1955-04-23

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	2	3	Manchester United	Highbury	42,754
Lishman 2	Lineups		Blanchflower 2, Goring OG
Burnley	0	1	Sunderland	Turf Moor	19,227
	Lineups		Fleming
Cardiff City	1	1	Portsmouth	Ninian Park	21,185
Williams	Lineups		Harris
Chelsea	3	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Stamford Bridge	51,421
Sillett, Parsons 2	Lineups
Everton	2	2	Charlton Athletic	Goodison Park	27,969
Parker, Wainwright	Lineups		O'Linn, Leary
Leicester City	2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Filbert Street	23,908
Hines, Hogg	Lineups
Manchester City	1	6	Blackpool	Maine Road	44,839
Fagan	Lineups		Perry 3, Mortensen 2, Brown
Newcastle United	0	0	Bolton Wanderers	St James' Park	48,194
	Lineups
Preston North End	0	3	Aston Villa	Deepdale	15,147
	Lineups		Thompson 2, Follan
Sheffield United	1	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bramall Lane	24,735
Ringstead	Lineups		Hancocks, Wilshaw
West Bromwich Albion	2	1	Huddersfield Town	The Hawthorns	18,520
Allen 2	Lineups		Glazzard
Footnotes
Chelsea champions

				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	41	11	5	5	43	29	9	7	4	37	26	1.455	52	W	D	W	D	W	1955-04-30	Manchester United	A
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	13	5	3	58	30	6	5	9	29	37	1.299	48	W	L	W	L	W	1955-04-30	Cardiff City	A
3	0	Manchester City	41	11	5	5	45	36	7	5	8	31	31	1.134	46	L	W	D	L	W	1955-04-30	Aston Villa	A
4	1	Sunderland	41	7	11	2	36	27	7	7	7	25	27	1.13	46	W	W	D	L	W	1955-04-30	Everton	H
5	-1	Portsmouth	39	12	4	3	40	18	5	7	8	28	36	1.259	45	D	D	D	L	W	1955-04-27	Aston Villa	H
6	1	Manchester United	40	11	4	5	42	29	8	2	10	39	43	1.125	44	W	L	W	D	L	1955-04-26	Charlton Athletic	A
7	-1	Arsenal	41	12	3	6	44	25	5	6	9	24	36	1.115	43	L	D	L	W	W	1955-04-30	Portsmouth	A
8	1	Everton	40	9	6	5	32	23	7	4	9	30	41	0.969	42	D	D	L	L	W	1955-04-30	Sunderland	A
9	1	Aston Villa	39	10	3	7	36	31	8	3	8	31	40	0.944	42	W	W	W	L	W	1955-04-27	Portsmouth	A
10	-2	Burnley	41	11	3	7	29	19	5	6	9	21	29	1.042	41	L	W	L	D	L	1955-04-30	Bolton Wanderers	A
11	0	Newcastle United	39	11	4	4	49	26	5	4	11	35	48	1.135	40	D	D	W	L	W	1955-04-25	Blackpool	H
12	2	West Bromwich Albion	40	11	5	4	43	31	5	3	12	32	58	0.843	40	W	L	W	W	L	1955-04-27	Tottenham Hotspur	H
13	0	Charlton Athletic	39	8	5	5	41	27	7	4	10	33	41	1.088	39	D	D	D	L	L	1955-04-26	Manchester United	H
14	-2	Preston North End	41	8	5	8	47	33	7	3	10	32	31	1.234	38	L	D	L	W	D	1955-04-30	Charlton Athletic	A
15	2	Bolton Wanderers	39	10	6	3	44	28	2	7	11	17	36	0.953	37	D	W	L	D	D	1955-04-27	Huddersfield Town	H
16	2	Blackpool	40	8	6	6	32	24	6	3	11	26	37	0.951	37	W	D	W	L	W	1955-04-25	Newcastle United	A
17	-2	Huddersfield Town	39	8	4	7	23	22	4	9	7	35	44	0.879	37	L	W	W	D	D	1955-04-27	Bolton Wanderers	A
18	-2	Sheffield United	40	9	3	8	36	32	6	4	10	27	51	0.759	37	L	D	L	W	D	1955-04-30	Blackpool	A
19	1	Cardiff City	39	8	4	8	38	36	4	7	8	21	33	0.855	35	D	D	L	L	L	1955-04-27	Newcastle United	A
20	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	39	8	4	8	40	34	5	4	10	26	36	0.943	34	L	L	L	D	L	1955-04-27	West Bromwich Albion	A
21	0	Leicester City	40	8	6	6	39	32	3	5	12	30	51	0.831	33	W	D	L	L	W	1955-04-30	Huddersfield Town	A
22	0	Sheffield Wednesday	41	6	7	7	37	38	1	3	17	21	62	0.58	24	L	W	W	L	D	1955-04-30	West Bromwich Albion	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	1	1	Notts County	St Andrew's	28,018
Brown	Lineups		Wills
Bury	4	1	West Ham United	Gigg Lane	8,746
Robinson, Kelly, Fletcher, Pearson	Lineups		Dick
Hull City	1	1	Doncaster Rovers	Boothferry Park	12,270
Bulless	Lineups		Jeffrey
Ipswich Town	1	1	Swansea Town	Portman Road	18,514
Brown	Lineups		Charles
Leeds United	2	0	Blackburn Rovers	Elland Road	39,208	Largest home gate 1954-55
Brook 2	Lineups
Lincoln City	3	0	Derby County	Sincil Bank	9,419
Munro, Finch, Garvie	Lineups
Luton Town	4	2	Port Vale	Kenilworth Road	16,704
Turner 2, Davies, McEwan	Lineups		Done, Griffiths
Middlesbrough	1	2	Liverpool	Ayresome Park	11,737
McPherson	Lineups		Rowley, Liddell
Nottingham Forest	2	0	Fulham	City Ground	10,021
Small, McLaren	Lineups
Rotherham United	2	0	Plymouth Argyle	Millmoor	16,847
Farmer, Grainger	Lineups
Stoke City	2	0	Bristol Rovers	Victoria Ground	18,139
Oscroft, Finney	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	1	Leeds United	41	14	4	3	43	19	8	3	9	24	33	1.288	51	W	D	W	W	D	1955-04-30	Fulham	A
2	2	Luton Town	40	17	2	1	53	18	4	6	10	30	35	1.566	50	W	L	D	L	W	1955-04-27	Bristol Rovers	H
3	2	Stoke City	40	12	5	4	38	17	8	5	6	30	27	1.545	50	W	D	L	W	W	1955-04-25	Port Vale	A
4	2	Rotherham United	39	15	1	3	51	21	8	3	9	35	41	1.387	50	W	W	W	W	W	1955-04-25	Swansea Town	H
5	-2	Birmingham City	39	14	4	3	56	22	6	5	7	26	22	1.864	49	D	W	L	W	W	1955-04-25	Hull City	A
6	-5	Blackburn Rovers	41	14	3	3	72	30	8	2	11	41	48	1.449	49	L	D	L	W	W	1955-04-30	Bury	H
7	0	West Ham United	39	12	4	3	46	24	6	5	9	27	41	1.123	45	L	L	D	L	W	1955-04-26	Liverpool	H
8	1	Notts County	40	13	2	4	44	26	7	3	11	28	44	1.029	45	D	W	W	L	L	1955-04-27	Fulham	H
9	-1	Bristol Rovers	40	15	3	2	50	21	4	3	13	23	45	1.106	44	L	W	W	L	W	1955-04-27	Luton Town	A
10	0	Swansea Town	40	14	3	3	55	26	2	6	12	28	53	1.051	41	D	L	W	W	L	1955-04-25	Rotherham United	A
11	0	Middlesbrough	40	13	0	7	47	30	5	4	11	23	49	0.886	40	L	L	L	W	L	1955-04-27	Bury	H
12	1	Bury	40	10	5	6	44	35	5	4	10	31	35	1.071	39	W	D	L	L	W	1955-04-27	Middlesbrough	A
13	1	Liverpool	39	11	6	3	53	35	4	3	12	33	53	0.977	39	W	D	D	L	L	1955-04-26	West Ham United	A
14	-2	Fulham	40	10	5	5	45	26	4	5	11	30	50	0.987	38	L	W	L	D	D	1955-04-27	Notts County	A
15	0	Nottingham Forest	40	8	3	9	28	28	8	3	9	27	30	0.948	38	W	D	L	L	W	1955-04-30	Swansea Town	A
16	0	Doncaster Rovers	40	10	5	4	34	26	4	2	15	23	61	0.655	35	D	D	W	L	L	1955-04-30	Luton Town	H
17	0	Hull City	40	7	5	8	30	32	5	5	10	14	31	0.698	34	D	L	W	W	L	1955-04-25	Birmingham City	H
18	0	Lincoln City	39	8	5	6	38	33	4	4	12	28	44	0.857	33	W	L	W	D	L	1955-04-27	Ipswich Town	H
19	0	Port Vale	39	9	6	4	30	20	1	5	14	16	50	0.657	31	L	W	D	L	W	1955-04-25	Stoke City	H
20	0	Plymouth Argyle	41	9	4	7	27	26	2	3	16	28	56	0.671	29	L	W	L	L	L	1955-04-30	Stoke City	H
21	0	Ipswich Town	40	10	3	8	37	28	1	2	16	18	61	0.618	27	D	W	L	L	W	1955-04-27	Lincoln City	A
22	0	Derby County	41	5	6	9	36	34	1	3	17	14	48	0.61	21	L	L	L	L	L	1955-04-30	Hull City	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	3	0	Darlington	Peel Park	6,532
Wright, Stewart, Devlin	Lineups
Barnsley	3	1	Carlisle United	Oakwell	13,581
Chappell 2, Milton OG	Lineups		Atkinson
Barrow	2	0	Stockport County	Holker Street	4,407
Collins, Gordon	Lineups
Bradford City	0	0	Chester	Valley Parade	6,798
	Lineups
Halifax Town	0	0	Bradford	The Shay	6,875
	Lineups
Mansfield Town	0	1	Gateshead	Field Mill	4,334
	Lineups		Ingham
Oldham Athletic	4	0	Grimsby Town	Boundary Park	4,296
Walker, Travis, Scrine, McShane	Lineups
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	3	1	Crewe Alexandra	Old Showground	5,316
Gregory, Brown, McGill	Lineups		Samuels
Southport	0	0	Tranmere Rovers	Haig Avenue	2,313
	Lineups
Workington	0	1	Hartlepools United	Borough Park	5,161
	Lineups		McGuigan
Wrexham	0	2	Chesterfield	Racecourse Ground	4,614
	Lineups		Stiffle, Smith
York City	2	0	Rochdale	Bootham Crescent	9,981
Fenton 2	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	Barnsley	41	16	2	2	45	15	11	2	8	32	26	1.878	58	W	W	W	W	W	1955-04-25	Chesterfield	A
2	0	Accrington Stanley	43	18	2	3	65	32	5	9	6	24	28	1.483	57	W	D	D	L	D	1955-04-25	Hartlepool United	A
3	0	York City	42	13	5	4	42	23	10	5	5	43	32	1.545	56	W	W	W	W	D	1955-04-27	Grimsby Town	A
4	0	Hartlepools United	43	16	2	3	38	17	9	2	11	25	28	1.4	54	W	W	L	W	W	1955-04-25	Accrington Stanley	H
5	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	42	14	5	3	44	17	8	4	8	32	32	1.551	53	W	D	L	W	W	1955-04-27	Darlington	A
6	2	Chesterfield	43	14	1	5	42	30	7	5	11	27	37	1.03	48	W	L	W	D	L	1955-04-25	Barnsley	H
7	2	Gateshead	43	10	7	4	35	23	8	5	9	25	42	0.923	48	W	L	D	L	L	1955-04-25	Wrexham	H
8	-1	Workington	43	10	7	5	38	23	7	6	8	26	28	1.255	47	L	W	W	D	W	1955-04-26	Tranmere Rovers	A
9	-3	Stockport County	44	13	3	5	48	23	5	8	10	34	43	1.242	47	L	L	W	D	D	1955-04-25	Mansfield Town	H
10	1	Oldham Athletic	43	14	5	3	46	20	4	5	12	23	41	1.131	46	W	L	W	D	L	1955-04-26	Carlisle United	A
11	-1	Rochdale	42	12	6	3	33	17	4	7	10	29	41	1.069	45	L	W	D	W	L	1955-04-27	Barrow	H
12	0	Mansfield Town	44	14	4	5	40	28	4	4	13	22	38	0.939	44	L	W	W	W	D	1955-04-25	Stockport County	A
13	0	Southport	41	9	8	4	26	17	5	6	9	17	25	1.024	42	D	D	D	L	W	1955-04-25	Bradford	A
14	0	Halifax Town	43	9	9	5	41	27	5	3	12	18	36	0.937	40	D	D	W	W	W	1955-04-30	Rochdale	A
15	0	Darlington	44	9	6	6	37	26	4	7	12	21	45	0.817	39	L	D	L	D	W	1955-04-27	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
16	0	Bradford	43	10	7	4	28	19	4	3	15	26	48	0.806	38	D	L	L	W	L	1955-04-25	Southport	H
17	0	Barrow	42	12	4	6	38	29	4	1	15	26	50	0.81	37	W	W	L	W	D	1955-04-27	Rochdale	A
18	0	Carlisle United	43	11	1	8	46	33	3	5	15	25	50	0.855	34	L	D	D	W	L	1955-04-26	Oldham Athletic	H
19	1	Tranmere Rovers	43	8	5	8	35	29	4	5	13	17	38	0.776	34	D	L	L	W	L	1955-04-26	Workington	H
20	-1	Wrexham	43	8	6	8	35	35	3	5	13	22	40	0.76	33	L	W	D	L	W	1955-04-25	Gateshead	A
21	1	Chester	44	10	3	9	23	23	2	6	14	19	48	0.592	33	D	D	D	L	L	1955-04-30	Barnsley	H
22	1	Bradford City	42	8	5	8	28	22	3	5	13	13	27	0.837	32	D	W	D	L	L	1955-04-27	Crewe Alexandra	A
23	-2	Grimsby Town	43	9	4	8	25	27	3	4	15	19	41	0.647	32	L	L	L	L	D	1955-04-27	York City	H
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	44	7	9	5	42	33	2	4	17	23	56	0.73	31	L	L	L	D	L	1955-04-27	Bradford City	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Brentford	3	2	Watford	Griffin Park	9,394
Dudley, Towers 2 (1p)	Lineups		Brown, Cook
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Goldstone Ground	10,454
Leadbetter	Lineups		Newsham (p)
Bristol City	0	0	Newport County	Ashton Gate	27,499
	Lineups
Coventry City	0	0	Northampton Town	Highfield Road	11,631
	Lineups
Gillingham	1	1	Southend United	Priestfield Stadium	9,830
Marks (p)	Lineups		Baron
Leyton Orient	1	5	Aldershot	Brisbane Road	8,267
Lee	Lineups		Gaynor J 2, Cheney, Menzies, Flint
Millwall	1	0	Swindon Town	The Den, New Cross	6,277
Shepherd	Lineups
Reading	1	1	Norwich City	Elm Park	7,382
Uphill	Lineups		Chung
Shrewsbury Town	2	0	Colchester United	Gay Meadow	6,735
Price, McCue	Lineups
Southampton	2	2	Crystal Palace	The Dell	8,788
Day 2	Lineups		Andrews, Belcher
Torquay United	3	2	Queens Park Rangers	Plainmoor	6,146
Collins, Dobbie, Rutter OG	Lineups		Longbottom, Cameron
Walsall	1	0	Exeter City	Fellows Park	10,953
Richards	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	44	17	4	2	62	22	11	6	4	36	24	2.13	66	D	W	D	W	D	1955-04-27	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
2	1	Southampton	44	16	6	1	49	19	7	5	9	21	27	1.522	57	D	D	L	W	D	1955-04-27	Aldershot	A
3	-1	Leyton Orient	43	16	2	5	48	20	8	6	6	34	24	1.864	56	L	L	W	L	L	1955-04-27	Norwich City	A
4	0	Gillingham	43	12	8	3	41	28	8	4	8	32	34	1.177	52	D	W	W	L	W	1955-04-28	Colchester United	A
5	0	Millwall	43	14	5	3	42	23	5	5	11	24	41	1.031	48	W	L	L	L	W	1955-04-26	Southend United	A
6	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	12	4	5	40	24	6	5	10	27	33	1.175	45	D	W	D	W	W	1955-04-27	Northampton Town	A
7	-1	Watford	43	9	8	3	38	23	7	5	11	26	36	1.085	45	L	L	D	L	D	1955-04-26	Torquay United	H
8	0	Coventry City	41	14	5	2	44	21	3	5	12	16	27	1.25	44	D	W	L	W	W	1955-04-27	Swindon Town	A
9	0	Norwich City	43	13	3	5	38	21	5	5	12	20	35	1.036	44	D	L	L	L	W	1955-04-27	Leyton Orient	H
10	2	Torquay United	42	10	6	5	46	37	6	5	10	30	39	1	43	W	W	L	D	D	1955-04-25	Reading	H
11	0	Northampton Town	44	12	4	5	45	26	6	3	14	26	54	0.888	43	D	W	L	W	W	1955-04-27	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
12	1	Aldershot	43	11	5	5	40	21	4	7	11	28	43	1.063	42	W	D	W	W	D	1955-04-27	Southampton	H
13	1	Brentford	42	10	5	6	41	34	5	7	9	35	42	1	42	W	L	W	W	W	1955-04-27	Crystal Palace	A
14	-4	Queens Park Rangers	43	13	5	3	44	23	2	7	13	22	45	0.971	42	L	L	D	W	L	1955-04-25	Walsall	H
15	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	43	7	7	7	32	28	5	10	7	25	33	0.934	41	D	D	L	L	L	1955-04-25	Shrewsbury Town	A
16	0	Reading	42	7	10	6	32	26	6	4	9	31	39	0.969	40	D	D	W	W	D	1955-04-25	Torquay United	A
17	0	Southend United	41	11	5	5	44	26	3	6	11	28	45	1.014	39	D	W	L	W	W	1955-04-26	Millwall	H
18	0	Newport County	43	8	7	6	30	26	3	8	11	28	43	0.841	37	D	W	W	W	L	1955-04-28	Shrewsbury Town	H
19	0	Shrewsbury Town	41	12	4	4	38	23	2	4	15	19	51	0.77	36	W	W	L	L	W	1955-04-25	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
20	0	Crystal Palace	43	8	10	2	28	21	2	5	16	20	56	0.623	35	D	L	W	L	L	1955-04-27	Brentford	H
21	0	Exeter City	42	8	7	6	26	26	2	6	13	14	39	0.615	33	L	W	L	D	L	1955-04-27	Reading	H
22	0	Swindon Town	42	8	7	5	25	19	1	7	14	16	38	0.719	32	L	L	W	L	L	1955-04-27	Coventry City	H
23	1	Walsall	42	8	6	7	44	31	1	6	14	24	48	0.861	30	W	L	W	L	W	1955-04-25	Queens Park Rangers	A
24	-1	Colchester United	43	7	5	9	28	33	2	7	13	19	49	0.573	30	L	L	L	L	L	1955-04-28	Gillingham	H