17	2	Notts County	25	4	3	5	13	17	4	3	6	15	30	0.596	22	W	L	D	W	W	1954-01-02	Doncaster Rovers	A
18	-4	Lincoln City	24	7	3	2	28	12	1	2	9	8	32	0.818	21	L	L	L	L	D	1953-12-28	Hull City	H
19	-1	Plymouth Argyle	25	3	9	1	23	19	2	2	8	9	25	0.727	21	D	L	W	L	D	1954-01-02	Luton Town	A
20	0	Bury	25	5	4	3	28	23	0	5	8	6	26	0.694	19	L	W	D	W	L	1954-01-16	Everton	A
21	0	Brentford	25	5	4	4	12	16	1	3	8	8	29	0.444	19	L	W	D	D	L	1954-01-02	Fulham	A
22	0	Oldham Athletic	25	5	3	4	15	13	0	2	11	11	38	0.51	15	W	L	L	L	D	1954-01-16	Plymouth Argyle	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	3	0	Halifax Town	Peel Park	8,717
Watkinson, Currie 2	Lineups
Barnsley	2	1	York City	Oakwell	9,631
Chappell, Brown	Lineups		Dunmore (p)
Bradford City	4	0	Rochdale	Valley Parade	10,366
Tunnicliffe, Woan, Williamson, Powell (p)	Lineups
Carlisle United	1	0	Gateshead	Brunton Park	8,534
Whitehouse	Lineups
Chester	0	1	Port Vale	Sealand Road	10,979
	Lineups		Hayward
Chesterfield	4	0	Stockport County	Saltergate Recreation Ground	10,668
Hatton, Smith G, Marsden 2	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	0	0	Mansfield Town	Gresty Road	4,684
	Lineups
Darlington	3	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Feethams Ground	4,518
Robson 3	Lineups
Hartlepools United	2	2	Workington	Victoria Park	6,731
Wildon, Willetts (p)	Lineups		Simmonds, McAlone
Tranmere Rovers	2	4	Grimsby Town	Prenton Park	8,662
Jolley 2	Lineups		Wright 2, Stroud, Bloomer
Wrexham	1	2	Barrow	Racecourse Ground	12,719
Hewitt	Lineups		Gordon, Hannah

				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	25	11	1	0	29	1	8	4	1	17	7	5.75	43	W	W	W	D	W	1954-01-16	Hartlepools United	A
2	0	Gateshead	26	9	4	0	28	10	4	4	5	16	17	1.63	34	L	D	W	W	W	1954-01-02	Chester	A
3	1	Barnsley	24	9	3	1	26	13	3	4	4	9	13	1.346	31	W	W	L	W	W	1954-01-01	Southport	A
4	-1	Stockport County	25	9	4	0	39	11	2	3	7	14	22	1.606	29	L	W	D	W	W	1954-01-02	Grimsby Town	A
5	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	24	8	3	1	23	12	3	4	5	18	23	1.171	29	L	D	W	L	W	1954-01-01	Accrington Stanley	A
6	0	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	1	Bradford City	25	10	1	2	27	8	2	3	7	9	22	1.2	28	W	L	W	W	D	1954-01-02	Chesterfield	A
8	2	Carlisle United	24	8	2	2	33	9	2	4	6	17	25	1.471	26	W	D	L	W	W	1954-01-01	Workington	H
9	-2	Wrexham	25	7	3	3	33	10	4	1	7	14	22	1.469	26	L	L	W	D	L	1954-01-02	Carlisle United	A
10	-1	Mansfield Town	25	7	5	2	34	15	2	3	6	15	25	1.225	26	D	W	W	W	D	1954-01-01	Chesterfield	A
11	0	Barrow	24	7	3	2	23	10	4	1	7	15	24	1.118	26	W	W	D	L	W	1953-12-28	Crewe Alexandra	H
12	0	Chesterfield	24	8	2	1	26	9	2	4	7	17	30	1.103	26	W	L	D	W	D	1954-01-01	Mansfield Town	H
13	1	Crewe Alexandra	25	5	5	2	15	14	3	4	6	10	24	0.658	25	D	L	W	L	L	1953-12-28	Barrow	A
14	-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
15	0	Grimsby Town	25	9	1	3	19	10	1	3	8	12	29	0.795	24	W	W	L	L	D	1954-01-02	Stockport County	H
16	1	Accrington Stanley	24	8	3	1	29	14	1	2	9	15	28	1.048	23	W	L	D	W	L	1954-01-01	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
17	-1	Hartlepools United	24	7	5	1	26	11	0	3	8	6	21	1	22	D	D	W	L	D	1954-01-01	Tranmere Rovers	A
18	0	Tranmere Rovers	24	5	2	4	23	19	3	1	9	9	23	0.762	19	L	L	L	L	L	1954-01-01	Hartlepools United	H
19	0	Rochdale	25	6	2	4	15	9	1	2	10	8	41	0.46	18	L	W	W	L	W	1953-12-28	Chester	H
20	0	Chester	25	5	4	4	21	14	1	1	10	4	27	0.61	17	L	L	L	W	L	1953-12-28	Rochdale	A
21	3	Darlington	25	5	1	6	13	15	0	6	7	10	27	0.548	17	W	D	L	L	L	1954-01-01	York City	H
22	-1	Halifax Town	26	5	3	4	14	9	1	1	12	9	34	0.535	16	L	W	L	L	W	1954-01-02	Mansfield Town	H
23	0	Workington	24	4	4	4	18	15	1	2	9	9	36	0.529	16	D	D	W	L	W	1954-01-01	Carlisle United	A
24	-2	York City	24	4	5	3	20	16	0	2	10	10	36	0.577	15	L	L	L	L	L	1954-01-01	Darlington	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	5	3	Walsall	Goldstone Ground	17,592
Sirrel 2, Addinall, Gordon, South	Lineups		Morris 3
Bristol City	3	0	Newport County	Ashton Gate	24,375	Largest home gate 1953-54
Atyeo 2, Williams	Lineups
Exeter City	1	3	Aldershot	St James Park	8,802
McClelland	Lineups		Menzies, McCulloch 2
Ipswich Town	4	1	Coventry City	Portman Road	18,922
Elsworthy 3, MacLuckie	Lineups		Nutt
Leyton Orient	2	0	Northampton Town	Brisbane Road	14,568
Rees, Pacey	Lineups
Millwall	3	1	Gillingham	The Den, New Cross	13,843
Smith, Saward, Jardine (p)	Lineups		Morgan
Norwich City	2	1	Crystal Palace	Carrow Road	21,293
Summers, Johnston	Lineups		Bennett
Queens Park Rangers	0	0	Colchester United	Loftus Road	10,715
	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	1	0	Swindon Town	Gay Meadow	10,665
Candlin	Lineups
Southampton	2	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	The Dell	18,493
Walker 2	Lineups		Fidler
Southend United	3	0	Watford	Greyhound Stadium	8,202
Lowder 2, Bainbridge	Lineups
Torquay United	2	2	Reading	Plainmoor	9,654
Collins, Mills	Lineups		Uphill, Hinshelwood

				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	25	9	3	0	31	8	8	3	2	24	18	2.115	40	W	W	W	L	D	1954-01-02	Millwall	H
2	0	Southampton	25	12	1	0	35	13	4	1	7	16	21	1.5	34	W	L	W	W	W	1954-01-02	Bristol City	A
3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	24	8	1	2	28	19	6	3	4	16	14	1.333	32	W	L	L	W	W	1954-01-02	Northampton Town	A
4	1	Reading	25	9	2	2	34	15	3	3	6	13	23	1.237	29	D	L	L	L	W	1954-01-02	Coventry City	A
5	1	Torquay United	26	5	6	2	26	18	6	1	6	24	23	1.22	29	D	W	W	W	W	1954-01-02	Watford	H
6	-2	Northampton Town	25	9	3	0	40	11	1	5	7	13	21	1.656	28	L	D	W	W	W	1954-01-02	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
7	3	Leyton Orient	25	9	2	2	30	16	2	4	6	16	24	1.15	28	W	D	W	L	L	1954-01-02	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
8	3	Bristol City	25	9	1	2	33	11	3	3	7	15	31	1.143	28	W	L	W	W	L	1954-01-02	Southampton	H
9	3	Norwich City	25	6	4	3	20	17	5	2	5	18	18	1.086	28	W	L	D	L	D	1954-01-02	Swindon Town	A
10	-3	Gillingham	26	7	3	3	19	11	4	3	6	15	27	0.895	28	L	W	W	L	W	1954-01-02	Southend United	H
11	-3	Watford	25	8	2	2	35	15	3	3	7	19	28	1.256	27	L	D	W	D	W	1954-01-02	Torquay United	A
12	-3	Crystal Palace	25	8	1	3	26	18	3	4	6	15	27	0.911	27	L	W	L	W	W	1954-01-02	Colchester United	H
13	1	Millwall	24	9	1	3	29	13	2	3	6	14	24	1.162	26	W	L	W	L	W	1954-01-02	Ipswich Town	A
14	-1	Exeter City	25	6	0	7	20	16	5	3	4	17	18	1.088	25	L	W	W	L	L	1954-01-02	Shrewsbury Town	A
15	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	25	7	3	2	27	14	3	0	10	15	27	1.024	23	L	W	L	W	D	1954-01-02	Leyton Orient	H
16	-1	Coventry City	25	7	3	2	16	6	2	2	9	15	25	1	23	L	L	L	L	W	1954-01-02	Reading	H
17	0	Swindon Town	25	8	2	3	33	15	1	1	10	9	28	0.977	21	L	W	L	D	L	1954-01-02	Norwich City	H
18	1	Shrewsbury Town	25	6	4	2	26	20	1	2	10	10	24	0.818	20	W	L	L	L	L	1954-01-02	Exeter City	H
19	2	Southend United	25	7	1	4	21	12	0	4	9	11	27	0.821	19	W	D	L	L	L	1954-01-02	Gillingham	A
20	2	Aldershot	25	4	3	5	16	15	3	2	8	18	40	0.618	19	W	L	D	L	L	1954-01-02	Queens Park Rangers	H
21	-1	Queens Park Rangers	24	3	4	6	9	15	3	3	5	14	23	0.605	19	D	L	L	W	L	1954-01-02	Aldershot	A
22	-4	Newport County	26	7	2	4	24	23	1	1	11	8	36	0.542	19	L	W	W	W	W	1954-01-02	Walsall	A
23	0	Colchester United	25	5	3	5	21	14	1	1	10	6	25	0.692	16	D	W	L	W	L	1954-01-02	Crystal Palace	A
24	0	Walsall	25	4	3	6	10	17	0	1	11	11	37	0.389	12	L	W	L	L	L	1954-01-02	Newport County	H