1954-04-19

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Burnley	1	1	Bolton Wanderers	Turf Moor	25,857
Holden	Lineups		Parry
Cardiff City	0	1	Blackpool	Ninian Park	44,508
	Lineups		Perry
Charlton Athletic	1	0	Manchester United	The Valley	19,111
Firmani	Lineups
Liverpool	4	1	Middlesbrough	Anfield Road	22,000
Rowley, Smyth 2, Liddell	Lineups		Watkin
Manchester City	1	1	Chelsea	Maine Road	30,620
Branagan	Lineups		Bentley
Portsmouth	1	1	Arsenal	Fratton Park	30,958
Barnard	Lineups		Roper
Sheffield United	1	3	Sunderland	Bramall Lane	31,387
Hoyland	Lineups		Purdon 2, Elliott (p)
Tottenham Hotspur	2	6	Preston North End	White Hart Lane	30,206
Bennett, Dunmore	Lineups		Hatsell 3, Baxter (p), Morrison, Foster
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Aston Villa	The Hawthorns	45,972
Nicholls	Lineups		McParland
Wolverhampton Wanderers	4	0	Huddersfield Town	Molineux	42,862
Broadbent, Hancocks, Mullen, Wilshaw	Lineups

				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	40	15	1	4	59	25	9	6	5	34	29	1.722	55	W	D	W	W	L	1954-04-20	Huddersfield Town	A
2	0	West Bromwich Albion	40	13	5	3	51	24	9	4	6	34	30	1.574	53	D	W	L	L	L	1954-04-20	Aston Villa	A
3	1	Bolton Wanderers	41	14	6	1	45	20	4	6	10	29	38	1.276	48	D	W	D	L	W	1954-04-24	Huddersfield Town	A
4	-1	Huddersfield Town	40	11	6	2	41	22	7	5	9	33	37	1.254	47	L	L	L	W	W	1954-04-20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
5	0	Manchester United	41	11	6	4	41	27	6	6	8	29	30	1.228	46	L	W	W	L	L	1954-04-24	Sheffield United	A
6	0	Burnley	41	16	2	3	51	23	5	2	13	26	42	1.185	46	D	W	D	L	L	1954-04-24	Sunderland	A
7	0	Blackpool	41	12	6	2	40	19	6	4	11	37	50	1.116	46	W	L	W	W	D	1954-04-24	Liverpool	H
8	0	Chelsea	41	12	3	5	44	24	4	9	8	29	42	1.106	44	D	L	L	W	W	1954-04-24	Newcastle United	H
9	1	Charlton Athletic	41	14	4	3	51	26	5	2	13	24	48	1.014	44	W	D	L	L	W	1954-04-24	Manchester City	A
10	1	Preston North End	41	12	2	7	43	24	7	3	10	44	33	1.526	43	W	W	W	D	D	1954-04-24	Aston Villa	A
11	-2	Cardiff City	41	12	3	5	30	25	6	4	11	19	44	0.71	43	L	W	L	W	W	1954-04-24	Sheffield Wednesday	H
12	0	Arsenal	41	7	8	5	39	36	7	5	9	33	36	1	41	D	L	W	W	D	1954-04-24	Middlesbrough	H
13	1	Aston Villa	39	10	5	4	43	27	4	4	12	19	38	0.954	37	D	D	W	D	L	1954-04-20	West Bromwich Albion	H
14	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	41	11	3	7	38	33	5	2	13	27	41	0.878	37	L	W	L	W	D	1954-04-24	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
15	1	Portsmouth	41	12	5	3	50	31	1	6	14	28	58	0.876	37	D	L	L	W	W	1954-04-24	West Bromwich Albion	H
16	-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
17	1	Manchester City	41	9	4	7	32	31	4	5	12	27	46	0.766	35	D	L	W	W	L	1954-04-24	Charlton Athletic	H
18	-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
19	0	Sunderland	41	10	4	6	48	36	3	4	14	31	52	0.898	34	W	D	D	L	D	1954-04-24	Burnley	H
20	0	Sheffield United	40	8	5	6	40	34	2	6	13	26	52	0.767	31	L	L	D	D	L	1954-04-24	Manchester United	H
21	0	Middlesbrough	41	6	6	9	29	35	4	4	12	30	53	0.67	30	L	D	L	L	W	1954-04-24	Arsenal	A
22	0	Liverpool	41	7	8	6	49	38	2	2	16	19	56	0.723	28	W	L	W	L	W	1954-04-24	Blackpool	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	2	2	Nottingham Forest	St Andrew's	14,540
Lane, Stewart	Lineups		Thompson, Gager (p)
Derby County	2	0	Doncaster Rovers	Baseball Ground	14,012
Barrowcliffe 2	Lineups
Fulham	4	3	Swansea Town	Craven Cottage	17,906
Jezzard 3, Stevens	Lineups		Allchurch I 3
Leeds United	2	1	Luton Town	Elland Road	13,930
Charles 2 (1p)	Lineups		Turner
Leicester City	4	0	Blackburn Rovers	Filbert Street	40,047	Largest home gate 1953-54
Rowley 2, Morris 2	Lineups
Lincoln City	1	1	Everton	Sincil Bank	17,593
Garvie	Lineups		Eglington
Notts County	1	1	Hull City	Meadow Lane	13,022
Wylie	Lineups		Ackerman
Oldham Athletic	0	0	Bristol Rovers	Boundary Park	12,003
	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	2	1	West Ham United	Home Park	21,203
McShane, Porteous	Lineups		Dixon
Stoke City	1	1	Rotherham United	Victoria Ground	13,953
Oscroft	Lineups		Henderson

				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	Leicester City	41	15	4	2	63	23	7	6	7	31	36	1.593	54	W	D	L	W	W	1954-04-24	Brentford	A
2	-1	Blackburn Rovers	41	14	4	2	53	16	8	5	8	32	34	1.7	53	L	W	W	W	D	1954-04-24	Swansea Town	H
3	0	Everton	40	12	6	2	54	27	6	10	4	33	31	1.5	52	D	D	W	D	L	1954-04-24	Birmingham City	H
4	0	Nottingham Forest	41	15	5	1	61	27	4	7	9	22	31	1.431	50	D	L	D	W	D	1954-04-24	Oldham Athletic	A
5	0	Birmingham City	41	12	6	3	49	18	6	5	9	29	39	1.368	47	D	L	D	L	W	1954-04-24	Everton	A
6	1	Rotherham United	40	12	4	4	47	26	8	2	10	28	40	1.136	46	D	W	W	D	L	1954-04-24	Derby County	A
7	-1	Luton Town	41	11	7	3	36	23	6	5	9	27	36	1.068	46	L	W	D	W	W	1954-04-24	Bury	A
8	0	Fulham	41	12	3	6	62	39	5	7	8	34	42	1.185	44	W	D	L	W	W	1954-04-24	Lincoln City	A
9	1	Leeds United	41	12	5	4	56	30	3	7	10	32	50	1.1	42	W	L	D	D	W	1954-04-24	Hull City	A
10	-1	Bristol Rovers	41	9	7	4	29	17	4	9	8	32	39	1.089	42	D	L	W	L	W	1954-04-24	Stoke City	H
11	0	Doncaster Rovers	40	9	4	7	29	25	7	4	9	27	31	1	40	L	W	L	D	L	1954-04-24	Plymouth Argyle	H
12	1	Stoke City	40	7	8	5	40	26	4	9	7	26	29	1.2	39	D	L	D	D	W	1954-04-24	Bristol Rovers	A
13	-1	West Ham United	41	11	6	4	44	20	4	3	13	22	46	1	39	L	L	D	D	L	1954-04-24	Notts County	A
14	0	Hull City	41	14	0	6	46	21	2	5	14	17	44	0.969	37	D	W	L	W	L	1954-04-24	Leeds United	H
15	1	Notts County	41	7	6	7	23	28	5	7	9	28	45	0.699	37	D	D	W	L	L	1954-04-24	West Ham United	H
16	-1	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
17	0	Lincoln City	41	10	6	4	42	21	3	3	15	19	60	0.753	35	D	L	L	W	L	1954-04-24	Fulham	H
18	1	Derby County	41	9	4	7	37	34	3	6	12	26	47	0.778	34	W	L	W	L	L	1954-04-24	Rotherham United	H
19	-1	Swansea Town	41	11	5	5	34	25	2	3	15	24	56	0.716	34	L	W	W	L	W	1954-04-24	Blackburn Rovers	A
20	0	Plymouth Argyle	40	6	12	3	38	31	3	3	13	22	45	0.789	33	W	W	D	L	D	1954-04-24	Doncaster Rovers	A
21	0	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	40	6	7	6	25	24	2	2	17	14	58	0.476	25	D	W	L	L	L	1954-04-24	Nottingham Forest	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	0	1	Tranmere Rovers	Peel Park	5,634
	Lineups		Atkinson
Barnsley	0	1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Oakwell	10,867
	Lineups		Haigh
Barrow	4	2	Rochdale	Holker Street	4,306
Armstrong 2, Ormond, McLaren	Lineups		Partridge, Lord
Bradford	2	0	York City	Park Avenue	5,378
Deplidge, Pickard	Lineups
Chester	2	0	Crewe Alexandra	Sealand Road	5,846
Betteridge, Travis	Lineups
Chesterfield	1	0	Grimsby Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	7,475
McGoldrick	Lineups
Darlington	3	0	Workington	Feethams Ground	5,864
Devlin, Robson 2	Lineups
Gateshead	1	3	Hartlepools United	Redheugh Park	3,962
Wilbert	Lineups		Wildon 2, Harden
Halifax Town	2	0	Carlisle United	The Shay	3,514
Shadbolt, Clarke	Lineups
Mansfield Town	4	0	Wrexham	Field Mill	8,984
Darwin 2, Daley 2	Lineups
Southport	0	0	Port Vale	Haig Avenue	12,328	Largest home gate 1953-54
	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	43	15	6	0	45	4	10	9	3	25	15	3.684	65	D	D	D	W	D	1954-04-24	Wrexham	H
2	2	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	44	13	7	2	47	23	7	7	8	27	31	1.37	54	W	W	W	W	L	1954-04-24	Carlisle United	H
3	-1	Barnsley	43	14	3	4	48	22	8	6	8	22	32	1.296	53	L	L	L	W	D	1954-04-21	Tranmere Rovers	H
4	-1	Gateshead	44	14	4	4	47	21	6	8	8	23	31	1.346	52	L	D	L	W	L	1954-04-24	Tranmere Rovers	H
5	2	Mansfield Town	45	15	5	3	59	22	5	6	11	29	44	1.333	51	W	W	L	W	D	1954-04-24	Bradford	A
6	-1	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
7	-1	Wrexham	44	16	3	3	58	18	5	5	12	22	47	1.231	50	L	W	W	W	L	1954-04-24	Port Vale	A
8	0	Chesterfield	44	12	6	4	40	19	5	8	9	34	45	1.156	48	W	D	D	L	W	1954-04-24	Hartlepools United	A
9	0	Bradford	44	12	6	4	56	31	4	8	10	19	37	1.103	46	W	L	D	D	W	1954-04-24	Mansfield Town	H
10	0	Southport	43	11	5	5	38	23	5	7	10	20	31	1.074	44	D	D	D	W	L	1954-04-24	Grimsby Town	H
11	0	Carlisle United	44	9	8	5	50	25	4	7	11	29	42	1.179	41	L	D	W	D	L	1954-04-24	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	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	1	Barrow	43	11	6	4	41	22	4	5	13	24	42	1.016	41	W	D	L	D	D	1954-04-20	Accrington Stanley	H
14	1	Tranmere Rovers	42	11	3	8	39	33	7	2	11	17	30	0.889	41	W	W	W	L	W	1954-04-21	Barnsley	A
15	-2	Rochdale	44	12	5	5	40	19	3	5	14	18	55	0.784	40	L	D	W	D	L	1954-04-24	Crewe Alexandra	A
16	4	Hartlepools United	44	10	8	4	40	20	3	5	14	18	43	0.921	39	W	D	W	D	D	1954-04-24	Chesterfield	H
17	-1	Crewe Alexandra	44	8	8	6	28	25	5	5	12	18	38	0.73	39	L	L	W	L	D	1954-04-24	Rochdale	H
18	-1	Grimsby Town	44	13	5	4	28	14	2	4	16	19	60	0.635	39	L	D	D	W	D	1954-04-24	Southport	A
19	-1	Accrington Stanley	43	11	7	4	40	22	3	3	15	20	47	0.87	38	L	D	L	L	W	1954-04-20	Barrow	A
20	-1	Workington	44	9	9	4	33	21	3	5	14	23	57	0.718	38	L	L	D	W	D	1954-04-24	Halifax Town	H
21	0	York City	44	8	7	7	38	30	3	6	13	22	52	0.732	35	L	D	D	L	D	1954-04-24	Accrington Stanley	H
22	0	Darlington	44	10	3	9	30	27	1	10	11	18	43	0.686	35	W	D	D	L	L	1954-04-24	Bradford City	H
23	0	Halifax Town	43	9	5	7	23	17	3	4	15	17	49	0.606	33	W	L	L	D	L	1954-04-24	Workington	A
24	0	Chester	44	10	7	5	38	20	1	3	18	9	44	0.734	32	W	D	L	W	D	1954-04-24	Stockport County	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	4	2	Colchester United	Dean Court	7,778
Fidler 2, Siddall, Harrison	Lineups		Wright P, Dale
Bristol City	2	1	Millwall	Ashton Gate	14,401
Atyeo, Hurley OG	Lineups		Shepherd
Crystal Palace	1	1	Ipswich Town	Selhurst Park	15,660
Simpson	Lineups		Crowe
Exeter City	2	1	Watford	St James Park	8,939
Priestley, McClelland	Lineups		Cook
Leyton Orient	1	2	Aldershot	Brisbane Road	9,352
Morgan	Lineups		Menzies, Jackett OG
Norwich City	4	1	Northampton Town	Carrow Road	22,961
Woan, Gavin, Ashman, Brennan	Lineups		O'Donnell
Queens Park Rangers	3	1	Gillingham	Loftus Road	9,576
Smith, Kerrins, Lewin OG	Lineups		Evans B
Reading	3	1	Swindon Town	Elm Park	12,011
Chung 2, Blackman	Lineups		Beards
Shrewsbury Town	3	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Gay Meadow	11,706
Hudson 2, McCue	Lineups		Addinall
Southampton	2	1	Coventry City	The Dell	9,664
Hoskins 2	Lineups		Kirk (p)
Torquay United	3	2	Newport County	Plainmoor	6,501
Lewis, Mills, Dougan	Lineups		Wharton 2
Walsall	2	0	Southend United	Fellows Park	6,987
Morris, Lewis	Lineups
Footnotes
Colchester United 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	0	Ipswich Town	43	13	5	3	43	18	11	5	6	33	31	1.551	58	D	D	W	W	W	1954-04-24	Swindon Town	H
2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	43	16	2	3	54	30	9	5	8	28	29	1.39	57	L	W	L	W	D	1954-04-24	Norwich City	H
3	0	Bristol City	43	16	3	2	54	16	7	3	12	29	45	1.361	52	W	W	L	W	W	1954-04-24	Coventry City	A
4	0	Watford	42	15	3	3	49	20	5	6	10	31	43	1.27	49	L	D	L	W	D	1954-04-22	Leyton Orient	A
5	0	Southampton	42	17	4	1	50	21	5	1	14	23	37	1.259	49	W	D	L	L	L	1954-04-20	Coventry City	A
6	0	Northampton Town	42	16	4	1	58	18	2	6	13	18	35	1.434	46	L	L	W	D	L	1954-04-20	Norwich City	H
7	1	Exeter City	44	11	2	9	38	22	8	6	8	28	32	1.222	46	W	W	W	W	D	1954-04-24	Reading	A
8	2	Reading	44	13	3	6	53	32	6	5	11	28	39	1.141	46	W	L	L	W	L	1954-04-24	Exeter City	H
9	2	Norwich City	41	11	5	5	38	25	7	5	8	30	35	1.133	46	W	W	L	W	D	1954-04-20	Northampton Town	A
10	3	Torquay United	44	10	9	3	47	32	7	2	13	32	51	0.952	45	W	L	L	W	L	1954-04-24	Southampton	H
11	-4	Gillingham	44	13	3	6	34	20	5	6	11	23	43	0.905	45	L	L	W	L	L	1954-04-24	Crystal Palace	H
12	-3	Leyton Orient	42	13	4	4	45	25	4	6	11	29	42	1.104	44	L	D	D	W	W	1954-04-22	Watford	H
13	-1	Millwall	42	14	2	5	41	24	4	6	11	26	46	0.957	44	L	L	W	W	D	1954-04-24	Walsall	H
14	0	Southend United	44	15	2	5	46	21	2	5	15	22	49	0.971	41	L	L	W	W	L	1954-04-24	Newport County	H
15	0	Newport County	43	14	3	4	40	25	4	2	16	18	53	0.744	41	L	W	W	W	D	1954-04-22	Colchester United	H
16	2	Aldershot	44	10	5	7	41	30	6	3	13	28	54	0.821	40	W	W	D	L	L	1954-04-24	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
17	-1	Coventry City	43	11	5	4	30	14	4	4	15	25	41	1	39	L	L	W	L	L	1954-04-20	Southampton	H
18	-1	Swindon Town	44	13	4	5	48	21	2	5	15	19	47	0.985	39	L	L	W	L	D	1954-04-24	Ipswich Town	A
19	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	44	12	4	6	46	26	4	3	15	20	42	0.971	39	W	L	D	W	L	1954-04-24	Aldershot	H
20	-1	Crystal Palace	44	11	6	5	40	29	3	5	14	17	53	0.695	39	D	D	L	L	L	1954-04-24	Gillingham	A
21	0	Shrewsbury Town	43	11	8	3	45	33	2	4	15	16	37	0.871	38	W	W	W	L	D	1954-04-24	Leyton Orient	A
22	0	Queens Park Rangers	43	9	5	8	30	24	5	5	11	25	40	0.859	38	W	W	L	L	L	1954-04-24	Watford	A
23	0	Colchester United	42	7	7	8	35	28	3	1	16	14	45	0.671	28	L	W	D	L	D	1954-04-22	Newport County	A
24	0	Walsall	44	8	4	10	21	26	1	3	18	18	57	0.47	25	W	D	L	L	L	1954-04-24	Millwall	A