Club Attack and Defence Rankings for Season 1952-53

 

Division 1

Pos Club WLD Ranking
Attack Defence
1 2 Arsenal 12 1 8
2 5 Preston North End 12 3 3
3 13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 9 2 6
4 9 West Bromwich Albion 8 13 3
5 5 Charlton Athletic 7 5 6
6 8 Burnley 6 12 2
7 2 Blackpool 5 8 13
8 -7 Manchester United 4 10 15
9 3 Sunderland 1 11 19
10 -8 Tottenham Hotspur-1 4 11
11 -5 Aston Villa-1 14 5
12D 2 Cardiff City-2 21 1
13 5 Middlesbrough-3 9 18
14 -9 Bolton Wanderers-3 16 11
15 -11 Portsmouth-4 6 21
16 -8 Newcastle United-5 18 13
17 -6 Liverpool-6 16 19
18D 2 Sheffield Wednesday-7 15 15
19 0 Chelsea-7 20 9
20 -5 Manchester City-7 7 22
21 -1 Stoke City-8 22 9
22 -5 Derby County-10 18 17

 

Division 2

Pos Club WLD Ranking
Attack Defence
1 10 Sheffield United 18 1 3
2D 1 Huddersfield Town 16 3 1
3 5 Luton Town 10 3 2
4 D 3S Plymouth Argyle 7 14 4
5 0 Leicester City 6 2 14
6 -3 Birmingham City 6 9 9
7 -3 Nottingham Forest 2 7 10
8D 1 Fulham 2 5 12
9 5 Blackburn Rovers 2 12 8
10 -4 Leeds United 1 9 6
11 8 Swansea Town0 6 18
12 -3 Rotherham United-1 8 14
13 3 Doncaster Rovers-2 18 7
14 -2 West Ham United-3 18 4
15 D 3N Lincoln City-3 15 12
16 -9 Everton-4 9 16
17 -7 Brentford-5 17 17
18 0 Hull City-6 20 11
19 -4 Notts County-6 16 21
20 -3 Bury-7 21 18
21 -8 Southampton-9 12 20
22 -2 Barnsley-24 22 22

 

Division 3 North

Pos Club WLD Ranking
Attack Defence
1 3 Oldham Athletic 13 4 2
2 D 3S Port Vale 12 11 1
3 15 Wrexham 10 1 13
4 6 York City 7 19 2
5 -3 Grimsby Town 6 6 5
6 11 Southport 5 16 6
7 1 Bradford 4 6 8
8 -3 Gateshead 3 5 6
9 -2 Carlisle United 3 2 14
10 6 Crewe Alexandra 2 9 14
11 -8 Stockport County 1 2 17
12 -1 Tranmere Rovers 1 13 11
12 1 Chesterfield 1 13 11
14 6 Halifax Town 1 10 14
15 -1 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United0 17 4
16 -1 Bradford City0 6 19
17 -8 Hartlepools United0 21 8
18 -12 Mansfield Town0 22 10
19 -7 Barrow-2 12 18
20 -1 Chester-9 15 21
21 2 Darlington-12 20 24
22 -1 Rochdale-13 17 20
23 1 Workington-14 22 23
24 -2 Accrington Stanley-19 24 22

 

Division 3 South

Pos Club WLD Ranking
Attack Defence
1 6 Bristol Rovers 18 4 2
2 2 Millwall 16 6 1
3 5 Northampton Town 16 1 10
4 -1 Norwich City 14 2 3
5 10 Bristol City 13 3 4
6D 2 Coventry City 4 8 5
7 -2 Brighton & Hove Albion 4 7 15
8 1 Southend United 3 11 13
9 5 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 1 9 8
10 11 Watford 1 17 6
11 -9 Reading0 11 7
12 -1 Torquay United-1 5 22
13 6 Crystal Palace-3 15 19
14 4 Leyton Orient-4 13 12
15 -9 Newport County-4 10 19
16 1 Ipswich Town-5 21 8
17 6 Exeter City-6 18 11
18 -2 Swindon Town-6 16 18
19 -7 Aldershot-7 18 17
20D 2 Queens Park Rangers-7 18 19
21 1 Gillingham-7 24 13
22 -12 Colchester United-8 22 16
23 -3 Shrewsbury Town-10 13 23
24 0 Walsall-22 23 24