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Football League Division One: 
 
Bolton Wanderers 3 Manchester City 2
 Burnden Park, Bolton (34,443)
Allcock (2), Moir ~ Revie
(2)
Bolton were without Nat Lofthouse
City were without Roy Clarke & Roy Paul
 
Burnley 1 Portsmouth 0
 Turf Moor, Burnley (28,142)
McIlroy 34
Portsmouth were without Jimmy Dickinson
  
Charlton Athletic 4 Blackpool 2
 The Valley, Charlton (56,664)
O'Linn
3, Leary 6, Evans 17, 40 ~ Mortensen 2, Fenton 75 (pen)
Blackpool were without Tommy Garrett & Harry Johnston
 
Liverpool 6 Aston Villa 1
 Anfield, Liverpool (37,759)
Liddell 14, Smyth 69, 84, P
aisley 72, Payne 80, Blanchflower OG 88 ~ Walsh 5
 
Manchester United 1 Sunderland 0
 Old Trafford, Manchester (36,482)
Rowley 60
Sunderland were without Ray Daniel
 
Middlesbrough 2 Sheffield United 0
 Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough (26,136)
Mannion 6
3, 65
 
Newcastle United 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2
 St James' Park, Newcastle (39,913)
Mulgrew 8 ~ Smith 81, Swinbourne
88
Newcastle were without Reg Davies & Billy Foulkes
Wolves were without Jimmy Mullen, Dennis Wilshaw & Billy Wright
 
Preston North End 1
Cardiff City 2

 Deepdale Stadium, Preston (23,500)
Hatsell ~ Chisholm
(2)
Preston were without Tom Finney
Cardiff were without Ron Howells & Alf Sherwood
 
Sheffield Wednesday 2 Chelsea 0
 Hillsborough, Sheffield (32,217)
Froggatt 20, Shaw 60
Wednesday were without Albert Quixall
 
Tottenham Hotspur 1 Arsenal 4
 White Hart Lane, Tottenham (69,821)
Robb 81
~
Logie 8, 39
, Milton 22, Forbes 34 (pen)
Tottenham were without Ron Burgess
Arsenal were without Walley Barnes
 
West Bromwich Albion 4 Huddersfield Town 0
 The Hawthorns, West Bromwich (47,043)
Allen 11, 81, 85, Nicholls 30
West Brom were without Ray Barlow
 
 
West Brom had a very strong start to the season, especially away from home, and their season would end with silverware, but not in the league. Wolves, meanwhile, ominously, were on a run of 14 consecutive home wins, stretching back eight months.
Division One Table
Team P Home Away F A
W D L W D L
West Bromwich Albion 13 5 2 1 5 0 0 37 14 22
 
Wolverhampton Wanderers 13 5 0 0 3 3 2 36 21 19
Charlton Athletic 13 6 0 1 3 0 3 37 20 18
Huddersfield Town 13 5 1 0 3 1 3 28 17 18
Burnley 13 5 0 2 3 0 3 26 24 16
Bolton Wanderers 12 5 1 0 1 2 3 21 17 15
Cardiff City 13 3 2 1 2 3 2 14 15 15
Aston Villa 12 5 0 0 2 0 5 20 19 14
Blackpool 12 4 2 0 1 1 4 24 21 13
Tottenham Hotspur 13 4 1 2 2 0 4 21 23 13
Sheffield Wednesday 14 6 0 2 0 1 5 23 29 13
Manchester United 13 2 3 2 1 3 2 17 19 12
Preston North End 13 3 1 3 2 0 4 29 20 11
Arsenal 13 1 3 2 3 0 4 20 23 11
Liverpool 13 3 4 1 0 0 5 25 32 10
Newcastle United 13 2 0 5 1 4 1 22 29 10
Sheffield United 12 2 1 3 2 1 3 19 27 10
Portsmouth 13 3 2 1 0 1 6 27 33 9
Manchester City 13 2 1 3 1 2 4 15 25 9
Sunderland 12 3 0 1 0 2 6 27 31 8
 
Chelsea 13 2 1 3 1 1 5 19 32 8
Middlesbrough 13 3 1 3 0 1 5 19 35 8

Division One Leading Goalscorers
14 - Johnny Nicholls (West Brom)
13 - Jimmy Glazzard (Huddersfield), Stuart Leary (Charlton) - 1 pen
     
Football League Division Two: 
 
Birmingham City 1 Lincoln City 0
 
St Andrew's, Birmingham (21,948)
Stewart
Birmingham were without Gil Merrick
 
Fulham 5 Derby County 2
 
Craven Cottage, Fulham (25,522)
Jezzard (4), Mitten ~ McLaren
 
Leeds United 3 Bristol Rovers 3
 
Elland Road Stadium, Leeds (19,386)
Forrest (3)
~ Bradford (2), Roost
Leeds were without John Charles
 
Leicester City 2 Doncaster Rovers 0
 
Filbert Street, Leicester (31,299)
Small, Rowley
 
Luton Town 3 Hull City 1
 
Kenilworth
Road Stadium, Luton (14,754)
Turner (2), Watkins ~ Porteous
 
Nottingham Forest 5 Notts County 0
 City Ground, Nottingham
(30,559)
Gager (pen), Collindridge, Capel, Thompson, Johnston
OG
 
Plymouth Argyle 4 Everton 0
 Home Park, Plymouth (26,342)
Astall, McCrory, Davis, Edds
 
Rotherham United 1 Bury 0
 Millmoor Ground, Rotherham (16,888)
Burke
 
Stoke City 3 Blackburn Rovers 0
 Victoria Ground, Stoke (23,329)
Thomson (2), Bowyer
Blackburn were without Bill Eckersley
 
Swansea Town 4 Oldham Athletic 0
 Vetch Field, Swansea (15,910)
Charles (2), Jones,
C.Beech
Swansea were without Ivor Allchurch
 
West Ham United 0 Brentford 1
 Boleyn Ground, Upton Park (24,934)
Bloomfield
 
 
Rotherham were the surprise leaders, but it was the two clubs immediately below them who would prove to be the stronger over the season.
Division Two Table
Team P Home Away F A
W D L W D L
Rotherham United 14 6 1 1 3 0 3 28 24 19
Leicester City 13 5 2 0 1 4 1 28 16 18
 
Everton 13 5 0 0 2 4 2 26 18 18
Nottingham Forest 13 7 1 0 1 0 4 31 18 17
Doncaster Rovers 13 4 1 1 4 0 3 24 14 17
Birmingham City 13 5 2 1 1 1 3 29 17 15
Lincoln City 13 5 1 0 1 2 4 21 13 15
West Ham United 13 5 0 2 1 3 2 26 20 15
Stoke City 14 2 5 0 1 4 2 23 23 15
Bristol Rovers 13 3 1 2 2 3 2 28 19 14
Derby County 12 4 2 0 1 2 3 23 20 14
Blackburn Rovers 12 2 3 0 3 1 3 21 21 14
Leeds United 13 3 3 1 1 2 3 29 27 13
Luton Town 13 3 3 2 0 2 3 21 23 11
Plymouth Argyle 13 1 5 1 1 2 3 16 21 11
Fulham 13 2 2 3 1 2 3 26 29 10
Bury 13 2 3 1 0 3 4 15 21 10
Swansea Town 13 3 2 2 1 0 5 17 15 10
Brentford 13 2 1 3 1 2 4 11 26 9
Oldham Athletic 13 2 3 1 0 1 6 11 24 8
 
Hull City 13 3 0 2 0 1 7 13 24 7
Notts County 13 1 0 4 1 2 5 12 36 6
 
Division Two Leading Goalscorers
16 - John Charles (Leeds)
13 - Geoff Bradford (Bristol R.), Ronnie Burke (Rotherham)
     
Football League Division Three (South): 
 
Aldershot 1 Millwall 1
  Recreation Ground, Aldershot (7,875)
Lacey ~ Neary
 
Bristol City 2 Ipswich Town 3
  Ashton Gate, Bristol (22,506)
Boxley
(2 (1 pen)) ~ Elsworthy, MacLuckie (2)
 
Colchester United 0 Coventry City 3
  Layer Road, Colchester (8,174)
Brown (3)
 
Crystal Palace 3 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 1
  Selhurst Park, Croydon (15,756)
Thomas (2), Downs ~ Fidler
 
Exeter City 0 Brighton & Hove Albion 1
  St James Park, Exeter (12,044)
Leadbetter
 
Newport County 0 Watford 1
  Somerton Park, Newport (5,959)
R.Brown
 
Norwich City 0 Torquay United 1
  Carrow Road, Norwich (20,355)
Dobbie
 
Queen's Park Rangers 1 Northampton Town 1
 
Loftus Road, Shepherd's Bush (13,300)
Shepherd ~ Fowler
 
Shrewsbury Town 2 Southend United 1
 
Gay Meadow, Shrewsbury (9,521)
Beynon, McCue ~ Bainbridge
 
Southampton 1 Gillingham 0
  The Dell, Southampton (17,801)
Walker
 
Swindon Town 2 Leyton Orient 1
  County Ground, Swindon (12,617)
Bull, Lambert
~ Johnstone OG
 
Walsall 1 Reading 3
  Fellows Park, Walsall (10,944)
Dean ~ Blackman (2), Quinlan
 
 
In only their tenth season as a league club, Ipswich were on a run of eight consecutive wins, but no-one could have foreseen that they would be champions of England, just eight seasons later.
Division Three (South) Table
Team P Home Away F A
W D L W D L
Ipswich Town 15 6 1 0 5 2 1 33 16 25
 
Southampton 15 8 0 0 3 1 3 33 17 23
Brighton & Hove Albion 15 4 1 1 5 3 1 27 18 22
Norwich City 15 4 3 1 4 1 2 22 14 20
Reading 15 6 1 0 2 2 4 30 23 19
Crystal Palace 15 5 1 2 2 3 2 29 26 18
Swindon Town 15 7 0 2 1 1 4 34 21 17
Bristol City 15 5 1 2 2 2 3 30 24 17
Aldershot 15 4 3 1 2 1 4 19 24 16
Coventry City 15 4 2 1 2 1 5 21 18 15
Shrewsbury Town 14 5 2 1 1 1 4 24 21 15
Leyton Orient 15 4 2 1 2 1 5 28 26 15
Exeter City 15 3 0 5 3 2 2 22 20 14
Watford 15 4 1 1 2 1 6 28 28 14
Northampton Town 15 4 2 0 0 4 5 20 20 14
Queen's Park Rangers 15 1 3 4 3 2 2 16 18 13
Torquay United 15 1 4 2 3 0 5 23 25 12
Southend United 15 4 1 2 0 3 5 16 18 12
Millwall 14 3 1 3 1 3 3 17 22 12
Gillingham 15 3 2 2 0 3 5 17 29 11
Bournemouth & Boscombe A. 15 3 2 2 1 0 7 20 29 10
Colchester United 15 3 1 4 1 0 6 16 26 9
Walsall 15 2 3 4 0 1 5 10 29 8
Newport County 15 3 1 4 0 0 7 15 38 7
 
Division Three (South) Leading Goalscorers
14 - Jack English (Northampton)
12 - Eric Day (Southampton) - 1 pen
     
Football League Division Three (North): 
 
Accrington Stanley 2 Hartlepools United 0
 
Peel Park, Accrington (7,729)
Cocker, Bodle (pen)
 
Barrow 2 Chester 1
 
Holker Street, Barrow (6,258)
McLaren
(2) ~ Thomas
 
Bradford City 3 Crewe Alexandra 0
 
Valley Parade, Bradford (14,582)
Tunnicliffe (2), Graham
 
Carlisle United 1 Darlington 1
 
Brunton Park, Carlisle (6,566)
Ashman ~
Robson
 
Chesterfield 1 Port Vale 2
 
Recreation Ground, Chesterfield (15,806)
Hatton ~ Askey, Griffiths
 
Grimsby Town 2 Gateshead 0
 
Blundell Park, Cleethorpes (9,166)
Smith, Stroud
 
Halifax Town 1 Barnsley 2
 
The Shay, Halifax (9,354)
Murphy ~ Lumley, Chappell
e 0 
Mansfield Town 4 Southport 2
  Field Mill, Mansfield (7,926)
Murray
(2), Bradley (2)
~ Gaskell (2)
 
Rochdale 1 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United 1
 
Spotland, Rochdale (7,873)
Haines
~ Mosby
 
Stockport County 2 Workington 0
 
Edgeley Park, Stockport (8,939)
Murray, Connor
 
Tranmere Rovers 1 Bradford 1
 
Prenton Park, Birkenhead (6,720)
Williams ~ Beattie
 
Wrexham 1 York City 1
 
Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (9,614)
Tilston ~ Fenton
 
Port Vale's defence was well on the way to achieving legendary status. They would remain unbeaten at home for 42 league games, a run that would last for almost two years. In a run of twenty of those home games, they would concede only one goal, and having missed out on promotion by a point in the previous season, they were not taking any chances in securing it this time.
Division Three (North) Table
Team P Home Away F A
W D L W D L
Port Vale 15 6 1 0 5 2 1 28 5 25
 
Barnsley 14 6 1 0 1 4 2 25 15 19
Stockport County 15 5 3 0 1 3 3 28 18 18
Crewe Alexandra 15 3 4 0 2 4 2 17 13 18
Bradford City 15 6 1 1 2 1 4 15 14 18
Wrexham 15 4 2 2 3 1 3 26 20 17
Gateshead 15 4 2 0 2 3 4 20 16 17
Bradford 14 3 3 1 2 3 2 27 17 16
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United 14 3 2 1 2 4 2 22 16 16
Chesterfield 14 4 2 1 2 2 3 22 19 16
Barrow 14 5 2 0 1 1 5 23 23 15
Grimsby Town 15 7 0 2 0 1 5 22 27 15
Carlisle United 14 5 2 1 0 2 4 31 25 14
Mansfield Town 14 3 3 2 2 1 3 27 26 14
Southport 14 3 1 2 2 3 3 20 20 14
Accrington Stanley 14 5 2 1 0 1 5 22 22 13
Tranmere Rovers 14 3 2 2 2 0 5 23 26 12
Chester 14 3 3 1 1 0 6 17 23 11
Halifax Town 15 3 2 3 1 1 5 12 18 11
Hartlepools United 14 3 3 1 0 2 5 14 23 11
Darlington 14 2 1 3 0 5 3 13 22 10
York City 14 2 4 1 0 2 5 15 28 10
 
Rochdale 14 2 2 3 0 2 5 9 25 8
Workington 14 2 1 3 0 1 7 14 31 6
 
Division Three (North) Leading Goalscorers
12 - Alan Ashman (Carlisle)
10 - Jack Connor (Stockport), Cyril Done (Tranmere) - 1 pen, Alec Gaskell (Southport), Basil Hayward (Port V.), Ken Murray (Mansfield)
Source Notes  
Original Newspaper Reports
The Football League Match by Match 1953/54 (editor: Tony Brown): SoccerData 2004
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