1954-10-23

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	2	1	Arsenal	Villa Park	39,520
Lockhart, Lynn (p)	Lineups		Roper
Blackpool	1	0	Chelsea	Bloomfield Road	19,694
Fenton (p)	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	2	2	Manchester City	Burnden Park	29,841
Wheeler, Lofthouse	Lineups		McAdams, Revie
Charlton Athletic	4	1	Cardiff City	The Valley	26,376
Ayre, O'Linn, Kiernan 2	Lineups		Ford
Huddersfield Town	2	1	Everton	Leeds Road	27,390
Watson, Glazzard	Lineups		Hickson
Manchester United	2	2	Newcastle United	Old Trafford	37,247
Taylor, Scoular OG	Lineups		Broadis, Mitchell R
Portsmouth	2	1	Leicester City	Fratton Park	34,727
Harris 2	Lineups		Dickinson OG
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Burnley	Hillsborough	28,960
Shaw	Lineups		Stephenson
Sunderland	2	2	Sheffield United	Roker Park	39,936
Chisholm, Furniss OG	Lineups		Hagan, Cross
Tottenham Hotspur	3	1	Preston North End	White Hart Lane	42,863
Ramsey (p), McClellan, Dunmore	Lineups		Finney (p)
Wolverhampton Wanderers	4	0	West Bromwich Albion	Molineux	55,374	Largest home gate 1954-55
Hancocks 2, Swinbourne 2	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	0	Manchester United	14	4	2	1	16	10	4	1	2	21	17	1.37	19	D	W	W	L	L	1954-10-30	Everton	A
2	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	14	6	2	1	23	11	1	2	2	5	6	1.647	18	W	D	D	W	L	1954-10-30	Newcastle United	A
3	0	Sunderland	14	4	4	0	15	7	2	2	2	8	8	1.533	18	D	L	W	D	W	1954-10-30	Arsenal	A
4	2	Portsmouth	14	5	2	0	17	8	2	2	3	8	9	1.471	18	W	W	W	D	W	1954-10-30	Burnley	A
5	-1	Manchester City	14	4	2	1	14	10	3	2	2	11	14	1.042	18	D	L	D	W	W	1954-10-30	Huddersfield Town	H
6	-4	Everton	14	3	2	1	7	5	4	1	3	15	10	1.467	17	L	W	W	L	D	1954-10-30	Manchester United	H
7	3	Huddersfield Town	14	6	0	1	13	5	1	3	3	9	13	1.222	17	W	W	W	D	W	1954-10-30	Manchester City	A
8	-3	Preston North End	14	3	2	2	21	10	4	0	3	14	9	1.842	16	L	L	W	D	W	1954-10-30	Sheffield Wednesday	H
9	0	Bolton Wanderers	14	4	3	0	19	10	2	1	4	8	12	1.227	16	D	L	W	D	D	1954-10-30	Cardiff City	A
10	2	Charlton Athletic	14	3	1	3	16	15	4	1	2	13	10	1.16	16	W	W	W	W	L	1954-10-30	Chelsea	A
11	-3	West Bromwich Albion	14	4	1	1	19	12	3	1	4	12	19	1	16	L	L	L	D	W	1954-10-30	Aston Villa	H
12	-1	Chelsea	15	2	2	3	13	15	3	3	2	10	8	1	15	L	L	L	D	W	1954-10-30	Charlton Athletic	H
13	1	Newcastle United	14	3	1	2	16	13	2	2	4	18	22	0.971	13	D	D	L	L	L	1954-10-30	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
14	-1	Cardiff City	14	3	2	1	13	10	1	3	4	10	21	0.742	13	L	D	L	W	D	1954-10-30	Bolton Wanderers	H
15	2	Aston Villa	14	2	2	4	9	13	2	2	2	14	16	0.793	12	W	W	L	D	D	1954-10-30	West Bromwich Albion	A
16	0	Burnley	14	4	1	2	9	7	0	3	4	5	13	0.7	12	D	W	L	W	L	1954-10-30	Portsmouth	H
17	-2	Arsenal	14	4	0	3	15	7	1	1	5	9	15	1.091	11	L	L	W	D	W	1954-10-30	Sunderland	H
18	1	Tottenham Hotspur	14	3	1	3	11	12	1	2	4	14	21	0.758	11	W	D	W	L	L	1954-10-30	Sheffield United	A
19	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	14	3	2	2	18	14	1	0	6	5	15	0.793	10	D	W	L	W	L	1954-10-30	Preston North End	A
20	2	Blackpool	14	2	1	4	12	12	1	1	5	8	14	0.769	8	W	L	L	L	W	1954-10-30	Leicester City	A
21	-1	Leicester City	14	1	3	3	10	14	1	1	5	13	21	0.657	8	L	L	L	D	L	1954-10-30	Blackpool	H
22	-1	Sheffield United	15	2	0	6	8	20	1	2	4	10	21	0.439	8	D	W	L	L	L	1954-10-30	Tottenham Hotspur	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	4	1	Rotherham United	Ewood Park	28,605
Crossan 3, Briggs	Lineups		Burke
Bristol Rovers	5	1	Leeds United	Eastville	24,568
Bradford 2, Meyer 2, Hooper	Lineups		Brook
Derby County	1	2	Middlesbrough	Baseball Ground	15,541
Pye	Lineups		Delapenha, Dicks
Fulham	3	1	Luton Town	Craven Cottage	30,632
Stevens 2, Robson	Lineups		Turner
Liverpool	1	1	Bury	Anfield Road	33,310
Anderson	Lineups		Pearson
Notts County	2	1	Lincoln City	Meadow Lane	19,474
Wylie, McCormack	Lineups		Neal (p)
Plymouth Argyle	1	2	Nottingham Forest	Home Park	16,691
Anderson	Lineups		Kelly 2 (1p)
Port Vale	3	3	Ipswich Town	Vale Park	14,532
Leake, Hayward, Smith	Lineups		McLuckie, Malcolm, Grant
Swansea Town	1	0	Hull City	Vetch Field	18,067
Griffiths	Lineups
West Ham United	3	0	Stoke City	Upton Park	27,005
Dick 2, Sexton	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	14	6	1	0	28	12	4	0	3	16	13	1.76	21	W	W	W	W	D	1954-10-30	Stoke City	A
2	0	Rotherham United	14	6	0	1	23	9	3	1	3	13	16	1.44	19	L	W	L	W	W	1954-10-30	Fulham	H
3	3	Fulham	14	6	0	1	22	9	3	1	3	16	19	1.357	19	W	W	W	L	L	1954-10-30	Rotherham United	A
4	-1	Stoke City	15	3	2	2	7	4	5	0	3	12	9	1.462	18	L	W	L	W	D	1954-10-30	Blackburn Rovers	H
5	2	Bristol Rovers	14	7	1	0	26	6	1	1	4	13	22	1.393	18	W	L	W	W	W	1954-10-30	Bury	A
6	-2	Luton Town	14	7	0	0	17	5	2	0	5	9	14	1.368	18	L	W	L	W	L	1954-10-30	Swansea Town	H
7	-2	Hull City	14	4	0	3	12	8	3	3	1	5	3	1.545	17	L	W	W	L	D	1954-10-30	Notts County	H
8	2	West Ham United	14	5	1	1	18	8	2	1	4	10	16	1.167	16	W	L	W	L	W	1954-10-30	Middlesbrough	A
9	2	Notts County	14	5	1	1	13	7	2	1	4	7	13	1	16	W	L	W	L	W	1954-10-30	Hull City	A
10	-2	Leeds United	14	3	1	3	13	12	4	0	3	13	16	0.929	15	L	W	W	W	W	1954-10-30	Plymouth Argyle	H
11	-2	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
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	1	Bury	14	3	2	2	14	13	2	1	4	13	15	0.964	13	D	D	L	L	W	1954-10-30	Bristol Rovers	H
14	2	Swansea Town	14	6	1	0	23	7	0	0	7	5	23	0.933	13	W	L	W	L	W	1954-10-30	Luton Town	A
15	-2	Lincoln City	14	3	1	3	13	12	3	0	4	11	14	0.923	13	L	W	W	L	L	1954-10-30	Liverpool	H
16	-1	Liverpool	14	5	2	1	23	14	0	0	6	7	16	1	12	D	L	W	W	L	1954-10-30	Lincoln City	A
17	1	Port Vale	14	3	2	2	10	10	0	2	5	3	14	0.542	10	D	L	L	L	L	1954-10-30	Nottingham Forest	A
18	2	Nottingham Forest	14	2	0	5	9	12	2	1	4	8	12	0.708	9	W	L	L	W	L	1954-10-30	Port Vale	H
19	-2	Plymouth Argyle	14	2	2	4	11	14	0	3	3	8	13	0.704	9	L	L	L	W	D	1954-10-30	Leeds United	A
20	1	Middlesbrough	14	2	0	4	6	10	2	1	5	8	19	0.483	9	W	W	L	W	W	1954-10-30	West Ham United	H
21	-2	Derby County	14	2	1	4	16	17	1	1	5	8	20	0.649	8	L	D	L	L	W	1954-10-30	Birmingham City	A
22	0	Ipswich Town	15	2	0	5	14	13	1	1	6	10	22	0.686	7	D	L	L	L	L	1954-10-30	Doncaster Rovers	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Bradford	3	2	Accrington Stanley	Park Avenue	13,731
Adey, McLaren, Wright	Lineups		Cocker 2
Carlisle United	4	0	Barrow	Brunton Park	4,262
Whitehouse 2, Ashman 2	Lineups
Chester	0	2	Workington	Sealand Road	6,170
	Lineups		Mitchell, Dailey
Chesterfield	0	3	York City	Saltergate Recreation Ground	10,395
	Lineups		Fenton 2, Hughes
Crewe Alexandra	2	3	Southport	Gresty Road	4,581
McCulloch, Dale	Lineups		Billingham, Holmes 2
Darlington	1	0	Halifax Town	Feethams Ground	10,721
Walsh (p)	Lineups
Gateshead	2	2	Oldham Athletic	Redheugh Park	7,089
Brown, Anderson	Lineups		Travis, Scrine
Grimsby Town	3	2	Mansfield Town	Blundell Park	7,359
Hughes 2 (1p), Stroud	Lineups		Gaskell 2
Hartlepools United	0	0	Bradford City	Victoria Park	7,140
	Lineups
Rochdale	2	1	Wrexham	Spotland	5,902
Anders 2	Lineups		Jackson P
Stockport County	1	0	Barnsley	Edgeley Park	7,325
Connor	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	1	2	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Prenton Park	5,493
Done	Lineups		Brown, Haigh

				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	16	5	3	0	14	5	5	1	2	14	8	2.154	24	W	D	D	W	W	1954-10-30	Stockport County	H
2	1	Accrington Stanley	16	6	1	1	18	6	3	2	3	10	13	1.474	21	L	W	D	L	L	1954-10-30	Rochdale	H
3	-1	Chesterfield	16	6	0	2	14	9	3	3	2	11	9	1.389	21	L	D	W	W	L	1954-10-30	Halifax Town	A
4	3	Darlington	16	6	2	1	18	8	2	2	3	7	11	1.316	20	W	L	W	W	D	1954-10-30	Oldham Athletic	A
5	3	Workington	16	5	1	1	13	7	3	3	3	8	9	1.313	20	W	W	D	W	W	1954-10-30	Grimsby Town	H
6	-1	Gateshead	16	4	3	2	12	8	3	3	1	9	10	1.167	20	D	L	D	L	W	1954-10-30	Bradford City	A
7	-3	Mansfield Town	16	6	1	1	15	12	3	1	4	12	12	1.125	20	L	W	W	L	W	1954-10-30	Bradford	H
8	2	Rochdale	16	4	2	2	13	10	2	5	1	12	9	1.316	19	W	D	W	W	D	1954-10-30	Accrington Stanley	A
9	0	Hartlepools United	16	6	2	1	13	4	2	0	5	6	10	1.357	18	D	W	W	W	W	1954-10-30	Barnsley	A
10	-4	Barnsley	16	6	1	1	15	6	2	1	5	6	10	1.313	18	L	W	L	W	W	1954-10-30	Hartlepools United	H
11	1	Stockport County	16	5	1	2	15	11	2	2	4	8	13	0.958	17	W	W	W	L	L	1954-10-30	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
12	1	York City	16	4	2	2	13	7	2	2	4	15	12	1.474	16	W	W	D	W	D	1954-10-30	Crewe Alexandra	H
13	1	Carlisle United	16	5	0	3	17	9	2	2	4	10	13	1.227	16	W	L	L	D	W	1954-10-30	Southport	A
14	-3	Bradford City	16	3	2	3	9	8	3	2	3	9	9	1.059	16	D	L	L	L	L	1954-10-30	Gateshead	H
15	1	Bradford	16	3	3	2	10	11	2	2	4	11	14	0.84	15	W	L	D	L	W	1954-10-30	Mansfield Town	A
16	-1	Chester	16	4	1	3	7	7	2	1	5	11	17	0.75	14	L	L	D	W	L	1954-10-30	Barrow	A
17	2	Southport	16	2	2	3	7	9	3	2	4	8	11	0.75	14	W	D	L	W	D	1954-10-30	Carlisle United	H
18	0	Oldham Athletic	16	4	2	2	11	9	0	3	5	7	17	0.692	13	D	L	L	W	L	1954-10-30	Darlington	H
19	-2	Wrexham	16	3	1	4	11	15	2	1	5	9	12	0.741	12	L	W	W	D	L	1954-10-30	Tranmere Rovers	H
20	2	Grimsby Town	16	4	1	3	13	15	1	1	6	3	9	0.667	12	W	L	L	L	L	1954-10-30	Workington	A
21	-1	Crewe Alexandra	16	2	4	2	13	13	1	1	6	9	16	0.759	11	L	W	D	L	W	1954-10-30	York City	A
22	-1	Tranmere Rovers	16	2	4	2	11	10	0	2	6	6	19	0.586	10	L	L	W	L	L	1954-10-30	Wrexham	A
23	0	Barrow	16	2	1	4	9	15	2	0	7	13	23	0.579	9	L	L	L	L	W	1954-10-30	Chester	H
24	0	Halifax Town	16	1	3	4	8	8	1	1	6	8	13	0.762	8	L	W	L	L	L	1954-10-30	Chesterfield	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	2	1	Torquay United	Recreation Ground	6,023
Cheney, McCulloch	Lineups		Collins
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	2	Gillingham	Dean Court	10,047
Newsham	Lineups		Millar, Evans B
Colchester United	0	1	Coventry City	Layer Road	8,124
	Lineups		Capel
Crystal Palace	3	1	Walsall	Selhurst Park	11,416
Hearn, Belcher, Russon OG	Lineups		Tarrant
Exeter City	0	1	Southampton	St James Park	10,125
	Lineups		Day
Newport County	2	1	Millwall	Somerton Park	9,225
Graham, Wharton	Lineups		Smith
Northampton Town	3	1	Shrewsbury Town	County Ground	8,468
Jones, Staroscik 2	Lineups		Weigh
Norwich City	1	0	Brentford	Carrow Road	20,148
Hansell	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	2	0	Leyton Orient	Loftus Road	22,114	Largest home gate 1954-55
Smith, Clark	Lineups
Southend United	4	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Greyhound Stadium	9,167
Burns, Bridge, Anderson B, Hollis	Lineups
Swindon Town	2	2	Bristol City	County Ground	19,880	Largest home gate 1954-55
Owen, Hunter	Lineups		Boxley (p), Rogers
Watford	1	3	Reading	Vicarage Road	12,738
Smith E	Lineups		Campbell, Wheeler, Uphill

				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	16	6	1	0	25	6	5	3	1	19	11	2.588	26	D	W	L	W	W	1954-10-30	Exeter City	H
2	1	Norwich City	16	7	1	1	21	8	3	2	2	7	5	2.154	23	W	W	W	D	L	1954-10-30	Shrewsbury Town	A
3	-1	Leyton Orient	16	8	0	0	16	4	2	2	4	7	12	1.438	22	L	W	W	W	W	1954-10-30	Swindon Town	H
4	0	Coventry City	16	5	2	1	16	9	3	3	2	11	10	1.421	21	W	D	D	W	L	1954-10-30	Watford	H
5	0	Queens Park Rangers	16	6	2	0	21	6	1	4	3	8	12	1.611	20	W	W	D	D	W	1954-10-30	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
6	0	Southampton	16	7	1	0	20	7	2	1	5	7	15	1.227	20	W	W	D	W	W	1954-10-30	Northampton Town	H
7	0	Millwall	16	6	0	2	12	6	2	2	4	6	11	1.059	18	L	L	W	W	L	1954-10-30	Crystal Palace	H
8	2	Southend United	16	5	4	0	24	10	0	3	4	8	14	1.333	17	W	L	W	D	L	1954-10-30	Reading	A
9	-1	Torquay United	16	6	1	1	18	8	1	2	5	12	19	1.111	17	L	W	L	W	L	1954-10-30	Newport County	H
10	2	Northampton Town	16	4	2	2	13	7	3	1	4	7	13	1	17	W	W	W	W	L	1954-10-30	Southampton	A
11	-2	Watford	16	4	2	2	19	11	2	2	4	6	15	0.962	16	L	W	L	L	W	1954-10-30	Coventry City	A
12	-1	Swindon Town	16	5	1	2	14	7	1	3	4	6	14	0.952	16	D	W	W	L	L	1954-10-30	Leyton Orient	A
13	1	Aldershot	16	7	2	0	19	3	0	0	7	6	24	0.926	16	W	L	W	W	L	1954-10-30	Gillingham	A
14	2	Gillingham	16	4	3	1	11	8	2	1	5	10	20	0.75	16	W	L	L	L	W	1954-10-30	Aldershot	H
15	-2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	16	3	2	3	15	10	1	4	3	11	13	1.13	14	L	L	L	D	L	1954-10-30	Brentford	A
16	-1	Exeter City	16	4	2	2	11	8	1	2	5	4	12	0.75	14	L	D	W	L	W	1954-10-30	Bristol City	A
17	1	Brentford	16	3	3	2	17	14	1	2	5	14	19	0.939	13	L	W	L	L	L	1954-10-30	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
18	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	16	3	1	4	14	11	3	0	5	10	15	0.923	13	L	L	W	L	W	1954-10-30	Queens Park Rangers	H
19	2	Newport County	16	4	3	1	12	9	0	2	6	4	15	0.667	13	W	L	D	L	W	1954-10-30	Torquay United	A
20	2	Crystal Palace	16	3	5	0	12	7	0	2	6	5	22	0.586	13	W	D	D	L	W	1954-10-30	Millwall	A
21	-2	Colchester United	16	3	2	4	12	13	1	2	4	7	15	0.679	12	L	L	L	W	W	1954-10-30	Walsall	A
22	1	Reading	16	0	5	2	6	9	2	2	5	14	19	0.714	11	W	L	D	L	L	1954-10-30	Southend United	H
23	-3	Shrewsbury Town	16	3	2	2	14	11	0	3	6	8	21	0.688	11	L	D	L	L	W	1954-10-30	Norwich City	H
24	0	Walsall	16	0	2	5	6	14	1	1	7	9	22	0.417	5	L	L	L	W	L	1954-10-30	Colchester United	H