1953–54 in English football
The 1953–54 season was the 74th season of competitive football in England.
Overview
On 25 November 1953, the Marvellous Magyars Hungary national football team, led by prolific forward Ferenc Puskás, shocked football by defeating England 6–3 at Wembley Stadium.
On the domestic scene, Wolverhampton Wanderers won the league title for the first time, while their local rivals West Bromwich Albion lifted the FA Cup for the fourth time. Albion had also finished second in the league behind Wolves, while defending champions Arsenal slipped to 12th this season. Liverpool, the first postwar champions of the English league, were relegated to the Second Division in bottom place.
Honours
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition
FA Cup
West Bromwich Albion defeated Preston North End 3–2 in the 1954 FA Cup Final to lift the FA Cup for the fourth time.
Football League
First Division
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 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 | 42 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 60 | 91 | 0.659 | 30 | Relegated to the Second Division |
22 | Liverpool | 42 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 68 | 97 | 0.701 | 28 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Second Division
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Leicester City | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 97 | 60 | 1.617 | 56 | Promoted to the First Division |
2 | Everton | 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 | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 40 | 78 | 0.513 | 31 | Relegated to the Third Division South |
22 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 40 | 89 | 0.449 | 25 | Relegated to the Third Division North |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Third Division North
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Port Vale | 46 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 74 | 21 | 3.524 | 69 | Promoted to the Second Division |
2 | Barnsley | 46 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 77 | 57 | 1.351 | 58 | |
3 | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | 46 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 77 | 56 | 1.375 | 57 | |
4 | Gateshead | 46 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 74 | 55 | 1.345 | 55 | |
5 | Bradford City | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 60 | 55 | 1.091 | 53 | |
6 | Chesterfield | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 76 | 64 | 1.188 | 52 | |
7 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 88 | 67 | 1.313 | 51 | |
8 | Wrexham | 46 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 81 | 68 | 1.191 | 51 | |
9 | Bradford Park Avenue | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 77 | 68 | 1.132 | 50 | |
10 | Stockport County | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 77 | 67 | 1.149 | 47 | |
11 | Southport | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 63 | 60 | 1.050 | 46 | |
12 | Barrow | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 72 | 71 | 1.014 | 44 | |
13 | Carlisle United | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 83 | 71 | 1.169 | 43 | |
14 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 18 | 7 | 21 | 59 | 70 | 0.843 | 43 | |
15 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 66 | 74 | 0.892 | 42 | |
16 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 49 | 67 | 0.731 | 41 | |
17 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 51 | 77 | 0.662 | 41 | |
18 | Hartlepools United | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 59 | 65 | 0.908 | 40 | |
19 | Rochdale | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 59 | 77 | 0.766 | 40 | |
20 | Workington | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 59 | 80 | 0.738 | 40 | |
21 | Darlington | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 50 | 71 | 0.704 | 38 | |
22 | York City | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 64 | 86 | 0.744 | 37 | |
23 | Halifax Town | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 44 | 73 | 0.603 | 34 | Re-elected |
24 | Chester | 46 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 48 | 67 | 0.716 | 32 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Third Division South
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 82 | 51 | 1.608 | 64 | Promoted to the Second Division |
2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 86 | 61 | 1.410 | 61 | |
3 | Bristol City | 46 | 25 | 6 | 15 | 88 | 66 | 1.333 | 56 | |
4 | Watford | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 85 | 69 | 1.232 | 52 | |
5 | Northampton Town | 46 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 82 | 55 | 1.491 | 51 | |
6 | Southampton | 46 | 22 | 7 | 17 | 76 | 63 | 1.206 | 51 | |
7 | Norwich City | 46 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 73 | 66 | 1.106 | 51 | |
8 | Reading | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 86 | 73 | 1.178 | 49 | |
9 | Exeter City | 46 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 68 | 58 | 1.172 | 48 | |
10 | Gillingham | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 61 | 66 | 0.924 | 48 | |
11 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 79 | 73 | 1.082 | 47 | |
12 | Millwall | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 74 | 77 | 0.961 | 47 | |
13 | Torquay United | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 81 | 88 | 0.920 | 46 | |
14 | Coventry City | 46 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 61 | 56 | 1.089 | 45 | |
15 | Newport County | 46 | 19 | 6 | 21 | 61 | 81 | 0.753 | 44 | |
16 | Southend United | 46 | 18 | 7 | 21 | 69 | 71 | 0.972 | 43 | |
17 | Aldershot | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 74 | 86 | 0.860 | 43 | |
18 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 60 | 68 | 0.882 | 42 | |
19 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 46 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 67 | 70 | 0.957 | 40 | |
20 | Swindon Town | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 67 | 70 | 0.957 | 40 | |
21 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 65 | 76 | 0.855 | 40 | |
22 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 60 | 86 | 0.698 | 40 | |
23 | Colchester United | 46 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 50 | 78 | 0.641 | 30 | Re-elected |
24 | Walsall | 46 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 40 | 87 | 0.460 | 26 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Top goalscorers
First Division
- Jimmy Glazzard (Huddersfield Town) – 29 goals[1]
Second Division
- John Charles (Leeds United) – 42 goals[1]
Third Division North
- Alan Ashman (Carlisle United) – 30 goals[2]
Third Division South
- Jack English (Northampton Town) – 28 goals[2]
References
- 1 2 "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
- 1 2 "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2017-06-04.