1954-02-27

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	0	3	Tottenham Hotspur	Highbury	64,211
	Lineups		Walters, Robb 2
Aston Villa	2	1	Liverpool	Villa Park	25,241
Thompson, Roberts	Lineups		Bimpson
Blackpool	3	1	Charlton Athletic	Bloomfield Road	21,619
Stephenson 2, Taylor	Lineups		Firmani
Cardiff City	2	1	Preston North End	Ninian Park	30,502
Grant 2	Lineups		Finney
Chelsea	0	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Stamford Bridge	54,498
	Lineups		Woodhead
Huddersfield Town	0	2	West Bromwich Albion	Leeds Road	48,237	Largest home gate 1953-54
	Lineups		Ryan, Nicholls
Manchester City	3	0	Bolton Wanderers	Maine Road	39,340
McAdams, Meadows, Revie	Lineups
Portsmouth	3	2	Burnley	Fratton Park	24,155
Gordon 2, Barnard	Lineups		Adamson, McIlroy
Sheffield United	2	2	Middlesbrough	Bramall Lane	29,029
McNab, Cross	Lineups		Delapenha, Mannion
Sunderland	0	2	Manchester United	Roker Park	38,400
	Lineups		Blanchflower, Taylor
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	2	Newcastle United	Molineux	38,592
Broadbent, Slater, Wilshaw	Lineups		Broadis, Milburn

				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	32	11	3	2	45	19	9	4	3	33	21	1.95	47	W	D	W	D	D	1954-03-06	Sheffield United	H
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	13	0	3	47	20	7	5	4	32	28	1.646	45	W	W	L	W	L	1954-03-06	Manchester United	A
3	0	Huddersfield Town	32	9	6	1	32	14	5	5	6	24	26	1.4	39	L	D	W	D	D	1954-03-06	Liverpool	A
4	0	Burnley	32	13	1	2	42	17	5	1	10	24	34	1.294	38	L	W	L	D	D	1954-03-06	Arsenal	H
5	0	Bolton Wanderers	31	10	5	1	33	16	4	4	7	23	28	1.273	37	L	L	W	W	D	1954-03-03	Tottenham Hotspur	A
6	0	Manchester United	32	7	6	3	31	23	6	5	5	26	22	1.267	37	W	L	W	W	L	1954-03-06	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
7	0	Charlton Athletic	32	10	3	3	40	22	5	1	10	20	34	1.071	34	L	D	W	D	W	1954-03-06	Portsmouth	H
8	2	Blackpool	32	9	5	2	30	16	4	3	9	29	42	1.017	34	W	W	W	L	W	1954-03-06	Sheffield Wednesday	A
9	-1	Chelsea	32	9	3	4	36	23	3	6	7	22	35	1	33	L	W	W	D	D	1954-03-06	Middlesbrough	A
10	-1	Arsenal	31	4	6	5	26	31	7	4	5	27	23	0.981	32	L	W	D	D	L	1954-03-06	Burnley	A
11	0	Preston North End	32	8	2	6	32	22	6	1	9	33	24	1.413	31	L	L	W	L	W	1954-03-06	Manchester City	H
12	0	Tottenham Hotspur	31	9	2	4	29	18	4	2	10	20	32	0.98	30	W	L	W	D	L	1954-03-03	Bolton Wanderers	H
13	1	Sheffield Wednesday	33	11	3	3	39	23	2	1	13	19	50	0.795	30	W	D	L	W	W	1954-03-06	Blackpool	H
14	1	Portsmouth	31	9	4	3	42	27	1	5	9	23	41	0.956	29	W	W	L	W	D	1954-03-03	Cardiff City	A
15	1	Cardiff City	31	8	3	4	22	21	3	4	9	11	35	0.589	29	W	D	L	L	L	1954-03-03	Portsmouth	H
16	-3	Newcastle United	33	5	2	9	27	33	4	8	5	24	29	0.823	28	L	D	W	L	L	1954-03-06	Aston Villa	H
17	0	Manchester City	32	7	3	6	22	25	3	5	8	22	34	0.746	28	W	L	L	D	W	1954-03-06	Preston North End	A
18	0	Aston Villa	30	8	4	4	34	23	3	1	10	14	30	0.906	27	W	D	D	L	D	1954-03-06	Newcastle United	A
19	0	Sunderland	32	9	2	5	40	27	1	3	12	21	44	0.859	25	L	L	L	W	W	1954-03-06	Bolton Wanderers	A
20	0	Sheffield United	31	6	4	5	33	28	2	4	10	20	39	0.791	24	D	L	D	L	L	1954-03-06	West Bromwich Albion	A
21	0	Middlesbrough	32	5	3	8	22	28	3	3	10	23	42	0.643	22	D	D	L	L	L	1954-03-06	Chelsea	H
22	0	Liverpool	32	5	7	4	39	29	0	2	14	15	50	0.684	19	L	D	L	D	D	1954-03-06	Huddersfield Town	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	3	0	Stoke City	Ewood Park	27,164
Mooney, Crossan, Briggs	Lineups
Brentford	3	1	West Ham United	Griffin Park	16,458
Gazzard, Dudley (p), Dare	Lineups		Sexton
Bristol Rovers	1	1	Leeds United	Eastville	26,772
Hale	Lineups		Nightingale
Bury	3	0	Rotherham United	Gigg Lane	13,929
Pearson, Kelly 2	Lineups
Derby County	3	3	Fulham	Baseball Ground	13,405
Dunn 2, Straw	Lineups		Jezzard, Taylor J, Stevens
Doncaster Rovers	0	2	Leicester City	Belle Vue	18,766
	Lineups		Littler, Dryburgh
Everton	8	4	Plymouth Argyle	Goodison Park	44,496
Parker 4, Hickson 2, Lello, Lindsay	Lineups		Langman 2, Davies, McCrory
Hull City	1	2	Luton Town	Boothferry Park	21,555
Crosbie	Lineups		Shanks, Downie
Lincoln City	0	1	Birmingham City	Sincil Bank	13,924
	Lineups		Lane
Notts County	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Meadow Lane	36,988	Largest home gate 1953-54
Taylor	Lineups		Capel
Oldham Athletic	2	2	Swansea Town	Boundary Park	12,528
Lowrie (p), Mcllvenny	Lineups		Allchurch I, Price

				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	32	12	2	2	52	19	5	6	5	25	30	1.571	42	W	W	W	W	L	1954-03-06	Bury	H
2	0	Everton	31	10	5	1	46	23	5	7	3	27	25	1.521	42	W	W	W	D	D	1954-03-06	Swansea Town	A
3	0	Blackburn Rovers	32	10	4	2	41	15	6	4	6	25	24	1.692	40	W	D	W	D	W	1954-03-06	Fulham	A
4	1	Birmingham City	32	10	4	2	41	13	6	3	7	27	32	1.511	39	W	D	W	L	W	1954-03-06	Bristol Rovers	H
5	-1	Nottingham Forest	32	13	3	0	52	20	2	6	8	15	26	1.457	39	D	D	W	D	W	1954-03-06	Lincoln City	H
6	0	Rotherham United	32	9	3	4	32	22	7	1	8	25	34	1.018	36	L	W	W	D	W	1954-03-06	Oldham Athletic	H
7	0	Doncaster Rovers	31	9	2	5	25	17	6	3	6	23	23	1.2	35	L	L	D	D	L	1954-03-06	Stoke City	A
8	1	Luton Town	32	8	5	3	28	19	5	4	7	24	31	1.04	35	W	L	L	L	D	1954-03-06	Notts County	H
9	-1	Fulham	32	9	2	5	49	30	4	6	6	28	34	1.203	34	D	W	L	W	W	1954-03-06	Blackburn Rovers	H
10	1	Bristol Rovers	31	5	7	4	23	16	4	6	5	28	29	1.133	31	D	D	W	D	D	1954-03-06	Birmingham City	A
11	-1	Stoke City	31	6	6	3	33	20	3	7	6	16	24	1.114	31	L	W	D	L	W	1954-03-06	Doncaster Rovers	H
12	0	West Ham United	31	9	3	3	37	14	3	3	10	18	37	1.078	30	L	D	L	W	D	1954-03-06	Derby County	H
13	0	Leeds United	32	8	5	3	41	22	2	5	9	27	45	1.015	30	D	D	W	L	L	1954-03-06	Brentford	H
14	0	Derby County	32	8	4	4	33	26	2	5	9	21	39	0.831	29	D	D	L	L	D	1954-03-06	West Ham United	A
15	3	Bury	32	7	6	3	33	24	1	6	9	8	28	0.788	28	W	D	W	L	D	1954-03-06	Leicester City	A
16	1	Notts County	32	5	5	6	17	24	4	5	7	18	35	0.593	28	D	D	D	D	W	1954-03-06	Luton Town	A
17	-2	Hull City	30	11	0	4	36	11	1	3	11	11	34	1.044	27	L	D	W	L	W	1954-03-06	Plymouth Argyle	A
18	-2	Lincoln City	32	8	4	4	34	17	2	3	11	12	44	0.754	27	L	D	L	L	W	1954-03-06	Nottingham Forest	A
19	0	Swansea Town	32	8	4	4	25	19	2	3	11	16	42	0.672	27	D	L	L	W	D	1954-03-06	Everton	H
20	0	Plymouth Argyle	31	4	10	2	29	23	2	2	11	15	37	0.733	24	L	L	L	D	W	1954-03-06	Hull City	H
21	0	Brentford	33	6	5	5	17	20	1	5	11	11	42	0.452	24	W	L	D	L	D	1954-03-06	Leeds United	A
22	0	Oldham Athletic	31	5	6	4	19	17	0	2	14	11	48	0.462	18	D	D	L	D	L	1954-03-06	Rotherham United	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	1	2	Halifax Town	Oakwell	9,123
Lumley	Lineups		Haddington, Hampson
Bradford	1	2	Tranmere Rovers	Park Avenue	7,490
Deplidge	Lineups		Williams R, Done
Chester	1	1	Barrow	Sealand Road	3,023
Hilton	Lineups		Collins
Crewe Alexandra	1	2	Bradford City	Gresty Road	4,690
Gemmell	Lineups		Williamson 2
Darlington	3	2	Carlisle United	Feethams Ground	4,560
Clark, French, Houlahan	Lineups		Graham, Bond
Gateshead	7	1	Grimsby Town	Redheugh Park	4,922
Watkin 4, Haley, Johnson, Campbell	Lineups		Wright
Hartlepools United	0	1	Accrington Stanley	Victoria Park	7,518
	Lineups		Watkinson
Port Vale	2	2	Chesterfield	Vale Park	19,886
Griffiths, Cunliffe	Lineups		Smith G, Whiteside
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	1	1	Rochdale	Old Showground	7,260
Brown	Lineups		Arthur
Southport	2	1	Mansfield Town	Haig Avenue	3,377
Taylor R, Billingham	Lineups		Darwin
Workington	0	0	Stockport County	Borough Park	11,176
	Lineups
York City	5	2	Wrexham	Bootham Crescent	5,276
Spence R 2, Linaker, Burgess, Fenton	Lineups		Hewitt 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	31	11	4	0	31	3	9	4	3	19	11	3.571	48	D	W	D	L	D	1954-03-06	Tranmere Rovers	A
2	0	Gateshead	33	12	4	1	42	13	4	6	6	18	24	1.622	42	W	L	D	D	W	1954-03-06	Stockport County	A
3	1	Bradford City	33	13	1	2	32	8	6	3	8	18	29	1.351	42	W	W	W	W	W	1954-03-06	Chester	H
4	-1	Barnsley	32	11	3	2	36	18	5	5	6	15	21	1.308	40	L	L	W	W	D	1954-03-03	Tranmere Rovers	A
5	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	32	9	6	1	31	17	4	6	6	19	25	1.19	38	D	W	D	D	D	1954-03-06	Wrexham	A
6	0	Mansfield Town	34	11	5	2	45	18	2	4	10	19	37	1.164	35	L	W	L	W	L	1954-03-06	York City	H
7	1	Barrow	33	10	4	2	32	13	4	3	10	18	31	1.136	35	D	W	L	L	D	1954-03-06	Southport	H
8	-1	Wrexham	33	10	3	3	40	13	4	3	10	18	37	1.16	34	L	W	L	W	L	1954-03-06	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
9	1	Chesterfield	32	8	5	3	30	15	4	5	7	24	35	1.08	34	D	D	W	L	W	1954-03-06	Crewe Alexandra	H
10	3	Southport	33	10	3	4	35	22	3	5	8	13	23	1.067	34	W	L	L	L	W	1954-03-06	Barrow	A
11	-2	Bradford	31	9	4	3	43	22	3	5	7	14	24	1.239	33	L	W	L	W	L	1954-03-06	Halifax Town	A
12	-1	Crewe Alexandra	34	7	6	4	24	20	4	5	8	15	32	0.75	33	L	W	D	D	W	1954-03-06	Chesterfield	A
13	1	Stockport County	32	10	4	2	43	16	2	4	10	14	25	1.39	32	D	L	W	L	L	1954-03-06	Gateshead	H
14	-2	Carlisle United	34	8	5	4	41	19	3	5	9	24	34	1.226	32	L	W	L	L	L	1954-03-06	Barnsley	H
15	1	Rochdale	34	10	2	5	32	14	3	3	11	13	46	0.75	31	D	L	W	W	W	1954-03-06	Workington	H
16	-1	Grimsby Town	33	12	2	3	22	10	1	3	12	15	48	0.638	31	L	L	W	L	W	1954-03-06	Hartlepools United	H
17	0	Accrington Stanley	32	9	4	3	36	19	2	3	11	18	36	0.982	29	W	D	L	D	W	1954-03-06	Darlington	H
18	0	York City	34	7	5	5	30	22	3	4	10	18	40	0.774	29	W	L	D	W	L	1954-03-06	Mansfield Town	A
19	0	Workington	34	7	6	4	26	17	2	4	11	16	45	0.677	28	D	L	W	W	L	1954-03-06	Rochdale	A
20	1	Halifax Town	34	7	4	5	17	10	3	3	12	15	38	0.667	27	W	W	W	D	L	1954-03-06	Bradford	H
21	-1	Hartlepools United	32	8	5	3	28	14	1	3	12	11	35	0.796	26	L	L	L	W	L	1954-03-06	Grimsby Town	A
22	0	Tranmere Rovers	30	7	2	6	29	25	4	1	10	11	25	0.8	25	W	L	L	L	W	1954-03-03	Barnsley	H
23	0	Darlington	32	7	2	7	20	22	1	7	8	13	33	0.6	25	W	W	D	L	W	1954-03-06	Accrington Stanley	A
24	0	Chester	34	7	6	4	28	15	1	1	15	7	39	0.648	23	D	L	W	L	D	1954-03-06	Bradford City	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	2	0	Crystal Palace	Dean Court	8,740
Hunt, Siddall	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	1	Exeter City	Goldstone Ground	20,251
Tennant (p), Mundy	Lineups		Ellaway
Coventry City	2	1	Colchester United	Highfield Road	11,852
Jamieson (p), Bradbury	Lineups		Plant
Gillingham	2	0	Southampton	Priestfield Stadium	13,024
Long, Sowden	Lineups
Ipswich Town	2	1	Bristol City	Portman Road	14,182
Garneys 2	Lineups		Williams
Leyton Orient	1	1	Swindon Town	Brisbane Road	12,466
White	Lineups		Lambert
Millwall	2	0	Aldershot	The Den, New Cross	11,400
Neary 2	Lineups
Northampton Town	2	1	Queens Park Rangers	County Ground	8,259
English 2	Lineups		Clark
Reading	0	2	Walsall	Elm Park	9,782
	Lineups		Dean 2
Southend United	3	0	Shrewsbury Town	Greyhound Stadium	7,700
Hollis, Bainbridge, McDonald	Lineups
Torquay United	2	4	Norwich City	Plainmoor	7,780
Thomas B, Mills	Lineups		Gordon, Gavin 2, Holmes
Watford	1	0	Newport County	Vicarage Road	13,428
Bowie (p)	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	Brighton & Hove Albion	32	13	1	2	43	23	8	3	5	23	21	1.5	46	W	W	W	W	W	1954-03-06	Newport County	A
2	0	Ipswich Town	31	10	4	2	36	14	9	3	3	27	22	1.75	45	W	L	L	L	W	1954-03-03	Watford	A
3	0	Southampton	31	14	1	0	39	13	5	1	10	19	27	1.45	40	L	W	L	W	W	1954-03-06	Northampton Town	H
4	0	Bristol City	33	13	1	2	44	12	5	3	9	26	39	1.373	40	L	W	W	W	L	1954-03-06	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
5	0	Watford	32	11	3	2	41	17	5	4	7	27	33	1.36	39	W	W	W	W	W	1954-03-03	Ipswich Town	H
6	1	Gillingham	35	11	3	4	29	16	4	5	8	20	37	0.925	38	W	D	W	D	W	1954-03-06	Colchester United	A
7	-1	Torquay United	35	6	9	3	37	29	7	2	8	29	33	1.065	37	L	W	L	D	D	1954-03-06	Queens Park Rangers	A
8	2	Northampton Town	32	12	3	1	49	16	1	6	9	15	26	1.524	35	W	L	L	L	W	1954-03-06	Southampton	A
9	0	Leyton Orient	32	10	3	3	34	20	4	4	8	22	28	1.167	35	D	L	W	L	W	1954-03-06	Walsall	A
10	2	Millwall	32	11	2	4	35	19	3	5	7	20	33	1.058	35	W	L	W	D	L	1954-03-06	Swindon Town	A
11	-3	Exeter City	34	8	1	8	29	18	6	5	6	21	24	1.19	34	L	L	D	W	D	1954-03-06	Southend United	H
12	1	Coventry City	34	9	4	3	24	10	4	4	10	22	29	1.179	34	W	W	W	L	W	1954-03-06	Crystal Palace	A
13	1	Norwich City	32	7	5	4	24	19	6	3	7	23	28	1	34	W	D	L	L	L	1954-03-06	Watford	H
14	-3	Reading	32	9	2	4	34	18	4	5	8	20	31	1.102	33	L	D	L	W	L	1954-03-06	Shrewsbury Town	A
15	0	Crystal Palace	34	9	3	5	29	22	3	5	9	16	41	0.714	32	L	W	D	D	D	1954-03-06	Coventry City	H
16	2	Southend United	34	11	2	4	34	17	1	4	12	14	35	0.923	30	W	W	L	W	W	1954-03-06	Exeter City	A
17	0	Swindon Town	34	9	4	4	37	17	2	3	12	16	39	0.946	29	D	L	D	D	L	1954-03-06	Millwall	H
18	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	34	9	3	5	35	21	4	0	13	16	33	0.944	29	W	L	L	L	L	1954-03-06	Bristol City	A
19	-3	Shrewsbury Town	34	9	6	2	39	27	1	3	13	12	32	0.864	29	L	L	W	D	W	1954-03-06	Reading	H
20	-1	Newport County	34	10	2	4	32	25	2	2	14	12	45	0.629	28	L	L	W	W	L	1954-03-06	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
21	0	Queens Park Rangers	32	4	5	8	14	21	4	4	7	19	28	0.673	25	L	W	D	D	L	1954-03-06	Torquay United	H
22	0	Aldershot	33	5	4	7	24	26	4	3	10	20	44	0.629	25	L	D	L	D	W	1954-03-06	Ipswich Town	H
23	0	Colchester United	33	6	5	6	28	21	3	1	12	11	32	0.736	24	L	W	W	D	L	1954-03-06	Gillingham	H
24	0	Walsall	33	5	3	9	14	23	1	1	14	14	44	0.418	16	W	L	L	L	L	1954-03-06	Leyton Orient	H