1955-04-16

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	3	1	Sheffield United	Villa Park	21,149
Lynn, Thompson, Gibson	Lineups		Hagan
Blackpool	0	0	Cardiff City	Bloomfield Road	21,832
	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	2	0	Everton	Burnden Park	26,722
Stevens, Barrass (p)	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	1	1	Manchester City	The Valley	25,064
Leary	Lineups		Johnstone
Huddersfield Town	2	0	Newcastle United	Leeds Road	21,913
Glazzard 2	Lineups
Manchester United	3	0	West Bromwich Albion	Old Trafford	26,568
Taylor 2, Viollet	Lineups
Portsmouth	0	0	Chelsea	Fratton Park	40,230
	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	Leicester City	Hillsborough	20,539
Froggatt	Lineups
Sunderland	2	1	Preston North End	Roker Park	22,609
Purdon 2	Lineups		Baxter
Tottenham Hotspur	0	3	Burnley	White Hart Lane	23,555
	Lineups		Holden 2, Pilkington
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	1	Arsenal	Molineux	34,985
Hancocks 3	Lineups		Lishman

				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	40	10	5	5	40	29	9	7	4	37	26	1.4	50	D	W	D	W	W	1955-04-23	Sheffield Wednesday	H
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	13	5	3	58	30	5	5	8	27	33	1.349	46	W	L	W	L	D	1955-04-20	Manchester City	A
3	0	Portsmouth	38	12	4	3	40	18	5	6	8	27	35	1.264	44	D	D	L	W	W	1955-04-23	Cardiff City	A
4	0	Manchester City	39	10	5	4	41	30	7	5	8	31	31	1.18	44	D	L	W	W	L	1955-04-20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
5	1	Sunderland	40	7	11	2	36	27	6	7	7	24	27	1.111	44	W	D	L	W	D	1955-04-23	Burnley	A
6	1	Manchester United	38	11	4	5	42	29	7	2	9	36	39	1.147	42	W	D	L	L	W	1955-04-18	Newcastle United	A
7	-2	Arsenal	39	12	3	5	42	22	5	5	9	23	35	1.14	42	L	W	W	W	W	1955-04-18	Sheffield United	A
8	1	Burnley	40	11	3	6	29	18	5	6	9	21	29	1.064	41	W	L	D	L	L	1955-04-23	Sunderland	H
9	-1	Everton	38	9	5	5	30	21	7	3	9	28	39	0.967	40	L	L	W	L	L	1955-04-20	Leicester City	A
10	0	Aston Villa	38	10	3	7	36	31	7	3	8	28	40	0.901	40	W	W	L	W	W	1955-04-23	Preston North End	A
11	2	Charlton Athletic	38	8	5	5	41	27	7	3	10	31	39	1.091	38	D	D	L	L	D	1955-04-23	Everton	A
12	-1	West Bromwich Albion	39	10	5	4	41	30	5	3	12	32	58	0.83	38	L	W	W	L	W	1955-04-23	Huddersfield Town	H
13	-1	Preston North End	39	8	5	7	47	30	7	2	10	29	28	1.31	37	L	W	D	L	D	1955-04-20	Newcastle United	A
14	2	Huddersfield Town	38	8	4	7	23	22	4	9	6	34	42	0.891	37	W	W	D	D	L	1955-04-23	West Bromwich Albion	A
15	-1	Newcastle United	36	10	2	4	44	23	5	4	11	35	48	1.113	36	L	W	W	W	D	1955-04-18	Manchester United	H
16	2	Bolton Wanderers	38	10	6	3	44	28	2	6	11	17	36	0.953	36	W	L	D	D	L	1955-04-23	Newcastle United	A
17	-2	Sheffield United	38	9	2	7	34	29	6	4	10	27	51	0.763	36	L	W	D	L	D	1955-04-18	Arsenal	H
18	1	Blackpool	39	8	6	6	32	24	5	3	11	20	36	0.867	35	D	W	L	W	W	1955-04-23	Manchester City	A
19	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	38	8	4	8	40	34	5	4	9	26	34	0.971	34	L	L	D	L	L	1955-04-23	Leicester City	A
20	0	Cardiff City	38	8	3	8	37	35	4	7	8	21	33	0.853	34	D	L	L	L	D	1955-04-23	Portsmouth	H
21	0	Leicester City	38	7	5	6	35	30	3	5	12	30	51	0.802	30	L	L	W	W	D	1955-04-20	Everton	H
22	0	Sheffield Wednesday	40	6	7	7	37	38	1	3	16	21	59	0.598	24	W	W	L	D	D	1955-04-23	Chelsea	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	0	0	Luton Town	Ewood Park	35,912
	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	2	1	Nottingham Forest	Eastville	16,694
Biggs, Meyer	Lineups		McLaren
Derby County	1	2	Stoke City	Baseball Ground	12,574
Harrison K	Lineups		Finney, King
Doncaster Rovers	3	1	Middlesbrough	Belle Vue	9,925
Walker G, Walker J, Jeffrey	Lineups		Robertson
Fulham	0	1	Hull City	Craven Cottage	13,259
	Lineups		Gerrie
Liverpool	2	2	Leeds United	Anfield Road	34,950
Payne, Rowley	Lineups		Meek, Brook
Notts County	2	1	Bury	Meadow Lane	12,545
Jackson, Redman OG	Lineups		Clarke
Plymouth Argyle	2	0	Ipswich Town	Home Park	20,183
Porteous, Willis	Lineups
Port Vale	2	0	Birmingham City	Vale Park	24,036
Askey, Done	Lineups
Swansea Town	3	1	Lincoln City	Vetch Field	17,558
Jones C, Medwin, Allchurch I	Lineups		Finch
West Ham United	1	2	Rotherham United	Upton Park	24,056
Dick	Lineups		Farmer 2
Footnotes
Derby County relegated

				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	40	14	3	3	72	30	8	2	10	41	46	1.487	49	D	L	W	W	D	1955-04-23	Leeds United	A
2	0	Leeds United	40	13	4	3	41	19	8	3	9	24	33	1.25	49	D	W	W	D	W	1955-04-23	Blackburn Rovers	H
3	0	Luton Town	38	16	2	1	49	16	4	6	9	29	33	1.592	48	D	L	W	D	D	1955-04-20	Birmingham City	A
4	1	Stoke City	37	11	5	4	36	17	8	4	5	28	24	1.561	47	W	W	W	W	W	1955-04-18	Rotherham United	A
5	-1	Birmingham City	37	13	3	3	53	20	6	5	7	26	22	1.881	46	L	W	W	W	D	1955-04-20	Luton Town	H
6	1	Rotherham United	37	13	1	3	47	20	8	3	9	35	41	1.344	46	W	W	W	W	L	1955-04-18	Stoke City	H
7	-1	West Ham United	38	12	4	3	46	24	6	5	8	26	37	1.18	45	L	D	L	W	W	1955-04-23	Bury	A
8	0	Bristol Rovers	39	15	3	2	50	21	4	3	12	23	43	1.141	44	W	W	L	W	W	1955-04-23	Stoke City	A
9	0	Notts County	39	13	2	4	44	26	7	2	11	27	43	1.029	44	W	W	L	L	W	1955-04-23	Birmingham City	A
10	1	Swansea Town	38	14	3	3	55	26	2	5	11	26	47	1.11	40	W	W	L	W	L	1955-04-20	Fulham	A
11	-1	Middlesbrough	39	13	0	6	46	28	5	4	11	23	49	0.896	40	L	L	W	L	W	1955-04-23	Liverpool	H
12	2	Liverpool	38	11	6	3	53	35	3	3	12	31	52	0.966	37	D	D	L	L	D	1955-04-23	Middlesbrough	A
13	-1	Bury	38	9	4	6	39	33	5	4	10	31	35	1.029	36	L	L	W	W	L	1955-04-20	Nottingham Forest	H
14	-1	Fulham	38	9	5	5	40	25	4	5	10	30	48	0.959	36	L	D	D	L	L	1955-04-20	Swansea Town	H
15	0	Nottingham Forest	38	7	3	9	26	28	8	2	9	26	29	0.912	35	L	L	W	L	W	1955-04-20	Bury	A
16	1	Hull City	38	7	4	8	29	31	5	5	9	14	29	0.717	33	W	W	L	L	L	1955-04-18	Ipswich Town	A
17	1	Doncaster Rovers	38	10	4	4	33	25	4	1	15	22	60	0.647	33	W	L	L	W	L	1955-04-20	Stoke City	H
18	-2	Lincoln City	38	7	5	6	35	33	4	4	12	28	44	0.818	31	L	W	D	L	L	1955-04-23	Derby County	H
19	0	Port Vale	38	9	6	4	30	20	1	5	13	14	46	0.667	31	W	D	L	W	W	1955-04-23	Luton Town	A
20	0	Plymouth Argyle	40	9	4	7	27	26	2	3	15	28	54	0.688	29	W	L	L	L	W	1955-04-23	Rotherham United	A
21	0	Ipswich Town	38	9	2	8	34	27	1	2	16	18	61	0.591	24	L	L	W	L	W	1955-04-18	Hull City	H
22	0	Derby County	40	5	6	9	36	34	1	3	16	14	45	0.633	21	L	L	L	L	L	1955-04-23	Lincoln City	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Bradford	1	3	York City	Park Avenue	9,993
Redfearn	Lineups		Phillips (p), Fenton 2
Carlisle United	1	0	Bradford City	Brunton Park	4,360
Whitehouse	Lineups
Chester	0	0	Oldham Athletic	Sealand Road	5,057
	Lineups
Chesterfield	2	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	7,304
Keating, Stiffle	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	1	2	Barnsley	Gresty Road	5,450
McLean C	Lineups		Brown, Bartlett
Darlington	2	2	Wrexham	Feethams Ground	4,188
Robson 2	Lineups		Gwatkin, Betts
Gateshead	1	1	Accrington Stanley	Redheugh Park	3,132
Robson	Lineups		Stewart
Grimsby Town	0	1	Halifax Town	Blundell Park	5,916
	Lineups		Newton
Hartlepools United	1	2	Mansfield Town	Victoria Park	7,484
Johnson	Lineups		Murray, Gaskell
Rochdale	0	0	Southport	Spotland	5,567
	Lineups
Stockport County	0	1	Workington	Edgeley Park	7,452
	Lineups		Vitty
Tranmere Rovers	0	4	Barrow	Prenton Park	5,831
	Lineups		Collins 2, Codd, Armstrong

				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	Barnsley	40	15	2	2	42	14	11	2	8	32	26	1.85	56	W	W	W	W	W	1955-04-23	Carlisle United	H
2	0	Accrington Stanley	42	17	2	3	62	32	5	9	6	24	28	1.433	55	D	D	L	D	D	1955-04-23	Darlington	H
3	1	York City	40	11	5	4	39	23	10	5	5	43	32	1.491	52	W	W	D	D	D	1955-04-18	Tranmere Rovers	H
4	-1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	40	13	4	3	40	15	8	4	8	32	32	1.532	50	L	W	W	D	W	1955-04-18	Carlisle United	H
5	0	Hartlepools United	41	16	2	3	38	17	7	2	11	22	28	1.333	50	L	W	W	L	W	1955-04-18	Barrow	A
6	0	Stockport County	43	13	3	5	48	23	5	8	9	34	41	1.281	47	L	W	D	D	D	1955-04-23	Barrow	A
7	1	Chesterfield	41	14	1	5	42	30	6	5	10	25	35	1.031	46	W	D	L	L	W	1955-04-21	Barrow	A
8	-1	Gateshead	41	10	7	4	35	23	7	5	8	24	38	0.967	46	D	L	L	D	L	1955-04-20	Workington	A
9	0	Workington	41	9	7	4	34	22	7	6	8	26	28	1.2	45	W	D	W	D	L	1955-04-20	Gateshead	H
10	0	Rochdale	40	11	6	3	31	16	4	7	9	29	39	1.091	43	D	W	L	W	W	1955-04-20	Oldham Athletic	H
11	0	Oldham Athletic	40	12	5	3	37	20	4	5	11	22	39	1	42	D	L	W	D	L	1955-04-18	Bradford	H
12	0	Mansfield Town	42	13	4	4	37	26	4	4	13	22	38	0.922	42	W	W	D	L	L	1955-04-18	Darlington	H
13	0	Southport	39	9	7	4	26	17	5	5	9	17	25	1.024	40	D	L	W	W	W	1955-04-20	Chester	A
14	2	Halifax Town	41	9	7	5	41	27	5	3	12	18	36	0.937	38	W	W	W	D	L	1955-04-18	Bradford City	H
15	0	Darlington	41	9	5	6	36	25	4	7	10	20	39	0.875	38	D	W	L	D	L	1955-04-18	Mansfield Town	A
16	-2	Bradford	41	10	7	4	28	19	4	2	14	26	43	0.871	37	L	W	L	L	W	1955-04-18	Oldham Athletic	A
17	0	Tranmere Rovers	41	8	5	8	35	29	4	4	12	17	37	0.788	33	L	W	L	W	W	1955-04-18	York City	A
18	2	Barrow	39	10	4	5	34	27	4	1	15	26	50	0.779	33	W	D	W	D	L	1955-04-18	Hartlepool United	H
19	2	Carlisle United	40	11	1	8	46	33	3	3	14	22	45	0.872	32	W	L	L	L	L	1955-04-18	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
20	-2	Grimsby Town	41	9	4	8	25	27	3	4	13	19	33	0.733	32	L	L	D	W	L	1955-04-20	Bradford City	A
21	-2	Crewe Alexandra	42	7	9	5	42	33	2	4	15	22	48	0.79	31	L	D	L	L	D	1955-04-20	Wrexham	A
22	0	Wrexham	41	7	6	7	30	33	3	5	13	22	40	0.712	31	D	L	W	D	L	1955-04-20	Crewe Alexandra	H
23	0	Chester	42	10	2	9	23	23	2	5	14	19	48	0.592	31	D	L	L	L	L	1955-04-20	Southport	H
24	0	Bradford City	39	7	4	8	24	22	3	4	13	13	27	0.755	28	L	L	L	W	L	1955-04-18	Halifax Town	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	3	0	Millwall	Recreation Ground	4,279
Cheney, Flint, Gaynor J	Lineups
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	0	2	Torquay United	Dean Court	6,516
	Lineups		Mills, Crosland OG
Colchester United	0	2	Reading	Layer Road	7,046
	Lineups		Campbell, Hinshelwood
Crystal Palace	1	0	Coventry City	Selhurst Park	9,464
Cooper	Lineups
Exeter City	1	0	Shrewsbury Town	St James Park	4,944
McClelland	Lineups
Newport County	1	0	Walsall	Somerton Park	7,193
Hudson	Lineups
Northampton Town	1	2	Brentford	County Ground	6,980
Dawson	Lineups		Taylor, Towers
Norwich City	1	2	Gillingham	Carrow Road	11,006
Woan	Lineups		Millar 2
Queens Park Rangers	1	1	Bristol City	Loftus Road	12,498
Shepherd	Lineups		Rogers
Southend United	1	2	Leyton Orient	Greyhound Stadium	9,013
Hollis	Lineups		Rees, Fisher
Swindon Town	1	0	Southampton	County Ground	6,448
Hope	Lineups
Watford	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Vicarage Road	8,746
	Lineups

				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	42	16	3	2	59	22	11	6	4	36	24	2.065	63	D	W	D	W	W	1955-04-19	Crystal Palace	H
2	1	Leyton Orient	41	16	2	4	47	15	8	6	5	34	23	2.132	56	W	L	L	L	D	1955-04-20	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
3	-1	Southampton	42	16	5	1	47	17	7	4	9	20	26	1.558	55	L	W	D	L	W	1955-04-20	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
4	0	Gillingham	41	11	7	3	37	26	8	4	8	32	34	1.15	49	W	L	W	D	D	1955-04-20	Queens Park Rangers	H
5	0	Millwall	42	13	5	3	41	23	5	5	11	24	41	1.016	46	L	L	L	W	L	1955-04-23	Swindon Town	H
6	0	Watford	41	9	8	3	38	23	7	5	9	23	31	1.13	45	D	L	D	W	L	1955-04-18	Shrewsbury Town	A
7	0	Norwich City	41	13	3	5	38	21	5	4	11	19	30	1.118	43	L	L	W	W	W	1955-04-18	Coventry City	A
8	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	40	11	3	5	38	23	6	5	10	27	33	1.161	42	D	W	W	D	L	1955-04-20	Leyton Orient	H
9	1	Queens Park Rangers	41	13	5	3	44	23	2	7	11	19	39	1.016	42	D	W	L	L	W	1955-04-20	Gillingham	A
10	-2	Coventry City	39	13	4	2	40	21	3	5	12	16	27	1.167	41	L	W	W	L	W	1955-04-18	Norwich City	H
11	2	Torquay United	41	9	6	5	43	35	6	5	10	30	39	0.986	41	W	L	D	D	L	1955-04-23	Queens Park Rangers	H
12	2	Brentford	40	9	5	6	38	32	5	7	8	34	39	1.014	40	W	W	W	W	D	1955-04-21	Newport County	A
13	-2	Northampton Town	42	11	4	5	39	25	6	2	14	26	54	0.823	40	L	W	W	L	L	1955-04-18	Colchester United	H
14	1	Aldershot	41	11	5	5	40	21	3	6	11	21	40	1	39	W	W	D	W	D	1955-04-20	Reading	A
15	-3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	41	7	6	7	31	27	5	9	7	24	32	0.932	39	L	L	L	D	D	1955-04-20	Southampton	H
16	1	Reading	40	7	8	6	29	23	6	4	9	31	39	0.968	38	W	W	D	L	W	1955-04-20	Aldershot	H
17	-1	Southend United	39	11	5	5	44	26	2	5	11	26	44	1	36	L	W	W	L	L	1955-04-20	Swindon Town	A
18	0	Newport County	41	7	7	6	27	25	3	7	11	28	43	0.809	34	W	W	L	D	L	1955-04-21	Brentford	H
19	1	Crystal Palace	41	8	10	2	28	21	2	4	15	18	51	0.639	34	W	L	L	W	W	1955-04-19	Bristol City	A
20	1	Exeter City	41	8	7	6	26	26	2	6	12	14	38	0.625	33	W	L	D	L	D	1955-04-23	Walsall	A
21	1	Swindon Town	40	8	7	4	25	18	1	7	13	16	37	0.745	32	W	L	L	D	D	1955-04-20	Southend United	H
22	-3	Shrewsbury Town	39	10	4	4	34	22	2	4	15	19	51	0.726	32	L	L	W	L	L	1955-04-18	Watford	H
23	0	Colchester United	41	7	5	9	28	33	2	7	11	18	41	0.622	30	L	L	L	W	D	1955-04-18	Northampton Town	A
24	0	Walsall	41	7	6	7	43	31	1	6	14	24	48	0.848	28	L	W	L	W	W	1955-04-23	Exeter City	H