1954-10-16

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	0	1	Portsmouth	Highbury	44,866
	Lineups		Harris
Burnley	2	0	Bolton Wanderers	Turf Moor	30,016
Stephenson, Mcllroy	Lineups
Chelsea	5	6	Manchester United	Stamford Bridge	55,966
Lewis, Armstrong, O'Connell 3	Lineups		Viollet 3, Taylor 2, Blanchflower
Everton	1	0	Sunderland	Goodison Park	61,189
McNamara	Lineups
Leicester City	1	3	Huddersfield Town	Filbert Street	30,491
Rowley	Lineups		Burrell, Glazzard, Cavanagh
Manchester City	2	4	Aston Villa	Maine Road	36,384
Spurdle 2	Lineups		Thompson 3, Walsh
Newcastle United	4	4	Tottenham Hotspur	St James' Park	45,306
Broadis 2, Crowe, White	Lineups		Baily 2, McClellan 2
Preston North End	1	2	Charlton Athletic	Deepdale	26,201
Hatsell	Lineups		Ayre, Firmani
Sheffield United	2	1	Blackpool	Bramall Lane	26,007
Johnston OG, Ringstead	Lineups		Stephenson
West Bromwich Albion	1	2	Sheffield Wednesday	The Hawthorns	35,257
Lee	Lineups		Shaw, Davies
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	Cardiff City	Molineux	30,166
Slater	Lineups		Stockin

				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	3	Manchester United	13	4	1	1	14	8	4	1	2	21	17	1.4	18	W	W	L	L	D	1954-10-23	Newcastle United	H
2	4	Everton	13	3	2	1	7	5	4	1	2	14	8	1.615	17	W	W	L	D	W	1954-10-23	Huddersfield Town	A
3	-2	Sunderland	13	4	3	0	13	5	2	2	2	8	8	1.615	17	L	W	D	W	W	1954-10-23	Sheffield United	H
4	-2	Manchester City	13	4	2	1	14	10	3	1	2	9	12	1.045	17	L	D	W	W	L	1954-10-23	Bolton Wanderers	A
5	-2	Preston North End	13	3	2	2	21	10	4	0	2	13	6	2.125	16	L	W	D	W	W	1954-10-23	Tottenham Hotspur	A
6	4	Portsmouth	13	4	2	0	15	7	2	2	3	8	9	1.438	16	W	W	D	W	D	1954-10-23	Leicester City	H
7	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	13	5	2	1	19	11	1	2	2	5	6	1.412	16	D	D	W	L	L	1954-10-23	West Bromwich Albion	H
8	-3	West Bromwich Albion	13	4	1	1	19	12	3	1	3	12	15	1.148	16	L	L	D	W	W	1954-10-23	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
9	-1	Bolton Wanderers	13	4	2	0	17	8	2	1	4	8	12	1.25	15	L	W	D	D	W	1954-10-23	Manchester City	H
10	1	Huddersfield Town	13	5	0	1	11	4	1	3	3	9	13	1.176	15	W	W	D	W	D	1954-10-23	Everton	H
11	-2	Chelsea	14	2	2	3	13	15	3	3	1	10	7	1.045	15	L	L	D	W	W	1954-10-23	Blackpool	A
12	0	Charlton Athletic	13	2	1	3	12	14	4	1	2	13	10	1.042	14	W	W	W	L	D	1954-10-23	Cardiff City	H
13	0	Cardiff City	13	3	2	1	13	10	1	3	3	9	17	0.815	13	D	L	W	D	W	1954-10-23	Charlton Athletic	A
14	1	Newcastle United	13	3	1	2	16	13	2	1	4	16	20	0.97	12	D	L	L	L	L	1954-10-23	Manchester United	A
15	-1	Arsenal	13	4	0	3	15	7	1	1	4	8	13	1.15	11	L	W	D	W	L	1954-10-23	Aston Villa	A
16	0	Burnley	13	4	1	2	9	7	0	2	4	4	12	0.684	11	W	L	W	L	L	1954-10-23	Sheffield Wednesday	A
17	1	Aston Villa	13	1	2	4	7	12	2	2	2	14	16	0.75	10	W	L	D	D	L	1954-10-23	Arsenal	H
18	2	Sheffield Wednesday	13	3	1	2	17	13	1	0	6	5	15	0.786	9	W	L	W	L	L	1954-10-23	Burnley	H
19	0	Tottenham Hotspur	13	2	1	3	8	11	1	2	4	14	21	0.688	9	D	W	L	L	D	1954-10-23	Preston North End	H
20	-3	Leicester City	13	1	3	3	10	14	1	1	4	12	19	0.667	8	L	L	D	L	W	1954-10-23	Portsmouth	A
21	1	Sheffield United	14	2	0	6	8	20	1	1	4	8	19	0.41	7	W	L	L	L	L	1954-10-23	Sunderland	A
22	-1	Blackpool	13	1	1	4	11	12	1	1	5	8	14	0.731	6	L	L	L	W	D	1954-10-23	Chelsea	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	2	0	Swansea Town	St Andrew's	19,998
Murphy 2	Lineups
Bury	2	2	Derby County	Gigg Lane	13,853
Nielson, Kelly	Lineups		Dunn, Imlach
Hull City	2	1	Port Vale	Boothferry Park	23,892
Ackerman, Dryburgh	Lineups		Hayward
Ipswich Town	2	4	Fulham	Portman Road	20,059
Acres, McLuckie	Lineups		Robson 2, Stevens, Jezzard
Leeds United	2	1	West Ham United	Elland Road	21,074
Ripley, Forrest	Lineups		Dick
Lincoln City	5	1	Doncaster Rovers	Sincil Bank	13,737
Neal, Finch, Munro, Birch, Graver	Lineups		Tindill
Luton Town	3	1	Plymouth Argyle	Kenilworth Road	15,059
Davies, Turner, Adam	Lineups		Porteous
Middlesbrough	2	0	Notts County	Ayresome Park	20,585
Fitzsimons, Mitchell	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	1	2	Blackburn Rovers	City Ground	15,742
Small	Lineups		Langton, Mooney
Rotherham United	6	2	Bristol Rovers	Millmoor	17,660
Grainger 2, Burke, Guest, Henderson, Wilson	Lineups		Bradford 2
Stoke City	2	0	Liverpool	Victoria Ground	23,569
Oscroft, Hutton	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	Blackburn Rovers	13	5	1	0	24	11	4	0	3	16	13	1.667	19	W	W	W	D	L	1954-10-23	Rotherham United	H
2	0	Rotherham United	13	6	0	1	23	9	3	1	2	12	12	1.667	19	W	L	W	W	D	1954-10-23	Blackburn Rovers	A
3	0	Stoke City	14	3	2	2	7	4	5	0	2	12	6	1.9	18	W	L	W	D	W	1954-10-23	West Ham United	A
4	1	Luton Town	13	7	0	0	17	5	2	0	4	8	11	1.563	18	W	L	W	L	W	1954-10-23	Fulham	A
5	1	Hull City	13	4	0	3	12	8	3	3	0	5	2	1.7	17	W	W	L	D	W	1954-10-23	Swansea Town	A
6	1	Fulham	13	5	0	1	19	8	3	1	3	16	19	1.296	17	W	W	L	L	L	1954-10-23	Luton Town	H
7	-3	Bristol Rovers	13	6	1	0	21	5	1	1	4	13	22	1.259	16	L	W	W	W	W	1954-10-23	Leeds United	H
8	3	Leeds United	13	3	1	3	13	12	4	0	2	12	11	1.087	15	W	W	W	W	D	1954-10-23	Bristol Rovers	A
9	-1	Doncaster Rovers	13	5	1	0	12	4	2	0	5	10	24	0.786	15	L	W	W	W	L	1954-10-30	Ipswich Town	A
10	-1	West Ham United	13	4	1	1	15	8	2	1	4	10	16	1.042	14	L	W	L	W	D	1954-10-23	Stoke City	H
11	-1	Notts County	13	4	1	1	11	6	2	1	4	7	13	0.947	14	L	W	L	W	W	1954-10-23	Lincoln City	H
12	0	Birmingham City	13	4	1	1	12	5	1	2	4	6	9	1.286	13	W	L	L	L	D	1954-10-30	Derby County	H
13	3	Lincoln City	13	3	1	3	13	12	3	0	3	10	12	0.958	13	W	W	L	L	D	1954-10-23	Notts County	A
14	1	Bury	13	3	2	2	14	13	2	0	4	12	14	0.963	12	D	L	L	W	D	1954-10-23	Liverpool	A
15	-2	Liverpool	13	5	1	1	22	13	0	0	6	7	16	1	11	L	W	W	L	W	1954-10-23	Bury	H
16	-2	Swansea Town	13	5	1	0	22	7	0	0	7	5	23	0.9	11	L	W	L	W	L	1954-10-23	Hull City	H
17	0	Plymouth Argyle	13	2	2	3	10	12	0	3	3	8	13	0.72	9	L	L	W	D	D	1954-10-23	Nottingham Forest	H
18	0	Port Vale	13	3	1	2	7	7	0	2	5	3	14	0.476	9	L	L	L	L	L	1954-10-23	Ipswich Town	H
19	1	Derby County	13	2	1	3	15	15	1	1	5	8	20	0.657	8	D	L	L	W	L	1954-10-23	Middlesbrough	H
20	-1	Nottingham Forest	13	2	0	5	9	12	1	1	4	6	11	0.652	7	L	L	W	L	D	1954-10-23	Plymouth Argyle	A
21	1	Middlesbrough	13	2	0	4	6	10	1	1	5	6	18	0.429	7	W	L	W	W	L	1954-10-23	Derby County	A
22	-1	Ipswich Town	14	2	0	5	14	13	1	0	6	7	19	0.656	6	L	L	L	L	L	1954-10-23	Port Vale	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	3	0	Grimsby Town	Peel Park	8,416
Stewart, Devlin, Wright	Lineups
Barnsley	4	1	Tranmere Rovers	Oakwell	11,001
Lumley, Chappell 3	Lineups		Done
Barrow	0	3	Crewe Alexandra	Holker Street	4,687
	Lineups		Frost, Dale 2
Bradford City	2	3	Stockport County	Valley Parade	9,855
Duthie, Clempson OG	Lineups		Kay 2, Finney
Halifax Town	4	0	Gateshead	The Shay	7,025
Clarke 2, Priestley, Griffiths (p)	Lineups
Mansfield Town	2	1	Chester	Field Mill	9,464
Murray 2	Lineups		Wright M
Oldham Athletic	0	1	Hartlepools United	Boundary Park	6,925
	Lineups		Richardson
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	2	2	Rochdale	Old Showground	10,331
Brown 2	Lineups		Mitcheson, Anders
Southport	0	0	Chesterfield	Haig Avenue	3,932
	Lineups
Workington	1	0	Carlisle United	Borough Park	13,330	Largest home gate 1954-55
Jones	Lineups
Wrexham	1	0	Bradford	Racecourse Ground	8,112
Samuels	Lineups
York City	3	1	Darlington	Bootham Crescent	11,964
Wilkinson, Storey, Fenton	Lineups		Spuhler

				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	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	15	5	3	0	14	5	4	1	2	12	7	2.167	22	D	D	W	W	L	1954-10-23	Tranmere Rovers	A
2	0	Chesterfield	15	6	0	1	14	6	3	3	2	11	9	1.667	21	D	W	W	L	L	1954-10-23	York City	H
3	1	Accrington Stanley	15	6	1	1	18	6	3	2	2	8	10	1.625	21	W	D	L	L	W	1954-10-23	Bradford	A
4	2	Mansfield Town	15	6	1	1	15	12	3	1	3	10	9	1.19	20	W	W	L	W	W	1954-10-23	Grimsby Town	A
5	-2	Gateshead	15	4	2	2	10	6	3	3	1	9	10	1.188	19	L	D	L	W	D	1954-10-23	Oldham Athletic	H
6	2	Barnsley	15	6	1	1	15	6	2	1	4	6	9	1.4	18	W	L	W	W	L	1954-10-23	Stockport County	A
7	-2	Darlington	15	5	2	1	17	8	2	2	3	7	11	1.263	18	L	W	W	D	W	1954-10-23	Halifax Town	H
8	1	Workington	15	5	1	1	13	7	2	3	3	6	9	1.188	18	W	D	W	W	W	1954-10-23	Chester	A
9	1	Hartlepools United	15	6	1	1	13	4	2	0	5	6	10	1.357	17	W	W	W	W	L	1954-10-23	Bradford City	H
10	-3	Rochdale	15	3	2	2	11	9	2	5	1	12	9	1.278	17	D	W	W	D	W	1954-10-23	Wrexham	H
11	0	Bradford City	15	3	2	3	9	8	3	1	3	9	9	1.059	15	L	L	L	L	L	1954-10-23	Hartlepools United	A
12	2	Stockport County	15	4	1	2	14	11	2	2	4	8	13	0.917	15	W	W	L	L	D	1954-10-23	Barnsley	H
13	3	York City	15	4	2	2	13	7	1	2	4	12	12	1.316	14	W	D	W	D	W	1954-10-23	Chesterfield	A
14	-2	Carlisle United	15	4	0	3	13	9	2	2	4	10	13	1.045	14	L	L	D	W	W	1954-10-23	Barrow	H
15	-2	Chester	15	4	1	2	7	5	2	1	5	11	17	0.818	14	L	D	W	L	W	1954-10-23	Workington	H
16	-1	Bradford	15	2	3	2	7	9	2	2	4	11	14	0.783	13	L	D	L	W	D	1954-10-23	Accrington Stanley	H
17	2	Wrexham	15	3	1	4	11	15	2	1	4	8	10	0.76	12	W	W	D	L	L	1954-10-23	Rochdale	A
18	-1	Oldham Athletic	15	4	2	2	11	9	0	2	5	5	15	0.667	12	L	L	W	L	L	1954-10-23	Gateshead	A
19	-1	Southport	15	2	2	3	7	9	2	2	4	5	9	0.667	12	D	L	W	D	W	1954-10-23	Crewe Alexandra	A
20	3	Crewe Alexandra	15	2	4	1	11	10	1	1	6	9	16	0.769	11	W	D	L	W	L	1954-10-23	Southport	H
21	0	Tranmere Rovers	15	2	4	1	10	8	0	2	6	6	19	0.593	10	L	W	L	L	D	1954-10-23	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
22	-2	Grimsby Town	15	3	1	3	10	13	1	1	6	3	9	0.591	10	L	L	L	L	L	1954-10-23	Mansfield Town	H
23	-1	Barrow	15	2	1	4	9	15	2	0	6	13	19	0.647	9	L	L	L	W	W	1954-10-23	Carlisle United	A
24	0	Halifax Town	15	1	3	4	8	8	1	1	5	8	12	0.8	8	W	L	L	L	L	1954-10-23	Darlington	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Brentford	3	2	Colchester United	Griffin Park	10,218
Robertson, Stobbart, Rainford	Lineups		Grice, McKim
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	1	Norwich City	Goldstone Ground	18,016
	Lineups		Pickwick
Bristol City	6	1	Aldershot	Ashton Gate	21,875
Atyeo 2, Rogers 2, Williams, Jefferson OG	Lineups		McCulloch
Coventry City	1	1	Exeter City	Highfield Road	13,819
Capel	Lineups		Ellaway
Gillingham	0	1	Watford	Priestfield Stadium	10,232
	Lineups		Bowie
Leyton Orient	3	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Brisbane Road	15,800
Blizzard, Groves, Facey (p)	Lineups		Fidler
Millwall	0	1	Queens Park Rangers	The Den, New Cross	21,062
	Lineups		Clark
Reading	0	1	Northampton Town	Elm Park	9,864
	Lineups		Staroscik
Shrewsbury Town	1	1	Crystal Palace	Gay Meadow	7,322
Weigh	Lineups		Andrews
Southampton	2	0	Newport County	The Dell	13,880
Day, Walker	Lineups
Torquay United	4	1	Southend United	Plainmoor	7,063
Collins (p), Mills 2, Dobbie	Lineups		Hollis
Walsall	1	2	Swindon Town	Fellows Park	9,010
Morris	Lineups		Owen, Onslow

				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	15	6	1	0	25	6	5	2	1	17	9	2.8	25	W	L	W	W	W	1954-10-23	Swindon Town	A
2	0	Leyton Orient	15	8	0	0	16	4	2	2	3	7	10	1.643	22	W	W	W	W	D	1954-10-23	Queens Park Rangers	A
3	0	Norwich City	15	6	1	1	20	8	3	2	2	7	5	2.077	21	W	W	D	L	W	1954-10-23	Brentford	H
4	0	Coventry City	15	5	2	1	16	9	2	3	2	10	10	1.368	19	D	D	W	L	D	1954-10-23	Colchester United	A
5	1	Queens Park Rangers	15	5	2	0	19	6	1	4	3	8	12	1.5	18	W	D	D	W	W	1954-10-23	Leyton Orient	H
6	1	Southampton	15	7	1	0	20	7	1	1	5	6	15	1.182	18	W	D	W	W	L	1954-10-23	Exeter City	A
7	-2	Millwall	15	6	0	2	12	6	2	2	3	5	9	1.133	18	L	W	W	L	D	1954-10-23	Newport County	A
8	1	Torquay United	15	6	1	1	18	8	1	2	4	11	17	1.16	17	W	L	W	L	W	1954-10-23	Aldershot	A
9	3	Watford	15	4	2	1	18	8	2	2	4	6	15	1.043	16	W	L	L	W	D	1954-10-23	Reading	H
10	-2	Southend United	15	4	4	0	20	10	0	3	4	8	14	1.167	15	L	W	D	L	D	1954-10-23	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
11	4	Swindon Town	15	5	0	2	12	5	1	3	4	6	14	0.947	15	W	W	L	L	D	1954-10-23	Bristol City	H
12	4	Northampton Town	15	3	2	2	10	6	3	1	4	7	13	0.895	15	W	W	W	L	W	1954-10-23	Shrewsbury Town	H
13	-3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	15	3	2	2	14	8	1	4	3	11	13	1.19	14	L	L	D	L	L	1954-10-23	Gillingham	H
14	-3	Aldershot	15	6	2	0	17	2	0	0	7	6	24	0.885	14	L	W	W	L	L	1954-10-23	Torquay United	H
15	2	Exeter City	15	4	2	1	11	7	1	2	5	4	12	0.789	14	D	W	L	W	L	1954-10-23	Southampton	H
16	-3	Gillingham	15	4	3	1	11	8	1	1	5	8	19	0.704	14	L	L	L	W	D	1954-10-23	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
17	-3	Brighton & Hove Albion	15	3	1	4	14	11	3	0	4	10	11	1.091	13	L	W	L	W	L	1954-10-23	Southend United	A
18	1	Brentford	15	3	3	2	17	14	1	2	4	14	18	0.969	13	W	L	L	L	L	1954-10-23	Norwich City	A
19	-1	Colchester United	15	3	2	3	12	12	1	2	4	7	15	0.704	12	L	L	W	W	L	1954-10-23	Coventry City	H
20	1	Shrewsbury Town	15	3	2	2	14	11	0	3	5	7	18	0.724	11	D	L	L	W	W	1954-10-23	Northampton Town	A
21	-1	Newport County	15	3	3	1	10	8	0	2	6	4	15	0.609	11	L	D	L	W	W	1954-10-23	Millwall	H
22	0	Crystal Palace	15	2	5	0	9	6	0	2	6	5	22	0.5	11	D	D	L	W	D	1954-10-23	Walsall	H
23	0	Reading	15	0	5	2	6	9	1	2	5	11	18	0.63	9	L	D	L	L	D	1954-10-23	Watford	A
24	0	Walsall	15	0	2	5	6	14	1	1	6	8	19	0.424	5	L	L	W	L	D	1954-10-23	Crystal Palace	A