1955-04-08

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	2	0	Cardiff City	Highbury	39,052
Tapscott 2	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	2	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Burnden Park	22,909
Moir, Barrass	Lineups		Quixall, Marriott
Burnley	0	1	Blackpool	Turf Moor	35,212	Largest home gate 1954-55
	Lineups		Mortensen
Chelsea	1	1	Sheffield United	Stamford Bridge	50,978
Parsons	Lineups		Cross
Everton	1	2	Newcastle United	Goodison Park	60,068
Fielding	Lineups		Hannah, Keeble
Manchester City	4	0	West Bromwich Albion	Maine Road	57,663
Fagan, Hayes, Johnstone, Spurdle	Lineups
Portsmouth	2	0	Charlton Athletic	Fratton Park	32,290
Gordon, Harris	Lineups
Preston North End	2	4	Leicester City	Deepdale	18,949
Docherty, Evans	Lineups		Rowley, Morris 2, Walton OG
Sunderland	4	3	Manchester United	Roker Park	43,882
Chisholm 3, Anderson	Lineups		Edwards 2, Scanlon
Footnotes
Sheffield Wednesday relegated

				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	38	9	5	5	39	29	9	6	4	37	26	1.382	47	D	W	W	W	W	1955-04-09	Wolverhampton Wanderers	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	0	Portsmouth	35	12	3	3	40	18	5	5	7	24	30	1.333	42	W	W	W	L	L	1955-04-09	West Bromwich Albion	A
4	1	Manchester City	36	9	5	4	40	30	7	4	7	29	28	1.19	41	W	L	D	D	W	1955-04-09	Sunderland	H
5	1	Sunderland	37	6	11	2	34	26	6	6	6	22	24	1.12	41	W	D	L	L	L	1955-04-09	Manchester City	A
6	-2	Manchester United	35	10	3	5	37	27	7	2	8	36	38	1.123	39	L	W	W	L	W	1955-04-09	Leicester City	A
7	3	Arsenal	36	11	3	5	39	22	4	5	8	20	31	1.113	38	W	W	W	W	W	1955-04-09	Blackpool	H
8	-1	Everton	35	8	5	5	29	21	7	3	7	28	33	1.056	38	L	L	L	W	W	1955-04-09	Tottenham Hotspur	H
9	-1	Burnley	37	11	2	6	28	17	4	6	8	18	28	1.022	38	L	L	W	W	W	1955-04-09	Huddersfield Town	H
10	-1	Charlton Athletic	35	8	3	5	38	24	7	3	9	31	34	1.19	36	L	D	L	L	L	1955-04-09	Sheffield United	A
11	0	Preston North End	36	8	4	7	45	28	6	2	9	27	26	1.333	34	L	D	L	L	W	1955-04-09	Bolton Wanderers	H
12	1	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
13	-1	West Bromwich Albion	36	8	5	4	36	28	5	3	11	32	55	0.819	34	L	W	W	L	W	1955-04-09	Portsmouth	H
14	2	Sheffield United	36	8	2	7	29	29	6	4	9	26	48	0.714	34	D	L	D	L	W	1955-04-09	Charlton Athletic	H
15	-1	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
16	1	Bolton Wanderers	35	9	6	3	42	28	2	5	10	13	31	0.932	33	D	L	L	D	L	1955-04-09	Preston North End	A
17	-2	Cardiff City	35	8	3	6	36	32	4	6	8	21	33	0.877	33	L	D	L	L	D	1955-04-09	Aston Villa	H
18	1	Newcastle United	33	8	2	4	35	23	5	4	10	35	46	1.014	32	W	D	D	L	L	1955-04-09	Sheffield Wednesday	H
19	1	Blackpool	36	7	5	6	31	24	5	3	10	20	33	0.895	32	W	W	W	D	W	1955-04-09	Arsenal	A
20	-2	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
21	0	Leicester City	35	6	5	5	34	29	3	5	11	30	50	0.81	28	W	D	W	L	W	1955-04-09	Manchester United	H
22	0	Sheffield Wednesday	37	4	7	7	33	36	1	3	15	21	54	0.6	20	D	D	D	W	L	1955-04-09	Newcastle United	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	1	0	Lincoln City	Ewood Park	29,700
Quigley	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	3	1	Plymouth Argyle	Eastville	26,010
Biggs 2, Bradford	Lineups		Rowley
Bury	4	1	Hull City	Gigg Lane	11,381
Clarke 3, Kelly	Lineups		Crosbie
Derby County	1	4	Swansea Town	Baseball Ground	14,923
Barrowcliffe	Lineups		Jones C, Griffiths 2, Allchurch L
Doncaster Rovers	4	2	Notts County	Belle Vue	12,223
Tindill 2, Jeffrey, Mooney	Lineups		Wylie, Graham OG
Luton Town	0	0	Leeds United	Kenilworth Road	25,775
	Lineups
Middlesbrough	2	5	Birmingham City	Ayresome Park	32,519
Delapenha (p), Dicks	Lineups		Lane, Brown 2, Govan 2
Nottingham Forest	0	2	Rotherham United	City Ground	12,837
	Lineups		Guest, Grainger
Port Vale	4	3	Liverpool	Vale Park	24,029
Done 4 (1p)	Lineups		Anderson, Evans, Liddell
West Ham United	2	1	Fulham	Upton Park	34,238	Largest home gate 1954-55
Dick, Musgrove	Lineups		Jezzard

				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	Blackburn Rovers	37	14	2	3	72	30	7	2	9	36	43	1.479	46	W	D	L	W	L	1955-04-09	Hull City	A
2	-1	Luton Town	35	15	2	1	47	16	4	5	8	29	29	1.689	45	D	D	W	L	W	1955-04-09	West Ham United	H
3	1	West Ham United	35	12	4	2	45	22	6	4	7	26	35	1.246	44	W	W	W	W	W	1955-04-09	Luton Town	A
4	-1	Leeds United	37	11	4	3	35	19	8	2	9	22	31	1.14	44	D	W	W	L	W	1955-04-09	Notts County	H
5	1	Birmingham City	34	11	3	3	47	19	6	5	6	26	20	1.872	42	W	D	W	L	D	1955-04-09	Plymouth Argyle	H
6	-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
7	1	Rotherham United	34	11	1	3	42	17	7	3	9	33	40	1.316	40	W	L	D	W	L	1955-04-09	Derby County	H
8	1	Bristol Rovers	36	14	3	2	48	20	3	3	11	22	42	1.129	40	W	W	D	W	W	1955-04-09	Ipswich Town	A
9	-2	Notts County	36	11	2	4	38	25	7	2	10	27	41	0.985	40	L	W	L	L	W	1955-04-09	Leeds United	A
10	0	Middlesbrough	36	12	0	6	44	28	5	4	9	22	43	0.93	38	L	W	W	L	W	1955-04-09	Port Vale	H
11	1	Swansea Town	35	12	3	3	49	25	2	5	10	25	45	1.057	36	W	L	D	W	L	1955-04-09	Bury	A
12	-1	Liverpool	35	11	4	3	50	32	3	3	11	30	49	0.988	35	L	D	D	L	W	1955-04-09	Nottingham Forest	A
13	2	Bury	35	8	4	6	37	32	5	4	8	30	32	1.047	34	W	L	W	L	L	1955-04-09	Swansea Town	H
14	-1	Fulham	35	9	4	4	40	24	4	4	10	28	46	0.971	34	L	L	L	D	D	1955-04-09	Lincoln City	A
15	-1	Nottingham Forest	35	6	3	9	23	27	8	2	7	23	24	0.902	33	L	W	W	W	W	1955-04-09	Liverpool	H
16	1	Doncaster Rovers	35	9	4	4	30	24	4	1	13	22	53	0.675	31	W	L	L	D	L	1955-04-09	Stoke City	A
17	-1	Hull City	35	6	4	7	27	27	4	5	9	13	29	0.714	29	L	L	D	L	W	1955-04-09	Blackburn Rovers	H
18	0	Lincoln City	35	6	4	6	31	30	4	4	11	27	41	0.817	28	L	L	L	W	L	1955-04-09	Fulham	H
19	1	Port Vale	35	8	6	4	28	20	1	4	12	13	43	0.651	28	W	W	L	L	L	1955-04-09	Middlesbrough	A
20	-1	Plymouth Argyle	37	8	4	6	25	25	2	3	14	27	51	0.684	27	L	W	L	W	L	1955-04-09	Birmingham City	A
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	37	5	6	8	35	32	1	3	14	13	40	0.667	21	L	L	L	D	L	1955-04-09	Rotherham United	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barrow	2	2	Workington	Holker Street	6,401
Collins 2	Lineups		Dunlop (p), Cameron
Carlisle United	1	2	Tranmere Rovers	Brunton Park	6,326
Whitehouse	Lineups		Bell 2
Chester	1	2	Rochdale	Sealand Road	7,293
Smith	Lineups		Gemmell, Lynn (p)
Chesterfield	3	0	Hartlepools United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	10,886
Sowden, Smith, Galley	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	4	4	Stockport County	Gresty Road	7,254	Largest home gate 1954-55
Bettany 2, McLean C, Bloor	Lineups		Pilkington, Moran, Murray, Connor
Gateshead	1	1	Darlington	Redheugh Park	4,311
Smith	Lineups		Spuhler
Grimsby Town	1	0	Bradford	Blundell Park	11,610
Hughes	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	1	1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Boundary Park	9,396
Kerr	Lineups		Hubbard
Southport	1	0	Mansfield Town	Haig Avenue	4,087
Holmes	Lineups
Wrexham	1	1	Halifax Town	Racecourse Ground	7,147
Hewitt	Lineups		Newton
York City	1	1	Accrington Stanley	Bootham Crescent	19,843	Largest home & D 3N gate 1954-55
Bottom	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	39	17	1	2	58	25	5	8	6	23	27	1.558	53	D	D	W	D	W	1955-04-09	Hartlepool United	H
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	1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	37	11	4	3	33	14	8	4	7	32	30	1.477	46	D	W	W	L	L	1955-04-09	Darlington	H
4	1	York City	36	10	4	4	37	22	9	4	5	38	29	1.471	46	D	W	W	W	W	1955-04-09	Grimsby Town	H
5	-2	Hartlepools United	38	15	2	2	35	15	6	2	11	17	26	1.268	46	L	W	W	L	L	1955-04-09	Accrington Stanley	A
6	0	Gateshead	38	10	6	4	34	22	7	5	6	23	31	1.075	45	D	L	D	L	D	1955-04-09	Wrexham	A
7	0	Stockport County	40	12	3	4	42	21	5	7	9	34	41	1.226	44	D	D	W	D	W	1955-04-09	Mansfield Town	A
8	0	Chesterfield	37	13	0	5	40	30	6	5	8	25	30	1.083	43	W	W	W	L	W	1955-04-09	Barnsley	A
9	0	Workington	38	8	6	4	33	22	6	6	8	25	28	1.16	40	D	L	D	L	W	1955-04-09	Tranmere Rovers	H
10	0	Rochdale	37	10	5	3	29	16	4	7	8	27	35	1.098	40	W	W	L	D	W	1955-04-09	Barrow	A
11	0	Oldham Athletic	37	11	5	3	35	19	4	4	10	21	33	1.077	39	D	L	W	W	L	1955-04-09	Carlisle United	H
12	1	Southport	36	8	7	4	25	17	5	4	8	17	22	1.077	37	W	W	L	D	L	1955-04-09	Bradford	H
13	-1	Mansfield Town	39	12	3	4	34	26	3	4	13	20	37	0.857	37	L	L	L	W	D	1955-04-09	Stockport County	H
14	0	Bradford	38	9	7	3	25	15	4	2	13	26	42	0.895	35	L	W	D	W	D	1955-04-09	Southport	A
15	0	Darlington	38	8	4	6	29	22	4	7	9	20	38	0.817	35	D	L	D	L	L	1955-04-09	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
16	0	Halifax Town	38	7	7	5	36	26	4	3	12	17	36	0.855	32	D	L	W	D	L	1955-04-09	Chester	H
17	3	Tranmere Rovers	38	7	5	7	29	24	4	4	11	17	36	0.767	31	W	W	D	L	L	1955-04-09	Workington	A
18	3	Grimsby Town	38	9	4	7	25	26	3	3	12	18	31	0.754	31	W	L	L	L	L	1955-04-09	York City	A
19	-2	Carlisle United	36	10	1	8	45	33	3	3	11	19	35	0.941	30	L	W	W	L	L	1955-04-09	Oldham Athletic	A
20	-1	Crewe Alexandra	38	7	9	4	41	31	2	3	13	21	40	0.873	30	D	W	D	D	L	1955-04-09	Bradford City	A
21	-3	Chester	39	10	1	9	23	23	2	5	12	18	43	0.621	30	L	L	D	D	W	1955-04-09	Halifax Town	A
22	0	Wrexham	38	6	6	7	28	33	3	4	12	20	36	0.696	28	D	L	D	L	W	1955-04-09	Gateshead	H
23	0	Barrow	36	9	4	5	30	25	3	0	15	22	50	0.693	28	D	L	W	L	W	1955-04-09	Rochdale	H
24	0	Bradford City	35	6	4	7	22	20	3	4	11	13	25	0.778	26	L	L	W	L	L	1955-04-09	Crewe Alexandra	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	4	2	Exeter City	Recreation Ground	6,156
Billington, Menzies, Flint 2	Lineups		Houghton, Thomas
Brentford	2	0	Leyton Orient	Griffin Park	18,093
Dudley, Towers (p)	Lineups
Colchester United	2	0	Southend United	Layer Road	10,809	Largest home gate 1954-55
Fenton 2	Lineups
Crystal Palace	2	1	Queens Park Rangers	Selhurst Park	17,238	Largest home gate 1954-55
Deakin, Belcher	Lineups		Clark
Gillingham	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Priestfield Stadium	13,867
Morgan	Lineups		Foreman
Millwall	3	1	Coventry City	The Den, New Cross	16,276
Summers 2, Pacey	Lineups		Hill P
Newport County	2	2	Swindon Town	Somerton Park	8,595
Hudson, Johnston	Lineups		Sampson 2
Watford	2	1	Southampton	Vicarage Road	13,473
Bowie, Meadows	Lineups		Day

				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	38	16	2	2	46	12	7	6	5	32	22	2.294	54	L	D	W	D	L	1955-04-09	Norwich City	H
3	0	Southampton	39	15	4	1	44	16	7	4	8	20	25	1.561	52	L	W	W	L	W	1955-04-09	Aldershot	H
4	0	Millwall	39	13	5	2	40	19	5	5	9	23	34	1.189	46	W	L	L	W	D	1955-04-09	Southend United	H
5	0	Gillingham	38	10	7	3	35	25	7	4	7	30	32	1.14	45	D	D	W	W	L	1955-04-09	Colchester United	H
6	0	Watford	38	9	7	3	38	23	7	4	8	21	27	1.18	43	W	L	W	W	W	1955-04-09	Torquay United	A
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	0	Queens Park Rangers	38	12	4	3	42	22	2	7	10	18	35	1.053	39	L	W	L	W	L	1955-04-09	Walsall	A
9	0	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	38	9	5	5	41	33	5	5	9	26	36	0.971	38	D	L	W	D	D	1955-04-09	Watford	H
11	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	37	9	3	5	35	22	6	4	10	27	33	1.127	37	D	L	W	W	L	1955-04-09	Northampton Town	H
12	-1	Coventry City	36	11	4	2	35	20	3	5	11	16	26	1.109	37	L	W	D	L	D	1955-04-09	Swindon Town	H
13	0	Northampton Town	38	10	4	4	33	23	5	2	13	24	52	0.76	36	L	W	L	W	L	1955-04-09	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
14	2	Brentford	37	8	5	6	35	32	3	7	8	31	38	0.943	34	W	D	D	W	W	1955-04-09	Crystal Palace	H
15	2	Aldershot	38	10	5	5	37	21	2	5	11	19	39	0.933	34	W	D	D	D	L	1955-04-09	Southampton	A
16	-2	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
17	-2	Southend United	36	10	5	4	39	22	1	5	11	22	43	0.938	32	L	L	D	L	L	1955-04-09	Millwall	A
18	1	Crystal Palace	38	7	10	2	27	21	2	4	13	18	47	0.662	32	W	W	D	D	W	1955-04-09	Brentford	A
19	2	Newport County	38	6	7	6	26	25	2	7	10	25	39	0.797	30	D	L	W	L	D	1955-04-09	Shrewsbury Town	A
20	2	Swindon Town	37	7	7	3	23	15	1	7	12	16	36	0.765	30	D	D	D	L	D	1955-04-09	Coventry City	A
21	-3	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
22	1	Colchester United	38	7	5	8	28	31	2	7	9	15	35	0.652	30	W	D	L	L	D	1955-04-09	Gillingham	A
23	-3	Exeter City	38	7	7	5	25	25	2	5	12	14	38	0.619	30	L	D	L	L	L	1955-04-09	Reading	A
24	0	Walsall	37	5	6	7	37	29	1	6	12	23	45	0.811	24	W	D	D	L	D	1955-04-09	Queens Park Rangers	H