Football League First Division 1954/55
| Football League First Division 1954/55 | |
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| master | Chelsea FC |
| European Cup of National Champions |
none |
| Trade fair trophy |
Birmingham City City Selection London |
| Cup winners | Newcastle United |
| Relegated | Leicester City , Sheffield Wednesday |
| Teams | 22nd |
| Games | 462 |
| Gates | 1,572 (ø 3.4 per game) |
| Top scorer |
Ronnie Allen ( West Bromwich Albion ) |
| ← Football League First Division 1953/54 | |
The Football League First Division 1954/55 was the 56th season of the highest English football league . It began on August 21, 1954 and ended on May 30, 1955.
Chelsea FC won the English championship for the first time in the club's history by four points ahead of pursuers Wolverhampton Wanderers , Portsmouth FC and Sunderland . Of the two promoted Everton and Leicester City only the club from Everton could hold the class; with Leicester, Sheffield Wednesday had to go into the Second Division . These two clubs should be replaced in the following season by the two second division promoted Birmingham City and Luton Town .
A total of 526 players were used, with Chelsea FC, Huddersfield Town and Portsmouth FC with 20 the fewest and Sheffield Wednesday and Arsenal FC with 30 the most players in league games. 116 newcomers opposed 107 footballers, who last came into play in the 1954/55 season. 16 players were able to play all 42 league games in their club.
Closing table
| Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Quota | Points | EgS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Chelsea FC | 42 | 20th | 12 | 10 | 81:57 | 1.42 | 52:32 | 20th |
| 2. | Wolverhampton Wanderers (M) | 42 | 19th | 10 | 13 | 89:70 | 1.27 | 48:36 | 22nd |
| 3. | Portsmouth FC | 42 | 18th | 12 | 12 | 74:62 | 1.19 | 48:36 | 20th |
| 4th | Sunderland AFC | 42 | 15th | 18th | 9 | 64:54 | 1.19 | 48:36 | 25th |
| 5. | Manchester United | 42 | 20th | 7th | 15th | 84:74 | 1.14 | 47:37 | 23 |
| 6th | Aston Villa | 42 | 20th | 7th | 15th | 72:73 | 0.99 | 47:37 | 28 |
| 7th | Manchester City | 42 | 18th | 10 | 14th | 76:69 | 1.10 | 46:38 | 22nd |
| 8th. | Newcastle United | 42 | 17th | 9 | 16 | 89:77 | 1.16 | 43:41 | 26th |
| 9. | Arsenal FC | 42 | 17th | 9 | 16 | 69:63 | 1.10 | 43:41 | 30th |
| 10. | Burnley FC | 42 | 17th | 9 | 16 | 51:48 | 1.06 | 43:41 | 24 |
| 11. | Everton FC (N) | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 62:68 | 0.91 | 42:42 | 22nd |
| 12. | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 14th | 13 | 15th | 63:68 | 0.93 | 41:43 | 20th |
| 13. | Sheffield United | 42 | 17th | 7th | 18th | 70:86 | 0.81 | 41:43 | 23 |
| 14th | Preston North End | 42 | 16 | 8th | 18th | 83:64 | 1.30 | 40:44 | 23 |
| 15th | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 15th | 10 | 17th | 76:75 | 1.01 | 40:44 | 22nd |
| 16. | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 16 | 8th | 18th | 72:73 | 0.99 | 40:44 | 27 |
| 17th | West Bromwich Albion (P) | 42 | 16 | 8th | 18th | 76:96 | 0.79 | 40:44 | 21st |
| 18th | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 62:69 | 0.90 | 39:45 | 24 |
| 19th | Blackpool FC | 42 | 14th | 10 | 18th | 60:64 | 0.94 | 38:46 | 26th |
| 20th |
 Cardiff City
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42 | 13 | 11 | 18th | 62:76 | 0.82 | 37:47 | 24 |
| 21st | Leicester City (N) | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19th | 74:86 | 0.86 | 35:49 | 26th |
| 22nd | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 8th | 10 | 24 | 63: 100 | 0.63 | 26:58 | 30th |
| (M) | English champion 1953/54 |
| (P) | FA Cup winner 1953/54 |
| (N) | Neuaufsteiger from the Football League Second Division 1953/54 |
| EgS | used players |
Results table
The home teams are listed in the left column.
| ARS | AST | BLP | BOL | BUR | CAR | CHA | CHE | EVE | HUD | LEI | MNC | MNU | NEW | POR | PNE | SHU | SHW | SUN | DEAD | WBA | WOL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal FC | 2-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3: 5 | 1: 1 | 2: 3 | 2: 3 | 1: 3 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 3: 2 | 1: 3 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | |
| Aston Villa | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 3-0 | 3: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 2 | 3: 2 | 0: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 5 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 3 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 4 | 3-0 | 4: 2 | |
| Blackpool FC | 2: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 3 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 3 | 2: 4 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 5: 1 | 3: 1 | 0: 2 | |
| Bolton Wanderers | 2: 2 | 3: 3 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 2 | 2: 5 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 4: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 3-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 4 | 6: 1 | |
| Burnley FC | 3-0 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 4 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | |
| Cardiff City | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 0: 3 | 4: 3 | 0: 1 | 4: 3 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 4: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 5 | 1: 1 | 5: 3 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 3: 2 | 3: 2 | |
| Charlton Athletic | 1: 1 | 6: 1 | 3: 3 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 4: 1 | 0: 2 | 5-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 3 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 0: 4 | 3: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 3 | 1: 2 | 1: 3 | 1: 3 | |
| Chelsea FC | 1: 1 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 3: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 0: 2 | 4: 1 | 3: 1 | 0: 2 | 5: 6 | 4: 3 | 4: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 3 | 1-0 | |
| Everton FC | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 4-0 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 4: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 3 | 1-0 | 2: 3 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 3: 2 | |
| Huddersfield Town | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 3 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 3 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 4 | 1: 2 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 3 | 2-0 | |
| Leicester City | 3: 3 | 4: 2 | 2: 2 | 4-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 3 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 4-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 4: 3 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 6: 3 | 1: 2 | |
| Manchester City | 2: 1 | 2: 4 | 1: 6 | 4: 2 | 0-0 | 4: 1 | 1: 5 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 4 | 2: 2 | 3: 2 | 3: 1 | 1: 2 | 3: 1 | 5: 2 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 3-0 | |
| Manchester United | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 4: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 5: 2 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 0: 5 | 2: 2 | 1: 3 | 2: 1 | 5-0 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 4 | |
| Newcastle United | 5: 1 | 5: 3 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 3 | 4-0 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 3: 3 | 1: 2 | 5-0 | 1: 2 | 4: 4 | 3-0 | 2: 3 | |
| Portsmouth FC | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 1: 3 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 4: 2 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 6: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 0: 3 | 6: 1 | 0-0 | |
| Preston North End | 3: 1 | 0: 3 | 3: 1 | 2: 2 | 0: 1 | 7: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 3 | 2: 4 | 5-0 | 0: 2 | 3: 3 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 6-0 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 3: 3 | |
| Sheffield United | 1: 1 | 1: 3 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1: 3 | 5-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 5 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 3-0 | 6: 2 | 5: 2 | 0: 5 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 4: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 1: 2 | 6: 3 | 2: 1 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 4: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 4 | 2: 4 | 0: 3 | 1: 3 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 5-0 | 2: 2 | |
| Sunderland AFC | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 3: 3 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 4: 3 | 4: 2 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 4: 2 | 0-0 | |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 2-0 | 0: 3 | 0: 2 | 1: 4 | 2: 4 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 5: 1 | 2: 2 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 5-0 | 7: 2 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 3: 2 | |
| West Bromwich Albion | 3: 1 | 2: 3 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 4 | 3: 3 | 2: 1 | 6: 4 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 4: 2 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 3: 3 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 5-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 4 | 1: 3 | 6: 4 | 5-0 | 2: 2 | 4: 2 | 2: 2 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 4: 1 | 4: 2 | 2-0 | 4: 2 | 4-0 |
List of goalscorers
| player | society | Gates | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Ronnie Allen
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West Bromwich Albion | 27 | 42 |
| 2 |
Johnny Hancocks
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Wolverhampton Wanderers | 26th | 32 |
| = |
Jimmy Glazzard
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Huddersfield Town | = | 42 |
| 4th |
.svg){kind=small} Eddie Firmani
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Charlton Athletic | 25th | 36 |
| 5 |
Arthur Rowley
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Leicester City | 23 | = |
| = |
Peter Harris
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Portsmouth FC | = | 41 |
| 7th |
Roy Bentley
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Chelsea FC | 21st | = |
| 8th |
Tommy Taylor
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Manchester United | 20th | 30th |
| = |
Dennis Viollet
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Manchester United | = | 34 |
| = |
Dennis Wilshaw
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Wolverhampton Wanderers | = | 38 |
The championship team of Chelsea FC
The following list lists all players who played in a league game for Chelsea during the 1954/55 season. It must be noted that in English football a minimum number of games is usually required in order to receive the official championship medal. Since there was uncertainty about the specific regulation before the introduction of the Premier League, all players who presumably did not receive a championship medal due to their low contribution were marked with an asterisk (*). The number of missions and the goals scored are given in brackets.
| 1. | Chelsea FC |
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Ken Armstrong (39/1) | Roy Bentley (41/21) | Frank Blunstone (23/3) | Peter Brabrook * (3/0) | Alan Dicks * (1/0) | Bob Edwards * (1/0) | Ron Greenwood (21/0) | John Harris (31/0) | Jim Lewis (17/6) | Johnny McNichol (40/14) | Seamus O'Connell (10/7) | Eric Parsons (42/11) | Bill Robertson (26/0) | Derek Saunders (42/1) | Peter Sillett (21/6) | Bobby Smith * (4/0) | Les Stubbs (27/5) | Charlie Thomson (16/0) | Stan Wicks (21/1) | Stan Willemse (36/1).
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Special occurrences
Eddie Firmani scored five goals for Charlton Athletic against Aston Villa on February 5, 1955.
literature
- Barry J. Hugman: The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–1998. ISBN 1-85291-585-4 .
- Scott Cheshire: Chelsea FC. A Complete Record, 1905-1991. Breedon, Derby 1991, ISBN 0-907969-87-9 ( Breedon Books Sport ).
References and footnotes
- ↑ The Football League did not send a representative for the first launch of the European championship competition.
- ↑ Birmingham City played in the second-rate Second Division during the 1954/55 season
- ↑ The trade fair cup tournament stretched over three years between 1955 and 1958.
- ^ Cross table of the English Football League First Division 1954/1955 (Fussballdaten.de)