1954-12-27

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Chelsea	1	1	Arsenal	Stamford Bridge	65,922
O'Connell	Lineups		Tapscott
Everton	3	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Goodison Park	75,322
Fielding, Hickson, Potts	Lineups		Broadbent, Wilshaw
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Sunderland	Leeds Road	47,450	Largest home gate 1954-55
Metcalfe (p)	Lineups		Bingham
Leicester City	0	1	Sheffield United	Filbert Street	39,069
	Lineups		Furniss (p)
Manchester United	0	1	Aston Villa	Old Trafford	49,136
	Lineups		Dixon
Newcastle United	2	0	Manchester City	St James' Park	52,874
Mitchell R 2 (1p)	Lineups
Portsmouth	3	0	Blackpool	Fratton Park	43,896	Largest home gate 1954-55
Gordon, Barnard, Dale	Lineups
Preston North End	0	1	Burnley	Deepdale	38,525	Largest home gate 1954-55
	Lineups		Holden
Sheffield Wednesday	2	2	Charlton Athletic	Hillsborough	42,734	Largest home gate 1954-55
Hammond OG, Curtis	Lineups		Ayre 2
Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	Bolton Wanderers	White Hart Lane	41,063
Baily, Brooks	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	1	0	Cardiff City	The Hawthorns	50,885
Millard	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	1	Sunderland	24	5	7	0	24	15	4	5	3	17	16	1.323	30	D	D	D	W	W	1955-01-01	Tottenham Hotspur	H
2	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	8	2	3	36	19	3	5	3	18	18	1.459	29	L	L	D	W	L	1955-01-01	Portsmouth	H
3	0	Charlton Athletic	24	7	1	4	30	19	6	2	4	24	20	1.385	29	D	W	W	L	W	1955-01-01	Huddersfield Town	A
4	4	Portsmouth	24	8	3	1	32	12	3	3	6	14	19	1.484	28	W	D	D	L	W	1955-01-01	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
5	0	Chelsea	25	6	3	4	28	21	4	5	3	18	16	1.243	28	D	L	W	W	W	1955-01-01	Bolton Wanderers	A
6	0	Huddersfield Town	24	6	2	3	18	12	4	6	3	25	24	1.194	28	D	D	D	W	L	1955-01-01	Charlton Athletic	H
7	-3	Manchester United	23	7	2	2	23	14	5	2	5	27	28	1.19	28	L	D	W	W	L	1954-12-28	Aston Villa	A
8	1	Everton	24	6	3	3	19	14	6	1	5	21	22	1.111	28	W	W	L	W	W	1955-01-01	Preston North End	A
9	-2	Manchester City	24	6	3	4	24	23	5	2	4	20	22	0.978	27	L	W	W	D	L	1955-01-01	Burnley	A
10	2	West Bromwich Albion	24	6	3	3	26	18	4	2	6	21	32	0.94	25	W	L	D	L	L	1955-01-01	Arsenal	A
11	-1	Preston North End	23	5	3	4	35	18	5	1	5	21	17	1.6	24	L	D	L	L	W	1955-01-01	Everton	H
12	1	Newcastle United	24	7	2	3	32	21	3	2	7	23	29	1.1	24	W	L	W	W	W	1955-01-01	Sheffield United	A
13	-2	Cardiff City	24	5	3	4	24	23	4	3	5	17	23	0.891	24	L	W	L	L	W	1955-01-01	Leicester City	A
14	1	Burnley	24	6	2	4	17	15	3	4	5	12	20	0.829	24	W	D	W	L	W	1955-01-01	Manchester City	H
15	-1	Bolton Wanderers	23	5	4	1	24	15	2	4	7	10	20	0.971	22	L	L	L	L	D	1955-01-01	Chelsea	H
16	1	Tottenham Hotspur	24	5	2	5	20	19	3	3	6	20	29	0.833	21	W	W	D	D	L	1955-01-01	Sunderland	A
17	1	Sheffield United	25	5	1	7	19	25	4	2	6	18	31	0.661	21	W	D	W	W	L	1955-01-01	Newcastle United	H
18	-2	Blackpool	24	3	4	5	20	20	4	2	6	14	20	0.85	20	L	D	D	W	D	1955-01-01	Manchester United	A
19	0	Arsenal	24	6	1	5	24	17	1	4	7	16	27	0.909	19	D	W	L	W	D	1955-01-01	West Bromwich Albion	H
20	0	Aston Villa	23	2	2	7	12	23	5	3	4	22	26	0.694	19	W	D	L	L	W	1954-12-28	Manchester United	H
21	0	Leicester City	24	2	5	5	18	23	2	2	8	22	35	0.69	15	L	D	L	L	L	1955-01-01	Cardiff City	H
22	0	Sheffield Wednesday	24	3	5	4	25	26	1	0	11	12	36	0.597	13	D	L	D	L	L	1955-01-01	Aston Villa	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	7	2	Doncaster Rovers	Ewood Park	36,273	Largest home gate 1954-55
Gavin OG, Crossan, Briggs 2, Mooney 2, Langton (p)	Lineups		Walker J 2
Bristol Rovers	1	4	Notts County	Eastville	28,885
Lambden	Lineups		Broadbent, Leverton, Jackson 2
Bury	1	1	Stoke City	Gigg Lane	24,091
Daniel	Lineups		King
Derby County	0	0	West Ham United	Baseball Ground	20,475	Largest home gate 1954-55
	Lineups
Hull City	0	4	Luton Town	Boothferry Park	39,890	Largest home gate 1954-55
	Lineups		Morton 2, Cullen, Tumor
Ipswich Town	2	0	Liverpool	Portman Road	19,481
Reed, Grant	Lineups
Lincoln City	2	3	Rotherham United	Sincil Bank	18,897	Largest home gate 1954-55
Garvie 2	Lineups		Guest, Henderson, Wilson
Middlesbrough	1	0	Leeds United	Ayresome Park	45,271	Largest home gate 1954-55
Wayman	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	0	2	Birmingham City	City Ground	25,725
	Lineups		Murphy, Burkilt OG
Port Vale	4	0	Fulham	Vale Park	29,415
Smith 2, Leake, Cunliffe	Lineups
Swansea Town	4	2	Plymouth Argyle	Vetch Field	27,242	Largest home gate 1954-55
Allchurch I, Medwin 2, Charles	Lineups		Anderson, Langman N

				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	24	10	1	1	52	17	5	1	6	25	27	1.75	32	W	W	W	L	L	1955-01-01	Swansea Town	A
2	1	Luton Town	24	10	1	1	32	13	4	2	6	23	21	1.618	31	W	D	W	W	D	1955-01-01	Ipswich Town	H
3	2	Rotherham United	24	9	1	2	35	14	5	2	5	23	26	1.45	31	W	W	D	W	L	1955-01-01	Birmingham City	H
4	0	Stoke City	24	7	3	2	21	10	5	3	4	16	15	1.48	30	D	W	L	W	D	1955-01-01	Middlesbrough	H
5	-3	Leeds United	24	6	4	3	24	18	7	0	4	18	19	1.135	30	L	D	W	D	W	1955-01-01	Lincoln City	A
6	0	Fulham	24	8	2	1	31	15	4	3	6	23	33	1.125	29	L	W	L	D	D	1955-01-01	Bury	H
7	1	Notts County	24	7	2	2	22	14	5	2	6	17	23	1.054	28	W	W	D	W	W	1955-01-01	West Ham United	H
8	-1	West Ham United	24	7	4	1	29	17	3	3	6	16	26	1.047	27	D	W	D	L	D	1955-01-01	Notts County	A
9	2	Swansea Town	24	9	2	0	36	12	1	4	8	15	35	1.085	26	W	D	D	D	W	1955-01-01	Blackburn Rovers	H
10	2	Birmingham City	23	8	2	2	34	11	2	3	6	12	15	1.769	25	W	L	W	W	L	1955-01-01	Rotherham United	A
11	-1	Bury	24	6	4	3	26	21	3	3	5	23	24	1.089	25	D	L	W	W	D	1955-01-01	Fulham	A
12	-3	Bristol Rovers	24	8	3	1	34	13	2	1	9	15	30	1.14	24	L	L	L	L	D	1955-01-01	Doncaster Rovers	H
13	0	Hull City	24	5	2	5	18	16	3	5	4	9	15	0.871	23	L	D	L	D	D	1955-01-01	Nottingham Forest	H
14	1	Middlesbrough	24	8	0	4	25	14	2	3	7	11	33	0.766	23	W	D	W	W	L	1955-01-01	Stoke City	A
15	-1	Liverpool	24	9	2	1	35	18	0	2	10	16	39	0.895	22	L	W	L	L	W	1955-01-01	Derby County	H
16	0	Lincoln City	24	5	3	4	25	23	3	1	8	16	28	0.804	20	L	L	L	W	L	1955-01-01	Leeds United	H
17	0	Nottingham Forest	24	4	1	8	16	22	4	2	5	13	14	0.806	19	L	W	L	D	D	1955-01-01	Hull City	A
18	1	Port Vale	24	5	4	3	17	13	1	3	8	11	31	0.636	19	W	L	W	L	D	1955-01-01	Plymouth Argyle	A
19	-1	Doncaster Rovers	22	6	2	2	19	13	2	0	10	14	43	0.589	18	L	L	W	L	D	1955-01-01	Bristol Rovers	A
20	0	Derby County	24	4	3	5	24	21	1	3	8	11	29	0.7	16	D	L	D	D	W	1955-01-01	Liverpool	A
21	0	Plymouth Argyle	24	4	3	5	18	21	0	3	9	17	32	0.66	14	L	D	L	L	W	1955-01-01	Port Vale	H
22	0	Ipswich Town	25	5	1	7	25	21	1	1	10	13	40	0.623	14	W	L	D	L	L	1955-01-01	Luton Town	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	3	1	Halifax Town	Peel Park	12,390
Cocker 2, Bodle	Lineups		Watkinson
Barnsley	1	3	Grimsby Town	Oakwell	16,887
Bartlett	Lineups		Stokes, Stroud, Maddison
Barrow	0	1	Gateshead	Holker Street	7,655
	Lineups		Callender T
Bradford	3	0	Chester	Park Avenue	8,454
Redfearn 2, Whitaker	Lineups
Chesterfield	3	7	Stockport County	Saltergate Recreation Ground	9,408
Marsden 2, Keen	Lineups		Jackson 2, Moran 2, Clempson (p), Connor 2
Crewe Alexandra	3	0	Tranmere Rovers	Gresty Road	6,371
McCulloch, Turner, Caton	Lineups
Darlington	0	1	Hartlepools United	Feethams Ground	17,576	Largest home gate 1954-55
	Lineups		Harden
Mansfield Town	1	2	York City	Field Mill	9,719
Darwin	Lineups		Bottom, Wilkinson
Rochdale	1	2	Carlisle United	Spotland	8,274
Gemmell	Lineups		Whitehouse, Jackson
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	1	0	Bradford City	Old Showground	11,016
Brown	Lineups
Southport	1	2	Workington	Haig Avenue	5,604
Hitchen	Lineups		Bertolini, Whittle
Wrexham	2	1	Oldham Athletic	Racecourse Ground	10,871
Bannan, Hewitt	Lineups		Scrine

				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	24	8	3	1	20	8	6	2	4	22	18	1.615	33	W	W	L	D	W	1955-01-01	York City	H
2	0	Hartlepools United	24	9	2	1	21	8	5	2	5	14	12	1.75	32	W	W	D	W	W	1955-01-01	Carlisle United	H
3	1	Gateshead	24	6	3	3	19	13	6	4	2	18	18	1.194	31	W	W	W	W	L	1955-01-01	Crewe Alexandra	H
4	1	Accrington Stanley	24	9	1	2	32	14	3	5	4	16	21	1.371	30	W	D	D	D	W	1955-01-01	Barrow	H
5	-2	Barnsley	24	8	2	2	23	11	5	1	6	18	17	1.464	29	L	W	L	W	W	1955-01-01	Halifax Town	H
6	0	Workington	24	8	2	2	26	12	4	3	5	13	16	1.393	29	W	L	W	L	W	1955-01-01	Mansfield Town	A
7	0	York City	24	7	3	3	28	14	4	3	4	23	18	1.594	28	W	W	D	D	L	1955-01-01	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
8	1	Stockport County	25	7	1	3	23	15	4	4	6	21	27	1.048	27	W	W	D	D	L	1955-01-01	Chester	H
9	-1	Oldham Athletic	24	9	2	2	26	13	1	4	6	12	21	1.118	26	L	W	W	D	W	1955-01-01	Bradford City	A
10	0	Mansfield Town	24	8	1	3	21	18	3	2	7	15	23	0.878	25	L	L	D	L	L	1955-01-01	Workington	H
11	1	Southport	24	4	5	4	17	16	4	3	4	11	13	0.966	24	L	W	D	D	D	1955-01-01	Wrexham	A
12	1	Darlington	24	7	3	2	25	12	2	3	7	12	27	0.949	24	L	L	L	D	D	1955-01-01	Chesterfield	H
13	-2	Chesterfield	24	7	0	5	22	23	3	4	5	15	17	0.925	24	L	L	L	W	L	1955-01-01	Darlington	A
14	0	Rochdale	24	5	3	3	17	13	2	6	5	19	24	0.973	23	L	L	D	D	L	1955-01-01	Bradford	H
15	1	Bradford	24	6	3	3	18	13	3	2	7	15	22	0.943	23	W	L	W	L	W	1955-01-01	Rochdale	A
16	-1	Halifax Town	25	5	4	4	22	15	3	2	7	13	17	1.094	22	L	D	W	W	W	1955-01-01	Barnsley	A
17	1	Carlisle United	24	6	1	5	33	23	3	2	7	16	25	1.021	21	W	W	D	L	L	1955-01-01	Hartlepools United	A
18	1	Grimsby Town	24	5	3	4	17	20	2	3	7	12	17	0.784	20	W	L	D	D	L	1955-01-01	Tranmere Rovers	A
19	-2	Bradford City	24	4	4	4	15	14	3	2	7	9	17	0.774	20	L	L	L	L	W	1955-01-01	Oldham Athletic	H
20	3	Crewe Alexandra	24	3	7	2	18	15	2	1	9	13	27	0.738	18	W	W	D	D	L	1955-01-01	Gateshead	A
21	-1	Barrow	24	5	2	5	17	19	3	0	9	16	28	0.702	18	L	L	D	W	W	1955-01-01	Accrington Stanley	A
22	-1	Chester	24	6	1	5	11	11	2	1	9	12	29	0.575	18	L	W	L	L	W	1955-01-01	Stockport County	A
23	-1	Tranmere Rovers	24	3	5	3	17	15	2	2	9	10	27	0.643	17	L	L	W	D	L	1955-01-01	Grimsby Town	H
24	0	Wrexham	24	4	2	6	17	24	2	2	8	14	24	0.646	16	W	L	D	L	D	1955-01-01	Southport	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Colchester United	1	1	Aldershot	Layer Road	7,967
Wright P	Lineups		Cheney
Gillingham	3	1	Torquay United	Priestfield Stadium	14,712	Largest home gate 1954-55
Morgan 2, Sowden	Lineups		Dobbie
Leyton Orient	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Brisbane Road	25,054	Largest home gate 1954-55
	Lineups
Millwall	2	2	Brentford	The Den, New Cross	20,034
Smith, Pacey	Lineups		Anslow OG, Hurley OG
Newport County	0	1	Crystal Palace	Somerton Park	13,025
	Lineups		Rutter
Northampton Town	1	3	Queens Park Rangers	County Ground	12,623	Largest home gate 1954-55
Brown OG	Lineups		Clark 2, Angell
Norwich City	3	3	Southend United	Carrow Road	21,963
Brennan, Kearns 2	Lineups		Hollis 3
Reading	0	2	Bristol City	Elm Park	18,929	Largest home gate 1954-55
	Lineups		Atyeo, Rodgers
Shrewsbury Town	2	2	Walsall	Gay Meadow	18,179	Largest home gate 1954-55
O'Donnell 2	Lineups		Morris, Richards
Southampton	1	0	Coventry City	The Dell	22,528	Largest home gate 1954-55
Walker	Lineups
Swindon Town	2	0	Exeter City	County Ground	9,550
Beards, Cross	Lineups
Watford	1	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Vicarage Road	15,202
Brown	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	0	Bristol City	25	9	2	1	32	12	7	4	2	25	15	2.111	38	W	W	L	W	D	1955-01-01	Leyton Orient	A
2	0	Leyton Orient	23	11	1	0	24	5	5	2	4	22	15	2.3	35	D	W	W	W	W	1955-01-01	Bristol City	H
3	0	Southampton	24	10	2	0	29	8	4	2	6	13	19	1.556	32	W	D	W	W	D	1955-01-01	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
4	1	Millwall	24	8	2	2	22	11	4	3	5	12	16	1.259	29	D	L	W	D	W	1955-01-01	Torquay United	H
5	2	Queens Park Rangers	24	8	2	1	28	11	2	6	5	14	20	1.355	28	W	W	D	W	D	1955-01-01	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
6	-2	Coventry City	24	8	3	1	26	14	3	3	6	12	15	1.31	28	L	D	L	L	W	1955-01-01	Brentford	H
7	-1	Norwich City	24	8	2	2	26	12	3	3	6	11	17	1.276	27	D	L	L	L	L	1955-01-01	Swindon Town	H
8	0	Southend United	24	8	4	0	32	12	1	5	6	16	28	1.2	27	D	W	W	W	L	1955-01-01	Aldershot	H
9	1	Gillingham	24	6	4	2	17	13	5	1	6	21	26	0.974	27	W	W	W	L	W	1955-01-01	Walsall	H
10	-1	Northampton Town	25	7	3	3	20	12	4	1	7	12	24	0.889	26	L	L	D	W	W	1955-01-01	Exeter City	A
11	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	24	5	4	3	22	14	3	4	5	16	21	1.086	24	L	D	W	D	W	1955-01-01	Queens Park Rangers	A
12	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	23	6	1	5	23	15	4	2	5	13	16	1.161	23	D	L	D	W	W	1955-01-01	Southampton	A
13	0	Watford	24	6	4	2	27	14	2	3	7	10	23	1	23	W	D	D	D	L	1955-01-01	Newport County	A
14	0	Aldershot	24	8	3	2	27	10	1	1	9	11	30	0.95	22	D	D	W	L	L	1955-01-01	Southend United	A
15	0	Brentford	24	5	3	5	26	26	2	4	5	21	25	0.922	21	D	W	L	D	L	1955-01-01	Coventry City	A
16	3	Swindon Town	25	6	3	3	18	11	1	4	8	10	23	0.824	21	W	L	D	L	D	1955-01-01	Norwich City	A
17	-1	Torquay United	24	7	1	5	28	24	1	3	7	16	27	0.863	20	L	L	L	L	L	1955-01-01	Millwall	A
18	-1	Reading	24	2	6	3	13	13	4	2	7	19	27	0.8	20	L	L	L	W	W	1955-01-01	Shrewsbury Town	H
19	-1	Exeter City	24	5	3	3	15	17	1	5	7	7	19	0.611	20	L	W	D	D	D	1955-01-01	Northampton Town	H
20	1	Shrewsbury Town	25	5	4	4	22	20	1	3	8	13	30	0.7	19	D	L	L	L	W	1955-01-01	Reading	A
21	1	Crystal Palace	24	4	7	1	17	12	1	2	9	9	32	0.591	19	W	W	D	L	L	1955-01-01	Colchester United	A
22	-2	Newport County	24	4	4	3	15	15	1	4	8	14	26	0.707	18	L	L	D	D	D	1955-01-01	Watford	H
23	0	Walsall	24	4	3	5	26	19	1	3	8	12	29	0.792	16	D	W	W	D	D	1955-01-01	Gillingham	A
24	0	Colchester United	24	3	3	6	15	20	1	4	7	11	27	0.553	15	D	D	D	L	L	1955-01-01	Crystal Palace	H