1954-03-31

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	2	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Villa Park	9,609
Thompson, Dixon	Lineups		Woodhead
Blackpool	4	2	Preston North End	Bloomfield Road	16,674
Taylor 2, Durie, Mortensen	Lineups		Foster, Wayman
Sunderland	2	1	West Bromwich Albion	Roker Park	26,632
Elliott, Purdon	Lineups		Cox

				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	36	12	4	2	49	22	9	4	5	34	28	1.66	50	L	W	L	D	W	1954-04-03	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
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	0	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	0	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	36	10	6	2	34	18	5	3	10	32	45	1.048	39	W	L	D	W	W	1954-04-03	Tottenham Hotspur	A
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	0	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	0	Preston North End	35	9	2	7	36	23	6	1	10	35	28	1.392	33	L	L	W	L	L	1954-04-03	Portsmouth	H
13	0	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	2	Aston Villa	34	9	5	4	38	26	4	1	11	15	33	0.898	32	W	L	D	W	W	1954-04-03	Middlesbrough	A
15	-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
16	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	36	12	3	4	42	26	2	1	14	20	52	0.795	32	L	W	L	W	D	1954-04-03	Huddersfield Town	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	Sunderland	35	10	2	5	42	28	2	3	13	25	47	0.893	29	W	W	L	L	L	1954-04-03	Liverpool	A
20	-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
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

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	0	2	Gateshead	Oakwell	12,960	Largest home gate 1953-54
	Lineups		Johnson, Price
Darlington	3	2	Chesterfield	Feethams Ground	3,075
Robson, Houlahan 2	Lineups		McGoldrick 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	35	13	4	0	34	3	10	5	3	22	12	3.733	55	W	D	W	W	D	1954-04-01	Bradford City	H
2	0	Barnsley	38	13	3	3	45	21	8	5	6	21	23	1.5	50	L	W	W	W	W	1954-04-03	Rochdale	A
3	1	Gateshead	38	13	4	2	45	17	6	6	7	22	29	1.457	48	W	L	L	W	W	1954-04-03	Barrow	A
4	-1	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
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	39	10	5	4	37	18	5	7	8	32	42	1.15	42	L	W	W	W	D	1954-04-03	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	Accrington Stanley	37	9	6	3	36	19	3	3	13	20	43	0.903	33	L	D	W	L	D	1954-04-03	Crewe Alexandra	H
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	1	Darlington	39	9	3	8	26	25	1	8	10	13	36	0.639	31	W	D	L	L	W	1954-04-03	Wrexham	A
23	-1	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
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
Reading	2	4	Millwall	Elm Park	8,087
Simpson, Blackman	Lineups		Smith, Hartburn, Saward, Shepherd

				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	0	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	0	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	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
8	-1	Reading	38	11	3	5	46	28	6	5	8	27	33	1.197	42	L	D	W	W	W	1954-04-03	Queens Park Rangers	A
9	0	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	0	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	3	Millwall	37	12	2	5	38	23	4	5	9	25	41	0.984	39	W	W	L	L	L	1954-04-03	Newport County	A
12	-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
13	-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
14	-1	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
15	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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