1954-09-04

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Highbury	53,971
Logie, Lishman	Lineups
Aston Villa	1	0	Portsmouth	Villa Park	28,284
Pace	Lineups
Burnley	0	2	Everton	Turf Moor	31,963
	Lineups		Eglington, Parker
Chelsea	1	1	Cardiff City	Stamford Bridge	42,688
Lewis	Lineups		Tiddy
Huddersfield Town	2	0	Bolton Wanderers	Leeds Road	28,726
Metcalfe, Cavanagh	Lineups
Leicester City	0	2	Manchester City	Filbert Street	32,825
	Lineups		Hart, McAdams
Manchester United	3	1	Charlton Athletic	Old Trafford	39,968
Rowley 2, Taylor	Lineups		Fenton
Preston North End	3	3	Newcastle United	Deepdale	35,831
Baxter, Morrison, Foster	Lineups		Hannah, Milburn, White
Sheffield United	1	2	West Bromwich Albion	Bramall Lane	27,232
Hoyland	Lineups		Carter, Allen
Sunderland	2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Roker Park	52,112
Chisholm, Shackleton	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	Blackpool	Molineux	50,203
Slater	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	1	Everton	5	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	7	4	2.25	8	W	L	W	W	W	1954-09-08	West Bromwich Albion	H
2	1	Sunderland	5	2	1	0	6	2	1	1	0	3	2	2.25	8	W	D	W	D	W	1954-09-08	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
3	2	Manchester United	5	2	0	1	6	4	2	0	0	8	4	1.75	8	W	W	W	W	L	1954-09-08	Tottenham Hotspur	A
4	-3	Preston North End	5	2	1	0	15	4	1	0	1	5	3	2.857	7	D	W	L	W	W	1954-09-06	Chelsea	A
5	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	5	3	0	0	9	4	0	1	1	2	3	1.571	7	W	W	D	L	W	1954-09-08	Sunderland	H
6	0	Chelsea	5	2	1	0	5	3	0	2	0	2	2	1.4	7	D	D	W	W	D	1954-09-06	Preston North End	H
7	2	Manchester City	5	1	1	0	5	2	2	0	1	4	5	1.286	7	W	W	D	W	L	1954-09-08	Arsenal	H
8	-4	Bolton Wanderers	5	2	0	0	6	2	1	0	2	5	7	1.222	6	L	W	L	W	W	1954-09-06	Portsmouth	H
9	5	West Bromwich Albion	5	2	0	0	7	3	1	0	2	4	8	1	6	W	W	W	L	L	1954-09-08	Everton	A
10	-3	Portsmouth	5	1	1	0	4	2	1	0	2	4	4	1.333	5	L	L	D	W	W	1954-09-06	Bolton Wanderers	A
11	-1	Newcastle United	5	1	0	1	4	2	1	1	1	8	8	1.2	5	D	L	L	W	W	1954-09-08	Aston Villa	H
12	8	Arsenal	5	2	0	1	5	3	0	0	2	1	4	0.857	4	W	W	L	L	L	1954-09-08	Manchester City	A
13	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	5	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	2	6	8	0.818	4	L	L	L	W	W	1954-09-08	Manchester United	H
14	-2	Charlton Athletic	5	1	0	1	4	4	1	0	2	4	6	0.8	4	L	W	W	L	L	1954-09-11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
15	3	Huddersfield Town	5	2	0	1	5	4	0	0	2	3	6	0.8	4	W	W	L	L	L	1954-09-06	Sheffield Wednesday	A
16	3	Aston Villa	5	1	1	1	5	6	0	1	1	3	6	0.667	4	W	D	L	D	L	1954-09-08	Newcastle United	A
17	-4	Burnley	5	1	1	1	2	3	0	1	1	0	1	0.5	4	L	D	D	L	W	1954-09-06	Leicester City	H
18	-3	Leicester City	5	0	1	2	1	4	1	0	1	4	4	0.625	3	L	L	L	W	D	1954-09-06	Burnley	A
19	3	Cardiff City	5	1	0	1	4	6	0	1	2	2	9	0.4	3	D	L	W	L	L	1954-09-08	Sheffield United	H
20	-4	Sheffield Wednesday	5	1	0	1	8	7	0	0	3	2	8	0.667	2	L	L	W	L	L	1954-09-06	Huddersfield Town	H
21	-4	Blackpool	5	0	0	2	4	7	1	0	2	3	5	0.583	2	L	L	L	L	W	1954-09-11	Aston Villa	H
22	-1	Sheffield United	5	0	0	3	3	9	1	0	1	4	6	0.467	2	L	L	W	L	L	1954-09-08	Cardiff City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bristol Rovers	4	1	Derby County	Eastville	23,810
Bradford 3, Hooper	Lineups		Parry J (p)
Bury	5	3	Leeds United	Gigg Lane	15,357
Kelly 2, Clarke, Nielson, McIlvenny	Lineups		McCall, Charles, May OG
Hull City	4	2	Ipswich Town	Boothferry Park	28,091
Crosbie 4	Lineups		Phillips 2
Lincoln City	2	1	Nottingham Forest	Sincil Bank	14,167
Birch, Graver	Lineups		McLaren
Liverpool	1	2	West Ham United	Anfield Road	37,593
Payne	Lineups		Sexton, Hooper
Luton Town	1	0	Birmingham City	Kenilworth Road	16,347
Adam	Lineups
Notts County	3	1	Blackburn Rovers	Meadow Lane	14,918
Coole, Crookes, McCormack	Lineups		Briggs
Plymouth Argyle	1	2	Doncaster Rovers	Home Park	22,306
Porteous	Lineups		Mooney, Walker J
Rotherham United	3	0	Middlesbrough	Millmoor	17,022
Burke, Guest, Wilson	Lineups
Stoke City	0	0	Port Vale	Victoria Ground	46,777	Largest home gate 1954-55
	Lineups
Swansea Town	2	2	Fulham	Vetch Field	27,020
Griffiths, Allchurch I	Lineups		Robson, Jezzard

				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	5	2	1	0	4	1	2	0	0	5	1	4.5	9	D	W	W	W	W	1954-09-08	Leeds United	A
2	0	Fulham	5	2	0	0	7	1	2	1	0	9	6	2.286	9	D	W	W	W	W	1954-09-08	Doncaster Rovers	H
3	0	Hull City	5	2	0	1	8	4	2	0	0	2	0	2.5	8	W	W	W	W	L	1954-09-06	West Ham United	A
4	1	Rotherham United	5	3	0	0	9	2	1	0	1	5	5	2	8	W	W	L	W	W	1954-09-06	Bury	H
5	-1	Ipswich Town	5	2	0	0	9	2	1	0	2	5	7	1.556	6	L	W	W	W	L	1954-09-08	Birmingham City	A
6	5	Bristol Rovers	5	2	1	0	6	2	0	1	1	3	4	1.5	6	W	D	D	L	W	1954-09-06	Liverpool	H
7	2	Luton Town	5	3	0	0	7	2	0	0	2	2	5	1.286	6	W	W	L	L	W	1954-09-08	Lincoln City	A
8	-2	Blackburn Rovers	5	2	0	0	9	3	1	0	2	7	10	1.231	6	L	W	W	W	L	1954-09-08	Derby County	A
9	5	Lincoln City	5	2	0	1	5	4	1	0	1	3	6	0.8	6	W	L	W	L	W	1954-09-08	Luton Town	H
10	-2	Swansea Town	5	2	1	0	10	4	0	0	2	2	6	1.2	5	D	W	L	L	W	1954-09-06	Port Vale	A
11	-4	Birmingham City	5	2	0	0	5	2	0	1	2	2	4	1.167	5	L	D	W	W	L	1954-09-08	Ipswich Town	H
12	0	Port Vale	5	1	1	0	2	1	0	2	1	1	2	1	5	D	D	W	D	L	1954-09-06	Swansea Town	H
13	3	Doncaster Rovers	5	1	1	0	4	3	1	0	2	4	7	0.8	5	W	L	D	W	L	1954-09-08	Fulham	A
14	3	Bury	5	2	0	1	8	7	0	0	2	4	6	0.923	4	W	L	L	W	L	1954-09-06	Rotherham United	A
15	-5	Plymouth Argyle	5	1	1	1	4	4	0	1	1	3	4	0.875	4	L	D	L	W	D	1954-09-09	Notts County	A
16	4	Notts County	5	1	1	1	6	5	0	1	1	1	4	0.778	4	W	D	L	D	L	1954-09-09	Plymouth Argyle	H
17	-4	Derby County	5	1	0	1	6	6	1	0	2	4	8	0.714	4	L	L	W	L	W	1954-09-08	Blackburn Rovers	H
18	0	West Ham United	5	1	0	1	5	5	1	0	2	6	11	0.688	4	W	L	W	L	L	1954-09-06	Hull City	H
19	-4	Liverpool	5	1	1	1	7	7	0	0	2	2	4	0.818	3	L	D	L	L	W	1954-09-06	Bristol Rovers	A
20	-1	Leeds United	5	0	0	2	4	7	1	0	2	5	8	0.6	2	L	L	L	L	W	1954-09-08	Stoke City	H
21	0	Middlesbrough	5	0	0	2	1	3	0	1	2	3	11	0.286	1	L	L	L	L	D	1954-09-08	Nottingham Forest	H
22	0	Nottingham Forest	5	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	3	1	7	0.091	0	L	L	L	L	L	1954-09-08	Middlesbrough	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	2	0	Workington	Peel Park	9,430
Cocker, Brydon	Lineups
Barnsley	1	0	York City	Oakwell	11,446
Smith	Lineups
Bradford City	2	0	Halifax Town	Valley Parade	14,184
Smith F, Hepplewhite	Lineups
Darlington	2	1	Crewe Alexandra	Feethams Ground	9,710
Keers, French	Lineups		Bootle
Gateshead	0	0	Carlisle United	Redheugh Park	7,361
	Lineups
Hartlepools United	3	1	Chester	Victoria Park	7,909
Wildon, McGuigan, Harden	Lineups		Windle
Mansfield Town	2	0	Chesterfield	Field Mill	16,759	Largest home gate 1954-55
Fox, Daley	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	0	0	Rochdale	Boundary Park	11,484
	Lineups
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	2	0	Southport	Old Showground	9,406
Brown 2	Lineups
Stockport County	0	0	Grimsby Town	Edgeley Park	10,551
	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	3	3	Bradford	Prenton Park	7,272
Walls, Done, Milburn OG	Lineups		Beattie, Brickley, Worsman
Wrexham	3	0	Barrow	Racecourse Ground	8,956
Gwatkin, Hewitt, Bannan	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	1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	5	2	1	0	5	2	2	0	0	7	3	2.4	9	W	W	W	W	D	1954-09-09	Barnsley	H
2	2	Bradford City	5	2	1	0	4	1	1	1	0	3	2	2.333	8	W	W	D	W	D	1954-09-08	Wrexham	A
3	-2	Chesterfield	5	2	0	0	4	0	2	0	1	6	5	2	8	L	W	W	W	W	1954-09-06	Tranmere Rovers	H
4	-1	Stockport County	5	2	1	0	7	3	1	0	1	2	2	1.8	7	D	W	L	W	W	1954-09-06	Darlington	H
5	1	Accrington Stanley	5	2	1	0	6	3	1	0	1	2	2	1.6	7	W	W	W	L	D	1954-09-08	Oldham Athletic	H
6	6	Hartlepools United	5	3	0	0	6	2	0	0	2	2	4	1.333	6	W	W	L	L	W	1954-09-06	Gateshead	A
7	4	Barnsley	5	2	1	0	5	3	0	1	1	1	2	1.2	6	W	W	D	L	D	1954-09-09	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
8	7	Wrexham	5	2	0	1	7	7	1	0	1	2	2	1	6	W	W	W	L	L	1954-09-08	Bradford City	H
9	-2	Gateshead	5	1	1	1	2	3	1	1	0	3	2	1	6	D	W	D	W	L	1954-09-06	Hartlepools United	H
10	0	Tranmere Rovers	5	1	2	0	6	5	0	1	1	3	4	1	5	D	W	D	L	D	1954-09-06	Chesterfield	A
11	2	Bradford	5	1	1	0	2	1	0	2	1	5	6	1	5	D	L	D	W	D	1954-09-06	Carlisle United	H
12	-3	Oldham Athletic	5	1	2	0	3	2	0	1	1	3	4	1	5	D	L	D	W	D	1954-09-08	Accrington Stanley	A
13	7	Darlington	5	2	0	1	6	5	0	1	1	1	3	0.875	5	W	W	L	D	L	1954-09-06	Stockport County	A
14	-9	Chester	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	3	6	0.833	5	L	L	W	W	D	1954-09-08	Grimsby Town	A
15	6	Mansfield Town	5	2	0	1	6	7	0	1	1	3	4	0.818	5	W	W	D	L	L	1954-09-08	Halifax Town	A
16	-2	Carlisle United	5	2	0	0	4	2	0	1	2	4	8	0.8	5	D	L	W	W	L	1954-09-06	Bradford	A
17	-9	York City	5	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	2	6	4	1.286	4	L	L	L	W	W	1954-09-06	Workington	H
18	-1	Grimsby Town	5	0	1	1	3	6	1	1	1	3	1	0.857	4	D	L	D	L	W	1954-09-08	Chester	H
19	-3	Barrow	5	0	1	1	2	3	1	0	2	7	6	1	3	L	L	L	D	W	1954-09-07	Southport	A
20	-2	Crewe Alexandra	5	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	3	4	8	0.7	3	L	L	D	W	L	1954-09-08	Rochdale	A
21	-2	Workington	5	0	1	1	4	5	1	0	2	2	5	0.6	3	L	L	D	L	W	1954-09-06	York City	A
22	0	Halifax Town	5	0	1	1	2	3	0	1	2	3	6	0.556	2	L	L	D	L	D	1954-09-08	Mansfield Town	H
23	1	Rochdale	5	0	0	2	1	5	0	2	1	1	2	0.286	2	D	L	D	L	L	1954-09-08	Crewe Alexandra	H
24	-1	Southport	5	0	0	2	2	4	0	1	2	1	4	0.375	1	L	L	L	L	D	1954-09-07	Barrow	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	3	1	Reading	Recreation Ground	10,594	Largest home gate 1954-55
Sirrel, Menzies, Flint	Lineups		Chung
Brentford	1	1	Queens Park Rangers	Griffin Park	18,756	Largest home gate 1954-55
Heath	Lineups		Clark
Colchester United	4	1	Northampton Town	Layer Road	7,468
Birch, Plant 3	Lineups		Hazeldine
Coventry City	2	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Highfield Road	20,674
Brown, Capel	Lineups		Gordon
Exeter City	0	0	Watford	St James Park	9,304
	Lineups
Gillingham	3	3	Shrewsbury Town	Priestfield Stadium	11,166
Morgan 2, Millar	Lineups		Price, McCue, Maloney
Leyton Orient	1	0	Walsall	Brisbane Road	12,104
Facey	Lineups
Millwall	1	3	Bristol City	The Den, New Cross	15,571
Johnson	Lineups		Boxley, Rogers, Williams
Newport County	1	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Somerton Park	9,589
Shergold	Lineups		Rushworth
Norwich City	2	0	Crystal Palace	Carrow Road	14,542
Brennan, Hansell	Lineups
Southampton	0	0	Torquay United	The Dell	20,138
	Lineups
Southend United	4	1	Swindon Town	Greyhound Stadium	9,648
Burns, Bainbridge, Hollis, Baron	Lineups		Owen

				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	5	3	0	0	5	2	1	1	0	5	4	1.667	9	W	D	W	W	W	1954-09-06	Gillingham	H
2	1	Bristol City	5	1	1	0	6	1	1	2	0	6	4	2.4	7	W	D	W	D	D	1954-09-09	Colchester United	A
3	2	Norwich City	5	3	0	0	8	3	0	1	1	1	2	1.8	7	W	W	L	D	W	1954-09-08	Exeter City	A
4	-2	Southampton	5	2	1	0	9	5	1	0	1	2	2	1.571	7	D	W	W	L	W	1954-09-09	Leyton Orient	A
5	7	Southend United	5	2	1	0	10	4	0	1	1	1	2	1.833	6	W	D	L	D	W	1954-09-07	Newport County	H
6	1	Exeter City	5	1	2	0	4	2	1	0	1	2	3	1.2	6	D	W	L	D	W	1954-09-08	Norwich City	H
7	1	Queens Park Rangers	5	1	1	0	3	2	0	3	0	5	5	1.143	6	D	D	D	D	W	1954-09-07	Aldershot	H
8	1	Gillingham	5	1	2	0	5	4	1	0	1	2	3	1	6	D	L	W	W	D	1954-09-06	Coventry City	A
9	9	Leyton Orient	5	3	0	0	4	1	0	0	2	0	6	0.571	6	W	L	L	W	W	1954-09-09	Southampton	H
10	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	5	1	1	0	6	2	0	2	1	2	3	1.6	5	D	D	D	W	L	1954-09-08	Swindon Town	H
11	8	Colchester United	5	1	1	1	5	3	0	2	0	2	2	1.4	5	W	L	D	D	D	1954-09-09	Bristol City	H
12	1	Torquay United	5	1	1	0	6	4	0	2	1	2	3	1.143	5	D	D	W	D	L	1954-09-08	Walsall	H
13	-9	Swindon Town	5	2	0	0	7	1	0	1	2	1	7	1	5	L	W	W	L	D	1954-09-08	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
14	6	Aldershot	5	2	1	0	5	2	0	0	2	3	8	0.8	5	W	D	W	L	L	1954-09-07	Queens Park Rangers	A
15	2	Watford	5	2	0	0	6	2	0	1	2	2	8	0.8	5	D	L	W	W	L	1954-09-07	Crystal Palace	H
16	-10	Northampton Town	5	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	2	3	7	0.75	5	L	L	W	D	W	1954-09-09	Millwall	H
17	-6	Brighton & Hove Albion	5	1	0	1	4	2	1	0	2	3	4	1.167	4	L	W	L	W	L	1954-09-08	Shrewsbury Town	H
18	-4	Reading	5	0	2	0	4	4	1	0	2	5	7	0.818	4	L	D	W	L	D	1954-09-08	Brentford	H
19	-4	Millwall	5	2	0	1	4	3	0	0	2	2	5	0.75	4	L	W	L	L	W	1954-09-09	Northampton Town	A
20	-4	Crystal Palace	5	1	1	0	3	1	0	1	2	1	5	0.667	4	L	W	D	D	L	1954-09-07	Watford	A
21	0	Brentford	5	0	2	1	5	6	0	1	1	6	8	0.786	3	D	D	L	D	L	1954-09-08	Reading	A
22	0	Shrewsbury Town	5	0	1	1	4	5	0	2	1	6	9	0.714	3	D	D	L	D	L	1954-09-08	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
23	0	Newport County	5	0	2	1	2	3	0	0	2	2	5	0.5	2	D	L	L	D	L	1954-09-07	Southend United	A
24	0	Walsall	5	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	2	2	6	0.222	1	L	L	L	L	D	1954-09-08	Torquay United	A