1954-03-20

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bolton Wanderers	3	0	Aston Villa	Burnden Park	26,292
Hassall 2, Stevens	Lineups
Burnley	3	1	Manchester City	Turf Moor	23,061
Gray, McIlroy, Holden	Lineups		Hart
Charlton Athletic	3	2	Cardiff City	The Valley	20,717
Hurst, Firmani, Leary	Lineups		Grant, Ford
Liverpool	1	1	Chelsea	Anfield Road	35,947
Anderson	Lineups		Parsons
Manchester United	3	1	Huddersfield Town	Old Trafford	41,184
Blanchflower, Rowley, Viollet	Lineups		Metcalfe (p)
Middlesbrough	2	2	Portsmouth	Ayresome Park	20,743
Mannion, Harris	Lineups		Henderson, Barnard
Newcastle United	4	1	Sheffield United	St James' Park	36,668
Milburn, Monkhouse 3	Lineups		McNab
Preston North End	0	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Deepdale	24,376
	Lineups		Wilshaw
Sheffield Wednesday	2	1	Arsenal	Hillsborough	42,072
Gannon, Sewell	Lineups		Holton
Tottenham Hotspur	0	3	Sunderland	White Hart Lane	39,393
	Lineups		Chisholm, Shackleton, Purdon
West Bromwich Albion	2	1	Blackpool	The Hawthorns	53,210	Largest home gate 1953-54
Allen, Ryan	Lineups		Mudie

				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	35	12	4	2	49	22	9	4	4	33	26	1.708	50	W	L	D	W	D	1954-03-31	Sunderland	A
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	13	0	3	47	20	8	5	5	33	29	1.633	47	W	L	W	W	L	1954-03-24	Bolton Wanderers	H
3	0	Huddersfield Town	35	10	6	1	35	16	6	5	7	28	30	1.37	43	L	W	W	L	D	1954-03-27	Charlton Athletic	H
4	0	Burnley	35	15	1	2	47	19	5	1	11	24	35	1.315	42	W	L	W	L	W	1954-03-27	Sheffield United	A
5	0	Manchester United	35	9	6	3	35	24	6	6	5	28	24	1.313	42	W	D	W	W	L	1954-03-27	Arsenal	A
6	0	Bolton Wanderers	34	12	5	1	39	17	4	4	8	25	31	1.333	41	W	W	L	L	L	1954-03-24	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
7	0	Charlton Athletic	35	12	3	3	46	25	5	2	10	23	37	1.113	39	W	D	W	L	D	1954-03-27	Huddersfield Town	A
8	1	Chelsea	35	10	3	4	41	23	3	8	7	26	39	1.081	37	D	W	D	L	W	1954-03-27	Tottenham Hotspur	H
9	-1	Blackpool	35	9	6	2	30	16	5	3	10	32	45	1.016	37	L	D	W	W	W	1954-03-31	Preston North End	H
10	0	Cardiff City	35	10	3	4	26	23	4	4	10	14	38	0.656	35	L	W	W	W	W	1954-03-27	Newcastle United	H
11	0	Preston North End	34	9	2	7	36	23	6	1	9	33	24	1.468	33	L	W	L	L	W	1954-03-31	Blackpool	A
12	0	Arsenal	34	4	7	5	29	34	7	4	7	29	27	0.951	33	L	D	L	L	W	1954-03-27	Manchester United	H
13	0	Tottenham Hotspur	35	10	2	6	32	24	4	2	11	21	36	0.883	32	L	L	L	W	W	1954-03-27	Chelsea	A
14	1	Sheffield Wednesday	35	12	3	4	42	26	2	1	13	19	50	0.803	32	W	L	W	D	L	1954-03-31	Aston Villa	A
15	2	Portsmouth	34	9	4	3	42	27	1	6	11	28	49	0.921	30	D	L	L	W	W	1954-03-27	Bolton Wanderers	H
16	-2	Aston Villa	33	8	5	4	36	25	4	1	11	15	33	0.879	30	L	D	W	W	D	1954-03-31	Sheffield Wednesday	H
17	1	Newcastle United	36	6	2	10	31	35	4	8	6	26	32	0.851	30	W	L	L	L	D	1954-03-27	Cardiff City	A
18	-2	Manchester City	35	8	3	6	26	26	3	5	10	23	41	0.731	30	L	W	L	W	L	1954-04-03	Newcastle United	A
19	1	Sunderland	34	9	2	5	40	27	2	3	13	25	47	0.878	27	W	L	L	L	L	1954-03-31	West Bromwich Albion	H
20	-1	Sheffield United	34	7	4	5	36	29	2	5	11	23	45	0.797	27	L	W	D	D	L	1954-03-27	Burnley	H
21	0	Middlesbrough	35	5	5	8	27	33	3	4	10	23	42	0.667	25	D	D	D	D	D	1954-03-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
22	0	Liverpool	35	5	8	5	41	33	0	2	15	16	53	0.663	20	D	L	L	L	D	1954-04-03	Sunderland	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	3	0	Derby County	St Andrew's	18,219
Trigg 2, Stewart	Lineups
Fulham	3	0	Bury	Craven Cottage	18,019
Taylor J, Jezzard 2	Lineups
Leeds United	3	2	Blackburn Rovers	Elland Road	24,915
McCall, Nightingale, Charles (p)	Lineups		Briggs 2
Leicester City	2	2	Everton	Filbert Street	39,046
Hines, Small	Lineups		Hickson 2
Luton Town	1	1	Bristol Rovers	Kenilworth Road	12,195
Downie	Lineups		Pitt (p)
Nottingham Forest	2	1	Brentford	City Ground	15,700
Ardron, Moore	Lineups		Dudley
Plymouth Argyle	1	2	Lincoln City	Home Park	14,036
Dews	Lineups		Finch, Munro
Rotherham United	3	2	Hull City	Millmoor	13,037
Burke 2, Guest	Lineups		Ackerman, Atkinson
Stoke City	0	1	Oldham Athletic	Victoria Ground	14,632
	Lineups		Lowrie (p)
Swansea Town	2	2	Notts County	Vetch Field	15,794
Medwin, Williams	Lineups		Coole, Taylor
West Ham United	2	1	Doncaster Rovers	Upton Park	14,655
Hooper, Dick	Lineups		Lawlor (p)

				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	Everton	34	11	5	1	49	23	6	8	3	31	27	1.6	47	D	W	W	W	W	1954-03-27	West Ham United	H
2	1	Leicester City	34	13	3	2	56	21	5	6	5	25	30	1.588	45	D	W	W	W	W	1954-03-27	Lincoln City	A
3	-1	Blackburn Rovers	35	11	4	2	45	16	7	4	7	30	29	1.667	44	L	W	W	W	D	1954-03-27	Luton Town	H
4	0	Nottingham Forest	35	15	3	0	58	23	2	6	9	15	27	1.46	43	W	L	W	D	D	1954-03-27	Doncaster Rovers	A
5	0	Birmingham City	35	11	5	2	45	14	6	3	8	27	34	1.5	42	W	L	D	W	D	1954-03-27	Bury	A
6	0	Rotherham United	35	11	3	4	42	24	7	1	9	25	37	1.098	40	W	L	W	L	W	1954-03-27	Bristol Rovers	A
7	0	Luton Town	35	9	6	3	31	21	5	5	7	25	32	1.057	39	D	D	W	W	L	1954-03-27	Blackburn Rovers	A
8	1	Fulham	35	10	2	6	54	33	4	7	6	30	36	1.217	37	W	D	L	D	W	1954-03-27	Hull City	A
9	-1	Doncaster Rovers	34	9	3	5	27	19	6	4	7	26	27	1.152	37	L	D	D	L	L	1954-03-27	Nottingham Forest	H
10	2	Leeds United	35	10	5	3	48	24	3	5	9	29	45	1.116	36	W	W	W	D	D	1954-03-27	Oldham Athletic	A
11	0	Bristol Rovers	34	6	7	4	24	16	4	8	5	30	31	1.149	35	D	W	D	D	D	1954-03-27	Rotherham United	H
12	-2	Stoke City	34	6	7	4	35	23	4	7	6	22	24	1.213	34	L	W	D	L	W	1954-03-27	Notts County	A
13	0	West Ham United	34	10	4	3	39	15	3	3	11	19	41	1.036	33	W	L	D	L	D	1954-03-27	Everton	A
14	2	Notts County	35	6	5	6	19	24	4	6	8	21	39	0.635	31	D	W	L	D	D	1954-03-27	Stoke City	H
15	-1	Hull City	33	12	0	4	40	14	1	4	12	15	39	1.038	30	L	W	D	L	D	1954-03-27	Fulham	H
16	-1	Derby County	35	8	4	5	33	28	2	6	10	21	42	0.771	30	L	L	D	D	D	1954-03-27	Plymouth Argyle	H
17	0	Lincoln City	35	8	5	4	35	18	3	3	12	16	49	0.761	30	W	D	L	L	D	1954-03-27	Leicester City	H
18	1	Swansea Town	35	8	5	5	27	23	2	3	12	19	46	0.667	28	D	L	L	D	L	1954-03-27	Brentford	A
19	-1	Bury	35	7	6	4	33	30	1	6	11	8	33	0.651	28	L	L	L	W	D	1954-03-27	Birmingham City	H
20	0	Brentford	36	7	5	5	19	20	1	5	13	12	48	0.456	26	L	W	L	W	L	1954-03-27	Swansea Town	H
21	0	Plymouth Argyle	34	4	11	3	32	27	2	2	12	15	39	0.712	25	L	L	D	L	L	1954-03-27	Derby County	A
22	0	Oldham Athletic	33	5	6	4	19	17	1	2	15	12	55	0.431	20	W	L	D	D	L	1954-03-27	Leeds United	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	0	0	Bradford	Peel Park	6,814
	Lineups
Barrow	1	2	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Holker Street	4,486
McLaren (p)	Lineups		Gregory 2
Bradford City	1	0	York City	Valley Parade	12,682
Williamson	Lineups
Carlisle United	0	0	Port Vale	Brunton Park	9,995
	Lineups
Chesterfield	2	0	Southport	Saltergate Recreation Ground	5,598
Hatton, Smith G	Lineups
Grimsby Town	0	1	Barnsley	Blundell Park	6,616
	Lineups		Brown
Halifax Town	1	0	Crewe Alexandra	The Shay	5,209
Murphy	Lineups
Mansfield Town	0	2	Workington	Field Mill	8,059
	Lineups		Simmonds, Whittle
Rochdale	2	2	Hartlepools United	Spotland	6,583
Black, Haines	Lineups		Johnson, McLaughlin
Stockport County	2	0	Darlington	Edgeley Park	5,456
Howe OG, Weigh	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	2	1	Chester	Prenton Park	6,773
Atkinson, Williams T	Lineups		Coffin
Wrexham	5	1	Gateshead	Racecourse Ground	7,545
Samuels 2, Bannan 2, Hope	Lineups		Ingham

				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	34	12	4	0	33	3	10	5	3	22	12	3.667	53	D	W	W	D	W	1954-03-30	Accrington Stanley	H
2	1	Barnsley	36	12	3	2	41	18	8	5	6	21	23	1.512	48	W	W	W	W	L	1954-03-27	Stockport County	H
3	1	Bradford City	36	15	1	2	34	8	7	3	8	19	29	1.432	48	W	W	W	W	W	1954-03-27	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
4	-2	Gateshead	36	13	4	1	44	14	5	6	7	20	29	1.488	46	L	W	W	W	L	1954-03-27	Mansfield Town	H
5	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	37	9	7	2	34	21	5	7	7	23	30	1.118	42	W	L	D	D	L	1954-03-27	Bradford City	H
6	1	Wrexham	36	12	3	3	48	15	4	4	10	19	38	1.264	39	W	D	W	L	W	1954-03-27	Hartlepools United	A
7	-1	Mansfield Town	37	12	5	3	52	22	2	5	10	21	39	1.197	38	L	D	W	L	W	1954-03-24	Chester	A
8	0	Bradford	36	10	5	4	48	28	3	7	7	16	26	1.185	38	D	W	L	D	D	1954-03-24	Chesterfield	A
9	1	Chesterfield	36	9	5	4	32	17	4	7	7	27	38	1.073	38	W	D	D	L	D	1954-03-24	Bradford	H
10	-1	Southport	36	10	3	5	35	23	4	5	9	16	27	1.02	36	L	L	W	W	L	1954-03-27	Tranmere Rovers	H
11	3	Stockport County	36	11	5	3	46	18	2	4	11	14	31	1.224	35	W	L	D	L	D	1954-03-27	Barnsley	A
12	1	Carlisle United	37	8	6	5	43	23	4	5	9	28	36	1.203	35	D	W	L	L	W	1954-03-27	Crewe Alexandra	A
13	-2	Barrow	37	10	4	4	35	18	4	3	12	21	38	1	35	L	L	L	L	D	1954-03-27	Workington	A
14	-2	Crewe Alexandra	37	7	6	5	25	22	5	5	9	17	33	0.764	35	L	L	W	L	W	1954-03-27	Carlisle United	H
15	0	Rochdale	37	11	3	5	38	18	3	3	12	14	48	0.788	34	D	L	W	D	L	1954-03-27	Darlington	A
16	1	Accrington Stanley	36	9	6	3	36	19	3	3	12	20	42	0.918	33	D	W	L	D	W	1954-03-30	Port Vale	A
17	2	Workington	38	8	7	4	29	18	3	4	12	20	49	0.731	33	W	W	D	L	D	1954-03-27	Barrow	H
18	-2	Grimsby Town	37	13	2	4	25	11	1	3	14	15	53	0.625	33	L	L	L	W	L	1954-03-27	Bradford	A
19	1	Tranmere Rovers	35	9	2	8	33	30	5	1	10	13	26	0.821	31	W	W	W	L	L	1954-03-27	Southport	A
20	-2	York City	37	8	5	5	35	24	3	4	12	20	48	0.764	31	L	W	L	W	L	1954-03-27	Chesterfield	H
21	1	Halifax Town	37	8	5	5	20	12	3	3	13	15	40	0.673	30	W	L	D	W	W	1954-03-27	Chester	A
22	-1	Hartlepools United	35	9	5	3	34	14	1	4	13	13	40	0.87	29	D	W	L	L	L	1954-03-24	Darlington	A
23	0	Darlington	36	8	2	7	23	22	1	8	10	13	36	0.621	28	L	W	L	D	W	1954-03-24	Hartlepools United	H
24	0	Chester	37	7	7	4	30	17	1	1	17	8	42	0.644	24	L	D	L	D	L	1954-03-24	Mansfield Town	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	3	1	Watford	Recreation Ground	5,937
Gaynor, McCulloch, Flint	Lineups		Brown R
Bristol City	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Ashton Gate	21,937
Regan D	Lineups		Gordon
Colchester United	2	4	Reading	Layer Road	6,729
Elder 2	Lineups		Quinlan 2, Hinshelwood, Ritchie
Crystal Palace	4	2	Southend United	Selhurst Park	9,371
Tilston 2, Thomas 2	Lineups		McDonald, Bainbridge
Exeter City	4	0	Coventry City	St James Park	7,800
Donaldson 2, Parker, Dodgin	Lineups
Newport County	4	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Somerton Park	10,421
Graham, Wharton, Shergold, Saward	Lineups
Norwich City	1	2	Ipswich Town	Carrow Road	27,079
Gordon	Lineups		Garneys, Crowe
Queens Park Rangers	4	0	Millwall	Loftus Road	13,503
Kerrins, Clark, Pounder, Smith	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	0	0	Gillingham	Gay Meadow	7,137
	Lineups
Southampton	4	1	Leyton Orient	The Dell	14,516
Day 2, Hoskins, Walker	Lineups		Aldous
Swindon Town	6	1	Torquay United	County Ground	8,495
Bull, Hudson (p), Owen, Thomas R OG, Sampson, Onslow	Lineups		Dougan
Walsall	0	1	Northampton Town	Fellows Park	10,032
	Lineups		Ramscar

				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	35	14	1	2	46	23	8	4	6	24	23	1.522	49	D	W	L	W	W	1954-03-24	Reading	A
2	0	Ipswich Town	35	10	4	3	37	16	10	3	5	29	27	1.535	47	W	L	L	L	W	1954-03-25	Northampton Town	A
3	0	Southampton	35	16	2	0	44	14	5	1	11	20	31	1.422	45	W	D	L	W	L	1954-03-24	Norwich City	H
4	0	Watford	36	13	3	2	44	17	5	4	9	29	40	1.281	43	L	W	L	W	W	1954-03-27	Colchester United	H
5	0	Gillingham	38	12	3	4	32	16	5	6	8	21	37	1	43	D	W	W	W	D	1954-03-27	Aldershot	H
6	0	Bristol City	36	13	3	2	46	14	5	3	10	26	41	1.309	42	D	L	D	L	W	1954-03-27	Northampton Town	A
7	2	Northampton Town	35	13	3	1	51	16	2	6	10	16	27	1.558	39	W	W	L	W	L	1954-03-25	Ipswich Town	H
8	2	Reading	35	10	2	4	38	19	6	5	8	27	33	1.25	39	W	W	W	L	D	1954-03-24	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
9	-2	Torquay United	38	7	9	3	40	29	7	2	10	31	44	0.973	39	L	W	L	L	W	1954-03-27	Crystal Palace	H
10	-2	Norwich City	35	8	5	5	29	22	7	3	7	26	29	1.078	38	L	W	W	W	D	1954-03-24	Southampton	A
11	2	Exeter City	37	9	2	8	34	19	6	5	7	22	28	1.191	37	W	L	D	L	L	1954-03-27	Millwall	A
12	0	Leyton Orient	35	10	4	3	36	22	4	4	10	25	36	1.052	36	L	D	L	D	L	1954-03-27	Newport County	H
13	-2	Coventry City	37	10	4	3	26	11	4	4	12	23	36	1.043	36	L	W	L	W	W	1954-03-27	Swindon Town	H
14	1	Crystal Palace	37	11	3	5	36	25	3	5	10	16	44	0.754	36	W	L	W	L	W	1954-03-27	Torquay United	A
15	-1	Millwall	35	11	2	5	36	22	3	5	9	21	39	0.934	35	L	L	L	W	L	1954-03-27	Exeter City	H
16	2	Newport County	37	12	2	4	37	25	3	2	14	14	46	0.718	34	W	W	W	L	L	1954-03-27	Leyton Orient	A
17	2	Swindon Town	37	11	4	4	45	19	2	3	13	16	41	1.017	33	W	L	W	D	L	1954-03-27	Coventry City	A
18	-2	Southend United	37	12	2	4	37	17	1	5	13	17	40	0.947	33	L	W	D	W	W	1954-03-27	Queens Park Rangers	H
19	-2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	37	10	3	5	39	22	4	1	14	17	38	0.933	32	L	W	D	W	L	1954-03-27	Walsall	H
20	1	Queens Park Rangers	35	6	5	8	23	22	4	5	7	21	30	0.846	30	W	D	W	L	W	1954-03-27	Southend United	A
21	-1	Shrewsbury Town	37	9	7	3	39	30	1	3	14	13	34	0.813	30	D	L	L	L	L	1954-03-27	Ipswich Town	A
22	0	Aldershot	36	7	4	7	30	27	4	3	11	20	47	0.676	29	W	L	W	L	D	1954-03-27	Gillingham	A
23	0	Colchester United	36	6	5	8	30	26	3	1	13	11	35	0.672	24	L	L	L	L	W	1954-03-27	Watford	A
24	0	Walsall	37	6	3	10	18	26	1	2	15	14	47	0.438	19	L	D	L	W	W	1954-03-27	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A