1954–55 Football League

The 1954–55 season was the 56th completed season of The Football League.

The Football League

Season	1954–55
Champions	Chelsea
← 1953–54 1955–56 →

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	1954–55
Champions	Chelsea 1st English title
Relegated	Leicester City Sheffield Wednesday
European Cup	Chelsea (barred by The FA)
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,572 (3.4 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ronnie Allen (27 goals)[3]
Biggest home win	Preston North End 7–1 Cardiff City (1 September 1954) Preston North End 6–0 Sheffield Wednesday (30 October 1954)
Biggest away win	Manchester City 1–6 Blackpool (23 April 1955)
Highest scoring	Chelsea 5–6 Manchester United (16 October 1954)
← 1953–54 1955–56 →

Chelsea celebrated their 50th anniversary by winning the First Division title – the first major trophy of their history. They finished four points above runners-up and defending champions Wolves, who were level on points with Portsmouth and Sunderland. Manchester United recovered well after a slow start to the season and finished fifth as their exciting young team went from strength to strength. Leicester City and Sheffield Wednesday went down to the Second Division.

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chelsea	42	11	5	5	43	29	9	7	5	38	28	1.421	52	League champions, qualified for European Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	5	3	58	30	6	5	10	31	40	1.271	48
3	Portsmouth	42	13	5	3	44	21	5	7	9	30	41	1.194	48
4	Sunderland	42	8	11	2	39	27	7	7	7	25	27	1.185	48
5	Manchester United	42	12	4	5	44	30	8	3	10	40	44	1.135	47
6	Aston Villa	42	11	3	7	38	31	9	4	8	34	42	0.986	47
7	Manchester City	42	11	5	5	45	36	7	5	9	31	33	1.101	46
8	Newcastle United	42	12	5	4	53	27	5	4	12	36	50	1.156	43
9	Arsenal	42	12	3	6	44	25	5	6	10	25	38	1.095	43
10	Burnley	42	11	3	7	29	19	6	6	9	22	29	1.063	43
11	Everton	42	9	6	6	32	24	7	4	10	30	44	0.912	42
12	Huddersfield Town	42	10	4	7	28	23	4	9	8	35	45	0.926	41
13	Sheffield United	42	10	3	8	41	34	7	4	10	29	52	0.814	41
14	Preston North End	42	8	5	8	47	33	8	3	10	36	31	1.297	40
15	Charlton Athletic	42	8	6	7	43	34	7	4	10	33	41	1.013	40
16	Tottenham Hotspur	42	9	4	8	42	35	7	4	10	30	38	0.986	40
17	West Bromwich Albion	42	11	5	5	44	33	5	3	13	32	63	0.792	40
18	Bolton Wanderers	42	11	6	4	45	29	2	7	12	17	40	0.899	39
19	Blackpool	42	8	6	7	33	26	6	4	11	27	38	0.938	38
20	Cardiff City	42	9	4	8	41	38	4	7	10	21	38	0.816	37
21	Leicester City	42	9	6	6	43	32	3	5	13	31	54	0.860	35	Relegated
22	Sheffield Wednesday	42	7	7	7	42	38	1	3	17	21	62	0.630	26

Source:
Notes:

1. Chelsea were invited to play at the inaugural European Cup but barred from participation by The FA.[4]

Results

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

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 1954–1955

Arsenal

Aston Villa

Blackpool

Bolton

Burnley

Cardiff City

Charlton

Chelsea

Everton

Huddersfield

Leicester City

Manchester City

Manchester United

Newcastle

Portsmouth

Preston North End

Sheffield United

Sheffield Wednesday

Sunderland

Tottenham

West Bromwich Albion

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1954–1955 teams

Second Division

Football League
Second Division

Season	1954–55
Champions	Birmingham City (4th title)
Promoted	Luton Town
Relegated	Derby County, Ipswich Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,597 (3.46 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tommy Briggs (Blackburn Rovers), 33 [3]
← 1953–54 1955–56 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Birmingham City	42	14	4	3	56	22	8	6	7	36	25	1.957	54	Division Champions, promoted
2	Luton Town	42	18	2	1	55	18	5	6	10	33	35	1.660	54	Promoted
3	Rotherham United	42	17	1	3	59	22	8	3	10	35	42	1.469	54
4	Leeds United	42	14	4	3	43	19	9	3	9	27	34	1.321	53
5	Stoke City	42	12	5	4	38	17	9	5	7	31	29	1.500	52
6	Blackburn Rovers	42	14	4	3	73	31	8	2	11	41	48	1.443	50
7	Notts County	42	14	3	4	46	27	7	3	11	28	44	1.042	48
8	West Ham United	42	12	4	5	46	28	6	6	9	28	42	1.057	46
9	Bristol Rovers	42	15	4	2	52	23	4	3	14	23	47	1.071	45
10	Swansea Town	42	15	3	3	58	28	2	6	13	28	55	1.036	43
11	Liverpool	42	11	7	3	55	37	5	3	13	37	59	0.958	42
12	Middlesbrough	42	13	1	7	48	31	5	5	11	25	51	0.890	42
13	Bury	42	10	5	6	44	35	5	6	10	33	37	1.069	41
14	Fulham	42	10	5	6	46	29	4	6	11	30	50	0.962	39
15	Nottingham Forest	42	8	4	9	29	29	8	3	10	29	33	0.935	39
16	Lincoln City	42	8	6	7	39	35	5	4	12	29	44	0.861	36
17	Port Vale	42	10	6	5	31	21	2	5	14	17	50	0.676	35
18	Doncaster Rovers	42	10	5	6	35	34	4	2	15	23	61	0.611	35
19	Hull City	42	7	5	9	30	35	5	5	11	14	34	0.638	34
20	Plymouth Argyle	42	10	4	7	29	26	2	3	16	28	56	0.695	31
21	Ipswich Town	42	10	3	8	37	28	1	3	17	20	64	0.620	28	Relegated
22	Derby County	42	6	6	9	39	34	1	3	17	14	48	0.646	23

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	BIR	BLB	BRR	BRY	DER	DON	FUL	HUL	IPS	LEE	LIN	LIV	LUT	MID	NOT	NTC	PLY	PTV	ROT	STK	SWA	WHU
Birmingham		3–1	2–1	1–3	1–1	4–1	3–2	0–0	4–0	2–0	3–3	9–1	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	7–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–2
Blackburn Rovers	3–3		8–3	1–1	5–2	7–2	3–1	4–0	4–1	1–2	1–0	4–3	0–0	9–0	0–1	4–5	2–2	2–1	4–1	2–0	4–1	5–2
Bristol Rovers	1–1	2–1		2–1	4–1	1–0	4–1	1–0	4–0	5–1	2–2	3–0	3–2	2–2	2–1	1–4	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	7–0	2–4
Bury	0–1	2–1	3–1		2–2	1–4	1–3	4–1	2–1	5–3	3–1	3–4	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	4–1
Derby County	0–0	0–3	1–1	2–3		5–0	3–4	3–0	2–0	2–4	3–0	3–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–2	6–1	2–3	1–2	1–4	0–0
Doncaster Rovers	1–5	1–3	2–2	1–0	2–0		4–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	4–1	0–3	3–1	0–3	4–2	3–2	1–0	0–4	1–1	2–1	2–1
Fulham	2–1	5–1	2–3	0–0	2–0	5–2		0–1	4–1	1–3	3–2	1–2	3–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	5–1	0–0
Hull City	0–3	1–4	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0		4–2	0–2	4–0	2–2	0–4	1–0	2–3	5–2	0–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	4–3	0–1
Ipswich Town	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–3	2–1	5–1	2–4	2–0		1–2	1–2	2–0	3–1	6–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	0–3
Leeds United	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	4–1		2–3	2–2	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	3–0	2–4	0–1	5–2	2–1
Lincoln City	1–1	2–1	0–2	3–2	3–0	5–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	2–0		3–3	1–2	3–3	2–1	1–2	3–2	0–1	2–3	1–4	2–2	2–1
Liverpool	2–2	4–1	5–3	1–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	2–1	6–2	2–2	2–4		4–4	3–1	1–0	3–1	3–3	1–1	3–1	2–4	1–1	1–2
Luton Town	1–0	7–3	2–0	3–2	2–0	3–0	3–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	2–1	3–2		2–0	3–0	3–1	3–1	4–2	4–0	3–1	1–2	2–0
Middlesbrough	2–5	4–3	1–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	4–2	1–2	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–2		1–4	2–0	4–1	2–0	5–1	1–2	4–2	6–0
Nottingham Forest	0–2	1–2	1–0	2–3	3–0	3–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–5	4–2		0–1	2–0	2–3	0–2	0–3	0–0	1–1
Notts County	3–2	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–3	4–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–3	3–3	1–3	4–1		2–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	2–1	5–1
Plymouth Argyle	1–0	0–2	0–1	2–4	1–0	1–2	3–2	1–2	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–3		0–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–1
Port Vale	2–0	0–3	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	4–0	3–0	3–3	0–1	1–3	4–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–0		1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1
Rotherham United	0–2	5–1	6–2	4–2	2–1	2–3	2–3	2–0	3–2	3–0	3–0	6–1	2–0	3–0	3–2	2–0	2–0	3–0		2–1	2–0	2–2
Stoke City	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	3–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	0–1	4–2	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	3–0	3–1	0–0	1–2		4–1	0–2
Swansea Town	0–3	2–3	1–1	1–1	3–0	3–0	2–2	1–0	6–1	2–0	3–1	3–2	2–1	2–0	3–2	3–0	4–2	7–1	2–1	3–5		5–2
West Ham United	2–2	2–5	5–2	3–3	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	0–1	0–3	2–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	6–1	2–0	1–2	3–0	3–3

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

Fulham

West Ham

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1954–1955

Birmingham

Blackburn Rovers

Bristol Rovers

Bury

Derby County

Doncaster

Fulham

Hull

Ipswich Town

Leeds United

Lincoln City

Liverpool

Luton Town

Middlesbrough

Nottingham Forest

Notts County

Port Vale

Plymouth Argyle

Rotherham

Stoke

Swansea Town

West Ham

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1954–1955 teams

Third Division North

Football League
Third Division North

Season	1954–55
Champions	Barnsley (3rd title)
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,627 (2.95 per match)
Top goalscorer	Don Travis (Oldham Athletic), 30 John Thomas Connor (Stockport County), 30 Arthur Bottom (York City), 30 [3]
← 1953–54 1955–56 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Barnsley	46	18	3	2	51	17	12	2	9	35	29	1.870	65	Division Champions, promoted
2	Accrington Stanley	46	18	2	3	65	32	7	9	7	31	35	1.433	61
3	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	46	14	6	3	45	18	9	6	8	36	35	1.528	58
4	York City	46	13	5	5	43	27	11	5	7	49	36	1.460	58
5	Hartlepools United	46	16	3	4	39	20	9	2	12	25	29	1.306	55
6	Chesterfield	46	17	1	5	54	33	7	5	11	27	37	1.157	54
7	Gateshead	46	11	7	5	38	26	9	5	9	27	43	0.942	52
8	Workington	46	11	7	5	39	23	7	7	9	29	32	1.236	50
9	Stockport County	46	13	4	6	50	27	5	8	10	34	43	1.200	48
10	Oldham Athletic	46	14	5	4	47	22	5	5	13	27	46	1.088	48
11	Southport	46	10	9	4	28	18	6	7	10	19	26	1.068	48
12	Rochdale	46	13	7	3	39	20	4	7	12	30	46	1.045	48
13	Mansfield Town	46	14	4	5	40	28	4	5	14	25	43	0.915	45
14	Halifax Town	46	9	9	5	41	27	6	4	13	22	40	0.940	43
15	Darlington	46	10	7	6	41	28	4	7	12	21	45	0.849	42
16	Bradford Park Avenue	46	11	7	5	29	21	4	4	15	27	49	0.800	41
17	Barrow	46	12	4	7	39	34	5	2	16	31	55	0.787	40
18	Wrexham	46	9	6	8	40	35	4	6	13	25	42	0.844	38
19	Tranmere Rovers	46	9	6	8	37	30	4	5	14	18	40	0.786	37
20	Carlisle United	46	12	1	10	53	39	3	5	15	25	50	0.876	36
21	Bradford City	46	9	5	9	30	26	4	5	14	17	29	0.855	36
22	Crewe Alexandra	46	8	10	5	45	35	2	4	17	23	56	0.747	34
23	Grimsby Town	46	10	4	9	28	32	3	4	16	19	46	0.603	34	Re-elected
24	Chester	46	10	3	10	23	25	2	6	15	21	52	0.571	33

Source: rsssf.com

Results

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

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

Hartlepool

Mansfield Town

Oldham

Rochdale

Scunthorpe & Lindsey

Southport

Stockport

Tranmere

Workington

Wrexham

York City

Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams 1954–1955

Third Division South

Football League
Third Division South

Season	1954–55
Champions	Bristol City (3rd title)
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,677 (3.04 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ernie Morgan (Gillingham), 31 [3]
← 1953–54 1955–56 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bristol City	46	17	4	2	62	22	13	6	4	39	25	2.149	70	Division Champions, promoted
2	Leyton Orient	46	16	2	5	48	20	10	7	6	41	27	1.894	61
3	Southampton	46	16	6	1	49	19	8	5	10	26	32	1.471	59
4	Gillingham	46	12	8	3	41	28	8	7	8	36	38	1.167	55
5	Millwall	46	14	6	3	44	25	6	5	12	28	43	1.059	51
6	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	14	4	5	47	27	6	6	11	29	36	1.206	50
7	Watford	46	11	9	3	45	26	7	5	11	26	36	1.145	50
8	Torquay United	46	12	6	5	51	39	6	6	11	31	43	1.000	48
9	Coventry City	46	15	5	3	50	26	3	6	14	17	33	1.136	47
10	Southend United	46	13	5	5	48	28	4	7	12	35	52	1.038	46
11	Brentford	46	11	6	6	44	36	5	8	10	38	46	1.000	46
11	Norwich City	46	13	5	5	40	23	5	5	13	20	37	1.000	46
13	Northampton Town	46	13	5	5	47	27	6	3	14	26	54	0.901	46
14	Aldershot	46	12	6	5	44	23	4	7	12	31	48	1.056	45
15	Queens Park Rangers	46	13	7	3	46	25	2	7	14	23	50	0.920	44
16	Shrewsbury Town	46	14	5	4	49	24	2	5	16	21	54	0.897	42
17	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	7	8	8	32	29	5	10	8	25	36	0.877	42
18	Reading	46	7	10	6	32	26	6	5	12	33	47	0.890	41
19	Newport County	46	8	8	7	32	29	3	8	12	28	44	0.822	38
20	Crystal Palace	46	9	11	3	32	24	2	5	16	20	56	0.650	38
21	Swindon Town	46	10	8	5	30	19	1	7	15	16	45	0.719	37
22	Exeter City	46	9	7	7	30	31	2	8	13	17	42	0.644	37
23	Walsall	46	9	6	8	49	36	1	8	14	26	50	0.872	34	Re-elected
24	Colchester United	46	7	6	10	33	40	2	7	14	20	51	0.582	31

Source: rsssf.com

Results

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

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

Brentford

Leyton Orient

Crystal Palace

Millwall

Queens Park Rangers

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams 1954–1955

Aldershot

Bournemouth

Brentford

Brighton & Hove

Bristol City

Colchester

Coventry

Crystal Palace

Exeter City

Gillingham

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 1954–1955

See also

• 1954-55 in English football

References

1. "England 1954-55". 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.
4. The great Chelsea surrender

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