1955-05-04

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First Division
Division 1VenueGateNotes
Everton 01 Aston VillaGoodison Park20,503
Lineups Thompson    
Leicester City 40 Bolton WanderersFilbert Street12,223
Thomas 3, Hogg Lineups    

 

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 42 11 5 5 43 29 9 7 5 38 28 1.421 52 L W D W D End of Season
2 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 13 5 3 58 30 6 5 10 31 40 1.271 48 L W L W L End of Season
3 0 Portsmouth 42 13 5 3 44 21 5 7 9 30 41 1.194 48 L W D D D End of Season
4 0 Sunderland 42 8 11 2 39 27 7 7 7 25 27 1.185 48 W W W D L End of Season
5 0 Manchester United 42 12 4 5 44 30 8 3 10 40 44 1.135 47 W D W L W End of Season
6 1 Aston Villa 42 11 3 7 38 31 9 4 8 34 42 0.986 47 W W D W W End of Season
7 -1 Manchester City 42 11 5 5 45 36 7 5 9 31 33 1.101 46 L L W D L End of Season
8 0 Newcastle United 42 12 5 4 53 27 5 4 12 36 50 1.156 43 L W D D D End of Season
9 0 Arsenal 42 12 3 6 44 25 5 6 10 25 38 1.095 43 L L D L W End of Season
10 0 Burnley 42 11 3 7 29 19 6 6 9 22 29 1.063 43 W L W L D End of Season
11 0 Everton 42 9 6 6 32 24 7 4 10 30 44 0.912 42 L L D D L End of Season
12 0 Huddersfield Town 42 10 4 7 28 23 4 9 8 35 45 0.926 41 W W L L W End of Season
13 0 Sheffield United 42 10 3 8 41 34 7 4 10 29 52 0.814 41 W W L D L End of Season
14 0 Preston North End 42 8 5 8 47 33 8 3 10 36 31 1.297 40 W L D L W End of Season
15 0 Charlton Athletic 41 8 6 6 42 32 7 4 10 33 41 1.027 40 L D D D D 1955-05-05 Tottenham Hotspur H
16 0 West Bromwich Albion 42 11 5 5 44 33 5 3 13 32 63 0.792 40 L L W L W End of Season
17 0 Bolton Wanderers 42 11 6 4 45 29 2 7 12 17 40 0.899 39 L L W D W End of Season
18 0 Tottenham Hotspur 41 9 4 8 42 35 6 4 10 28 37 0.972 38 W W L L L 1955-05-05 Charlton Athletic A
19 0 Blackpool 42 8 6 7 33 26 6 4 11 27 38 0.938 38 L D W D W End of Season
20 0 Cardiff City 42 9 4 8 41 38 4 7 10 21 38 0.816 37 L W L D D End of Season
21 0 Leicester City 42 9 6 6 43 32 3 5 13 31 54 0.86 35 W L W D L End of Season
22 0 Sheffield Wednesday 42 7 7 7 42 38 1 3 17 21 62 0.63 26 W L W W L End of Season

 

Second Division
Second DivisionVenueGateNotes
Doncaster Rovers15Birmingham CityBelle Vue21,305Largest home gate 1954-55
Walker J LineupsBrown, Murphy, Astall 2, Govan   
Lincoln City01Port ValeSincil Bank7,044
LineupsSmith   
Footnotes
Birmingham City champions & promoted

 

Ptn Second Division Pld W D L F A W D L F A G Ave Pts Last 5 Games Next Match
1 3 Birmingham City 42 14 4 3 56 22 8 6 7 36 25 1.957 54 W D W D W End of Season
2 -1 Luton Town 42 18 2 1 55 18 5 6 10 33 35 1.66 54 W W W L D End of Season
3 -1 Rotherham United 42 17 1 3 59 22 8 3 10 35 42 1.469 54 W L W W W End of Season
4 -1 Leeds United 42 14 4 3 43 19 9 3 9 27 34 1.321 53 W W D W W End of Season
5 0 Stoke City 42 12 5 4 38 17 9 5 7 31 29 1.5 52 L W W D L End of Season
6 0 Blackburn Rovers 42 14 4 3 73 31 8 2 11 41 48 1.443 50 D L D L W End of Season
7 0 Notts County 42 14 3 4 46 27 7 3 11 28 44 1.042 48 W D D W W End of Season
8 0 West Ham United 42 12 4 5 46 28 6 6 9 28 42 1.057 46 D L L L L End of Season
9 0 Bristol Rovers 42 15 4 2 52 23 4 3 14 23 47 1.071 45 D L L W W End of Season
10 0 Swansea Town 42 15 3 3 58 28 2 6 13 28 55 1.036 43 W L D L W End of Season
11 0 Liverpool 42 11 7 3 55 37 5 3 13 37 59 0.958 42 L D W W D End of Season
12 0 Middlesbrough 42 13 1 7 48 31 5 5 11 25 51 0.89 42 D D L L L End of Season
13 0 Bury 42 10 5 6 44 35 5 6 10 33 37 1.069 41 D D W D L End of Season
14 0 Fulham 42 10 5 6 46 29 4 6 11 30 50 0.962 39 L D L W L End of Season
15 0 Nottingham Forest 42 8 4 9 29 29 8 3 10 29 33 0.935 39 D L W D L End of Season
16 0 Lincoln City 42 8 6 7 39 35 5 4 12 29 44 0.861 36 L W D W L End of Season
17 2 Port Vale 42 10 6 5 31 21 2 5 14 17 50 0.676 35 W W L L W End of Season
18 -1 Doncaster Rovers 42 10 5 6 35 34 4 2 15 23 61 0.611 35 L L D D W End of Season
19 -1 Hull City 42 7 5 9 30 35 5 5 11 14 34 0.638 34 L L D L W End of Season
20 0 Plymouth Argyle 42 10 4 7 29 26 2 3 16 28 56 0.695 31 W L W L L End of Season
21 0 Ipswich Town 42 10 3 8 37 28 1 3 17 20 64 0.62 28 L D D W L End of Season
22 0 Derby County 42 6 6 9 39 34 1 3 17 14 48 0.646 23 W L L L L End of Season

 

Third Division North

 

Third Division North Venue Gate Notes
Barnsley 4 2 Chester Oakwell 10,044
Lumley, Brown 3 Lineups Brandon, Morrey      
Bradford City 0 3 Accrington Stanley Valley Parade 4,435
Lineups Scott, Wright 2      
Workington 1 0 Halifax Town Borough Park 2,660
Whittle Lineups      
Wrexham 5 0 Grimsby Town Racecourse Ground 2,927
Betts 2, Hewitt, Gwatkin, Green Lineups      
Footnotes
Chester to apply for re-election
Grimsby Town to apply for re-election

 

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 46 18 3 2 51 17 12 2 9 35 29 1.87 65 W W W D L End of Season
2 0 Accrington Stanley 46 18 2 3 65 32 7 9 7 31 35 1.433 61 W L W W D End of Season
3 0 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United 44 14 5 3 44 17 9 5 8 35 34 1.549 56 W D W D L 1955-05-05 Bradford H
4 0 York City 45 13 5 5 43 27 10 5 7 44 35 1.403 56 L L L W W 1955-05-05 Barrow A
5 0 Hartlepools United 46 16 3 4 39 20 9 2 12 25 29 1.306 55 L D L W W End of Season
6 0 Chesterfield 46 17 1 5 54 33 7 5 11 27 37 1.157 54 W W W W L End of Season
7 0 Gateshead 46 11 7 5 38 26 9 5 9 27 43 0.942 52 W W L W L End of Season
8 0 Workington 46 11 7 5 39 23 7 7 9 29 32 1.236 50 W L D L W End of Season
9 0 Stockport County 46 13 4 6 50 27 5 8 10 34 43 1.2 48 L D L L W End of Season
10 0 Oldham Athletic 46 14 5 4 47 22 5 5 13 27 46 1.088 48 L W L W L End of Season
11 0 Rochdale 46 13 7 3 39 20 4 7 12 30 46 1.045 48 L L D W L End of Season
12 0 Southport 45 10 8 4 27 17 6 7 10 19 26 1.07 47 W W D L D 1955-05-07 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United H
13 0 Mansfield Town 46 14 4 5 40 28 4 5 14 25 43 0.915 45 L D L W W End of Season
14 0 Halifax Town 46 9 9 5 41 27 6 4 13 22 40 0.94 43 L W D D D End of Season
15 0 Darlington 46 10 7 6 41 28 4 7 12 21 45 0.849 42 W D L D L End of Season
16 0 Barrow 45 12 4 6 38 29 5 2 16 31 55 0.821 40 W D L W W 1955-05-05 York City H
17 0 Bradford 45 11 7 5 29 21 4 3 15 26 48 0.797 40 L W D L L 1955-05-05 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United A
18 3 Wrexham 46 9 6 8 40 35 4 6 13 25 42 0.844 38 W D W L W End of Season
19 -1 Tranmere Rovers 46 9 6 8 37 30 4 5 14 18 40 0.786 37 L W D D L End of Season
20 0 Carlisle United 46 12 1 10 53 39 3 5 15 25 50 0.876 36 L L W L D End of Season
21 -2 Bradford City 46 9 5 9 30 26 4 5 14 17 29 0.855 36 L W W L D End of Season
22 0 Crewe Alexandra 46 8 10 5 45 35 2 4 17 23 56 0.747 34 D W L L L End of Season
23 0 Grimsby Town 46 10 4 9 28 32 3 4 16 19 46 0.603 34 L L W L L End of Season
24 0 Chester 46 10 3 10 23 25 2 6 15 21 52 0.571 33 L L D D D End of Season

 

Third Division South
Third Division SouthVenueGateNotes
Brighton & Hove Albion53AldershotGoldstone Ground6,929
Harburn 2, Langley, Howard, Gordon LineupsCheney, Menzies, Flint   
Coventry City14Southend UnitedHighfield Road7,303
Hawkings LineupsLockhart 3, Hollis   
Crystal Palace20Norwich CitySelhurst Park7,379
Andrews (p), Belcher Lineups   
Swindon Town20ReadingCounty Ground5,147
Williams H, Reeves OG Lineups   
Torquay United21Colchester UnitedPlainmoor2,984
Dobbie, Mills LineupsBirch   

 

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 46 17 4 2 62 22 13 6 4 39 25 2.149 70 W W D W D End of Season
2 0 Leyton Orient 45 16 2 5 48 20 9 7 6 37 26 1.848 59 W D L L W 1955-05-05 Walsall A
3 0 Southampton 46 16 6 1 49 19 8 5 10 26 32 1.471 59 W L D D L End of Season
4 0 Gillingham 46 12 8 3 41 28 8 7 8 36 38 1.167 55 D D D D W End of Season
5 0 Millwall 46 14 6 3 44 25 6 5 12 28 43 1.059 51 D W L W L End of Season
6 0 Watford 45 11 8 3 44 25 7 5 11 26 36 1.148 49 W W L L D 1955-05-06 Exeter City H
7 1 Brighton & Hove Albion 45 13 4 5 45 27 6 6 11 29 36 1.175 48 W D L D W 1955-05-07 Coventry City H
8 2 Torquay United 46 12 6 5 51 39 6 6 11 31 43 1 48 W D L W W End of Season
9 -2 Coventry City 45 15 5 3 50 26 3 6 13 17 31 1.175 47 L W D L D 1955-05-07 Brighton & Hove Albion A
10 -1 Norwich City 46 13 5 5 40 23 5 5 13 20 37 1 46 L D D D L End of Season
11 0 Northampton Town 46 13 5 5 47 27 6 3 14 26 54 0.901 46 D W D W L End of Season
12 0 Aldershot 46 12 6 5 44 23 4 7 12 31 48 1.056 45 L D W W D End of Season
13 2 Southend United 45 13 5 5 48 28 4 6 12 33 50 1.038 45 W L W W D 1955-05-05 Brentford A
14 -1 Brentford 45 11 5 6 42 34 5 8 10 38 46 1 45 W L D W L 1955-05-05 Southend United H
15 -1 Queens Park Rangers 46 13 7 3 46 25 2 7 14 23 50 0.92 44 L D D L L End of Season
16 0 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 46 7 8 8 32 29 5 10 8 25 36 0.877 42 D L L D D End of Season
17 0 Reading 46 7 10 6 32 26 6 5 12 33 47 0.89 41 L D L L D End of Season
18 0 Shrewsbury Town 45 13 5 4 42 24 2 5 16 21 54 0.808 40 D L D W W 1955-05-06 Swindon Town H
19 0 Newport County 46 8 8 7 32 29 3 8 12 28 44 0.822 38 L L D D W End of Season
20 1 Crystal Palace 46 9 11 3 32 24 2 5 16 20 56 0.65 38 W L D D L End of Season
21 1 Swindon Town 45 10 8 5 30 19 1 7 14 16 38 0.807 37 W D W L L 1955-05-06 Shrewsbury Town A
22 -2 Exeter City 45 9 7 7 30 31 2 7 13 16 41 0.639 36 D L W L W 1955-05-06 Watford A
23 0 Walsall 45 9 6 7 48 32 1 8 14 26 50 0.902 34 W D D W L 1955-05-05 Leyton Orient H
24 0 Colchester United 46 7 6 10 33 40 2 7 14 20 51 0.582 31 L L D L L End of Season