1952–53 Football League

The Football League
Season	1952–53
Champions	Arsenal
← 1951–52 1953–54 →

The 1952–1953 season was the 54th 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	1952–53
Champions	Arsenal (7th English title)
Relegated	Stoke City, Derby County
FA Cup winners	Blackpool (1st and only FA Cup title)
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,508 (3.26 per match)
Top goalscorer	Charlie Wayman (Preston North End), 23 ^[3]^[4]
← 1951–52 1953–54 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal	42	15	3	3	60	30	6	9	6	37	34	97	64	1.516	+33	54
2	Preston North End	42	15	3	3	46	25	6	9	6	39	35	85	60	1.417	+25	54
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	5	3	54	27	6	8	7	32	36	86	63	1.365	+23	51
4	West Bromwich Albion	42	13	3	5	35	19	8	5	8	31	41	66	60	1.100	+6	50
5	Charlton Athletic	42	12	8	1	47	22	7	3	11	30	41	77	63	1.222	+14	49
6	Burnley	42	11	6	4	36	20	7	6	8	31	32	67	52	1.288	+15	48
7	Blackpool	42	13	5	3	45	22	6	4	11	26	48	71	70	1.014	+1	47
8	Manchester United	42	11	5	5	35	30	7	5	9	34	42	69	72	0.958	–3	46
9	Sunderland	42	11	9	1	42	27	4	4	13	26	55	68	82	0.829	–14	43
10	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	6	4	55	37	4	5	12	23	32	78	69	1.130	+9	41
11	Aston Villa	42	9	7	5	36	23	5	6	10	27	38	63	61	1.033	+2	41
12	Cardiff City	42	7	8	6	32	17	7	4	10	22	29	54	46	1.174	+8	40
13	Middlesbrough	42	12	5	4	46	27	2	6	13	24	50	70	77	0.909	–7	39
14	Bolton Wanderers	42	9	4	8	39	35	6	5	10	22	34	61	69	0.884	–8	39
15	Portsmouth	42	10	6	5	44	34	4	4	13	30	49	74	83	0.892	–9	38
16	Newcastle United	42	9	5	7	34	33	5	4	12	25	37	59	70	0.843	–11	37
17	Liverpool	42	10	6	5	36	28	4	2	15	25	54	61	82	0.744	–21	36
18	Sheffield Wednesday	42	8	6	7	35	32	4	5	12	27	40	62	72	0.861	–10	35
19	Chelsea	42	10	4	7	35	24	2	7	12	21	42	56	66	0.848	–10	35
20	Manchester City	42	12	2	7	45	28	2	5	14	27	59	72	87	0.828	–15	35
21	Stoke City	42	10	4	7	35	26	2	6	13	18	40	53	66	0.803	–13	34
22	Derby County	42	9	6	6	41	29	2	4	15	18	45	59	74	0.797	–15	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
	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	Derby County !DER	Liverpool !LIV	Manchester City !MCI	Manchester United !MUN	Middlesbrough !MID	Newcastle United !NEW	Portsmouth !POR	Preston North End !PNE	Sheffield Wednesday !SHW	Stoke City !STK	Sunderland !SUN	Tottenham Hotspur !TOT	West Bromwich Albion !WBA	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL
Arsenal !Arsenal		3–1	3–1	4–1	3–2	0–1	3–4	2–0	6–2	5–3	3–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–2	4–0	2–2	5–3
Aston Villa !Aston Villa	1–2		1–5	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	4–0	0–0	3–3	1–0	0–1	6–0	1–0	4–3	1–1	3–0	0–3	1–1	0–1
Blackpool !Blackpool	3–2	1–1		3–0	4–2	0–1	8–4	3–1	2–1	3–1	4–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	3–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0
Bolton Wanderers !Bolton Wanderers	4–6	0–0	4–0		1–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	5–3	4–2	0–5	0–3	1–1	2–1	5–0	2–3	0–1	2–1
Burnley !Burnley	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1		0–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	3–2	2–2	1–1	3–2	5–1	3–2	5–0	0–0
Cardiff City !Cardiff City	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–0	0–0		0–1	3–3	2–0	4–0	6–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	4–0	2–0	4–1	0–0	1–2	0–0
Charlton Athletic !Charlton Athletic	2–2	5–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	3–1		2–2	3–1	3–2	1–2	2–2	2–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	5–1	3–1	3–2	0–0	2–2
Chelsea !Chelsea	1–1	4–0	4–0	1–0	0–2	0–2	0–1		1–1	3–0	3–1	2–3	1–1	1–2	2–0	5–3	1–0	0–0	3–2	2–1	0–2	1–2
Derby County !Derby County	2–0	0–1	1–1	4–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	3–2		3–2	5–0	2–3	3–3	0–2	3–0	0–1	2–1	4–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	2–3
Liverpool !Liverpool	1–5	0–2	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–1		0–1	1–2	4–1	5–3	1–1	2–2	1–0	3–2	2–0	2–1	3–0	2–1
Manchester City !Manchester City	2–4	4–1	5–0	1–2	0–0	2–2	5–1	4–0	1–0	0–2		2–1	5–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	3–1	2–1	2–5	0–1	0–1	3–1
Manchester United !Manchester United	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–3	1–4	3–2	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–1		3–2	2–2	1–0	5–2	1–1	0–2	0–1	3–2	2–2	0–3
Middlesbrough !Middlesbrough	2–0	1–0	5–1	1–2	2–2	3–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	2–3	5–4	5–0		2–1	3–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–2	0–4	4–2	1–1
Newcastle United !Newcastle United	2–2	2–1	0–1	2–3	0–0	3–0	3–2	2–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–0		1–0	4–3	1–5	1–2	2–2	1–1	3–5	1–1
Portsmouth !Portsmouth	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–4	5–1		2–5	5–2	1–1	5–2	2–1	1–2	2–2
Preston North End !Preston North End	2–0	1–3	4–2	2–2	2–1	2–3	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	6–2	0–5	3–0	2–1	4–0		1–0	3–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–1
Sheffield Wednesday !Sheffield Wednesday	1–4	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–4	2–0	0–3	1–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	3–4	1–1		1–0	4–0	2–0	4–5	2–3
Stoke City !Stoke City	1–1	1–4	4–0	1–2	1–3	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–4	0–0	1–3		3–0	2–0	5–1	1–2
Sunderland !Sunderland	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	4–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	3–3	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–1		1–1	1–0	5–2
Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	1–3	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–3	5–2	3–1	3–3	1–2	7–1	3–2	3–3	4–4	2–1	1–0	2–2		3–4	3–2
West Bromwich Albion !West Bromwich Albion	2–0	3–2	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	3–1	0–1	2–2	3–0	2–1	3–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	3–2	1–1	2–1		1–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	2–1	2–5	3–1	5–1	1–0	1–2	2–2	3–1	3–0	7–3	6–2	3–3	2–0	4–1	0–2	3–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	2–0

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1952–1953 teams

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1952–1953

Second Division

Football League
Second Division
Season	1952–53
Champions	Sheffield United (1st title)
Promoted	Huddersfield Town
Relegated	Barnsley, Southampton
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,535 (3.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	Arthur Rowley (Leicester City), 39 ^[4]
← 1951–52 1953–54 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sheffield United	42	15	3	3	60	27	10	7	4	37	28	97	55	1.764	+42	60
2	Huddersfield Town	42	14	4	3	51	14	10	6	5	33	19	84	33	2.545	+51	58
3	Luton Town	42	15	1	5	53	17	7	7	7	31	32	84	49	1.714	+35	52
4	Plymouth Argyle	42	12	5	4	37	24	8	4	9	28	36	65	60	1.083	+5	49
5	Leicester City	42	13	6	2	55	29	5	6	10	34	45	89	74	1.203	+15	48
6	Birmingham City	42	11	3	7	44	38	8	7	6	27	28	71	66	1.076	+5	48
7	Nottingham Forest	42	11	5	5	46	32	7	3	11	31	35	77	67	1.149	+10	44
8	Fulham	42	14	1	6	52	28	3	9	9	29	43	81	71	1.141	+10	44
9	Blackburn Rovers	42	12	4	5	40	20	6	4	11	28	45	68	65	1.046	+3	44
10	Leeds United	42	13	4	4	42	24	1	11	9	29	39	71	63	1.127	+8	43
11	Swansea Town	42	10	9	2	45	26	5	3	13	33	55	78	81	0.963	–3	42
12	Rotherham United	42	9	7	5	41	30	7	2	12	34	44	75	74	1.014	+1	41
13	Doncaster Rovers	42	9	9	3	26	17	3	7	11	32	47	58	64	0.906	–6	40
14	West Ham United	42	9	5	7	38	28	4	8	9	20	32	58	60	0.967	–2	39
15	Lincoln City	42	9	9	3	41	26	2	8	11	23	45	64	71	0.901	–7	39
16	Everton	42	9	8	4	38	23	3	6	12	33	52	71	75	0.947	–4	38
17	Brentford	42	8	8	5	38	29	5	3	13	21	47	59	76	0.776	–17	37
18	Hull City	42	11	6	4	36	19	3	2	16	21	50	57	69	0.826	–12	36
19	Notts County	42	11	5	5	41	31	3	3	15	19	57	60	88	0.682	–28	36
20	Bury	42	10	6	5	33	30	3	3	15	20	51	53	81	0.654	–28	35
21	Southampton	42	5	7	9	45	44	5	6	10	23	41	68	85	0.800	–17	33
22	Barnsley	42	4	4	13	31	46	1	4	16	16	62	47	108	0.435	–61	18

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	Barnsley !BAR	Birmingham !BIR	Blackburn Rovers !BLB	Brentford !BRE	Bury !BRY	Doncaster Rovers !DON	Everton !EVE	Fulham !FUL	Huddersfield Town !HUD	Hull City !HUL	Leeds United !LEE	Leicester City !LEI	Lincoln City !LIN	Luton Town !LUT	Nottingham Forest !NOT	Notts County !NTC	Plymouth Argyle !PLY	Rotherham United !ROT	Sheffield United !SHU	Southampton !SOU	Swansea Town !SWA	West Ham United !WHU
Barnsley !Barnsley		1–3	1–4	0–2	3–2	2–2	2–3	1–1	2–4	5–1	2–2	0–3	1–1	2–3	0–2	1–2	0–3	2–3	1–3	0–1	3–1	2–0
Birmingham !Birmingham	3–1		1–2	3–1	0–2	2–1	4–2	1–4	0–2	4–3	2–2	3–1	2–2	2–2	0–5	3–2	4–0	4–0	1–2	2–0	1–4	2–0
Blackburn Rovers !Blackburn Rovers	2–0	1–2		3–0	4–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	3–2	1–3	0–1	1–2	3–0	3–0	3–0
Brentford !Brentford	4–0	1–2	3–2		2–2	1–0	2–4	2–2	1–3	1–0	3–3	4–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	5–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	1–4
Bury !Bury	5–2	3–0	1–0	3–0		2–1	0–5	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–4	2–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	3–2	2–0	0–4	0–0	1–3	1–1
Doncaster Rovers !Doncaster Rovers	1–1	1–0	3–3	0–2	1–1		3–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–3	1–1
Everton !Everton	2–1	1–1	0–3	5–0	3–0	7–1		3–3	2–1	0–2	2–2	2–2	0–3	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–0
Fulham !Fulham	3–1	3–1	2–1	5–0	2–0	1–3	3–0		0–2	2–1	2–1	4–6	4–2	2–0	0–1	6–0	2–1	4–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–3
Huddersfield Town !Huddersfield Town	6–0	1–1	0–3	0–0	2–0	3–1	8–2	4–2		1–1	1–0	1–0	5–0	3–0	1–2	1–0	4–0	1–0	1–1	5–0	3–0	0–1
Hull City !Hull City	2–2	2–0	3–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	3–1	0–2		1–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–1	6–0	0–1	3–2	4–0	1–0	1–1	1–0
Leeds United !Leeds United	4–1	0–1	0–3	3–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–1		0–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–1	4–0	0–3	1–1	5–1	3–2
Leicester City !Leicester City	2–2	3–4	2–1	2–3	3–2	4–2	4–2	6–1	2–1	5–0	3–3		3–2	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	3–2	0–0	4–1	2–1	0–0
Lincoln City !Lincoln City	1–1	1–1	4–1	0–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–2		1–2	2–3	3–0	0–0	1–3	3–2	2–2	3–1	3–1
Luton Town !Luton Town	6–0	0–1	6–0	0–1	4–1	1–2	4–2	2–0	0–2	3–2	2–0	2–0	4–0		3–0	5–1	1–0	2–1	4–1	1–2	3–1	0–0
Nottingham Forest !Nottingham Forest	3–0	0–2	1–2	3–0	4–1	2–2	3–3	0–1	1–0	4–1	2–1	1–3	1–1	4–3		1–0	3–1	4–3	1–1	2–3	6–4	0–0
Notts County !Notts County	1–0	2–0	5–0	4–0	2–1	4–3	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–2	2–2	1–1	1–2	3–2		0–4	2–1	0–3	1–2	3–4	1–1
Plymouth Argyle !Plymouth Argyle	4–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–2	1–2	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–3	2–2		4–3	5–2	3–1	3–2	1–1
Rotherham United !Rotherham United	3–1	1–1	0–0	4–1	6–1	4–2	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	0–0	3–2	1–3	2–3	2–3	2–3		0–2	2–2	2–1	1–1
Sheffield United !Sheffield United	3–0	2–2	3–0	3–2	3–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	0–2	0–2	2–1	7–2	6–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	5–0	1–4		5–3	7–1	3–1
Southampton !Southampton	1–2	1–1	6–1	0–2	1–2	3–3	1–1	5–3	0–2	5–1	2–2	5–2	1–0	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–3	2–3	4–4		1–4	1–2
Swansea Town !Swansea Town	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	3–3	3–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	4–2	2–1	5–1	2–2	0–0	1–2	1–2		4–1
West Ham United !West Ham United	3–1	1–2	0–0	3–1	3–2	1–3	3–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	2–2	4–1	5–1	0–1	3–2	2–2	0–1	2–4	1–1	1–0	3–0

Maps

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1952–1953 teams

Brentford

Fulham

West Ham

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1952–1953

Third Division North

Football League
Third Division North
Season	1952–53
Champions	Oldham Athletic (1st title)
Failed re-election	none
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,604 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Whitehouse (Carlisle United), 29 ^[4]
← 1951–52 1953–54 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Oldham Athletic	46	15	4	4	48	21	7	11	5	29	24	77	45	1.711	+32	59
2	Port Vale	46	13	9	1	41	10	7	9	7	26	25	67	35	1.914	+32	58
3	Wrexham	46	18	3	2	59	24	6	5	12	27	42	86	66	1.303	+20	56
4	York City	46	14	5	4	35	16	6	8	9	25	29	60	45	1.333	+15	53
5	Grimsby Town	46	15	5	3	47	19	6	5	12	28	40	75	59	1.271	+16	52
6	Southport	46	16	4	3	42	18	4	7	12	21	42	63	60	1.050	+3	51
7	Bradford Park Avenue	46	10	8	5	37	23	9	4	10	38	38	75	61	1.230	+14	50
8	Gateshead	46	13	6	4	51	24	4	9	10	25	36	76	60	1.267	+16	49
9	Carlisle United	46	13	7	3	57	24	5	6	12	25	44	82	68	1.206	+14	49
10	Crewe Alexandra	46	13	5	5	46	28	7	3	13	24	40	70	68	1.029	+2	48
11	Stockport County	46	13	8	2	61	26	4	5	14	21	43	82	69	1.188	+13	47
12	Chesterfield	46	13	6	4	40	23	5	5	13	25	40	65	63	1.032	+2	47
13	Tranmere Rovers	46	16	4	3	45	16	5	1	17	20	47	65	63	1.032	+2	47
14	Halifax Town	46	13	5	5	47	31	3	10	10	21	37	68	68	1.000	±0	47
15	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	46	10	6	7	38	21	6	8	9	24	35	62	56	1.107	+6	46
16	Bradford City	46	14	7	2	54	29	0	11	12	21	51	75	80	0.938	–5	46
17	Hartlepools United	46	14	6	3	39	16	2	8	13	18	45	57	61	0.934	–4	46
18	Mansfield Town	46	11	9	3	34	25	5	5	13	21	37	55	62	0.887	–7	46
19	Barrow	46	15	6	2	48	20	1	6	16	18	51	66	71	0.930	–5	44
20	Chester	46	10	7	6	39	27	1	8	14	25	58	64	85	0.753	–21	37
21	Darlington	46	13	4	6	33	27	1	2	20	25	69	58	96	0.604	–38	34
22	Rochdale	46	12	5	6	41	27	2	0	21	21	56	62	83	0.747	–21	33
23	Workington	46	9	5	9	40	33	2	5	16	15	58	55	91	0.604	–36	32
24	Accrington Stanley	46	7	9	7	25	29	1	2	20	14	60	39	89	0.438	–50	27

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	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	Oldham Athletic !OLD	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		1–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–4	0–2	0–1	1–2	1–0
Barrow !Barrow	2–0		5–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	5–1	2–1	3–0	4–3	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–0
Bradford City !Bradford City	3–2	2–2		2–1	7–2	2–2	2–1	1–3	4–3	3–1	1–0	5–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–3	0–0	2–2	3–0	5–3	4–0	3–1	1–1
Bradford Park Avenue !Bradford Park Avenue	4–0	1–0	2–2		2–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	3–0	0–3	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	6–1	1–2	2–3
Carlisle United !Carlisle United	4–4	0–0	4–4	1–3		1–1	3–0	1–2	4–2	2–2	3–0	1–2	4–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	5–0	8–0	2–0	2–1	4–0	3–1	1–0	1–1
Chester !Chester	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–3	1–2		2–0	2–2	6–3	2–0	0–2	2–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	2–2	3–0	1–1	0–0	4–0	3–2	1–1	1–2	1–1
Chesterfield !Chesterfield	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	2–1		1–0	3–0	1–1	3–2	2–1	2–0	4–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–2
Crewe Alexandra !Crewe Alexandra	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	2–2	4–1	2–1		0–1	4–3	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–4	4–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	4–0	3–3	3–0
Darlington !Darlington	1–0	1–0	4–1	1–3	0–0	3–2	3–1	1–1		1–0	1–1	0–2	3–0	2–1	0–5	0–2	3–2	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–2	0–1
Gateshead !Gateshead	5–0	3–1	2–2	3–2	2–0	4–1	2–4	6–1	5–1		2–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1
Grimsby Town !Grimsby Town	3–0	2–1	0–0	2–3	2–3	5–4	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–0		2–0	7–0	5–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–1
Halifax Town !Halifax Town	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–4	2–1	3–1	3–1	1–3	3–2	1–3	3–2		3–2	1–2	2–2	1–2	3–1	2–1	4–1	3–0	0–0	5–2	0–0	0–0
Hartlepool !Hartlepool	4–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0		2–0	4–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–2	4–1	2–2	1–2	2–1
Mansfield Town !Mansfield Town	0–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–4	3–0	3–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0		0–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–1
Oldham Athletic !Oldham Athletic	3–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	2–4	2–1	1–1	0–1	5–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	4–2	1–0		0–1	1–0	0–1	3–0	1–1	5–2	4–1	4–2	2–1
Port Vale !Port Vale	0–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–1		5–2	4–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–0
Rochdale !Rochdale	1–0	6–2	2–1	1–0	1–2	3–1	0–2	0–1	3–1	2–3	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	3–1	1–1		2–2	0–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	4–1	0–3
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United !Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	5–2	1–2	4–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	5–1		3–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–0
Southport !Southport	1–0	3–2	3–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	3–2	4–3	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–3		3–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	3–1
Stockport County !Stockport County	3–1	6–1	6–1	2–0	3–0	4–1	4–1	2–4	2–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	3–0		3–2	6–0	3–1	1–1
Tranmere !Tranmere	2–0	2–0	3–1	4–0	4–1	4–0	3–1	1–0	5–2	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0		3–0	4–2	1–3
Workington !Workington	3–0	3–1	3–2	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–3	4–0	3–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–3	2–4	0–2	2–0		4–0	1–3
Wrexham !Wrexham	3–1	4–0	2–1	0–3	3–0	7–0	2–2	1–0	4–2	1–0	3–1	2–1	3–2	1–0	2–2	3–1	3–0	2–3	3–2	5–2	1–0	3–0		1–1
York City !York City	2–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–0	2–0	1–3	2–1

Maps

Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams 1952–1953

Third Division South

Football League
Third Division South
Season	1952–53
Champions	Bristol Rovers (1st title)
Failed re-election	none
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,745 (3.16 per match)
Top goalscorer	Geoff Bradford (Bristol Rovers), 33 ^[4]
← 1951–52 1953–54 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bristol Rovers	46	17	4	2	55	19	9	8	6	37	27	92	46	2.000	+46	64
2	Millwall	46	14	7	2	46	16	10	7	6	36	28	82	44	1.864	+38	62
3	Northampton Town	46	18	4	1	75	30	8	6	9	34	40	109	70	1.557	+39	62
4	Norwich City	46	16	6	1	56	17	9	4	10	43	38	99	55	1.800	+44	60
5	Bristol City	46	13	8	2	62	28	9	7	7	33	33	95	61	1.557	+34	59
6	Coventry City	46	15	5	3	52	22	4	7	12	25	40	77	62	1.242	+15	50
7	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	12	6	5	48	30	7	6	10	33	45	81	75	1.080	+6	50
8	Southend United	46	15	5	3	41	21	3	8	12	28	53	69	74	0.932	–5	49
9	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	15	3	5	49	23	4	6	13	25	46	74	69	1.072	+5	47
10	Watford	46	12	8	3	39	21	3	9	11	23	42	62	63	0.984	–1	47
11	Reading	46	17	3	3	53	18	2	5	16	16	46	69	64	1.078	+5	46
12	Torquay United	46	15	4	4	61	28	3	5	15	26	60	87	88	0.989	–1	45
13	Crystal Palace	46	12	7	4	40	26	3	6	14	26	56	66	82	0.805	–16	43
14	Leyton Orient	46	12	7	4	52	28	4	3	16	16	45	68	73	0.932	–5	42
15	Newport County	46	12	4	7	43	34	4	6	13	27	48	70	82	0.854	–12	42
16	Ipswich Town	46	10	7	6	34	28	3	8	12	26	41	60	69	0.870	–9	41
17	Exeter City	46	11	8	4	40	24	2	6	15	21	47	61	71	0.859	–10	40
18	Swindon Town	46	9	5	9	38	33	5	7	11	26	46	64	79	0.810	–15	40
19	Aldershot	46	8	8	7	36	29	4	7	12	25	48	61	77	0.792	–16	39
20	Queens Park Rangers	46	9	9	5	37	34	3	6	14	24	48	61	82	0.744	–21	39
21	Gillingham	46	10	7	6	30	26	2	8	13	25	48	55	74	0.743	–19	39
22	Colchester United	46	9	9	5	40	29	3	5	15	19	47	59	76	0.776	–17	38
23	Shrewsbury Town	46	11	5	7	38	35	1	7	15	30	56	68	91	0.747	–23	36
24	Walsall	46	5	9	9	35	46	2	1	20	21	72	56	118	0.475	–62	24

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	Bristol Rovers !BRO	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	Southend !STD	Swindon Town !SWI	Torquay United !TOR	Walsall !WAL	Watford !WAT
Aldershot !Aldershot		1–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	4–1	0–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	1–2	4–1	2–2	4–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–2
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic !Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	0–3		2–1	4–1	1–2	1–0	3–0	4–2	2–1	4–2	2–1	4–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	5–1	1–1	0–1	5–1	4–1
Brighton & Hove Albion !Brighton & Hove Albion	4–2	2–0		0–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	4–1	4–2	5–0	1–4	3–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	4–2	1–2
Bristol City !Bristol City	0–0	1–1	2–2		0–0	3–2	1–0	5–0	4–1	4–0	4–2	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–3	0–1	4–4	1–1	3–2	5–0	4–2	4–4	6–1	5–1
Bristol Rovers !Bristol Rovers	4–1	2–1	7–0	0–0		3–1	5–2	2–0	0–0	3–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	4–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–0	0–3
Colchester United !Colchester United	1–2	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–3		0–1	3–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	3–3	1–2	0–4	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–3	3–1	4–1	6–1	1–1
Coventry City !Coventry City	3–0	2–3	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–2		4–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	4–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	4–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	7–2	3–1	1–0
Crystal Palace !Crystal Palace	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–3	1–0	3–1	2–2		2–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	4–3	1–1	4–2	0–3	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–2	4–1	1–0
Exeter City !Exeter City	2–2	5–1	1–5	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0		0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–2	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–2	4–1	6–1	1–1
Gillingham !Gillingham	2–0	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–4	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0		1–1	3–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–3	3–0	2–1	4–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–1	2–1
Ipswich Town !Ipswich Town	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–5	2–2	3–0	2–0	0–1	1–1		0–1	1–6	3–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	5–0	1–1
Leyton Orient !Leyton Orient	4–1	2–2	3–0	1–3	3–3	5–3	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–1		1–4	2–1	0–1	3–1	5–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	2–2	4–1	4–1	2–0
Millwall !Millwall	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	3–2	0–0		3–0	1–2	2–3	2–1	1–0	4–1	4–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	1–1
Newport County !Newport County	2–1	2–1	0–3	4–3	2–2	0–1	4–4	3–2	1–0	1–2	1–3	0–1	1–3		4–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	4–2	0–1	3–0	3–0	3–2	1–1
Northampton Town !Northampton Town	4–0	5–1	5–3	0–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	5–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	5–0		3–3	4–2	6–1	3–1	4–3	3–1	3–3	2–1	4–1
Norwich City !Norwich City	5–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	5–1	2–0	3–2	1–0	5–1	2–2	2–0	1–2		2–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	3–0	5–2
Queens Park Rangers !Queens Park Rangers	2–2	2–1	3–3	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–3	4–2	2–2	3–1		1–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	0–1	4–2	2–2
Reading !Reading	2–3	1–3	0–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	4–1	3–1	3–2	1–1	2–0	5–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–0		5–3	1–0	4–1	4–1	0–0	3–0
Shrewsbury Town !Shrewsbury Town	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–3	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–4	1–1	2–4	1–8	0–3	1–1		7–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–1
Southend !Southend	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–4	2–1	4–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–2	2–0	3–1	2–2		3–0	3–1	2–1	1–0
Swindon Town !Swindon Town	3–2	1–2	3–0	0–0	1–3	0–1	2–3	3–6	5–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–3	2–0	2–2	1–3		2–0	1–2	0–0
Torquay United !Torquay United	1–2	5–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	5–1	2–1	1–1	5–2	3–2	4–1	5–0	1–0	3–3	3–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	4–2	3–1		0–3	2–2
Walsall !Walsall	0–0	2–2	3–0	3–3	3–5	0–3	1–1	2–4	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–0	0–2	1–3	1–5	3–2	1–1	2–0	4–4	1–1	1–2	2–0		0–0
Watford !Watford	1–1	3–0	2–3	4–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	3–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–0

Maps

Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams 1952–1953

Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams 1952–1953

References

↑ "England 1952-53". 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.
↑ Obituary: Charlie Wayman: Small centre-forward, lethal in front of goal
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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Huddersfield Town
Hull City
Leeds United
Leicester City
Lincoln City
Luton Town
Nottingham Forest
Notts County
Plymouth Argyle
Rotherham United
Sheffield United
Southampton
Swansea Town
West Ham United

Third Division

North	Accrington Stanley Barrow Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue Carlisle United Chester Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Gateshead Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hartlepools United Mansfield Town Oldham Athletic Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southport Stockport County Tranmere Rovers Workington Wrexham York City
South	Aldershot Bournemouth Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Colchester United Coventry City Crystal Palace Exeter City Gillingham Ipswich Town Leyton Orient Millwall Newport County Northampton Town Norwich City Queens Park Rangers Reading Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swindon Town Torquay United Walsall Watford

1952–53 in European football
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Domestic leagues	Albania '52 '53 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '52 '53 Cyprus Czechoslovakia '52 '53 Denmark England Faroe Islands '52 '53 Finland '52 '53 France East Germany West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary '52 '53 Iceland '52 '53 Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '52 '53 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '52 '53 Scotland Soviet Union '52 '53 Spain Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '52 '53 Bulgaria Cyprus England France East Germany West Germany Greece Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Northern Ireland Norway '52 '53 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '52 '53 Spain Sweden '53 Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	Scotland

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1952–53 Football League

Final league tables

First Division

Results

Maps

Second Division

Results

Maps

Third Division North

Results

Maps

Third Division South

Results

Maps

See also

References