1954-02-20

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

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Round 5						Venue	Gate
D 1	Bolton Wanderers	0	0	Portsmouth	D 1	Burnden Park	53,883
		Lineups
D 2	Hull City	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	D 1	Boothferry Park	46,839
	Jensen	Lineups		Bennett
D 3S	Leyton Orient	3	1	Doncaster Rovers	D 2	Brisbane Road	29,191
	Morgan, Pacey, Burgess	Lineups		McMorran
D 3S	Norwich City	1	2	Leicester City	D 2	Carrow Road	39,973
	Brennan	Lineups		Rowley, Small
D 3N	Port Vale	2	0	Blackpool	D 1	Vale Park	40,500
	Leake 2	Lineups
D 1	Preston North End	6	1	Ipswich Town	D 3S	Deepdale	34,630
	Wayman 2, Baxter 2, Morrison, Finney	Lineups		Garneys
D 1	Sheffield Wednesday	3	1	Everton	D 2	Hillsborough	65,000
	Shaw, Sewell, Woodhead	Lineups		Hickson
D 1	West Bromwich Albion	3	2	Newcastle United	D 1	The Hawthorns	61,088
	Allen 3	Lineups		Milburn, Mitchell

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	2	2	Huddersfield Town	Villa Park	24,118
Thompson 2	Lineups		Metcalfe, Glazzard
Burnley	2	0	Manchester United	Turf Moor	31,402
Gray 2	Lineups
Sunderland	1	2	Chelsea	Roker Park	45,755
Willemse OG	Lineups		Bentley, Parsons
Wolverhampton Wanderers	6	1	Sheffield United	Molineux	27,823
Hancocks 2, Swinbourne 2, Broadbent, Wilshaw	Lineups		Cross

				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	30	11	3	2	45	19	8	3	3	30	20	1.923	44	W	D	D	W	W	1954-02-24	Middlesbrough	A
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31	12	0	3	44	18	7	5	4	32	28	1.652	43	W	L	W	L	L	1954-02-27	Newcastle United	H
3	0	Huddersfield Town	31	9	6	0	32	12	5	5	6	24	26	1.474	39	D	W	D	D	D	1954-02-27	West Bromwich Albion	H
4	1	Burnley	31	13	1	2	42	17	5	1	9	22	31	1.333	38	W	L	D	D	W	1954-02-27	Portsmouth	A
5	-1	Bolton Wanderers	30	10	5	1	33	16	4	4	6	23	25	1.366	37	L	W	W	D	W	1954-02-27	Manchester City	A
6	0	Manchester United	31	7	6	3	31	23	5	5	5	24	22	1.222	35	L	W	W	L	D	1954-02-27	Sunderland	A
7	0	Charlton Athletic	30	10	2	3	40	22	5	1	9	19	31	1.113	33	W	D	W	W	D	1954-02-25	Newcastle United	H
8	1	Chelsea	31	9	3	3	36	22	3	6	7	22	35	1.018	33	W	W	D	D	W	1954-02-27	Sheffield Wednesday	H
9	-1	Preston North End	30	8	2	5	32	21	6	1	8	32	22	1.488	31	W	L	W	W	L	1954-02-24	Arsenal	H
10	0	Arsenal	29	4	6	4	26	28	6	4	5	26	23	1.02	30	D	D	L	W	D	1954-02-24	Preston North End	A
11	0	Blackpool	30	8	5	2	27	15	3	3	9	25	41	0.929	30	W	L	W	D	D	1954-02-24	Manchester City	A
12	0	Tottenham Hotspur	30	9	2	4	29	18	3	2	10	17	32	0.92	28	L	W	D	L	L	1954-02-27	Arsenal	A
13	0	Portsmouth	30	8	4	3	39	25	1	5	9	23	41	0.939	27	W	L	W	D	W	1954-02-27	Burnley	H
14	0	Newcastle United	31	5	2	9	27	33	4	7	4	22	26	0.831	27	W	L	L	D	L	1954-02-25	Charlton Athletic	A
15	0	Sheffield Wednesday	31	11	2	3	38	22	1	1	13	18	50	0.778	27	L	W	W	L	W	1954-02-24	Liverpool	H
16	0	Cardiff City	30	7	3	4	20	20	3	4	9	11	35	0.564	27	D	L	L	L	L	1954-02-27	Preston North End	H
17	0	Manchester City	30	6	3	5	18	21	3	5	8	22	34	0.727	26	L	D	W	D	W	1954-02-24	Blackpool	H
18	1	Aston Villa	29	7	4	4	32	22	3	1	10	14	30	0.885	25	D	D	L	D	L	1954-02-27	Liverpool	H
19	-1	Sunderland	31	9	2	4	40	25	1	3	12	21	44	0.884	25	L	L	W	W	W	1954-02-27	Manchester United	H
20	0	Sheffield United	30	6	3	5	31	26	2	4	10	20	39	0.785	23	L	D	L	L	D	1954-02-27	Middlesbrough	H
21	0	Middlesbrough	30	5	2	8	21	27	3	2	10	21	40	0.627	20	L	L	L	L	W	1954-02-24	West Bromwich Albion	H
22	0	Liverpool	30	5	7	4	39	29	0	1	13	13	47	0.684	18	L	D	D	L	L	1954-02-24	Sheffield Wednesday	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bury	0	0	Blackburn Rovers	Gigg Lane	29,087	Largest home gate 1953-54
	Lineups
Fulham	5	1	Luton Town	Craven Cottage	26,982
Jezzard, Haynes 3, Taylor J	Lineups		Downie
Leeds United	1	1	Birmingham City	Elland Road	22,803
Burden	Lineups		Rowley
Notts County	1	1	Lincoln City	Meadow Lane	21,109
Johnston	Lineups		Munro
Oldham Athletic	0	0	Derby County	Boundary Park	18,515
	Lineups
West Ham United	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Upton Park	20,400
Dick	Lineups		McLaren

				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	2	Blackburn Rovers	31	9	4	2	38	15	6	4	6	25	24	1.615	38	D	W	D	W	W	1954-02-27	Stoke City	H
2	-1	Leicester City	30	11	2	2	48	18	4	6	5	23	30	1.479	38	W	W	L	L	L	1954-02-23	Swansea Town	H
3	1	Nottingham Forest	31	13	3	0	52	20	2	5	8	14	25	1.467	38	D	W	D	W	L	1954-02-27	Notts County	A
4	-2	Everton	29	8	5	1	32	18	5	7	3	27	25	1.372	38	W	D	D	D	D	1954-02-24	Brentford	H
5	0	Birmingham City	31	10	4	2	41	13	5	3	7	26	32	1.489	37	D	W	L	W	W	1954-02-27	Lincoln City	A
6	0	Rotherham United	31	9	3	4	32	22	7	1	7	25	31	1.075	36	W	W	D	W	W	1954-02-27	Bury	A
7	0	Doncaster Rovers	30	9	2	4	25	15	6	3	6	23	23	1.263	35	L	D	D	L	W	1954-02-27	Leicester City	H
8	2	Fulham	31	9	2	5	49	30	4	5	6	25	31	1.213	33	W	L	W	W	L	1954-02-27	Derby County	A
9	-1	Luton Town	31	8	5	3	28	19	4	4	7	22	30	1.02	33	L	L	L	D	D	1954-02-27	Hull City	A
10	-1	Stoke City	30	6	6	3	33	20	3	7	5	16	21	1.195	31	W	D	L	W	W	1954-02-27	Blackburn Rovers	A
11	0	Bristol Rovers	30	5	6	4	22	15	4	6	5	28	29	1.136	30	D	W	D	D	W	1954-02-27	Leeds United	H
12	0	West Ham United	30	9	3	3	37	14	3	3	9	17	34	1.125	30	D	L	W	D	W	1954-02-27	Brentford	A
13	0	Leeds United	31	8	5	3	41	22	2	4	9	26	44	1.015	29	D	W	L	L	L	1954-02-27	Bristol Rovers	A
14	1	Derby County	31	8	3	4	30	23	2	5	9	21	39	0.823	28	D	L	L	D	D	1954-02-27	Fulham	H
15	-1	Hull City	29	11	0	3	35	9	1	3	11	11	34	1.07	27	D	W	L	W	L	1954-02-27	Luton Town	H
16	0	Lincoln City	31	8	4	3	34	16	2	3	11	12	44	0.767	27	D	L	L	W	D	1954-02-27	Birmingham City	H
17	1	Notts County	31	5	4	6	16	23	4	5	7	18	35	0.586	27	D	D	W	D	L	1954-02-27	Nottingham Forest	H
18	1	Bury	31	6	6	3	30	24	1	6	9	8	28	0.731	26	D	W	L	D	W	1954-02-27	Rotherham United	H
19	-2	Swansea Town	30	8	4	4	25	19	2	2	10	13	36	0.691	26	L	W	D	D	L	1954-02-23	Leicester City	A
20	0	Plymouth Argyle	30	4	10	2	29	23	2	2	10	11	29	0.769	24	L	L	D	W	L	1954-02-27	Everton	A
21	0	Brentford	31	5	5	5	14	19	1	5	10	10	36	0.436	22	D	L	D	L	D	1954-02-24	Everton	A
22	0	Oldham Athletic	30	5	5	4	17	15	0	2	14	11	48	0.444	17	D	L	D	L	L	1954-02-27	Swansea Town	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Barrow	1	0	Stockport County	Holker Street	6,526
McLaren (p)	Lineups
Bradford City	3	0	Grimsby Town	Valley Parade	11,996
McCulloch, Williamson, Rosenthal	Lineups
Chesterfield	0	0	Accrington Stanley	Saltergate Recreation Ground	7,013
	Lineups
Gateshead	1	2	Darlington	Redheugh Park	5,450
Smith	Lineups		Nicklas 2
Halifax Town	1	0	Hartlepools United	The Shay	4,861
Hampson	Lineups
Mansfield Town	2	0	Rochdale	Field Mill	8,234
Darwin, Daley	Lineups
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	4	1	Bradford	Old Showground	8,097
Brown 2, Mosby, Wright OG	Lineups		Pickard
Southport	1	2	Crewe Alexandra	Haig Avenue	3,795
Reilly (p)	Lineups		Gemmell, Mitcheson
Tranmere Rovers	1	2	Carlisle United	Prenton Park	5,546
Done	Lineups		Kinloch, Ashman
Workington	2	0	Barnsley	Borough Park	12,172
Winters, Dailey	Lineups
Wrexham	2	1	Chester	Racecourse Ground	10,225
Hewitt, Bannan	Lineups		Basford

				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	29	11	3	0	29	1	8	4	3	18	11	3.917	45	D	L	D	L	W	1954-02-24	York City	A
2	0	Gateshead	32	11	4	1	35	12	4	6	6	18	24	1.472	40	L	D	D	W	W	1954-02-27	Grimsby Town	H
3	0	Barnsley	31	11	3	1	35	16	5	5	6	15	21	1.351	40	L	W	W	D	W	1954-02-27	Halifax Town	H
4	0	Bradford City	32	13	1	2	32	8	5	3	8	16	28	1.333	40	W	W	W	W	W	1954-02-27	Crewe Alexandra	A
5	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	31	9	5	1	30	16	4	6	6	19	25	1.195	37	W	D	D	D	D	1954-02-27	Rochdale	H
6	0	Mansfield Town	33	11	5	2	45	18	2	4	9	18	35	1.189	35	W	L	W	L	W	1954-02-27	Southport	A
7	0	Wrexham	32	10	3	3	40	13	4	3	9	16	32	1.244	34	W	L	W	L	D	1954-02-27	York City	A
8	0	Barrow	32	10	4	2	32	13	4	2	10	17	30	1.14	34	W	L	L	D	D	1954-02-27	Chester	A
9	0	Chesterfield	31	8	5	3	30	15	4	4	7	22	33	1.083	33	D	W	L	W	D	1954-02-27	Port Vale	A
10	4	Crewe Alexandra	33	7	6	3	23	18	4	5	8	15	32	0.76	33	W	D	D	W	L	1954-02-27	Bradford City	H
11	4	Carlisle United	33	8	5	4	41	19	3	5	8	22	31	1.26	32	W	L	L	L	D	1954-02-27	Darlington	A
12	-2	Southport	32	9	3	4	33	21	3	5	8	13	23	1.045	32	L	L	L	W	D	1954-02-27	Mansfield Town	H
13	-2	Stockport County	31	10	4	2	43	16	2	3	10	14	25	1.39	31	L	W	L	L	L	1954-02-27	Workington	A
14	-2	Bradford	29	8	4	2	39	19	3	5	7	14	24	1.233	31	L	W	L	L	L	1954-02-24	Workington	H
15	-2	Grimsby Town	32	12	2	3	22	10	1	3	11	14	41	0.706	31	L	W	L	W	D	1954-02-27	Gateshead	A
16	0	Rochdale	33	10	2	5	32	14	3	2	11	12	45	0.746	30	L	W	W	W	W	1954-02-27	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
17	1	Accrington Stanley	31	9	4	3	36	19	1	3	11	17	36	0.964	27	D	L	D	W	L	1954-02-27	Hartlepool United	A
18	-1	York City	32	6	5	4	25	19	3	4	10	18	40	0.729	27	D	W	L	D	W	1954-02-24	Port Vale	H
19	1	Workington	32	7	5	4	26	17	2	4	10	15	42	0.695	27	W	W	L	W	W	1954-02-24	Bradford	A
20	-1	Hartlepool United	31	8	5	2	28	13	1	3	12	11	35	0.813	26	L	L	W	L	W	1954-02-27	Accrington Stanley	H
21	1	Halifax Town	33	7	4	5	17	10	2	3	12	13	37	0.638	25	W	W	D	L	D	1954-02-27	Barnsley	A
22	-1	Tranmere Rovers	29	7	2	6	29	25	3	1	10	9	24	0.776	23	L	L	L	W	W	1954-02-27	Bradford	A
23	1	Darlington	31	6	2	7	17	20	1	7	8	13	33	0.566	23	W	D	L	W	D	1954-02-27	Carlisle United	H
24	-1	Chester	33	7	5	4	27	14	1	1	15	7	39	0.642	22	L	W	L	D	L	1954-02-27	Barrow	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	2	2	Reading	Recreation Ground	9,542
Billington (p), McCulloch	Lineups		Uphill, Simpson
Brighton & Hove Albion	4	0	Millwall	Goldstone Ground	23,968
Addinall 2, Leadbetter, Gordon	Lineups
Bristol City	5	1	Swindon Town	Ashton Gate	23,525
Atyeo 3, Micklewright 2	Lineups		Onslow
Colchester United	3	1	Shrewsbury Town	Layer Road	7,845
Keene, Barlow, Plant	Lineups		Hudson
Crystal Palace	1	0	Walsall	Selhurst Park	10,370
Tilston	Lineups
Northampton Town	0	1	Coventry City	County Ground	10,539
	Lineups		Nutt
Queens Park Rangers	5	1	Newport County	Loftus Road	10,533
Cameron 3, Kerrins, Smith	Lineups		Graham
Southampton	2	0	Exeter City	The Dell	16,327
Day 2	Lineups
Torquay United	2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Plainmoor	6,387
Mills (p), Thomas B	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	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	31	12	1	2	41	22	8	3	5	23	21	1.488	44	W	W	W	W	W	1954-02-27	Exeter City	H
2	-1	Ipswich Town	30	9	4	2	34	13	9	3	3	27	22	1.743	43	L	L	L	W	D	1954-02-27	Bristol City	H
3	0	Southampton	30	14	1	0	39	13	5	1	9	19	25	1.526	40	W	L	W	W	L	1954-02-27	Gillingham	A
4	0	Bristol City	32	13	1	2	44	12	5	3	8	25	37	1.408	40	W	W	W	L	W	1954-02-27	Ipswich Town	A
5	1	Torquay United	34	6	9	2	35	25	7	2	8	29	33	1.103	37	W	L	D	D	L	1954-02-27	Norwich City	H
6	-1	Watford	30	9	3	2	37	16	5	4	7	27	33	1.306	35	W	W	W	D	D	1954-02-24	Walsall	H
7	0	Gillingham	33	10	3	4	27	16	4	4	8	20	37	0.887	35	W	D	W	L	L	1954-02-24	Norwich City	A
8	0	Exeter City	33	8	1	8	29	18	6	5	5	20	22	1.225	34	L	D	W	D	W	1954-02-27	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
9	0	Leyton Orient	30	10	2	3	33	19	4	4	7	21	26	1.2	34	W	L	W	L	W	1954-02-24	Southend United	A
10	0	Northampton Town	31	11	3	1	47	15	1	6	9	15	26	1.512	33	L	L	L	W	D	1954-02-27	Queens Park Rangers	H
11	1	Reading	31	9	2	3	34	16	4	5	8	20	31	1.149	33	D	L	W	L	L	1954-02-27	Walsall	H
12	-1	Millwall	31	10	2	4	33	19	3	5	7	20	33	1.019	33	L	W	D	L	W	1954-02-27	Aldershot	H
13	1	Coventry City	33	8	4	3	22	9	4	4	10	22	29	1.158	32	W	W	L	W	L	1954-02-27	Colchester United	H
14	1	Crystal Palace	33	9	3	5	29	22	3	5	8	16	39	0.738	32	W	D	D	D	L	1954-02-27	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
15	-2	Norwich City	30	7	4	4	24	19	5	3	7	19	26	0.956	31	L	L	L	W	D	1954-02-24	Gillingham	H
16	0	Shrewsbury Town	33	9	6	2	39	27	1	3	12	12	29	0.911	29	L	W	D	W	W	1954-02-27	Southend United	A
17	0	Swindon Town	33	9	4	4	37	17	2	2	12	15	38	0.945	28	L	D	D	L	L	1954-02-27	Leyton Orient	A
18	0	Newport County	33	10	2	4	32	25	2	2	13	12	44	0.638	28	L	W	W	L	W	1954-02-27	Watford	A
19	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	33	8	3	5	33	21	4	0	13	16	33	0.907	27	L	L	L	L	L	1954-02-27	Crystal Palace	H
20	0	Southend United	32	9	2	4	29	16	1	4	12	14	35	0.843	26	L	W	W	W	D	1954-02-24	Leyton Orient	H
21	1	Queens Park Rangers	31	4	5	8	14	21	4	4	6	18	26	0.681	25	W	D	D	L	L	1954-02-27	Northampton Town	A
22	-1	Aldershot	32	5	4	7	24	26	4	3	9	20	42	0.647	25	D	L	D	W	W	1954-02-27	Millwall	A
23	0	Colchester United	32	6	5	6	28	21	3	1	11	10	30	0.745	24	W	W	D	L	L	1954-02-27	Coventry City	A
24	0	Walsall	31	5	3	9	14	23	0	1	13	11	41	0.391	14	L	L	L	W	L	1954-02-24	Watford	A