1953–54 Football League

The Football League

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

The 1953–54 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 and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, 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.

From the 1922–23 season, the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South were required to apply for re-election.

First Division

First Division

Season	1953–54
Champions	Wolverhampton Wanderers 1st English title
Relegated	Middlesbrough Liverpool
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,626 (3.52 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Glazzard (29 goals)
Biggest home win	Charlton Athletic 8–1 Middlesbrough (12 September 1953) Wolverhampton Wanderers 8–1 Chelsea (26 September 1953)
Biggest away win	Cardiff City 1–6 Manchester United (14 November 1953)
Highest scoring	Newcastle United 3–7 West Bromwich Albion (16 September 1953)
Longest winning run	6 matches Charlton Athletic
Longest unbeaten run	18 matches Wolverhampton Wanderers
Longest losing run	5 matches Liverpool
← 1952–53 1954–55 →

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

Middlesbrough and Liverpool were relegated to the Second Division; this is the last time Liverpool has been relegated from any division. They would compete in the Second Division until promotion in 1962, and have remained in the top flight ever since.

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

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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

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

Maps

Arsenal

Charlton Athletic

Chelsea

Tottenham

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

Arsenal

Aston Villa

Blackpool

Bolton

Burnley

Cardiff City

Charlton

Chelsea

Huddersfield

Liverpool

Manchester City

Manchester United

Middlesbrough

Newcastle

Portsmouth

Preston North End

Sheffield United

Sheffield Wednesday

Sunderland

Tottenham

West Bromwich Albion

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Locations of the Football League First Division 1953–1954 teams

Second Division

Second Division

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Leicester City (C, P)	42	23	10	9	97	60	1.617	56	Promotion to the First Division
2	Everton (P)	42	20	16	6	92	58	1.586	56
3	Blackburn Rovers	42	23	9	10	86	50	1.720	55
4	Nottingham Forest	42	20	12	10	86	59	1.458	52
5	Rotherham United	42	21	7	14	80	67	1.194	49
6	Luton Town	42	18	12	12	64	59	1.085	48
7	Birmingham City	42	18	11	13	78	58	1.345	47
8	Fulham	42	17	10	15	98	85	1.153	44
9	Bristol Rovers	42	14	16	12	64	58	1.103	44
10	Leeds United	42	15	13	14	89	81	1.099	43
11	Stoke City	42	12	17	13	71	60	1.183	41
12	Doncaster Rovers	42	16	9	17	59	63	0.937	41
13	West Ham United	42	15	9	18	67	69	0.971	39
14	Notts County	42	13	13	16	54	74	0.730	39
15	Hull City	42	16	6	20	64	66	0.970	38
16	Lincoln City	42	14	9	19	65	83	0.783	37
17	Bury	42	11	14	17	54	72	0.750	36
18	Derby County	42	12	11	19	64	82	0.780	35
19	Plymouth Argyle	42	9	16	17	65	82	0.793	34
20	Swansea Town	42	13	8	21	58	82	0.707	34
21	Brentford (R)	42	10	11	21	40	78	0.513	31	Relegation to the Third Division South
22	Oldham Athletic (R)	42	8	9	25	40	89	0.449	25	Relegation to the Third Division North

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

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

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

Maps

Brentford

Fulham

West Ham

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

Birmingham

Blackburn Rovers

Brentford

Bristol Rovers

Bury

Derby County

Doncaster

Everton

Fulham

Hull

Leeds United

Leicester City

Lincoln City

Luton Town

Nottingham Forest

Notts County

Oldham

Plymouth Argyle

Rotherham

Stoke

Swansea Town

West Ham

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Locations of the Football League Second Division 1953–1954 teams

Third Division North

Football League
Third Division North

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

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

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

Results

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

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

Maps

Accrington Stanley

Barnsley

Barrow

Bradford City

Bradford Park Avenue

Carlisle United

Chester

Chesterfield

Crewe Alexandra

Darlington

Gateshead

Grimsby Town

Halifax T.

Hartlepool

Mansfield Town

Port Vale

Rochdale

Scunthorpe & Lindsey

Southport

Stockport

Tranmere

Workington

Wrexham

York City

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

Third Division South

Football League
Third Division South

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

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

Source: rsssf.com

Results

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

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

Maps

Leyton Orient

Crystal Palace

Millwall

Queens Park Rangers

Watford

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

Aldershot

Bournemouth

Brighton & Hove

Bristol City

Colchester

Coventry

Crystal Palace

Exeter City

Gillingham

Ipswich Town

Leyton Orient

Millwall

Newport County

Norwich City

Northampton Town

QPR

Reading

Shrewsbury

Southampton

Southend

Swindon

Torquay

Walsall

Watford

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

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.