1955-03-26

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

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Semi Final						Venue	Gate
D 1	Manchester City	1	0	Sunderland	D 1	Villa Park, Birmingham	58,489
	Clarke	Lineups
D 1	Newcastle United	1	1	York City	D 3N	Hillsborough, Sheffield	65,000
	Keeble	Lineups		Bottom

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	3	0	Bolton Wanderers	Highbury	33,852
Lishman 2, Roper	Lineups
Burnley	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Turf Moor	23,157
Walton	Lineups
Cardiff City	1	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Ninian Park	14,461
Ford	Lineups		Duquemin, Robb
Everton	2	3	Portsmouth	Goodison Park	30,087
Jones (p), Parker	Lineups		Gordon, Harris, Henderson
Leicester City	4	2	Aston Villa	Filbert Street	18,897
Hines, Froggatt, Hogg, Rowley (p)	Lineups		Southren, Dixon
Preston North End	0	2	Manchester United	Deepdale	13,328
	Lineups		Byrne, Scanlon
Sheffield United	2	2	Huddersfield Town	Bramall Lane	11,770
Hawksworth (p), Grainger	Lineups		Glazzard, Coldwell OG
West Bromwich Albion	2	1	Charlton Athletic	The Hawthorns	8,129
Griffin, Lee	Lineups		Barlow OG

				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	Chelsea	35	8	4	5	36	27	8	6	4	33	24	1.353	42	W	W	D	W	L	1955-03-29	Sunderland	H
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	11	4	3	53	28	5	5	6	25	28	1.393	41	L	D	L	W	W	1955-04-02	Preston North End	H
3	3	Portsmouth	33	10	3	3	37	18	5	5	7	24	30	1.271	38	W	L	L	W	W	1955-04-02	Manchester City	H
4	-1	Everton	33	8	5	4	28	19	7	3	6	28	29	1.167	38	L	W	W	D	W	1955-04-02	Blackpool	A
5	-1	Manchester City	33	8	4	4	34	28	7	4	6	29	27	1.145	38	D	W	D	L	W	1955-03-30	Sheffield Wednesday	H
6	-1	Sunderland	34	5	10	2	29	22	6	6	5	21	22	1.136	38	L	L	D	L	W	1955-03-29	Chelsea	A
7	0	Burnley	35	11	2	5	28	16	4	6	7	17	25	1.098	38	W	W	W	L	W	1955-04-02	Aston Villa	A
8	1	Manchester United	33	9	3	5	32	27	7	2	7	33	34	1.066	37	W	L	W	L	L	1955-04-02	Sheffield United	H
9	-1	Charlton Athletic	33	8	2	5	37	23	7	3	8	31	32	1.236	35	L	L	L	D	L	1955-04-02	Newcastle United	H
10	2	Arsenal	34	10	3	5	37	22	3	5	8	19	31	1.057	34	W	W	W	D	W	1955-04-02	Huddersfield Town	A
11	-1	Preston North End	34	8	4	6	43	24	6	1	9	26	25	1.408	33	L	L	W	L	W	1955-04-02	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
12	4	Tottenham Hotspur	33	8	3	6	37	26	5	4	7	26	32	1.086	33	W	W	L	D	W	1955-04-02	Chelsea	H
13	2	Sheffield United	34	8	2	7	29	29	6	3	8	25	42	0.761	33	D	L	W	D	L	1955-04-02	Manchester United	A
14	-3	Bolton Wanderers	33	9	5	2	38	22	2	5	10	13	31	0.962	32	L	D	L	W	W	1955-04-02	West Bromwich Albion	H
15	-2	Cardiff City	33	8	3	6	36	32	4	5	7	20	30	0.903	32	L	L	D	W	D	1955-04-02	Sheffield Wednesday	A
16	2	West Bromwich Albion	34	8	5	4	36	28	4	3	10	28	49	0.831	32	W	L	W	D	L	1955-04-02	Bolton Wanderers	A
17	-3	Aston Villa	33	7	3	7	26	27	6	3	7	27	39	0.803	32	L	W	L	W	W	1955-04-02	Burnley	H
18	-1	Huddersfield Town	33	6	4	6	20	21	4	7	6	32	40	0.852	31	D	L	D	L	L	1955-04-02	Arsenal	H
19	0	Newcastle United	31	8	2	4	35	23	4	3	10	32	44	1	29	D	L	L	L	W	1955-04-02	Charlton Athletic	A
20	0	Blackpool	34	6	5	6	27	24	4	3	10	19	33	0.807	28	W	D	W	L	W	1955-04-02	Everton	H
21	0	Leicester City	33	6	5	5	34	29	2	4	11	25	47	0.776	25	W	L	W	L	D	1955-04-02	Sunderland	A
22	0	Sheffield Wednesday	34	4	6	7	32	35	1	1	15	17	50	0.576	17	W	L	D	L	L	1955-03-30	Manchester City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	1	2	West Ham United	St Andrew's	9,132
Brown	Lineups		Dick, Musgrove
Bury	3	1	Plymouth Argyle	Gigg Lane	7,348
Pearson, Law, Robinson	Lineups		Davis
Hull City	2	2	Liverpool	Boothferry Park	6,771
Jensen 2	Lineups		Anderson, Evans
Ipswich Town	2	1	Derby County	Portman Road	13,857
Parker, Phillips	Lineups		Harrison K
Leeds United	3	0	Port Vale	Elland Road	8,831
Henderson, Ripley, Charles (p)	Lineups
Lincoln City	0	2	Bristol Rovers	Sincil Bank	6,509
	Lineups		Bamford, Bradford
Luton Town	3	1	Notts County	Kenilworth Road	16,917
Morton 2, Cummins	Lineups		Wills
Middlesbrough	4	3	Blackburn Rovers	Ayresome Park	19,426
Wayman 2, Delapenha 2	Lineups		Mooney 2, Clayton
Nottingham Forest	3	1	Doncaster Rovers	City Ground	6,560
French 2, Wilson	Lineups		Tindill
Stoke City	1	1	Fulham	Victoria Ground	7,054
Oscroft	Lineups		Mitten (p)

				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	Luton Town	33	15	1	1	47	16	4	4	8	25	25	1.756	43	W	L	W	L	D	1955-04-02	Liverpool	A
2	-1	Blackburn Rovers	35	13	1	3	68	27	7	2	9	36	43	1.486	43	L	W	L	L	D	1955-04-02	Birmingham City	H
3	0	Leeds United	35	11	4	3	35	19	7	1	9	21	31	1.12	41	W	L	W	L	L	1955-04-02	Doncaster Rovers	A
4	1	West Ham United	33	10	4	2	39	21	6	4	7	26	35	1.161	40	W	W	W	W	L	1955-04-02	Ipswich Town	H
5	-1	Rotherham United	32	11	1	3	42	17	6	3	8	29	37	1.315	38	D	W	L	W	L	1955-04-02	Notts County	A
6	0	Notts County	33	10	2	4	35	23	7	2	8	25	34	1.053	38	L	W	W	L	L	1955-03-28	Stoke City	A
7	0	Birmingham City	31	10	3	3	44	17	5	4	6	18	15	1.938	37	L	D	W	W	W	1955-03-30	Fulham	H
8	0	Stoke City	32	8	5	4	27	17	6	4	5	21	20	1.297	37	D	L	L	W	W	1955-03-28	Notts County	H
9	0	Middlesbrough	34	12	0	5	42	23	4	4	9	20	42	0.954	36	W	L	W	W	W	1955-04-02	Fulham	A
10	0	Bristol Rovers	33	12	3	2	44	19	3	2	11	21	41	1.083	35	W	W	L	W	D	1955-03-31	Swansea Town	A
11	1	Fulham	32	9	4	3	39	22	4	4	8	25	41	1.016	34	D	D	L	W	L	1955-03-30	Birmingham City	A
12	1	Liverpool	33	11	3	3	46	28	3	3	10	27	45	1	34	D	L	W	L	W	1955-04-02	Luton Town	H
13	-2	Swansea Town	32	12	2	2	45	19	1	5	10	21	44	1.048	33	W	L	L	L	D	1955-03-31	Bristol Rovers	H
14	0	Bury	33	7	4	6	33	31	5	4	7	30	31	1.016	32	W	L	L	W	L	1955-04-02	Port Vale	A
15	0	Nottingham Forest	33	6	3	8	23	25	7	2	7	21	23	0.917	31	W	W	W	L	W	1955-04-02	Derby County	A
16	2	Hull City	33	6	4	7	27	27	4	5	7	12	24	0.765	29	D	L	W	L	L	1955-04-02	Bristol Rovers	A
17	-1	Doncaster Rovers	33	8	4	3	26	21	4	1	13	22	53	0.649	29	L	D	L	D	W	1955-04-02	Leeds United	H
18	-1	Lincoln City	33	6	4	6	31	30	4	4	9	27	39	0.841	28	L	W	L	D	L	1955-04-02	Plymouth Argyle	A
19	0	Plymouth Argyle	35	7	4	6	24	25	2	3	13	26	48	0.685	25	L	W	L	W	W	1955-04-02	Lincoln City	H
20	0	Port Vale	33	6	6	4	23	17	1	4	12	13	43	0.6	24	L	L	L	W	L	1955-04-02	Bury	H
21	1	Ipswich Town	34	8	2	8	33	27	1	2	13	18	52	0.646	22	W	D	W	W	L	1955-04-02	West Ham United	A
22	-1	Derby County	35	5	6	6	33	26	1	3	14	13	40	0.697	21	L	D	L	L	D	1955-04-02	Nottingham Forest	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	3	1	Tranmere Rovers	Peel Park	5,644
Scott, Stewart, Devlin	Lineups		Lamont
Barnsley	3	0	Gateshead	Oakwell	6,253
Kaye 2, Wood	Lineups
Barrow	2	0	Grimsby Town	Holker Street	2,835
Collins, Keen	Lineups
Bradford City	3	0	Darlington	Valley Parade	3,453
Lambert, Chapman 2	Lineups
Halifax Town	3	3	Crewe Alexandra	The Shay	3,530
Briggs OG, Watkinson 2	Lineups		Frost 2, Caton
Mansfield Town	3	2	Rochdale	Field Mill	2,531
Adam J 2, Darwin	Lineups		Gemmell, Mitcheson
Oldham Athletic	4	1	Chesterfield	Boundary Park	3,455
Crook, Travis 2, Scrine	Lineups		Capel
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	5	1	Hartlepools United	Old Showground	4,155
Hubbard 4, Gregory	Lineups		Linacre
Southport	1	1	Chester	Haig Avenue	1,317
Beadnell	Lineups		Pye
Workington	1	3	Bradford	Borough Park	4,820
Whittle	Lineups		Pickard 3
Wrexham	1	4	Stockport County	Racecourse Ground	3,343
Rowley	Lineups		Wilson, Moran 2, Clempson

				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	37	17	1	2	58	25	5	6	6	22	26	1.569	51	W	D	W	L	W	1955-04-02	Stockport County	A
2	0	Barnsley	35	13	2	2	38	14	8	2	8	27	25	1.667	46	W	W	W	W	D	1955-04-02	Darlington	A
3	3	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	35	11	4	3	33	14	7	3	7	30	29	1.465	43	W	L	L	L	L	1955-04-02	Gateshead	A
4	-1	Gateshead	35	10	4	3	33	20	7	5	6	23	31	1.098	43	L	D	W	W	W	1955-03-30	Chester	H
5	-1	Hartlepools United	34	13	2	2	30	14	6	2	9	17	22	1.306	42	L	W	L	W	W	1955-03-28	Halifax Town	A
6	1	Stockport County	38	12	2	4	42	21	5	6	9	30	37	1.241	42	W	D	W	L	D	1955-04-02	Accrington Stanley	H
7	-2	York City	33	10	3	4	36	21	7	4	5	33	26	1.468	41	W	W	L	W	W	1955-04-02	Chester	A
8	0	Workington	35	8	6	4	33	22	6	4	7	21	23	1.2	38	L	W	D	W	D	1955-03-30	Wrexham	A
9	1	Oldham Athletic	35	11	4	3	34	18	4	4	9	20	29	1.149	38	W	W	L	L	D	1955-04-02	Crewe Alexandra	A
10	-1	Chesterfield	34	10	0	5	31	28	6	5	8	25	30	0.966	37	L	W	L	W	W	1955-03-30	Mansfield Town	H
11	1	Mansfield Town	36	12	3	4	34	26	3	4	10	18	30	0.929	37	W	D	W	L	D	1955-03-30	Chesterfield	A
12	-1	Rochdale	35	9	5	3	27	15	3	7	8	25	34	1.061	36	L	D	W	D	W	1955-04-02	Workington	H
13	1	Southport	33	7	7	4	24	17	4	4	7	15	20	1.054	33	D	L	W	L	D	1955-03-30	Hartlepool United	A
14	-1	Darlington	35	8	4	5	29	21	4	5	9	17	35	0.821	33	L	L	L	W	W	1955-03-30	Crewe Alexandra	A
15	0	Bradford	35	8	6	3	22	15	4	2	12	26	41	0.857	32	W	D	L	L	D	1955-03-30	Tranmere Rovers	H
16	2	Halifax Town	35	6	7	5	35	26	4	2	11	16	31	0.895	29	D	L	L	W	L	1955-03-28	Hartlepool United	H
17	-1	Grimsby Town	36	8	4	6	24	25	3	3	12	18	31	0.75	29	L	L	L	L	W	1955-04-02	Southport	H
18	1	Chester	36	10	1	7	21	19	2	4	12	18	43	0.629	29	D	W	D	W	L	1955-03-30	Gateshead	A
19	-2	Carlisle United	34	9	1	7	40	31	3	3	11	19	35	0.894	28	W	L	L	L	D	1955-04-02	Halifax Town	H
20	3	Barrow	34	9	3	5	28	23	3	0	14	22	47	0.714	27	W	L	W	L	W	1955-04-02	Bradford	A
21	1	Crewe Alexandra	35	6	7	4	31	24	2	3	13	21	40	0.813	26	D	L	L	W	D	1955-03-30	Darlington	H
22	2	Bradford City	33	6	4	6	20	17	3	4	10	12	23	0.8	26	W	L	L	D	D	1955-04-02	Chesterfield	A
23	-2	Tranmere Rovers	35	6	5	7	27	23	3	3	11	15	35	0.724	26	L	L	W	L	L	1955-03-30	Bradford	A
24	-4	Wrexham	35	6	4	7	26	31	3	4	11	20	33	0.719	26	L	W	D	D	L	1955-03-30	Workington	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Brentford	1	1	Aldershot	Griffin Park	8,755
Taylor	Lineups		Menzies
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	1	Swindon Town	Goldstone Ground	8,761
Stephens, Tennant 2	Lineups		Owen
Bristol City	5	1	Northampton Town	Ashton Gate	20,955
Rogers 2, Atyeo, Boxley, Milton	Lineups		Patterson
Gillingham	4	2	Newport County	Priestfield Stadium	7,784
Morgan 2, Scarth, Millar	Lineups		Johnston 2
Leyton Orient	5	0	Exeter City	Brisbane Road	11,937
Morgan 4, Facey	Lineups
Millwall	5	2	Colchester United	The Den, New Cross	8,349
Summers 2, Pacey, Hazlett, Short	Lineups		Wright P, Leonard
Reading	3	1	Queens Park Rangers	Elm Park	6,066
Quinlan, Anderton, Uphill (p)	Lineups		Kerrins
Southampton	3	1	Norwich City	The Dell	10,780
Day 2, Flood	Lineups		Woan
Torquay United	2	2	Crystal Palace	Plainmoor	4,373
Collins, Dobbie	Lineups		Belcher, Berry
Walsall	0	1	Watford	Fellows Park	4,011
	Lineups		Bowie

				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	38	15	2	2	53	19	10	5	4	33	23	2.048	57	W	W	W	W	W	1955-04-02	Watford	A
2	0	Leyton Orient	36	16	2	2	46	12	7	5	4	30	18	2.533	53	W	D	L	W	W	1955-04-02	Colchester United	A
3	0	Southampton	37	15	4	1	44	16	6	4	7	18	23	1.59	50	W	L	W	W	D	1955-04-02	Southend United	A
4	0	Millwall	36	12	5	2	37	18	5	5	7	19	27	1.244	44	W	D	D	L	W	1955-03-30	Watford	A
5	0	Gillingham	36	10	6	3	34	24	7	3	7	29	31	1.145	43	W	W	L	D	D	1955-04-02	Exeter City	A
6	1	Watford	35	7	7	2	31	17	7	4	8	21	27	1.182	39	W	W	D	D	W	1955-03-30	Millwall	H
7	-1	Norwich City	36	11	3	4	33	17	4	4	10	16	27	1.114	37	L	W	L	D	L	1955-04-02	Millwall	H
8	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	35	7	5	5	30	23	5	8	5	22	24	1.106	37	L	W	L	D	W	1955-03-30	Reading	A
9	0	Queens Park Rangers	36	11	4	3	40	22	2	7	9	17	33	1.036	37	L	W	L	L	D	1955-04-02	Shrewsbury Town	H
10	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	35	9	3	5	35	22	6	3	9	26	31	1.151	36	W	W	L	W	D	1955-04-02	Crystal Palace	A
11	1	Torquay United	35	9	4	5	40	32	4	5	8	24	35	0.955	35	D	D	D	W	W	1955-03-31	Colchester United	A
12	-2	Coventry City	33	10	4	2	32	18	3	4	10	14	22	1.15	34	L	D	D	L	W	1955-04-02	Aldershot	A
13	0	Northampton Town	36	9	4	4	32	23	5	2	12	23	46	0.797	34	L	W	L	L	D	1955-04-02	Torquay United	H
14	0	Southend United	34	10	5	3	39	21	1	5	10	22	41	0.984	32	D	L	L	L	L	1955-04-02	Southampton	H
15	2	Reading	35	5	7	6	25	21	5	4	8	28	36	0.93	31	W	D	D	W	W	1955-03-30	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
16	-1	Brentford	35	7	5	6	33	32	3	6	8	30	37	0.913	31	D	W	W	L	W	1955-04-02	Swindon Town	A
17	1	Aldershot	35	9	4	5	32	18	2	4	11	17	37	0.891	30	D	L	D	L	D	1955-03-31	Walsall	A
18	-2	Shrewsbury Town	35	9	4	4	31	22	2	4	12	18	44	0.742	30	L	W	D	W	L	1955-04-02	Queens Park Rangers	A
19	0	Exeter City	36	7	6	5	24	24	2	5	11	12	34	0.621	29	L	L	L	L	D	1955-04-02	Gillingham	H
20	3	Crystal Palace	36	5	10	2	24	20	2	4	13	18	47	0.627	28	D	D	W	D	L	1955-04-02	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
21	-1	Newport County	35	5	6	6	21	22	2	7	9	23	36	0.759	27	L	D	W	D	L	1955-04-02	Reading	H
22	-1	Swindon Town	34	7	6	3	22	14	1	5	12	13	33	0.745	27	L	D	L	D	D	1955-04-02	Brentford	H
23	-1	Colchester United	35	6	4	7	24	27	2	7	9	15	35	0.629	27	L	D	D	W	D	1955-03-31	Torquay United	H
24	0	Walsall	34	4	5	7	29	26	1	5	12	22	44	0.729	20	L	D	L	D	D	1955-03-31	Aldershot	H