1954-09-25

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	4	0	Burnley	Highbury	46,190
Lawton 2, Lishman, Roper	Lineups
Blackpool	5	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Bloomfield Road	34,626
Brown 2, Fenton (p), Stephenson, Perry	Lineups		Ramsey (p)
Bolton Wanderers	3	3	Aston Villa	Burnden Park	28,335
Wheeler, Moir, Lofthouse	Lineups		Dixon 2, Pace
Charlton Athletic	1	3	Sunderland	The Valley	28,615
Firmani	Lineups		Shackleton, Bingham 2
Everton	1	1	Cardiff City	Goodison Park	54,248
Parker	Lineups		Nugent
Huddersfield Town	2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Leeds Road	30,861
Burrell, Cavanagh	Lineups
Manchester City	3	2	Manchester United	Maine Road	54,105
Fagan, Hart, McAdams	Lineups		Blanchflower, Taylor
Newcastle United	1	3	Chelsea	St James' Park	45,659
Milburn	Lineups		McNichol, Bentley 2
Portsmouth	2	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Fratton Park	28,579
Gordon, Harris	Lineups		Quixall
Sheffield United	0	5	Preston North End	Bramall Lane	23,325
	Lineups		Finney 2, Foster, Hatsell, Morrison
West Bromwich Albion	6	4	Leicester City	The Hawthorns	48,422
Allen, Griffin, Nicholls 3, Lee	Lineups		Hines, Rowley, Griffiths, Morris

				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	West Bromwich Albion	10	4	1	0	18	10	3	0	2	8	9	1.368	15	W	W	D	W	W	1954-10-02	Chelsea	A
2	2	Sunderland	10	3	2	0	8	2	2	2	1	8	7	1.778	14	W	W	D	D	L	1954-10-02	Bolton Wanderers	H
3	-2	Manchester United	10	3	1	1	9	6	3	1	1	13	8	1.571	14	L	D	W	D	W	1954-10-02	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
4	2	Chelsea	11	2	1	2	5	6	3	3	0	10	6	1.25	14	W	W	L	W	D	1954-10-02	West Bromwich Albion	H
5	2	Manchester City	10	3	2	0	11	6	3	0	2	7	10	1.125	14	W	L	W	D	W	1954-10-02	Everton	H
6	2	Preston North End	10	3	1	1	19	7	3	0	2	11	5	2.5	13	W	W	L	L	W	1954-10-02	Portsmouth	H
7	-2	Everton	10	2	2	1	6	5	3	1	1	12	7	1.5	13	D	W	D	D	L	1954-10-02	Manchester City	A
8	-5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10	4	0	1	12	6	1	2	2	5	6	1.417	12	L	L	D	W	W	1954-10-02	Manchester United	H
9	0	Bolton Wanderers	10	3	2	0	13	7	2	0	3	7	9	1.25	12	D	W	L	D	W	1954-10-02	Sunderland	A
10	1	Portsmouth	10	3	2	0	9	5	1	1	3	6	8	1.154	11	W	D	W	D	L	1954-10-02	Preston North End	A
11	-1	Newcastle United	10	3	0	2	12	9	2	1	2	12	12	1.143	11	L	L	W	W	W	1954-10-02	Cardiff City	A
12	1	Huddersfield Town	10	4	0	1	10	4	0	2	3	6	12	1	10	W	D	W	D	L	1954-10-02	Aston Villa	A
13	-1	Cardiff City	10	2	2	1	9	8	1	2	2	6	11	0.789	10	D	W	W	D	D	1954-10-02	Newcastle United	H
14	3	Arsenal	10	4	0	2	15	6	0	0	4	3	9	1.2	8	W	L	L	W	L	1954-10-02	Leicester City	A
15	-1	Charlton Athletic	10	1	1	3	9	13	2	1	2	7	8	0.762	8	L	D	W	D	L	1954-10-02	Tottenham Hotspur	A
16	-1	Leicester City	10	1	2	2	6	8	1	1	3	11	15	0.739	7	L	W	D	D	L	1954-10-02	Arsenal	H
17	2	Aston Villa	10	1	1	3	7	10	1	2	2	10	14	0.708	7	D	L	L	W	L	1954-10-02	Huddersfield Town	H
18	-2	Burnley	10	2	1	2	5	6	0	2	3	3	9	0.533	7	L	L	D	L	W	1954-10-02	Sheffield United	H
19	3	Blackpool	10	1	1	3	10	10	1	1	3	6	10	0.8	6	W	D	L	D	L	1954-10-02	Sheffield Wednesday	A
20	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	10	1	1	2	4	6	1	1	4	10	17	0.609	6	L	D	L	D	L	1954-10-02	Charlton Athletic	H
21	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	10	2	1	1	14	10	0	0	6	3	14	0.708	5	L	L	L	D	W	1954-10-02	Blackpool	H
22	-1	Sheffield United	11	1	0	6	6	19	1	1	2	5	11	0.367	5	L	L	W	L	L	1954-10-02	Burnley	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	1	3	Bury	St Andrew's	22,000
Lane	Lineups		Clarke 2, Fletcher
Blackburn Rovers	2	2	Plymouth Argyle	Ewood Park	23,456
Crossan, Quigley	Lineups		Davies, Dews
Derby County	5	0	Doncaster Rovers	Baseball Ground	14,056
Dunn 2, Parry J (p), Powell, Bell	Lineups
Fulham	2	3	Bristol Rovers	Craven Cottage	31,458	Largest home gate 1954-55
Jezzard 2	Lineups		Meyer 2, Bradford
Ipswich Town	1	2	Leeds United	Portman Road	16,716
Garneys	Lineups		Williams, Nightingale
Middlesbrough	2	1	Lincoln City	Ayresome Park	23,706
Scott 2	Lineups		Graver
Nottingham Forest	0	1	Notts County	City Ground	30,198	Largest home gate 1954-55
	Lineups		McCormack
Rotherham United	2	0	Luton Town	Millmoor	17,114
Grainger 2	Lineups
Stoke City	0	0	Hull City	Victoria Ground	27,201
	Lineups
Swansea Town	3	2	Liverpool	Vetch Field	25,836
Griffiths 2, Allchurch L	Lineups		Liddell, Rowley
West Ham United	2	0	Port Vale	Upton Park	25,155
Sexton, Dick	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	2	Rotherham United	10	5	0	1	17	7	2	1	1	9	8	1.733	15	W	D	L	W	W	1954-10-02	Hull City	A
2	0	Stoke City	11	2	2	2	5	4	4	0	1	8	4	1.625	14	D	W	L	L	L	1954-10-02	Lincoln City	A
3	-2	Luton Town	10	5	0	0	12	4	2	0	3	6	8	1.5	14	L	W	W	W	W	1954-10-02	Derby County	H
4	1	Hull City	10	3	0	2	9	5	2	3	0	3	1	2	13	D	W	L	D	D	1954-10-02	Rotherham United	H
5	1	Blackburn Rovers	10	4	1	0	20	10	2	0	3	11	12	1.409	13	D	L	W	W	W	1954-10-02	Port Vale	A
6	-2	Fulham	10	4	0	1	17	7	2	1	2	10	14	1.286	13	L	L	L	W	W	1954-10-02	Plymouth Argyle	A
7	1	Bristol Rovers	10	4	1	0	11	3	1	1	3	11	16	1.158	12	W	W	L	L	W	1954-10-02	Swansea Town	H
8	1	Notts County	10	3	1	1	10	6	2	1	2	6	8	1.143	12	W	W	W	L	W	1954-10-02	Liverpool	A
9	1	West Ham United	10	3	1	1	13	8	2	1	2	8	12	1.05	12	W	D	W	W	D	1954-10-02	Doncaster Rovers	A
10	-3	Birmingham City	10	3	1	1	10	5	1	2	2	5	6	1.364	11	L	D	W	D	W	1954-10-02	Leeds United	A
11	1	Bury	10	3	1	1	12	10	2	0	3	12	13	1.043	11	W	D	W	W	L	1954-10-02	Middlesbrough	H
12	3	Swansea Town	10	4	1	0	20	7	0	0	5	5	14	1.19	9	W	L	W	L	L	1954-10-02	Bristol Rovers	A
13	4	Leeds United	10	1	1	3	10	11	3	0	2	8	9	0.9	9	W	D	W	W	L	1954-10-02	Birmingham City	H
14	-1	Lincoln City	10	2	1	2	7	7	2	0	3	7	11	0.778	9	L	D	L	W	L	1954-10-02	Stoke City	H
15	-4	Doncaster Rovers	9	2	1	0	8	3	2	0	4	9	19	0.773	9	L	W	W	L	W	1954-09-27	Port Vale	H
16	-2	Port Vale	9	3	1	0	6	1	0	2	3	2	11	0.667	9	L	W	L	W	D	1954-09-27	Doncaster Rovers	A
17	-1	Liverpool	10	3	1	1	16	11	0	0	5	7	14	0.92	7	L	W	W	L	L	1954-10-02	Notts County	H
18	1	Plymouth Argyle	10	1	2	2	6	8	0	3	2	7	10	0.722	7	D	D	L	D	L	1954-10-02	Fulham	H
19	2	Derby County	10	2	1	2	13	11	1	0	4	6	16	0.704	7	W	L	L	D	L	1954-10-02	Luton Town	A
20	-2	Ipswich Town	11	2	0	4	12	9	1	0	4	6	13	0.818	6	L	L	L	L	L	1954-10-02	Nottingham Forest	A
21	-1	Nottingham Forest	10	1	0	4	6	10	1	1	3	6	9	0.632	5	L	D	W	L	W	1954-10-02	Ipswich Town	H
22	0	Middlesbrough	10	1	0	4	4	10	0	1	4	5	16	0.346	3	W	L	L	L	L	1954-10-02	Bury	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	2	0	Wrexham	Peel Park	8,486
Cocker, Brydon	Lineups
Barrow	3	2	Bradford City	Holker Street	4,527
Collins, Ormond, Layton	Lineups		Tunnicliffe, Williamson
Bradford	2	2	Gateshead	Park Avenue	8,779
Deplidge, Worsman	Lineups		Ingham, Campbell
Carlisle United	4	0	Crewe Alexandra	Brunton Park	6,252
Atkinson 2, Whitehouse, Harrison	Lineups
Chester	1	0	Chesterfield	Sealand Road	6,735
Halstead	Lineups
Grimsby Town	0	2	Darlington	Blundell Park	8,727
	Lineups		Keers, Agnew
Mansfield Town	2	1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Field Mill	11,809
Fox, Daley	Lineups		McGill (p)
Rochdale	2	1	Hartlepools United	Spotland	6,222
Gemmell, Haines	Lineups		Johnson
Southport	1	0	Oldham Athletic	Haig Avenue	4,354
Holmes	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	1	1	Stockport County	Prenton Park	5,892
Done	Lineups		Jackson
Workington	1	0	Barnsley	Borough Park	7,831
Dunlop	Lineups
York City	2	1	Halifax Town	Bootham Crescent	6,223
Bottom, McNab	Lineups		Phillips OG

				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	Accrington Stanley	11	5	1	0	13	3	3	1	1	7	5	2.5	18	W	W	W	W	D	1954-09-27	Barnsley	H
2	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	11	3	2	0	7	3	4	0	2	12	7	1.9	16	L	W	D	L	W	1954-09-30	Wrexham	H
3	0	Chesterfield	11	4	0	0	8	2	3	2	2	11	9	1.727	16	L	W	W	D	D	1954-09-27	Bradford	H
4	1	Gateshead	11	3	1	1	6	3	3	3	0	9	6	1.667	16	D	W	W	D	W	1954-09-27	Tranmere Rovers	H
5	-1	Bradford City	11	3	2	1	7	4	3	1	1	9	6	1.6	15	L	W	L	D	W	1954-09-27	Mansfield Town	A
6	1	Mansfield Town	11	4	1	1	12	11	2	1	2	8	7	1.111	14	W	L	W	W	D	1954-09-27	Bradford City	H
7	1	Darlington	11	3	1	1	10	6	2	2	2	6	8	1.143	13	W	D	W	D	W	1954-09-29	Rochdale	H
8	-2	Barnsley	11	4	1	1	10	5	1	1	3	3	4	1.444	12	L	L	W	W	W	1954-09-27	Accrington Stanley	A
9	5	Carlisle United	11	4	0	2	12	7	1	1	3	7	10	1.118	11	W	L	L	W	L	1954-09-29	Chester	A
10	2	Rochdale	11	2	2	2	8	9	1	3	1	7	5	1.071	11	W	D	W	D	W	1954-09-29	Darlington	A
11	-1	Stockport County	11	3	1	2	11	9	1	2	2	4	5	1.071	11	D	L	L	D	L	1954-09-27	Hartlepools United	A
12	4	Workington	11	3	1	1	9	7	1	2	3	4	8	0.867	11	W	L	D	W	W	1954-09-29	Oldham Athletic	H
13	4	Chester	11	4	0	1	5	2	1	1	4	7	14	0.75	11	W	W	L	W	L	1954-09-29	Carlisle United	H
14	-5	Grimsby Town	11	3	1	2	9	10	1	1	3	3	3	0.923	10	L	W	L	L	W	1954-09-27	Crewe Alexandra	A
15	0	Bradford	11	2	2	2	7	9	1	2	2	8	9	0.833	10	D	L	W	L	W	1954-09-27	Chesterfield	A
16	-5	Oldham Athletic	11	3	2	1	8	6	0	2	3	3	9	0.733	10	L	W	W	L	D	1954-09-29	Workington	A
17	-4	Hartlepools United	11	3	1	1	6	3	1	0	5	5	10	0.846	9	L	W	L	D	L	1954-09-27	Stockport County	H
18	2	York City	11	2	2	2	6	6	1	0	4	9	9	1	8	W	D	L	L	L	1954-09-28	Southport	A
19	-1	Tranmere Rovers	11	1	4	1	8	8	0	2	3	4	8	0.75	8	D	L	D	D	L	1954-09-27	Gateshead	A
20	3	Southport	11	2	0	3	5	7	1	2	3	4	7	0.643	8	W	D	W	L	L	1954-09-28	York City	H
21	3	Barrow	11	2	1	3	9	12	1	0	4	8	11	0.739	7	W	L	L	W	L	1954-09-29	Halifax Town	A
22	-3	Wrexham	11	2	0	4	9	14	1	1	3	5	8	0.636	7	L	L	L	D	L	1954-09-30	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
23	-1	Halifax Town	11	0	3	2	3	5	1	1	4	8	11	0.688	6	L	W	D	L	D	1954-09-29	Barrow	H
24	-3	Crewe Alexandra	11	1	3	0	7	6	0	1	6	6	16	0.591	6	L	L	L	D	D	1954-09-27	Grimsby Town	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	3	Norwich City	Dean Court	16,389	Largest home gate 1954-55
Fidler	Lineups		McMillan 2, Gavin
Bristol City	2	1	Brentford	Ashton Gate	28,980
Rodgers 2	Lineups		Dudley
Crystal Palace	0	0	Swindon Town	Selhurst Park	11,540
	Lineups
Gillingham	0	0	Leyton Orient	Priestfield Stadium	11,636
	Lineups
Newport County	2	1	Exeter City	Somerton Park	9,166
Lucas, Wharton	Lineups		Rees
Northampton Town	2	1	Aldershot	County Ground	8,235
Hazeldine, Jones	Lineups		Lacey
Queens Park Rangers	4	1	Colchester United	Loftus Road	11,926
Pounder, Clark, Cameron, Elder OG	Lineups		Birch
Reading	0	0	Millwall	Elm Park	9,965
	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	3	1	Southampton	Gay Meadow	8,294
Weigh 2, Price	Lineups		Day
Torquay United	2	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Plainmoor	8,097
Collins 2 (1p)	Lineups		Mundy
Walsall	1	1	Coventry City	Fellows Park	13,909
Tarrant	Lineups		Nutt
Watford	1	1	Southend United	Vicarage Road	14,968
Bowie	Lineups		Bainbridge

				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	11	5	1	0	19	5	3	2	0	11	5	3	19	W	W	W	W	W	1954-09-30	Walsall	A
2	0	Norwich City	11	5	0	0	14	4	2	2	2	6	5	2.222	16	W	L	W	W	D	1954-09-29	Colchester United	H
3	0	Coventry City	11	4	1	1	12	8	2	2	1	9	8	1.313	15	D	D	L	L	W	1954-09-30	Leyton Orient	A
4	1	Millwall	11	5	0	1	9	3	1	2	2	4	6	1.444	14	D	W	W	W	D	1954-09-29	Southampton	A
5	1	Leyton Orient	11	5	0	0	10	2	1	2	3	4	9	1.273	14	D	D	W	L	W	1954-09-30	Coventry City	H
6	-2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	11	3	2	1	14	7	1	3	1	7	6	1.615	13	L	W	D	W	W	1954-09-29	Crystal Palace	A
7	1	Torquay United	11	4	1	1	13	7	1	2	2	8	9	1.313	13	W	W	L	W	L	1954-09-27	Shrewsbury Town	A
8	-1	Southend United	11	3	3	0	15	6	0	3	2	6	8	1.5	12	D	D	W	L	D	1954-09-29	Exeter City	A
9	4	Queens Park Rangers	11	4	1	0	14	3	0	3	3	6	11	1.429	12	W	L	L	L	W	1954-09-27	Swindon Town	H
10	-1	Watford	11	4	2	0	17	5	0	2	3	4	12	1.235	12	D	D	L	D	W	1954-09-30	Northampton Town	A
11	1	Gillingham	11	3	3	0	9	6	1	1	3	5	12	0.778	12	D	L	W	W	D	1954-09-29	Brentford	H
12	-2	Brentford	11	2	3	1	14	10	1	2	2	11	13	1.087	11	L	W	W	D	W	1954-09-29	Gillingham	A
13	1	Swindon Town	11	4	0	1	10	3	0	3	3	3	10	1	11	D	W	L	L	W	1954-09-27	Queens Park Rangers	A
14	-3	Southampton	11	4	1	0	12	6	1	0	5	4	13	0.842	11	L	L	W	W	L	1954-09-29	Millwall	H
15	0	Aldershot	11	4	2	0	10	2	0	0	5	4	16	0.778	10	L	D	W	W	L	1954-09-30	Newport County	A
16	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	11	3	1	2	14	9	1	0	4	4	9	1	9	L	W	W	L	L	1954-09-29	Reading	A
17	3	Northampton Town	11	2	2	1	6	4	1	1	4	5	13	0.647	9	W	D	L	L	D	1954-09-30	Watford	H
18	-1	Exeter City	11	2	2	1	6	4	1	1	4	3	10	0.643	9	L	D	W	L	L	1954-09-29	Southend United	H
19	2	Shrewsbury Town	11	2	1	2	10	8	0	3	3	6	13	0.762	8	W	L	L	W	L	1954-09-27	Torquay United	H
20	-1	Reading	11	0	5	0	6	6	1	1	4	9	14	0.75	8	D	L	L	D	D	1954-09-29	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
21	1	Newport County	11	2	2	1	7	6	0	2	4	4	12	0.611	8	W	D	L	W	L	1954-09-30	Aldershot	H
22	-4	Colchester United	11	2	2	2	9	8	0	2	3	3	12	0.6	8	L	W	D	L	L	1954-09-29	Norwich City	A
23	0	Crystal Palace	11	1	4	0	6	4	0	1	5	3	19	0.391	7	D	L	L	D	D	1954-09-29	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
24	0	Walsall	11	0	2	3	4	9	0	1	5	6	15	0.417	3	D	L	L	L	D	1954-09-30	Bristol City	H