1955-04-02

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

Cup and International Matches

Home International						Venue	Gate	Notes
	England	7	2	Scotland		Wembley Stadium, London	96,847
	Wilshaw 4, Lofthouse 2, Revie	Lineups		Reilly, Docherty

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	3	1	Burnley	Villa Park	19,950
Follan, Dixon, McParland	Lineups		Pilkington
Blackpool	4	0	Everton	Bloomfield Road	19,269
Taylor, Mortensen, Perry, McKenna	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	2	4	West Bromwich Albion	Burnden Park	17,715
Parry, Allcock	Lineups		Allen 2, Lee, Carter
Charlton Athletic	1	1	Newcastle United	The Valley	24,594
Ayre	Lineups		Hannah
Huddersfield Town	0	1	Arsenal	Leeds Road	22,853
	Lineups		Roper
Manchester United	5	0	Sheffield United	Old Trafford	22,952
Taylor 2, Berry, Viollet, Whelan	Lineups
Portsmouth	1	0	Manchester City	Fratton Park	24,296
Harris	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Cardiff City	Hillsborough	19,541
Curtis	Lineups		Nutt
Sunderland	1	1	Leicester City	Roker Park	30,459
Chisholm	Lineups		Hines
Tottenham Hotspur	2	4	Chelsea	White Hart Lane	53,159
Duquemin 2	Lineups		Sillett (p), McNichol 2, Wicks
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	Preston North End	Molineux	28,140
Hancocks	Lineups		Morrison

				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	37	9	4	5	38	28	9	6	4	37	26	1.389	46	W	W	W	W	D	1955-04-08	Sheffield United	H
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	11	5	3	54	29	5	5	6	25	28	1.386	42	D	L	D	L	W	1955-04-09	Chelsea	A
3	1	Portsmouth	34	11	3	3	38	18	5	5	7	24	30	1.292	40	W	W	L	L	W	1955-04-08	Charlton Athletic	H
4	4	Manchester United	34	10	3	5	37	27	7	2	7	33	34	1.148	39	W	W	L	W	L	1955-04-08	Sunderland	A
5	-2	Manchester City	35	8	5	4	36	30	7	4	7	29	28	1.121	39	L	D	D	W	D	1955-04-08	West Bromwich Albion	H
6	0	Sunderland	36	5	11	2	30	23	6	6	6	22	24	1.106	39	D	L	L	L	D	1955-04-08	Manchester United	H
7	-2	Everton	34	8	5	4	28	19	7	3	7	28	33	1.077	38	L	L	W	W	D	1955-04-08	Newcastle United	H
8	-1	Burnley	36	11	2	5	28	16	4	6	8	18	28	1.045	38	L	W	W	W	L	1955-04-08	Blackpool	H
9	0	Charlton Athletic	34	8	3	5	38	24	7	3	8	31	32	1.232	36	D	L	L	L	D	1955-04-08	Portsmouth	A
10	0	Arsenal	35	10	3	5	37	22	4	5	8	20	31	1.075	36	W	W	W	W	D	1955-04-08	Cardiff City	H
11	0	Preston North End	35	8	4	6	43	24	6	2	9	27	26	1.4	34	D	L	L	W	L	1955-04-08	Leicester City	H
12	4	West Bromwich Albion	35	8	5	4	36	28	5	3	10	32	51	0.861	34	W	W	L	W	D	1955-04-08	Manchester City	A
13	4	Aston Villa	34	8	3	7	29	28	6	3	7	27	39	0.836	34	W	L	W	L	W	1955-04-09	Cardiff City	A
14	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	34	8	3	7	39	30	5	4	7	26	32	1.048	33	L	W	W	L	D	1955-04-09	Everton	A
15	0	Cardiff City	34	8	3	6	36	32	4	6	7	21	31	0.905	33	D	L	L	D	W	1955-04-08	Arsenal	A
16	-3	Sheffield United	35	8	2	7	29	29	6	3	9	25	47	0.711	33	L	D	L	W	D	1955-04-08	Chelsea	A
17	-3	Bolton Wanderers	34	9	5	3	40	26	2	5	10	13	31	0.93	32	L	L	D	L	W	1955-04-08	Sheffield Wednesday	H
18	0	Huddersfield Town	34	6	4	7	20	22	4	7	6	32	40	0.839	31	L	D	L	D	L	1955-04-09	Burnley	A
19	0	Newcastle United	32	8	2	4	35	23	4	4	10	33	45	1	30	D	D	L	L	L	1955-04-08	Everton	A
20	0	Blackpool	35	7	5	6	31	24	4	3	10	19	33	0.877	30	W	W	D	W	L	1955-04-08	Burnley	A
21	0	Leicester City	34	6	5	5	34	29	2	5	11	26	48	0.779	26	D	W	L	W	L	1955-04-08	Preston North End	A
22	0	Sheffield Wednesday	36	4	7	7	33	36	1	2	15	19	52	0.591	19	D	D	W	L	D	1955-04-08	Bolton Wanderers	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	3	3	Birmingham City	Ewood Park	27,673
Langton, Quigley, Briggs	Lineups		Lane, Murphy, Kinsey
Bristol Rovers	1	0	Hull City	Eastville	17,044
Watling	Lineups
Derby County	1	2	Nottingham Forest	Baseball Ground	18,722
Young	Lineups		Barrett, McLaren
Doncaster Rovers	0	1	Leeds United	Belle Vue	12,740
	Lineups		Brook
Fulham	1	2	Middlesbrough	Craven Cottage	17,770
Dwight	Lineups		Fitzsimons, Delapenha
Liverpool	4	4	Luton Town	Anfield Road	30,710
Evans 2, Anderson, South	Lineups		Turner 2, Morton 2
Notts County	3	2	Rotherham United	Meadow Lane	15,812
Crookes, Wills, Broadbent	Lineups		Grainger 2
Plymouth Argyle	1	0	Lincoln City	Home Park	9,912
Willis	Lineups
Port Vale	1	0	Bury	Vale Park	14,228
Griffiths	Lineups
Swansea Town	3	5	Stoke City	Vetch Field	12,901
Price 2, Burgess	Lineups		Oscroft 2, Bowyer, King, Finney
West Ham United	4	0	Ipswich Town	Upton Park	24,023
Dick, Dare, Hooper, Musgrove	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	0	Luton Town	34	15	1	1	47	16	4	5	8	29	29	1.689	44	D	W	L	W	L	1955-04-08	Leeds United	H
2	0	Blackburn Rovers	36	13	2	3	71	30	7	2	9	36	43	1.466	44	D	L	W	L	L	1955-04-08	Lincoln City	H
3	0	Leeds United	36	11	4	3	35	19	8	1	9	22	31	1.14	43	W	W	L	W	L	1955-04-08	Luton Town	A
4	0	West Ham United	34	11	4	2	43	21	6	4	7	26	35	1.232	42	W	W	W	W	W	1955-04-08	Fulham	H
5	1	Stoke City	34	9	5	4	30	17	7	4	5	26	23	1.4	41	W	W	D	L	L	1955-04-09	Doncaster Rovers	H
6	-1	Birmingham City	33	11	3	3	47	19	5	5	6	21	18	1.838	40	D	W	L	D	W	1955-04-08	Middlesbrough	A
7	1	Notts County	35	11	2	4	38	25	7	2	9	25	37	1.016	40	W	L	L	W	W	1955-04-08	Doncaster Rovers	A
8	-1	Rotherham United	33	11	1	3	42	17	6	3	9	31	40	1.281	38	L	D	W	L	W	1955-04-08	Nottingham Forest	A
9	0	Bristol Rovers	35	13	3	2	45	19	3	3	11	22	42	1.098	38	W	D	W	W	L	1955-04-08	Plymouth Argyle	H
10	0	Middlesbrough	35	12	0	5	42	23	5	4	9	22	43	0.97	38	W	W	L	W	W	1955-04-08	Birmingham City	H
11	1	Liverpool	34	11	4	3	50	32	3	3	10	27	45	1	35	D	D	L	W	L	1955-04-08	Port Vale	A
12	-1	Swansea Town	34	12	3	3	49	25	1	5	10	21	44	1.014	34	L	D	W	L	L	1955-04-08	Derby County	A
13	0	Fulham	34	9	4	4	40	24	4	4	9	27	44	0.985	34	L	L	D	D	L	1955-04-08	West Ham United	A
14	1	Nottingham Forest	34	6	3	8	23	25	8	2	7	23	24	0.939	33	W	W	W	W	L	1955-04-08	Rotherham United	H
15	-1	Bury	34	7	4	6	33	31	5	4	8	30	32	1	32	L	W	L	L	W	1955-04-08	Hull City	H
16	0	Hull City	34	6	4	7	27	27	4	5	8	12	25	0.75	29	L	D	L	W	L	1955-04-08	Bury	A
17	0	Doncaster Rovers	34	8	4	4	26	22	4	1	13	22	53	0.64	29	L	L	D	L	D	1955-04-08	Notts County	H
18	0	Lincoln City	34	6	4	6	31	30	4	4	10	27	40	0.829	28	L	L	W	L	D	1955-04-08	Blackburn Rovers	A
19	0	Plymouth Argyle	36	8	4	6	25	25	2	3	13	26	48	0.699	27	W	L	W	L	W	1955-04-08	Bristol Rovers	A
20	0	Port Vale	34	7	6	4	24	17	1	4	12	13	43	0.617	26	W	L	L	L	W	1955-04-08	Liverpool	H
21	0	Ipswich Town	35	8	2	8	33	27	1	2	14	18	56	0.614	22	L	W	D	W	W	1955-04-09	Bristol Rovers	H
22	0	Derby County	36	5	6	7	34	28	1	3	14	13	40	0.691	21	L	L	D	L	L	1955-04-08	Swansea Town	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bradford	3	0	Barrow	Park Avenue	5,329
Brickley, Pickard, Wright	Lineups
Carlisle United	4	0	Halifax Town	Brunton Park	4,134
Whitehouse 3, Kinloch (p)	Lineups
Chester	1	2	York City	Sealand Road	6,456
Pye	Lineups		Bottom, Fenton
Chesterfield	2	1	Bradford City	Saltergate Recreation Ground	6,483
Smith, Walsh OG	Lineups		Lambert
Crewe Alexandra	4	1	Oldham Athletic	Gresty Road	4,403
Frost, Samuels, Naylor OG, Caton	Lineups		Travis
Darlington	0	1	Barnsley	Feethams Ground	6,760
	Lineups		Lumley
Gateshead	0	1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Redheugh Park	4,217
	Lineups		Brown
Grimsby Town	0	1	Southport	Blundell Park	7,088
	Lineups		Beadnell
Hartlepools United	3	0	Wrexham	Victoria Park	6,373
McGuigan, Linacre, Johnson	Lineups
Rochdale	2	1	Workington	Spotland	5,229
Lynn 2 (2p)	Lineups		Dailey
Stockport County	0	0	Accrington Stanley	Edgeley Park	13,144	Largest home gate 1954-55
	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	2	1	Mansfield Town	Prenton Park	3,388
McDevitt, Bell	Lineups		Adam J (p)

				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	38	17	1	2	58	25	5	7	6	22	26	1.569	52	D	W	D	W	L	1955-04-08	York City	A
2	0	Barnsley	36	13	2	2	38	14	9	2	8	28	25	1.692	48	W	W	W	W	W	1955-04-09	Chesterfield	H
3	0	Hartlepools United	37	15	2	2	35	15	6	2	10	17	23	1.368	46	W	W	L	L	W	1955-04-08	Chesterfield	A
4	1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	36	11	4	3	33	14	8	3	7	31	29	1.488	45	W	W	L	L	L	1955-04-08	Oldham Athletic	A
5	-1	Gateshead	37	10	5	4	33	21	7	5	6	23	31	1.077	44	L	D	L	D	W	1955-04-08	Darlington	H
6	1	York City	34	10	3	4	36	21	8	4	5	35	27	1.479	43	W	W	W	L	W	1955-04-04	Bradford City	A
7	-1	Stockport County	39	12	3	4	42	21	5	6	9	30	37	1.241	43	D	W	D	W	L	1955-04-08	Crewe Alexandra	A
8	1	Chesterfield	36	12	0	5	37	30	6	5	8	25	30	1.033	41	W	W	L	W	L	1955-04-08	Hartlepool United	H
9	-1	Workington	37	8	6	4	33	22	6	5	8	23	26	1.167	39	L	D	L	W	D	1955-04-08	Barrow	A
10	2	Rochdale	36	10	5	3	29	16	3	7	8	25	34	1.08	38	W	L	D	W	D	1955-04-08	Chester	A
11	-1	Oldham Athletic	36	11	4	3	34	18	4	4	10	21	33	1.078	38	L	W	W	L	L	1955-04-08	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
12	-1	Mansfield Town	38	12	3	4	34	26	3	4	12	20	36	0.871	37	L	L	W	D	W	1955-04-08	Southport	A
13	1	Southport	35	7	7	4	24	17	5	4	8	17	22	1.051	35	W	L	D	L	W	1955-04-08	Mansfield Town	H
14	1	Bradford	37	9	7	3	25	15	4	2	12	26	41	0.911	35	W	D	W	D	L	1955-04-08	Grimsby Town	A
15	-2	Darlington	37	8	4	6	29	22	4	6	9	19	37	0.814	34	L	D	L	L	L	1955-04-08	Gateshead	A
16	0	Halifax Town	37	7	7	5	36	26	4	2	12	16	35	0.852	31	L	W	D	L	L	1955-04-08	Wrexham	A
17	2	Carlisle United	35	10	1	7	44	31	3	3	11	19	35	0.955	30	W	W	L	L	L	1955-04-08	Tranmere Rovers	H
18	-1	Chester	38	10	1	8	22	21	2	5	12	18	43	0.625	30	L	D	D	W	D	1955-04-08	Rochdale	H
19	1	Crewe Alexandra	37	7	8	4	37	27	2	3	13	21	40	0.866	29	W	D	D	L	L	1955-04-08	Stockport County	H
20	1	Tranmere Rovers	37	7	5	7	29	24	3	4	11	15	35	0.746	29	W	D	L	L	W	1955-04-08	Carlisle United	A
21	-3	Grimsby Town	37	8	4	7	24	26	3	3	12	18	31	0.737	29	L	L	L	L	L	1955-04-08	Bradford	H
22	0	Wrexham	37	6	5	7	27	32	3	4	12	20	36	0.691	27	L	D	L	W	D	1955-04-08	Halifax Town	H
23	0	Barrow	35	9	3	5	28	23	3	0	15	22	50	0.685	27	L	W	L	W	L	1955-04-08	Workington	H
24	0	Bradford City	34	6	4	6	20	17	3	4	11	13	25	0.786	26	L	W	L	L	D	1955-04-04	York City	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	1	Coventry City	Recreation Ground	4,883
Flint	Lineups		Lee
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	1	Walsall	Dean Court	6,444
Newsham	Lineups		Dorman
Colchester United	2	2	Leyton Orient	Layer Road	9,448
Fenton, Plant	Lineups		Rees 2
Crystal Palace	1	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Selhurst Park	11,869
Berry	Lineups
Exeter City	1	1	Gillingham	St James Park	5,179
Thomas	Lineups		Davey OG
Newport County	3	1	Reading	Somerton Park	5,066
Johnston 2, Shergold	Lineups		Uphill
Northampton Town	1	0	Torquay United	County Ground	5,361
Adams	Lineups
Norwich City	2	1	Millwall	Carrow Road	11,682
Chung, McCrohan	Lineups		Summers
Queens Park Rangers	2	0	Shrewsbury Town	Loftus Road	8,461
Clark, Cameron	Lineups
Southend United	0	1	Southampton	Greyhound Stadium	10,000
	Lineups		Flood
Swindon Town	1	1	Brentford	County Ground	5,924
Owen	Lineups		Taylor
Watford	0	2	Bristol City	Vicarage Road	15,842
	Lineups		Atyeo, Milton

				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	39	15	2	2	53	19	11	5	4	35	23	2.095	59	W	W	W	W	W	1955-04-09	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
2	0	Leyton Orient	37	16	2	2	46	12	7	6	4	32	20	2.438	54	D	W	D	L	W	1955-04-08	Brentford	A
3	0	Southampton	38	15	4	1	44	16	7	4	7	19	23	1.615	52	W	W	L	W	W	1955-04-08	Watford	A
4	0	Millwall	38	12	5	2	37	18	5	5	9	23	34	1.154	44	L	L	W	D	D	1955-04-08	Coventry City	H
5	0	Gillingham	37	10	6	3	34	24	7	4	7	30	32	1.143	44	D	W	W	L	D	1955-04-08	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
6	0	Watford	37	8	7	3	36	22	7	4	8	21	27	1.163	41	L	W	W	W	D	1955-04-08	Southampton	H
7	0	Norwich City	37	12	3	4	35	18	4	4	10	16	27	1.133	39	W	L	W	L	D	1955-04-09	Leyton Orient	A
8	1	Queens Park Rangers	37	12	4	3	42	22	2	7	9	17	33	1.073	39	W	L	W	L	L	1955-04-08	Crystal Palace	A
9	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	37	7	6	5	31	24	5	8	6	22	25	1.082	38	D	L	L	W	L	1955-04-09	Bristol City	A
10	0	Torquay United	37	9	4	5	40	32	5	5	9	26	36	0.971	37	L	W	D	D	D	1955-04-06	Swindon Town	H
11	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	36	9	3	5	35	22	6	3	10	26	32	1.13	36	L	W	W	L	W	1955-04-08	Gillingham	A
12	1	Northampton Town	37	10	4	4	33	23	5	2	12	23	46	0.812	36	W	L	W	L	L	1955-04-04	Walsall	A
13	-1	Coventry City	34	10	4	2	32	18	3	5	10	15	23	1.146	35	D	L	D	D	L	1955-04-04	Newport County	H
14	0	Reading	37	6	7	6	26	21	5	4	9	29	39	0.917	33	L	W	W	D	D	1955-04-09	Exeter City	H
15	0	Southend United	35	10	5	4	39	22	1	5	10	22	41	0.968	32	L	D	L	L	L	1955-04-08	Colchester United	A
16	0	Brentford	36	7	5	6	33	32	3	7	8	31	38	0.914	32	D	D	W	W	L	1955-04-08	Leyton Orient	H
17	0	Aldershot	37	9	5	5	33	19	2	5	11	19	39	0.897	32	D	D	D	L	D	1955-04-08	Exeter City	H
18	0	Shrewsbury Town	36	9	4	4	31	22	2	4	13	18	46	0.721	30	L	L	W	D	W	1955-04-09	Newport County	H
19	1	Crystal Palace	37	6	10	2	25	20	2	4	13	18	47	0.642	30	W	D	D	W	D	1955-04-08	Queens Park Rangers	H
20	-1	Exeter City	37	7	7	5	25	25	2	5	11	12	34	0.627	30	D	L	L	L	L	1955-04-08	Aldershot	A
21	0	Newport County	36	6	6	6	24	23	2	7	9	23	36	0.797	29	W	L	D	W	D	1955-04-04	Coventry City	A
22	0	Swindon Town	35	7	7	3	23	15	1	5	12	13	33	0.75	28	D	L	D	L	D	1955-04-06	Torquay United	A
23	0	Colchester United	37	6	5	8	26	31	2	7	9	15	35	0.621	28	D	L	L	D	D	1955-04-08	Southend United	H
24	0	Walsall	36	4	6	7	31	28	1	6	12	23	45	0.74	22	D	D	L	D	L	1955-04-04	Northampton Town	H