1954-01-16

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	1	1	Portsmouth	Villa Park	24,802
Thompson	Lineups		Harris
Bolton Wanderers	2	2	Newcastle United	Burnden Park	29,476
Moir, Lofthouse	Lineups		Keeble, Broadis
Burnley	5	0	Middlesbrough	Turf Moor	23,481
Gray 3, McIlroy, Holden	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	4	2	Sheffield Wednesday	The Valley	19,655
Leary 2, Ayre, Kiernan	Lineups		Sewell, Shaw
Huddersfield Town	0	0	Blackpool	Leeds Road	25,733
	Lineups
Manchester United	1	1	Manchester City	Old Trafford	46,379
Berry	Lineups		McAdams
Preston North End	2	1	Liverpool	Deepdale	26,128
Foster, Wayman	Lineups		Baron
Sheffield United	1	3	Chelsea	Bramall Lane	22,569
Wragg	Lineups		Blunstone, Stubbs, Parsons
Sunderland	5	0	Cardiff City	Roker Park	40,629
Wright T 2, Shackleton, Purdon 2	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	0	1	West Bromwich Albion	White Hart Lane	48,812
	Lineups		Allen
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	2	Arsenal	Molineux	45,974
	Lineups		Logie, Lishman

				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	27	10	2	2	41	17	8	2	3	29	19	1.944	40	W	W	D	W	L	1954-01-23	Burnley	H
2	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	10	0	3	34	16	7	5	2	30	22	1.684	39	L	W	W	L	W	1954-01-23	Portsmouth	A
3	0	Huddersfield Town	27	9	5	0	30	10	4	3	6	17	22	1.469	34	D	L	W	D	D	1954-01-23	Chelsea	A
4	1	Burnley	27	12	0	2	39	16	5	0	8	21	28	1.364	34	W	L	L	W	W	1954-01-23	West Bromwich Albion	A
5	-1	Bolton Wanderers	27	9	5	0	30	14	3	4	6	18	24	1.263	33	D	W	W	W	L	1954-01-23	Manchester United	A
6	0	Manchester United	27	6	6	2	28	18	4	5	4	21	19	1.324	31	D	W	W	W	W	1954-01-23	Bolton Wanderers	H
7	0	Arsenal	26	4	5	3	24	23	6	3	5	26	23	1.087	28	W	D	D	D	D	1954-01-23	Sunderland	H
8	0	Charlton Athletic	27	10	1	3	39	21	3	1	9	14	29	1.06	28	W	D	L	W	L	1954-01-23	Middlesbrough	A
9	1	Preston North End	27	8	2	4	31	18	4	1	8	26	22	1.425	27	W	L	W	L	W	1954-01-23	Newcastle United	A
10	1	Chelsea	27	8	2	3	30	18	2	5	7	18	32	0.96	27	W	D	D	W	W	1954-01-23	Huddersfield Town	H
11	2	Blackpool	27	6	5	2	21	13	3	3	8	24	37	0.9	26	D	D	L	D	D	1954-01-23	Aston Villa	H
12	-3	Cardiff City	27	7	3	3	20	17	3	3	8	10	31	0.625	26	L	L	D	L	W	1954-01-23	Manchester City	H
13	1	Newcastle United	28	4	2	8	24	28	4	7	3	22	23	0.902	25	D	L	W	L	W	1954-01-23	Preston North End	H
14	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	27	8	2	4	26	18	3	1	9	15	28	0.891	25	L	L	D	D	W	1954-01-23	Liverpool	A
15	1	Aston Villa	26	7	2	4	28	18	3	1	9	12	27	0.889	23	D	L	L	W	L	1954-01-23	Blackpool	A
16	1	Portsmouth	27	6	4	3	33	24	1	5	8	22	38	0.887	23	D	W	D	D	L	1954-01-23	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
17	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	28	9	2	3	31	18	1	1	12	16	46	0.734	23	L	W	L	L	L	1954-01-23	Sheffield United	H
18	1	Manchester City	27	6	2	5	18	21	2	5	7	18	30	0.706	23	D	W	W	D	L	1954-01-23	Cardiff City	A
19	-1	Sheffield United	27	6	3	5	31	26	2	3	8	15	28	0.852	22	L	D	L	L	D	1954-01-23	Sheffield Wednesday	A
20	1	Sunderland	27	8	2	3	36	22	0	3	11	17	40	0.855	21	W	L	W	L	D	1954-01-23	Arsenal	A
21	-1	Middlesbrough	27	5	2	6	21	22	3	2	9	19	36	0.69	20	L	W	W	L	L	1954-01-23	Charlton Athletic	H
22	0	Liverpool	27	5	6	3	35	24	0	0	13	12	46	0.671	16	L	L	D	L	L	1954-01-23	Tottenham Hotspur	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bristol Rovers	0	0	Brentford	Eastville	20,500
	Lineups
Everton	0	0	Bury	Goodison Park	33,705
	Lineups
Fulham	3	4	West Ham United	Craven Cottage	30,458
Stevens, Jezzard, Haynes	Lineups		Dick 2, Dixon, Sexton
Hull City	3	1	Doncaster Rovers	Boothferry Park	23,828
Horton 2, Ackerman	Lineups		Lawlor
Leicester City	3	4	Birmingham City	Filbert Street	34,604
Hines 2, Rowley	Lineups		Murphy, Rowley, Govan 2
Lincoln City	2	2	Derby County	Sincil Bank	13,116
Graver, Birch	Lineups		Powell, Law
Notts County	0	5	Blackburn Rovers	Meadow Lane	15,044
	Lineups		Crossan 2, Briggs 3
Plymouth Argyle	5	0	Oldham Athletic	Home Park	16,352
Edds, McJarrow, Dews 2, Brierley OG	Lineups
Rotherham United	3	0	Nottingham Forest	Millmoor	14,325
Thomas OG, Burke, Grainger	Lineups
Stoke City	4	0	Leeds United	Victoria Ground	26,794	Largest home gate 1953-54
Malkin, Oscroft 2, Hutton	Lineups
Swansea Town	1	1	Luton Town	Vetch Field	16,785
Medwin	Lineups		Moore

				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	27	10	2	2	46	17	3	6	4	19	27	1.477	34	L	L	D	W	W	1954-01-23	Nottingham Forest	A
2	1	Everton	26	8	4	1	31	17	4	6	3	19	21	1.316	34	D	D	W	W	D	1954-01-23	Doncaster Rovers	A
3	-1	Doncaster Rovers	27	9	1	3	23	12	6	2	6	21	21	1.333	33	L	W	L	L	W	1954-01-23	Everton	H
4	2	Birmingham City	27	8	4	2	38	13	5	2	6	23	26	1.564	32	W	L	L	W	W	1954-01-23	Stoke City	H
5	2	Blackburn Rovers	27	7	4	2	31	14	6	2	6	24	23	1.486	32	W	W	L	W	W	1954-01-23	Hull City	H
6	-2	Nottingham Forest	27	11	3	0	45	18	2	3	8	12	23	1.39	32	L	W	W	W	L	1954-01-23	Leicester City	H
7	-2	Luton Town	27	8	4	2	27	17	4	4	5	20	23	1.175	32	D	W	W	L	L	1954-01-23	Rotherham United	H
8	0	Rotherham United	28	8	3	4	30	21	6	0	7	22	30	1.02	31	W	W	D	L	L	1954-01-23	Luton Town	A
9	2	Stoke City	27	6	5	3	32	19	2	7	4	15	20	1.205	28	W	W	D	L	D	1954-01-23	Birmingham City	A
10	-1	Fulham	27	7	2	5	39	27	3	5	5	22	26	1.151	27	L	W	D	W	W	1954-01-23	Leeds United	A
11	1	Bristol Rovers	27	5	5	4	21	14	3	5	5	25	27	1.122	26	D	W	D	L	L	1954-01-23	West Ham United	A
12	2	West Ham United	26	8	1	3	30	10	3	3	8	17	32	1.119	26	W	L	W	L	W	1954-01-23	Bristol Rovers	H
13	-3	Leeds United	27	7	4	2	34	17	2	4	8	24	39	1.036	26	L	W	L	L	W	1954-01-23	Fulham	H
14	-1	Derby County	27	8	2	3	28	17	2	4	8	21	36	0.925	26	D	L	W	W	L	1954-01-23	Notts County	H
15	1	Hull City	26	10	0	3	32	9	1	2	10	8	29	1.053	24	W	L	W	W	W	1954-01-23	Blackburn Rovers	A
16	-1	Lincoln City	27	8	4	2	33	14	1	2	10	8	38	0.788	24	D	L	W	L	L	1954-01-23	Brentford	A
17	2	Plymouth Argyle	27	4	9	1	28	19	2	2	9	10	27	0.826	23	W	L	D	L	W	1954-01-23	Swansea Town	H
18	-1	Swansea Town	27	7	4	3	23	16	2	1	10	12	35	0.686	23	D	L	L	D	L	1954-01-23	Plymouth Argyle	A
19	-1	Notts County	27	4	3	6	13	22	4	3	7	17	34	0.536	22	L	L	W	L	D	1954-01-23	Derby County	A
20	0	Bury	26	5	4	3	28	23	0	6	8	6	26	0.694	20	D	L	W	D	W	1954-01-23	Oldham Athletic	H
21	0	Brentford	27	5	4	4	12	16	1	4	9	9	33	0.429	20	D	L	L	W	D	1954-01-23	Lincoln City	H
22	0	Oldham Athletic	26	5	3	4	15	13	0	2	12	11	43	0.464	15	L	W	L	L	L	1954-01-23	Bury	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Barrow	1	1	Halifax Town	Holker Street	3,437
Keen A	Lineups		Hampson
Bradford City	1	0	Tranmere Rovers	Valley Parade	7,775
Rosenthal	Lineups
Chesterfield	1	1	Barnsley	Saltergate Recreation Ground	8,399
Brown (p)	Lineups		Walters
Darlington	2	1	Bradford	Feethams Ground	3,792
French, Nicklas	Lineups		Dunlop
Gateshead	2	0	Crewe Alexandra	Redheugh Park	4,033
Callender T, Ingham	Lineups
Hartlepools United	2	1	Port Vale	Victoria Park	8,554
McGuigan 2	Lineups		Griffiths
Mansfield Town	2	1	Carlisle United	Field Mill	6,386
Daley, Darwin	Lineups		Scott
Rochdale	4	1	Grimsby Town	Spotland	4,934
Lord 2, Haines, Lynn	Lineups		Smith F
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	1	1	Southport	Old Showground	6,870
Brownsword (p)	Lineups		Taylor R
Stockport County	0	1	York City	Edgeley Park	5,559
	Lineups		Dunmore
Workington	2	0	Chester	Borough Park	7,212
Mitchell, Simmonds	Lineups
Wrexham	4	2	Accrington Stanley	Racecourse Ground	5,374
Tilston 2, Bannan, Betts	Lineups		Cocker 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	26	11	1	0	29	1	8	4	2	18	9	4.7	43	L	W	W	W	D	1954-01-23	Gateshead	H
2	0	Gateshead	29	11	4	0	34	10	4	4	6	16	22	1.563	38	W	W	L	L	D	1954-01-23	Port Vale	A
3	0	Barnsley	28	10	3	1	30	15	4	5	5	14	19	1.294	36	D	W	W	L	W	1954-01-23	Darlington	H
4	2	Bradford City	28	11	1	2	28	8	3	3	8	14	28	1.167	32	W	L	W	W	L	1954-01-23	Halifax Town	A
5	-1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	27	8	4	1	24	13	4	4	6	19	25	1.132	32	D	L	W	L	D	1954-01-23	Chester	A
6	-1	Barrow	28	9	4	2	31	13	4	1	8	15	25	1.211	31	D	L	W	W	W	1954-01-23	Carlisle United	A
7	3	Mansfield Town	29	9	5	2	38	17	2	4	7	15	27	1.205	31	W	W	L	D	D	1954-01-23	Accrington Stanley	A
8	-1	Stockport County	27	9	4	1	39	12	2	3	8	14	23	1.514	29	L	L	L	W	D	1954-01-23	Rochdale	H
9	3	Wrexham	27	8	3	3	37	12	4	2	7	14	22	1.5	29	W	D	L	L	W	1954-01-23	Grimsby Town	A
10	-2	Carlisle United	28	8	4	2	35	11	2	5	7	20	29	1.375	29	L	D	D	D	W	1954-01-23	Barrow	H
11	-2	Bradford	27	7	4	2	34	19	3	5	6	13	20	1.205	29	L	L	L	D	L	1954-01-23	Hartlepools United	H
12	-1	Southport	27	8	2	3	27	18	3	5	6	13	20	1.053	29	D	D	W	D	W	1954-01-23	York City	H
13	0	Chesterfield	27	8	4	2	29	13	2	4	7	17	30	1.07	28	D	L	D	W	L	1954-01-23	Tranmere Rovers	A
14	0	Crewe Alexandra	28	6	5	2	18	14	3	4	8	11	29	0.674	27	L	W	L	D	L	1954-01-23	Workington	H
15	0	Grimsby Town	27	10	1	3	20	10	1	3	9	13	33	0.767	26	L	W	W	W	L	1954-01-23	Wrexham	H
16	2	Hartlepools United	27	8	5	1	28	12	0	3	10	8	27	0.923	24	W	L	L	D	D	1954-01-23	Bradford	A
17	-1	Accrington Stanley	27	8	3	2	29	15	1	2	11	17	36	0.902	23	L	L	L	W	L	1954-01-23	Mansfield Town	H
18	-1	Tranmere Rovers	27	7	2	4	27	21	3	1	10	9	24	0.8	23	L	W	W	L	L	1954-01-23	Chesterfield	H
19	0	York City	28	5	5	3	22	16	3	2	10	16	38	0.704	23	W	W	W	W	L	1954-01-23	Southport	A
20	0	Rochdale	28	8	2	5	24	12	1	2	10	8	41	0.604	22	W	L	W	L	W	1954-01-23	Stockport County	A
21	2	Workington	28	5	5	4	22	17	1	4	9	12	39	0.607	21	W	D	D	D	D	1954-01-23	Crewe Alexandra	A
22	0	Halifax Town	29	6	4	4	16	9	1	2	12	10	35	0.591	20	D	D	W	L	W	1954-01-23	Bradford City	H
23	1	Darlington	28	6	1	7	16	19	0	7	7	10	27	0.565	20	W	D	L	W	D	1954-01-23	Barnsley	A
24	-3	Chester	29	6	4	4	26	14	1	1	13	5	35	0.633	19	L	L	W	L	L	1954-01-23	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	1	Gillingham	Goldstone Ground	16,019
Addinall 2, Mundy	Lineups		Morgan
Colchester United	0	2	Bristol City	Layer Road	7,931
	Lineups		Boxley, Micklewright
Crystal Palace	2	3	Millwall	Selhurst Park	16,320
Bennett, Willard	Lineups		Thrippleton 2, Short
Exeter City	1	2	Torquay United	St James Park	15,518	Largest home gate 1953-54
Knight	Lineups		Norman, Shaw
Leyton Orient	1	2	Ipswich Town	Brisbane Road	17,306	Largest home gate 1953-54
Poulton	Lineups		Parker (p), Elsworthy
Newport County	2	1	Shrewsbury Town	Somerton Park	10,005
Birch, Graham	Lineups		Loughnane
Norwich City	3	0	Walsall	Carrow Road	14,193
Johnston, Ashman, Coxon	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	0	2	Swindon Town	Loftus Road	9,122
	Lineups		Owen, Bull
Reading	0	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Elm Park	10,205
	Lineups		Fidler
Southampton	2	0	Aldershot	The Dell	14,320
Flood 2	Lineups
Southend United	2	2	Coventry City	Greyhound Stadium	6,700
Dicker, Sibley	Lineups		Brown, Waldock
Watford	1	1	Northampton Town	Vicarage Road	13,134
Bowie (p)	Lineups		Cross

				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	27	9	4	0	32	9	9	3	2	26	19	2.071	43	W	D	W	W	W	1954-01-23	Reading	H
2	0	Southampton	27	13	1	0	37	13	4	1	8	16	22	1.514	36	W	L	W	L	W	1954-01-23	Swindon Town	A
3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	27	10	1	2	34	22	6	3	5	18	18	1.3	36	W	W	L	W	L	1954-01-23	Coventry City	A
4	0	Torquay United	29	5	7	2	28	20	7	2	6	28	26	1.217	33	W	D	D	D	W	1954-01-23	Northampton Town	A
5	3	Bristol City	27	10	1	2	34	11	4	3	7	17	31	1.214	32	W	W	W	L	W	1954-01-23	Crystal Palace	H
6	-1	Northampton Town	27	10	3	0	44	13	1	6	7	14	22	1.657	31	D	W	L	D	W	1954-01-23	Torquay United	H
7	3	Norwich City	27	7	4	3	23	17	5	3	5	18	18	1.171	31	W	D	W	L	D	1954-01-23	Shrewsbury Town	A
8	5	Millwall	27	9	2	3	31	15	3	4	6	18	27	1.167	30	W	D	D	W	L	1954-01-23	Leyton Orient	H
9	-3	Reading	28	9	2	3	34	16	3	4	7	16	27	1.163	30	L	L	D	D	L	1954-01-23	Ipswich Town	A
10	-3	Leyton Orient	27	9	2	3	31	18	3	4	6	18	25	1.14	30	L	W	W	D	W	1954-01-23	Millwall	A
11	-2	Gillingham	29	8	3	3	22	12	4	3	8	17	34	0.848	30	L	L	W	L	W	1954-01-23	Watford	H
12	0	Watford	27	8	3	2	36	16	3	4	7	21	30	1.239	29	D	D	L	D	W	1954-01-23	Gillingham	A
13	-2	Exeter City	28	7	0	8	28	18	5	4	4	18	19	1.243	28	L	W	D	L	W	1954-01-23	Newport County	H
14	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	28	8	3	3	32	17	4	0	10	16	27	1.091	27	W	W	L	L	W	1954-01-23	Southend United	H
15	-1	Crystal Palace	28	8	1	5	28	22	3	4	7	15	34	0.768	27	L	L	L	L	W	1954-01-23	Bristol City	A
16	1	Swindon Town	28	9	3	3	36	15	2	1	10	11	28	1.093	26	W	W	D	L	W	1954-01-23	Southampton	H
17	-1	Coventry City	28	7	4	2	17	7	2	4	9	18	28	1	26	D	D	D	L	L	1954-01-23	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
18	1	Newport County	29	8	2	4	26	24	2	2	11	11	38	0.597	24	W	D	W	L	W	1954-01-23	Exeter City	A
19	-1	Shrewsbury Town	28	6	6	2	28	22	1	2	11	11	26	0.813	22	L	D	D	W	L	1954-01-23	Norwich City	H
20	0	Queens Park Rangers	26	3	4	7	9	17	4	3	5	18	24	0.659	21	L	W	D	L	L	1954-01-23	Walsall	A
21	0	Southend United	28	7	2	4	23	14	0	4	11	12	33	0.745	20	D	L	L	W	D	1954-01-23	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
22	0	Colchester United	28	5	4	6	23	18	2	1	10	7	25	0.698	19	L	D	W	D	W	1954-01-23	Aldershot	A
23	0	Aldershot	27	4	3	6	17	19	3	2	9	18	42	0.574	19	L	L	W	L	D	1954-01-23	Colchester United	H
24	0	Walsall	27	4	3	7	10	18	0	1	12	11	40	0.362	12	L	L	L	W	L	1954-01-23	Queens Park Rangers	H