Football League Division One:
Arsenal 4
West Bromwich Albion 3
Arsenal
Stadium, Highbury
(57,770)
Henderson (2),
Herd,
Barlow
OG
~ Kevan (3) |
Albion were without Don Howe |
Aston Villa 2 Newcastle United 1
Villa
Park, Birmingham
(30,000)
Barrett (2)
~ White |
Villa were without Peter McParland |
United were without Dick Keith |
Burnley 4 Chelsea 0
Turf
Moor, Burnley
(22,802)
Cheesebrough, Adamson
(pen), Pilkington, Robson |
Burnley were without Colin McDonald &
Jimmy McIlroy |
Chelsea were without Peter Brabrook |
Everton 3 Birmingham City 1
Goodison
Park, Liverpool
(38,408)
J.Harris, Hickson
(2) ~ Murphy |
Leicester City 3 Luton
Town 1
Filbert
Street, Leicester
(32,017)
McNeill, Walsh, Kelly
~ McLeod |
City were without Willie Cunningham |
Town were without Billy Bingham |
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Manchester City 2 Leeds United 1
Maine
Road, Manchester
(31,989)
Hayes, Barlow
~ Overfield |
United were without Wilbur Cush |
Nottingham Forest 2 Blackpool 0
City
Ground, Nottingham
(31,784)
Wilson, Imlach |
Portsmouth 1 Tottenham
Hotspur 1
Fratton
Park, Portsmouth
(26,402)
Saunders
~ Stokes |
Portsmouth were without Tommy Casey |
Hotspur were without Danny Blanchflower |
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Preston North End 0 Bolton Wanderers 0
Deepdale
Stadium, Preston
(28,769) |
North End were without Tom Finney |
Wanderers were without Tommy Banks |
West Ham United 6 Blackburn Rovers 3
Boleyn
Ground, Upton Park
(25,500)
Keeble
(4),
Woods
OG,
Cantwell
~ Vernon (2),
Dobing |
Rovers were without Ron Clayton |
Wolverhampton Wanderers 4
Manchester United 0
Molineux
Stadium, Wolverhampton
(36,000)
Mason, Murray
(2),
Mullen |
Wolves were without Billy Wright |
United were without Wilf
McGuinness, Peter Broadbent, Bobby Charlton & Harry Gregg |
The
Wolves-United match was the first to be played in the evening under
floodlights - the attendance was 10,000 lower than expected - and was
considered as a failure. |
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Division One Table |
Team |
P |
Home |
Away |
F |
A |
₧
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W |
D |
L |
W |
D |
L |
Arsenal |
11 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
35 |
17 |
14 |
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Luton Town |
11 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
21 |
13 |
14 |
Preston North End |
11 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
21 |
14 |
14 |
Bolton
Wanderers |
11 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
21 |
16 |
14 |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers
|
11 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
25 |
17 |
13 |
West
Ham United |
11 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
27 |
15 |
13 |
Chelsea |
11 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
30 |
31 |
13 |
Manchester United |
11 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
26 |
18 |
12 |
Blackpool |
11 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
13 |
11 |
12 |
Burnley |
11 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
22 |
19 |
12 |
West Bromwich Albion |
11 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
28 |
19 |
11 |
Newcastle
United |
11 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
20 |
21 |
11 |
Nottingham Forest |
11 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
20 |
20 |
10 |
Leicester City |
11 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
18 |
25 |
10 |
Blackburn Rovers |
11 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
25 |
22 |
9 |
Tottenham Hotspur |
11 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
17 |
23 |
9 |
Portsmouth |
11 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
18 |
16 |
9 |
Birmingham City |
11 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
14 |
22 |
9 |
Leeds United |
11 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
12 |
19 |
9 |
Everton |
11 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
17 |
28 |
8 |
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Manchester City |
11 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
17 |
29 |
8 |
Aston Villa |
11 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
18 |
31 |
8 |
Division One
Leading Goalscorers |
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