1954-03-27

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

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Semi Final						Venue	Gate
D 1	Preston North End	2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	D 1	Maine Road, Manchester	75,213
	Wayman, Baxter	Lineups
D 1	West Bromwich Albion	2	1	Port Vale	D 3N	Villa Park, Birmingham	68,221
	Dudley, Allen (p)	Lineups		Leake

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	3	1	Manchester United	Highbury	42,735
Logie 2, Holton	Lineups		Taylor
Cardiff City	2	1	Newcastle United	Ninian Park	26,242
Nugent, Tiddy	Lineups		Monkhouse
Chelsea	1	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Stamford Bridge	49,315
McNichol	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	4	1	Charlton Athletic	Leeds Road	20,896
McGarry, Frear 2, Cavanagh	Lineups		Ayre
Portsmouth	3	2	Bolton Wanderers	Fratton Park	22,784
Harris, Henderson, Gordon	Lineups		Moir, Parry
Sheffield United	2	1	Burnley	Bramall Lane	22,784
Bottom, Ringstead	Lineups		McIlroy
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	4	Middlesbrough	Molineux	29,145
Broadbent 2	Lineups		Watkin, McPherson 2, Delapenha

				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	36	13	1	4	50	25	8	5	5	33	29	1.537	48	L	D	W	L	W	1954-04-03	West Bromwich Albion	A
3	0	Huddersfield Town	36	11	6	1	39	17	6	5	7	28	30	1.426	45	W	L	W	W	L	1954-04-03	Sheffield Wednesday	A
4	0	Bolton Wanderers	36	12	5	1	39	17	4	5	9	28	35	1.288	42	L	D	W	W	L	1954-04-03	Arsenal	H
5	0	Burnley	36	15	1	2	47	19	5	1	12	25	37	1.286	42	L	W	L	W	L	1954-04-03	Chelsea	H
6	0	Manchester United	36	9	6	3	35	24	6	6	6	29	27	1.255	42	L	W	D	W	W	1954-04-03	Cardiff City	H
7	1	Chelsea	36	11	3	4	42	23	3	8	7	26	39	1.097	39	W	D	W	D	L	1954-04-03	Burnley	A
8	-1	Charlton Athletic	36	12	3	3	46	25	5	2	11	24	41	1.061	39	L	W	D	W	L	1954-04-03	Sheffield United	H
9	0	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	36	11	3	4	28	24	4	4	10	14	38	0.677	37	W	L	W	W	W	1954-04-03	Manchester United	A
11	1	Arsenal	35	5	7	5	32	35	7	4	7	29	27	0.984	35	W	L	D	L	L	1954-04-03	Bolton Wanderers	A
12	-1	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
13	2	Portsmouth	35	10	4	3	45	29	1	6	11	28	49	0.936	32	W	D	L	L	W	1954-04-03	Preston North End	A
14	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	36	10	2	6	32	24	4	2	12	21	37	0.869	32	L	L	L	L	W	1954-04-03	Blackpool	H
15	-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
16	0	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	0	Newcastle United	37	6	2	10	31	35	4	8	7	27	34	0.841	30	L	W	L	L	L	1954-04-03	Manchester City	H
18	0	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	Sheffield United	35	8	4	5	38	30	2	5	11	23	45	0.813	29	W	L	W	D	D	1954-04-03	Charlton Athletic	A
20	-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
21	0	Middlesbrough	36	5	5	8	27	33	4	4	10	27	44	0.701	27	W	D	D	D	D	1954-04-03	Aston Villa	H
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
Blackburn Rovers	2	0	Luton Town	Ewood Park	24,331
Briggs, Quigley	Lineups
Brentford	3	1	Swansea Town	Griffin Park	14,023
Gazzard, Robertson, Dudley	Lineups		Williams
Bristol Rovers	1	0	Rotherham United	Eastville	19,638
Hale	Lineups
Bury	1	1	Birmingham City	Gigg Lane	11,293
Pearson	Lineups		Stewart
Derby County	1	4	Plymouth Argyle	Baseball Ground	9,382
Straw	Lineups		Langman 3, Porteous
Doncaster Rovers	1	3	Nottingham Forest	Belle Vue	13,441
Tindill	Lineups		Gager (p), Capel, Moore
Everton	1	2	West Ham United	Goodison Park	41,653
Wainwright	Lineups		Barrett, Dixon
Hull City	2	1	Fulham	Boothferry Park	16,942
Crosbie, Crispey	Lineups		Haynes
Lincoln City	3	1	Leicester City	Sincil Bank	16,990
Graver, Garvie, Munro	Lineups		Rowley
Notts County	2	1	Stoke City	Meadow Lane	11,877
Crookes, Taylor	Lineups		King
Oldham Athletic	4	2	Leeds United	Boundary Park	18,067
Harris 2, Scrine 2	Lineups		Williams, Charles

				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	35	11	5	2	50	25	6	8	3	31	27	1.558	47	L	D	W	W	W	1954-04-03	Leeds United	A
2	1	Blackburn Rovers	36	12	4	2	47	16	7	4	7	30	29	1.711	46	W	L	W	W	W	1954-04-03	Plymouth Argyle	A
3	-1	Leicester City	35	13	3	2	56	21	5	6	6	26	33	1.519	45	L	D	W	W	W	1954-04-03	Bristol Rovers	H
4	0	Nottingham Forest	36	15	3	0	58	23	3	6	9	18	28	1.49	45	W	W	L	W	D	1954-04-03	Bury	H
5	0	Birmingham City	36	11	5	2	45	14	6	4	8	28	35	1.49	43	D	W	L	D	W	1954-04-03	Oldham Athletic	H
6	0	Rotherham United	36	11	3	4	42	24	7	1	10	25	38	1.081	40	L	W	L	W	L	1954-04-03	Brentford	H
7	0	Luton Town	36	9	6	3	31	21	5	5	8	25	34	1.018	39	L	D	D	W	W	1954-04-03	Doncaster Rovers	H
8	0	Fulham	36	10	2	6	54	33	4	7	7	31	38	1.197	37	L	W	D	L	D	1954-04-03	Notts County	H
9	2	Bristol Rovers	35	7	7	4	25	16	4	8	5	30	31	1.17	37	W	D	W	D	D	1954-04-03	Leicester City	A
10	-1	Doncaster Rovers	35	9	3	6	28	22	6	4	7	26	27	1.102	37	L	L	D	D	L	1954-04-03	Luton Town	A
11	-1	Leeds United	36	10	5	3	48	24	3	5	10	31	49	1.082	36	L	W	W	W	D	1954-04-03	Everton	H
12	1	West Ham United	35	10	4	3	39	15	4	3	11	21	42	1.053	35	W	W	L	D	L	1954-04-03	Hull City	H
13	-1	Stoke City	35	6	7	4	35	23	4	7	7	23	26	1.184	34	L	L	W	D	L	1954-04-03	Lincoln City	H
14	0	Notts County	36	7	5	6	21	25	4	6	8	21	39	0.656	33	W	D	W	L	D	1954-04-03	Fulham	A
15	0	Hull City	34	13	0	4	42	15	1	4	12	15	39	1.056	32	W	L	W	D	L	1954-04-03	West Ham United	A
16	1	Lincoln City	36	9	5	4	38	19	3	3	12	16	49	0.794	32	W	W	D	L	L	1954-04-03	Stoke City	A
17	-1	Derby County	36	8	4	6	34	32	2	6	10	21	42	0.743	30	L	L	L	D	D	1954-04-03	Swansea Town	A
18	1	Bury	36	7	7	4	34	31	1	6	11	8	33	0.656	29	D	L	L	L	W	1954-04-03	Nottingham Forest	A
19	-1	Swansea Town	36	8	5	5	27	23	2	3	13	20	49	0.653	28	L	D	L	L	D	1954-04-03	Derby County	H
20	0	Brentford	37	8	5	5	22	21	1	5	13	12	48	0.493	28	W	L	W	L	W	1954-04-03	Rotherham United	A
21	0	Plymouth Argyle	35	4	11	3	32	27	3	2	12	19	40	0.761	27	W	L	L	D	L	1954-04-03	Blackburn Rovers	H
22	0	Oldham Athletic	34	6	6	4	23	19	1	2	15	12	55	0.473	22	W	W	L	D	D	1954-04-03	Birmingham City	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	4	1	Stockport County	Oakwell	9,367
Walters, Chappell, Brown 2	Lineups		Herd
Bradford	4	1	Grimsby Town	Park Avenue	5,302
Deplidge, Redfearn, Pickard 2	Lineups		Grant
Chester	3	1	Halifax Town	Sealand Road	3,207
Morrey, Travis, Windle	Lineups		Clarke
Crewe Alexandra	0	0	Carlisle United	Gresty Road	3,617
	Lineups
Darlington	0	0	Rochdale	Feethams Ground	3,978
	Lineups
Gateshead	1	3	Mansfield Town	Redheugh Park	4,678
Callender T (p)	Lineups		Marron 2, Murray
Hartlepools United	1	1	Wrexham	Victoria Park	6,209
Burnett	Lineups		Gwatkin
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	2	1	Bradford City	Old Showground	7,035
Haigh, Mosby	Lineups		Tunnicliffe
Southport	0	0	Tranmere Rovers	Haig Avenue	2,990
	Lineups
Workington	1	1	Barrow	Borough Park	9,568
Dailey	Lineups		McLaren
York City	1	3	Chesterfield	Bootham Crescent	4,769
Burgess	Lineups		Brown (p), McGoldrick, Smith G

				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	0	Barnsley	37	13	3	2	45	19	8	5	6	21	23	1.571	50	W	W	W	W	W	1954-03-31	Gateshead	H
3	0	Bradford City	37	15	1	2	34	8	7	3	9	20	31	1.385	48	L	W	W	W	W	1954-04-01	Port Vale	A
4	0	Gateshead	37	13	4	2	45	17	5	6	7	20	29	1.413	46	L	L	W	W	W	1954-03-31	Barnsley	A
5	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	38	10	7	2	36	22	5	7	7	23	30	1.135	44	W	W	L	D	D	1954-04-01	Stockport County	H
6	0	Mansfield Town	39	12	5	3	52	22	4	5	10	26	40	1.258	42	W	W	L	D	W	1954-04-03	Hartlepools United	H
7	0	Chesterfield	38	10	5	4	37	18	5	7	7	30	39	1.175	42	W	W	W	D	D	1954-03-31	Darlington	A
8	0	Wrexham	37	12	3	3	48	15	4	5	10	20	39	1.259	40	D	W	D	W	L	1954-04-03	Darlington	H
9	0	Bradford	38	11	5	4	52	29	3	7	8	17	31	1.15	40	W	L	D	W	L	1954-04-03	Stockport County	A
10	0	Southport	37	10	4	5	35	23	4	5	9	16	27	1.02	37	D	L	L	W	W	1954-04-03	Halifax Town	A
11	1	Carlisle United	38	8	6	5	43	23	4	6	9	28	36	1.203	36	D	D	W	L	L	1954-04-03	Chester	H
12	1	Barrow	38	10	4	4	35	18	4	4	12	22	39	1	36	D	L	L	L	L	1954-04-03	Gateshead	H
13	1	Crewe Alexandra	38	7	7	5	25	22	5	5	9	17	33	0.764	36	D	L	L	W	L	1954-04-03	Accrington Stanley	A
14	-3	Stockport County	37	11	5	3	46	18	2	4	12	15	35	1.151	35	L	W	L	D	L	1954-04-01	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
15	0	Rochdale	38	11	3	5	38	18	3	4	12	14	48	0.788	35	D	D	L	W	D	1954-04-03	Barnsley	H
16	1	Workington	39	8	8	4	30	19	3	4	12	20	49	0.735	34	D	W	W	D	L	1954-04-03	Bradford City	A
17	-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
18	0	Grimsby Town	38	13	2	4	25	11	1	3	15	16	57	0.603	33	L	L	L	L	W	1954-04-03	Port Vale	H
19	0	Hartlepools United	37	9	6	3	35	15	2	4	13	14	40	0.891	32	D	W	D	W	L	1954-04-03	Mansfield Town	A
20	0	Tranmere Rovers	36	9	2	8	33	30	5	2	10	13	26	0.821	32	D	W	W	W	L	1954-04-03	York City	H
21	0	York City	38	8	5	6	36	27	3	4	12	20	48	0.747	31	L	L	W	L	W	1954-04-03	Tranmere Rovers	A
22	0	Halifax Town	38	8	5	5	20	12	3	3	14	16	43	0.655	30	L	W	L	D	W	1954-04-03	Southport	H
23	0	Darlington	38	8	3	8	23	23	1	8	10	13	36	0.61	29	D	L	L	W	L	1954-03-31	Chesterfield	H
24	0	Chester	39	8	7	5	33	20	1	1	17	8	42	0.661	26	W	L	L	D	L	1954-04-03	Carlisle United	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	1	Walsall	Dean Court	7,565
Harrison	Lineups		Scarlett
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	1	Southampton	Goldstone Ground	31,025	Largest home & D 3S gate 1953-54
Addinall, Gordon	Lineups		Day
Coventry City	0	0	Swindon Town	Highfield Road	7,523
	Lineups
Gillingham	1	3	Aldershot	Priestfield Stadium	10,627
Sowden	Lineups		Menzies, McCulloch, Niblett OG
Ipswich Town	0	0	Shrewsbury Town	Portman Road	13,439
	Lineups
Leyton Orient	3	0	Newport County	Brisbane Road	9,683
Facey, Burgess, White	Lineups
Millwall	2	1	Exeter City	The Den, New Cross	8,620
Neary, Stobbart	Lineups		Mackay
Northampton Town	3	0	Bristol City	County Ground	8,283
English, McLain, O'Donnell	Lineups
Reading	4	4	Norwich City	Elm Park	13,413
Quinlan 2, Docherty, Blackman	Lineups		Gavin, Ashman, Johnston 2
Southend United	4	1	Queens Park Rangers	Greyhound Stadium	7,110
Duthie, Bainbridge, McDonald, Hollis	Lineups		Angell
Torquay United	1	0	Crystal Palace	Plainmoor	5,662
Thomas B	Lineups
Watford	3	0	Colchester United	Vicarage Road	11,246
Adams, Cook, Brown R	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	37	15	1	2	48	24	8	4	7	25	25	1.49	51	W	L	D	W	L	1954-04-03	Colchester United	A
2	0	Ipswich Town	37	10	5	3	37	16	10	3	6	29	28	1.5	48	D	L	W	L	L	1954-04-03	Exeter City	A
3	0	Southampton	37	16	3	0	44	14	5	1	12	21	33	1.383	46	L	D	W	D	L	1954-04-03	Southend United	H
4	0	Watford	37	14	3	2	47	17	5	4	9	29	40	1.333	45	W	L	W	L	W	1954-04-03	Crystal Palace	A
5	2	Northampton Town	37	15	3	1	55	16	2	6	10	16	27	1.651	43	W	W	W	W	L	1954-04-03	Aldershot	A
6	-1	Gillingham	39	12	3	5	33	19	5	6	8	21	37	0.964	43	L	D	W	W	W	1954-04-03	Swindon Town	A
7	1	Reading	37	11	3	4	44	24	6	5	8	27	33	1.246	42	D	W	W	W	W	1954-03-31	Millwall	H
8	-2	Bristol City	37	13	3	2	46	14	5	3	11	26	44	1.241	42	L	D	L	D	L	1954-04-03	Torquay United	H
9	1	Torquay United	39	8	9	3	41	29	7	2	10	31	44	0.986	41	W	L	W	L	L	1954-04-03	Bristol City	A
10	-1	Norwich City	37	8	5	5	29	22	7	5	7	30	33	1.073	40	D	D	L	W	W	1954-04-03	Leyton Orient	H
11	1	Leyton Orient	36	11	4	3	39	22	4	4	10	25	36	1.103	38	W	L	D	L	D	1954-04-03	Norwich City	A
12	-1	Exeter City	38	9	2	8	34	19	6	5	8	23	30	1.163	37	L	W	L	D	L	1954-04-03	Ipswich Town	H
13	0	Coventry City	38	10	5	3	26	11	4	4	12	23	36	1.043	37	D	L	W	L	W	1954-04-03	Walsall	A
14	1	Millwall	36	12	2	5	38	23	3	5	9	21	39	0.952	37	W	L	L	L	W	1954-03-31	Reading	A
15	-1	Crystal Palace	38	11	3	5	36	25	3	5	11	16	45	0.743	36	L	W	L	W	L	1954-04-03	Watford	H
16	2	Southend United	38	13	2	4	41	18	1	5	13	17	40	1	35	W	L	W	D	W	1954-04-03	Southampton	A
17	0	Swindon Town	38	11	4	4	45	19	2	4	13	16	41	1.017	34	D	W	L	W	D	1954-04-03	Gillingham	H
18	-2	Newport County	38	12	2	4	37	25	3	2	15	14	49	0.689	34	L	W	W	W	L	1954-04-03	Millwall	H
19	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	38	10	4	5	40	23	4	1	14	17	38	0.934	33	D	L	W	D	W	1954-04-03	Shrewsbury Town	A
20	1	Shrewsbury Town	38	9	7	3	39	30	1	4	14	13	34	0.813	31	D	D	L	L	L	1954-04-03	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
21	1	Aldershot	37	7	4	7	30	27	5	3	11	23	48	0.707	31	W	W	L	W	L	1954-04-03	Northampton Town	H
22	-2	Queens Park Rangers	36	6	5	8	23	22	4	5	8	22	34	0.804	30	L	W	D	W	L	1954-04-03	Reading	H
23	0	Colchester United	37	6	5	8	30	26	3	1	14	11	38	0.641	24	L	L	L	L	L	1954-04-03	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
24	0	Walsall	38	6	3	10	18	26	1	3	15	15	48	0.446	20	D	L	D	L	W	1954-04-03	Coventry City	H