1955-04-09

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	3	0	Blackpool	Highbury	59,381
Lishman 2, Roper	Lineups
Burnley	1	1	Huddersfield Town	Turf Moor	22,214
Pilkington	Lineups		Glazzard
Cardiff City	0	1	Aston Villa	Ninian Park	20,720
	Lineups		Follan
Chelsea	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Stamford Bridge	75,043	Largest home gate 1954-55
Sillett (p)	Lineups
Everton	1	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Goodison Park	42,219
Fielding	Lineups
Leicester City	1	0	Manchester United	Filbert Street	34,362
Froggatt	Lineups
Manchester City	1	0	Sunderland	Maine Road	60,611	Largest home gate 1954-55
Revie	Lineups
Newcastle United	5	0	Sheffield Wednesday	St James' Park	40,883
Davies 2, Hannah, Mitchell R, White	Lineups
Preston North End	2	2	Bolton Wanderers	Deepdale	25,213
Baxter, Higham	Lineups		Parry, Wheeler
Sheffield United	5	0	Charlton Athletic	Bramall Lane	25,097
Rawson, Cross, Hawksworth 2, Hagan	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	3	1	Portsmouth	The Hawthorns	27,553
Carter, Allen, Griffin	Lineups		Henderson

				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	39	10	5	5	40	29	9	6	4	37	26	1.4	49	W	D	W	W	W	1955-04-16	Portsmouth	A
2	2	Manchester City	37	10	5	4	41	30	7	4	7	29	28	1.207	43	W	W	L	D	D	1955-04-11	West Bromwich Albion	A
3	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	11	5	3	54	29	5	5	7	25	29	1.362	42	L	D	L	D	L	1955-04-11	Aston Villa	H
4	-1	Portsmouth	36	12	3	3	40	18	5	5	8	25	33	1.275	42	L	W	W	W	L	1955-04-11	Charlton Athletic	A
5	0	Sunderland	38	6	11	2	34	26	6	6	7	22	25	1.098	41	L	W	D	L	L	1955-04-11	Manchester United	A
6	1	Arsenal	37	12	3	5	42	22	4	5	8	20	31	1.17	40	W	W	W	W	W	1955-04-11	Cardiff City	A
7	1	Everton	36	9	5	5	30	21	7	3	7	28	33	1.074	40	W	L	L	L	W	1955-04-11	Newcastle United	A
8	-2	Manchester United	36	10	3	5	37	27	7	2	9	36	39	1.106	39	L	L	W	W	L	1955-04-11	Sunderland	H
9	0	Burnley	38	11	3	6	29	18	4	6	8	18	28	1.022	39	D	L	L	W	W	1955-04-11	Blackpool	A
10	0	Charlton Athletic	36	8	3	5	38	24	7	3	10	31	39	1.095	36	L	L	D	L	L	1955-04-11	Portsmouth	H
11	1	Aston Villa	35	8	3	7	29	28	7	3	7	28	39	0.851	36	W	W	L	W	L	1955-04-11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
12	1	West Bromwich Albion	37	9	5	4	39	29	5	3	11	32	55	0.845	36	W	L	W	W	L	1955-04-11	Manchester City	H
13	1	Sheffield United	37	9	2	7	34	29	6	4	9	26	48	0.779	36	W	D	L	D	L	1955-04-16	Aston Villa	A
14	-3	Preston North End	37	8	5	7	47	30	6	2	9	27	26	1.321	35	D	L	D	L	L	1955-04-11	Leicester City	A
15	3	Newcastle United	34	9	2	4	40	23	5	4	10	35	46	1.087	34	W	W	D	D	L	1955-04-11	Everton	H
16	0	Bolton Wanderers	36	9	6	3	42	28	2	6	10	15	33	0.934	34	D	D	L	L	D	1955-04-11	Sheffield Wednesday	A
17	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	35	8	3	7	39	30	5	4	8	26	33	1.032	33	L	L	W	W	L	1955-04-11	Huddersfield Town	H
18	-1	Cardiff City	36	8	3	7	36	33	4	6	8	21	33	0.864	33	L	L	D	L	L	1955-04-11	Arsenal	H
19	0	Blackpool	37	7	5	6	31	24	5	3	11	20	36	0.85	32	L	W	W	W	D	1955-04-11	Burnley	H
20	0	Huddersfield Town	35	6	4	7	20	22	4	8	6	33	41	0.841	32	D	L	D	L	D	1955-04-11	Tottenham Hotspur	A
21	0	Leicester City	36	7	5	5	35	29	3	5	11	30	50	0.823	30	W	W	D	W	L	1955-04-11	Preston North End	H
22	0	Sheffield Wednesday	38	4	7	7	33	36	1	3	16	21	59	0.568	20	L	D	D	D	W	1955-04-11	Bolton Wanderers	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	3	1	Plymouth Argyle	St Andrew's	25,078
Kinsey, Lane, Govan	Lineups		McJarrow
Bury	2	1	Swansea Town	Gigg Lane	12,284
Kelly, Pearson	Lineups		Charles
Hull City	1	4	Blackburn Rovers	Boothferry Park	17,347
Gerrie	Lineups		Langton (p), Mooney, Crossan 2
Ipswich Town	1	0	Bristol Rovers	Portman Road	16,186
Brown	Lineups
Leeds United	2	0	Notts County	Elland Road	24,564
Brook, Nightingale	Lineups
Lincoln City	2	2	Fulham	Sincil Bank	12,417
Garvie, Lawlor OG	Lineups		Jezzard, Robson
Luton Town	2	0	West Ham United	Kenilworth Road	27,148	Largest home gate 1954-55
Turner, Cummins	Lineups
Middlesbrough	2	0	Port Vale	Ayresome Park	17,795
Wayman, Delapenha	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	3	1	Liverpool	City Ground	15,409
Barrett 2 (1p), French	Lineups		Liddell
Rotherham United	2	1	Derby County	Millmoor	14,761
Guest, Pell	Lineups		Barrowcliffe
Stoke City	3	0	Doncaster Rovers	Victoria Ground	20,239
Oscroft, King, Bowyer	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	Blackburn Rovers	38	14	2	3	72	30	8	2	9	40	44	1.514	48	W	W	D	L	W	1955-04-11	Lincoln City	A
2	0	Luton Town	36	16	2	1	49	16	4	5	8	29	29	1.733	47	W	D	D	W	L	1955-04-11	Leeds United	A
3	1	Leeds United	38	12	4	3	37	19	8	2	9	22	31	1.18	46	W	D	W	W	L	1955-04-11	Luton Town	H
4	1	Birmingham City	35	12	3	3	50	20	6	5	6	26	20	1.9	44	W	W	D	W	L	1955-04-11	Middlesbrough	H
5	-2	West Ham United	36	12	4	2	45	22	6	4	8	26	37	1.203	44	L	W	W	W	W	1955-04-11	Fulham	A
6	0	Stoke City	35	10	5	4	33	17	7	4	5	26	23	1.475	43	W	W	W	D	L	1955-04-11	Ipswich Town	H
7	0	Rotherham United	35	12	1	3	44	18	7	3	9	33	40	1.328	42	W	W	L	D	W	1955-04-11	Nottingham Forest	H
8	0	Bristol Rovers	37	14	3	2	48	20	3	3	12	22	43	1.111	40	L	W	W	D	W	1955-04-11	Plymouth Argyle	A
9	1	Middlesbrough	37	13	0	6	46	28	5	4	9	22	43	0.958	40	W	L	W	W	L	1955-04-11	Birmingham City	A
10	-1	Notts County	37	11	2	4	38	25	7	2	11	27	43	0.956	40	L	L	W	L	L	1955-04-11	Doncaster Rovers	H
11	2	Bury	36	9	4	6	39	33	5	4	8	30	32	1.062	36	W	W	L	W	L	1955-04-11	Hull City	A
12	-1	Swansea Town	36	12	3	3	49	25	2	5	11	26	47	1.042	36	L	W	L	D	W	1955-04-11	Derby County	H
13	1	Fulham	36	9	4	4	40	24	4	5	10	30	48	0.972	35	D	L	L	L	D	1955-04-11	West Ham United	H
14	-2	Liverpool	36	11	4	3	50	32	3	3	12	31	52	0.964	35	L	L	D	D	L	1955-04-11	Port Vale	H
15	0	Nottingham Forest	36	7	3	9	26	28	8	2	7	23	24	0.942	35	W	L	W	W	W	1955-04-11	Rotherham United	A
16	0	Doncaster Rovers	36	9	4	4	30	24	4	1	14	22	56	0.65	31	L	W	L	L	D	1955-04-11	Notts County	A
17	1	Lincoln City	36	6	5	6	33	32	4	4	11	27	41	0.822	29	D	L	L	L	W	1955-04-11	Blackburn Rovers	H
18	-1	Hull City	36	6	4	8	28	31	4	5	9	13	29	0.683	29	L	L	L	D	L	1955-04-11	Bury	H
19	0	Port Vale	36	8	6	4	28	20	1	4	13	13	45	0.631	28	L	W	W	L	L	1955-04-11	Liverpool	A
20	0	Plymouth Argyle	38	8	4	6	25	25	2	3	15	28	54	0.671	27	L	L	W	L	W	1955-04-11	Bristol Rovers	H
21	0	Ipswich Town	36	9	2	8	34	27	1	2	14	18	56	0.627	24	W	L	W	D	W	1955-04-11	Stoke City	A
22	0	Derby County	38	5	6	8	35	32	1	3	15	14	42	0.662	21	L	L	L	L	D	1955-04-11	Swansea Town	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	2	5	Hartlepools United	Peel Park	11,267
Cocker, Stewart	Lineups		Johnson, Wildon, Stamper 2, Linacre
Barnsley	3	0	Chesterfield	Oakwell	17,248
Chappell 2, Wood	Lineups
Barrow	4	2	Rochdale	Holker Street	5,047
Gordon 3, Lord OG	Lineups		Gemmell, Lyons
Bradford City	2	0	Crewe Alexandra	Valley Parade	6,942
Simm, Lambert	Lineups
Halifax Town	3	1	Chester	The Shay	6,980
Watkinson 3	Lineups		Gill
Mansfield Town	0	0	Stockport County	Field Mill	6,387
	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	2	1	Carlisle United	Boundary Park	7,259
Travis 2	Lineups		Jackson
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	1	0	Darlington	Old Showground	8,268
McGill	Lineups
Southport	1	0	Bradford	Haig Avenue	3,415
Beadnell	Lineups
Workington	1	0	Tranmere Rovers	Borough Park	5,898
Bertolini	Lineups
Wrexham	2	0	Gateshead	Racecourse Ground	5,742
Betts 2	Lineups
York City	0	0	Grimsby Town	Bootham Crescent	12,436
	Lineups

				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	40	17	1	3	60	30	5	8	6	23	27	1.456	53	L	D	D	W	D	1955-04-11	York City	H
2	0	Barnsley	37	14	2	2	41	14	9	2	8	28	25	1.769	50	W	W	W	W	W	1955-04-11	Bradford City	H
3	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	38	12	4	3	34	14	8	4	7	32	30	1.5	48	W	D	W	W	L	1955-04-11	Oldham Athletic	H
4	1	Hartlepools United	39	15	2	2	35	15	7	2	11	22	28	1.326	48	W	L	W	W	L	1955-04-11	Chesterfield	H
5	-1	York City	37	10	5	4	37	22	9	4	5	38	29	1.471	47	D	D	W	W	W	1955-04-11	Accrington Stanley	A
6	1	Stockport County	41	12	3	4	42	21	5	8	9	34	41	1.226	45	D	D	D	W	D	1955-04-11	Crewe Alexandra	H
7	-1	Gateshead	39	10	6	4	34	22	7	5	7	23	33	1.036	45	L	D	L	D	L	1955-04-11	Darlington	A
8	0	Chesterfield	38	13	0	5	40	30	6	5	9	25	33	1.032	43	L	W	W	W	L	1955-04-11	Hartlepool United	A
9	0	Workington	39	9	6	4	34	22	6	6	8	25	28	1.18	42	W	D	L	D	L	1955-04-11	Barrow	H
10	1	Oldham Athletic	38	12	5	3	37	20	4	4	10	21	33	1.094	41	W	D	L	W	W	1955-04-11	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
11	-1	Rochdale	38	10	5	3	29	16	4	7	9	29	39	1.055	40	L	W	W	L	D	1955-04-11	Chester	H
12	0	Southport	37	9	7	4	26	17	5	4	8	17	22	1.103	39	W	W	W	L	D	1955-04-11	Mansfield Town	A
13	0	Mansfield Town	40	12	4	4	34	26	3	4	13	20	37	0.857	38	D	L	L	L	W	1955-04-11	Southport	H
14	0	Bradford	39	9	7	3	25	15	4	2	14	26	43	0.879	35	L	L	W	D	W	1955-04-11	Grimsby Town	H
15	0	Darlington	39	8	4	6	29	22	4	7	10	20	39	0.803	35	L	D	L	D	L	1955-04-11	Gateshead	H
16	0	Halifax Town	39	8	7	5	39	27	4	3	12	17	36	0.889	34	W	D	L	W	D	1955-04-11	Wrexham	H
17	1	Grimsby Town	39	9	4	7	25	26	3	4	12	18	31	0.754	32	D	W	L	L	L	1955-04-11	Bradford	A
18	-1	Tranmere Rovers	39	7	5	7	29	24	4	4	12	17	37	0.754	31	L	W	W	D	L	1955-04-11	Carlisle United	H
19	0	Carlisle United	37	10	1	8	45	33	3	3	12	20	37	0.929	30	L	L	W	W	L	1955-04-11	Tranmere Rovers	A
20	0	Crewe Alexandra	39	7	9	4	41	31	2	3	14	21	42	0.849	30	L	D	W	D	D	1955-04-11	Stockport County	A
21	2	Barrow	37	10	4	5	34	27	3	0	15	22	50	0.727	30	W	D	L	W	L	1955-04-11	Workington	A
22	0	Wrexham	39	7	6	7	30	33	3	4	12	20	36	0.725	30	W	D	L	D	L	1955-04-11	Halifax Town	A
23	-2	Chester	40	10	1	9	23	23	2	5	13	19	46	0.609	30	L	L	L	D	D	1955-04-11	Rochdale	A
24	0	Bradford City	36	7	4	7	24	20	3	4	11	13	25	0.822	28	W	L	L	W	L	1955-04-11	Barnsley	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brentford	3	0	Crystal Palace	Griffin Park	12,013
Towers, Dudley 2	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	1	Northampton Town	Goldstone Ground	13,120
Moore, Mundy	Lineups		Staroscik
Bristol City	2	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Ashton Gate	33,302	Largest home & D 3S gate 1954-55
Atyeo 2 (1p)	Lineups		Siddall, Hobbs
Coventry City	1	0	Swindon Town	Highfield Road	9,427
Hill P	Lineups
Gillingham	2	1	Colchester United	Priestfield Stadium	10,306
Millar, Morgan	Lineups		Elder
Leyton Orient	1	2	Norwich City	Brisbane Road	15,203
Rees	Lineups		Chung, Woan
Millwall	1	4	Southend United	The Den, New Cross	11,399
Saward	Lineups		Whyte, Grant, Hollis, Baron
Reading	0	0	Exeter City	Elm Park	8,320
	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	3	0	Newport County	Gay Meadow	8,652
McCue (p), O'Donnell 2	Lineups
Southampton	1	1	Aldershot	The Dell	13,123
Hoskins	Lineups		Lacey
Torquay United	2	2	Watford	Plainmoor	6,173
Dobbie, Collins (p)	Lineups		Cook 2
Walsall	4	1	Queens Park Rangers	Fellows Park	13,018
Richards 3, Dorman	Lineups		Smith

				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	40	15	3	2	55	21	11	5	4	35	23	2.045	60	D	W	W	W	W	1955-04-11	Shrewsbury Town	H
2	0	Leyton Orient	39	16	2	3	47	14	7	6	5	32	22	2.194	54	L	L	D	W	D	1955-04-11	Brentford	H
3	0	Southampton	40	15	5	1	45	17	7	4	8	20	25	1.548	53	D	L	W	W	L	1955-04-11	Watford	H
4	1	Gillingham	39	11	7	3	37	26	7	4	7	30	32	1.155	47	W	D	D	W	W	1955-04-11	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
5	-1	Millwall	40	13	5	3	41	23	5	5	9	23	34	1.123	46	L	W	L	L	W	1955-04-12	Coventry City	A
6	0	Watford	39	9	7	3	38	23	7	5	8	23	29	1.173	44	D	W	L	W	W	1955-04-11	Southampton	A
7	0	Norwich City	38	12	3	4	35	18	5	4	10	18	28	1.152	41	W	W	L	W	L	1955-04-11	Walsall	H
8	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	10	3	5	37	23	6	4	10	27	33	1.143	39	W	D	L	W	W	1955-04-11	Gillingham	H
9	3	Coventry City	37	12	4	2	36	20	3	5	11	16	26	1.13	39	W	L	W	D	L	1955-04-12	Millwall	H
10	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	38	7	6	5	31	24	5	9	6	24	27	1.078	39	D	D	L	L	W	1955-04-11	Northampton Town	H
11	-3	Queens Park Rangers	39	12	4	3	42	22	2	7	11	19	39	1	39	L	L	W	L	W	1955-04-11	Crystal Palace	H
12	-2	Torquay United	39	9	6	5	43	35	5	5	9	26	36	0.972	39	D	D	L	W	D	1955-04-11	Reading	A
13	1	Brentford	38	9	5	6	38	32	3	7	8	31	38	0.986	36	W	W	D	D	W	1955-04-11	Leyton Orient	A
14	-1	Northampton Town	39	10	4	4	33	23	5	2	14	25	54	0.753	36	L	L	W	L	W	1955-04-11	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
15	0	Aldershot	39	10	5	5	37	21	2	6	11	20	40	0.934	35	D	W	D	D	D	1955-04-11	Exeter City	A
16	1	Southend United	37	10	5	4	39	22	2	5	11	26	44	0.985	34	W	L	L	D	L	1955-04-11	Colchester United	H
17	-1	Reading	38	6	8	6	26	21	5	4	9	29	39	0.917	34	D	L	W	W	D	1955-04-11	Torquay United	H
18	3	Shrewsbury Town	37	10	4	4	34	22	2	4	13	18	46	0.765	32	W	L	L	W	D	1955-04-11	Bristol City	A
19	-1	Crystal Palace	39	7	10	2	27	21	2	4	14	18	50	0.634	32	L	W	W	D	D	1955-04-11	Queens Park Rangers	A
20	3	Exeter City	39	7	7	5	25	25	2	6	12	14	38	0.619	31	D	L	D	L	L	1955-04-11	Aldershot	H
21	-2	Newport County	39	6	7	6	26	25	2	7	11	25	42	0.761	30	L	D	L	W	L	1955-04-11	Swindon Town	A
22	-2	Swindon Town	38	7	7	3	23	15	1	7	13	16	37	0.75	30	L	D	D	D	L	1955-04-11	Newport County	H
23	-1	Colchester United	39	7	5	8	28	31	2	7	10	16	37	0.647	30	L	W	D	L	L	1955-04-11	Southend United	A
24	0	Walsall	38	6	6	7	41	30	1	6	12	23	45	0.853	26	W	W	D	D	L	1955-04-11	Norwich City	A