1954-04-03

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

Cup and International Matches

World Cup Qualifier Group 3 & Home International						Venue	Gate	Notes
	Scotland	2	4	England		Hampden Park, Glasgow	134,544
	Brown, Ormond	Lineups		Broadis, Nicholls, Allen, Mullen

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Bolton Wanderers	3	1	Arsenal	Burnden Park	30,525
Moir, Hassall (p), Lofthouse	Lineups		Holton
Burnley	1	2	Chelsea	Turf Moor	20,312
Gray	Lineups		Bentley, Lewis
Charlton Athletic	3	0	Sheffield United	The Valley	16,845
Terry, Kiernan, Ayre	Lineups
Liverpool	4	3	Sunderland	Anfield Road	30,417
Jackson, Evans, Liddell (p), Anderson	Lineups		Shackleton, Chisholm, Purdon
Manchester United	2	3	Cardiff City	Old Trafford	24,616
Rowley, Viollet	Lineups		Grant 2, Sullivan
Middlesbrough	2	1	Aston Villa	Ayresome Park	21,142
Mannion, McPherson	Lineups		McParland
Newcastle United	4	3	Manchester City	St James' Park	27,764
Milburn 2 (2p), Monkhouse, Davies	Lineups		Hart, McAdams, Clarke
Preston North End	4	0	Portsmouth	Deepdale	15,464
Foster 2, Wayman, Baxter (p)	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	1	4	Huddersfield Town	Hillsborough	31,106
Shaw	Lineups		Glazzard, Frear 2 (1p), Cavanagh
Tottenham Hotspur	2	2	Blackpool	White Hart Lane	43,870
Baily, Robb	Lineups		Perry, Mortensen
West Bromwich Albion	0	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	The Hawthorns	49,884
	Lineups		Swinbourne

				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	37	12	4	3	49	23	9	4	5	34	28	1.627	50	L	L	W	L	D	1954-04-10	Cardiff City	A
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	13	1	4	50	25	9	5	5	34	29	1.556	50	W	L	D	W	L	1954-04-10	Charlton Athletic	H
3	0	Huddersfield Town	37	11	6	1	39	17	7	5	7	32	31	1.479	47	W	W	L	W	W	1954-04-10	Tottenham Hotspur	H
4	0	Bolton Wanderers	37	13	5	1	42	18	4	5	9	28	35	1.321	44	W	L	D	W	W	1954-04-10	Chelsea	A
5	0	Burnley	37	15	1	3	48	21	5	1	12	25	37	1.259	42	L	L	W	L	W	1954-04-10	Aston Villa	A
6	0	Manchester United	37	9	6	4	37	27	6	6	6	29	27	1.222	42	L	L	W	D	W	1954-04-10	Blackpool	A
7	0	Chelsea	37	11	3	4	42	23	4	8	7	28	40	1.111	41	W	W	D	W	D	1954-04-10	Bolton Wanderers	H
8	0	Charlton Athletic	37	13	3	3	49	25	5	2	11	24	41	1.106	41	W	L	W	D	W	1954-04-10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
9	0	Blackpool	37	10	6	2	34	18	5	4	10	34	47	1.046	40	D	W	L	D	W	1954-04-10	Manchester United	H
10	0	Cardiff City	37	11	3	4	28	24	5	4	10	17	40	0.703	39	W	W	L	W	W	1954-04-10	West Bromwich Albion	H
11	1	Preston North End	36	10	2	7	40	23	6	1	10	35	28	1.471	35	W	L	L	W	L	1954-04-07	Sunderland	A
12	-1	Arsenal	36	5	7	5	32	35	7	4	8	30	30	0.954	35	L	W	L	D	L	1954-04-06	Aston Villa	H
13	2	Tottenham Hotspur	37	10	3	6	34	26	4	2	12	21	37	0.873	33	D	L	L	L	L	1954-04-10	Huddersfield Town	A
14	-1	Portsmouth	36	10	4	3	45	29	1	6	12	28	53	0.89	32	L	W	D	L	L	1954-04-07	Sheffield Wednesday	H
15	-1	Aston Villa	35	9	5	4	38	26	4	1	12	16	35	0.885	32	L	W	L	D	W	1954-04-06	Arsenal	A
16	1	Newcastle United	38	7	2	10	35	38	4	8	7	27	34	0.861	32	W	L	W	L	L	1954-04-10	Portsmouth	A
17	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	37	12	3	5	43	30	2	1	14	20	52	0.768	32	L	L	W	L	W	1954-04-07	Portsmouth	A
18	0	Manchester City	36	8	3	6	26	26	3	5	11	26	45	0.732	30	L	L	W	L	W	1954-04-07	Liverpool	H
19	0	Sunderland	36	10	2	5	42	28	2	3	14	28	51	0.886	29	L	W	W	L	L	1954-04-07	Preston North End	H
20	0	Sheffield United	36	8	4	5	38	30	2	5	12	23	48	0.782	29	L	W	L	W	D	1954-04-10	Preston North End	H
21	0	Middlesbrough	37	6	5	8	29	34	4	4	10	27	44	0.718	29	W	W	D	D	D	1954-04-10	Manchester City	A
22	0	Liverpool	36	6	8	5	45	36	0	2	15	16	53	0.685	22	W	D	L	L	L	1954-04-07	Manchester City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	2	1	Oldham Athletic	St Andrew's	15,848
Murphy, Boyd	Lineups		Green OG
Fulham	4	3	Notts County	Craven Cottage	17,796
Jezzard 2, Stevens, Mitten	Lineups		Johnston 2, Wylie
Leeds United	3	1	Everton	Elland Road	22,581
Williams, Forrest, Kerfoot	Lineups		Wainwright
Leicester City	1	0	Bristol Rovers	Filbert Street	27,368
Froggatt	Lineups
Luton Town	2	0	Doncaster Rovers	Kenilworth Road	10,838
Turner, Davies	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	2	2	Bury	City Ground	17,215
Moore, Ardron	Lineups		Gager OG, Clarke
Plymouth Argyle	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	Home Park	20,757
Porteous	Lineups		Langton
Rotherham United	1	1	Brentford	Millmoor	9,198
Guest	Lineups		Bragg
Stoke City	4	1	Lincoln City	Victoria Ground	11,371
Bowyer, Malkin, King 2	Lineups		Garvie
Swansea Town	2	1	Derby County	Vetch Field	11,972
Medwin, McIntosh	Lineups		Parry
West Ham United	1	0	Hull City	Upton Park	13,467
Hooper	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	1	Blackburn Rovers	37	12	4	2	47	16	7	5	7	31	30	1.696	47	D	W	L	W	W	1954-04-10	Birmingham City	H
2	1	Leicester City	36	14	3	2	57	21	5	6	6	26	33	1.537	47	W	L	D	W	W	1954-04-06	Oldham Athletic	A
3	-2	Everton	36	11	5	2	50	25	6	8	4	32	30	1.491	47	L	L	D	W	W	1954-04-10	Stoke City	H
4	0	Nottingham Forest	37	15	4	0	60	25	3	6	9	18	28	1.472	46	D	W	W	L	W	1954-04-10	Derby County	A
5	0	Birmingham City	37	12	5	2	47	15	6	4	8	28	35	1.5	45	W	D	W	L	D	1954-04-10	Blackburn Rovers	A
6	0	Rotherham United	37	11	4	4	43	25	7	1	10	25	38	1.079	41	D	L	W	L	W	1954-04-10	Notts County	A
7	0	Luton Town	37	10	6	3	33	21	5	5	8	25	34	1.055	41	W	L	D	D	W	1954-04-10	Brentford	A
8	0	Fulham	37	11	2	6	58	36	4	7	7	31	38	1.203	39	W	L	W	D	L	1954-04-10	Oldham Athletic	A
9	2	Leeds United	37	11	5	3	51	25	3	5	10	31	49	1.108	38	W	L	W	W	W	1954-04-10	Doncaster Rovers	A
10	-1	Bristol Rovers	36	7	7	4	25	16	4	8	6	30	32	1.146	37	L	W	D	W	D	1954-04-10	Plymouth Argyle	H
11	1	West Ham United	36	11	4	3	40	15	4	3	11	21	42	1.07	37	W	W	W	L	D	1954-04-10	Bury	A
12	-2	Doncaster Rovers	36	9	3	6	28	22	6	4	8	26	29	1.059	37	L	L	L	D	D	1954-04-10	Leeds United	H
13	0	Stoke City	36	7	7	4	39	24	4	7	7	23	26	1.24	36	W	L	L	W	D	1954-04-10	Everton	A
14	0	Notts County	37	7	5	6	21	25	4	6	9	24	43	0.662	33	L	W	D	W	L	1954-04-10	Rotherham United	H
15	0	Hull City	35	13	0	4	42	15	1	4	13	15	40	1.036	32	L	W	L	W	D	1954-04-07	Bury	A
16	0	Lincoln City	37	9	5	4	38	19	3	3	13	17	53	0.764	32	L	W	W	D	L	1954-04-10	Swansea Town	H
17	0	Derby County	37	8	4	6	34	32	2	6	11	22	44	0.737	30	L	L	L	L	D	1954-04-10	Nottingham Forest	H
18	1	Swansea Town	37	9	5	5	29	24	2	3	13	20	49	0.671	30	W	L	D	L	L	1954-04-10	Lincoln City	A
19	-1	Bury	37	7	7	4	34	31	1	7	11	10	35	0.667	30	D	D	L	L	L	1954-04-07	Hull City	H
20	0	Brentford	38	8	5	5	22	21	1	6	13	13	49	0.5	29	D	W	L	W	L	1954-04-10	Luton Town	H
21	0	Plymouth Argyle	36	4	12	3	33	28	3	2	12	19	40	0.765	28	D	W	L	L	D	1954-04-10	Bristol Rovers	A
22	0	Oldham Athletic	35	6	6	4	23	19	1	2	16	13	57	0.474	22	L	W	W	L	D	1954-04-06	Leicester City	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	2	1	Crewe Alexandra	Peel Park	5,979
Brydon 2	Lineups		Bootle
Barrow	0	0	Gateshead	Holker Street	3,712
	Lineups
Bradford City	1	1	Workington	Valley Parade	8,306
Powell	Lineups		Dailey
Carlisle United	1	1	Chester	Brunton Park	2,329
Ashman	Lineups		Travis
Chesterfield	1	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	5,769
Hatton	Lineups
Grimsby Town	2	2	Port Vale	Blundell Park	9,952
Smith F, Hernon	Lineups		Leake, Cunliffe
Halifax Town	1	2	Southport	The Shay	3,636
Murphy	Lineups		Whitworth, Billingham
Mansfield Town	1	0	Hartlepools United	Field Mill	5,948
Eaton	Lineups
Rochdale	1	1	Barnsley	Spotland	5,785
Lord	Lineups		Lumley
Stockport County	4	1	Bradford	Edgeley Park	4,676
Carlin OG, Connor 2, Herd	Lineups		Brickley
Tranmere Rovers	1	1	York City	Prenton Park	4,264
Atkinson	Lineups		Burgess
Wrexham	4	2	Darlington	Racecourse Ground	5,338
Samuels 2, Hope, Richards	Lineups		Dowson, French

				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	37	14	4	0	37	3	10	6	3	24	14	3.588	58	D	W	W	D	W	1954-04-05	Mansfield Town	H
2	0	Barnsley	39	13	3	3	45	21	8	6	6	22	24	1.489	51	D	L	W	W	W	1954-04-10	Wrexham	H
3	0	Gateshead	39	13	4	2	45	17	6	7	7	22	29	1.457	49	D	W	L	L	W	1954-04-07	Bradford	H
4	0	Bradford City	39	15	2	2	35	9	7	3	10	20	34	1.279	49	D	L	L	W	W	1954-04-07	Port Vale	H
5	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	40	11	7	2	38	22	5	7	8	23	31	1.151	46	L	W	W	W	L	1954-04-10	Tranmere Rovers	H
6	0	Mansfield Town	40	13	5	3	53	22	4	5	10	26	40	1.274	44	W	W	W	L	D	1954-04-05	Port Vale	A
7	0	Chesterfield	40	11	5	4	38	18	5	7	8	32	42	1.167	44	W	L	W	W	W	1954-04-10	Workington	A
8	0	Wrexham	38	13	3	3	52	17	4	5	10	20	39	1.286	42	W	D	W	D	W	1954-04-07	Southport	H
9	0	Bradford	39	11	5	4	52	29	3	7	9	18	35	1.094	40	L	W	L	D	W	1954-04-07	Gateshead	A
10	0	Southport	38	10	4	5	35	23	5	5	9	18	28	1.039	39	W	D	L	L	W	1954-04-07	Wrexham	A
11	0	Carlisle United	39	8	7	5	44	24	4	6	9	28	36	1.2	37	D	D	D	W	L	1954-04-10	Southport	A
12	2	Stockport County	39	12	5	3	50	19	2	4	13	15	37	1.161	37	W	L	L	W	L	1954-04-10	Port Vale	A
13	-1	Barrow	39	10	5	4	35	18	4	4	12	22	39	1	37	D	D	L	L	L	1954-04-10	Hartlepools United	A
14	1	Rochdale	39	11	4	5	39	19	3	4	12	14	48	0.791	36	D	D	D	L	W	1954-04-07	Accrington Stanley	A
15	-2	Crewe Alexandra	39	7	7	5	25	22	5	5	10	18	35	0.754	36	L	D	L	L	W	1954-04-10	Grimsby Town	H
16	1	Accrington Stanley	38	10	6	3	38	20	3	3	13	20	43	0.921	35	W	L	D	W	L	1954-04-07	Rochdale	H
17	-1	Workington	40	8	8	4	30	19	3	5	12	21	50	0.739	35	D	D	W	W	D	1954-04-10	Chesterfield	H
18	0	Grimsby Town	39	13	3	4	27	13	1	3	15	16	57	0.614	34	D	L	L	L	L	1954-04-10	Crewe Alexandra	A
19	1	Tranmere Rovers	37	9	3	8	34	31	5	2	10	13	26	0.825	33	D	D	W	W	W	1954-04-05	Hartlepools United	A
20	-1	Hartlepools United	38	9	6	3	35	15	2	4	14	14	41	0.875	32	L	D	W	D	W	1954-04-05	Tranmere Rovers	H
21	0	York City	39	8	5	6	36	27	3	5	12	21	49	0.75	32	D	L	L	W	L	1954-04-10	Halifax Town	H
22	0	Darlington	40	9	3	8	26	25	1	8	11	15	40	0.631	31	L	W	D	L	L	1954-04-10	Mansfield Town	H
23	0	Halifax Town	39	8	5	6	21	14	3	3	14	16	43	0.649	30	L	L	W	L	D	1954-04-10	York City	A
24	0	Chester	40	8	7	5	33	20	1	2	17	9	43	0.667	27	D	W	L	L	D	1954-04-10	Accrington Stanley	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	3	1	Northampton Town	Recreation Ground	5,728
Gaynor, Menzies, Durkin	Lineups		English
Bristol City	3	0	Torquay United	Ashton Gate	14,056
Atyeo, Boxley, Eisentrager	Lineups
Colchester United	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Layer Road	8,282
Hill	Lineups		Leadbetter
Crystal Palace	1	1	Watford	Selhurst Park	9,553
Simpson	Lineups		Kelly
Exeter City	1	2	Ipswich Town	St James Park	8,578
Donaldson	Lineups		Garneys 2
Newport County	0	0	Millwall	Somerton Park	9,049
	Lineups
Norwich City	3	1	Leyton Orient	Carrow Road	14,716
Brennan, Johnston 2	Lineups		Burgess
Queens Park Rangers	2	0	Reading	Loftus Road	9,942
Smith, Tomkys	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	1	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Gay Meadow	6,905
McCue (p)	Lineups		Murray
Southampton	3	5	Southend United	The Dell	13,224
Day 2, Hoskins	Lineups		Hollis 2, Burns, Sibley, Duthie
Swindon Town	2	1	Gillingham	County Ground	7,150
Bull, Sampson	Lineups		Sowden
Walsall	1	0	Coventry City	Fellows Park	8,728
Dean	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	38	15	1	2	48	24	8	5	7	26	26	1.48	52	D	W	L	D	W	1954-04-07	Swindon Town	H
2	0	Ipswich Town	38	10	5	3	37	16	11	3	6	31	29	1.511	50	W	D	L	W	L	1954-04-07	Southampton	H
3	1	Watford	38	14	3	2	47	17	5	5	9	30	41	1.328	46	D	W	L	W	L	1954-04-10	Swindon Town	H
4	-1	Southampton	38	16	3	1	47	19	5	1	12	21	33	1.308	46	L	L	D	W	D	1954-04-07	Ipswich Town	A
5	2	Bristol City	38	14	3	2	49	14	5	3	11	26	44	1.293	44	W	L	D	L	D	1954-04-07	Reading	A
6	-1	Northampton Town	38	15	3	1	55	16	2	6	11	17	30	1.565	43	L	W	W	W	W	1954-04-08	Exeter City	H
7	-1	Gillingham	40	12	3	5	33	19	5	6	9	22	39	0.948	43	L	L	D	W	W	1954-04-10	Exeter City	H
8	0	Reading	39	11	3	5	46	28	6	5	9	27	35	1.159	42	L	L	D	W	W	1954-04-07	Bristol City	H
9	1	Norwich City	38	9	5	5	32	23	7	5	7	30	33	1.107	42	W	D	D	L	W	1954-04-10	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
10	-1	Torquay United	40	8	9	3	41	29	7	2	11	31	47	0.947	41	L	W	L	W	L	1954-04-10	Walsall	H
11	0	Millwall	38	12	2	5	38	23	4	6	9	25	41	0.984	40	D	W	W	L	L	1954-04-10	Southampton	H
12	0	Leyton Orient	37	11	4	3	39	22	4	4	11	26	39	1.066	38	L	W	L	D	L	1954-04-08	Crystal Palace	H
13	0	Exeter City	39	9	2	9	35	21	6	5	8	23	30	1.137	37	L	L	W	L	D	1954-04-08	Northampton Town	A
14	2	Southend United	39	13	2	4	41	18	2	5	13	22	43	1.033	37	W	W	L	W	D	1954-04-10	Bristol City	H
15	-1	Coventry City	39	10	5	3	26	11	4	4	13	23	37	1.021	37	L	D	L	W	L	1954-04-10	Newport County	H
16	-1	Crystal Palace	39	11	4	5	37	26	3	5	11	16	45	0.746	37	D	L	W	L	W	1954-04-08	Leyton Orient	A
17	0	Swindon Town	39	12	4	4	47	20	2	4	13	16	41	1.033	36	W	D	W	L	W	1954-04-07	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
18	0	Newport County	39	12	3	4	37	25	3	2	15	14	49	0.689	35	D	L	W	W	W	1954-04-10	Coventry City	A
19	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	39	10	4	5	40	23	4	2	14	18	39	0.935	34	D	D	L	W	D	1954-04-07	Queens Park Rangers	H
20	1	Aldershot	38	8	4	7	33	28	5	3	11	23	48	0.737	33	W	W	W	L	W	1954-04-07	Walsall	H
21	1	Queens Park Rangers	37	7	5	8	25	22	4	5	8	22	34	0.839	32	W	L	W	D	W	1954-04-07	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
22	-2	Shrewsbury Town	39	9	8	3	40	31	1	4	14	13	34	0.815	32	D	D	D	L	L	1954-04-10	Northampton Town	A
23	0	Colchester United	38	6	6	8	31	27	3	1	14	11	38	0.646	25	D	L	L	L	L	1954-04-10	Leyton Orient	A
24	0	Walsall	39	7	3	10	19	26	1	3	15	15	48	0.459	22	W	D	L	D	L	1954-04-07	Aldershot	A