1953–54 Football League

The 1953–54 season was the 55th completed season of The Football League, which ran from August 1953 until April 1954.

The Football League

Season	1953–54
Champions	Wolverhampton Wanderers
← 1952–53 1954–55 →

Final league tables

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,[2] with home and away statistics separated.

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.

During the first five seasons of the league, that is, until the season 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league. From the 1922–23 season on it was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South.[2]

First Division

Football League
First Division

Season	1953–54
Champions	Wolverhampton Wanderers (1st English title)
Relegated	Middlesbrough, Liverpool
FA Cup winners	West Bromwich Albion (4th FA Cup title)
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,626 (3.52 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Glazzard (Huddersfield Town), 29 [3]
Biggest home win	Charlton 8 Middlesbrough 1 (12 Sep 1953) Wolves 8 Chelsea 1 (26 Sep 1953)
Biggest away win	Cardiff 1 Manchester United 6 (14 Nov 1953)
Highest scoring	(10 goals) Newcastle 3 West Brom 7 (16 Sep 1953)
Longest winning run	Charlton (6 games) ended 17 October 1953
Longest unbeaten run	Wolverhampton Wanderers (18 games) ended 12 December 1953
Longest losing run	Liverpool (5 games) ended 16 September 1953
← 1952–53 1954–55 →

Wolves won the First Division title for the first time in their history, finishing four points ahead of their local rivals West Bromwich Albion, who lifted their fourth FA Cup in the same season. Defending champions Arsenal slumped to 12th.

Middlesbrough and Liverpool were relegated to the Second Division.

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	16	1	4	61	25	9	6	6	35	31	1.714	57	League Champions
2	West Bromwich Albion	42	13	5	3	51	24	9	4	8	35	39	1.365	53	FA Cup winners
3	Huddersfield Town	42	13	6	2	45	24	7	5	9	33	37	1.279	51
4	Manchester United	42	11	6	4	41	27	7	6	8	32	31	1.259	48
5	Bolton Wanderers	42	14	6	1	45	20	4	6	11	30	40	1.250	48
6	Blackpool	42	13	6	2	43	19	6	4	11	37	50	1.159	48
7	Burnley	42	16	2	3	51	23	5	2	14	27	44	1.164	46
8	Chelsea	42	12	3	6	45	26	4	9	8	29	42	1.088	44
9	Charlton Athletic	42	14	4	3	51	26	5	2	14	24	51	0.974	44
10	Cardiff City	42	12	4	5	32	27	6	4	11	19	44	0.718	44
11	Preston North End	42	12	2	7	43	24	7	3	11	44	34	1.500	43
12	Arsenal	42	8	8	5	42	37	7	5	9	33	36	1.027	43
13	Aston Villa	42	12	5	4	50	28	4	4	13	20	40	1.029	41
14	Portsmouth	42	13	5	3	53	31	1	6	14	28	58	0.910	39
15	Newcastle United	42	9	2	10	43	40	5	8	8	29	37	0.935	38
16	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	3	7	38	33	5	2	14	27	43	0.855	37
17	Manchester City	42	10	4	7	35	31	4	5	12	27	46	0.805	37
18	Sunderland	42	11	4	6	50	37	3	4	14	31	52	0.910	36
19	Sheffield Wednesday	42	12	4	5	43	30	3	2	16	27	61	0.769	36
20	Sheffield United	42	9	5	7	43	38	2	6	13	26	52	0.767	33
21	Middlesbrough	42	6	6	9	29	35	4	4	13	31	56	0.659	30	Relegated
22	Liverpool	42	7	8	6	49	38	2	2	17	19	59	0.701	28

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AST	BLP	BOL	BUR	CAR	CHA	CHE	HUD	LIV	MCI	MUN	MID	NEW	POR	PNE	SHU	SHW	SUN	TOT	WBA	WOL
Arsenal		1–1	1–1	4–3	2–5	1–1	3–3	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–2	3–1	3–1	2–1	3–0	3–2	1–1	4–1	1–4	0–3	2–2	2–3
Aston Villa	2–1		2–1	2–2	5–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	3–0	2–2	5–3	1–2	1–1	1–0	4–0	2–1	3–1	1–2	6–1	1–2
Blackpool	2–2	3–2		0–0	2–0	4–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–3	1–1	4–2	2–2	1–2	3–0	1–0	4–1	0–0
Bolton Wanderers	3–1	3–0	3–2		0–0	3–0	3–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	3–2	0–0	3–2	2–2	6–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–1
Burnley	2–1	3–2	2–1	1–1		3–0	2–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	5–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	4–1	5–1	4–2	1–4	4–1
Cardiff City	0–3	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–0		5–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	0–3	1–6	1–0	2–1	3–2	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–3
Charlton Athletic	1–5	1–1	4–2	1–0	3–1	3–2		1–1	2–1	6–0	2–1	1–0	8–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	3–0	4–2	5–3	0–1	1–1	0–2
Chelsea	0–2	1–2	5–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–1		2–2	5–2	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	4–3	1–0	1–2	0–1	2–2	1–0	5–0	4–2
Huddersfield Town	2–2	4–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	4–1	3–1		2–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–2	5–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–1	2–5	0–2	2–1
Liverpool	1–2	6–1	5–2	1–2	4–0	0–1	2–3	1–1	1–3		2–2	4–4	4–1	2–2	3–1	1–5	3–0	2–2	4–3	2–2	0–0	1–1
Manchester City	0–0	0–1	1–4	3–0	3–2	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–1	0–2		2–0	5–2	0–0	2–1	1–4	2–1	3–2	2–1	4–1	2–3	0–4
Manchester United	2–2	1–0	4–1	1–5	1–2	2–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	5–1	1–1		2–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	5–2	1–0	2–0	1–3	1–0
Middlesbrough	2–0	2–1	0–1	3–2	1–3	0–0	0–2	3–3	0–3	0–1	0–1	1–4		2–3	2–2	0–4	2–0	4–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	3–3
Newcastle United	5–2	0–1	2–1	2–3	3–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	4–0	4–3	1–2	2–3		1–1	0–4	4–1	3–0	2–1	1–3	3–7	1–2
Portsmouth	1–1	2–1	4–4	3–2	3–2	1–1	3–1	3–2	5–2	5–1	4–1	1–1	0–2	2–0		1–3	3–4	2–1	4–1	1–1	3–0	2–0
Preston North End	0–1	1–1	2–3	3–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	4–0	1–3	1–0	2–2	4–0		2–1	6–0	6–2	2–1	0–2	0–1
Sheffield United	1–0	2–1	3–4	3–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–3	3–6	3–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	3–1	3–1	1–1		2–0	1–3	5–2	1–2	3–3
Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	3–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–4	1–1	2–0	0–1	4–2	3–0	4–4	4–2	3–2		2–2	2–1	2–3	0–0
Sunderland	7–1	2–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	5–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	3–2	4–5	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–4		4–3	2–1	3–2
Tottenham Hotspur	1–4	1–0	2–2	3–2	2–3	0–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	4–1	3–0	1–1	2–6	2–1	3–1	0–3		0–1	2–3
West Bromwich Albion	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	6–1	2–3	5–2	4–0	5–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–3	3–2	2–2	4–2	2–0	3–0		0–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–2	1–2	4–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	5–0	8–1	4–0	2–1	3–1	3–1	2–4	3–2	4–3	1–0	6–1	4–1	3–1	2–0	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Arsenal

Charlton Athletic

Chelsea

Tottenham

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1953–1954

Arsenal

Aston Villa

Blackpool

Bolton

Burnley

Cardiff City

Charlton

Chelsea

Huddersfield

Liverpool

Manchester City

Manchester United

Middlesbrough

Newcastle

Portsmouth

Preston North End

Sheffield United

Sheffield Wednesday

Sunderland

Tottenham

West Bromwich Albion

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1953–1954 teams

Second Division

Football League
Second Division

Season	1953–54
Champions	Leicester City (3rd title)
Promoted	Everton
Relegated	Brentford, Oldham Athletic
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,535 (3.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	John Charles (Leeds United), 42 [3]
← 1952–53 1954–55 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Leicester City	42	15	4	2	63	23	8	6	7	34	37	1.617	56	Division Champions, promoted
2	Everton	42	13	6	2	55	27	7	10	4	37	31	1.586	56	Promoted
3	Blackburn Rovers	42	15	4	2	54	16	8	5	8	32	34	1.720	55
4	Nottingham Forest	42	15	5	1	61	27	5	7	9	25	32	1.458	52
5	Rotherham United	42	13	4	4	51	26	8	3	10	29	41	1.194	49
6	Luton Town	42	11	7	3	36	23	7	5	9	28	36	1.085	48
7	Birmingham City	42	12	6	3	49	18	6	5	10	29	40	1.345	47
8	Fulham	42	12	3	6	62	39	5	7	9	36	46	1.153	44
9	Bristol Rovers	42	10	7	4	32	19	4	9	8	32	39	1.103	44
10	Leeds United	42	12	5	4	56	30	3	8	10	33	51	1.099	43
11	Stoke City	42	8	8	5	43	28	4	9	8	28	32	1.183	41
12	Doncaster Rovers	42	9	5	7	32	28	7	4	10	27	35	0.937	41
13	West Ham United	42	11	6	4	44	20	4	3	14	23	49	0.971	39
14	Notts County	42	8	6	7	26	29	5	7	9	28	45	0.730	39
15	Hull City	42	14	1	6	47	22	2	5	14	17	44	0.970	38
16	Lincoln City	42	11	6	4	46	23	3	3	15	19	60	0.783	37
17	Bury	42	9	7	5	39	32	2	7	12	15	40	0.750	36
18	Derby County	42	9	5	7	38	35	3	6	12	26	47	0.780	35
19	Plymouth Argyle	42	6	12	3	38	31	3	4	14	27	51	0.793	34
20	Swansea Town	42	11	5	5	34	25	2	3	16	24	57	0.707	34
21	Brentford	42	9	5	7	25	26	1	6	14	15	52	0.513	31	Relegated
22	Oldham Athletic	42	6	7	8	26	31	2	2	17	14	58	0.449	25

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	BIR	BLB	BRE	BRR	BRY	DER	DON	EVE	FUL	HUL	LEE	LEI	LIN	LUT	NOT	NTC	OLD	PLY	ROT	STK	SWA	WHU
Birmingham		0–0	5–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	0–1	5–1	2–2	2–0	3–3	1–2	1–0	5–1	2–2	3–0	2–1	3–0	2–3	1–0	6–0	2–0
Blackburn Rovers	3–0		2–2	1–1	4–2	0–3	2–0	0–0	5–1	3–1	2–2	3–0	6–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–3	3–0	3–0	1–0	4–1
Brentford	2–0	1–4		0–3	2–1	0–0	1–4	1–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–3	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–1	3–1
Bristol Rovers	1–1	1–2	0–0		2–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	4–2	1–1	3–0	0–1	3–3	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	3–2	0–1	2–2
Bury	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–1		4–0	2–1	2–2	1–3	3–0	4–4	2–5	1–1	0–1	2–1	3–3	1–0	3–0	3–0	0–6	1–2	2–0
Derby County	2–4	2–2	4–1	0–1	3–1		2–0	2–6	3–3	2–0	0–2	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	3–1	1–4	1–1	1–1	4–2	2–1
Doncaster Rovers	3–1	0–2	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–3		2–2	2–2	4–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–3	4–2	1–0	3–3	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–0
Everton	1–0	1–1	6–1	4–0	0–0	3–2	4–1		2–2	2–0	2–1	1–2	3–1	2–1	3–3	3–2	3–1	8–4	3–0	1–1	2–2	1–2
Fulham	5–2	2–3	4–1	4–4	3–0	5–2	1–2	0–0		5–1	1–3	1–1	4–1	5–1	3–1	4–3	3–1	3–1	2–4	0–1	4–3	3–4
Hull City	3–0	0–2	2–0	4–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	1–3	2–1		1–1	0–3	3–0	1–2	3–0	0–2	8–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	4–3	2–1
Leeds United	1–1	3–2	4–0	3–3	3–4	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–2	0–0		7–1	5–2	2–1	0–2	6–0	2–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	3–2	1–2
Leicester City	3–4	4–0	6–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–2	2–2	1–3	5–0		9–2	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	4–2	4–1	4–0	4–1	2–1
Lincoln City	0–1	8–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	4–2	3–0	2–0	3–1		1–1	2–2	3–0	3–1	2–0	4–3	1–1	3–1	1–2
Luton Town	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–0		0–1	2–1	4–4	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	3–1
Nottingham Forest	1–1	0–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	4–2	2–2	3–3	4–1	2–0	5–2	3–1	4–2	2–1		5–0	1–1	3–0	4–1	5–4	2–1	4–0
Notts County	2–1	0–5	2–0	1–5	0–0	0–1	1–5	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1		2–0	2–0	1–2	2–1	3–0	3–1
Oldham Athletic	2–3	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–4	2–3	0–0	4–2	0–2	1–0	1–2	1–3	1–3		1–1	2–3	1–0	2–2	3–1
Plymouth Argyle	2–2	1–1	3–2	3–3	1–1	3–2	0–0	4–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	0–3	1–2	2–2	1–0	3–3	5–0		0–2	1–1	1–1	2–1
Rotherham United	1–0	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–0	5–2	4–0	1–2	3–2	3–2	2–4	1–1	4–1	2–1	3–0	0–1	7–0	2–1		2–2	2–1	5–0
Stoke City	3–2	3–0	1–1	3–2	4–0	2–2	2–2	2–4	1–3	0–1	4–0	2–2	4–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	3–2	1–1		5–0	1–1
Swansea Town	1–3	2–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	4–3	0–0	4–2	1–1	2–1	2–2	4–0	0–1	0–2	2–2		1–1
West Ham United	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	5–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	5–2	4–1	5–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–2	3–0	2–2	4–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Brentford

Fulham

West Ham

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1953–1954

Birmingham

Blackburn Rovers

Brentford

Bristol Rovers

Bury

Derby County

Doncaster

Everton

Fulham

Hull

Leeds United

Leicester City

Lincoln City

Luton Town

Nottingham Forest

Notts County

Oldham

Plymouth Argyle

Rotherham

Stoke

Swansea Town

West Ham

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1953–1954 teams

Third Division North

Football League
Third Division North

Season	1953–54
Champions	Port Vale (2nd title)
Failed re-election	none
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,587 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alan Ashman (Carlisle United), 30 [3]
← 1952–53 1954–55 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Port Vale (C, P)	46	16	7	0	48	5	10	10	3	26	16	3.524	69	Promoted to the Second Division
2	Barnsley	46	16	3	4	54	24	8	7	8	23	33	1.351	58
3	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	46	14	7	2	49	24	7	8	8	28	32	1.375	57
4	Gateshead	46	15	4	4	49	22	6	9	8	25	33	1.345	55
5	Bradford City	46	15	6	2	40	14	7	3	13	20	41	1.091	53
6	Chesterfield	46	13	6	4	41	19	6	8	9	35	45	1.188	52
7	Mansfield Town	46	15	5	3	59	22	5	6	12	29	45	1.313	51
8	Wrexham	46	16	4	3	59	19	5	5	13	22	49	1.191	51
9	Bradford Park Avenue	46	13	6	4	57	31	5	8	10	20	37	1.132	50
10	Stockport County	46	14	6	3	57	20	4	5	14	20	47	1.149	47
11	Southport	46	12	5	6	41	26	5	7	11	22	34	1.050	46
12	Barrow	46	12	7	4	46	26	4	5	14	26	45	1.014	44
13	Carlisle United	46	10	8	5	53	27	4	7	12	30	44	1.169	43
14	Tranmere Rovers	46	11	4	8	40	34	7	3	13	19	36	0.843	43
15	Accrington Stanley	46	12	7	4	41	22	4	3	16	25	52	0.892	42
16	Crewe Alexandra	46	9	8	6	30	26	5	5	13	19	41	0.731	41
17	Grimsby Town	46	14	5	4	31	15	2	4	17	20	62	0.662	41
18	Hartlepools United	46	10	8	5	40	21	3	6	14	19	44	0.908	40
19	Rochdale	46	12	5	6	40	20	3	5	15	19	57	0.766	40
20	Workington	46	10	9	4	36	22	3	5	15	23	58	0.738	40
21	Darlington	46	11	3	9	31	27	1	11	11	19	44	0.704	38
22	York City	46	8	7	8	39	32	4	6	13	25	54	0.744	37
23	Halifax Town	46	9	6	8	26	21	3	4	16	18	52	0.603	34	Re-elected
24	Chester	46	10	7	6	39	22	1	3	19	9	45	0.716	32

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Division Champions; (P) Promoted.

Results

Home \ Away	ACC	BAR	BRW	BRA	BPA	CRL	CHE	CHF	CRE	DAR	GAT	GRI	HAL	HAR	MAN	PTV	ROC	SCU	SOU	STP	TRA	WRK	WRE	YOR
Accrington Stanley		3–0	3–2	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	2–2	3–1	3–0	2–0	5–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	4–2	1–2	2–0
Barnsley	5–0		3–2	4–2	2–1	1–1	3–0	4–1	1–1	5–1	0–2	0–0	1–2	3–2	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	4–1	3–0	4–2	3–0	2–1
Barrow	4–3	0–1		3–0	4–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	0–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	4–2	0–0	4–2	1–2	2–3	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	4–1
Bradford City	1–0	1–0	1–0		3–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–3	4–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–0
Bradford Park Avenue	6–4	0–2	2–1	4–0		2–4	5–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	4–1	4–2	5–0	1–0	1–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–2	1–2	3–1	2–0	2–0
Carlisle United	2–1	2–4	2–2	2–0	0–1		1–1	2–3	5–0	1–1	1–0	3–3	5–0	2–3	5–0	0–0	7–0	5–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	2–2	0–0	1–1
Chester	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–3	0–1		2–2	2–0	2–2	5–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	3–0	2–1	3–1
Chesterfield	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–3	5–1	5–0	4–0		0–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	4–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–2
Crewe Alexandra	0–3	3–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0		1–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	3–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–5	1–2	2–3	1–2	1–1
Darlington	4–1	1–1	1–3	1–0	2–1	3–2	1–0	3–2	0–1		0–2	3–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–3	0–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	0–2	1–3
Gateshead	4–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–1	3–3	2–0	1–2		7–1	4–0	1–3	1–3	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	4–2	2–1	4–1	3–1	3–0
Grimsby Town	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–2	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–0		2–1	3–0	0–2	2–2	3–2	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–0
Halifax Town	2–0	1–2	2–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–0		1–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–3	1–2	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–2	2–3
Hartlepool	0–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–0		3–1	2–1	6–0	3–2	1–1	6–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–2
Mansfield Town	1–1	2–0	2–3	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	6–0	6–0	1–1	5–1	3–1	1–0		1–2	2–0	2–1	4–2	3–1	2–0	0–2	4–0	7–2
Port Vale	1–0	0–0	4–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1		6–0	0–0	0–0	7–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	5–0
Rochdale	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	0–1	2–1	4–0	0–1	4–1	3–0	0–1	4–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–0		1–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	4–2	6–2	1–2
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	1–2	6–0	3–2	2–1	4–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	0–0	2–2	0–2	1–1		1–1	2–0	3–1	4–1	3–1	3–0
Southport	5–3	5–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–4	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	4–3		1–2	0–0	1–1	4–0	1–1
Stockport County	1–1	3–0	5–1	5–0	4–1	3–2	5–0	6–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1		6–0	2–0	2–2	0–1
Tranmere	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–4	2–4	1–0	3–2	2–5	1–3	5–1	1–1	2–0	2–2		4–2	6–1	1–1
Workington	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–3	0–1	0–0	2–1		1–1	5–2
Wrexham	4–2	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	4–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	4–2	5–1	4–0	5–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	8–0		1–1
York City	1–2	0–2	5–2	3–2	0–0	1–3	2–1	1–3	0–3	3–3	1–1	1–2	1–1	5–0	5–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	5–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Accrington Stanley

Barnsley

Barrow

Bradford City

Bradford Park Avenue

Carlisle United

Chester

Chesterfield

Crewe Alexandra

Darlington

Gateshead

Grimsby Town

Halifax T.

Hartlepool

Mansfield Town

Port Vale

Rochdale

Scunthorpe & Lindsey

Southport

Stockport

Tranmere

Workington

Wrexham

York City

Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams 1953–1954

Third Division South

Football League
Third Division South

Season	1953–54
Champions	Ipswich Town (1st title)
Failed re-election	none
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,695 (3.07 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jack English (Northampton Town), 28 [3]
← 1952–53 1954–55 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ipswich Town	46	15	5	3	47	19	12	5	6	35	32	1.608	64	Division Champions, promoted
2	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	17	3	3	57	31	9	6	8	29	30	1.410	61
3	Bristol City	46	18	3	2	59	18	7	3	13	29	48	1.333	56
4	Watford	46	16	3	4	52	23	5	7	11	33	46	1.232	52
5	Northampton Town	46	18	4	1	63	18	2	7	14	19	37	1.491	51
6	Southampton	46	17	5	1	51	22	5	2	16	25	41	1.206	51
7	Norwich City	46	13	5	5	43	28	7	6	10	30	38	1.106	51
8	Reading	46	14	3	6	57	33	6	6	11	29	40	1.178	49
9	Exeter City	46	12	2	9	39	22	8	6	9	29	36	1.172	48
10	Gillingham	46	14	3	6	37	22	5	7	11	24	44	0.924	48
11	Leyton Orient	46	14	5	4	48	26	4	6	13	31	47	1.082	47
12	Millwall	46	15	3	5	44	24	4	6	13	30	53	0.961	47
13	Torquay United	46	10	10	3	48	33	7	2	14	33	55	0.920	46
14	Coventry City	46	14	5	4	36	15	4	4	15	25	41	1.089	45
15	Newport County	46	14	4	5	42	28	5	2	16	19	53	0.753	44
16	Southend United	46	15	2	6	46	22	3	5	15	23	49	0.972	43
17	Aldershot	46	11	5	7	45	31	6	4	13	29	55	0.860	43
18	Queens Park Rangers	46	10	5	8	32	25	6	5	12	28	43	0.882	42
19	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	12	5	6	47	27	4	3	16	20	43	0.957	40
20	Swindon Town	46	13	5	5	48	21	2	5	16	19	49	0.957	40
21	Shrewsbury Town	46	12	8	3	48	34	2	4	17	17	42	0.855	40
22	Crystal Palace	46	11	7	5	41	30	3	5	15	19	56	0.698	40
23	Colchester United	46	7	7	9	35	29	3	3	17	15	49	0.641	30	Re-elected
24	Walsall	46	8	5	10	22	27	1	3	19	18	60	0.460	26

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	ALD	B&BA	B&HA	BRI	COL	COV	CRY	EXE	GIL	IPS	LEY	MIL	NPC	NOR	NWC	QPR	REA	SHR	SOU	STD	SWI	TOR	WAL	WAT
Aldershot		1–2	2–3	2–5	3–0	4–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–4	2–2	1–0	1–1	4–0	1–0	4–1	3–1	3–1
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1–1		1–1	5–2	4–2	1–0	2–0	4–1	4–1	2–3	1–2	4–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	4–0	1–2	1–1	1–3
Brighton & Hove Albion	3–2	3–0		2–1	1–0	3–1	3–0	2–1	3–1	1–2	2–1	4–0	4–2	3–2	0–0	3–1	3–2	2–3	2–1	3–2	1–1	1–2	5–3	3–3
Bristol City	4–0	1–1	1–1		3–0	1–0	4–0	5–1	1–1	2–3	1–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	3–1	1–0	4–1	5–1	3–0	4–1	2–1
Colchester United	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–2		0–3	4–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	5–0	2–4	3–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–2
Coventry City	2–1	2–0	1–2	3–0	2–1		0–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	4–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	4–0	2–0	0–1
Crystal Palace	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	3–1		0–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–3	3–0	2–2	1–0	0–3	1–0	3–2	4–3	4–2	3–2	4–1	1–0	1–1
Exeter City	1–3	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	4–0	7–0		1–2	1–2	2–1	4–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	2–0	0–1	4–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–1	2–1
Gillingham	1–3	1–0	0–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–2	0–1		1–1	1–2	2–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	0–4	3–0	2–3
Ipswich Town	4–0	2–1	2–3	2–1	3–0	4–1	2–0	1–1	6–1		3–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–0
Leyton Orient	1–2	5–0	0–2	4–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–2		2–2	3–0	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–4	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	1–1
Millwall	2–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–2	0–3		3–1	1–0	1–3	4–0	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	6–1	2–2	3–0	1–0
Newport County	2–2	4–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	2–1	1–3	0–3	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0		2–0	4–1	2–1	4–1	2–1	0–4	3–2	2–0	2–0	4–2	0–1
Northampton Town	6–2	2–1	4–2	3–0	3–0	0–1	6–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	4–2	1–0		2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	5–0	2–0	3–1	5–1	4–1
Norwich City	3–3	1–3	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	3–1	4–3	2–0	4–1		2–2	2–3	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	3–0	4–1
Queens Park Rangers	0–2	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–3	1–1	0–0	3–1	3–1	2–1	4–0	5–1	1–1	0–2		2–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	5–1	2–0	0–4
Reading	6–1	0–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	4–3	4–1	4–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–4	4–1	2–0	4–4	3–1		1–1	4–1	2–0	3–1	2–4	0–2	4–1
Shrewsbury Town	0–2	1–1	3–1	4–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–3	3–1	2–1	2–4	4–0	1–1	0–3		3–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	4–1	6–4
Southampton	2–0	2–1	1–0	4–2	2–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	4–1	4–2	4–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	4–2		3–5	3–1	2–2	0–0	2–0
Southend	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	2–2	1–2	0–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	5–2	4–1	1–2	3–0	2–1		3–1	1–0	3–1	3–0
Swindon Town	3–1	2–1	0–1	5–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–4	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	7–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	3–0		6–1	3–0	2–2
Torquay United	3–0	2–0	2–3	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	3–3	1–1	2–3	2–2	3–2	1–1	2–4	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1		3–1	2–2
Walsall	0–2	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–3	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–2	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–4	2–0	1–3	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–3		0–0
Watford	6–1	2–3	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	4–1	0–2	6–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	3–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	3–1	3–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Leyton Orient

Crystal Palace

Millwall

Queens Park Rangers

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams 1953–1954

Aldershot

Bournemouth

Brighton & Hove

Bristol City

Colchester

Coventry

Crystal Palace

Exeter City

Gillingham

Ipswich Town

Leyton Orient

Millwall

Newport County

Norwich City

Northampton Town

QPR

Reading

Shrewsbury

Southampton

Southend

Swindon

Torquay

Walsall

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams 1953–1954

See also

• 1953-54 in English football

References

1. "England 1953-54". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
2. Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
3. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

• Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.