1954–55 Football League

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

The 1954–1955 season was the 56th completed season of The Football League.

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
FA Cup winners	Newcastle United (6th FA Cup title)
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1572 (3.4 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ronnie Allen (West Bromwich), 27 ^[3]
← 1953–54 1955–56 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Chelsea	42	11	5	5	43	29	9	7	5	38	28	81	57	1.421	+24	52	European Cup 1955–56 First round ^{[nb 1]}
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	5	3	58	30	6	5	10	31	40	89	70	1.271	+19	48
3	Portsmouth	42	13	5	3	44	21	5	7	9	30	41	74	62	1.194	+12	48
4	Sunderland	42	8	11	2	39	27	7	7	7	25	27	64	54	1.185	+10	48
5	Manchester United	42	12	4	5	44	30	8	3	10	40	44	84	74	1.135	+10	47
6	Aston Villa	42	11	3	7	38	31	9	4	8	34	42	72	73	0.986	–1	47
7	Manchester City	42	11	5	5	45	36	7	5	9	31	33	76	69	1.101	+7	46
8	Newcastle United	42	12	5	4	53	27	5	4	12	36	50	89	77	1.156	+12	43	1954-55 FA Cup winners
9	Arsenal	42	12	3	6	44	25	5	6	10	25	38	69	63	1.095	+6	43
10	Burnley	42	11	3	7	29	19	6	6	9	22	29	51	48	1.063	+3	43
11	Everton	42	9	6	6	32	24	7	4	10	30	44	62	68	0.912	–6	42
12	Huddersfield Town	42	10	4	7	28	23	4	9	8	35	45	63	68	0.926	–5	41
13	Sheffield United	42	10	3	8	41	34	7	4	10	29	52	70	86	0.814	–16	41
14	Preston North End	42	8	5	8	47	33	8	3	10	36	31	83	64	1.297	+19	40
15	Charlton Athletic	42	8	6	7	43	34	7	4	10	33	41	76	75	1.013	+1	40
16	Tottenham Hotspur	42	9	4	8	42	35	7	4	10	30	38	72	73	0.986	–1	40
17	West Bromwich Albion	42	11	5	5	44	33	5	3	13	32	63	76	96	0.792	–20	40
18	Bolton Wanderers	42	11	6	4	45	29	2	7	12	17	40	62	69	0.899	–7	39
19	Blackpool	42	8	6	7	33	26	6	4	11	27	38	60	64	0.938	–4	38
20	Cardiff City	42	9	4	8	41	38	4	7	10	21	38	62	76	0.816	–14	37
21	Leicester City	42	9	6	6	43	32	3	5	13	31	54	74	86	0.860	–12	35
22	Sheffield Wednesday	42	7	7	7	42	38	1	3	17	21	62	63	100	0.630	–37	26

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

↑ Chelsea were invited to play at the inaugural European cup season but declined the participation: The great Chelsea surrender

Key
	League Champions, qualified for European Cup
	FA Cup winners
	Relegated

First Division results

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

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First Division maps

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1954–1955 teams

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

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	1597 (3.46 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tommy Briggs (Blackburn Rovers), 33 ^[3]
← 1953–54 1955–56 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Birmingham City	42	14	4	3	56	22	8	6	7	36	25	92	47	1.957	+45	54
2	Luton Town	42	18	2	1	55	18	5	6	10	33	35	88	53	1.660	+35	54
3	Rotherham United	42	17	1	3	59	22	8	3	10	35	42	94	64	1.469	+30	54
4	Leeds United	42	14	4	3	43	19	9	3	9	27	34	70	53	1.321	+17	53
5	Stoke City	42	12	5	4	38	17	9	5	7	31	29	69	46	1.500	+23	52
6	Blackburn Rovers	42	14	4	3	73	31	8	2	11	41	48	114	79	1.443	+35	50
7	Notts County	42	14	3	4	46	27	7	3	11	28	44	74	71	1.042	+3	48
8	West Ham United	42	12	4	5	46	28	6	6	9	28	42	74	70	1.057	+4	46
9	Bristol Rovers	42	15	4	2	52	23	4	3	14	23	47	75	70	1.071	+5	45
10	Swansea Town	42	15	3	3	58	28	2	6	13	28	55	86	83	1.036	+3	43
11	Liverpool	42	11	7	3	55	37	5	3	13	37	59	92	96	0.958	–4	42
12	Middlesbrough	42	13	1	7	48	31	5	5	11	25	51	73	82	0.890	–9	42
13	Bury	42	10	5	6	44	35	5	6	10	33	37	77	72	1.069	+5	41
14	Fulham	42	10	5	6	46	29	4	6	11	30	50	76	79	0.962	–3	39
15	Nottingham Forest	42	8	4	9	29	29	8	3	10	29	33	58	62	0.935	–4	39
16	Lincoln City	42	8	6	7	39	35	5	4	12	29	44	68	79	0.861	–11	36
17	Port Vale	42	10	6	5	31	21	2	5	14	17	50	48	71	0.676	–23	35
18	Doncaster Rovers	42	10	5	6	35	34	4	2	15	23	61	58	95	0.611	–37	35
19	Hull City	42	7	5	9	30	35	5	5	11	14	34	44	69	0.638	–25	34
20	Plymouth Argyle	42	10	4	7	29	26	2	3	16	28	56	57	82	0.695	–25	31
21	Ipswich Town	42	10	3	8	37	28	1	3	17	20	64	57	92	0.620	–35	28
22	Derby County	42	6	6	9	39	34	1	3	17	14	48	53	82	0.646	–29	23

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Relegated

Second Division results

Home ╲ Away	Birmingham City !BIR	Blackburn Rovers !BLB	Bristol Rovers !BRO	Bury !BRY	Derby County !DER	Doncaster Rovers !DON	Fulham !FUL	Hull City !HUL	Ipswich Town !IPS	Leeds United !LEE	Lincoln City !LIN	Liverpool !LIV	Luton Town !LUT	Middlesbrough !MID	Nottingham Forest !NOT	Notts County !NTC	Plymouth Argyle !PLY	Port Vale !PTV	Rotherham United !ROT	Stoke City !STK	Swansea Town !SWA	West Ham United !WHU
Birmingham City !Birmingham City		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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

Second Division maps

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1954–1955 teams

Fulham

West Ham

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

Third Division North

Football League, Third Division North
Season	1954–55
Champions	Barnsley (3rd title)
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1627 (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	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Barnsley	46	18	3	2	51	17	12	2	9	35	29	86	46	1.870	+40	65
2	Accrington Stanley	46	18	2	3	65	32	7	9	7	31	35	96	67	1.433	+29	61
3	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	46	14	6	3	45	18	9	6	8	36	35	81	53	1.528	+28	58
4	York City	46	13	5	5	43	27	11	5	7	49	36	92	63	1.460	+29	58
5	Hartlepools United	46	16	3	4	39	20	9	2	12	25	29	64	49	1.306	+15	55
6	Chesterfield	46	17	1	5	54	33	7	5	11	27	37	81	70	1.157	+11	54
7	Gateshead	46	11	7	5	38	26	9	5	9	27	43	65	69	0.942	–4	52
8	Workington	46	11	7	5	39	23	7	7	9	29	32	68	55	1.236	+13	50
9	Stockport County	46	13	4	6	50	27	5	8	10	34	43	84	70	1.200	+14	48
10	Oldham Athletic	46	14	5	4	47	22	5	5	13	27	46	74	68	1.088	+6	48
11	Southport	46	10	9	4	28	18	6	7	10	19	26	47	44	1.068	+3	48
12	Rochdale	46	13	7	3	39	20	4	7	12	30	46	69	66	1.045	+3	48
13	Mansfield Town	46	14	4	5	40	28	4	5	14	25	43	65	71	0.915	–6	45
14	Halifax Town	46	9	9	5	41	27	6	4	13	22	40	63	67	0.940	–4	43
15	Darlington	46	10	7	6	41	28	4	7	12	21	45	62	73	0.849	–11	42
16	Bradford Park Avenue	46	11	7	5	29	21	4	4	15	27	49	56	70	0.800	–14	41
17	Barrow	46	12	4	7	39	34	5	2	16	31	55	70	89	0.787	–19	40
18	Wrexham	46	9	6	8	40	35	4	6	13	25	42	65	77	0.844	–12	38
19	Tranmere Rovers	46	9	6	8	37	30	4	5	14	18	40	55	70	0.786	–15	37
20	Carlisle United	46	12	1	10	53	39	3	5	15	25	50	78	89	0.876	–11	36
21	Bradford City	46	9	5	9	30	26	4	5	14	17	29	47	55	0.855	–8	36
22	Crewe Alexandra	46	8	10	5	45	35	2	4	17	23	56	68	91	0.747	–23	34
23	Grimsby Town	46	10	4	9	28	32	3	4	16	19	46	47	78	0.603	–31	34
24	Chester	46	10	3	10	23	25	2	6	15	21	52	44	77	0.571	–33	33

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	New club in the league (none)
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election (none)

Third Division North results

Home ╲ Away	Accrington Stanley (1891) !ACC	Barnsley !BAR	Barrow !BRW	Bradford City !BRA	Bradford Park Avenue !BPA	Carlisle United !CRL	Chester !CHR	Chesterfield !CHF	Crewe Alexandra !CRE	Darlington !DAR	Gateshead !GAT	Grimsby Town !GRI	Halifax Town !HAL	Hartlepool United !HAR	Mansfield Town !MAN	Oldham Athletic !OLD	Rochdale !ROC	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United !SCU	Southport !SOU	Stockport County !STP	Tranmere !TRA	Workington !WRK	Wrexham !WRE	York City !YOR
Accrington Stanley (1891) !Accrington Stanley (1891)		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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 United !Hartlepool United	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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

Third Division North maps

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	1677 (3.04 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ernie Morgan (Gillingham), 31 ^[3]
← 1953–54 1955–56 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bristol City	46	17	4	2	62	22	13	6	4	39	25	101	47	2.149	+54	70
2	Leyton Orient	46	16	2	5	48	20	10	7	6	41	27	89	47	1.894	+42	61
3	Southampton	46	16	6	1	49	19	8	5	10	26	32	75	51	1.471	+24	59
4	Gillingham	46	12	8	3	41	28	8	7	8	36	38	77	66	1.167	+11	55
5	Millwall	46	14	6	3	44	25	6	5	12	28	43	72	68	1.059	+4	51
6	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	14	4	5	47	27	6	6	11	29	36	76	63	1.206	+13	50
7	Watford	46	11	9	3	45	26	7	5	11	26	36	71	62	1.145	+9	50
8	Torquay United	46	12	6	5	51	39	6	6	11	31	43	82	82	1.000	±0	48
9	Coventry City	46	15	5	3	50	26	3	6	14	17	33	67	59	1.136	+8	47
10	Southend United	46	13	5	5	48	28	4	7	12	35	52	83	80	1.038	+3	46
11	Brentford	46	11	6	6	44	36	5	8	10	38	46	82	82	1.000	±0	46
=	Norwich City	46	13	5	5	40	23	5	5	13	20	37	60	60	1.000	±0	46
13	Northampton Town	46	13	5	5	47	27	6	3	14	26	54	73	81	0.901	–8	46
14	Aldershot	46	12	6	5	44	23	4	7	12	31	48	75	71	1.056	+4	45
15	Queens Park Rangers	46	13	7	3	46	25	2	7	14	23	50	69	75	0.920	–6	44
16	Shrewsbury Town	46	14	5	4	49	24	2	5	16	21	54	70	78	0.897	–8	42
17	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	7	8	8	32	29	5	10	8	25	36	57	65	0.877	–8	42
18	Reading	46	7	10	6	32	26	6	5	12	33	47	65	73	0.890	–8	41
19	Newport County	46	8	8	7	32	29	3	8	12	28	44	60	73	0.822	–13	38
20	Crystal Palace	46	9	11	3	32	24	2	5	16	20	56	52	80	0.650	–28	38
21	Swindon Town	46	10	8	5	30	19	1	7	15	16	45	46	64	0.719	–18	37
22	Exeter City	46	9	7	7	30	31	2	8	13	17	42	47	73	0.644	–26	37
23	Walsall	46	9	6	8	49	36	1	8	14	26	50	75	86	0.872	–11	34
24	Colchester United	46	7	6	10	33	40	2	7	14	20	51	53	91	0.582	–38	31

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	New club in the league (none)
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election (none)

Third Division South results

Home ╲ Away	Aldershot !ALD	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic !BOU	Brentford !BRE	Brighton & Hove Albion !BHA	Bristol City !BRI	Colchester United !COL	Coventry City !COV	Crystal Palace !CRY	Exeter City !EXE	Gillingham !GIL	Leyton Orient !LEY	Millwall !MIL	Newport County !NPC	Northampton Town !NOR	Norwich City !NOR	Queens Park Rangers !QPR	Reading !REA	Shrewsbury Town !SHR	Southampton !SOU	Southend !STD	Swindon Town !SWI	Torquay United !TOR	Walsall !WAL	Watford !WAT
Aldershot !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

Third Division South maps

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

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

References

↑ "England 1954-55". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
1 2 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 2 3 4 "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.

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Tottenham Hotspur
West Bromwich Albion
Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division

Birmingham City
Blackburn Rovers
Bristol Rovers
Bury
Derby County
Doncaster Rovers
Fulham
Hull City
Ipswich Town
Leeds United
Lincoln City
Liverpool
Luton Town
Middlesbrough
Nottingham Forest
Notts County
Plymouth Argyle
Port Vale
Rotherham United
Stoke City
Swansea Town
West Ham United

Third Division

North	Accrington Stanley Barnsley Barrow Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue Carlisle United Chester Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Gateshead Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hartlepools United Mansfield Town Oldham Athletic Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southport Stockport County Tranmere Rovers Workington Wrexham York City

South	Aldershot Bournemouth Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Colchester United Coventry City Crystal Palace Exeter City Gillingham Leyton Orient Millwall Newport County Northampton Town Norwich City Queens Park Rangers Reading Shrewsbury Town Southampton Southend United Swindon Town Torquay United Walsall Watford

1954–55 in European football (UEFA)

« 1953–54 1955–56 »

Domestic leagues	Albania '54 '55 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '54 '55 Cyprus Czechoslovakia '54 '55 Denmark England Estonia '54 '55 Faroe Islands '54 '55 Finland '54 '55 France East Germany West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary '54 '55 Iceland '54 '55 Israel Italy Latvia '54 '55 Lithuania '54 '55 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '54 '55 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '54 '55 Scotland Soviet Union '54 '55 Spain Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania '54 Belgium Bulgaria Denmark England Faroe Islands '55 Finland '55 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '54 '55 Israel Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Northern Ireland Norway '54 '55 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '54 '55 Scotland Soviet Union '54 '55 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	Scotland

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1954–55 Football League

Final league tables

First Division

First Division results

First Division maps

Second Division

Second Division results

Second Division maps

Third Division North

Third Division North results

Third Division North maps

Third Division South

Third Division South results

Third Division South maps

See also

References