1954-12-04

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	0	2	Cardiff City	Villa Park	25,186
	Lineups		Ford 2
Blackpool	2	2	Arsenal	Bloomfield Road	16,348
Taylor, Stephenson	Lineups		Tapscott, Roper
Charlton Athletic	3	1	Sheffield United	The Valley	17,034
Firmani 3	Lineups		Waldock
Huddersfield Town	0	1	Burnley	Leeds Road	17,372
	Lineups		Holden
Manchester United	3	1	Leicester City	Old Trafford	19,369
Webster, Rowley, Viollet	Lineups		Hines
Portsmouth	6	1	West Bromwich Albion	Fratton Park	28,027
Gordon, Barnard, Harris 2, Henderson, Millard OG	Lineups		Allen
Sheffield Wednesday	0	3	Newcastle United	Hillsborough	20,221
	Lineups		Broadis, Mitchell R, White
Sunderland	3	2	Manchester City	Roker Park	33,733
Shackleton 2, Chisholm	Lineups		Hart 2
Tottenham Hotspur	1	3	Everton	White Hart Lane	31,554
Baily	Lineups		Parker 2, OG
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	4	Chelsea	Molineux	32,095
Broadbent, Hancocks (p), Swinbourne	Lineups		McNichol, Bentley 2, Stubbs

				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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	8	2	2	35	16	2	4	2	12	12	1.679	26	L	D	W	D	W	1954-12-11	Leicester City	A
2	1	Sunderland	20	5	6	0	23	14	3	3	3	13	13	1.333	25	W	L	D	D	D	1954-12-11	Cardiff City	A
3	2	Manchester United	20	7	2	1	23	13	4	1	5	23	26	1.179	25	W	L	W	L	W	1954-12-11	Burnley	A
4	2	Portsmouth	20	7	2	1	29	12	3	2	5	11	15	1.481	24	W	L	L	W	W	1954-12-11	Newcastle United	A
5	2	Charlton Athletic	20	5	1	4	25	19	6	1	3	21	15	1.353	24	W	W	W	L	L	1954-12-11	Arsenal	A
6	-4	Preston North End	19	5	3	2	33	14	5	0	4	18	12	1.962	23	W	W	D	L	W	1954-12-11	Huddersfield Town	H
7	-3	Huddersfield Town	20	6	1	3	17	11	3	4	3	20	20	1.194	23	L	D	D	W	L	1954-12-11	Preston North End	A
8	3	Chelsea	21	4	2	4	20	19	4	5	2	18	15	1.118	23	W	W	D	W	D	1954-12-11	Aston Villa	H
9	-1	Bolton Wanderers	19	5	4	0	23	13	2	4	4	10	14	1.222	22	D	W	D	D	D	1954-12-11	Sheffield United	A
10	2	Everton	20	4	3	2	11	8	5	1	5	18	21	1	22	W	D	L	L	L	1954-12-11	Sheffield Wednesday	H
11	2	Cardiff City	20	4	3	2	21	17	4	3	4	17	22	0.974	22	W	L	W	W	W	1954-12-11	Sunderland	H
12	-3	West Bromwich Albion	20	5	2	2	23	15	4	2	5	19	29	0.955	22	L	W	D	D	W	1954-12-11	Blackpool	H
13	-3	Manchester City	20	4	2	4	18	21	5	2	3	20	20	0.927	22	L	L	W	L	W	1954-12-11	Tottenham Hotspur	H
14	0	Burnley	20	6	1	3	13	9	1	4	5	8	20	0.724	19	W	L	D	W	L	1954-12-11	Manchester United	H
15	0	Newcastle United	20	4	2	3	23	19	3	2	6	22	26	1	18	W	D	L	W	L	1954-12-11	Portsmouth	H
16	1	Blackpool	20	3	2	5	17	17	3	2	5	13	17	0.882	16	D	W	L	W	W	1954-12-11	West Bromwich Albion	A
17	-1	Aston Villa	20	2	2	7	12	23	4	2	3	20	21	0.727	16	L	W	L	L	L	1954-12-11	Chelsea	A
18	0	Tottenham Hotspur	20	4	1	5	17	18	2	2	6	18	28	0.761	15	L	W	W	L	L	1954-12-11	Manchester City	A
19	2	Arsenal	20	4	1	5	20	16	1	3	6	14	21	0.919	14	D	D	L	L	D	1954-12-11	Charlton Athletic	H
20	-1	Leicester City	20	2	5	3	17	20	2	1	7	20	31	0.725	14	L	W	L	D	W	1954-12-11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
21	-1	Sheffield United	21	4	0	7	16	24	2	2	6	14	29	0.566	14	L	L	L	W	W	1954-12-11	Bolton Wanderers	H
22	0	Sheffield Wednesday	20	3	3	4	21	22	1	0	9	11	30	0.615	11	L	L	D	L	L	1954-12-11	Everton	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	1	2	Leeds United	Ewood Park	26,187
Langton (p)	Lineups		Nightingale 2
Bristol Rovers	1	1	Stoke City	Eastville	21,240
Biggs	Lineups		McCue
Derby County	3	0	Lincoln City	Baseball Ground	10,883
Pye 3	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	2	2	Hull City	Belle Vue	8,372
Walker J, Tindill	Lineups		Horton, Dryburgh
Fulham	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Craven Cottage	20,060
Robson	Lineups		Small
Liverpool	3	1	Middlesbrough	Anfield Road	26,749
Liddell 2 (1p), Twentyman	Lineups		Scott
Notts County	3	2	Birmingham City	Meadow Lane	13,477
Johnston 2, Broadbent	Lineups		Murphy, Govan
Plymouth Argyle	2	1	Rotherham United	Home Park	15,427
Langman N, Davies	Lineups		Wilson
Port Vale	1	1	Luton Town	Vale Park	14,052
Pemberton OG	Lineups		Davies
Swansea Town	6	1	Ipswich Town	Vetch Field	18,150
Medwin, Malcolm OG, Allchurch I 3, Allchurch L	Lineups		Callaghan W
West Ham United	3	3	Bury	Upton Park	18,092
Musgrove 2, Dick	Lineups		Kelly 3

				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	20	8	1	1	42	14	4	1	5	21	24	1.658	26	L	L	W	L	W	1954-12-11	Bury	A
2	0	Fulham	20	7	2	1	28	14	4	2	4	21	25	1.256	26	D	D	W	L	D	1954-12-11	Leeds United	A
3	2	Leeds United	20	5	2	3	19	16	7	0	3	18	18	1.088	26	W	D	W	W	W	1954-12-11	Fulham	H
4	-1	Stoke City	20	5	3	2	15	7	5	2	3	15	12	1.579	25	D	W	W	D	D	1954-12-11	Plymouth Argyle	H
5	1	Bristol Rovers	20	8	3	0	33	9	2	1	6	15	26	1.371	24	D	L	W	W	D	1954-12-11	Middlesbrough	A
6	1	Luton Town	20	9	0	1	28	12	2	2	6	14	20	1.313	24	D	W	L	W	D	1954-12-11	Doncaster Rovers	H
7	-3	Rotherham United	20	7	1	2	29	14	4	1	5	18	22	1.306	24	L	D	W	W	L	1954-12-11	Port Vale	H
8	0	West Ham United	20	6	3	1	25	14	3	2	5	15	24	1.053	23	D	D	W	W	D	1954-12-11	Lincoln City	A
9	0	Hull City	20	5	1	4	17	11	3	4	3	8	11	1.136	21	D	D	L	L	L	1954-12-11	Derby County	H
10	2	Swansea Town	20	8	2	0	32	10	1	1	8	10	30	1.05	21	W	D	D	L	W	1954-12-11	Nottingham Forest	A
11	2	Notts County	20	6	2	2	20	14	3	1	6	11	21	0.886	21	W	W	L	L	D	1954-12-11	Ipswich Town	A
12	2	Liverpool	20	8	2	1	29	16	0	2	7	14	24	1.075	20	W	D	W	L	W	1954-12-11	Birmingham City	A
13	-2	Bury	20	4	3	3	20	18	3	3	4	21	21	1.051	20	D	L	D	D	W	1954-12-11	Blackburn Rovers	H
14	-4	Birmingham City	19	6	2	1	23	9	1	3	6	10	15	1.375	19	L	W	L	W	D	1954-12-11	Liverpool	H
15	0	Lincoln City	20	4	3	3	21	19	3	1	6	15	22	0.878	18	L	D	L	W	D	1954-12-11	West Ham United	H
16	1	Nottingham Forest	20	4	0	6	15	15	3	2	5	12	14	0.931	16	D	W	L	W	W	1954-12-11	Swansea Town	H
17	-1	Middlesbrough	20	5	0	4	19	13	2	2	7	10	32	0.644	16	L	W	D	W	L	1954-12-11	Bristol Rovers	H
18	0	Doncaster Rovers	18	5	2	1	14	9	2	0	8	12	33	0.619	16	D	L	L	L	L	1954-12-11	Luton Town	A
19	0	Port Vale	20	3	4	3	12	13	1	3	6	10	25	0.579	15	D	L	D	D	L	1954-12-11	Rotherham United	A
20	0	Plymouth Argyle	20	4	2	5	16	19	0	3	6	13	21	0.725	13	W	L	W	L	L	1954-12-11	Stoke City	A
21	1	Derby County	20	4	1	5	23	20	1	2	7	10	27	0.702	13	W	L	L	L	W	1954-12-11	Hull City	A
22	-1	Ipswich Town	21	4	0	6	21	18	1	1	9	11	34	0.615	11	L	W	L	L	L	1954-12-11	Notts County	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Bradford	0	1	Halifax Town	Park Avenue	10,330
	Lineups		Dubois
Carlisle United	2	4	Barnsley	Brunton Park	5,153
Whitehouse, Atkinson	Lineups		Lumley, Chappell, Wood, Bartlett
Chester	1	0	Bradford City	Sealand Road	3,285
Windle	Lineups
Chesterfield	3	1	Wrexham	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,680
Smith, Stiffle, Sowden	Lineups		Bannan
Crewe Alexandra	1	1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Gresty Road	3,651
McLean C	Lineups		Gregory
Darlington	3	3	Accrington Stanley	Feethams Ground	8,580
Davis 2, Dunlop	Lineups		Wright, Devlin, Stewart
Gateshead	4	0	Mansfield Town	Redheugh Park	3,774
Smith, Oliver 3	Lineups
Grimsby Town	1	1	Oldham Athletic	Blundell Park	5,950
Bloomer	Lineups		Chaytor
Hartlepools United	3	2	Workington	Victoria Park	8,290
Richardson, McGuigan, Luke	Lineups		Whittle, Dailey
Rochdale	1	1	York City	Spotland	4,051
Anders	Lineups		Wilkinson
Stockport County	1	2	Barrow	Edgeley Park	3,836
Connor	Lineups		Codd, Keen
Tranmere Rovers	2	2	Southport	Prenton Park	3,201
Done 2	Lineups		Bell OG, Beadnell

				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	21	7	3	1	19	8	5	2	3	17	13	1.714	29	D	W	L	L	W	1954-12-18	Halifax Town	A
2	0	Barnsley	21	8	2	1	22	8	4	1	5	14	12	1.8	27	W	W	W	W	D	1954-12-18	Oldham Athletic	A
3	0	Hartlepools United	21	8	2	1	20	8	4	1	5	12	11	1.684	27	W	W	W	W	D	1954-12-18	Crewe Alexandra	A
4	0	Accrington Stanley	21	8	1	2	29	13	3	3	4	14	19	1.344	26	D	W	L	L	W	1954-12-18	Southport	A
5	0	Workington	21	7	2	1	20	10	3	3	5	11	15	1.24	25	L	W	W	L	D	1954-12-18	Darlington	H
6	2	Gateshead	21	5	3	3	16	12	4	4	2	14	17	1.034	25	W	L	W	L	D	1954-12-18	Chesterfield	A
7	0	Darlington	21	7	3	1	25	11	2	3	5	11	20	1.161	24	D	D	L	W	L	1954-12-18	Workington	A
8	2	Chesterfield	21	7	0	3	18	13	3	4	4	13	14	1.148	24	W	L	D	L	L	1954-12-18	Gateshead	H
9	-3	Mansfield Town	21	8	1	2	20	16	3	1	6	12	18	0.941	24	L	L	W	L	W	1954-12-18	Barrow	A
10	-1	York City	21	6	2	3	22	10	3	3	4	21	17	1.593	23	D	L	W	W	W	1954-12-18	Wrexham	H
11	0	Rochdale	21	5	3	2	16	11	2	5	4	16	16	1.185	22	D	L	L	W	L	1954-12-18	Grimsby Town	A
12	0	Oldham Athletic	21	7	2	2	20	11	1	4	5	11	19	1.033	22	D	W	W	W	W	1954-12-18	Barnsley	H
13	0	Stockport County	21	6	1	3	20	13	3	2	6	10	20	0.909	21	L	L	W	W	L	1954-12-11	Southport	A
14	1	Southport	20	4	3	3	14	12	3	3	4	10	13	0.96	20	D	W	D	W	W	1954-12-11	Stockport County	H
15	-1	Bradford City	21	4	4	3	13	10	3	2	5	9	14	0.917	20	L	W	D	L	D	1954-12-18	Bradford	A
16	0	Bradford	21	4	3	3	13	13	3	2	6	15	20	0.848	19	L	W	L	W	L	1954-12-18	Bradford City	H
17	2	Halifax Town	21	4	3	4	18	13	2	2	6	9	13	1.038	17	W	W	W	D	W	1954-12-11	Chester	A
18	0	Grimsby Town	21	5	2	3	15	16	1	3	7	9	16	0.75	17	D	L	D	W	D	1954-12-18	Rochdale	H
19	1	Barrow	21	5	1	4	15	16	3	0	8	15	25	0.732	17	W	W	W	L	W	1954-12-18	Mansfield Town	H
20	-3	Carlisle United	21	5	0	5	23	18	2	2	7	14	24	0.881	16	L	L	L	L	L	1954-12-18	Stockport County	H
21	1	Chester	20	5	1	3	8	7	2	1	8	12	26	0.606	16	W	L	L	L	L	1954-12-11	Halifax Town	H
22	-1	Tranmere Rovers	21	3	5	2	16	13	1	2	8	9	24	0.676	15	D	L	L	W	W	1954-12-18	Chester	A
23	1	Crewe Alexandra	21	2	6	2	14	14	1	1	9	11	26	0.625	13	D	L	L	D	L	1954-12-18	Hartlepools United	H
24	-1	Wrexham	21	3	2	6	15	23	2	1	7	10	19	0.595	13	L	D	L	L	L	1954-12-18	York City	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	0	1	Leyton Orient	Recreation Ground	7,037
	Lineups		Morgan
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Dean Court	8,778
Newsham	Lineups		Moore
Colchester United	2	4	Shrewsbury Town	Layer Road	5,168
Plant, Wright P	Lineups		Price 2, Hudson, O'Donnell
Crystal Palace	1	2	Southampton	Selhurst Park	9,875
Briggs (p)	Lineups		Hoskins 2
Exeter City	1	1	Walsall	St James Park	7,910
Ellaway	Lineups		Richards
Newport County	2	2	Bristol City	Somerton Park	10,886
Johnston 2	Lineups		Atyeo, Burden
Northampton Town	1	0	Coventry City	County Ground	11,008
Staroscik	Lineups
Norwich City	0	1	Reading	Carrow Road	14,790
	Lineups		Davis
Queens Park Rangers	4	2	Torquay United	Loftus Road	8,339
Smith 2 (1p), Cameron 2	Lineups		Collins (p), Bond
Southend United	3	1	Gillingham	Greyhound Stadium	6,797
Sibley 2, Hollis	Lineups		Morgan
Swindon Town	1	1	Millwall	County Ground	6,715
Beards (p)	Lineups		Ramscar
Watford	2	2	Brentford	Vicarage Road	10,438
Paton, Smith E	Lineups		Towers 2

				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	21	8	2	0	29	7	5	4	2	21	15	2.273	32	D	D	W	L	W	1954-12-11	Shrewsbury Town	A
2	0	Leyton Orient	21	11	0	0	24	5	4	2	4	15	13	2.167	32	W	W	W	W	W	1954-12-18	Torquay United	A
3	0	Coventry City	21	8	2	1	25	13	3	3	4	11	12	1.44	27	L	W	W	L	W	1954-12-18	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
4	1	Southampton	21	9	2	0	28	8	3	1	6	9	18	1.423	27	W	D	W	L	W	1954-12-18	Brentford	A
5	-1	Norwich City	21	8	1	2	23	9	3	3	4	9	9	1.778	26	L	L	D	W	L	1954-12-18	Aldershot	A
6	0	Millwall	21	8	1	2	20	9	3	3	4	9	12	1.381	26	D	W	D	W	W	1954-12-18	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
7	0	Queens Park Rangers	21	7	2	1	27	11	1	5	5	10	18	1.276	23	W	D	L	L	L	1954-12-18	Watford	A
8	1	Northampton Town	21	6	2	2	16	7	4	1	6	12	23	0.933	23	W	W	L	W	L	1954-12-11	Swindon Town	H
9	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	21	6	1	4	22	13	4	1	5	13	16	1.207	22	D	W	W	W	W	1954-12-18	Millwall	H
10	3	Southend United	21	7	4	0	28	11	0	4	6	10	23	1.118	22	W	L	L	W	D	1954-12-18	Shrewsbury Town	A
11	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	21	4	3	3	19	12	3	4	4	16	20	1.094	21	D	W	L	W	W	1954-12-18	Coventry City	H
12	-2	Gillingham	21	5	4	2	14	12	3	1	6	14	24	0.778	21	L	W	D	W	L	1954-12-18	Bristol City	A
13	-2	Torquay United	21	7	1	3	25	14	1	3	6	15	24	1.053	20	L	L	W	D	L	1954-12-18	Leyton Orient	H
14	1	Reading	21	2	6	2	13	11	4	2	5	18	21	0.969	20	W	W	W	W	D	1954-12-18	Walsall	A
15	-1	Watford	21	5	3	2	25	13	2	2	7	9	22	0.971	19	D	L	L	W	L	1954-12-18	Queens Park Rangers	H
16	1	Brentford	21	4	3	4	23	22	2	3	5	19	23	0.933	18	D	L	W	W	L	1954-12-18	Southampton	H
17	-1	Aldershot	21	7	2	2	21	7	1	0	9	10	29	0.861	18	L	L	L	L	W	1954-12-18	Norwich City	H
18	0	Swindon Town	21	5	2	3	15	10	1	4	6	9	20	0.8	18	D	D	L	L	L	1954-12-11	Northampton Town	A
19	0	Shrewsbury Town	21	5	3	2	18	13	1	3	7	13	26	0.795	18	W	D	W	L	W	1954-12-11	Bristol City	H
20	0	Newport County	21	4	4	2	15	14	1	3	7	11	22	0.722	17	D	D	L	L	W	1954-12-18	Northampton Town	A
21	0	Exeter City	21	4	3	3	13	16	1	4	6	6	16	0.594	17	D	D	D	L	L	1954-12-18	Crystal Palace	A
22	0	Crystal Palace	21	3	6	1	14	10	0	2	9	8	32	0.524	14	L	L	L	D	L	1954-12-18	Exeter City	H
23	0	Colchester United	21	3	2	6	14	19	1	2	7	8	24	0.512	12	L	L	L	L	L	1954-12-18	Swindon Town	A
24	0	Walsall	21	2	3	5	18	19	1	2	8	10	27	0.609	11	D	D	W	L	W	1954-12-18	Reading	H