1954-04-16

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	3	0	Portsmouth	Highbury	44,948
Tapscott 2, Roper	Lineups
Blackpool	4	1	Cardiff City	Bloomfield Road	26,194
Brown, Mortensen, Taylor, Perry	Lineups		Ford
Bolton Wanderers	0	0	Burnley	Burnden Park	34,394
	Lineups
Chelsea	0	1	Manchester City	Stamford Bridge	59,794
	Lineups		Meadows
Manchester United	2	0	Charlton Athletic	Old Trafford	33,663
Aston, Viollet	Lineups
Middlesbrough	0	1	Liverpool	Ayresome Park	26,882
	Lineups		Smyth
Newcastle United	3	0	Sheffield Wednesday	St James' Park	43,945
Mitchell 2, Monkhouse	Lineups
Preston North End	2	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Deepdale	24,521
Wayman, Forbes	Lineups		Harmer
Sunderland	2	2	Sheffield United	Roker Park	49,419
Bingham, Anderson (p)	Lineups		Cross, Hawksworth

				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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	14	1	4	55	25	9	5	5	34	29	1.648	52	W	W	L	D	W	1954-04-17	Sheffield Wednesday	A
2	0	West Bromwich Albion	38	12	4	3	49	23	9	4	6	34	30	1.566	50	L	L	L	W	L	1954-04-17	Manchester City	H
3	0	Huddersfield Town	38	11	6	2	41	22	7	5	7	32	31	1.377	47	L	W	W	L	W	1954-04-17	Burnley	A
4	0	Bolton Wanderers	39	13	6	1	42	18	4	5	10	28	37	1.273	45	D	L	W	L	D	1954-04-17	Blackpool	H
5	1	Manchester United	39	10	6	4	39	27	6	6	7	29	29	1.214	44	W	L	L	L	W	1954-04-17	Portsmouth	H
6	2	Blackpool	39	12	6	2	40	19	5	4	10	34	47	1.121	44	W	W	D	W	L	1954-04-17	Bolton Wanderers	A
7	0	Burnley	39	15	1	3	48	21	5	2	13	26	42	1.175	43	D	L	L	L	W	1954-04-17	Huddersfield Town	H
8	-3	Chelsea	39	12	3	5	44	24	4	8	7	28	40	1.125	43	L	W	W	W	D	1954-04-17	Preston North End	A
9	0	Charlton Athletic	39	13	3	3	49	25	5	2	13	24	48	1	41	L	L	W	L	W	1954-04-17	Aston Villa	H
10	0	Cardiff City	39	12	3	4	30	24	5	4	11	18	44	0.706	41	L	W	W	W	L	1954-04-17	Liverpool	A
11	0	Arsenal	39	7	8	5	39	36	7	4	8	30	30	1.045	40	W	W	D	L	W	1954-04-17	Newcastle United	A
12	0	Preston North End	39	11	2	7	42	24	6	3	10	38	31	1.455	39	W	D	D	W	L	1954-04-17	Chelsea	H
13	0	Portsmouth	39	12	4	3	49	30	1	6	13	28	56	0.895	36	L	W	W	L	W	1954-04-17	Manchester United	A
14	0	Aston Villa	37	10	5	4	43	27	4	2	12	17	36	0.952	35	W	D	L	W	L	1954-04-17	Charlton Athletic	A
15	0	Tottenham Hotspur	39	10	3	6	34	26	5	2	13	27	41	0.91	35	L	W	D	L	L	1954-04-17	Sheffield United	H
16	1	Newcastle United	40	8	2	10	38	38	4	8	8	27	36	0.878	34	W	L	W	L	W	1954-04-17	Arsenal	H
17	1	Manchester City	39	9	3	7	31	30	4	5	11	27	45	0.773	34	W	W	L	L	L	1954-04-17	West Bromwich Albion	A
18	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	40	12	3	5	43	30	3	1	16	25	59	0.764	34	L	W	L	L	L	1954-04-17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
19	0	Sunderland	39	10	4	6	48	36	2	3	14	28	51	0.874	31	D	L	D	L	W	1954-04-17	Middlesbrough	A
20	0	Sheffield United	38	8	5	5	39	31	2	6	12	25	50	0.79	31	D	D	L	W	L	1954-04-17	Tottenham Hotspur	A
21	0	Middlesbrough	39	6	5	9	29	35	4	4	11	29	49	0.69	29	L	L	W	W	D	1954-04-17	Sunderland	H
22	0	Liverpool	39	6	8	5	45	36	2	2	16	19	56	0.696	26	W	L	W	W	D	1954-04-17	Cardiff City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	3	0	Leicester City	Ewood Park	45,521	Largest home gate 1953-54
Quigley, Bell, Kelly	Lineups
Brentford	2	1	Bury	Griffin Park	15,768
Gazzard (p), Dudley	Lineups		Kelly
Bristol Rovers	1	0	Oldham Athletic	Eastville	21,114
Petherbridge	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	1	3	Derby County	Belle Vue	11,668
Tindill	Lineups		Law, Harrison, Wilkins
Everton	3	1	Lincoln City	Goodison Park	61,231
Farrell, Fielding, Lewis	Lineups		Garvie
Hull City	0	2	Notts County	Boothferry Park	24,031
	Lineups		Crookes, Taylor
Luton Town	1	1	Leeds United	Kenilworth Road	16,129
Mitchell	Lineups		Charles
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Birmingham City	City Ground	25,135
Gager (p)	Lineups		Kinsey
Swansea Town	2	0	Fulham	Vetch Field	19,605
Jones, Medwin	Lineups
West Ham United	2	2	Plymouth Argyle	Upton Park	16,465
Arnott 2	Lineups		Tadman 2
Footnotes
Oldham Athletic relegated

				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	39	14	4	2	53	16	7	5	7	31	30	1.826	51	W	W	D	W	L	1954-04-17	Nottingham Forest	A
2	-1	Leicester City	39	14	3	2	57	21	7	6	7	31	36	1.544	51	L	W	W	W	L	1954-04-17	Notts County	H
3	0	Everton	38	12	6	2	54	27	6	8	4	32	30	1.509	50	W	D	L	L	D	1954-04-17	Fulham	A
4	0	Nottingham Forest	39	15	5	0	61	26	4	6	9	20	29	1.473	49	D	W	D	W	W	1954-04-17	Blackburn Rovers	H
5	0	Birmingham City	39	12	5	2	47	15	6	5	9	29	39	1.407	46	D	L	W	D	W	1954-04-17	Doncaster Rovers	H
6	1	Luton Town	39	10	7	3	34	22	6	5	8	26	34	1.071	44	D	W	W	L	D	1954-04-17	Derby County	H
7	-1	Rotherham United	38	11	4	4	43	25	8	1	10	27	39	1.094	43	W	D	L	W	L	1954-04-17	Lincoln City	H
8	0	Fulham	39	11	2	6	58	36	5	7	8	34	42	1.179	41	L	W	W	L	W	1954-04-17	Everton	H
9	0	Bristol Rovers	39	9	7	4	29	17	4	8	7	31	36	1.132	41	W	L	W	L	W	1954-04-17	Swansea Town	A
10	0	Leeds United	39	11	5	3	51	25	3	7	10	32	50	1.107	40	D	D	W	L	W	1954-04-17	Bury	H
11	2	West Ham United	39	11	6	3	44	19	4	3	12	21	44	1.032	39	D	D	L	W	W	1954-04-17	Oldham Athletic	H
12	-1	Stoke City	38	7	7	4	39	24	4	9	7	26	29	1.226	38	D	D	W	L	L	1954-04-17	Hull City	H
13	-1	Doncaster Rovers	38	9	4	7	29	25	6	4	8	26	29	1.019	38	L	D	L	L	L	1954-04-17	Birmingham City	A
14	3	Notts County	39	7	5	7	22	27	5	6	9	26	43	0.686	35	W	L	L	W	D	1954-04-17	Leicester City	A
15	-1	Hull City	39	14	0	6	46	21	1	4	14	15	43	0.953	34	L	W	L	L	L	1954-04-17	Stoke City	A
16	-1	Lincoln City	39	10	5	4	41	20	3	3	14	18	56	0.776	34	L	W	L	W	W	1954-04-17	Rotherham United	A
17	-1	Bury	40	9	7	4	39	31	1	7	12	11	37	0.735	34	L	W	W	D	D	1954-04-17	Leeds United	A
18	0	Derby County	39	8	4	7	35	34	3	6	11	25	45	0.759	32	W	L	L	L	L	1954-04-17	Luton Town	A
19	0	Swansea Town	39	10	5	5	31	24	2	3	14	21	52	0.684	32	W	L	W	L	D	1954-04-17	Bristol Rovers	H
20	0	Brentford	40	9	5	6	24	23	1	6	13	13	49	0.514	31	W	L	D	W	L	1954-04-17	Plymouth Argyle	A
21	0	Plymouth Argyle	38	4	12	3	33	28	3	3	13	22	45	0.753	29	D	L	D	W	L	1954-04-17	Brentford	H
22	0	Oldham Athletic	38	6	6	6	25	24	1	2	17	13	58	0.463	22	L	L	L	L	W	1954-04-17	West Ham United	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Carlisle United	5	0	Halifax Town	Brunton Park	5,188
Whitehouse 4, Ashman	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	1	0	Chester	Gresty Road	6,287
Broome	Lineups
Grimsby Town	1	1	Chesterfield	Blundell Park	11,913
Smith F (p)	Lineups		McGoldrick
Hartlepools United	1	0	Gateshead	Victoria Park	8,701
Wildon	Lineups
Port Vale	0	0	Southport	Vale Park	26,941	Largest home & D 3N gate 1953-54
	Lineups
Rochdale	1	0	Barrow	Spotland	5,865
Kendall	Lineups
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	6	0	Barnsley	Old Showground	10,302
Gregory 2, Haigh, Brown, Jones, Thomas OG	Lineups
Stockport County	5	0	Bradford City	Edgeley Park	6,691
Connor 2, Kennedy (p), Hepplewhite OG, Murray	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	1	0	Accrington Stanley	Prenton Park	7,751
Done	Lineups
Workington	1	1	Darlington	Borough Park	8,836
Dailey	Lineups		Houlahan
Wrexham	2	0	Mansfield Town	Racecourse Ground	10,018
Bannan 2	Lineups
York City	0	0	Bradford	Bootham Crescent	6,362
	Lineups

				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	41	15	6	0	45	4	10	7	3	25	15	3.684	63	D	W	D	D	D	1954-04-17	Rochdale	A
2	0	Barnsley	41	14	3	3	48	21	8	6	7	22	30	1.373	53	L	W	D	L	W	1954-04-17	Mansfield Town	A
3	0	Gateshead	42	14	4	3	46	18	6	7	8	22	30	1.417	51	L	W	L	D	W	1954-04-17	Chesterfield	A
4	1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	42	13	7	2	47	23	5	7	8	23	31	1.296	50	W	W	L	W	W	1954-04-17	Halifax Town	A
5	-1	Bradford City	42	15	3	2	36	10	7	3	12	20	40	1.12	50	L	L	D	D	L	1954-04-17	Hartlepools United	H
6	1	Wrexham	42	15	3	3	56	18	5	5	11	22	43	1.279	48	W	W	L	W	W	1954-04-17	Bradford	H
7	-1	Mansfield Town	43	13	5	3	53	22	5	6	11	29	44	1.242	47	L	W	D	W	W	1954-04-17	Barnsley	H
8	0	Chesterfield	42	11	5	4	38	18	5	8	9	34	45	1.143	45	D	L	W	L	W	1954-04-17	Gateshead	H
9	0	Bradford	42	11	6	4	54	31	4	8	9	19	35	1.106	44	D	D	W	L	W	1954-04-17	Wrexham	A
10	0	Southport	41	11	4	5	38	23	5	6	10	19	30	1.075	42	D	W	L	W	D	1954-04-17	Accrington Stanley	A
11	0	Carlisle United	42	9	7	5	49	24	4	7	10	29	40	1.219	40	W	D	L	D	D	1954-04-17	York City	H
12	1	Stockport County	41	13	5	3	55	19	2	4	14	15	44	1.111	39	W	L	W	L	L	1954-04-17	Crewe Alexandra	H
13	2	Rochdale	42	12	4	5	40	19	3	5	13	16	51	0.8	39	W	D	L	D	D	1954-04-17	Port Vale	H
14	3	Crewe Alexandra	42	8	8	6	28	25	5	5	10	18	35	0.767	39	W	L	D	L	D	1954-04-17	Stockport County	A
15	-3	Barrow	41	10	5	4	35	18	4	5	13	24	42	0.983	38	L	D	D	D	L	1954-04-17	Darlington	H
16	0	Workington	42	9	9	4	33	21	3	5	12	21	50	0.761	38	D	W	D	D	W	1954-04-17	Tranmere Rovers	A
17	1	Grimsby Town	42	13	4	4	28	14	2	4	15	19	59	0.644	38	D	W	D	D	L	1954-04-17	Chester	H
18	-4	Accrington Stanley	41	11	6	3	39	20	3	3	15	20	47	0.881	37	L	L	W	W	L	1954-04-17	Southport	H
19	0	Tranmere Rovers	40	10	3	8	35	31	6	2	11	16	30	0.836	37	W	L	W	D	D	1954-04-17	Workington	H
20	0	Hartlepools United	42	10	8	4	40	20	2	4	14	14	41	0.885	36	W	D	D	L	L	1954-04-17	Bradford City	A
21	0	York City	42	8	7	7	38	30	3	5	12	21	49	0.747	34	D	L	D	D	L	1954-04-17	Carlisle United	A
22	1	Darlington	42	9	3	9	27	27	1	9	11	16	41	0.632	32	D	L	L	W	D	1954-04-17	Barrow	A
23	-1	Halifax Town	41	8	5	6	21	14	3	4	15	17	49	0.603	31	L	D	L	L	W	1954-04-17	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
24	0	Chester	42	9	7	5	36	20	1	2	18	9	44	0.703	29	L	W	D	W	L	1954-04-17	Grimsby Town	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	1	Leyton Orient	Recreation Ground	7,968
McCulloch	Lineups		Pacey
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	3	Shrewsbury Town	Goldstone Ground	27,925
Wilson, Leadbetter	Lineups		Jackson, McCue 2
Colchester United	1	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Layer Road	8,223
Dale	Lineups		Harrison
Gillingham	1	0	Queens Park Rangers	Priestfield Stadium	10,769
Sowden	Lineups
Ipswich Town	2	0	Crystal Palace	Portman Road	18,290
Garneys, Phillips	Lineups
Millwall	1	0	Bristol City	The Den, New Cross	17,374
White OG	Lineups
Newport County	2	0	Torquay United	Somerton Park	12,453
Graham, Wharton	Lineups
Southend United	3	1	Walsall	Greyhound Stadium	8,500
Hollis 3	Lineups		Allen
Swindon Town	1	0	Reading	County Ground	12,743
Johnson	Lineups
Watford	0	2	Exeter City	Vicarage Road	14,861
	Lineups		McClelland 2
Footnotes
Walsall to apply for re-election

				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	1	Ipswich Town	41	13	5	3	43	18	11	3	6	31	29	1.574	56	W	W	W	W	D	1954-04-17	Southampton	A
2	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	41	16	2	3	54	30	8	5	7	26	26	1.429	55	L	W	D	D	W	1954-04-17	Swindon Town	A
3	0	Bristol City	41	14	3	2	49	14	7	3	12	29	45	1.322	48	L	W	W	W	L	1954-04-17	Reading	H
4	0	Watford	40	15	3	3	49	20	5	5	9	30	41	1.295	48	L	W	D	W	L	1954-04-17	Walsall	A
5	0	Northampton Town	40	16	4	1	58	18	2	6	11	17	30	1.563	46	W	D	L	W	W	1954-04-17	Exeter City	A
6	0	Southampton	40	16	3	1	47	19	5	1	14	23	37	1.25	46	L	L	L	L	D	1954-04-17	Ipswich Town	H
7	2	Gillingham	42	13	3	6	34	20	5	6	9	22	39	0.949	45	W	L	L	L	D	1954-04-17	Newport County	A
8	-1	Reading	42	12	3	6	50	31	6	5	10	27	36	1.149	44	L	W	L	L	L	1954-04-17	Bristol City	A
9	3	Millwall	40	14	2	5	41	24	4	6	9	25	41	1.015	44	W	W	D	W	W	1954-04-17	Colchester United	A
10	0	Leyton Orient	40	13	4	3	44	23	4	5	11	27	40	1.127	43	D	W	W	L	W	1954-04-17	Crystal Palace	A
11	-3	Torquay United	42	9	9	3	44	30	7	2	12	31	49	0.949	43	L	W	L	W	L	1954-04-17	Shrewsbury Town	A
12	1	Exeter City	42	9	2	9	35	21	8	6	8	28	32	1.189	42	W	W	D	L	L	1954-04-17	Northampton Town	H
13	-2	Norwich City	39	9	5	5	32	23	7	5	8	30	35	1.069	42	L	W	D	D	L	1954-04-17	Coventry City	H
14	1	Southend United	42	15	2	5	46	21	2	5	13	22	43	1.063	41	W	W	L	W	W	1954-04-17	Aldershot	A
15	-1	Coventry City	41	11	5	4	30	14	4	4	13	23	37	1.039	39	W	L	L	D	L	1954-04-17	Norwich City	A
16	0	Swindon Town	42	13	4	4	48	20	2	5	14	18	44	1.031	39	W	L	D	W	D	1954-04-17	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
17	0	Newport County	41	13	3	4	39	25	4	2	15	16	50	0.733	39	W	W	D	L	W	1954-04-17	Gillingham	H
18	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	11	4	6	42	24	4	3	14	19	40	0.953	37	D	W	L	D	D	1954-04-17	Queens Park Rangers	A
19	-1	Crystal Palace	42	11	4	5	37	26	3	5	14	17	53	0.684	37	L	L	L	D	L	1954-04-17	Leyton Orient	H
20	0	Aldershot	42	9	5	7	37	30	5	3	13	26	53	0.759	36	D	L	L	W	W	1954-04-17	Southend United	H
21	1	Shrewsbury Town	41	9	8	3	40	31	2	4	15	16	37	0.824	34	W	L	D	D	D	1954-04-17	Torquay United	H
22	-1	Queens Park Rangers	41	7	5	8	25	22	5	5	11	25	40	0.806	34	L	L	L	W	W	1954-04-17	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
23	0	Colchester United	40	6	7	8	32	28	3	1	15	12	41	0.638	26	D	L	D	L	L	1954-04-17	Millwall	H
24	0	Walsall	42	7	3	10	19	26	1	3	18	18	57	0.446	22	L	L	L	W	D	1954-04-17	Watford	H