1954-04-17

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Bolton Wanderers	3	2	Blackpool	Burnden Park	40,291
Moir, Hassall, Lofthouse	Lineups		Brown, Perry
Burnley	2	1	Huddersfield Town	Turf Moor	26,180
Adamson, Pilkington	Lineups		Cavanagh
Charlton Athletic	1	1	Aston Villa	The Valley	22,226
Leary	Lineups		Pace
Liverpool	0	1	Cardiff City	Anfield Road	41,340
	Lineups		Northcott
Manchester United	2	0	Portsmouth	Old Trafford	39,663
Blanchflower, Viollet	Lineups
Middlesbrough	0	0	Sunderland	Ayresome Park	38,762
	Lineups
Newcastle United	5	2	Arsenal	St James' Park	48,243
Davies 3, Hannah, White	Lineups		Milton, Holton
Preston North End	1	0	Chelsea	Deepdale	27,172
Foster	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	0	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Hillsborough	40,707
	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	Sheffield United	White Hart Lane	35,105
Ramsey (p), Brittan	Lineups		Brook
West Bromwich Albion	1	0	Manchester City	The Hawthorns	38,742
Allen (p)	Lineups
Footnotes
Liverpool relegated

				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	39	14	1	4	55	25	9	6	5	34	29	1.648	53	D	W	W	L	D	1954-04-19	Huddersfield Town	H
2	0	West Bromwich Albion	39	13	4	3	50	23	9	4	6	34	30	1.585	52	W	L	L	L	W	1954-04-19	Aston Villa	H
3	0	Huddersfield Town	39	11	6	2	41	22	7	5	8	33	33	1.345	47	L	L	W	W	L	1954-04-19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
4	0	Bolton Wanderers	40	14	6	1	45	20	4	5	10	28	37	1.281	47	W	D	L	W	L	1954-04-19	Burnley	A
5	0	Manchester United	40	11	6	4	41	27	6	6	7	29	29	1.25	46	W	W	L	L	L	1954-04-19	Charlton Athletic	A
6	1	Burnley	40	16	1	3	50	22	5	2	13	26	42	1.188	45	W	D	L	L	L	1954-04-19	Bolton Wanderers	H
7	-1	Blackpool	40	12	6	2	40	19	5	4	11	36	50	1.101	44	L	W	W	D	W	1954-04-19	Cardiff City	A
8	0	Chelsea	40	12	3	5	44	24	4	8	8	28	41	1.108	43	L	L	W	W	W	1954-04-19	Manchester City	A
9	1	Cardiff City	40	12	3	4	30	24	6	4	11	19	44	0.721	43	W	L	W	W	W	1954-04-19	Blackpool	H
10	-1	Charlton Athletic	40	13	4	3	50	26	5	2	13	24	48	1	42	D	L	L	W	L	1954-04-19	Manchester United	H
11	1	Preston North End	40	12	2	7	43	24	6	3	10	38	31	1.473	41	W	W	D	D	W	1954-04-19	Tottenham Hotspur	A
12	-1	Arsenal	40	7	8	5	39	36	7	4	9	32	35	1	40	L	W	W	D	L	1954-04-19	Portsmouth	A
13	2	Tottenham Hotspur	40	11	3	6	36	27	5	2	13	27	41	0.926	37	W	L	W	D	L	1954-04-19	Preston North End	H
14	0	Aston Villa	38	10	5	4	43	27	4	3	12	18	37	0.953	36	D	W	D	L	W	1954-04-19	West Bromwich Albion	A
15	1	Newcastle United	41	9	2	10	43	40	4	8	8	27	36	0.921	36	W	W	L	W	L	1954-04-24	Chelsea	A
16	-3	Portsmouth	40	12	4	3	49	30	1	6	14	28	58	0.875	36	L	L	W	W	L	1954-04-19	Arsenal	H
17	1	Sheffield Wednesday	41	12	4	5	43	30	3	1	16	25	59	0.764	35	D	L	W	L	L	1954-04-24	Cardiff City	A
18	-1	Manchester City	40	9	3	7	31	30	4	5	12	27	46	0.763	34	L	W	W	L	L	1954-04-19	Chelsea	H
19	0	Sunderland	40	10	4	6	48	36	2	4	14	28	51	0.874	32	D	D	L	D	L	1954-04-19	Sheffield United	A
20	0	Sheffield United	39	8	5	5	39	31	2	6	13	26	52	0.783	31	L	D	D	L	W	1954-04-19	Sunderland	H
21	0	Middlesbrough	40	6	6	9	29	35	4	4	11	29	49	0.69	30	D	L	L	W	W	1954-04-19	Liverpool	A
22	0	Liverpool	40	6	8	6	45	37	2	2	16	19	56	0.688	26	L	W	L	W	W	1954-04-19	Middlesbrough	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	0	1	Doncaster Rovers	St Andrew's	15,266
	Lineups		Donnelly
Fulham	0	0	Everton	Craven Cottage	33,517	Largest home gate 1953-54
	Lineups
Leeds United	3	4	Bury	Elland Road	17,156
Charles 2 (1p), Forrest	Lineups		Kelly 2, Daniel, Pearson
Leicester City	2	2	Notts County	Filbert Street	32,142
Small, Griffiths	Lineups		Johnston 2
Luton Town	2	1	Derby County	Kenilworth Road	12,874
Morton, Downie	Lineups		Bell
Nottingham Forest	0	1	Blackburn Rovers	City Ground	29,154
	Lineups		Langton (p)
Plymouth Argyle	3	2	Brentford	Home Park	23,405
Tadman, Thomas 2	Lineups		Dudley, Robertson
Rotherham United	4	1	Lincoln City	Millmoor	12,213
Burke, Grainger, Noble, Wilson I	Lineups		Garvie
Stoke City	0	1	Hull City	Victoria Ground	17,372
	Lineups		Gerrie
Swansea Town	3	1	Bristol Rovers	Vetch Field	21,753
Charles, Palmer, Jones	Lineups		Hale
West Ham United	0	1	Oldham Athletic	Upton Park	13,221
	Lineups		Mcllvenny

				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	Blackburn Rovers	40	14	4	2	53	16	8	5	7	32	30	1.848	53	W	W	W	D	W	1954-04-19	Leicester City	A
2	0	Leicester City	40	14	4	2	59	23	7	6	7	31	36	1.525	52	D	L	W	W	W	1954-04-19	Blackburn Rovers	H
3	0	Everton	39	12	6	2	54	27	6	9	4	32	30	1.509	51	D	W	D	L	L	1954-04-19	Lincoln City	A
4	0	Nottingham Forest	40	15	5	1	61	27	4	6	9	20	29	1.446	49	L	D	W	D	W	1954-04-19	Birmingham City	A
5	0	Birmingham City	40	12	5	3	47	16	6	5	9	29	39	1.382	46	L	D	L	W	D	1954-04-19	Nottingham Forest	H
6	0	Luton Town	40	11	7	3	36	23	6	5	8	26	34	1.088	46	W	D	W	W	L	1954-04-19	Leeds United	A
7	0	Rotherham United	39	12	4	4	47	26	8	1	10	27	39	1.138	45	W	W	D	L	W	1954-04-19	Stoke City	A
8	0	Fulham	40	11	3	6	58	36	5	7	8	34	42	1.179	42	D	L	W	W	L	1954-04-19	Swansea Town	H
9	0	Bristol Rovers	40	9	7	4	29	17	4	8	8	32	39	1.089	41	L	W	L	W	L	1954-04-19	Oldham Athletic	A
10	0	Leeds United	40	11	5	4	54	29	3	7	10	32	50	1.089	40	L	D	D	W	L	1954-04-19	Luton Town	H
11	2	Doncaster Rovers	39	9	4	7	29	25	7	4	8	27	29	1.037	40	W	L	D	L	L	1954-04-19	Derby County	A
12	-1	West Ham United	40	11	6	4	44	20	4	3	12	21	44	1.016	39	L	D	D	L	W	1954-04-19	Plymouth Argyle	A
13	-1	Stoke City	39	7	7	5	39	25	4	9	7	26	29	1.204	38	L	D	D	W	L	1954-04-19	Rotherham United	H
14	1	Hull City	40	14	0	6	46	21	2	4	14	16	43	0.969	36	W	L	W	L	L	1954-04-19	Notts County	A
15	2	Bury	41	9	7	4	39	31	2	7	12	15	40	0.761	36	W	L	W	W	D	1954-04-24	Luton Town	H
16	-2	Notts County	40	7	5	7	22	27	5	7	9	28	45	0.694	36	D	W	L	L	W	1954-04-19	Hull City	H
17	-1	Lincoln City	40	10	5	4	41	20	3	3	15	19	60	0.75	34	L	L	W	L	W	1954-04-19	Everton	H
18	1	Swansea Town	40	11	5	5	34	25	2	3	14	21	52	0.714	34	W	W	L	W	L	1954-04-19	Fulham	A
19	-1	Derby County	40	8	4	7	35	34	3	6	12	26	47	0.753	32	L	W	L	L	L	1954-04-19	Doncaster Rovers	H
20	1	Plymouth Argyle	39	5	12	3	36	30	3	3	13	22	45	0.773	31	W	D	L	D	W	1954-04-19	West Ham United	H
21	-1	Brentford	41	9	5	6	24	23	1	6	14	15	52	0.52	31	L	W	L	D	W	1954-04-24	Leicester City	H
22	0	Oldham Athletic	39	6	6	6	25	24	2	2	17	14	58	0.476	24	W	L	L	L	L	1954-04-19	Bristol Rovers	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	1	1	Southport	Peel Park	6,234
Brydon	Lineups		Whitworth
Barrow	2	2	Darlington	Holker Street	5,328
Armstrong 2	Lineups		Robson 2
Bradford City	1	1	Hartlepools United	Valley Parade	7,150
Tunnicliffe	Lineups		Richardson
Carlisle United	1	1	York City	Brunton Park	4,411
Atkinson	Lineups		Burgess
Chesterfield	1	1	Gateshead	Saltergate Recreation Ground	7,570
Keating	Lineups		Callender T (p)
Grimsby Town	0	0	Chester	Blundell Park	7,330
	Lineups
Halifax Town	0	3	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	The Shay	4,674
	Lineups		Brown 2, Haigh
Mansfield Town	2	0	Barnsley	Field Mill	10,031
Marron 2	Lineups
Rochdale	0	0	Port Vale	Spotland	14,749	Largest home gate 1953-54
	Lineups
Stockport County	1	0	Crewe Alexandra	Edgeley Park	6,768
Herd	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	4	2	Workington	Prenton Park	5,767
Williams R, Bainbridge, Done 2	Lineups		Dailey, Whittle (p)
Wrexham	2	0	Bradford	Racecourse Ground	8,216
Hewitt, Bannan	Lineups
Footnotes
Port Vale champions & promoted

				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	42	15	6	0	45	4	10	8	3	25	15	3.684	64	D	D	W	D	D	1954-04-19	Southport	A
2	0	Barnsley	42	14	3	3	48	21	8	6	8	22	32	1.321	53	L	L	W	D	L	1954-04-19	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
3	0	Gateshead	43	14	4	3	46	18	6	8	8	23	31	1.408	52	D	L	W	L	D	1954-04-19	Hartlepools United	H
4	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	43	13	7	2	47	23	6	7	8	26	31	1.352	52	W	W	W	L	W	1954-04-19	Barnsley	A
5	0	Bradford City	43	15	4	2	37	11	7	3	12	20	40	1.118	51	D	L	L	D	D	1954-04-20	Stockport County	H
6	0	Wrexham	43	16	3	3	58	18	5	5	11	22	43	1.311	50	W	W	W	L	W	1954-04-19	Mansfield Town	A
7	0	Mansfield Town	44	14	5	3	55	22	5	6	11	29	44	1.273	49	W	L	W	D	W	1954-04-19	Wrexham	H
8	0	Chesterfield	43	11	6	4	39	19	5	8	9	34	45	1.141	46	D	D	L	W	L	1954-04-19	Grimsby Town	H
9	0	Bradford	43	11	6	4	54	31	4	8	10	19	37	1.074	44	L	D	D	W	L	1954-04-19	York City	H
10	0	Southport	42	11	4	5	38	23	5	7	10	20	31	1.074	43	D	D	W	L	W	1954-04-19	Port Vale	H
11	0	Carlisle United	43	9	8	5	50	25	4	7	10	29	40	1.215	41	D	W	D	L	D	1954-04-19	Halifax Town	A
12	0	Stockport County	42	14	5	3	56	19	2	4	14	15	44	1.127	41	W	W	L	W	L	1954-04-20	Bradford City	A
13	0	Rochdale	43	12	5	5	40	19	3	5	13	16	51	0.8	40	D	W	D	L	D	1954-04-19	Barrow	A
14	1	Barrow	42	10	6	4	37	20	4	5	13	24	42	0.984	39	D	L	D	D	D	1954-04-19	Rochdale	H
15	4	Tranmere Rovers	41	11	3	8	39	33	6	2	11	16	30	0.873	39	W	W	L	W	D	1954-04-19	Accrington Stanley	A
16	-2	Crewe Alexandra	43	8	8	6	28	25	5	5	11	18	36	0.754	39	L	W	L	D	L	1954-04-19	Chester	A
17	0	Grimsby Town	43	13	5	4	28	14	2	4	15	19	59	0.644	39	D	D	W	D	D	1954-04-19	Chesterfield	A
18	0	Accrington Stanley	42	11	7	3	40	21	3	3	15	20	47	0.882	38	D	L	L	W	W	1954-04-19	Tranmere Rovers	H
19	-3	Workington	43	9	9	4	33	21	3	5	13	23	54	0.747	38	L	D	W	D	D	1954-04-19	Darlington	A
20	0	Hartlepools United	43	10	8	4	40	20	2	5	14	15	42	0.887	37	D	W	D	D	L	1954-04-19	Gateshead	A
21	0	York City	43	8	7	7	38	30	3	6	12	22	50	0.75	35	D	D	L	D	D	1954-04-19	Bradford	A
22	0	Darlington	43	9	3	9	27	27	1	10	11	18	43	0.643	33	D	D	L	L	W	1954-04-19	Workington	H
23	0	Halifax Town	42	8	5	7	21	17	3	4	15	17	49	0.576	31	L	L	D	L	L	1954-04-19	Carlisle United	H
24	0	Chester	43	9	7	5	36	20	1	3	18	9	44	0.703	30	D	L	W	D	W	1954-04-19	Crewe Alexandra	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	4	0	Southend United	Recreation Ground	6,687
McCulloch 2, Lacey, Stirling OG	Lineups
Bristol City	3	1	Reading	Ashton Gate	16,511
Rodgers 2, Eisentrager	Lineups		Docherty
Colchester United	3	0	Millwall	Layer Road	7,450
McKim 2, Bearryman	Lineups
Crystal Palace	2	2	Leyton Orient	Selhurst Park	12,516
Morton, Thomas	Lineups		Facey (p), Burgess
Exeter City	1	0	Northampton Town	St James Park	8,844
McClelland	Lineups
Newport County	1	0	Gillingham	Somerton Park	9,409
Saward	Lineups
Norwich City	2	1	Coventry City	Carrow Road	15,913
McCrohan, Brennan	Lineups		Brown
Queens Park Rangers	2	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Loftus Road	10,007
Shepherd, Smith	Lineups		Wood OG
Shrewsbury Town	2	1	Torquay United	Gay Meadow	8,832
McCue, Price	Lineups		Norman
Southampton	1	1	Ipswich Town	The Dell	17,562
Flood	Lineups		Garneys
Swindon Town	0	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	County Ground	12,319
	Lineups		Moore
Walsall	0	0	Watford	Fellows Park	7,154
	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	Ipswich Town	42	13	5	3	43	18	11	4	6	32	30	1.563	57	D	W	W	W	W	1954-04-19	Crystal Palace	A
2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	16	2	3	54	30	9	5	7	27	26	1.446	57	W	L	W	D	D	1954-04-19	Shrewsbury Town	A
3	0	Bristol City	42	15	3	2	52	15	7	3	12	29	45	1.35	50	W	L	W	W	W	1954-04-19	Millwall	H
4	0	Watford	41	15	3	3	49	20	5	6	9	30	41	1.295	49	D	L	W	D	W	1954-04-19	Exeter City	A
5	1	Southampton	41	16	4	1	48	20	5	1	14	23	37	1.246	47	D	L	L	L	L	1954-04-19	Coventry City	H
6	-1	Northampton Town	41	16	4	1	58	18	2	6	12	17	31	1.531	46	L	W	D	L	W	1954-04-19	Norwich City	A
7	0	Gillingham	43	13	3	6	34	20	5	6	10	22	40	0.933	45	L	W	L	L	L	1954-04-19	Queens Park Rangers	A
8	4	Exeter City	43	10	2	9	36	21	8	6	8	28	32	1.208	44	W	W	W	D	L	1954-04-19	Watford	H
9	1	Leyton Orient	41	13	4	3	44	23	4	6	11	29	42	1.123	44	D	D	W	W	L	1954-04-19	Aldershot	H
10	-2	Reading	43	12	3	6	50	31	6	5	11	28	39	1.114	44	L	L	W	L	L	1954-04-19	Swindon Town	H
11	2	Norwich City	40	10	5	5	34	24	7	5	8	30	35	1.085	44	W	L	W	D	D	1954-04-19	Northampton Town	H
12	-3	Millwall	41	14	2	5	41	24	4	6	10	25	44	0.971	44	L	W	W	D	W	1954-04-19	Bristol City	A
13	-2	Torquay United	43	9	9	3	44	30	7	2	13	32	51	0.938	43	L	L	W	L	W	1954-04-19	Newport County	H
14	0	Southend United	43	15	2	5	46	21	2	5	14	22	47	1	41	L	W	W	L	W	1954-04-19	Walsall	A
15	2	Newport County	42	14	3	4	40	25	4	2	15	16	50	0.747	41	W	W	W	D	L	1954-04-19	Torquay United	A
16	-1	Coventry City	42	11	5	4	30	14	4	4	14	24	39	1.019	39	L	W	L	L	D	1954-04-19	Southampton	A
17	-1	Swindon Town	43	13	4	5	48	21	2	5	14	18	44	1.015	39	L	W	L	D	W	1954-04-19	Reading	A
18	2	Aldershot	43	10	5	7	41	30	5	3	13	26	53	0.807	38	W	D	L	L	W	1954-04-19	Leyton Orient	A
19	0	Crystal Palace	43	11	5	5	39	28	3	5	14	17	53	0.691	38	D	L	L	L	D	1954-04-19	Ipswich Town	H
20	-2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	43	11	4	6	42	24	4	3	15	20	42	0.939	37	L	D	W	L	D	1954-04-19	Colchester United	H
21	0	Shrewsbury Town	42	10	8	3	42	32	2	4	15	16	37	0.841	36	W	W	L	D	D	1954-04-19	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
22	0	Queens Park Rangers	42	8	5	8	27	23	5	5	11	25	40	0.825	36	W	L	L	L	W	1954-04-19	Gillingham	H
23	0	Colchester United	41	7	7	8	35	28	3	1	15	12	41	0.681	28	W	D	L	D	L	1954-04-19	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
24	0	Walsall	43	7	4	10	19	26	1	3	18	18	57	0.446	23	D	L	L	L	W	1954-04-19	Southend United	H