1955-03-05

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	3	2	Chelsea	Villa Park	24,467
Walsh 2, McParland	Lineups		Parsons, McNichol
Blackpool	3	1	West Bromwich Albion	Bloomfield Road	20,430
Fenton (p), Matthews, Brown	Lineups		Carter
Bolton Wanderers	1	0	Sheffield United	Burnden Park	26,837
Lofthouse	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	1	1	Arsenal	The Valley	48,084	Largest home gate 1954-55
Kiernan	Lineups		Bloomfield
Huddersfield Town	0	4	Preston North End	Leeds Road	24,929
	Lineups		Baxter 2, Foster, Docherty
Manchester United	1	0	Burnley	Old Trafford	33,577
Edwards	Lineups
Portsmouth	3	1	Newcastle United	Fratton Park	26,923
Gordon, Henderson, Rees	Lineups		Keeble
Sheffield Wednesday	2	2	Everton	Hillsborough	21,716
Sewell, Marriott	Lineups		Eglington, Parker
Sunderland	1	1	Cardiff City	Roker Park	41,096
Fleming	Lineups		Stockin
Tottenham Hotspur	2	2	Manchester City	White Hart Lane	35,358
Duquemin 2	Lineups		Hart, Hayes
Wolverhampton Wanderers	5	0	Leicester City	Molineux	41,666
Hancocks 2, Smith, Swinbourne, Wilshaw	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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31	11	3	3	51	26	5	5	4	25	26	1.462	40	W	W	W	L	W	1955-03-16	West Bromwich Albion	A
2	0	Sunderland	32	5	10	1	29	21	6	6	4	21	21	1.19	38	D	L	W	L	D	1955-03-14	Sheffield United	A
3	1	Portsmouth	30	10	3	2	37	16	4	5	6	21	24	1.45	36	W	W	W	L	D	1955-03-12	Leicester City	A
4	1	Charlton Athletic	30	8	2	4	37	21	7	3	6	27	26	1.362	35	D	L	W	W	L	1955-03-12	Cardiff City	A
5	-2	Chelsea	31	8	3	5	36	27	5	6	4	26	22	1.265	35	L	W	W	D	L	1955-03-09	West Bromwich Albion	A
6	0	Manchester City	31	7	4	4	30	26	7	3	6	29	27	1.113	35	D	L	W	W	W	1955-03-16	Bolton Wanderers	H
7	1	Manchester United	31	9	3	4	31	25	6	2	7	31	34	1.051	35	W	L	L	L	W	1955-03-19	Everton	H
8	-1	Everton	30	7	5	3	22	16	6	3	6	26	28	1.091	34	D	W	L	D	D	1955-03-19	Manchester United	A
9	0	Burnley	32	9	2	5	25	16	3	6	7	15	25	0.976	32	L	W	L	W	D	1955-03-12	Sheffield Wednesday	H
10	0	Preston North End	30	7	4	5	42	22	6	1	7	25	21	1.558	31	W	W	L	L	L	1955-03-09	Bolton Wanderers	A
11	5	Aston Villa	30	6	3	7	23	27	6	3	5	25	33	0.8	30	W	W	W	L	W	1955-03-12	Arsenal	A
12	5	Bolton Wanderers	29	8	4	2	36	21	2	5	8	11	24	1.044	29	W	W	L	W	D	1955-03-09	Preston North End	H
13	1	Tottenham Hotspur	30	7	3	6	32	26	4	4	6	24	30	1	29	D	W	W	W	L	1955-03-12	Preston North End	A
14	1	Cardiff City	29	7	3	4	31	26	4	4	7	20	30	0.911	29	D	W	W	L	L	1955-03-12	Charlton Athletic	H
15	-4	Huddersfield Town	30	6	3	6	20	21	4	6	5	30	34	0.909	29	L	L	L	L	L	1955-03-19	Manchester City	H
16	-4	Sheffield United	30	7	1	7	26	27	6	2	7	22	34	0.787	29	L	W	W	W	W	1955-03-12	West Bromwich Albion	A
17	-4	Newcastle United	30	8	2	4	35	23	4	2	10	30	42	1	28	L	L	L	W	W	1955-03-19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
18	0	Arsenal	31	8	3	5	32	22	2	5	8	18	31	0.943	28	D	W	D	L	W	1955-03-12	Aston Villa	H
19	0	West Bromwich Albion	29	6	4	3	28	20	4	3	9	28	46	0.848	27	L	L	D	L	D	1955-03-09	Chelsea	H
20	0	Blackpool	32	5	5	6	25	24	4	2	10	19	33	0.772	25	W	L	W	L	D	1955-03-12	Chelsea	A
21	0	Leicester City	30	4	5	5	26	27	2	4	10	25	45	0.708	21	L	D	W	L	D	1955-03-12	Portsmouth	H
22	0	Sheffield Wednesday	32	3	6	7	30	35	1	1	14	17	48	0.566	15	D	L	L	L	L	1955-03-12	Burnley	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	0	1	Nottingham Forest	Ewood Park	27,306
	Lineups		Barrett
Bristol Rovers	1	0	Rotherham United	Eastville	19,739
Hooper	Lineups
Derby County	2	3	Bury	Baseball Ground	14,379
Parry J (p), Pye	Lineups		Pearson 2, Fletcher
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	Lincoln City	Belle Vue	11,772
Walker J	Lineups		Gibson
Fulham	4	1	Ipswich Town	Craven Cottage	17,179
Jezzard, Barton, Hill, Robson	Lineups		Garneys
Liverpool	2	4	Stoke City	Anfield Road	35,655
Evans 2	Lineups		King 2, Oscroft, Malkin
Notts County	1	3	Middlesbrough	Meadow Lane	22,354
Jackson	Lineups		Fitzsimons, Scott 2
Plymouth Argyle	2	1	Luton Town	Home Park	25,975
Davis 2	Lineups		Morton
Port Vale	3	0	Hull City	Vale Park	16,658
Done 2, Griffiths	Lineups
Swansea Town	0	3	Birmingham City	Vetch Field	22,565
	Lineups		Lane, Kinsey, Boyd
West Ham United	2	1	Leeds United	Upton Park	19,664
Bennett, Foan	Lineups		Forrest

				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	32	12	1	3	66	27	7	2	7	32	34	1.607	41	L	D	W	W	W	1955-03-12	Rotherham United	A
2	0	Luton Town	30	13	1	1	41	15	4	4	7	24	23	1.711	39	L	D	W	D	W	1955-03-12	Fulham	H
3	0	Leeds United	32	9	4	3	30	19	7	1	8	20	28	1.064	37	L	L	W	W	D	1955-03-12	Bristol Rovers	H
4	1	Stoke City	29	8	4	3	26	14	6	4	4	21	18	1.469	36	W	W	D	D	L	1955-03-12	West Ham United	H
5	-1	Rotherham United	30	10	1	3	37	16	6	2	8	28	36	1.25	35	L	W	L	W	L	1955-03-12	Blackburn Rovers	H
6	1	Birmingham City	28	9	3	2	39	14	5	3	6	18	15	1.966	34	W	W	W	D	W	1955-03-16	Doncaster Rovers	H
7	1	West Ham United	30	9	4	2	37	20	4	4	7	22	34	1.093	34	W	L	D	W	W	1955-03-12	Stoke City	A
8	-2	Notts County	30	9	2	4	32	22	6	2	7	22	30	1.038	34	L	L	W	L	W	1955-03-16	Lincoln City	A
9	2	Fulham	29	9	3	3	38	21	4	3	7	24	37	1.069	32	W	L	L	L	D	1955-03-12	Luton Town	A
10	2	Middlesbrough	31	10	0	5	35	19	4	4	8	19	40	0.915	32	W	W	D	L	L	1955-03-12	Derby County	H
11	2	Bristol Rovers	30	11	3	2	42	18	2	2	10	19	39	1.07	31	W	D	W	L	L	1955-03-12	Leeds United	A
12	-3	Swansea Town	30	11	2	2	43	18	1	5	9	18	40	1.052	31	L	L	D	W	W	1955-03-12	Hull City	A
13	-3	Liverpool	30	11	3	2	44	24	2	2	10	21	40	1.016	31	L	W	D	W	W	1955-03-12	Bury	A
14	0	Bury	30	6	4	5	27	26	5	4	6	29	29	1.018	30	W	L	L	W	L	1955-03-12	Liverpool	H
15	0	Doncaster Rovers	30	8	3	3	25	20	4	1	11	20	46	0.682	28	D	W	W	W	L	1955-03-16	Birmingham City	A
16	1	Lincoln City	30	6	4	4	30	26	3	4	9	23	37	0.841	26	D	L	D	D	D	1955-03-16	Notts County	H
17	-1	Hull City	30	5	3	7	21	22	4	5	6	11	21	0.744	26	L	L	L	D	W	1955-03-12	Swansea Town	H
18	0	Nottingham Forest	29	4	3	8	18	24	6	2	6	18	20	0.818	25	W	L	D	D	W	1955-03-09	Ipswich Town	A
19	0	Port Vale	30	6	6	3	22	15	1	4	10	13	39	0.648	24	W	L	D	L	D	1955-03-12	Ipswich Town	A
20	0	Plymouth Argyle	32	6	4	6	21	24	2	3	11	25	43	0.687	23	W	W	W	L	L	1955-03-12	Nottingham Forest	A
21	0	Derby County	32	5	5	6	33	26	1	3	12	11	35	0.721	20	L	D	L	D	L	1955-03-12	Middlesbrough	A
22	0	Ipswich Town	30	5	2	8	28	25	1	1	13	17	51	0.592	15	L	D	L	L	L	1955-03-09	Nottingham Forest	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Bradford	0	0	Wrexham	Park Avenue	5,106
	Lineups
Carlisle United	0	4	Workington	Brunton Park	8,906
	Lineups		Whittle, Dailey 2, Bertolini
Chester	1	0	Mansfield Town	Sealand Road	4,864
Pye	Lineups
Chesterfield	2	1	Southport	Saltergate Recreation Ground	5,893
Keen, Stiffle	Lineups		Prescott
Crewe Alexandra	5	1	Barrow	Gresty Road	3,859
McLean C 2, Caton 3	Lineups		Codd
Darlington	1	0	York City	Feethams Ground	10,242
Davis	Lineups
Gateshead	4	0	Halifax Town	Redheugh Park	4,322
Smith, Ingham 2, Oliver	Lineups
Grimsby Town	2	1	Accrington Stanley	Blundell Park	6,672
Harrison, Stokes	Lineups		Stewart
Hartlepools United	2	0	Oldham Athletic	Victoria Park	7,195
Johnson, McGuigan	Lineups
Rochdale	2	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Spotland	6,078
Kendall, Lynn (p)	Lineups
Stockport County	1	1	Bradford City	Edgeley Park	6,402
Connor	Lineups		Lambert
Tranmere Rovers	0	1	Barnsley	Prenton Park	5,788
	Lineups		Wood

				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	34	15	1	2	51	21	5	5	6	22	26	1.553	46	L	W	W	L	W	1955-03-12	Bradford	H
2	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	32	10	4	2	27	11	7	3	6	28	25	1.528	41	L	L	W	D	D	1955-03-12	Tranmere Rovers	H
3	0	Barnsley	32	11	2	2	33	14	7	2	8	24	25	1.462	40	W	D	W	L	L	1955-03-12	Stockport County	H
4	1	Hartlepools United	30	12	2	1	27	9	5	2	8	15	17	1.615	38	W	L	W	L	L	1955-03-12	Bradford City	A
5	-1	York City	31	9	3	4	33	19	6	4	5	30	24	1.465	37	L	W	W	D	W	1955-03-16	Chesterfield	H
6	0	Stockport County	34	11	2	4	38	19	4	5	8	22	30	1.224	37	D	D	L	W	L	1955-03-12	Barnsley	A
7	1	Gateshead	30	8	3	3	24	13	6	5	5	21	27	1.125	36	W	L	L	D	L	1955-03-09	Bradford	H
8	1	Workington	32	8	5	3	31	18	5	4	7	20	23	1.244	35	W	D	D	L	D	1955-03-12	Chester	H
9	1	Chesterfield	31	9	0	5	29	27	6	5	6	22	23	1.02	35	W	W	W	W	D	1955-03-16	York City	A
10	-3	Oldham Athletic	32	10	4	2	29	15	3	4	9	18	29	1.068	34	L	D	L	W	L	1955-03-12	Gateshead	H
11	2	Rochdale	31	9	4	3	27	15	2	6	7	21	30	1.067	32	W	W	L	W	D	1955-03-12	Wrexham	A
12	-1	Mansfield Town	33	10	3	4	28	24	3	3	10	18	30	0.852	32	L	D	D	L	W	1955-03-12	Grimsby Town	H
13	1	Darlington	31	8	4	4	29	19	3	5	7	15	28	0.936	31	W	D	D	L	W	1955-03-09	Tranmere Rovers	A
14	-2	Southport	30	6	6	4	22	16	4	4	6	14	18	1.059	30	L	D	W	L	W	1955-03-12	Crewe Alexandra	H
15	0	Bradford	31	8	5	3	22	15	3	2	10	18	33	0.833	29	D	D	W	W	L	1955-03-09	Gateshead	A
16	2	Grimsby Town	31	7	4	5	22	24	3	3	9	16	23	0.809	27	W	L	W	D	L	1955-03-08	Carlisle United	H
17	-1	Carlisle United	31	8	1	7	38	30	3	3	9	18	31	0.918	26	L	D	W	L	L	1955-03-08	Grimsby Town	A
18	-1	Halifax Town	31	5	6	4	27	20	4	2	10	15	29	0.857	26	L	L	D	W	D	1955-03-12	Darlington	H
19	1	Crewe Alexandra	32	6	7	3	29	21	2	2	12	18	36	0.825	25	W	D	L	W	L	1955-03-12	Southport	A
20	3	Chester	33	9	1	7	18	18	2	2	12	16	41	0.576	25	W	L	W	L	L	1955-03-12	Workington	A
21	0	Bradford City	30	5	4	5	17	16	3	4	9	11	21	0.757	24	D	D	W	L	L	1955-03-12	Hartlepools United	H
22	-3	Tranmere Rovers	31	6	5	5	26	20	2	3	10	12	31	0.745	24	L	W	L	L	D	1955-03-09	Darlington	H
23	1	Wrexham	32	6	3	6	25	27	2	4	11	18	32	0.729	23	D	L	W	L	W	1955-03-12	Rochdale	H
24	-2	Barrow	31	7	3	5	24	22	3	0	13	21	44	0.682	23	L	W	L	W	L	1955-03-12	Carlisle United	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	0	2	Bristol City	Recreation Ground	6,832
	Lineups		Burden, Rogers
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	0	3	Leyton Orient	Dean Court	12,881
	Lineups		Groves, Morgan, Brown OG
Colchester United	3	2	Brentford	Layer Road	8,254
Elder, Leonard, Plant	Lineups		Francis, Dudley
Crystal Palace	2	2	Shrewsbury Town	Selhurst Park	7,348
Deakin, Tilston	Lineups		McCue, Weigh
Exeter City	0	0	Coventry City	St James Park	7,551
	Lineups
Newport County	0	1	Southampton	Somerton Park	7,512
	Lineups		Walker
Northampton Town	2	6	Reading	County Ground	7,191
Oakley 2	Lineups		Uphill 3, Anderton 2, Hinshelwood
Norwich City	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Carrow Road	9,255
	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	1	2	Millwall	Loftus Road	12,036
Shepherd	Lineups		Summers, Pacey
Southend United	1	2	Torquay United	Greyhound Stadium	4,898
Hollis	Lineups		Smith JT 2
Swindon Town	2	2	Walsall	County Ground	5,148
Gibson, Williams H	Lineups		Dorman 2
Watford	1	1	Gillingham	Vicarage Road	9,298
Meadows	Lineups		Morgan

				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	34	12	2	2	40	17	9	5	4	32	23	1.8	49	W	W	W	D	W	1955-03-09	Millwall	H
2	0	Leyton Orient	32	14	2	1	37	10	7	4	4	30	18	2.393	48	W	L	D	D	W	1955-03-12	Queens Park Rangers	H
3	0	Southampton	34	13	4	1	38	15	6	4	6	17	21	1.528	46	W	D	W	W	D	1955-03-12	Exeter City	H
4	0	Millwall	32	11	4	2	31	15	5	4	6	17	21	1.333	40	W	D	D	D	L	1955-03-09	Bristol City	A
5	0	Gillingham	33	9	6	2	30	20	6	3	7	27	31	1.118	39	D	D	D	D	L	1955-03-12	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
6	2	Norwich City	33	10	3	4	31	17	4	4	8	15	23	1.15	35	D	L	L	L	D	1955-03-12	Brentford	A
7	0	Queens Park Rangers	33	10	4	3	37	20	2	7	7	16	27	1.128	35	L	D	W	L	L	1955-03-12	Leyton Orient	A
8	-2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	33	7	5	4	29	21	4	8	5	20	24	1.089	35	L	D	W	W	W	1955-03-12	Gillingham	A
9	0	Watford	32	6	7	2	30	17	6	3	8	19	26	1.14	34	D	W	D	W	D	1955-03-12	Reading	A
10	0	Coventry City	31	10	3	2	32	18	3	4	9	14	21	1.179	33	D	L	W	L	L	1955-03-12	Colchester United	H
11	2	Torquay United	32	9	2	5	36	28	4	4	8	23	34	0.952	32	W	W	W	D	W	1955-03-12	Aldershot	H
12	-1	Northampton Town	33	8	4	4	30	22	5	2	10	22	37	0.881	32	L	D	W	W	L	1955-03-12	Shrewsbury Town	A
13	-1	Southend United	32	10	4	3	39	21	1	5	9	21	39	1	31	L	L	L	L	L	1955-03-12	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
14	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	31	6	3	5	25	17	6	3	8	24	28	1.089	30	D	D	L	D	W	1955-03-12	Southend United	H
15	1	Exeter City	32	7	6	4	24	23	2	5	8	9	21	0.75	29	D	L	L	D	W	1955-03-12	Southampton	A
16	-1	Aldershot	32	9	4	4	32	16	2	2	11	14	34	0.92	28	L	D	L	L	L	1955-03-12	Torquay United	A
17	0	Shrewsbury Town	33	8	4	4	27	22	2	4	11	18	42	0.703	28	D	W	L	W	W	1955-03-12	Northampton Town	H
18	2	Reading	32	4	6	6	21	19	5	3	8	28	36	0.891	27	W	W	L	D	L	1955-03-12	Watford	H
19	-1	Brentford	32	6	4	6	31	31	2	6	8	28	36	0.881	26	L	W	D	D	L	1955-03-12	Norwich City	H
20	-1	Swindon Town	31	7	5	3	22	14	1	5	10	12	27	0.829	26	D	D	W	L	D	1955-03-12	Bristol City	A
21	1	Colchester United	32	6	3	7	22	25	2	6	8	13	30	0.636	25	W	D	D	W	L	1955-03-12	Coventry City	A
22	1	Crystal Palace	33	5	9	2	23	19	1	3	13	12	44	0.556	24	D	L	D	D	W	1955-03-12	Walsall	A
23	-2	Newport County	31	5	5	6	20	21	1	6	8	18	30	0.745	23	L	D	D	L	W	1955-03-12	Millwall	A
24	0	Walsall	31	4	5	5	28	21	1	4	12	20	42	0.762	19	D	D	L	D	L	1955-03-12	Crystal Palace	H