1954-03-06

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Bolton Wanderers	3	1	Sunderland	Burnden Park	26,379
Moir, Parry, Stevens	Lineups		Shackleton
Burnley	2	1	Arsenal	Turf Moor	22,726
Holden, Shannon	Lineups		Holton
Charlton Athletic	3	1	Portsmouth	The Valley	37,598
Firmani, Leary 2	Lineups		Barnard
Liverpool	1	3	Huddersfield Town	Anfield Road	46,074
Evans	Lineups		Burrell 2, Cavanagh
Manchester United	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Old Trafford	40,774
Berry	Lineups
Middlesbrough	3	3	Chelsea	Ayresome Park	27,920
Spuhler, Delapenha 2	Lineups		Bentley, Parsons 2
Newcastle United	0	1	Aston Villa	St James' Park	36,847
	Lineups		Walsh
Preston North End	4	0	Manchester City	Deepdale	23,669
Wayman 2, Baxter (p), Finney	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	1	2	Blackpool	Hillsborough	41,619
Woodhead	Lineups		Mudie, Brown
Tottenham Hotspur	0	1	Cardiff City	White Hart Lane	45,248
	Lineups		Tiddy
West Bromwich Albion	2	2	Sheffield United	The Hawthorns	37,650
Nicholls, Lee	Lineups		Wragg 2

				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	33	11	4	2	47	21	9	4	3	33	21	1.905	48	D	W	D	W	D	1954-03-17	Chelsea	A
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	13	0	3	47	20	7	5	5	32	29	1.612	45	L	W	W	L	W	1954-03-20	Preston North End	A
3	0	Huddersfield Town	33	9	6	1	32	14	6	5	6	27	27	1.439	41	W	L	D	W	D	1954-03-13	Newcastle United	H
4	0	Burnley	33	14	1	2	44	18	5	1	10	24	34	1.308	40	W	L	W	L	D	1954-03-13	Cardiff City	A
5	0	Manchester United	33	8	6	3	32	23	6	5	5	26	22	1.289	39	W	W	L	W	W	1954-03-13	Aston Villa	A
6	0	Bolton Wanderers	33	11	5	1	36	17	4	4	8	25	31	1.271	39	W	L	L	L	W	1954-03-20	Aston Villa	H
7	0	Charlton Athletic	33	11	3	3	43	23	5	1	10	20	34	1.105	36	W	L	D	W	D	1954-03-13	Arsenal	A
8	0	Blackpool	33	9	5	2	30	16	5	3	9	31	43	1.034	36	W	W	W	W	L	1954-03-13	Middlesbrough	H
9	0	Chelsea	33	9	3	4	36	23	3	7	7	25	38	1	34	D	L	W	W	D	1954-03-17	West Bromwich Albion	H
10	2	Preston North End	33	9	2	6	36	22	6	1	9	33	24	1.5	33	W	L	L	W	L	1954-03-20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
11	2	Cardiff City	33	9	3	4	25	23	4	4	9	12	35	0.638	33	W	W	W	D	L	1954-03-13	Burnley	H
12	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	33	10	2	5	32	21	4	2	10	20	32	0.981	32	L	W	W	L	W	1954-03-17	Manchester City	A
13	-2	Arsenal	32	4	6	5	26	31	7	4	6	28	25	0.964	32	L	L	W	D	D	1954-03-13	Charlton Athletic	H
14	0	Sheffield Wednesday	34	11	3	4	40	25	2	1	13	19	50	0.787	30	L	W	D	L	W	1954-03-20	Arsenal	H
15	3	Aston Villa	31	8	4	4	34	23	4	1	10	15	30	0.925	29	W	W	D	D	L	1954-03-13	Manchester United	H
16	-1	Portsmouth	33	9	4	3	42	27	1	5	11	26	47	0.919	29	L	L	W	W	L	1954-03-20	Middlesbrough	A
17	-1	Newcastle United	34	5	2	10	27	34	4	8	5	24	29	0.81	28	L	L	D	W	L	1954-03-13	Huddersfield Town	A
18	-1	Manchester City	33	7	3	6	22	25	3	5	9	22	38	0.698	28	L	W	L	L	D	1954-03-17	Tottenham Hotspur	H
19	0	Sunderland	33	9	2	5	40	27	1	3	13	22	47	0.838	25	L	L	L	L	W	1954-03-20	Tottenham Hotspur	A
20	0	Sheffield United	32	6	4	5	33	28	2	5	10	22	41	0.797	25	D	D	L	D	L	1954-03-13	Liverpool	H
21	0	Middlesbrough	33	5	4	8	25	31	3	3	10	23	42	0.658	23	D	D	D	L	L	1954-03-13	Blackpool	A
22	0	Liverpool	33	5	7	5	40	32	0	2	14	15	50	0.671	19	L	L	D	L	D	1954-03-13	Sheffield United	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	1	1	Bristol Rovers	St Andrew's	25,300
Boyd	Lineups		Leonard
Fulham	2	3	Blackburn Rovers	Craven Cottage	29,076
Taylor J 2	Lineups		Langton 2 (1p), Crossan
Leeds United	4	0	Brentford	Elland Road	16,501
Charles 2, Nightingale, Williams	Lineups
Leicester City	2	0	Bury	Filbert Street	35,725
Rowley, Dryburgh	Lineups
Luton Town	2	1	Notts County	Kenilworth Road	14,623
Downie, Davies	Lineups		Taylor
Nottingham Forest	4	2	Lincoln City	City Ground	20,986
McLaren, Collindridge, Moore, Green OG	Lineups		Garvie, Graver
Plymouth Argyle	2	2	Hull City	Home Park	18,216
Langman, Ratcliffe (p)	Lineups		Crosbie, Ackerman
Rotherham United	7	0	Oldham Athletic	Millmoor	11,686
Burke 3, Jackson OG, Noble (p), Wilson I, Grainger	Lineups
Stoke City	2	2	Doncaster Rovers	Victoria Ground	13,662
Bowyer, King	Lineups		Tindill, Walker
Swansea Town	0	2	Everton	Vetch Field	20,902
	Lineups		Hickson, Parker
West Ham United	0	0	Derby County	Upton Park	18,592
	Lineups

				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	33	13	2	2	54	19	5	6	5	25	30	1.612	44	W	W	W	W	W	1954-03-20	Everton	H
2	0	Everton	32	10	5	1	46	23	6	7	3	29	25	1.563	44	W	W	W	W	D	1954-03-13	Rotherham United	H
3	0	Blackburn Rovers	33	10	4	2	41	15	7	4	6	28	26	1.683	42	W	W	D	W	D	1954-03-13	West Ham United	H
4	1	Nottingham Forest	33	14	3	0	56	22	2	6	8	15	26	1.479	41	W	D	D	W	D	1954-03-13	Bristol Rovers	A
5	-1	Birmingham City	33	10	5	2	42	14	6	3	7	27	32	1.5	40	D	W	D	W	L	1954-03-13	Brentford	A
6	0	Rotherham United	33	10	3	4	39	22	7	1	8	25	34	1.143	38	W	L	W	W	D	1954-03-13	Everton	A
7	1	Luton Town	33	9	5	3	30	20	5	4	7	24	31	1.059	37	W	W	L	L	L	1954-03-13	Lincoln City	A
8	-1	Doncaster Rovers	32	9	2	5	25	17	6	4	6	25	25	1.19	36	D	L	L	D	D	1954-03-13	Fulham	H
9	0	Fulham	33	9	2	6	51	33	4	6	6	28	34	1.179	34	L	D	W	L	W	1954-03-13	Doncaster Rovers	A
10	0	Bristol Rovers	32	5	7	4	23	16	4	7	5	29	30	1.13	32	D	D	D	W	D	1954-03-13	Nottingham Forest	H
11	0	Stoke City	32	6	7	3	35	22	3	7	6	16	24	1.109	32	D	L	W	D	L	1954-03-13	Bury	A
12	1	Leeds United	33	9	5	3	45	22	2	5	9	27	45	1.075	32	W	D	D	W	L	1954-03-13	Derby County	A
13	-1	West Ham United	32	9	4	3	37	14	3	3	10	18	37	1.078	31	D	L	D	L	W	1954-03-13	Blackburn Rovers	A
14	0	Derby County	33	8	4	4	33	26	2	6	9	21	39	0.831	30	D	D	D	L	L	1954-03-13	Leeds United	H
15	2	Hull City	31	11	0	4	36	11	1	4	11	13	36	1.043	28	D	L	D	W	L	1954-03-13	Swansea Town	H
16	-1	Bury	33	7	6	3	33	24	1	6	10	8	30	0.759	28	L	W	D	W	L	1954-03-13	Stoke City	H
17	-1	Notts County	33	5	5	6	17	24	4	5	8	19	37	0.59	28	L	D	D	D	D	1954-03-13	Plymouth Argyle	H
18	0	Lincoln City	33	8	4	4	34	17	2	3	12	14	48	0.738	27	L	L	D	L	L	1954-03-13	Luton Town	H
19	0	Swansea Town	33	8	4	5	25	21	2	3	11	16	42	0.651	27	L	D	L	L	W	1954-03-13	Hull City	A
20	0	Plymouth Argyle	32	4	11	2	31	25	2	2	11	15	37	0.742	25	D	L	L	L	D	1954-03-13	Notts County	A
21	0	Brentford	34	6	5	5	17	20	1	5	12	11	46	0.424	24	L	W	L	D	L	1954-03-13	Birmingham City	H
22	0	Oldham Athletic	32	5	6	4	19	17	0	2	15	11	55	0.417	18	L	D	D	L	D	1954-03-20	Stoke City	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	0	0	Darlington	Peel Park	6,266
	Lineups
Barrow	2	3	Southport	Holker Street	4,427
Hannah, Gordon	Lineups		Hitchen, Taylor R, Billingham
Bradford City	1	0	Chester	Valley Parade	10,971
Williamson	Lineups
Carlisle United	2	4	Barnsley	Brunton Park	4,954
Ashman 2	Lineups		Chappell 3, Brown
Chesterfield	0	2	Crewe Alexandra	Saltergate Recreation Ground	6,212
	Lineups		Gemmell, Bootle
Grimsby Town	3	0	Hartlepools United	Blundell Park	5,628
Smith F 2, Robson	Lineups
Halifax Town	2	2	Bradford	The Shay	5,308
Suddards OG, Wood	Lineups		Beattie, Redfearn
Mansfield Town	7	2	York City	Field Mill	6,783
Murray, Watson V 2, Darwin 2, Daley, Fox	Lineups		Burgess, Spence R
Rochdale	4	2	Workington	Spotland	4,683
Lyons E, Lyons G, Lynn, anders	Lineups		Dunlop, Dailey
Stockport County	0	1	Gateshead	Edgeley Park	6,334
	Lineups		Wilbert
Tranmere Rovers	1	3	Port Vale	Prenton Park	9,946	Largest home gate 1953-54
Bainbridge	Lineups		Hayward 2, Griffiths
Wrexham	3	1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Racecourse Ground	6,522
Bannan, Samuels, Richards	Lineups		Gregory

				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	32	11	4	0	31	3	10	4	3	22	12	3.533	50	W	D	W	D	L	1954-03-15	Halifax Town	H
2	0	Gateshead	34	12	4	1	42	13	5	6	6	19	24	1.649	44	W	W	L	D	D	1954-03-13	Rochdale	H
3	0	Bradford City	34	14	1	2	33	8	6	3	8	18	29	1.378	44	W	W	W	W	W	1954-03-13	Southport	A
4	0	Barnsley	34	11	3	2	36	18	7	5	6	20	23	1.366	44	W	W	L	L	W	1954-03-13	Accrington Stanley	H
5	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	33	9	6	1	31	17	4	6	7	20	28	1.133	38	L	D	W	D	D	1954-03-10	Stockport County	A
6	0	Mansfield Town	35	12	5	2	52	20	2	4	10	19	37	1.246	37	W	L	W	L	W	1954-03-13	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
7	1	Wrexham	34	11	3	3	43	14	4	3	10	18	37	1.196	36	W	L	W	L	W	1954-03-13	Workington	A
8	2	Southport	34	10	3	4	35	22	4	5	8	16	25	1.085	36	W	W	L	L	L	1954-03-13	Bradford City	H
9	-2	Barrow	34	10	4	3	34	16	4	3	10	18	31	1.106	35	L	D	W	L	L	1954-03-13	York City	A
10	2	Crewe Alexandra	35	7	6	4	24	20	5	5	8	17	32	0.788	35	W	L	W	D	D	1954-03-13	Tranmere Rovers	H
11	0	Bradford	32	9	4	3	43	22	3	6	7	16	26	1.229	34	D	L	W	L	W	1954-03-10	Chesterfield	H
12	-3	Chesterfield	33	8	5	4	30	17	4	5	7	24	35	1.038	34	L	D	D	W	L	1954-03-10	Bradford	A
13	2	Rochdale	35	11	2	5	36	16	3	3	11	13	46	0.79	33	W	D	L	W	W	1954-03-13	Gateshead	A
14	2	Grimsby Town	34	13	2	3	25	10	1	3	12	15	48	0.69	33	W	L	L	W	L	1954-03-13	Darlington	A
15	-2	Stockport County	33	10	4	3	43	17	2	4	10	14	25	1.357	32	L	D	L	W	L	1954-03-10	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
16	-2	Carlisle United	35	8	5	5	43	23	3	5	9	24	34	1.175	32	L	L	W	L	L	1954-03-13	Bradford	A
17	0	Accrington Stanley	33	9	5	3	36	19	2	3	11	18	36	0.982	30	D	W	D	L	D	1954-03-13	Barnsley	A
18	0	York City	35	7	5	5	30	22	3	4	11	20	47	0.725	29	L	W	L	D	W	1954-03-13	Barrow	H
19	1	Halifax Town	35	7	5	5	19	12	3	3	12	15	38	0.68	28	D	W	W	W	D	1954-03-15	Port Vale	A
20	-1	Workington	35	7	6	4	26	17	2	4	12	18	49	0.667	28	L	D	L	W	W	1954-03-13	Wrexham	H
21	0	Hartlepools United	33	8	5	3	28	14	1	3	13	11	38	0.75	26	L	L	L	L	W	1954-03-13	Stockport County	H
22	1	Darlington	33	7	2	7	20	22	1	8	8	13	33	0.6	26	D	W	W	D	L	1954-03-10	Tranmere Rovers	A
23	-1	Tranmere Rovers	32	7	2	8	30	29	4	1	10	11	25	0.759	25	L	L	W	L	L	1954-03-10	Darlington	H
24	0	Chester	35	7	6	4	28	15	1	1	16	7	40	0.636	23	L	D	L	W	L	1954-03-13	Chesterfield	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	3	0	Ipswich Town	Recreation Ground	6,624
Gaynor, Menzies, Durkin	Lineups
Bristol City	1	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Ashton Gate	16,635
White	Lineups		Gaynor
Colchester United	0	1	Gillingham	Layer Road	8,651
	Lineups		Morgan
Crystal Palace	3	1	Coventry City	Selhurst Park	10,519
Thomas 2, Tilston	Lineups		Dorman
Exeter City	1	1	Southend United	St James Park	8,392
McClelland (p)	Lineups		Sibley
Newport County	1	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Somerton Park	11,417
Graham	Lineups
Norwich City	4	1	Watford	Carrow Road	14,365
Morgan, Ashman, Johnston, Brennan	Lineups		Brown R
Queens Park Rangers	5	1	Torquay United	Loftus Road	11,233
Clark, Smith 2, Kerrins, Cameron	Lineups		Thomas B
Shrewsbury Town	0	3	Reading	Gay Meadow	8,711
	Lineups		Uphill 2, Hinshelwood
Southampton	1	0	Northampton Town	The Dell	14,196
Day	Lineups
Swindon Town	2	1	Millwall	County Ground	8,903
Bull, Johnson	Lineups		Anslow
Walsall	4	2	Leyton Orient	Fellows Park	9,759
Colombo, Tarrant, Davis, Dean	Lineups		Facey (p), Burgess

				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	33	13	1	2	43	23	8	3	6	23	22	1.467	46	L	W	W	W	W	1954-03-13	Crystal Palace	H
2	0	Ipswich Town	33	10	4	2	36	14	9	3	5	27	26	1.575	45	L	L	W	L	L	1954-03-13	Newport County	H
3	1	Southampton	32	15	1	0	40	13	5	1	10	19	27	1.475	42	W	L	W	L	W	1954-03-13	Reading	A
4	1	Bristol City	34	13	2	2	45	13	5	3	9	26	39	1.365	41	D	L	W	W	W	1954-03-13	Watford	A
5	-2	Watford	34	12	3	2	42	17	5	4	8	28	37	1.296	41	L	W	W	W	W	1954-03-13	Bristol City	H
6	0	Gillingham	36	11	3	4	29	16	5	5	8	21	37	0.943	40	W	W	D	W	D	1954-03-13	Walsall	H
7	0	Torquay United	36	6	9	3	37	29	7	2	9	30	38	1	37	L	L	W	L	D	1954-03-13	Aldershot	H
8	5	Norwich City	33	8	5	4	28	20	6	3	7	23	28	1.063	36	W	W	D	L	L	1954-03-13	Millwall	A
9	-1	Northampton Town	33	12	3	1	49	16	1	6	10	15	27	1.488	35	L	W	L	L	L	1954-03-13	Swindon Town	H
10	1	Exeter City	35	8	2	8	30	19	6	5	6	21	24	1.186	35	D	L	L	D	W	1954-03-13	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
11	3	Reading	33	9	2	4	34	18	5	5	8	23	31	1.163	35	W	L	D	L	W	1954-03-13	Southampton	H
12	-3	Leyton Orient	33	10	3	3	34	20	4	4	9	24	32	1.115	35	L	D	L	W	L	1954-03-18	Queens Park Rangers	H
13	-3	Millwall	33	11	2	4	35	19	3	5	8	21	35	1.037	35	L	W	L	W	D	1954-03-13	Norwich City	H
14	-2	Coventry City	35	9	4	3	24	10	4	4	11	23	32	1.119	34	L	W	W	W	L	1954-03-13	Shrewsbury Town	H
15	0	Crystal Palace	35	10	3	5	32	23	3	5	9	16	41	0.75	34	W	L	W	D	D	1954-03-13	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
16	1	Swindon Town	35	10	4	4	39	18	2	3	12	16	39	0.965	31	W	D	L	D	D	1954-03-13	Northampton Town	A
17	-1	Southend United	35	11	2	4	34	17	1	5	12	15	36	0.925	31	D	W	W	L	W	1954-03-13	Colchester United	H
18	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	35	9	3	5	35	21	4	1	13	17	34	0.945	30	D	W	L	L	L	1954-03-13	Exeter City	H
19	1	Newport County	35	11	2	4	33	25	2	2	14	12	45	0.643	30	W	L	L	W	W	1954-03-13	Ipswich Town	A
20	-1	Shrewsbury Town	35	9	6	3	39	30	1	3	13	12	32	0.823	29	L	L	L	W	D	1954-03-13	Coventry City	A
21	0	Queens Park Rangers	33	5	5	8	19	22	4	4	7	19	28	0.76	27	W	L	W	D	D	1954-03-18	Leyton Orient	A
22	0	Aldershot	34	6	4	7	27	26	4	3	10	20	44	0.671	27	W	L	D	L	D	1954-03-13	Torquay United	A
23	0	Colchester United	34	6	5	7	28	22	3	1	12	11	32	0.722	24	L	L	W	W	D	1954-03-13	Southend United	A
24	0	Walsall	34	6	3	9	18	25	1	1	14	14	44	0.464	18	W	W	L	L	L	1954-03-13	Gillingham	A