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Domestic
Football Results
Teams in a silver box denotes a player representing England |
Football League Division One:
Aston Villa 0 Huddersfield Town 0
Villa Park, Birmingham
(22,392) |
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Villa were without
Danny Blanchflower & Peter McParland |
Burnley 2 Sheffield United 1
Turf Moor, Burnley
(22,237)
Holden
19, Gray
58
(pen)
~ Hawksworth
21 |
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Burnley were without Brian Pilkington &
Jimmy McIlroy |
Cardiff City 4 Newcastle United 2
Ninian Park, Cardiff (34,760)
Sullivan 14, Stockin 28, Ford
65, 68 ~
Milburn
88, White
89 |
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Newcastle were without
Alf McMichael |
Chelsea 3 West Bromwich Albion 3
Stamford Bridge, Fulham
(67,440)
Bentley 11, Lewis 55, Parsons
62
~ Allen 19, Lee
80, Millard
82 |
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West Brom were without Ray Barlow |
Leicester City 3 Arsenal 3
Filbert Street, Leicester
(42,486)
Rowley 17, 77
(pen), Hines
24
~ Lawton
33, 80, Logie
42 |
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Arsenal were without
Billy Dickson |
Manchester City 1 Everton 0
Maine Road, Manchester
(45,737)
Clarke
4 |
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City were without Don Revie |
Preston North End 1 Portsmouth 1
Deepdale Stadium,
Preston
(26,846)
Hatsell
51
~
Barnard
63 |
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Portsmouth were without Norman Uprichard |
Sheffield Wednesday 2 Blackpool 1
Hillsborough, Sheffield
(31,415)
Sewell 42, Quixall
82 ~ Stephenson
52 |
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Blackpool were without Stan Matthews |
Sunderland 1 Bolton Wanderers 1
Roker Park, Sunderland
(50,486)
Purdon 27
~
Hassall
69 |
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Sunderland were without Billy Bingham |
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Wanderers were without Nat Lofthouse & Johnny Wheeler |
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Tottenham Hotspur 1 Charlton Athletic 4
White Hart Lane, Tottenham
(33,105)
Brooks
59 ~
Ramsey
OG
25,
Leary
37, Ayre 58, 62 |
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Wolverhampton Wanderers 4
Manchester United 2
Molineux
Stadium, Wolverhampton
(39,617)
Swinbourne
69, Broadbent 77, Hancocks
84,
Cockburn
OG
87
~
Viollet
25, Rowley
72 |
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Wolves
were without Bill Slater & Billy Wright |
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United were without Roger Byrne, Bill Foulkes, Ray Wood &
Jackie Blanchflower |
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Once they'd lost their first two fixtures, FA Cup holders, West Brom
threatened to repeat their form of the previous season, and found
themselves back on top of the pile, but they lost their next four
games and plummeted down the table.
| Division One
Leading Goalscorers |
11 - Ronnie Allen
(West Brom)
9 - Len White (Newcastle) |
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Football League Division Two:
Bristol Rovers 7 Swansea Town 0
Eastville
Stadium, Bristol (28,731)
Charles
OG,
Roost, Bradford (2),
Hooper (2),
Burgess
OG |
Bury 0 Middlesbrough 1
Gigg Lane, Bury (18,522)
Delapenha |
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Doncaster Rovers 2
West Ham United 1
Belle
Vue, Doncaster
(13,841)
Herbert
(2 (1 pen)) ~ Sexton |
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Hull City 1 Rotherham United 2
Boothferry Park, Hull
(31,814)
Jensen (pen)
~
Bunclark, Henderson |
Leeds United 1 Birmingham City 0
Elland Road
Stadium, Leeds
(21,200)
Forrest |
Lincoln City 1 Stoke City 4
Sincil Bank, Lincoln
(13,728)
Graver
~
Hutton, Oscroft
(3) |
Liverpool 3 Notts County 1
Anfield Road, Liverpool
(37,639)
Anderson
(2), Evans
~
Wills |
Luton Town 2 Derby County 0
Kenilworth Road Stadium, Luton
(17,156)
Turner, Pye |
Nottingham Forest 2 Ipswich Town 0
City Ground, Nottingham
(15,840)
Small, Scott |
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Plymouth Argyle 3 Fulham 2
Home Park, Plymouth
(23,207)
Elliott
OG, Porteous, McShane
~
Stevens,
Robson |
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Fulham were without Johnny Haynes |
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Port Vale 0 Blackburn Rovers 3
Vale
Park, Burslem
(25,619)
Briggs
(2), Quigley |
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Another strong start for Rotherham and this time they would stay the
course. It was to be their best ever league season. No club won more
points in the top two divisions, yet they missed out on promotion by
0.191 of a goal and have never been as close again to the top flight.
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Division Two Table |
|
Team |
P |
Home |
Away |
F |
A |
₧
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W |
D |
L |
W |
D |
L |
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Rotherham United |
11 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
28 |
16 |
17 |
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Stoke City |
12 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
17 |
9 |
16 |
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Luton Town |
11 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
20 |
12 |
16 |
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Blackburn Rovers |
11 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
34 |
22 |
15 |
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Bristol Rovers |
11 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
29 |
19 |
14 |
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Hull City |
11 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
13 |
8 |
13 |
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Fulham |
11 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
29 |
24 |
13 |
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Doncaster Rovers |
11 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
20 |
23 |
13 |
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West Ham United |
11 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
22 |
22 |
12 |
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Notts County |
11 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
17 |
17 |
12 |
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Birmingham City |
11 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
15 |
12 |
11 |
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Bury |
11 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
24 |
24 |
11 |
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Leeds United |
11 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
19 |
20 |
11 |
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Liverpool |
11 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
26 |
26 |
9 |
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Swansea Town |
11 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
25 |
28 |
9 |
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Plymouth Argyle |
11 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
16 |
20 |
9 |
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Lincoln City |
11 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
15 |
22 |
9 |
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Port Vale |
11 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
8 |
16 |
9 |
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Nottingham Forest |
11 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
14 |
19 |
7 |
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Derby County |
11 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
19 |
29 |
7 |
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Ipswich Town |
12 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
18 |
24 |
6 |
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Middlesbrough |
11 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
10 |
26 |
5 |
| Division Two
Leading Goalscorers |
13 - Geoff Bradford
(Bristol R.)
12 - Eddie Quigley (Blackburn) |
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Football League Division Three (South):
Aldershot 3 Watford 0
Recreation Ground, Aldershot (7,669)
Menzies (2),
Flint |
Brentford 0 Walsall 2
Griffin
Park, Brentford
(12,584)
McGairy, Richards |
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Brighton & Hove Albion 0
Bristol City 1
Goldstone Ground, Hove
(21,581)
Rogers |
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Colchester United 1 Newport County 0
Layer Road, Colchester
(8,691)
McKim |
Coventry City 3 Shrewsbury Town 0
Highfield Road, Coventry
(15,313)
Dorman
(2), Dutton |
Leyton Orient 2 Crystal Palace 1
Brisbane Road, Leyton
(16,422)
Facey, Morgan
~ Devonshire |
Millwall 3 Gillingham 2
The Den,
New Cross
(18,037)
Prior, Ramscar, Jardine
~ Millar, Evans |
Norwich City 1
Queen's Park Rangers 1
Carrow Road
Stadium, Norwich
(20,353)
Hansell ~
Smith |
Southampton
3 Reading 1
The
Dell, Southampton (17,172)
Simpson, Day, Digby
~ Uphill |
Southend United 2
Bournemouth
& Boscombe Athletic
2
Southend
Stadium, Southend
(8,905)
Baron, Burns
(pen)
~ Allen,
Newsham |
Swindon Town 0 Northampton Town 1
County Ground, Swindon
(8,899)
Jones |
Torquay United 1 Exeter City 0
Plainmoor, Torquay
(11,987)
Collins |
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Bristol City's unbeaten start to the season ended seven days later
with defeat at Southend, but they finished the season with an 18-game
unbeaten run, winning 14 of them as they won the title by nine points.
|
Division Three (South) Table |
|
Team |
P |
Home |
Away |
F |
A |
₧
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W |
D |
L |
W |
D |
L |
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Bristol City |
13 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
34 |
11 |
23 |
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Leyton Orient |
13 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
17 |
12 |
18 |
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Norwich City |
13 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
21 |
12 |
17 |
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Coventry City |
13 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
24 |
17 |
17 |
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Millwall |
13 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
16 |
14 |
16 |
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Queen's Park Rangers |
13 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
24 |
16 |
15 |
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Torquay United |
13 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
24 |
19 |
15 |
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Southampton |
13 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
22 |
20 |
15 |
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Bournemouth & Boscombe A. |
13 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
24 |
17 |
14 |
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Watford |
13 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
22 |
20 |
14 |
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Gillingham |
13 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
18 |
22 |
14 |
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Southend United |
13 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
24 |
18 |
13 |
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Aldershot |
13 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
18 |
20 |
12 |
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Colchester United |
13 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
15 |
20 |
12 |
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Brighton & Hove Albion |
13 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
20 |
19 |
11 |
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Brentford |
13 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
26 |
27 |
11 |
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Swindon Town |
13 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
14 |
17 |
11 |
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Exeter City |
13 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
11 |
16 |
11 |
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Northampton Town |
13 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
12 |
18 |
11 |
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Shrewsbury Town |
13 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
19 |
26 |
10 |
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Newport County |
13 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
13 |
20 |
10 |
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Crystal Palace |
13 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
12 |
26 |
9 |
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Reading |
13 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
16 |
25 |
8 |
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Walsall |
13 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
13 |
27 |
5 |
| Division Three
(South)
Leading Goalscorers |
| 10 - Eric Day
(Southampton) - 1 pen, Arnold Rodgers (Bristol C.) |
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Football League Division Three (North):
Barnsley 1 Mansfield Town 0
Oakwell Stadium, Barnsley
(14,234)
Bartlett |
Bradford City 0 Workington 1
Valley
Parade, Bradford
(11,272)
Dailey |
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Chesterfield 1 Grimsby Town 0
Recreation
Ground, Chesterfield
(11,125)
Boyle |
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Crewe Alexandra 1 Chester 3
Gresty Road, Crewe
(7,159)
Frost
~ Hughes
(3) |
Darlington 3 Bradford 0
Feethams, Darlington
(12,875)
Keers, Walsh
(pen), Davis |
Gateshead 0 Rochdale 1
Redheugh Park, Gateshead
(8,010)
Haines |
Halifax Town
0 Southport 1
The
Shay, Halifax
(6,214)
Taylor |
Hartlepools United 4
Tranmere Rovers
0
Victoria Ground, Hartlepool
(7,610)
Harden, McGuigan
(2), Johnson |
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Oldham Athletic 3 Barrow 2
Boundary Park, Oldham
(7,697)
Travis, Scrine, Kerr
~
Collins,
Naylor
OG |
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United 4
Accrington
Stanley 0
Old Showground, Scunthorpe
(11,370)
Brown
(2), Turner, Haigh |
Wrexham 1 Carlisle United 1
Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
(8,752)
Bannan
~ Whitehouse |
York
City 4 Stockport County 0
Bootham Crescent, York
(6,523)
Brown, Spence, Bottom, Fenton |
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After finishing third in the previous season, only their fourth as a
league club, Scunthorpe were now setting the pace, but they would
finish third again (albeit with a new highest points total), and it
would be another three years before they achieved their first
promotion.
|
Division Three (North) Table |
|
Team |
P |
Home |
Away |
F |
A |
₧
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W |
D |
L |
W |
D |
L |
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Scunthorpe & Lindsey United |
13 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
24 |
10 |
20 |
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Gateshead |
13 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
18 |
11 |
18 |
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Chesterfield |
13 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
21 |
14 |
18 |
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Accrington Stanley |
13 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
22 |
15 |
18 |
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Barnsley |
13 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
17 |
11 |
16 |
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Darlington |
13 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
21 |
16 |
16 |
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Mansfield Town |
13 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
21 |
19 |
16 |
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Bradford City |
13 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
16 |
12 |
15 |
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Workington |
13 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
17 |
15 |
15 |
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Carlisle United |
13 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
22 |
19 |
14 |
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Rochdale |
13 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
18 |
16 |
14 |
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Hartlepools United |
13 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
17 |
14 |
13 |
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Chester |
13 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
16 |
19 |
13 |
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Bradford |
13 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
18 |
22 |
12 |
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Oldham Athletic |
13 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
14 |
20 |
12 |
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York City |
13 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
21 |
17 |
11 |
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Stockport County |
13 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
16 |
20 |
11 |
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Southport |
13 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
12 |
16 |
11 |
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Grimsby Town |
13 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
12 |
16 |
10 |
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Barrow |
13 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
21 |
27 |
9 |
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Crewe Alexandra |
13 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
16 |
25 |
8 |
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Wrexham |
13 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
15 |
24 |
8 |
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Tranmere Rovers |
13 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
13 |
23 |
8 |
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Halifax Town |
13 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
12 |
19 |
6 |
| Division
Three (North)
Leading Goalscorers |
10 - Arthur Bottom
(York) - 1 pen
8 - Ron Hughes (Chester) |
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Source Notes |
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Original Newspaper Reports
The Football League
Match by Match 1954/55 (editor: Tony Brown): SoccerData 2004
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