1954-09-18

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	1	2	Charlton Athletic	Villa Park	24,651
Chapman	Lineups		Leary 2
Burnley	0	2	West Bromwich Albion	Turf Moor	29,727
	Lineups		Allen 2,
Cardiff City	3	0	Manchester City	Ninian Park	28,847
Sherwood, Ewing OG, Stockin	Lineups
Chelsea	0	2	Everton	Stamford Bridge	59,199
	Lineups		Eglington, Parker
Leicester City	3	2	Newcastle United	Filbert Street	38,038
Morris, Froggatt, Griffiths	Lineups		Mitchell R (p), White
Manchester United	1	1	Huddersfield Town	Old Trafford	45,648
Viollet	Lineups		Cavanagh
Preston North End	3	1	Arsenal	Deepdale	35,812
Hatsell 2, Foster	Lineups		Logie
Sheffield United	1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Bramall Lane	37,308	Largest home gate 1954-55
Waldock	Lineups
Sunderland	2	0	Blackpool	Roker Park	51,556
Chisholm 2	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Portsmouth	White Hart Lane	37,404
McClellan	Lineups		Reid
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	2	Bolton Wanderers	Molineux	40,899
Smith	Lineups		Hassall, Parry

				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	Manchester United	9	3	1	1	9	6	3	1	0	11	5	1.818	14	D	W	D	W	W	1954-09-25	Manchester City	A
2	3	West Bromwich Albion	9	3	1	0	12	6	3	0	2	8	9	1.333	13	W	D	W	W	W	1954-09-25	Leicester City	H
3	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	9	4	0	1	12	6	1	2	1	5	4	1.7	12	L	D	W	W	W	1954-09-25	Huddersfield Town	A
4	2	Sunderland	9	3	2	0	8	2	1	2	1	5	6	1.625	12	W	D	D	L	W	1954-09-25	Charlton Athletic	A
5	2	Everton	9	2	1	1	5	4	3	1	1	12	7	1.545	12	W	D	D	L	W	1954-09-25	Cardiff City	H
6	-3	Manchester City	9	2	2	0	8	4	3	0	2	7	10	1.071	12	L	W	D	W	W	1954-09-25	Manchester United	H
7	2	Preston North End	9	3	1	1	19	7	2	0	2	6	5	2.083	11	W	L	L	W	D	1954-09-25	Sheffield United	A
8	2	Bolton Wanderers	9	3	1	0	10	4	2	0	3	7	9	1.308	11	W	L	D	W	L	1954-09-25	Aston Villa	H
9	-5	Newcastle United	9	3	0	1	11	6	2	1	2	12	12	1.278	11	L	W	W	W	D	1954-09-25	Chelsea	H
10	-2	Chelsea	9	2	1	2	5	6	1	3	0	5	4	1	10	L	W	D	L	D	1954-09-20	Sheffield United	A
11	0	Portsmouth	9	2	2	0	7	4	1	1	3	6	8	1.083	9	D	W	D	L	L	1954-09-25	Sheffield Wednesday	H
12	2	Cardiff City	9	2	2	1	9	8	1	1	2	5	10	0.778	9	W	W	D	D	D	1954-09-25	Everton	A
13	0	Huddersfield Town	9	3	0	1	8	4	0	2	3	6	12	0.875	8	D	W	D	L	W	1954-09-25	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
14	4	Charlton Athletic	8	1	1	2	8	10	2	0	2	6	7	0.824	7	W	D	L	L	W	1954-09-20	Blackpool	A
15	5	Leicester City	9	1	2	2	6	8	1	1	2	7	9	0.765	7	W	D	D	L	L	1954-09-25	West Bromwich Albion	A
16	-4	Burnley	9	2	1	2	5	6	0	2	2	3	5	0.727	7	L	D	L	W	L	1954-09-25	Arsenal	A
17	-2	Arsenal	9	3	0	2	11	6	0	0	4	3	9	0.933	6	L	L	W	L	W	1954-09-25	Burnley	H
18	1	Tottenham Hotspur	9	1	1	2	4	6	1	1	3	9	12	0.722	6	D	L	D	L	L	1954-09-25	Blackpool	A
19	-3	Aston Villa	9	1	1	3	7	10	1	1	2	7	11	0.667	6	L	L	W	L	W	1954-09-25	Bolton Wanderers	A
20	-3	Sheffield Wednesday	9	2	1	1	14	10	0	0	5	2	12	0.727	5	L	L	D	W	L	1954-09-25	Portsmouth	A
21	1	Sheffield United	9	1	0	4	5	12	1	1	2	5	11	0.435	5	W	L	L	D	L	1954-09-20	Chelsea	H
22	-1	Blackpool	8	0	0	3	4	8	1	1	3	6	10	0.556	3	L	D	L	L	L	1954-09-20	Charlton Athletic	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bristol Rovers	2	1	Blackburn Rovers	Eastville	26,690
Roost 2	Lineups		Quigley
Bury	2	1	Ipswich Town	Gigg Lane	15,187
Daniel, Law	Lineups		Garneys
Hull City	1	0	Middlesbrough	Boothferry Park	26,485
Brown OG	Lineups
Leeds United	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Elland Road	22,402
Forrest	Lineups		Thompson
Lincoln City	1	1	Birmingham City	Sincil Bank	14,581
Finch	Lineups		Kinsey
Liverpool	4	1	Fulham	Anfield Road	44,372
Liddell 3 (2p), Evans	Lineups		Robson
Luton Town	3	1	Stoke City	Kenilworth Road	17,352
Adam 2, Watkins	Lineups		Bevans
Notts County	2	1	Swansea Town	Meadow Lane	17,928
Taylor 2	Lineups		Jones C
Plymouth Argyle	1	1	West Ham United	Home Park	18,771
Tadman	Lineups		Sexton
Port Vale	3	0	Derby County	Vale Park	22,777
Askey, Cunliffe, Griffiths	Lineups
Rotherham United	2	3	Doncaster Rovers	Millmoor	20,207
Burke, Guest	Lineups		Tindill, Brown, Lawlor C

				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	2	Luton Town	9	5	0	0	12	4	2	0	2	6	6	1.8	14	W	W	W	W	W	1954-09-25	Rotherham United	A
2	-1	Fulham	9	4	0	0	15	4	2	1	2	10	14	1.389	13	L	L	W	W	D	1954-09-25	Bristol Rovers	H
3	4	Hull City	9	3	0	2	9	5	2	2	0	3	1	2	12	W	L	D	D	W	1954-09-25	Stoke City	A
4	-2	Rotherham United	8	4	0	1	15	7	2	0	1	7	6	1.692	12	L	W	W	W	W	1954-09-20	Bury	A
5	-1	Blackburn Rovers	9	4	0	0	18	8	2	0	3	11	12	1.45	12	L	W	W	W	L	1954-09-25	Plymouth Argyle	H
6	0	Birmingham City	9	3	1	0	9	2	1	2	2	5	6	1.75	11	D	W	D	W	L	1954-09-25	Bury	H
7	-2	Stoke City	9	2	1	2	5	4	3	0	1	7	4	1.5	11	L	L	L	W	D	1954-09-22	Ipswich Town	A
8	1	Bristol Rovers	9	4	1	0	11	3	0	1	3	8	14	1.118	10	W	L	L	W	W	1954-09-25	Fulham	A
9	1	Notts County	9	3	1	1	10	6	1	1	2	5	8	1.071	10	W	W	L	W	W	1954-09-25	Nottingham Forest	A
10	-2	West Ham United	9	2	1	1	11	8	2	1	2	8	12	0.95	10	D	W	W	D	W	1954-09-25	Port Vale	H
11	2	Doncaster Rovers	8	2	1	0	8	3	2	0	3	9	14	1	9	W	W	L	W	L	1954-09-25	Derby County	A
12	-1	Lincoln City	9	2	1	2	7	7	2	0	2	6	9	0.813	9	D	L	W	L	W	1954-09-25	Middlesbrough	A
13	1	Port Vale	8	3	1	0	6	1	0	2	2	2	9	0.8	9	W	L	W	D	D	1954-09-25	West Ham United	A
14	2	Bury	8	3	0	1	10	8	1	0	3	9	12	0.95	8	W	W	L	W	L	1954-09-20	Rotherham United	H
15	-3	Swansea Town	9	3	1	0	17	5	0	0	5	5	14	1.158	7	L	W	L	L	D	1954-09-25	Liverpool	H
16	2	Liverpool	9	3	1	1	16	11	0	0	4	5	11	0.955	7	W	W	L	L	L	1954-09-25	Swansea Town	A
17	0	Leeds United	9	1	1	3	10	11	2	0	2	6	8	0.842	7	D	W	W	L	L	1954-09-25	Ipswich Town	A
18	-3	Ipswich Town	9	2	0	2	11	6	1	0	4	6	13	0.895	6	L	L	L	L	L	1954-09-22	Stoke City	H
19	0	Plymouth Argyle	9	1	2	2	6	8	0	2	2	5	8	0.688	6	D	L	D	L	L	1954-09-25	Blackburn Rovers	A
20	1	Nottingham Forest	9	1	0	3	6	9	1	1	3	6	9	0.667	5	D	W	L	W	L	1954-09-25	Notts County	H
21	-1	Derby County	9	1	1	2	8	11	1	0	4	6	16	0.519	5	L	L	D	L	L	1954-09-25	Doncaster Rovers	H
22	0	Middlesbrough	9	0	0	4	2	9	0	1	4	5	16	0.28	1	L	L	L	L	L	1954-09-25	Lincoln City	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	1	0	Crewe Alexandra	Peel Park	9,812
Cocker	Lineups
Barnsley	3	0	Barrow	Oakwell	12,175
Wood, Chappell 2	Lineups
Bradford City	0	1	Southport	Valley Parade	14,094
	Lineups		Holmes
Chesterfield	2	1	Carlisle United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	11,649
Smith, Watson	Lineups		Jackson
Darlington	4	1	Chester	Feethams Ground	10,446
Keers, Spuhler 2, Davis	Lineups		Wright M
Gateshead	1	0	Grimsby Town	Redheugh Park	6,698
Campbell	Lineups
Halifax Town	0	0	Tranmere Rovers	The Shay	7,287
	Lineups
Hartlepools United	0	1	Bradford	Victoria Park	8,279
	Lineups		Parkinson
Oldham Athletic	3	2	York City	Boundary Park	8,700
Brierley (p), Brunskill, McShane	Lineups		Brown, Bottom
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	1	1	Workington	Old Showground	9,403
Haigh	Lineups		Whittle
Stockport County	1	4	Rochdale	Edgeley Park	9,923
Ward	Lineups		Frost 2, Black, Lynn
Wrexham	1	3	Mansfield Town	Racecourse Ground	9,121
Bannan	Lineups		Bradley, Gaskell, Adam J

				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	Accrington Stanley	9	4	1	0	11	3	2	1	1	5	4	2.286	14	W	W	D	W	W	1954-09-22	Barnsley	A
2	-1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	9	3	2	0	7	3	3	0	1	10	5	2.125	14	D	L	W	W	W	1954-09-22	Wrexham	A
3	1	Chesterfield	9	4	0	0	8	2	2	2	1	8	7	1.778	14	W	D	D	W	L	1954-09-20	Bradford	A
4	-2	Bradford City	9	2	2	1	6	4	3	1	0	7	3	1.857	13	L	D	W	W	W	1954-09-22	Mansfield Town	H
5	0	Gateshead	9	3	1	1	6	3	2	2	0	5	3	1.833	13	W	D	W	W	D	1954-09-21	Tranmere Rovers	A
6	1	Barnsley	9	4	1	0	9	3	1	1	2	3	3	2	12	W	W	W	L	W	1954-09-22	Accrington Stanley	H
7	1	Mansfield Town	9	3	1	1	10	10	2	1	1	8	6	1.125	12	W	W	D	W	W	1954-09-22	Bradford City	A
8	-2	Stockport County	9	3	1	1	11	7	1	1	2	3	4	1.273	10	L	D	L	W	D	1954-09-20	Hartlepools United	H
9	3	Darlington	9	3	1	1	10	6	1	1	2	2	6	1	10	W	D	W	L	W	1954-09-22	Rochdale	A
10	-1	Carlisle United	9	3	0	1	7	5	1	1	3	7	10	0.933	9	L	W	L	W	D	1954-09-21	Chester	H
11	2	Bradford	9	2	1	1	4	4	1	2	2	8	9	0.923	9	W	L	W	L	D	1954-09-20	Chesterfield	H
12	-1	Workington	9	2	1	1	8	7	1	2	2	3	6	0.846	9	D	W	W	D	L	1954-09-21	Oldham Athletic	A
13	6	Rochdale	9	1	1	2	4	6	1	3	1	7	5	1	8	W	D	W	D	D	1954-09-22	Darlington	H
14	-4	Grimsby Town	9	2	1	1	7	7	1	1	3	3	3	1	8	L	L	W	W	D	1954-09-22	Crewe Alexandra	H
15	5	Oldham Athletic	9	2	2	1	6	5	0	2	2	3	8	0.692	8	W	L	D	L	D	1954-09-21	Workington	H
16	2	Tranmere Rovers	9	1	3	0	6	5	0	2	3	4	8	0.769	7	D	D	L	L	D	1954-09-21	Gateshead	H
17	-3	Wrexham	9	2	0	3	9	13	1	1	2	5	6	0.737	7	L	D	L	L	W	1954-09-22	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
18	-3	Hartlepools United	9	3	1	1	6	3	0	0	4	2	8	0.727	7	L	D	L	L	W	1954-09-20	Stockport County	A
19	-3	Chester	9	3	0	1	4	2	0	1	4	5	13	0.6	7	L	W	L	L	L	1954-09-21	Carlisle United	A
20	-3	Crewe Alexandra	9	1	3	0	7	6	0	1	4	5	10	0.75	6	L	D	D	D	L	1954-09-22	Grimsby Town	A
21	0	York City	9	1	1	2	3	4	1	0	4	9	9	0.923	5	L	L	L	D	L	1954-09-20	Southport	H
22	0	Barrow	9	1	1	2	5	7	1	0	4	8	11	0.722	5	L	W	L	L	L	1954-09-20	Halifax Town	H
23	1	Southport	9	1	0	3	4	7	1	1	3	3	6	0.538	5	W	L	L	W	L	1954-09-20	York City	A
24	-1	Halifax Town	9	0	3	2	3	5	0	1	3	4	8	0.538	4	D	L	D	L	L	1954-09-20	Barrow	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	3	0	Crystal Palace	Recreation Ground	7,002
McCulloch 2, Flint	Lineups
Brentford	4	2	Torquay United	Griffin Park	13,552
Towers, Heath, Stobbart, Webber OG	Lineups		Dobbie, Shaw
Brighton & Hove Albion	4	1	Newport County	Goldstone Ground	13,466
Moore, Mundy 2, Foreman	Lineups		Shergold
Colchester United	3	3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Layer Road	7,801
Dale, Plant, Grice	Lineups		Newsham 2, Fidler
Coventry City	1	3	Bristol City	Highfield Road	29,865	Largest home gate 1954-55
Capel	Lineups		Atyeo 2, Rogers
Exeter City	2	1	Queens Park Rangers	St James Park	8,901
Ellaway, Mackay (p)	Lineups		Cameron
Gillingham	2	1	Swindon Town	Priestfield Stadium	12,125
Long, Evans B	Lineups		Onslow
Leyton Orient	2	0	Reading	Brisbane Road	14,121
Facey 2	Lineups
Millwall	2	0	Shrewsbury Town	The Den, New Cross	16,477
Prior, Summers	Lineups
Norwich City	3	1	Watford	Carrow Road	20,962
Brennan, Gavin 2	Lineups		Cook
Southampton	2	1	Walsall	The Dell	14,533
Day, Hoskins	Lineups		Tarrant
Southend United	4	1	Northampton Town	Greyhound Stadium	10,519
Hollis 2, Bainbridge 2	Lineups		McLain

				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	Bristol City	9	3	1	0	12	1	3	2	0	11	5	3.833	15	W	W	W	W	W	1954-09-21	Walsall	H
2	1	Norwich City	9	5	0	0	14	4	1	2	1	3	3	2.429	14	W	W	D	W	W	1954-09-23	Colchester United	A
3	-1	Coventry City	9	4	0	1	10	6	2	1	1	8	7	1.385	13	L	L	W	W	W	1954-09-20	Leyton Orient	H
4	3	Leyton Orient	9	5	0	0	10	2	1	0	3	2	7	1.333	12	W	L	W	W	W	1954-09-20	Coventry City	A
5	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	9	2	2	0	9	3	1	3	1	7	6	1.778	11	D	W	W	D	D	1954-09-22	Crystal Palace	H
6	4	Millwall	9	4	0	1	7	3	1	1	2	4	6	1.222	11	W	W	D	W	L	1954-09-20	Southampton	H
7	2	Southampton	9	4	1	0	12	6	1	0	3	3	8	1.071	11	W	W	L	L	D	1954-09-20	Millwall	A
8	3	Gillingham	9	3	2	0	9	6	1	1	2	5	9	0.933	11	W	W	D	L	D	1954-09-23	Brentford	A
9	3	Southend United	9	3	2	0	15	6	0	2	2	5	7	1.538	10	W	L	D	D	W	1954-09-21	Exeter City	H
10	-5	Queens Park Rangers	9	3	1	0	10	2	0	3	2	6	9	1.455	10	L	L	W	W	D	1954-09-22	Swindon Town	A
11	-5	Watford	9	4	0	0	15	3	0	2	3	4	12	1.267	10	L	D	W	W	D	1954-09-21	Northampton Town	H
12	-4	Torquay United	9	2	1	1	9	6	1	2	2	8	9	1.133	9	L	W	L	W	D	1954-09-22	Shrewsbury Town	H
13	1	Brentford	9	1	3	1	11	10	1	2	1	10	11	1	9	W	D	W	D	D	1954-09-23	Gillingham	H
14	2	Aldershot	9	4	1	0	10	2	0	0	4	3	14	0.813	9	W	W	L	L	W	1954-09-22	Newport County	H
15	-2	Swindon Town	9	3	0	1	8	3	0	2	3	3	10	0.846	8	L	L	W	D	L	1954-09-22	Queens Park Rangers	H
16	3	Exeter City	9	2	2	1	6	4	1	0	3	2	8	0.667	8	W	L	L	L	D	1954-09-21	Southend United	A
17	4	Brighton & Hove Albion	9	2	1	2	11	7	1	0	3	3	7	1	7	W	L	L	D	L	1954-09-22	Reading	H
18	-3	Reading	9	0	4	0	6	6	1	1	3	7	11	0.765	7	L	D	D	D	L	1954-09-22	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
19	-2	Shrewsbury Town	9	1	1	2	7	7	0	3	2	6	11	0.722	6	L	W	L	D	D	1954-09-22	Torquay United	A
20	3	Colchester United	9	1	2	2	8	8	0	2	2	2	8	0.625	6	D	L	L	L	W	1954-09-23	Norwich City	H
21	-3	Northampton Town	9	1	2	1	4	3	1	0	4	4	12	0.533	6	L	L	D	L	L	1954-09-21	Watford	A
22	-2	Crystal Palace	9	1	3	0	6	4	0	1	4	2	15	0.421	6	L	D	D	L	L	1954-09-22	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
23	-1	Newport County	9	1	2	1	5	5	0	1	4	4	12	0.529	5	L	W	L	D	D	1954-09-22	Aldershot	A
24	0	Walsall	9	0	1	3	3	8	0	1	4	3	10	0.333	2	L	L	D	L	L	1954-09-21	Bristol City	A