1954-08-28

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	2	4	Manchester United	Bloomfield Road	31,855
Mortensen, Fenton	Lineups		Webster 2, Blanchflower, Viollet
Cardiff City	2	1	Leicester City	Ninian Park	25,938
Northcott, Ford	Lineups		Froggatt
Charlton Athletic	2	1	Huddersfield Town	The Valley	22,413
Kiernan, Ayre	Lineups		Burrell
Chelsea	3	2	Bolton Wanderers	Stamford Bridge	52,756
Bentley, Lewis, Ball OG	Lineups		Moir, Parry
Everton	1	0	Preston North End	Goodison Park	76,839	Largest home, D 1 & league gate 1954-55
Lello	Lineups
Manchester City	0	0	Burnley	Maine Road	38,201
	Lineups
Newcastle United	1	2	Sheffield United	St James' Park	52,341
Mitchell R	Lineups		Hoyland, Wragg
Portsmouth	0	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Fratton Park	40,856
	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	6	3	Aston Villa	Hillsborough	34,243
Sewell 2, Shaw 2, Quixall, Finney	Lineups		Dixon 2, Pace
Tottenham Hotspur	0	1	Sunderland	White Hart Lane	53,646	Largest home gate 1954-55
	Lineups		Purdon
West Bromwich Albion	3	1	Arsenal	The Hawthorns	46,105
Allen, Ryan, Nicholls	Lineups		Lishman

				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	2	Everton	3	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	5	2	3.5	6	W	W	W	#	#	1954-08-31	Arsenal	A
2	2	Portsmouth	3	1	1	0	4	2	1	0	0	3	1	2.333	5	D	W	W	#	#	1954-08-30	Huddersfield Town	A
3	5	Sunderland	3	1	0	0	4	2	1	1	0	3	2	1.75	5	W	D	W	#	#	1954-09-01	Aston Villa	H
4	3	Chelsea	3	2	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	1	1	1.667	5	W	W	D	#	#	1954-08-31	Burnley	A
5	-3	Preston North End	3	1	0	0	5	0	1	0	1	5	3	3.333	4	L	W	W	#	#	1954-09-01	Cardiff City	H
6	-5	Newcastle United	3	1	0	1	4	2	1	0	0	3	1	2.333	4	L	W	W	#	#	1954-09-01	West Bromwich Albion	A
7	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	3	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	4	2	1.4	4	L	W	W	#	#	1954-08-30	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
8	4	Manchester United	3	0	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	8	4	1.286	4	W	W	L	#	#	1954-09-01	Sheffield Wednesday	H
9	-3	Bolton Wanderers	3	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	1	5	5	1.143	4	L	W	W	#	#	1954-09-01	Blackpool	H
10	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	1	0	0	4	2	0	1	1	2	3	1.2	3	D	L	W	#	#	1954-08-30	Tottenham Hotspur	H
11	-2	Leicester City	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	4	4	1	3	L	W	D	#	#	1954-08-30	Charlton Athletic	H
12	1	Burnley	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	3	D	L	W	#	#	1954-08-31	Chelsea	H
13	1	Manchester City	3	1	1	0	5	2	0	0	1	0	5	0.714	3	D	W	L	#	#	1954-08-30	Sheffield United	A
14	3	Sheffield Wednesday	3	1	0	1	8	7	0	0	1	2	4	0.909	2	W	L	L	#	#	1954-09-01	Manchester United	A
15	-5	Blackpool	3	0	0	2	4	7	1	0	0	3	1	0.875	2	L	L	W	#	#	1954-09-01	Bolton Wanderers	A
16	0	Charlton Athletic	3	1	0	1	4	4	0	0	1	2	3	0.857	2	W	L	L	#	#	1954-08-30	Leicester City	A
17	4	West Bromwich Albion	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	2	7	0.625	2	W	L	L	#	#	1954-09-01	Newcastle United	H
18	2	Cardiff City	3	1	0	1	4	6	0	0	1	0	1	0.571	2	W	L	L	#	#	1954-09-01	Preston North End	A
19	0	Sheffield United	3	0	0	1	2	5	1	0	1	4	6	0.545	2	W	L	L	#	#	1954-08-30	Manchester City	H
20	-5	Aston Villa	3	0	1	1	4	6	0	0	1	3	6	0.583	1	L	D	L	#	#	1954-09-01	Sunderland	A
21	-3	Huddersfield Town	3	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	3	6	0.444	0	L	L	L	#	#	1954-08-30	Portsmouth	H
22	0	Arsenal	3	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	1	4	0.286	0	L	L	L	#	#	1954-08-31	Everton	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	3	1	Rotherham United	St Andrew's	27,260
Govan 2, Warhurst	Lineups		Guest
Blackburn Rovers	4	1	Swansea Town	Ewood Park	27,697
Briggs 2, Langton (p), Mooney	Lineups		Griffiths
Bury	1	3	Fulham	Gigg Lane	18,174
Clarke	Lineups		Jezzard, Stevens, Haynes
Derby County	3	2	Liverpool	Baseball Ground	18,774
Barrowcliffe, Powell, Dunn	Lineups		Evans, Bimpson
Doncaster Rovers	2	2	Bristol Rovers	Belle Vue	16,399
Tindill, McMorran	Lineups		Pitt, Bradford
Ipswich Town	3	1	Luton Town	Portman Road	20,665	Largest home gate 1954-55
Reed, Garneys 2	Lineups		Adam
Leeds United	2	3	Lincoln City	Elland Road	22,326
Toner, Vickers	Lineups		Finch, Dykes, Garvie
Middlesbrough	1	2	Stoke City	Ayresome Park	17,820
Hartnett	Lineups		Oscroft, King
Nottingham Forest	0	1	Hull City	City Ground	18,655
	Lineups		Thomas OG
Port Vale	1	0	Plymouth Argyle	Vale Park	25,038
Leake	Lineups
West Ham United	3	0	Notts County	Upton Park	19,638
Andrews, Dick, 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	0	Stoke City	3	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	5	1	3.5	6	W	W	W	#	#	1954-08-30	Nottingham Forest	H
2	0	Fulham	3	1	0	0	5	1	2	0	0	7	4	2.4	6	W	W	W	#	#	1954-09-01	Derby County	H
3	8	Birmingham City	3	2	0	0	5	2	0	0	1	1	2	1.5	4	W	W	L	#	#	1954-08-30	Bristol Rovers	A
4	8	Ipswich Town	3	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	1	3	3	1.5	4	W	W	L	#	#	1954-09-01	Middlesbrough	H
5	11	Blackburn Rovers	3	2	0	0	9	3	0	0	1	1	5	1.25	4	W	W	L	#	#	1954-08-30	West Ham United	A
6	7	Lincoln City	3	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	3	2	1.2	4	W	L	W	#	#	1954-08-30	Hull City	A
7	-4	Rotherham United	3	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	1	5	5	1.143	4	L	W	W	#	#	1954-08-30	Leeds United	H
8	-1	Derby County	3	1	0	1	6	6	1	0	0	3	2	1.125	4	W	L	W	#	#	1954-09-01	Fulham	A
9	8	Hull City	3	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	4	W	W	L	#	#	1954-08-30	Lincoln City	H
10	-1	Doncaster Rovers	3	1	1	0	4	3	0	0	1	2	3	1	3	D	W	L	#	#	1954-09-02	Swansea Town	A
11	4	Bristol Rovers	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	4	1	3	D	L	W	#	#	1954-08-30	Birmingham City	H
12	-8	Plymouth Argyle	3	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	L	W	D	#	#	1954-09-01	Liverpool	A
13	7	Port Vale	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	W	D	L	#	#	1954-09-02	Notts County	A
14	-9	Luton Town	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	2	5	1	2	L	L	W	#	#	1954-09-01	Bury	H
15	-9	Swansea Town	3	1	0	0	5	2	0	0	2	2	6	0.875	2	L	L	W	#	#	1954-09-02	Doncaster Rovers	H
16	-6	Leeds United	3	0	0	2	4	7	1	0	0	2	0	0.857	2	L	L	W	#	#	1954-08-30	Rotherham United	A
17	-3	Liverpool	3	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	2	2	4	0.833	2	L	L	W	#	#	1954-09-01	Plymouth Argyle	H
18	-10	Bury	3	1	0	1	3	4	0	0	1	2	3	0.714	2	L	W	L	#	#	1954-09-01	Luton Town	A
19	2	West Ham United	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	4	10	0.7	2	W	L	L	#	#	1954-08-30	Blackburn Rovers	H
20	-1	Middlesbrough	3	0	0	2	1	3	0	1	0	2	2	0.6	1	L	L	D	#	#	1954-09-01	Ipswich Town	A
21	-3	Notts County	3	0	0	1	2	3	0	1	1	1	4	0.429	1	L	D	L	#	#	1954-09-02	Port Vale	H
22	0	Nottingham Forest	3	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	L	L	L	#	#	1954-08-30	Stoke City	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barrow	1	2	Accrington Stanley	Holker Street	8,269
Holding	Lineups		Wright, Devlin
Bradford	1	1	Rochdale	Park Avenue	10,819
Brickley	Lineups		Frost
Carlisle United	3	2	Hartlepools United	Brunton Park	7,424
Atkinson, Bond, Kinloch (p)	Lineups		Wildon 2
Chester	1	0	Stockport County	Sealand Road	7,431
Wright M	Lineups
Chesterfield	2	0	Darlington	Saltergate Recreation Ground	13,707	Largest home gate 1954-55
Smith, Watson	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	1	1	Gateshead	Gresty Road	6,243
McCulloch	Lineups		Ingham
Grimsby Town	2	2	Tranmere Rovers	Blundell Park	10,699
Hughes 2 (1p)	Lineups		Done, Rosenthal
Halifax Town	1	1	Barnsley	The Shay	10,247
Priestley	Lineups		Brown
Oldham Athletic	1	1	Bradford City	Boundary Park	16,634	Largest home gate 1954-55
McShane	Lineups		Powell
Southport	1	2	Wrexham	Haig Avenue	5,449
Taylor R	Lineups		Heggie, Hughes
Workington	2	2	Mansfield Town	Borough Park	8,850
Dunlop 2	Lineups		Gaskell, Daley
York City	2	3	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Bootham Crescent	12,911
Wilkinson, Fenton	Lineups		Gregory 3

				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	2	Chesterfield	3	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	6	3	2.667	6	W	W	W	#	#	1954-08-30	Workington	H
2	5	Chester	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	5	W	W	D	#	#	1954-09-01	Wrexham	A
3	2	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	3	0	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	7	3	1.8	5	W	W	D	#	#	1954-09-02	Grimsby Town	H
4	-3	York City	3	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	6	2	1.8	4	L	W	W	#	#	1954-08-30	Hartlepools United	A
5	-3	Stockport County	3	1	0	0	5	2	1	0	1	2	2	1.75	4	L	W	W	#	#	1954-08-30	Halifax Town	H
6	0	Bradford	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	4	D	W	D	#	#	1954-09-01	Barnsley	A
7	1	Bradford City	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	3	2	1.333	4	D	W	D	#	#	1954-09-01	Rochdale	H
8	1	Oldham Athletic	3	1	1	0	3	2	0	1	0	2	2	1.25	4	D	W	D	#	#	1954-08-31	Tranmere Rovers	A
9	6	Carlisle United	3	2	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	2	5	0.857	4	W	W	L	#	#	1954-09-01	Accrington Stanley	A
10	-6	Barrow	3	0	1	1	2	3	1	0	0	5	0	2.333	3	L	D	W	#	#	1954-09-01	Darlington	A
11	-1	Grimsby Town	3	0	1	1	3	6	1	0	0	3	0	1	3	D	L	W	#	#	1954-09-02	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
12	-1	Workington	3	0	1	1	4	5	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	D	L	W	#	#	1954-08-30	Chesterfield	A
13	-1	Crewe Alexandra	3	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	1	1	2	1	3	D	W	L	#	#	1954-08-30	Mansfield Town	A
14	7	Accrington Stanley	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	1	3	W	L	D	#	#	1954-09-01	Carlisle United	H
15	-1	Gateshead	3	0	0	1	1	3	1	1	0	3	2	0.8	3	D	W	L	#	#	1954-08-30	Southport	H
16	0	Halifax Town	3	0	1	1	2	3	0	1	0	2	2	0.8	2	D	L	D	#	#	1954-08-30	Stockport County	A
17	-4	Hartlepools United	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	2	4	0.8	2	L	L	W	#	#	1954-08-30	York City	H
18	2	Tranmere Rovers	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	3	4	0.8	2	D	L	D	#	#	1954-08-31	Oldham Athletic	H
19	-2	Barnsley	3	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	1	1	2	0.75	2	D	L	D	#	#	1954-09-01	Bradford	H
20	2	Wrexham	3	0	0	1	2	6	1	0	1	2	2	0.5	2	W	L	L	#	#	1954-09-01	Chester	H
21	-2	Southport	3	0	0	2	2	4	0	1	0	1	1	0.6	1	L	L	D	#	#	1954-08-30	Gateshead	A
22	-4	Darlington	3	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	3	0.4	1	L	D	L	#	#	1954-09-01	Barrow	H
23	1	Mansfield Town	3	0	0	1	0	5	0	1	1	3	4	0.333	1	D	L	L	#	#	1954-08-30	Crewe Alexandra	H
24	-1	Rochdale	3	0	0	2	1	5	0	1	0	1	1	0.333	1	D	L	L	#	#	1954-09-01	Bradford City	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	1	0	Southend United	Recreation Ground	7,019
Flint	Lineups
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	2	2	Queens Park Rangers	Dean Court	13,665
Fidler, Newsham	Lineups		Smith 2
Brentford	2	3	Coventry City	Griffin Park	13,057
Stobbart, McDonnell OG	Lineups		Brown 3
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	2	Southampton	Goldstone Ground	22,258	Largest home gate 1954-55
Mundy	Lineups		Day, Hoskins
Bristol City	5	0	Leyton Orient	Ashton Gate	19,465
Boxley (p), Rodgers 2, Blizzard OG, Williams	Lineups
Crystal Palace	0	0	Colchester United	Selhurst Park	14,348
	Lineups
Northampton Town	2	0	Exeter City	County Ground	9,764
Fowler, Oakley	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	2	3	Reading	Gay Meadow	10,279
Price, Loughnane	Lineups		Murray, Chung 2
Swindon Town	1	0	Norwich City	County Ground	13,599
Onslow	Lineups
Torquay United	4	2	Millwall	Plainmoor	8,330
Dobbie 2, Smith JT, Mills	Lineups		Shepherd, Johnson
Walsall	0	1	Gillingham	Fellows Park	15,484
	Lineups		Adey
Watford	3	2	Newport County	Vicarage Road	15,696
Staples OG, Brown, Hernon	Lineups		Cooke OG, Graham

				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	Coventry City	3	2	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	3	2	2	6	W	W	W	#	#	1954-09-01	Reading	A
2	4	Northampton Town	3	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	5	W	D	W	#	#	1954-09-01	Crystal Palace	A
3	2	Gillingham	3	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	5	W	W	D	#	#	1954-09-01	Southampton	A
4	10	Bristol City	3	1	0	0	5	0	0	2	0	3	3	2.667	4	W	D	D	#	#	1954-08-31	Torquay United	H
5	5	Watford	3	2	0	0	6	2	0	0	1	1	2	1.75	4	W	W	L	#	#	1954-09-01	Swindon Town	A
6	7	Southampton	3	1	0	0	6	4	1	0	1	2	2	1.333	4	W	L	W	#	#	1954-09-01	Gillingham	H
7	0	Queens Park Rangers	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	4	4	1.2	4	D	D	W	#	#	1954-08-30	Southend United	H
8	-6	Leyton Orient	3	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	5	0.5	4	L	W	W	#	#	1954-08-30	Millwall	A
9	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3	1	1	0	6	2	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	D	W	L	#	#	1954-09-01	Aldershot	A
10	-7	Southend United	3	1	1	0	6	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.5	3	L	D	W	#	#	1954-08-30	Queens Park Rangers	A
11	7	Torquay United	3	1	1	0	6	4	0	0	1	1	2	1.167	3	W	D	L	#	#	1954-08-31	Bristol City	A
12	5	Reading	3	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	1	4	4	1	3	W	L	D	#	#	1954-09-01	Coventry City	H
13	-5	Norwich City	3	1	0	0	4	3	0	1	1	1	2	1	3	L	D	W	#	#	1954-09-01	Newport County	H
14	-10	Exeter City	3	1	1	0	4	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	L	D	W	#	#	1954-09-02	Colchester United	A
15	0	Colchester United	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	1	3	D	D	D	#	#	1954-09-02	Exeter City	H
16	7	Swindon Town	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	0.333	3	W	L	D	#	#	1954-09-01	Watford	H
17	-5	Brighton & Hove Albion	3	1	0	1	4	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	L	W	L	#	#	1954-09-02	Walsall	A
18	-7	Millwall	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	5	0.8	2	L	L	W	#	#	1954-08-30	Leyton Orient	H
19	5	Aldershot	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	8	0.5	2	W	L	L	#	#	1954-09-01	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
20	2	Crystal Palace	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	0.333	2	D	D	L	#	#	1954-09-01	Northampton Town	H
21	-5	Brentford	3	0	1	1	4	5	0	0	1	4	6	0.727	1	L	D	L	#	#	1954-08-30	Shrewsbury Town	A
22	-2	Newport County	3	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	2	3	0.6	1	L	D	L	#	#	1954-09-01	Norwich City	A
23	-4	Shrewsbury Town	3	0	0	1	2	3	0	1	1	3	6	0.556	1	L	D	L	#	#	1954-08-30	Brentford	H
24	-3	Walsall	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	5	0.333	1	L	L	D	#	#	1954-09-02	Brighton & Hove Albion	H