1955-02-12

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	3	0	Bolton Wanderers	Villa Park	21,447
Lynn (p), Dixon, Southren	Lineups
Burnley	3	0	Arsenal	Turf Moor	24,940
Gray W 2, Holden	Lineups
Cardiff City	4	3	Everton	Ninian Park	17,108
Ford 2, Stockin 2	Lineups		Parker 2, Lello
Chelsea	4	3	Newcastle United	Stamford Bridge	50,667
McNichol, Bentley 3	Lineups		Keeble 2, Milburn
Leicester City	6	3	West Bromwich Albion	Filbert Street	28,786
Rowley 3, Griffiths, Hogg, Graver	Lineups		Carter 2, Lee
Manchester United	0	5	Manchester City	Old Trafford	47,914
	Lineups		Fagan 2, Hayes 2, Hart
Preston North End	1	2	Sheffield United	Deepdale	17,600
Campbell	Lineups		Spencer, Hoyland
Sheffield Wednesday	1	3	Portsmouth	Hillsborough	20,681
Woodhead	Lineups		Dale, Harris, Henderson
Sunderland	1	2	Charlton Athletic	Roker Park	43,148
Shackleton	Lineups		Campbell, Ayre
Tottenham Hotspur	3	2	Blackpool	White Hart Lane	47,386
Baily, Robb 2	Lineups		Hepton, Wright
Wolverhampton Wanderers	6	4	Huddersfield Town	Molineux	30,666
Hancocks 3 (1p), Wilshaw 2, Slater	Lineups		Glazzard 3, Frear

				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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	10	3	3	46	26	4	5	4	21	24	1.34	36	W	L	W	W	D	1955-02-23	Manchester United	A
2	-1	Sunderland	29	5	9	1	28	20	5	6	3	19	17	1.27	35	L	D	D	W	D	1955-02-26	Newcastle United	A
3	1	Charlton Athletic	28	8	1	4	36	20	7	3	5	27	23	1.465	34	W	W	L	D	D	1955-02-26	Burnley	A
4	1	Manchester City	29	7	4	4	30	26	7	2	5	27	24	1.14	34	W	W	W	D	L	1955-02-23	Everton	A
5	1	Chelsea	29	7	3	5	32	26	5	6	3	24	19	1.244	33	W	D	L	W	D	1955-02-26	Huddersfield Town	H
6	-3	Manchester United	28	8	3	3	28	21	6	2	6	31	31	1.135	33	L	W	D	W	L	1955-02-23	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
7	1	Portsmouth	28	8	3	2	32	15	4	5	6	21	24	1.359	32	W	L	D	D	W	1955-02-19	Preston North End	H
8	-1	Everton	28	6	5	3	21	16	6	2	6	24	26	1.071	31	L	D	D	D	W	1955-02-23	Manchester City	H
9	2	Burnley	29	8	2	5	22	16	3	6	5	15	23	0.949	30	W	D	L	D	W	1955-02-19	Sheffield United	A
10	-1	Huddersfield Town	27	6	3	4	19	15	4	6	4	29	30	1.067	29	L	L	D	D	D	1955-02-23	Aston Villa	H
11	-1	Newcastle United	28	8	2	3	34	21	4	2	9	29	39	1.05	28	L	W	W	L	W	1955-02-26	Sunderland	H
12	2	Tottenham Hotspur	29	7	2	6	30	24	4	4	6	24	30	1	28	W	W	W	L	D	1955-03-05	Manchester City	H
13	-1	Preston North End	27	6	4	5	39	21	5	1	6	21	19	1.5	27	L	L	W	D	L	1955-02-19	Portsmouth	A
14	-1	West Bromwich Albion	28	6	4	3	28	20	4	3	8	27	43	0.873	27	L	D	L	D	W	1955-03-05	Blackpool	A
15	1	Sheffield United	28	6	1	7	25	27	6	2	6	22	33	0.783	27	W	W	W	W	D	1955-02-19	Burnley	H
16	2	Cardiff City	27	6	3	4	28	26	4	3	7	19	29	0.855	26	W	L	L	L	W	1955-02-26	Manchester United	H
17	2	Aston Villa	28	5	3	7	20	25	5	3	5	23	32	0.754	26	W	L	W	D	W	1955-02-23	Huddersfield Town	A
18	-3	Bolton Wanderers	27	6	4	2	32	21	2	5	8	11	24	0.956	25	L	W	D	L	L	1955-03-02	Sunderland	H
19	-2	Arsenal	28	7	2	5	28	19	2	4	8	17	30	0.918	24	L	W	W	D	D	1955-02-19	Leicester City	H
20	0	Blackpool	29	3	5	6	20	22	4	2	9	18	30	0.731	21	L	D	L	L	L	1955-02-19	Sheffield Wednesday	H
21	0	Leicester City	28	4	5	5	26	27	2	3	9	24	39	0.758	20	W	L	D	W	L	1955-02-19	Arsenal	A
22	0	Sheffield Wednesday	29	3	5	7	28	33	1	1	12	14	43	0.553	14	L	L	L	L	D	1955-02-19	Blackpool	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bristol Rovers	4	1	Fulham	Eastville	19,331
Lambden 2, Roost, Petherbridge	Lineups		Jezzard
Bury	0	1	Birmingham City	Gigg Lane	12,547
	Lineups		Brown
Doncaster Rovers	2	0	Derby County	Belle Vue	9,150
Mooney, Walker G	Lineups
Hull City	1	1	Stoke City	Boothferry Park	10,182
Ackerman	Lineups		Oscroft
Leeds United	4	1	Ipswich Town	Elland Road	12,038
Brook 2, Vickers 2	Lineups		McLuckie
Lincoln City	3	3	Middlesbrough	Sincil Bank	8,368
Finch, Neal, Munro	Lineups		Wayman 2, Harris
Liverpool	1	1	Swansea Town	Anfield Road	43,205
Twentyman	Lineups		Allchurch L
Luton Town	4	0	Rotherham United	Kenilworth Road	18,450
Turner 2, Groves, Williams OG	Lineups
Notts County	4	1	Nottingham Forest	Meadow Lane	31,104	Largest home gate 1954-55
Wills 2, Jackson, Broadbent	Lineups		French
Plymouth Argyle	0	2	Blackburn Rovers	Home Park	16,625
	Lineups		Crossan, Quigley
Port Vale	1	1	West Ham United	Vale Park	12,621
Done	Lineups		Hooper

				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	Luton Town	28	13	1	1	41	15	4	3	6	23	21	1.778	38	W	D	W	W	W	1955-03-02	Derby County	A
2	0	Blackburn Rovers	29	11	1	2	64	25	7	1	7	31	33	1.638	38	W	W	L	L	W	1955-02-19	Port Vale	H
3	1	Leeds United	29	8	4	3	29	19	7	1	6	19	24	1.116	35	W	D	L	W	L	1955-02-26	Derby County	H
4	1	Notts County	28	9	2	2	31	16	6	2	7	22	30	1.152	34	W	L	W	W	W	1955-03-03	Liverpool	H
5	-2	Rotherham United	28	9	1	3	35	16	6	2	7	28	35	1.235	33	L	W	L	L	W	1955-02-19	Hull City	H
6	0	Stoke City	27	7	4	3	22	12	5	4	4	17	16	1.393	32	D	D	L	D	W	1955-02-19	Lincoln City	H
7	0	West Ham United	28	8	4	1	35	18	4	4	7	22	34	1.096	32	D	W	W	L	D	1955-02-24	Doncaster Rovers	H
8	0	Swansea Town	28	11	2	1	43	15	1	5	8	16	36	1.157	31	D	W	W	L	W	1955-02-26	Middlesbrough	A
9	1	Birmingham City	26	8	3	2	37	14	4	3	6	15	15	1.793	30	W	D	W	W	L	1955-03-02	Leeds United	H
10	-1	Fulham	27	8	3	2	32	17	4	3	7	24	37	1.037	30	L	L	D	L	W	1955-02-19	Plymouth Argyle	H
11	1	Liverpool	28	11	3	1	42	20	1	2	10	18	40	1	29	D	W	W	W	L	1955-03-03	Notts County	A
12	-1	Bury	28	6	4	4	26	22	4	4	6	26	27	1.061	28	L	W	L	D	D	1955-02-26	Doncaster Rovers	H
13	1	Bristol Rovers	28	10	3	2	41	18	2	1	10	18	38	1.054	28	W	L	L	W	L	1955-02-19	Derby County	A
14	-1	Middlesbrough	29	9	0	5	31	17	3	4	8	16	39	0.839	28	D	L	L	W	W	1955-02-26	Swansea Town	H
15	0	Hull City	27	5	3	6	21	20	4	5	4	11	16	0.889	26	D	W	L	L	D	1955-02-19	Rotherham United	A
16	0	Lincoln City	28	6	4	4	30	26	3	3	8	20	32	0.862	25	D	D	D	W	L	1955-02-19	Stoke City	A
17	0	Nottingham Forest	28	4	3	8	18	24	5	2	6	17	20	0.795	23	L	D	D	W	L	1955-03-05	Blackburn Rovers	A
18	1	Doncaster Rovers	27	8	2	3	24	19	2	1	11	15	45	0.609	23	W	L	D	W	L	1955-02-24	West Ham United	A
19	-1	Port Vale	28	5	6	3	19	15	1	4	9	12	37	0.596	22	D	L	D	D	W	1955-02-19	Blackburn Rovers	A
20	0	Derby County	28	5	3	5	30	22	1	3	11	11	34	0.732	18	L	W	L	L	D	1955-02-19	Bristol Rovers	H
21	0	Plymouth Argyle	29	5	4	6	19	23	0	3	11	20	41	0.609	17	L	L	W	L	D	1955-02-19	Fulham	A
22	0	Ipswich Town	28	5	1	8	27	24	1	1	12	16	47	0.606	14	L	L	L	W	L	1955-02-26	Blackburn Rovers	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	3	1	Workington	Oakwell	6,192
Bartlett 3	Lineups		Dailey
Bradford City	2	1	Barrow	Valley Parade	4,460
Mycock 2	Lineups		Gordon
Chesterfield	5	3	Chester	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,674
Smith, Capel, Sowden 2, Keating	Lineups		Pye, Coffin 2
Crewe Alexandra	4	1	Carlisle United	Gresty Road	2,824
McLean C, McCulloch, Caton, Williams	Lineups		Lees OG
Darlington	1	3	Grimsby Town	Feethams Ground	4,588
Houlahan	Lineups		Harrison 2, Maddison
Halifax Town	3	3	York City	The Shay	6,202
Hampson, Priestley, Clarke	Lineups		Brown, Bottom, Storey
Hartlepools United	3	1	Rochdale	Victoria Park	6,611
McGuigan, Lumley 2	Lineups		Black
Oldham Athletic	1	0	Southport	Boundary Park	6,493
Travis	Lineups
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	2	0	Mansfield Town	Old Showground	7,132
Jones, Gregory	Lineups
Stockport County	2	0	Tranmere Rovers	Edgeley Park	5,789
Moran, Goalen	Lineups
Wrexham	3	1	Accrington Stanley	Racecourse Ground	6,893
Wynn, Hughes, Hewitt	Lineups		Stewart

				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	Accrington Stanley	31	13	1	2	46	20	5	5	5	21	24	1.523	42	L	W	W	W	W	1955-02-19	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
2	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	30	10	4	2	27	11	7	3	4	27	21	1.688	41	W	D	D	W	W	1955-02-19	Accrington Stanley	A
3	0	Barnsley	30	11	2	2	33	14	6	1	8	22	24	1.447	37	W	L	L	W	W	1955-02-19	Mansfield Town	A
4	0	Hartlepools United	28	11	2	1	25	9	5	2	7	14	14	1.696	36	W	L	L	W	W	1955-02-19	Tranmere Rovers	A
5	1	Stockport County	31	11	1	3	36	16	4	4	8	21	29	1.267	35	W	L	W	W	L	1955-02-21	York City	H
6	-1	Gateshead	27	7	3	3	20	13	6	5	3	20	21	1.176	34	D	L	W	W	W	1955-02-19	Rochdale	A
7	0	York City	28	8	3	4	31	18	5	4	4	28	22	1.475	33	D	W	L	W	W	1955-02-21	Stockport County	A
8	1	Oldham Athletic	29	10	3	2	28	14	3	4	7	17	24	1.184	33	W	L	W	D	W	1955-02-19	Barrow	A
9	-1	Workington	29	8	3	3	27	14	4	4	7	16	23	1.162	31	L	D	D	L	L	1955-02-19	Bradford City	H
10	1	Chesterfield	29	8	0	5	27	26	5	5	6	20	22	0.979	31	W	W	D	L	W	1955-02-19	Grimsby Town	A
11	-1	Mansfield Town	30	10	1	4	26	22	3	3	9	18	29	0.863	30	L	W	L	L	D	1955-02-19	Barnsley	H
12	0	Rochdale	29	7	4	3	21	15	2	6	7	21	30	0.933	28	L	W	D	L	W	1955-02-19	Gateshead	H
13	0	Southport	27	5	5	4	18	16	4	4	5	13	16	0.969	27	L	W	D	L	W	1955-02-19	Halifax Town	H
14	0	Darlington	28	7	4	4	28	19	3	3	7	14	27	0.913	27	L	W	D	L	L	1955-02-19	Bradford	A
15	0	Bradford	29	8	3	3	21	14	3	2	10	18	33	0.83	27	W	W	L	L	L	1955-02-19	Darlington	H
16	0	Halifax Town	29	5	6	4	27	20	4	2	8	15	21	1.024	26	D	W	D	L	L	1955-02-19	Southport	A
17	1	Grimsby Town	29	6	4	4	19	21	3	3	9	16	23	0.795	25	W	D	L	W	L	1955-02-19	Chesterfield	H
18	-1	Carlisle United	28	7	1	6	37	26	3	2	9	17	30	0.964	23	L	L	W	L	W	1955-02-19	Wrexham	H
19	5	Crewe Alexandra	29	5	7	3	24	20	2	1	11	14	30	0.76	22	W	L	L	W	L	1955-02-19	Chester	A
20	2	Bradford City	28	5	4	5	17	16	3	2	9	9	19	0.743	22	W	L	L	L	L	1955-02-19	Workington	A
21	2	Wrexham	30	6	3	6	25	27	2	3	10	18	31	0.741	22	W	L	W	D	L	1955-02-19	Carlisle United	A
22	-3	Tranmere Rovers	29	5	5	4	23	18	2	3	10	12	31	0.714	22	L	L	D	W	W	1955-02-19	Hartlepools United	H
23	-3	Barrow	29	6	3	5	21	21	3	0	12	20	39	0.683	21	L	W	L	D	L	1955-02-19	Oldham Athletic	H
24	-3	Chester	30	7	1	7	14	17	2	2	11	16	38	0.545	21	L	L	D	W	L	1955-02-19	Crewe Alexandra	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	3	4	Northampton Town	Recreation Ground	5,237
Lacey 2, Gaynor L	Lineups		Jones 3, Smith E
Brentford	2	2	Bristol City	Griffin Park	11,563
Rainford, Robertson	Lineups		Atyeo, Eisentrager
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Torquay United	Goldstone Ground	13,306
Gordon	Lineups		Collins
Colchester United	1	0	Queens Park Rangers	Layer Road	4,903
Leonard	Lineups
Coventry City	5	3	Walsall	Highfield Road	14,333
Johnson, Lee 2, Capel, Collindridge	Lineups		Dorman, Meek, Crook
Exeter City	1	1	Newport County	St James Park	6,545
John	Lineups		Johnston
Leyton Orient	2	2	Gillingham	Brisbane Road	19,775
Facey (p), Morgan	Lineups		Morgan 2
Millwall	2	2	Reading	The Den, New Cross	11,427
Smith, Ramscar	Lineups		Wheeler, Kirkwood
Norwich City	0	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Carrow Road	11,432
	Lineups		Hunt
Southampton	2	1	Shrewsbury Town	The Dell	12,224
Day, Hoskins	Lineups		Weigh
Southend United	1	3	Watford	Greyhound Stadium	6,188
Whyte	Lineups		Cook, Adams, Brown
Swindon Town	0	0	Crystal Palace	County Ground	4,715
	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	Leyton Orient	29	14	2	0	37	9	6	3	4	26	17	2.423	45	D	W	W	W	D	1955-02-19	Crystal Palace	A
2	0	Bristol City	31	10	2	2	34	13	8	5	4	30	23	1.778	43	D	W	W	L	L	1955-02-19	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
3	0	Southampton	31	13	3	1	36	13	4	4	6	15	21	1.5	41	W	D	D	W	D	1955-02-19	Reading	A
4	0	Millwall	29	11	3	2	30	14	4	3	6	14	19	1.333	36	D	L	W	W	W	1955-02-19	Gillingham	A
5	0	Gillingham	30	9	4	2	27	17	6	2	7	26	30	1.128	36	D	L	W	W	W	1955-02-19	Millwall	H
6	0	Norwich City	30	10	2	4	31	17	4	4	6	14	19	1.25	34	L	D	L	W	W	1955-02-19	Queens Park Rangers	A
7	2	Coventry City	29	10	3	2	32	18	3	3	8	14	20	1.211	32	W	L	L	L	W	1955-02-19	Shrewsbury Town	A
8	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	30	6	5	3	27	17	4	7	5	19	23	1.15	32	W	W	D	D	D	1955-02-19	Southend United	H
9	-2	Queens Park Rangers	30	9	4	2	34	17	2	6	7	14	25	1.143	32	L	L	W	L	D	1955-02-19	Norwich City	H
10	-2	Southend United	29	10	4	2	38	19	1	5	7	18	34	1.057	31	L	L	W	W	L	1955-02-19	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
11	0	Northampton Town	31	8	4	3	28	16	5	1	10	20	35	0.941	31	W	W	L	L	D	1955-02-26	Gillingham	A
12	0	Watford	29	6	5	2	29	16	5	3	8	18	26	1.119	30	W	D	L	W	W	1955-02-19	Aldershot	H
13	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	28	6	2	5	24	16	6	2	7	22	25	1.122	28	D	W	L	W	L	1955-02-19	Bristol City	A
14	1	Exeter City	29	7	5	3	23	21	2	5	7	9	20	0.78	28	D	W	W	D	W	1955-02-19	Torquay United	H
15	-1	Aldershot	30	9	4	3	32	14	2	1	11	14	34	0.958	27	L	L	L	D	W	1955-02-19	Watford	A
16	0	Torquay United	29	8	2	5	34	28	2	4	8	19	32	0.883	26	D	W	W	D	L	1955-02-19	Exeter City	A
17	1	Swindon Town	30	7	4	3	20	12	1	5	10	12	27	0.821	25	D	W	L	D	L	1955-03-05	Walsall	H
18	-1	Shrewsbury Town	31	7	4	4	26	22	2	3	11	16	40	0.677	25	L	W	W	L	L	1955-02-19	Coventry City	H
19	0	Brentford	29	5	4	6	30	31	2	5	7	24	31	0.871	23	D	L	L	D	L	1955-02-19	Walsall	A
20	0	Reading	29	3	6	5	16	18	4	3	8	22	34	0.731	23	D	L	W	L	L	1955-02-19	Southampton	H
21	0	Newport County	29	5	4	5	20	20	1	6	8	18	30	0.76	22	D	L	W	D	L	1955-02-19	Colchester United	H
22	0	Crystal Palace	30	5	7	2	20	16	1	3	12	12	39	0.582	22	D	W	L	L	L	1955-02-19	Leyton Orient	H
23	0	Colchester United	29	5	3	7	19	23	2	4	8	12	29	0.596	21	W	L	L	W	W	1955-02-19	Newport County	A
24	0	Walsall	29	4	4	5	26	19	1	3	12	18	40	0.746	17	L	D	L	L	L	1955-02-19	Brentford	H