1954-08-21

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	1	3	Newcastle United	Highbury	65,334
Lishman	Lineups		Davies, Mitchell R 2
Aston Villa	2	4	Tottenham Hotspur	Villa Park	44,193
Blanchflower (p), Baxter	Lineups		Dowsett, Bennett 2, Baily
Bolton Wanderers	3	2	Charlton Athletic	Burnden Park	34,526
Lofthouse, Hassall, Webster	Lineups		O'Linn, Leary
Burnley	1	0	Cardiff City	Turf Moor	27,836
Shannon	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	1	3	Blackpool	Leeds Road	35,793
Metcalfe (p)	Lineups		Mortensen, Perry, Taylor
Leicester City	1	1	Chelsea	Filbert Street	38,941
Griffiths	Lineups		Bentley
Manchester United	1	3	Portsmouth	Old Trafford	39,985
Rowley	Lineups		Dale, Henderson, Chilton OG
Preston North End	5	0	Manchester City	Deepdale	33,098
Wayman 3, Baxter, Foster	Lineups
Sheffield United	2	5	Everton	Bramall Lane	32,913
Hagan, Hawksworth	Lineups		Parker 2, Wainwright 2, Eglington
Sunderland	4	2	West Bromwich Albion	Roker Park	56,827
Anderson (p), Chisholm, Purdon 2	Lineups		Ryan, Nicholls
Wolverhampton Wanderers	4	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Molineux	44,753
Swinbourne 2, Mullen, Wilshaw	Lineups		Finney, Curtis (p)

				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	Preston North End	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Cardiff City	A
2	0	Blackpool	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-23	Bolton Wanderers	H
3	0	Newcastle United	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	West Bromwich Albion	H
4	0	Portsmouth	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Huddersfield Town	H
5	0	Everton	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	2	2.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Arsenal	H
6	0	Sunderland	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-23	Aston Villa	A
7	0	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
8	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Tottenham Hotspur	A
9	0	Bolton Wanderers	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-23	Blackpool	A
10	0	Burnley	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-23	Chelsea	A
11	0	Chelsea	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1954-08-23	Burnley	H
12	0	Leicester City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1954-08-26	Charlton Athletic	A
13	0	Charlton Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0.667	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-26	Leicester City	H
14	0	Aston Villa	1	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-23	Sunderland	H
15	0	Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-23	Manchester United	H
16	0	West Bromwich Albion	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Newcastle United	A
17	0	Sheffield United	1	0	0	1	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Manchester City	A
18	0	Arsenal	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Everton	A
19	0	Huddersfield Town	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Portsmouth	A
20	0	Manchester United	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-23	Sheffield Wednesday	A
21	0	Cardiff City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Preston North End	H
22	0	Manchester City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Sheffield United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bristol Rovers	1	0	Port Vale	Eastville	32,367	Largest home gate 1954-55
Bradford	Lineups
Fulham	5	1	Blackburn Rovers	Craven Cottage	31,148
Stevens, Jezzard, Mitten 2, Haynes	Lineups		Quigley
Hull City	0	2	Leeds United	Boothferry Park	32,071
	Lineups		Brook, Charles
Lincoln City	3	2	Bury	Sincil Bank	15,391
Graver, Finch, Birch	Lineups		Pearson 2
Liverpool	3	2	Doncaster Rovers	Anfield Road	49,741	Largest home & D 2 gate 1954-55
Rowley 3	Lineups		Lawlor C 2
Luton Town	3	0	Nottingham Forest	Kenilworth Road	19,832
Davies, Turner, Pye	Lineups
Notts County	2	3	Derby County	Meadow Lane	29,528
Coole, Wylie	Lineups		Barrowcliffe, Parry J (p), Dunn
Plymouth Argyle	2	2	Middlesbrough	Home Park	26,484
Langman N, Ratcliffe	Lineups		McPherson, Delapenha
Rotherham United	3	2	Ipswich Town	Millmoor	14,594
Grainger 2, Burke	Lineups		Elsworthy, Garneys
Stoke City	2	1	Birmingham City	Victoria Ground	27,984
Hutton, Oscroft	Lineups		Warhurst
Swansea Town	5	2	West Ham United	Vetch Field	25,329
Allchurch I, Charles 2, Palmer, Jones C	Lineups		Dick 2

				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	Fulham	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Derby County	A
2	0	Luton Town	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-24	Bury	A
3	0	Swansea Town	1	1	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Doncaster Rovers	A
4	0	Leeds United	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Rotherham United	H
5	0	Stoke City	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Nottingham Forest	A
6	0	Derby County	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Fulham	H
7	0	Lincoln City	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Hull City	H
8	0	Liverpool	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-23	Plymouth Argyle	A
9	0	Rotherham United	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Leeds United	A
10	0	Bristol Rovers	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Birmingham City	A
11	0	Middlesbrough	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Ipswich Town	H
12	0	Plymouth Argyle	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1954-08-23	Liverpool	H
13	0	Bury	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0.667	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-24	Luton Town	H
14	0	Doncaster Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0.667	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Swansea Town	H
15	0	Ipswich Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0.667	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Middlesbrough	A
16	0	Notts County	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.667	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-23	Port Vale	A
17	0	Birmingham City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Bristol Rovers	H
18	0	West Ham United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0.4	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-23	Blackburn Rovers	A
19	0	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0.2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-23	West Ham United	H
20	0	Hull City	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Lincoln City	A
21	0	Nottingham Forest	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Stoke City	H
22	0	Port Vale	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-23	Notts County	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	1	1	Southport	Peel Park	11,293
McKeown	Lineups		Holmes
Barnsley	2	2	Oldham Athletic	Oakwell	11,386
Lumley, Brown	Lineups		Brunskill, Scrine
Bradford City	1	1	Bradford	Valley Parade	17,838
Smith F	Lineups		Deplidge
Darlington	1	2	Workington	Feethams Ground	11,455
Clark H	Lineups		Stokoe, McCallum
Gateshead	1	3	Chesterfield	Redheugh Park	6,374
Smith	Lineups		Stiffle, Watson, Smith
Hartlepools United	2	1	Crewe Alexandra	Victoria Park	7,390
Wildon, McGuigan	Lineups		Broome
Mansfield Town	0	5	Barrow	Field Mill	12,494
	Lineups		Holding 3, Ormond, Plummer OG
Rochdale	0	3	Grimsby Town	Spotland	6,915
	Lineups		Hughes 2, De Gruchy
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	2	2	Halifax Town	Old Showground	10,388
Haigh 2	Lineups		Priestley, Crawford
Stockport County	5	2	Carlisle United	Edgeley Park	9,817
Johnston OG, Connor 2, Clempson (p), Murray	Lineups		Whitehouse, Atkinson
Tranmere Rovers	1	1	Chester	Prenton Park	10,244	Largest home gate 1954-55
Lee OG	Lineups		Hughes
Wrexham	2	6	York City	Racecourse Ground	11,695
Bannan, Tapscott	Lineups		Bottom 3, Wilkinson 2, McNab

				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	Barrow	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-23	Darlington	H
2	0	Grimsby Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-24	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
3	0	York City	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	2	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-23	Hartlepools United	H
4	0	Chesterfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Workington	A
5	0	Stockport County	1	1	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Halifax Town	A
6	0	Hartlepools United	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-23	York City	A
7	0	Workington	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Chesterfield	H
8	0	Barnsley	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1954-08-23	Bradford	A
9	0	Halifax Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Stockport County	H
10	0	Oldham Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1954-08-24	Tranmere Rovers	H
11	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1954-08-24	Grimsby Town	A
12	0	Accrington Stanley	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1954-08-24	Carlisle United	A
13	0	Bradford City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Rochdale	A
14	0	Bradford	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1954-08-23	Barnsley	H
15	0	Chester	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Wrexham	H
16	0	Southport	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1954-08-24	Gateshead	H
17	0	Tranmere Rovers	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1954-08-24	Oldham Athletic	A
18	0	Crewe Alexandra	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Mansfield Town	H
19	0	Darlington	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-23	Barrow	A
20	0	Carlisle United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0.4	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-24	Accrington Stanley	H
21	0	Wrexham	1	0	0	1	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Chester	A
22	0	Gateshead	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-24	Southport	A
23	0	Mansfield Town	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Crewe Alexandra	A
24	0	Rochdale	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Bradford City	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Colchester United	0	0	Swindon Town	Layer Road	9,767
	Lineups
Coventry City	1	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Highfield Road	19,571
Crosland OG	Lineups
Exeter City	2	0	Crystal Palace	St James Park	12,465	Largest home gate 1954-55
McClelland, Houghton	Lineups
Gillingham	1	1	Bristol City	Priestfield Stadium	14,404
Morgan	Lineups		Atyeo
Leyton Orient	2	1	Torquay United	Brisbane Road	18,799
Hartburn, Towers OG	Lineups		Dobbie
Millwall	2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	The Den, New Cross	25,445	Largest home gate 1954-55
McAllister 2	Lineups
Newport County	0	1	Northampton Town	Somerton Park	12,710
	Lineups		English
Norwich City	4	3	Aldershot	Carrow Road	23,596
Reagan, Hansell 2, McCrohan	Lineups		Gaynor J, Cheney 2
Queens Park Rangers	2	1	Watford	Loftus Road	19,686
Cameron, Clark	Lineups		Brown
Reading	2	2	Walsall	Elm Park	13,323
Hinshelwood, Chung	Lineups		Morris 2
Southampton	6	4	Brentford	The Dell	21,454
Walker 3, Mulgrew 2, Day	Lineups		Robertson 2, Dudley, Stobbart
Southend United	4	1	Shrewsbury Town	Greyhound Stadium	10,133
Baron 2, Bainbridge, Hollis	Lineups		Price

				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	Southend United	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-24	Queens Park Rangers	H
2	0	Exeter City	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Colchester United	H
3	0	Millwall	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-26	Leyton Orient	A
4	0	Leyton Orient	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-26	Millwall	H
5	0	Queens Park Rangers	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-24	Southend United	A
6	0	Southampton	1	1	0	0	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Gillingham	A
7	0	Norwich City	1	1	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.333	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-26	Newport County	A
8	0	Coventry City	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-23	Reading	H
9	0	Northampton Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1954-08-26	Crystal Palace	H
10	0	Colchester United	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Exeter City	A
11	0	Swindon Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1954-08-24	Watford	A
12	0	Reading	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1954-08-23	Coventry City	A
13	0	Walsall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
14	0	Bristol City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Torquay United	A
15	0	Gillingham	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Southampton	H
16	0	Aldershot	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0.75	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
17	0	Brentford	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	0.667	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-26	Shrewsbury Town	H
18	0	Torquay United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Bristol City	H
19	0	Watford	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-24	Swindon Town	H
20	0	Shrewsbury Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0.25	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-26	Brentford	A
21	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Aldershot	H
22	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-25	Walsall	H
23	0	Crystal Palace	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-26	Northampton Town	A
24	0	Newport County	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1954-08-26	Norwich City	H