1953–54 Football League

The Football League

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

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

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 –Middlesbrough 8–1 (12 Sep 1953) Wolves –Chelsea 8–1 (26 Sep 1953)
Biggest away win	Cardiff –Manchester United 1–6 (14 Nov 1953)
Highest scoring	Newcastle –West Brom 3–7 (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 →

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GA	GD		Pts
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42		16	1	4	61	25		9	6	6	35	31		96	56	1.714	+40		57
2	West Bromwich Albion	42		13	5	3	51	24		9	4	8	35	39		86	63	1.365	+23		53
3	Huddersfield Town	42		13	6	2	45	24		7	5	9	33	37		78	61	1.279	+17		51
4	Manchester United	42		11	6	4	41	27		7	6	8	32	31		73	58	1.259	+15		48
5	Bolton Wanderers	42		14	6	1	45	20		4	6	11	30	40		75	60	1.250	+15		48
6	Blackpool	42		13	6	2	43	19		6	4	11	37	50		80	69	1.159	+11		48
7	Burnley	42		16	2	3	51	23		5	2	14	27	44		78	67	1.164	+11		46
8	Chelsea	42		12	3	6	45	26		4	9	8	29	42		74	68	1.088	+6		44
9	Charlton Athletic	42		14	4	3	51	26		5	2	14	24	51		75	77	0.974	–2		44
10	Cardiff City	42		12	4	5	32	27		6	4	11	19	44		51	71	0.718	–20		44
11	Preston North End	42		12	2	7	43	24		7	3	11	44	34		87	58	1.500	+29		43
12	Arsenal	42		8	8	5	42	37		7	5	9	33	36		75	73	1.027	+2		43
13	Aston Villa	42		12	5	4	50	28		4	4	13	20	40		70	68	1.029	+2		41
14	Portsmouth	42		13	5	3	53	31		1	6	14	28	58		81	89	0.910	–8		39
15	Newcastle United	42		9	2	10	43	40		5	8	8	29	37		72	77	0.935	–5		38
16	Tottenham Hotspur	42		11	3	7	38	33		5	2	14	27	43		65	76	0.855	–11		37
17	Manchester City	42		10	4	7	35	31		4	5	12	27	46		62	77	0.805	–15		37
18	Sunderland	42		11	4	6	50	37		3	4	14	31	52		81	89	0.910	–8		36
19	Sheffield Wednesday	42		12	4	5	43	30		3	2	16	27	61		70	91	0.769	–21		36
20	Sheffield United	42		9	5	7	43	38		2	6	13	26	52		69	90	0.767	–21		33
21	Middlesbrough	42		6	6	9	29	35		4	4	13	31	56		60	91	0.659	–31		30
22	Liverpool	42		7	8	6	49	38		2	2	17	19	59		68	97	0.701	–29		28

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
	League Champions
	FA Cup winners
	Relegated

Results

Home ╲ Away

Arsenal !ARS

Aston Villa !AST

Blackpool !BLP

Bolton Wanderers !BOL

Burnley !BUR

Cardiff City !CAR

Charlton Athletic !CHA

Chelsea !CHE

Huddersfield Town !HUD

Liverpool !LIV

Manchester City !MCI

Manchester United !MUN

Middlesbrough !MID

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

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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

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.

Maps

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		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GA	GD		Pts
1	Leicester City	42		15	4	2	63	23		8	6	7	34	37		97	60	1.617	+37		56
2	Everton	42		13	6	2	55	27		7	10	4	37	31		92	58	1.586	+34		56
3	Blackburn Rovers	42		15	4	2	54	16		8	5	8	32	34		86	50	1.720	+36		55
4	Nottingham Forest	42		15	5	1	61	27		5	7	9	25	32		86	59	1.458	+27		52
5	Rotherham United	42		13	4	4	51	26		8	3	10	29	41		80	67	1.194	+13		49
6	Luton Town	42		11	7	3	36	23		7	5	9	28	36		64	59	1.085	+5		48
7	Birmingham City	42		12	6	3	49	18		6	5	10	29	40		78	58	1.345	+20		47
8	Fulham	42		12	3	6	62	39		5	7	9	36	46		98	85	1.153	+13		44
9	Bristol Rovers	42		10	7	4	32	19		4	9	8	32	39		64	58	1.103	+6		44
10	Leeds United	42		12	5	4	56	30		3	8	10	33	51		89	81	1.099	+8		43
11	Stoke City	42		8	8	5	43	28		4	9	8	28	32		71	60	1.183	+11		41
12	Doncaster Rovers	42		9	5	7	32	28		7	4	10	27	35		59	63	0.937	–4		41
13	West Ham United	42		11	6	4	44	20		4	3	14	23	49		67	69	0.971	–2		39
14	Notts County	42		8	6	7	26	29		5	7	9	28	45		54	74	0.730	–20		39
15	Hull City	42		14	1	6	47	22		2	5	14	17	44		64	66	0.970	–2		38
16	Lincoln City	42		11	6	4	46	23		3	3	15	19	60		65	83	0.783	–18		37
17	Bury	42		9	7	5	39	32		2	7	12	15	40		54	72	0.750	–18		36
18	Derby County	42		9	5	7	38	35		3	6	12	26	47		64	82	0.780	–18		35
19	Plymouth Argyle	42		6	12	3	38	31		3	4	14	27	51		65	82	0.793	–17		34
20	Swansea Town	42		11	5	5	34	25		2	3	16	24	57		58	82	0.707	–24		34
21	Brentford	42		9	5	7	25	26		1	6	14	15	52		40	78	0.513	–38		31
22	Oldham Athletic	42		6	7	8	26	31		2	2	17	14	58		40	89	0.449	–49		25

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

Results

Home ╲ Away

Birmingham !BIR

Blackburn Rovers !BLB

Brentford !BRE

Bristol Rovers !BRO

Bury !BRY

Derby County !DER

Doncaster Rovers !DON

Everton !EVE

Fulham !FUL

Hull City !HUL

Leeds United !LEE

Leicester City !LEI

Lincoln City !LIN

Luton Town !LUT

Nottingham Forest !NOT

Notts County !NTC

Oldham Athletic !OLD

Plymouth Argyle !PLY

Rotherham United !ROT

Stoke City !STK

Swansea Town !SWA

West Ham United !WHU

Birmingham !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

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.

Maps

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		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GA	GD		Pts
1	Port Vale	46		16	7	0	48	5		10	10	3	26	16		74	21	3.524	+53		69
2	Barnsley	46		16	3	4	54	24		8	7	8	23	33		77	57	1.351	+20		58
3	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	46		14	7	2	49	24		7	8	8	28	32		77	56	1.375	+21		57
4	Gateshead	46		15	4	4	49	22		6	9	8	25	33		74	55	1.345	+19		55
5	Bradford City	46		15	6	2	40	14		7	3	13	20	41		60	55	1.091	+5		53
6	Chesterfield	46		13	6	4	41	19		6	8	9	35	45		76	64	1.188	+12		52
7	Mansfield Town	46		15	5	3	59	22		5	6	12	29	45		88	67	1.313	+21		51
8	Wrexham	46		16	4	3	59	19		5	5	13	22	49		81	68	1.191	+13		51
9	Bradford Park Avenue	46		13	6	4	57	31		5	8	10	20	37		77	68	1.132	+9		50
10	Stockport County	46		14	6	3	57	20		4	5	14	20	47		77	67	1.149	+10		47
11	Southport	46		12	5	6	41	26		5	7	11	22	34		63	60	1.050	+3		46
12	Barrow	46		12	7	4	46	26		4	5	14	26	45		72	71	1.014	+1		44
13	Carlisle United	46		10	8	5	53	27		4	7	12	30	44		83	71	1.169	+12		43
14	Tranmere Rovers	46		11	4	8	40	34		7	3	13	19	36		59	70	0.843	–11		43
15	Accrington Stanley	46		12	7	4	41	22		4	3	16	25	52		66	74	0.892	–8		42
16	Crewe Alexandra	46		9	8	6	30	26		5	5	13	19	41		49	67	0.731	–18		41
17	Grimsby Town	46		14	5	4	31	15		2	4	17	20	62		51	77	0.662	–26		41
18	Hartlepools United	46		10	8	5	40	21		3	6	14	19	44		59	65	0.908	–6		40
19	Rochdale	46		12	5	6	40	20		3	5	15	19	57		59	77	0.766	–18		40
20	Workington	46		10	9	4	36	22		3	5	15	23	58		59	80	0.738	–21		40
21	Darlington	46		11	3	9	31	27		1	11	11	19	44		50	71	0.704	–21		38
22	York City	46		8	7	8	39	32		4	6	13	25	54		64	86	0.744	–22		37
23	Halifax Town	46		9	6	8	26	21		3	4	16	18	52		44	73	0.603	–29		34
24	Chester	46		10	7	6	39	22		1	3	19	9	45		48	67	0.716	–19		32

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)

Results

Home ╲ Away

Accrington Stanley !ACC

Barnsley !BAR

Barrow !BRW

Bradford City !BRA

Bradford Park Avenue !BPA

Carlisle United !CRL

Chester !CHE

Chesterfield !CHF

Crewe Alexandra !CRE

Darlington !DAR

Gateshead !GAT

Grimsby Town !GRI

Halifax Town !HAL

Hartlepool !HAR

Mansfield Town !MAN

Port Vale !PTV

Rochdale !ROC

Scunthorpe & Lindsey United !SCU

Southport !SOU

Stockport County !STP

Tranmere !TRA

Workington !WRK

Wrexham !WRE

York City !YOR

Accrington Stanley !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

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.

Maps

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		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GA	GD		Pts
1	Ipswich Town	46		15	5	3	47	19		12	5	6	35	32		82	51	1.608	+31		64
2	Brighton & Hove Albion	46		17	3	3	57	31		9	6	8	29	30		86	61	1.410	+25		61
3	Bristol City	46		18	3	2	59	18		7	3	13	29	48		88	66	1.333	+22		56
4	Watford	46		16	3	4	52	23		5	7	11	33	46		85	69	1.232	+16		52
5	Northampton Town	46		18	4	1	63	18		2	7	14	19	37		82	55	1.491	+27		51
6	Southampton	46		17	5	1	51	22		5	2	16	25	41		76	63	1.206	+13		51
7	Norwich City	46		13	5	5	43	28		7	6	10	30	38		73	66	1.106	+7		51
8	Reading	46		14	3	6	57	33		6	6	11	29	40		86	73	1.178	+13		49
9	Exeter City	46		12	2	9	39	22		8	6	9	29	36		68	58	1.172	+10		48
10	Gillingham	46		14	3	6	37	22		5	7	11	24	44		61	66	0.924	–5		48
11	Leyton Orient	46		14	5	4	48	26		4	6	13	31	47		79	73	1.082	+6		47
12	Millwall	46		15	3	5	44	24		4	6	13	30	53		74	77	0.961	–3		47
13	Torquay United	46		10	10	3	48	33		7	2	14	33	55		81	88	0.920	–7		46
14	Coventry City	46		14	5	4	36	15		4	4	15	25	41		61	56	1.089	+5		45
15	Newport County	46		14	4	5	42	28		5	2	16	19	53		61	81	0.753	–20		44
16	Southend United	46		15	2	6	46	22		3	5	15	23	49		69	71	0.972	–2		43
17	Aldershot	46		11	5	7	45	31		6	4	13	29	55		74	86	0.860	–12		43
18	Queens Park Rangers	46		10	5	8	32	25		6	5	12	28	43		60	68	0.882	–8		42
19	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46		12	5	6	47	27		4	3	16	20	43		67	70	0.957	–3		40
20	Swindon Town	46		13	5	5	48	21		2	5	16	19	49		67	70	0.957	–3		40
21	Shrewsbury Town	46		12	8	3	48	34		2	4	17	17	42		65	76	0.855	–11		40
22	Crystal Palace	46		11	7	5	41	30		3	5	15	19	56		60	86	0.698	–26		40
23	Colchester United	46		7	7	9	35	29		3	3	17	15	49		50	78	0.641	–28		30
24	Walsall	46		8	5	10	22	27		1	3	19	18	60		40	87	0.460	–47		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

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

Results

Home ╲ Away

Aldershot !ALD

Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic !BOU

Brighton & Hove Albion !BHA

Bristol City !BRI

Colchester United !COL

Coventry City !COV

Crystal Palace !CRY

Exeter City !EXE

Gillingham !GIL

Ipswich Town !IPS

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

1–2

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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

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.

Maps

See also

• 1953-54 in English football

References

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