1954-12-25

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	1	0	Chelsea	Highbury	47,178
Lawton	Lineups
Blackpool	2	2	Portsmouth	Bloomfield Road	25,004
Mudie 2	Lineups		Dale, Harris
Bolton Wanderers	1	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Burnden Park	25,978
Stevens	Lineups		Dunmore, Robb
Burnley	2	2	Preston North End	Turf Moor	29,758
Gray W 2	Lineups		Hatsell 2
Cardiff City	3	2	West Bromwich Albion	Ninian Park	22,845
Ford 2, Montgomery	Lineups		Carter, Allen
Charlton Athletic	3	0	Sheffield Wednesday	The Valley	17,786
Firmani 3	Lineups
Manchester City	3	1	Newcastle United	Maine Road	26,664
Spurdle 2, Hayes	Lineups		Keeble
Sheffield United	1	1	Leicester City	Bramall Lane	32,550
Hawksworth	Lineups		Graver
Sunderland	1	1	Huddersfield Town	Roker Park	39,900
Chisholm	Lineups		Burrell
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	3	Everton	Molineux	28,494
Wilshaw	Lineups		Hickson 2, Wainwright

				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	23	8	2	3	36	19	3	5	2	16	15	1.529	29	L	D	W	L	D	1954-12-27	Everton	A
2	0	Sunderland	23	5	7	0	24	15	4	4	3	16	15	1.333	29	D	D	W	W	L	1954-12-27	Huddersfield Town	A
3	2	Charlton Athletic	23	7	1	4	30	19	6	1	4	22	18	1.405	28	W	W	L	W	W	1954-12-27	Sheffield Wednesday	A
4	-1	Manchester United	22	7	2	1	23	13	5	2	5	27	28	1.22	28	D	W	W	L	W	1954-12-27	Aston Villa	H
5	-1	Chelsea	24	6	2	4	27	20	4	5	3	18	16	1.25	27	L	W	W	W	W	1954-12-27	Arsenal	H
6	0	Huddersfield Town	23	6	1	3	17	11	4	6	3	25	24	1.2	27	D	D	W	L	D	1954-12-27	Sunderland	H
7	1	Manchester City	23	6	3	4	24	23	5	2	3	20	20	1.023	27	W	W	D	L	L	1954-12-27	Newcastle United	A
8	-1	Portsmouth	23	7	3	1	29	12	3	3	6	14	19	1.387	26	D	D	L	W	L	1954-12-27	Blackpool	H
9	0	Everton	23	5	3	3	16	12	6	1	5	21	22	1.088	26	W	L	W	W	D	1954-12-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
10	0	Preston North End	22	5	3	3	35	17	5	1	5	21	17	1.647	24	D	L	L	W	W	1954-12-27	Burnley	H
11	3	Cardiff City	23	5	3	4	24	23	4	3	4	17	22	0.911	24	W	L	L	W	L	1954-12-27	West Bromwich Albion	A
12	-1	West Bromwich Albion	23	5	3	3	25	18	4	2	6	21	32	0.92	23	L	D	L	L	W	1954-12-27	Cardiff City	H
13	-1	Newcastle United	23	6	2	3	30	21	3	2	7	23	29	1.06	22	L	W	W	W	D	1954-12-27	Manchester City	H
14	-1	Bolton Wanderers	22	5	4	1	24	15	2	4	6	10	18	1.03	22	L	L	L	D	W	1954-12-27	Tottenham Hotspur	A
15	0	Burnley	23	6	2	4	17	15	2	4	5	11	20	0.8	22	D	W	L	W	L	1954-12-27	Preston North End	A
16	0	Blackpool	23	3	4	5	20	20	4	2	5	14	17	0.919	20	D	D	W	D	W	1954-12-27	Portsmouth	A
17	1	Tottenham Hotspur	23	4	2	5	18	19	3	3	6	20	29	0.792	19	W	D	D	L	W	1954-12-27	Bolton Wanderers	H
18	-1	Sheffield United	24	5	1	7	19	25	3	2	6	17	31	0.643	19	D	W	W	L	L	1954-12-27	Leicester City	A
19	1	Arsenal	23	6	1	5	24	17	1	3	7	15	26	0.907	18	W	L	W	D	D	1954-12-27	Chelsea	A
20	-1	Aston Villa	22	2	2	7	12	23	4	3	4	21	26	0.673	17	D	L	L	W	L	1954-12-27	Manchester United	A
21	0	Leicester City	23	2	5	4	18	22	2	2	8	22	35	0.702	15	D	L	L	L	W	1954-12-27	Sheffield United	H
22	0	Sheffield Wednesday	23	3	4	4	23	24	1	0	11	12	36	0.583	12	L	D	L	L	L	1954-12-27	Charlton Athletic	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	0	1	Nottingham Forest	St Andrew's	33,007
	Lineups		Small
Doncaster Rovers	1	3	Blackburn Rovers	Belle Vue	15,754
Mooney	Lineups		Crossan, Briggs, Quigley
Fulham	3	1	Port Vale	Craven Cottage	17,519
Haynes, Robson, Jezzard	Lineups		Askey
Leeds United	1	1	Middlesbrough	Elland Road	26,344
Forrest	Lineups		Scott
Liverpool	6	2	Ipswich Town	Anfield Road	24,704
Liddell 4 (1p), Bimpson, Evans	Lineups		Parker, Garneys
Luton Town	1	1	Hull City	Kenilworth Road	15,853
Tumor	Lineups		Downie
Notts County	2	0	Bristol Rovers	Meadow Lane	19,647
Wylie, Broadbent	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	2	2	Swansea Town	Home Park	14,416
Langman N, Dews	Lineups		Allchurch I, Allchurch L
Rotherham United	3	0	Lincoln City	Millmoor	14,990
Grainger, Burke, Guest	Lineups
Stoke City	3	2	Bury	Victoria Ground	18,312
King 3	Lineups		Daniel, Pearson
West Ham United	1	0	Derby County	Upton Park	23,545
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	1	Blackburn Rovers	23	9	1	1	45	15	5	1	6	25	27	1.667	30	W	W	L	L	L	1954-12-27	Doncaster Rovers	H
2	-1	Leeds United	23	6	4	3	24	18	7	0	3	18	18	1.167	30	D	W	D	W	D	1954-12-27	Middlesbrough	A
3	0	Luton Town	23	10	1	1	32	13	3	2	6	19	21	1.5	29	D	W	W	D	W	1954-12-27	Hull City	A
4	0	Stoke City	23	7	3	2	21	10	5	2	4	15	14	1.5	29	W	L	W	D	W	1954-12-27	Bury	A
5	0	Rotherham United	23	9	1	2	35	14	4	2	5	20	24	1.447	29	W	D	W	L	D	1954-12-27	Lincoln City	A
6	0	Fulham	23	8	2	1	31	15	4	3	5	23	29	1.227	29	W	L	D	D	D	1954-12-27	Port Vale	A
7	2	West Ham United	23	7	4	1	29	17	3	2	6	16	26	1.047	26	W	D	L	D	D	1954-12-27	Derby County	A
8	2	Notts County	23	7	2	2	22	14	4	2	6	13	22	0.972	26	W	D	W	W	W	1954-12-27	Bristol Rovers	A
9	-2	Bristol Rovers	23	8	3	0	33	9	2	1	9	15	30	1.231	24	L	L	L	D	L	1954-12-27	Notts County	H
10	-2	Bury	23	6	3	3	25	20	3	3	5	23	24	1.091	24	L	W	W	D	L	1954-12-27	Stoke City	H
11	1	Swansea Town	23	8	2	0	32	10	1	4	8	15	35	1.044	24	D	D	D	W	D	1954-12-27	Plymouth Argyle	H
12	-1	Birmingham City	22	8	2	2	34	11	1	3	6	10	15	1.692	23	L	W	W	L	W	1954-12-27	Nottingham Forest	A
13	0	Hull City	23	5	2	4	18	12	3	5	4	9	15	1	23	D	L	D	D	D	1954-12-27	Luton Town	H
14	1	Liverpool	23	9	2	1	35	18	0	2	9	16	37	0.927	22	W	L	L	W	D	1954-12-27	Ipswich Town	A
15	1	Middlesbrough	23	7	0	4	24	14	2	3	7	11	33	0.745	21	D	W	W	L	W	1954-12-27	Leeds United	H
16	-2	Lincoln City	23	5	3	3	23	20	3	1	8	16	28	0.813	20	L	L	W	L	D	1954-12-27	Rotherham United	H
17	1	Nottingham Forest	23	4	1	7	16	20	4	2	5	13	14	0.853	19	W	L	D	D	W	1954-12-27	Birmingham City	H
18	-1	Doncaster Rovers	21	6	2	2	19	13	2	0	9	12	36	0.633	18	L	W	L	D	L	1954-12-27	Blackburn Rovers	A
19	0	Port Vale	23	4	4	3	13	13	1	3	8	11	31	0.545	17	L	W	L	D	L	1954-12-27	Fulham	H
20	0	Derby County	23	4	2	5	24	21	1	3	8	11	29	0.7	15	L	D	D	W	L	1954-12-27	West Ham United	H
21	0	Plymouth Argyle	23	4	3	5	18	21	0	3	8	15	28	0.673	14	D	L	L	W	L	1954-12-27	Swansea Town	A
22	0	Ipswich Town	24	4	1	7	23	21	1	1	10	13	40	0.59	12	L	D	L	L	W	1954-12-27	Liverpool	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bradford City	2	4	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Valley Parade	12,587
Hargreaves, Gray	Lineups		Brown 2, Gregory, Mosby
Carlisle United	7	2	Rochdale	Brunton Park	6,556
Murphy OG, Boyle OG, Bond, Atkinson 2, Kinloch (p), Underwood OG	Lineups		Anders, Gemmell
Chester	2	0	Bradford	Sealand Road	3,203
Bullock 2	Lineups
Gateshead	3	1	Barrow	Redheugh Park	7,385
Ingham, Smith, Campbell	Lineups		Gordon
Grimsby Town	1	3	Barnsley	Blundell Park	10,400
Harbertson	Lineups		Chappell, Bartlett 2
Halifax Town	1	1	Accrington Stanley	The Shay	13,392	Largest home gate 1954-55
Dubois	Lineups		Stewart
Hartlepools United	1	0	Darlington	Victoria Park	12,430
Harden	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	2	1	Wrexham	Boundary Park	9,856
Walker, Travis	Lineups		Bannan
Stockport County	3	2	Chesterfield	Edgeley Park	5,557
Wilson, Moran, Connor	Lineups		Keating, Stiffle
Tranmere Rovers	1	2	Crewe Alexandra	Prenton Park	3,784
Millington	Lineups		Turner, Caton
Workington	0	1	Southport	Borough Park	9,563
	Lineups		Beadnell
York City	3	1	Mansfield Town	Bootham Crescent	10,272
Bottom, Storey, Fenton	Lineups		Darwin

				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	23	7	3	1	19	8	6	2	4	22	18	1.577	31	W	L	D	W	L	1954-12-27	Bradford City	H
2	0	Hartlepools United	23	9	2	1	21	8	4	2	5	13	12	1.7	30	W	D	W	W	W	1954-12-27	Darlington	A
3	0	Barnsley	23	8	2	1	22	8	5	1	6	18	17	1.6	29	W	L	W	W	W	1954-12-27	Grimsby Town	H
4	2	Gateshead	23	6	3	3	19	13	5	4	2	17	18	1.161	29	W	W	W	L	W	1954-12-27	Barrow	A
5	0	Accrington Stanley	23	8	1	2	29	13	3	5	4	16	21	1.324	28	D	D	D	W	L	1954-12-27	Halifax Town	H
6	-2	Workington	23	8	2	2	26	12	3	3	5	11	15	1.37	27	L	W	L	W	W	1954-12-27	Southport	A
7	1	York City	23	7	3	3	28	14	3	3	4	21	17	1.581	26	W	D	D	L	W	1954-12-27	Mansfield Town	A
8	1	Oldham Athletic	23	9	2	2	26	13	1	4	5	11	19	1.156	26	W	W	D	W	W	1954-12-27	Wrexham	A
9	4	Stockport County	24	7	1	3	23	15	3	4	6	14	24	0.949	25	W	D	D	L	L	1954-12-27	Chesterfield	A
10	-3	Mansfield Town	23	8	1	2	20	16	3	2	7	15	23	0.897	25	L	D	L	L	W	1954-12-27	York City	H
11	-1	Chesterfield	23	7	0	4	19	16	3	4	5	15	17	1.03	24	L	L	W	L	D	1954-12-27	Stockport County	H
12	2	Southport	23	4	5	3	16	14	4	3	4	11	13	1	24	W	D	D	D	W	1954-12-27	Workington	H
13	-2	Darlington	23	7	3	1	25	11	2	3	7	12	27	0.974	24	L	L	D	D	L	1954-12-27	Hartlepools United	H
14	-2	Rochdale	23	5	3	2	16	11	2	6	5	19	24	1	23	L	D	D	L	L	1954-12-27	Carlisle United	H
15	0	Halifax Town	24	5	4	4	22	15	3	2	6	12	14	1.172	22	D	W	W	W	W	1954-12-27	Accrington Stanley	A
16	0	Bradford	23	5	3	3	15	13	3	2	7	15	22	0.857	21	L	W	L	W	L	1954-12-27	Chester	H
17	0	Bradford City	23	4	4	4	15	14	3	2	6	9	16	0.8	20	L	L	L	W	D	1954-12-27	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
18	2	Carlisle United	23	6	1	5	33	23	2	2	7	14	24	1	19	W	D	L	L	L	1954-12-27	Rochdale	A
19	-1	Grimsby Town	23	5	3	4	17	20	1	3	7	9	16	0.722	18	L	D	D	L	D	1954-12-27	Barnsley	A
20	-1	Barrow	23	5	2	4	17	18	3	0	9	16	28	0.717	18	L	D	W	W	W	1954-12-27	Gateshead	H
21	1	Chester	23	6	1	5	11	11	2	1	8	12	26	0.622	18	W	L	L	W	L	1954-12-27	Bradford	A
22	-1	Tranmere Rovers	23	3	5	3	17	15	2	2	8	10	24	0.692	17	L	W	D	L	L	1954-12-27	Crewe Alexandra	A
23	0	Crewe Alexandra	23	2	7	2	15	15	2	1	9	13	27	0.667	16	W	D	D	L	L	1954-12-27	Tranmere Rovers	H
24	0	Wrexham	23	3	2	6	15	23	2	2	8	14	24	0.617	14	L	D	L	D	L	1954-12-27	Oldham Athletic	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	2	2	Colchester United	Recreation Ground	5,123
Cheney, Lacey	Lineups		McKim, Wright P
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	1	Watford	Dean Court	9,988
Newsham	Lineups		Brown
Brentford	3	1	Millwall	Griffin Park	13,591
Stobbart 2, Towers	Lineups		Short
Bristol City	2	1	Reading	Ashton Gate	16,800
Eisentrager, Rogers	Lineups		Wheeler
Coventry City	1	1	Southampton	Highfield Road	23,507
Moore	Lineups		Foulkes
Crystal Palace	2	1	Newport County	Selhurst Park	8,934
Deakin 2	Lineups		Johnston
Exeter City	2	1	Swindon Town	St James Park	6,527
John, Murphy	Lineups		Gemmell
Queens Park Rangers	1	0	Northampton Town	Loftus Road	8,718
Clark	Lineups
Southend United	4	1	Norwich City	Greyhound Stadium	12,000
Baron 3, Hollis	Lineups		Kearns
Torquay United	1	3	Gillingham	Plainmoor	5,761
Collins (p)	Lineups		Sowden 2, Riggs
Walsall	4	0	Shrewsbury Town	Fellows Park	17,054
Richards, Myerscough 2, Meek	Lineups

				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	1	Bristol City	24	9	2	1	32	12	6	4	2	23	15	2.037	36	W	L	W	D	D	1954-12-27	Reading	A
2	-1	Leyton Orient	22	11	0	0	24	5	5	2	4	22	15	2.3	34	W	W	W	W	W	1954-12-27	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
3	0	Southampton	23	9	2	0	28	8	4	2	6	13	19	1.519	30	D	W	W	D	W	1954-12-27	Coventry City	H
4	1	Coventry City	23	8	3	1	26	14	3	3	5	12	14	1.357	28	D	L	L	W	W	1954-12-27	Southampton	A
5	-1	Millwall	23	8	1	2	20	9	4	3	5	12	16	1.28	28	L	W	D	W	D	1954-12-27	Brentford	H
6	0	Norwich City	23	8	1	2	23	9	3	3	6	11	17	1.308	26	L	L	L	L	D	1954-12-27	Southend United	H
7	1	Queens Park Rangers	23	8	2	1	28	11	1	6	5	11	19	1.3	26	W	D	W	D	L	1954-12-27	Northampton Town	A
8	1	Southend United	23	8	4	0	32	12	1	4	6	13	25	1.216	26	W	W	W	L	L	1954-12-27	Norwich City	A
9	-2	Northampton Town	24	7	3	2	19	9	4	1	7	12	24	0.939	26	L	D	W	W	W	1954-12-27	Queens Park Rangers	H
10	1	Gillingham	23	5	4	2	14	12	5	1	6	21	26	0.921	25	W	W	L	W	D	1954-12-27	Torquay United	H
11	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	23	5	4	3	22	14	3	4	4	16	20	1.118	24	D	W	D	W	L	1954-12-27	Watford	A
12	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	6	1	5	23	15	4	1	5	13	16	1.161	22	L	D	W	W	W	1954-12-27	Leyton Orient	A
13	0	Watford	23	5	4	2	26	14	2	3	7	10	23	0.973	21	D	D	D	L	L	1954-12-27	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
14	0	Aldershot	23	8	3	2	27	10	1	0	9	10	29	0.949	21	D	W	L	L	L	1954-12-27	Colchester United	A
15	3	Brentford	23	5	3	5	26	26	2	3	5	19	23	0.918	20	W	L	D	L	W	1954-12-27	Millwall	A
16	-1	Torquay United	23	7	1	5	28	24	1	3	6	15	24	0.896	20	L	L	L	L	W	1954-12-27	Gillingham	A
17	-1	Reading	23	2	6	2	13	11	4	2	7	19	27	0.842	20	L	L	W	W	W	1954-12-27	Bristol City	H
18	3	Exeter City	23	5	3	3	15	17	1	5	6	7	17	0.647	20	W	D	D	D	D	1954-12-27	Swindon Town	A
19	-2	Swindon Town	24	5	3	3	16	11	1	4	8	10	23	0.765	19	L	D	L	D	D	1954-12-27	Exeter City	H
20	0	Newport County	23	4	4	2	15	14	1	4	8	14	26	0.725	18	L	D	D	D	L	1954-12-27	Crystal Palace	H
21	-2	Shrewsbury Town	24	5	3	4	20	18	1	3	8	13	30	0.688	18	L	L	L	W	D	1954-12-27	Walsall	H
22	0	Crystal Palace	23	4	7	1	17	12	0	2	9	8	32	0.568	17	W	D	L	L	L	1954-12-27	Newport County	A
23	0	Walsall	23	4	3	5	26	19	1	2	8	10	27	0.783	15	W	W	D	D	W	1954-12-27	Shrewsbury Town	A
24	0	Colchester United	23	3	2	6	14	19	1	4	7	11	27	0.543	14	D	D	L	L	L	1954-12-27	Aldershot	H