1955-04-11

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	1	0	Burnley	Bloomfield Road	32,881
Mortensen	Lineups
Cardiff City	1	2	Arsenal	Ninian Park	29,080
Harrington	Lineups		Bloomfield, Lishman
Charlton Athletic	2	2	Portsmouth	The Valley	21,807
Hewie, Ayre	Lineups		Harris, Henderson
Leicester City	0	1	Preston North End	Filbert Street	33,076
	Lineups		Campbell
Manchester United	2	2	Sunderland	Old Trafford	37,876
Byrne, Taylor	Lineups		Chisholm, Bingham
Newcastle United	4	0	Everton	St James' Park	45,329
Mitchell R 2, Milburn 2	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	3	2	Bolton Wanderers	Hillsborough	16,569
Froggatt 2, Curtis (p)	Lineups		Lofthouse 2
Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Huddersfield Town	White Hart Lane	23,332
Brooks	Lineups		Hopkins OG
West Bromwich Albion	2	1	Manchester City	The Hawthorns	29,995
Griffin, Lee	Lineups		Spurdle
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	Aston Villa	Molineux	33,765
Flowers	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	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	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	12	5	3	55	29	5	5	7	25	29	1.379	44	W	L	D	L	D	1955-04-12	Aston Villa	A
3	1	Portsmouth	37	12	3	3	40	18	5	6	8	27	35	1.264	43	D	L	W	W	W	1955-04-16	Chelsea	H
4	-2	Manchester City	38	10	5	4	41	30	7	4	8	30	30	1.183	43	L	W	W	L	D	1955-04-16	Charlton Athletic	A
5	1	Arsenal	38	12	3	5	42	22	5	5	8	22	32	1.185	42	W	W	W	W	W	1955-04-16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
6	-1	Sunderland	39	6	11	2	34	26	6	7	7	24	27	1.094	42	D	L	W	D	L	1955-04-16	Preston North End	H
7	1	Manchester United	37	10	4	5	39	29	7	2	9	36	39	1.103	40	D	L	L	W	W	1955-04-16	West Bromwich Albion	H
8	-1	Everton	37	9	5	5	30	21	7	3	8	28	37	1	40	L	W	L	L	L	1955-04-16	Bolton Wanderers	A
9	0	Burnley	39	11	3	6	29	18	4	6	9	18	29	1	39	L	D	L	L	W	1955-04-16	Tottenham Hotspur	A
10	2	West Bromwich Albion	38	10	5	4	41	30	5	3	11	32	55	0.859	38	W	W	L	W	W	1955-04-16	Manchester United	A
11	3	Preston North End	38	8	5	7	47	30	7	2	9	28	26	1.339	37	W	D	L	D	L	1955-04-16	Sunderland	A
12	-2	Charlton Athletic	37	8	4	5	40	26	7	3	10	31	39	1.092	37	D	L	L	D	L	1955-04-16	Manchester City	H
13	2	Newcastle United	35	10	2	4	44	23	5	4	10	35	46	1.145	36	W	W	W	D	D	1955-04-16	Huddersfield Town	A
14	-3	Aston Villa	36	8	3	7	29	28	7	3	8	28	40	0.838	36	L	W	W	L	W	1955-04-12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
15	-2	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
16	1	Tottenham Hotspur	36	8	4	7	40	31	5	4	8	26	33	1.031	34	D	L	L	W	W	1955-04-12	Huddersfield Town	A
17	-1	Bolton Wanderers	37	9	6	3	42	28	2	6	11	17	36	0.922	34	L	D	D	L	L	1955-04-16	Everton	H
18	1	Blackpool	38	8	5	6	32	24	5	3	11	20	36	0.867	34	W	L	W	W	W	1955-04-16	Cardiff City	H
19	-1	Cardiff City	37	8	3	8	37	35	4	6	8	21	33	0.853	33	L	L	L	D	L	1955-04-16	Blackpool	A
20	0	Huddersfield Town	36	6	4	7	20	22	4	9	6	34	42	0.844	33	D	D	L	D	L	1955-04-12	Tottenham Hotspur	H
21	0	Leicester City	37	7	5	6	35	30	3	5	11	30	50	0.813	30	L	W	W	D	W	1955-04-16	Sheffield Wednesday	A
22	0	Sheffield Wednesday	39	5	7	7	36	38	1	3	16	21	59	0.588	22	W	L	D	D	D	1955-04-16	Leicester City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	3	0	Middlesbrough	St Andrew's	23,675
Kinsey, Murphy, Govan	Lineups
Fulham	0	0	West Ham United	Craven Cottage	21,616
	Lineups
Hull City	1	0	Bury	Boothferry Park	13,701
Genie	Lineups
Leeds United	4	0	Luton Town	Elland Road	29,583
Brook, Charles 2 (2p), Henderson	Lineups
Lincoln City	2	1	Blackburn Rovers	Sincil Bank	14,745
Littler, Garvie	Lineups		Crossan
Liverpool	1	1	Port Vale	Anfield Road	36,285
Jackson	Lineups		Done (p)
Notts County	4	0	Doncaster Rovers	Meadow Lane	13,144
Jackson 3, Cruickshank	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	0	1	Bristol Rovers	Home Park	26,134
	Lineups		Lambden
Rotherham United	3	2	Nottingham Forest	Millmoor	14,995
Farmer, Johnson, Selkirk	Lineups		Wilson, Barrett (p)
Stoke City	3	0	Ipswich Town	Victoria Ground	20,554
Oscroft, Malkin, Bowyer	Lineups
Swansea Town	3	0	Derby County	Vetch Field	18,700
Charles, Jones C (p), Price	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	39	14	2	3	72	30	8	2	10	41	46	1.487	48	L	W	W	D	L	1955-04-16	Luton Town	H
2	1	Leeds United	39	13	4	3	41	19	8	2	9	22	31	1.26	48	W	W	D	W	W	1955-04-16	Liverpool	A
3	-1	Luton Town	37	16	2	1	49	16	4	5	9	29	33	1.592	47	L	W	D	D	W	1955-04-16	Blackburn Rovers	A
4	0	Birmingham City	36	13	3	3	53	20	6	5	6	26	20	1.975	46	W	W	W	D	W	1955-04-16	Port Vale	A
5	1	Stoke City	36	11	5	4	36	17	7	4	5	26	23	1.55	45	W	W	W	W	D	1955-04-16	Derby County	A
6	-1	West Ham United	37	12	4	2	45	22	6	5	8	26	37	1.203	45	D	L	W	W	W	1955-04-16	Rotherham United	H
7	0	Rotherham United	36	13	1	3	47	20	7	3	9	33	40	1.333	44	W	W	W	L	D	1955-04-16	West Ham United	A
8	0	Bristol Rovers	38	14	3	2	48	20	4	3	12	23	43	1.127	42	W	L	W	W	D	1955-04-16	Nottingham Forest	H
9	1	Notts County	38	12	2	4	42	25	7	2	11	27	43	1.015	42	W	L	L	W	L	1955-04-16	Bury	H
10	-1	Middlesbrough	38	13	0	6	46	28	5	4	10	22	46	0.919	40	L	W	L	W	W	1955-04-16	Doncaster Rovers	A
11	1	Swansea Town	37	13	3	3	52	25	2	5	11	26	47	1.083	38	W	L	W	L	D	1955-04-16	Lincoln City	H
12	-1	Bury	37	9	4	6	39	33	5	4	9	30	33	1.045	36	L	W	W	L	W	1955-04-16	Notts County	A
13	0	Fulham	37	9	5	4	40	24	4	5	10	30	48	0.972	36	D	D	L	L	L	1955-04-16	Hull City	H
14	0	Liverpool	37	11	5	3	51	33	3	3	12	31	52	0.965	36	D	L	L	D	D	1955-04-16	Leeds United	H
15	0	Nottingham Forest	37	7	3	9	26	28	8	2	8	25	27	0.927	35	L	W	L	W	W	1955-04-16	Bristol Rovers	A
16	1	Lincoln City	37	7	5	6	35	33	4	4	11	27	41	0.838	31	W	D	L	L	L	1955-04-16	Swansea Town	A
17	1	Hull City	37	7	4	8	29	31	4	5	9	13	29	0.7	31	W	L	L	L	D	1955-04-16	Fulham	A
18	-2	Doncaster Rovers	37	9	4	4	30	24	4	1	15	22	60	0.619	31	L	L	W	L	L	1955-04-16	Middlesbrough	H
19	0	Port Vale	37	8	6	4	28	20	1	5	13	14	46	0.636	29	D	L	W	W	L	1955-04-16	Birmingham City	H
20	0	Plymouth Argyle	39	8	4	7	25	26	2	3	15	28	54	0.663	27	L	L	L	W	L	1955-04-16	Ipswich Town	H
21	0	Ipswich Town	37	9	2	8	34	27	1	2	15	18	59	0.605	24	L	W	L	W	D	1955-04-16	Plymouth Argyle	A
22	0	Derby County	39	5	6	8	35	32	1	3	16	14	45	0.636	21	L	L	L	L	L	1955-04-16	Stoke City	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	2	2	York City	Peel Park	15,425	Largest home gate 1954-55
Stewart, Currie	Lineups		Bottom, Wilkinson
Barnsley	1	0	Bradford City	Oakwell	18,929	Largest home gate 1954-55
Chappell	Lineups
Bradford	2	1	Grimsby Town	Park Avenue	5,850
McLaren, Brickley	Lineups		Harbertson
Darlington	5	1	Gateshead	Feethams Ground	7,043
Spuhler, Keers 2, Davis, Rutherford	Lineups		Ingham
Halifax Town	2	0	Wrexham	The Shay	6,902
Clarke, Watkinson	Lineups
Hartlepools United	2	0	Chesterfield	Victoria Park	9,551
Linacre, Newton (p)	Lineups
Mansfield Town	3	0	Southport	Field Mill	5,170
Murray, Gaskell, Adam J (p)	Lineups
Rochdale	2	0	Chester	Spotland	6,466
Kendall, Anders	Lineups
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	6	1	Oldham Athletic	Old Showground	8,471
Brown 2, Hubbard 2, Gregory 2	Lineups		Scrine
Stockport County	6	1	Crewe Alexandra	Edgeley Park	7,713
Murray, Pilkington, Connor, Moran 2, Wilson	Lineups		Lees
Tranmere Rovers	6	1	Carlisle United	Prenton Park	5,760
Lamont, Atkinson 3, Bell, Fleming	Lineups		Lindsay
Workington	0	0	Barrow	Borough Park	5,942
	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	41	17	2	3	62	32	5	8	6	23	27	1.441	54	D	L	D	D	W	1955-04-16	Gateshead	A
2	0	Barnsley	38	15	2	2	42	14	9	2	8	28	25	1.795	52	W	W	W	W	W	1955-04-12	Bradford City	A
3	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	39	13	4	3	40	15	8	4	7	32	30	1.6	50	W	W	D	W	W	1955-04-16	Chesterfield	A
4	0	Hartlepools United	40	16	2	2	37	15	7	2	11	22	28	1.372	50	W	W	L	W	W	1955-04-16	Mansfield Town	H
5	0	York City	38	10	5	4	37	22	9	5	5	40	31	1.453	48	D	D	D	W	W	1955-04-13	Carlisle United	H
6	0	Stockport County	42	13	3	4	48	22	5	8	9	34	41	1.302	47	W	D	D	D	W	1955-04-16	Workington	H
7	0	Gateshead	40	10	6	4	34	22	7	5	8	24	38	0.967	45	L	L	D	L	D	1955-04-16	Accrington Stanley	H
8	1	Workington	40	9	7	4	34	22	6	6	8	25	28	1.18	43	D	W	D	L	D	1955-04-16	Stockport County	A
9	-1	Chesterfield	39	13	0	5	40	30	6	5	10	25	35	1	43	L	L	W	W	W	1955-04-13	Crewe Alexandra	H
10	1	Rochdale	39	11	5	3	31	16	4	7	9	29	39	1.091	42	W	L	W	W	L	1955-04-16	Southport	H
11	-1	Oldham Athletic	39	12	5	3	37	20	4	4	11	22	39	1	41	L	W	D	L	W	1955-04-16	Chester	A
12	1	Mansfield Town	41	13	4	4	37	26	3	4	13	20	37	0.905	40	W	D	L	L	L	1955-04-16	Hartlepool United	A
13	-1	Southport	38	9	7	4	26	17	5	4	9	17	25	1.024	39	L	W	W	W	L	1955-04-16	Rochdale	A
14	0	Bradford	40	10	7	3	27	16	4	2	14	26	43	0.898	37	W	L	L	W	D	1955-04-16	York City	H
15	0	Darlington	40	9	4	6	34	23	4	7	10	20	39	0.871	37	W	L	D	L	D	1955-04-16	Wrexham	H
16	0	Halifax Town	40	9	7	5	41	27	4	3	12	17	36	0.921	36	W	W	D	L	W	1955-04-16	Grimsby Town	A
17	1	Tranmere Rovers	40	8	5	7	35	25	4	4	12	17	37	0.839	33	W	L	W	W	D	1955-04-16	Barrow	H
18	-1	Grimsby Town	40	9	4	7	25	26	3	4	13	19	33	0.746	32	L	D	W	L	L	1955-04-16	Halifax Town	H
19	2	Barrow	38	10	4	5	34	27	3	1	15	22	50	0.727	31	D	W	D	L	W	1955-04-16	Tranmere Rovers	A
20	-1	Carlisle United	38	10	1	8	45	33	3	3	13	21	43	0.868	30	L	L	L	W	W	1955-04-13	York City	A
21	-1	Crewe Alexandra	40	7	9	4	41	31	2	3	15	22	48	0.797	30	L	L	D	W	D	1955-04-13	Chesterfield	A
22	0	Wrexham	40	7	6	7	30	33	3	4	13	20	38	0.704	30	L	W	D	L	D	1955-04-16	Darlington	A
23	0	Chester	41	10	1	9	23	23	2	5	14	19	48	0.592	30	L	L	L	L	D	1955-04-16	Oldham Athletic	H
24	0	Bradford City	37	7	4	7	24	20	3	4	12	13	26	0.804	28	L	W	L	L	W	1955-04-12	Barnsley	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	0	1	Northampton Town	Dean Court	8,759
	Lineups		Newman
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	Gillingham	Goldstone Ground	11,083
Foreman	Lineups
Bristol City	4	1	Shrewsbury Town	Ashton Gate	26,208
Burden 2, Atyeo (p), Rogers	Lineups		Russell
Exeter City	0	1	Aldershot	St James Park	6,959
	Lineups		Cheney
Leyton Orient	0	1	Brentford	Brisbane Road	9,529
	Lineups		Dudley
Norwich City	2	1	Walsall	Carrow Road	19,034
Woan, McCrohan	Lineups		Tarrant (p)
Queens Park Rangers	1	0	Crystal Palace	Loftus Road	8,974
Clark	Lineups
Reading	3	2	Torquay United	Elm Park	7,724
Uphill 3	Lineups		Collins 2
Southampton	2	0	Watford	The Dell	10,190
Day, Walker	Lineups
Southend United	4	2	Colchester United	Greyhound Stadium	8,478
Grant 2, Hollis 2	Lineups		Leonard, McKim
Swindon Town	1	3	Newport County	County Ground	7,957
Bull	Lineups		Lucas, Harris, Johnston

				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	41	16	3	2	59	22	11	5	4	35	23	2.089	62	W	D	W	W	W	1955-04-16	Queens Park Rangers	A
2	1	Southampton	41	16	5	1	47	17	7	4	8	20	25	1.595	55	W	D	L	W	W	1955-04-16	Swindon Town	A
3	-1	Leyton Orient	40	16	2	4	47	15	7	6	5	32	22	2.135	54	L	L	L	D	W	1955-04-16	Southend United	A
4	0	Gillingham	40	11	7	3	37	26	7	4	8	30	33	1.136	47	L	W	D	D	W	1955-04-16	Norwich City	A
5	0	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	40	9	7	3	38	23	7	5	9	23	31	1.13	44	L	D	W	L	W	1955-04-16	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
7	0	Norwich City	39	13	3	4	37	19	5	4	10	18	28	1.17	43	W	W	W	L	W	1955-04-12	Walsall	A
8	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	39	11	3	5	38	23	6	4	10	27	33	1.161	41	W	W	D	L	W	1955-04-16	Watford	A
9	2	Queens Park Rangers	40	13	4	3	43	22	2	7	11	19	39	1.016	41	W	L	L	W	L	1955-04-16	Bristol City	H
10	-1	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
11	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	39	7	6	6	31	25	5	9	6	24	27	1.058	39	L	D	D	L	L	1955-04-12	Northampton Town	A
12	0	Torquay United	40	9	6	5	43	35	5	5	10	28	39	0.959	39	L	D	D	L	W	1955-04-16	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
13	0	Brentford	39	9	5	6	38	32	4	7	8	32	38	1	38	W	W	W	D	D	1955-04-16	Northampton Town	A
14	0	Northampton Town	40	10	4	4	33	23	6	2	14	26	54	0.766	38	W	L	L	W	L	1955-04-12	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
15	0	Aldershot	40	10	5	5	37	21	3	6	11	21	40	0.951	37	W	D	W	D	D	1955-04-16	Millwall	H
16	0	Southend United	38	11	5	4	43	24	2	5	11	26	44	1.015	36	W	W	L	L	D	1955-04-16	Leyton Orient	H
17	0	Reading	39	7	8	6	29	23	5	4	9	29	39	0.935	36	W	D	L	W	W	1955-04-16	Colchester United	A
18	3	Newport County	40	6	7	6	26	25	3	7	11	28	43	0.794	32	W	L	D	L	W	1955-04-16	Walsall	H
19	-1	Shrewsbury Town	38	10	4	4	34	22	2	4	14	19	50	0.736	32	L	W	L	L	W	1955-04-16	Exeter City	A
20	-1	Crystal Palace	40	7	10	2	27	21	2	4	15	18	51	0.625	32	L	L	W	W	D	1955-04-16	Coventry City	H
21	-1	Exeter City	40	7	7	6	25	26	2	6	12	14	38	0.609	31	L	D	L	D	L	1955-04-16	Shrewsbury Town	H
22	0	Swindon Town	39	7	7	4	24	18	1	7	13	16	37	0.727	30	L	L	D	D	D	1955-04-16	Southampton	H
23	0	Colchester United	40	7	5	8	28	31	2	7	11	18	41	0.639	30	L	L	W	D	L	1955-04-16	Reading	H
24	0	Walsall	39	6	6	7	41	30	1	6	13	24	47	0.844	26	L	W	W	D	D	1955-04-12	Norwich City	H