1954-01-23

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	1	4	Sunderland	Highbury	60,218
Holton	Lineups		Purdon 3, Wright T
Blackpool	3	2	Aston Villa	Bloomfield Road	16,629
Stephenson, Perry 2	Lineups		Thompson 2
Cardiff City	0	3	Manchester City	Ninian Park	22,516
	Lineups		Revie, Clarke, Anders
Chelsea	2	2	Huddersfield Town	Stamford Bridge	45,041
Bentley, McNichol	Lineups		Glazzard 2
Liverpool	2	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Anfield Road	43,592
Liddell, Evans	Lineups		Walters, Lock OG
Manchester United	1	5	Bolton Wanderers	Old Trafford	48,505
Taylor	Lineups		Moir, Parry 2, Lofthouse 2
Middlesbrough	0	2	Charlton Athletic	Ayresome Park	19,327
	Lineups		Leary 2
Newcastle United	0	4	Preston North End	St James' Park	40,340
	Lineups		Wayman 2, Baxter, Foster
Portsmouth	2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Fratton Park	35,312
Dickinson, Reid	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	3	2	Sheffield United	Hillsborough	42,889
Shaw 2, Sewell	Lineups		Brook 2
West Bromwich Albion	0	0	Burnley	The Hawthorns	42,650
	Lineups

				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	West Bromwich Albion	28	10	3	2	41	17	8	2	3	29	19	1.944	41	D	W	W	D	W	1954-02-06	Charlton Athletic	A
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	10	0	3	34	16	7	5	3	30	24	1.6	39	L	L	W	W	L	1954-02-06	Blackpool	H
3	0	Huddersfield Town	28	9	5	0	30	10	4	4	6	19	24	1.441	35	D	D	L	W	D	1954-02-06	Sheffield United	H
4	0	Burnley	28	12	0	2	39	16	5	1	8	21	28	1.364	35	D	W	L	L	W	1954-02-06	Liverpool	H
5	0	Bolton Wanderers	28	9	5	0	30	14	4	4	6	23	25	1.359	35	W	D	W	W	W	1954-02-06	Cardiff City	H
6	0	Manchester United	28	6	6	3	29	23	4	5	4	21	19	1.19	31	L	D	W	W	W	1954-02-06	Preston North End	A
7	1	Charlton Athletic	28	10	1	3	39	21	4	1	9	16	29	1.1	30	W	W	D	L	W	1954-02-06	West Bromwich Albion	H
8	1	Preston North End	28	8	2	4	31	18	5	1	8	30	22	1.525	29	W	W	L	W	L	1954-02-06	Manchester United	H
9	-2	Arsenal	27	4	5	4	25	27	6	3	5	26	23	1.02	28	L	W	D	D	D	1954-02-06	Manchester City	A
10	0	Chelsea	28	8	3	3	32	20	2	5	7	18	32	0.962	28	D	W	D	D	W	1954-02-06	Aston Villa	A
11	0	Blackpool	28	7	5	2	24	15	3	3	8	24	37	0.923	28	W	D	D	L	D	1954-02-06	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
12	2	Tottenham Hotspur	28	8	2	4	26	18	3	2	9	17	30	0.896	26	D	L	L	D	D	1954-02-06	Newcastle United	H
13	-1	Cardiff City	28	7	3	4	20	20	3	3	8	10	31	0.588	26	L	L	L	D	L	1954-02-06	Bolton Wanderers	A
14	2	Portsmouth	28	7	4	3	35	24	1	5	8	22	38	0.919	25	W	D	W	D	D	1954-02-06	Sunderland	A
15	-2	Newcastle United	29	4	2	9	24	32	4	7	3	22	23	0.836	25	L	D	L	W	L	1954-02-06	Tottenham Hotspur	A
16	2	Manchester City	28	6	2	5	18	21	3	5	7	21	30	0.765	25	W	D	W	W	D	1954-02-06	Arsenal	H
17	0	Sheffield Wednesday	29	10	2	3	34	20	1	1	12	16	46	0.758	25	W	L	W	L	L	1954-02-06	Middlesbrough	H
18	2	Sunderland	28	8	2	3	36	22	1	3	11	21	41	0.905	23	W	W	L	W	L	1954-02-06	Portsmouth	H
19	-4	Aston Villa	27	7	2	4	28	18	3	1	10	14	30	0.875	23	L	D	L	L	W	1954-02-06	Chelsea	H
20	-1	Sheffield United	28	6	3	5	31	26	2	3	9	17	31	0.842	22	L	L	D	L	L	1954-02-06	Huddersfield Town	A
21	0	Middlesbrough	28	5	2	7	21	24	3	2	9	19	36	0.667	20	L	L	W	W	L	1954-02-06	Sheffield Wednesday	A
22	0	Liverpool	28	5	7	3	37	26	0	0	13	12	46	0.681	17	D	L	L	D	L	1954-02-06	Burnley	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	1	0	Stoke City	St Andrew's	26,233
Kinsey	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	3	1	Hull City	Ewood Park	24,196
Langton (p), Quigley, Briggs	Lineups		Ackerman
Brentford	0	1	Lincoln City	Griffin Park	11,431
	Lineups		Munro
Bury	1	0	Oldham Athletic	Gigg Lane	17,087
Tilley	Lineups
Derby County	0	0	Notts County	Baseball Ground	18,302
	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	2	2	Everton	Belle Vue	21,203
McMorran, Walker	Lineups		Hickson, Wainwright
Leeds United	1	2	Fulham	Elland Road	20,170
Charles	Lineups		Stevens, Jezzard
Luton Town	1	1	Rotherham United	Kenilworth Road	17,300
Turner	Lineups		Burke
Nottingham Forest	3	1	Leicester City	City Ground	34,273	Largest home gate 1953-54
Capel, McLaren 2	Lineups		Rowley
Plymouth Argyle	1	1	Swansea Town	Home Park	18,776
Tadman	Lineups		Allchurch I
West Ham United	1	1	Bristol Rovers	Upton Park	21,265
Hooper	Lineups		Hale

				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	1	Everton	27	8	4	1	31	17	4	7	3	21	23	1.3	35	D	D	D	W	W	1954-02-06	Blackburn Rovers	H
2	2	Birmingham City	28	9	4	2	39	13	5	2	6	23	26	1.59	34	W	W	L	L	W	1954-02-06	Fulham	A
3	2	Blackburn Rovers	28	8	4	2	34	15	6	2	6	24	23	1.526	34	W	W	W	L	W	1954-02-06	Everton	A
4	2	Nottingham Forest	28	12	3	0	48	19	2	3	8	12	23	1.429	34	W	L	W	W	W	1954-02-06	Stoke City	A
5	-4	Leicester City	28	10	2	2	46	17	3	6	5	20	30	1.404	34	L	L	L	D	W	1954-02-06	Luton Town	H
6	-3	Doncaster Rovers	28	9	2	3	25	14	6	2	6	21	21	1.314	34	D	L	W	L	L	1954-02-06	Oldham Athletic	A
7	0	Luton Town	28	8	5	2	28	18	4	4	5	20	23	1.171	33	D	D	W	W	L	1954-02-06	Leicester City	A
8	0	Rotherham United	29	8	3	4	30	21	6	1	7	23	31	1.019	32	D	W	W	D	L	1954-02-06	Plymouth Argyle	H
9	1	Fulham	28	7	2	5	39	27	4	5	5	24	27	1.167	29	W	L	W	D	W	1954-02-06	Birmingham City	H
10	-1	Stoke City	28	6	5	3	32	19	2	7	5	15	21	1.175	28	L	W	W	D	L	1954-02-06	Nottingham Forest	H
11	0	Bristol Rovers	28	5	5	4	21	14	3	6	5	26	28	1.119	27	D	D	W	D	L	1954-02-06	Lincoln City	A
12	0	West Ham United	27	8	2	3	31	11	3	3	8	17	32	1.116	27	D	W	L	W	L	1954-02-06	Leeds United	H
13	1	Derby County	28	8	3	3	28	17	2	4	8	21	36	0.925	27	D	D	L	W	W	1954-02-06	Hull City	A
14	-1	Leeds United	28	7	4	3	35	19	2	4	8	24	39	1.017	26	L	L	W	L	L	1954-02-06	West Ham United	A
15	1	Lincoln City	28	8	4	2	33	14	2	2	10	9	38	0.808	26	W	D	L	W	L	1954-02-06	Bristol Rovers	H
16	-1	Hull City	27	10	0	3	32	9	1	2	11	9	32	1	24	L	W	L	W	W	1954-02-06	Derby County	H
17	0	Plymouth Argyle	28	4	10	1	29	20	2	2	9	10	27	0.83	24	D	W	L	D	L	1954-02-06	Rotherham United	A
18	0	Swansea Town	28	7	4	3	23	16	2	2	10	13	36	0.692	24	D	D	L	L	D	1954-02-06	Bury	H
19	0	Notts County	28	4	3	6	13	22	4	4	7	17	34	0.536	23	D	L	L	W	L	1954-02-06	Brentford	H
20	0	Bury	27	6	4	3	29	23	0	6	8	6	26	0.714	22	W	D	L	W	D	1954-01-30	Brentford	H
21	0	Brentford	28	5	4	5	12	17	1	4	9	9	33	0.42	20	L	D	L	L	W	1954-01-30	Bury	A
22	0	Oldham Athletic	27	5	3	4	15	13	0	2	13	11	44	0.456	15	L	L	W	L	L	1954-02-06	Doncaster Rovers	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	5	1	Mansfield Town	Peel Park	5,617
Cocker 3, Musgrave (p), bodle	Lineups		Darwin
Barnsley	5	1	Darlington	Oakwell	7,956
Kaye, Brown 4 (1p)	Lineups		Henderson
Bradford	5	0	Hartlepools United	Park Avenue	5,998
Redfearn, Pickard 2, Deplidge, Turner	Lineups
Carlisle United	2	2	Barrow	Brunton Park	5,498
Whitehouse, Ashman	Lineups		Gordon 2
Chester	0	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Sealand Road	5,180
	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	2	3	Workington	Gresty Road	3,655
Broome 2	Lineups		Dunlop, Johnson, Simmonds
Grimsby Town	0	0	Wrexham	Blundell Park	7,744
	Lineups
Halifax Town	0	1	Bradford City	The Shay	7,969
	Lineups		Powell (p)
Port Vale	0	0	Gateshead	Vale Park	20,370
	Lineups
Southport	1	1	York City	Haig Avenue	3,068
Hunter	Lineups		Dunmore
Stockport County	1	2	Rochdale	Edgeley Park	6,651
Murray	Lineups		Kendall, Anders
Tranmere Rovers	1	2	Chesterfield	Prenton Park	4,571
Done	Lineups		Whiteside, Marsden

				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	27	11	2	0	29	1	8	4	2	18	9	4.7	44	D	L	W	W	W	1954-02-06	Workington	A
2	0	Gateshead	30	11	4	0	34	10	4	5	6	16	22	1.563	39	D	W	W	L	L	1954-01-30	Accrington Stanley	A
3	0	Barnsley	29	11	3	1	35	16	4	5	5	14	19	1.4	38	W	D	W	W	L	1954-02-06	Hartlepools United	A
4	0	Bradford City	29	11	1	2	28	8	4	3	8	15	28	1.194	34	W	W	L	W	W	1954-02-06	Carlisle United	H
5	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	28	8	4	1	24	13	4	5	6	19	25	1.132	33	D	D	L	W	L	1954-02-06	Crewe Alexandra	H
6	0	Barrow	29	9	4	2	31	13	4	2	8	17	27	1.2	32	D	D	L	W	W	1954-01-30	Crewe Alexandra	A
7	4	Bradford	28	8	4	2	39	19	3	5	6	13	20	1.333	31	W	L	L	L	D	1954-02-20	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
8	-1	Mansfield Town	30	9	5	2	38	17	2	4	8	16	32	1.102	31	L	W	W	L	D	1954-02-06	Grimsby Town	H
9	0	Wrexham	28	8	3	3	37	12	4	3	7	14	22	1.5	30	D	W	D	L	L	1954-01-30	Southport	A
10	0	Carlisle United	29	8	5	2	37	13	2	5	7	20	29	1.357	30	D	L	D	D	D	1954-01-30	Hartlepools United	H
11	2	Chesterfield	28	8	4	2	29	13	3	4	7	19	31	1.091	30	W	D	L	D	W	1954-02-06	Halifax Town	H
12	0	Southport	28	8	3	3	28	19	3	5	6	13	20	1.051	30	D	D	D	W	D	1954-01-30	Wrexham	H
13	-5	Stockport County	28	9	4	2	40	14	2	3	8	14	23	1.459	29	L	L	L	L	W	1954-02-06	Wrexham	A
14	1	Grimsby Town	28	10	2	3	20	10	1	3	9	13	33	0.767	27	D	L	W	W	W	1954-01-30	Workington	H
15	-1	Crewe Alexandra	29	6	5	3	20	17	3	4	8	11	29	0.674	27	L	L	W	L	D	1954-01-30	Barrow	H
16	1	Accrington Stanley	28	9	3	2	34	16	1	2	11	17	36	0.981	25	W	L	L	L	W	1954-01-30	Gateshead	H
17	-1	Hartlepools United	28	8	5	1	28	12	0	3	11	8	32	0.818	24	L	W	L	L	D	1954-01-30	Carlisle United	A
18	1	York City	29	5	5	3	22	16	3	3	10	17	39	0.709	24	D	W	W	W	W	1954-01-30	Rochdale	H
19	1	Rochdale	29	8	2	5	24	12	2	2	10	10	42	0.63	24	W	W	L	W	L	1954-01-30	York City	A
20	-2	Tranmere Rovers	28	7	2	5	28	23	3	1	10	9	24	0.787	23	L	L	W	W	L	1954-02-20	Carlisle United	H
21	0	Workington	29	5	5	4	22	17	2	4	9	15	41	0.638	23	W	W	D	D	D	1954-01-30	Grimsby Town	A
22	2	Chester	30	6	5	4	26	14	1	1	13	5	35	0.633	20	D	L	L	W	L	1954-02-06	York City	A
23	-1	Halifax Town	30	6	4	5	16	10	1	2	12	10	35	0.578	20	L	D	D	W	L	1954-01-30	Darlington	A
24	-1	Darlington	29	6	1	7	16	19	0	7	8	11	32	0.529	20	L	W	D	L	W	1954-01-30	Halifax Town	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	3	0	Colchester United	Recreation Ground	4,421
Billington (p), McCulloch, Durkin	Lineups
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	0	1	Southend United	Dean Court	9,363
	Lineups		Duthie
Bristol City	4	0	Crystal Palace	Ashton Gate	17,552
Jones, Micklewright, Regan J, White	Lineups
Coventry City	1	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Highfield Road	10,175
Dorman	Lineups		Addinall, Mundy
Exeter City	1	0	Newport County	St James Park	8,038
Mackay	Lineups
Gillingham	2	3	Watford	Priestfield Stadium	9,547
Millar, Morgan	Lineups		Smith, Brown R, Paton
Ipswich Town	0	1	Reading	Portman Road	18,026
	Lineups		Blackman
Millwall	0	3	Leyton Orient	The Den, New Cross	15,156
	Lineups		Rees 2, Bowler OG
Northampton Town	3	1	Torquay United	County Ground	11,162
Anderson, English, Marston	Lineups		Dobbie
Shrewsbury Town	4	0	Norwich City	Gay Meadow	7,694
Stamps 2, McCue 2	Lineups
Swindon Town	0	1	Southampton	County Ground	12,942
	Lineups		Walker
Walsall	2	0	Queens Park Rangers	Fellows Park	8,734
Dean, Meek	Lineups

				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	28	9	4	1	32	10	9	3	2	26	19	2	43	L	W	D	W	W	1954-02-06	Southend United	A
2	0	Southampton	28	13	1	0	37	13	5	1	8	17	22	1.543	38	W	W	L	W	L	1954-02-13	Shrewsbury Town	A
3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	28	10	1	2	34	22	7	3	5	20	19	1.317	38	W	W	W	L	W	1954-02-06	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
4	1	Bristol City	28	11	1	2	38	11	4	3	7	17	31	1.31	34	W	W	W	W	L	1954-01-30	Shrewsbury Town	A
5	1	Northampton Town	28	11	3	0	47	14	1	6	7	14	22	1.694	33	W	D	W	L	D	1954-02-06	Newport County	A
6	-2	Torquay United	30	5	7	2	28	20	7	2	7	29	29	1.163	33	L	W	D	D	D	1954-01-30	Millwall	H
7	3	Leyton Orient	28	9	2	3	31	18	4	4	6	21	25	1.209	32	W	L	W	W	D	1954-02-06	Bristol City	A
8	1	Reading	29	9	2	3	34	16	4	4	7	17	27	1.186	32	W	L	L	D	D	1954-02-13	Leyton Orient	A
9	3	Watford	28	8	3	2	36	16	4	4	7	24	32	1.25	31	W	D	D	L	D	1954-02-06	Coventry City	H
10	-3	Norwich City	28	7	4	3	23	17	5	3	6	18	22	1.051	31	L	W	D	W	L	1954-02-06	Exeter City	H
11	2	Exeter City	29	8	0	8	29	18	5	4	4	18	19	1.27	30	W	L	W	D	L	1954-01-30	Crystal Palace	A
12	-4	Millwall	28	9	2	4	31	18	3	4	6	18	27	1.089	30	L	W	D	D	W	1954-01-30	Torquay United	A
13	-2	Gillingham	30	8	3	4	24	15	4	3	8	17	34	0.837	30	L	L	L	W	L	1954-01-30	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
14	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	29	8	3	4	32	18	4	0	10	16	27	1.067	27	L	W	W	L	L	1954-01-30	Gillingham	A
15	0	Crystal Palace	29	8	1	5	28	22	3	4	8	15	38	0.717	27	L	L	L	L	L	1954-01-30	Exeter City	H
16	0	Swindon Town	29	9	3	4	36	16	2	1	10	11	28	1.068	26	L	W	W	D	L	1954-01-30	Southend United	A
17	0	Coventry City	29	7	4	3	18	9	2	4	9	18	28	0.973	26	L	D	D	D	L	1954-01-30	Queens Park Rangers	A
18	1	Shrewsbury Town	29	7	6	2	32	22	1	2	11	11	26	0.896	24	W	L	D	D	W	1954-01-30	Bristol City	H
19	-1	Newport County	30	8	2	4	26	24	2	2	12	11	39	0.587	24	L	W	D	W	L	1954-02-06	Northampton Town	H
20	1	Southend United	29	7	2	4	23	14	1	4	11	13	33	0.766	22	W	D	L	L	W	1954-01-30	Swindon Town	H
21	-1	Queens Park Rangers	27	3	4	7	9	17	4	3	6	18	26	0.628	21	L	L	W	D	L	1954-01-30	Coventry City	H
22	1	Aldershot	28	5	3	6	20	19	3	2	9	18	42	0.623	21	W	L	L	W	L	1954-01-30	Walsall	A
23	-1	Colchester United	29	5	4	6	23	18	2	1	11	7	28	0.652	19	L	L	D	W	D	1954-02-06	Swindon Town	H
24	0	Walsall	28	5	3	7	12	18	0	1	12	11	40	0.397	14	W	L	L	L	W	1954-01-30	Aldershot	H