1954-01-02

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	2	2	Sheffield United	Bloomfield Road	20,470
Taylor 2	Lineups		Ringstead, Hawksworth
Cardiff City	1	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Ninian Park	42,521
Nugent	Lineups		Hancocks, Swinbourne, Wilshaw
Charlton Athletic	1	1	Chelsea	The Valley	29,017
Hewie	Lineups		McNichol
Liverpool	1	2	Bolton Wanderers	Anfield Road	44,383
Evans	Lineups		Moir, Stevens
Manchester City	2	1	Sunderland	Maine Road	23,742
McAdams, Revie	Lineups		Wright T
Middlesbrough	3	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Ayresome Park	35,141
Spuhler, Lawrie, O'Connell	Lineups
Newcastle United	1	2	Manchester United	St James' Park	56,034
Broadis	Lineups		Blanchflower, Foulkes
Portsmouth	5	2	Huddersfield Town	Fratton Park	27,215
Harris, Vaughan 3, Henderson	Lineups		Mansell OG, Quested
Sheffield Wednesday	2	0	Burnley	Hillsborough	33,061
Woodhead, Quixall	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	3	2	Preston North End	The Hawthorns	20,306
Allen 2, Nicholls	Lineups		Wayman, Morrison

				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	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	10	0	2	34	14	7	5	2	30	22	1.778	39	W	W	L	W	L	1954-01-16	Arsenal	H
2	0	West Bromwich Albion	26	10	2	2	41	17	7	2	3	28	19	1.917	38	W	D	W	L	D	1954-01-16	Tottenham Hotspur	A
3	0	Huddersfield Town	26	9	4	0	30	10	4	3	6	17	22	1.469	33	L	W	D	D	D	1954-01-16	Blackpool	H
4	1	Bolton Wanderers	26	9	4	0	28	12	3	4	6	18	24	1.278	32	W	W	W	L	W	1954-01-16	Newcastle United	H
5	-1	Burnley	26	11	0	2	34	16	5	0	8	21	28	1.25	32	L	L	W	W	W	1954-01-16	Middlesbrough	H
6	0	Manchester United	26	6	5	2	27	17	4	5	4	21	19	1.333	30	W	W	W	W	L	1954-01-16	Manchester City	H
7	0	Arsenal	25	4	5	3	24	23	5	3	5	24	23	1.043	26	D	D	D	D	L	1954-01-16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
8	2	Charlton Athletic	26	9	1	3	35	19	3	1	9	14	29	1.021	26	D	L	W	L	L	1954-01-16	Sheffield Wednesday	H
9	-1	Cardiff City	26	7	3	3	20	17	3	3	7	10	26	0.698	26	L	D	L	W	W	1954-01-16	Sunderland	A
10	-1	Preston North End	26	7	2	4	29	17	4	1	8	26	22	1.41	25	L	W	L	W	D	1954-01-16	Liverpool	H
11	1	Chelsea	26	8	2	3	30	18	1	5	7	15	31	0.918	25	D	D	W	W	W	1954-01-16	Sheffield United	A
12	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	26	8	2	3	26	17	3	1	9	15	28	0.911	25	L	D	D	W	W	1954-01-16	West Bromwich Albion	H
13	1	Blackpool	26	6	5	2	21	13	3	2	8	24	37	0.9	25	D	L	D	D	L	1954-01-16	Huddersfield Town	A
14	-1	Newcastle United	27	4	2	8	24	28	4	6	3	20	21	0.898	24	L	W	L	W	D	1954-01-16	Bolton Wanderers	A
15	2	Sheffield Wednesday	27	9	2	3	31	18	1	1	11	14	42	0.75	23	W	L	L	L	L	1954-01-16	Charlton Athletic	A
16	-1	Aston Villa	25	7	1	4	27	17	3	1	9	12	27	0.886	22	L	L	W	L	L	1954-01-16	Portsmouth	H
17	1	Portsmouth	26	6	4	3	33	24	1	4	8	21	37	0.885	22	W	D	D	L	W	1954-01-16	Aston Villa	A
18	-2	Sheffield United	26	6	3	4	30	23	2	3	8	15	28	0.882	22	D	L	L	D	W	1954-01-16	Chelsea	H
19	0	Manchester City	26	6	2	5	18	21	2	4	7	17	29	0.7	22	W	W	D	L	W	1954-01-16	Manchester United	A
20	1	Middlesbrough	26	5	2	6	21	22	3	2	8	19	31	0.755	20	W	W	L	L	L	1954-01-16	Burnley	A
21	-1	Sunderland	26	7	2	3	31	22	0	3	11	17	40	0.774	19	L	W	L	D	D	1954-01-16	Cardiff City	H
22	0	Liverpool	26	5	6	3	35	24	0	0	12	11	44	0.676	16	L	D	L	L	L	1954-01-16	Preston North End	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	2	3	Rotherham United	St Andrew's	16,768
Purdon 2	Lineups		Burke, Grainger, Wilson I
Blackburn Rovers	6	0	Lincoln City	Ewood Park	16,276
Briggs 4, Quigley, Smith	Lineups
Derby County	0	1	Bristol Rovers	Baseball Ground	16,586
	Lineups		Hale
Doncaster Rovers	4	2	Notts County	Belle Vue	14,233
Harrison 2, McMorran, Herbert	Lineups		Johnston, McCormack
Fulham	4	1	Brentford	Craven Cottage	24,372
Robson, Hill, Stevens, Jezzard	Lineups		Dudley
Leeds United	7	1	Leicester City	Elland Road	21,532
Iggleden 3, Williams, Charles, Nightingale, Tyrer	Lineups		Griffiths
Luton Town	2	1	Plymouth Argyle	Kenilworth Road	9,694
Moore, Turner	Lineups		Thomas
Nottingham Forest	2	1	Swansea Town	City Ground	18,645
Ardron 2	Lineups		Allchurch I

				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	26	10	2	1	43	13	3	6	4	19	27	1.55	34	L	D	W	W	L	1954-01-16	Birmingham City	H
2	1	Doncaster Rovers	26	9	1	3	23	12	6	2	5	20	18	1.433	33	W	L	L	W	W	1954-01-16	Hull City	A
3	-1	Everton	25	8	3	1	31	17	4	6	3	19	21	1.316	33	D	W	W	D	L	1954-01-16	Bury	H
4	1	Nottingham Forest	26	11	3	0	45	18	2	3	7	12	20	1.5	32	W	W	W	L	D	1954-01-16	Rotherham United	A
5	1	Luton Town	26	8	4	2	27	17	4	3	5	19	22	1.179	31	W	W	L	L	W	1954-01-16	Swansea Town	A
6	-2	Birmingham City	26	8	4	2	38	13	4	2	6	19	23	1.583	30	L	L	W	W	L	1954-01-16	Leicester City	A
7	0	Blackburn Rovers	26	7	4	2	31	14	5	2	6	19	23	1.351	30	W	L	W	W	W	1954-01-16	Notts County	A
8	0	Rotherham United	27	7	3	4	27	21	6	0	7	22	30	0.961	29	W	D	L	L	L	1954-01-16	Nottingham Forest	H
9	1	Fulham	26	7	2	4	36	23	3	5	5	22	26	1.184	27	W	D	W	W	L	1954-01-16	West Ham United	H
10	3	Leeds United	26	7	4	2	34	17	2	4	7	24	35	1.115	26	W	L	L	W	L	1954-01-16	Stoke City	A
11	-2	Stoke City	26	5	5	3	28	19	2	7	4	15	20	1.103	26	W	D	L	D	W	1954-01-16	Leeds United	H
12	2	Bristol Rovers	26	5	4	4	21	14	3	5	5	25	27	1.122	25	W	D	L	L	W	1954-01-16	Brentford	H
13	-2	Derby County	26	8	2	3	28	17	2	3	8	19	34	0.922	25	L	W	W	L	D	1954-01-16	Lincoln City	A
14	-2	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
15	0	Lincoln City	26	8	3	2	31	12	1	2	10	8	38	0.78	23	L	W	L	L	L	1954-01-16	Derby County	H
16	0	Hull City	25	9	0	3	29	8	1	2	10	8	29	1	22	L	W	W	W	D	1954-01-16	Doncaster Rovers	H
17	0	Swansea Town	26	7	3	3	22	15	2	1	10	12	35	0.68	22	L	L	D	L	L	1954-01-16	Luton Town	H
18	0	Notts County	26	4	3	5	13	17	4	3	7	17	34	0.588	22	L	W	L	D	W	1954-01-16	Blackburn Rovers	H
19	0	Plymouth Argyle	26	3	9	1	23	19	2	2	9	10	27	0.717	21	L	D	L	W	L	1954-01-16	Oldham Athletic	H
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	26	5	4	4	12	16	1	3	9	9	33	0.429	19	L	L	W	D	D	1954-01-16	Bristol Rovers	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
Bradford	0	2	Barnsley	Park Avenue	11,141
	Lineups		Brown 2
Carlisle United	0	0	Wrexham	Brunton Park	7,014
	Lineups
Chester	5	0	Gateshead	Sealand Road	4,197
Travis 3, Rolfe, Morrey	Lineups
Chesterfield	2	3	Bradford City	Saltergate Recreation Ground	9,141
Marsden 2	Lineups		Ward, Williamson, Holmes
Crewe Alexandra	3	0	Hartlepools United	Gresty Road	2,938
Chapman, Bettany, Briggs	Lineups
Grimsby Town	1	0	Stockport County	Blundell Park	8,683
Wright	Lineups
Halifax Town	2	0	Mansfield Town	The Shay	4,965
Moncrieff, Geddes	Lineups
Southport	1	1	Workington	Haig Avenue	4,182
Billingham	Lineups		Johnson
Tranmere Rovers	1	0	Barrow	Prenton Park	5,917
Williams R	Lineups
York City	2	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Bootham Crescent	5,355
Storey, Burgess	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	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	27	9	4	0	28	10	4	4	6	16	22	1.375	34	L	L	D	W	W	1954-01-09	Accrington Stanley	H
3	1	Barnsley	26	9	3	1	26	13	4	4	5	13	18	1.258	33	W	L	W	W	L	1954-01-09	Bradford City	H
4	-1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	26	8	3	1	23	12	4	4	6	19	25	1.135	31	L	W	L	D	W	1954-01-16	Southport	H
5	3	Bradford City	26	10	1	2	27	8	3	3	7	12	24	1.219	30	W	W	L	W	W	1954-01-09	Barnsley	A
6	-1	Barrow	27	9	3	2	30	12	4	1	8	15	25	1.216	30	L	W	W	W	W	1954-01-16	Halifax Town	H
7	-1	Stockport County	26	9	4	0	39	11	2	3	8	14	23	1.559	29	L	L	W	D	W	1954-01-16	York City	H
8	-1	Bradford	26	7	4	2	34	19	3	5	5	12	18	1.243	29	L	L	D	L	L	1954-01-16	Darlington	A
9	0	Carlisle United	26	8	4	2	35	11	2	4	6	17	25	1.444	28	D	D	W	D	L	1954-01-09	Workington	A
10	2	Southport	26	8	2	3	27	18	3	4	6	12	19	1.054	28	D	W	D	W	L	1954-01-16	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
11	2	Wrexham	26	7	3	3	33	10	4	2	7	14	22	1.469	27	D	L	L	W	D	1954-01-16	Accrington Stanley	H
12	-2	Mansfield Town	27	7	5	2	34	15	2	4	7	15	27	1.167	27	L	D	D	W	W	1954-01-09	Chester	H
13	-2	Chesterfield	26	8	3	2	28	12	2	4	7	17	30	1.071	27	L	D	W	L	D	1954-01-16	Barnsley	H
14	0	Crewe Alexandra	27	6	5	2	18	14	3	4	7	11	27	0.707	27	W	L	D	L	W	1954-01-16	Gateshead	A
15	0	Grimsby Town	26	10	1	3	20	10	1	3	8	12	29	0.821	26	W	W	W	L	L	1954-01-16	Rochdale	A
16	0	Accrington Stanley	25	8	3	2	29	15	1	2	9	15	28	1.023	23	L	W	L	D	W	1954-01-09	Gateshead	A
17	1	Tranmere Rovers	26	7	2	4	27	21	3	1	9	9	23	0.818	23	W	W	L	L	L	1954-01-16	Bradford City	A
18	-1	Hartlepools United	26	7	5	1	26	11	0	3	10	8	27	0.895	22	L	L	D	D	W	1954-01-16	Port Vale	H
19	0	Rochdale	26	7	2	4	19	9	1	2	10	8	41	0.54	20	W	L	W	W	L	1954-01-09	York City	H
20	1	Chester	27	6	4	4	26	14	1	1	11	4	31	0.667	19	W	L	L	L	L	1954-01-09	Mansfield Town	A
21	-1	York City	26	5	5	3	22	16	1	2	10	13	37	0.66	19	W	W	L	L	L	1954-01-09	Rochdale	A
22	2	Halifax Town	27	6	3	4	16	9	1	1	12	9	34	0.581	18	W	L	W	L	L	1954-01-09	Darlington	H
23	-1	Workington	26	4	4	4	18	15	1	4	9	12	39	0.556	18	D	D	D	D	W	1954-01-09	Carlisle United	H
24	-1	Darlington	26	5	1	7	14	18	0	6	7	10	27	0.533	17	L	W	D	L	L	1954-01-09	Halifax Town	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	4	Queens Park Rangers	Recreation Ground	5,497
Billington	Lineups		Petchey 3, Cameron
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	2	Leyton Orient	Dean Court	9,014
Gaynor	Lineups		Facey 2 (1p)
Bristol City	1	0	Southampton	Ashton Gate	21,456
Atyeo	Lineups
Coventry City	1	1	Reading	Highfield Road	8,116
Johnson	Lineups		Blackman
Crystal Palace	0	1	Colchester United	Selhurst Park	7,154
	Lineups		McCurley
Gillingham	3	1	Southend United	Priestfield Stadium	7,557
Morgan 2, Scarth	Lineups		Dicker
Ipswich Town	1	1	Millwall	Portman Road	15,178
MacLuckie	Lineups		Thrippleton
Northampton Town	4	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	County Ground	10,989
Langley OG, Cross, Wilson OG, Staroscik	Lineups		Addinall 2
Shrewsbury Town	1	1	Exeter City	Gay Meadow	7,676
McCue	Lineups		Mackay
Swindon Town	0	0	Norwich City	County Ground	7,990
	Lineups
Torquay United	2	2	Watford	Plainmoor	7,688
Mills, Norman	Lineups		Smith, Bowie
Walsall	0	1	Newport County	Fellows Park	6,187
	Lineups		Graham

				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	26	9	4	0	32	9	8	3	2	24	18	2.074	41	D	W	W	W	L	1954-01-16	Leyton Orient	A
2	0	Southampton	26	12	1	0	35	13	4	1	8	16	22	1.457	34	L	W	L	W	W	1954-01-16	Aldershot	H
3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	25	8	1	2	28	19	6	3	5	18	18	1.243	32	L	W	L	L	W	1954-01-09	Reading	H
4	2	Northampton Town	26	10	3	0	44	13	1	5	7	13	21	1.676	30	W	L	D	W	W	1954-01-16	Watford	A
5	-1	Reading	26	9	2	2	34	15	3	4	6	14	24	1.231	30	D	D	L	L	L	1954-01-09	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
6	-1	Torquay United	27	5	7	2	28	20	6	1	6	24	23	1.209	30	D	D	W	W	W	1954-01-09	Millwall	A
7	0	Leyton Orient	26	9	2	2	30	16	3	4	6	18	25	1.171	30	W	W	D	W	L	1954-01-16	Ipswich Town	H
8	0	Bristol City	26	10	1	2	34	11	3	3	7	15	31	1.167	30	W	W	L	W	W	1954-01-16	Colchester United	A
9	1	Gillingham	27	8	3	3	22	12	4	3	6	15	27	0.949	30	W	L	W	W	L	1954-01-09	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
10	-1	Norwich City	26	6	4	3	20	17	5	3	5	18	18	1.086	29	D	W	L	D	L	1954-01-16	Walsall	H
11	0	Watford	26	8	2	2	35	15	3	4	7	21	30	1.244	28	D	L	D	W	D	1954-01-16	Northampton Town	H
12	1	Millwall	25	9	1	3	29	13	2	4	6	15	25	1.158	27	D	W	L	W	L	1954-01-09	Torquay United	H
13	-1	Crystal Palace	26	8	1	4	26	19	3	4	6	15	27	0.891	27	L	L	W	L	W	1954-01-09	Exeter City	A
14	0	Exeter City	26	6	0	7	20	16	5	4	4	18	19	1.086	26	D	L	W	W	L	1954-01-09	Crystal Palace	H
15	1	Coventry City	26	7	4	2	17	7	2	2	9	15	25	1	24	D	L	L	L	L	1954-01-09	Shrewsbury Town	A
16	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	26	7	3	3	28	16	3	0	10	15	27	1	23	L	L	W	L	W	1954-01-09	Gillingham	H
17	0	Swindon Town	26	8	3	3	33	15	1	1	10	9	28	0.977	22	D	L	W	L	D	1954-01-09	Southend United	H
18	0	Shrewsbury Town	26	6	5	2	27	21	1	2	10	10	24	0.822	21	D	W	L	L	L	1954-01-09	Coventry City	H
19	2	Queens Park Rangers	25	3	4	6	9	15	4	3	5	18	24	0.692	21	W	D	L	L	W	1954-01-16	Swindon Town	H
20	2	Newport County	27	7	2	4	24	23	2	1	11	9	36	0.559	21	W	L	W	W	W	1954-01-09	Colchester United	A
21	-2	Southend United	26	7	1	4	21	12	0	4	10	12	30	0.786	19	L	W	D	L	L	1954-01-09	Swindon Town	A
22	-2	Aldershot	26	4	3	6	17	19	3	2	8	18	40	0.593	19	L	W	L	D	L	1954-01-16	Southampton	A
23	0	Colchester United	26	5	3	5	21	14	2	1	10	7	25	0.718	18	W	D	W	L	W	1954-01-09	Newport County	H
24	0	Walsall	26	4	3	7	10	18	0	1	11	11	37	0.382	12	L	L	W	L	L	1954-01-16	Norwich City	A