Football League Second Division 1952/53
Football League Second Division 1952/53 | |
master | Sheffield United |
Climbers | Sheffield United, Huddersfield Town |
Relegated | Southampton FC , FC Barnsley |
Teams | 22nd |
Games | 462 |
Gates | 1,535 (ø 3.32 per game) |
Top scorer | Arthur Rowley ( Leicester City ) |
← Football League Second Division 1951/52 | |
^ Football League First Division 1952/53 |
The Football League Second Division 1952/53 was the 50th season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 23, 1952 and ended on May 1, 19543.
Sheffield United became second division champions and the second-placed Huddersfield Town also rose to the Football League First Division . For the two promoted teams in the following second division season 1953/54, the two first division clubs Stoke City and Derby County ranked in the table below . Southampton FC and Barnsley FC had to relegate from the Second Division , with Barnsley henceforth having to compete in the North Season Football League Third Division North and Southampton in the Football League Third Division South . Instead of the two clubs took the free positions in the following season 1953/54 Third Division North champion Oldham Athletic and from the Third Division South the winner Bristol Rovers .
Closing table
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Quota | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Sheffield United | 42 | 25th | 10 | 7th | 97:55 | 1.76 | 60:24 |
2. | Huddersfield Town (A) | 42 | 24 | 10 | 8th | 84:33 | 2.55 | 58:26 |
3. | Luton Town | 42 | 22nd | 8th | 12 | 84:49 | 1.71 | 52:32 |
4th | Plymouth Argyle (N) | 42 | 20th | 9 | 13 | 65:60 | 1.08 | 49:35 |
5. | Leicester City | 42 | 18th | 12 | 12 | 89:74 | 1.20 | 48:36 |
6th | Birmingham City | 42 | 19th | 10 | 13 | 71:66 | 1.08 | 48:36 |
7th | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 18th | 8th | 16 | 77:67 | 1.15 | 44:40 |
8th. | Fulham FC (A) | 42 | 17th | 10 | 15th | 81:71 | 1.14 | 44:40 |
9. | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 18th | 8th | 16 | 68:65 | 1.05 | 44:40 |
10. | Leeds United | 42 | 14th | 15th | 13 | 71:63 | 1.13 | 43:41 |
11. | Swansea Town | 42 | 15th | 12 | 15th | 78:81 | 0.96 | 42:42 |
12. | Rotherham United | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17th | 75:74 | 1.01 | 41:43 |
13. | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 12 | 16 | 14th | 58:64 | 0.91 | 40:44 |
14th | West Ham United | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 58:60 | 0.97 | 39:45 |
15th | Lincoln City (N) | 42 | 11 | 17th | 14th | 64:71 | 0.90 | 39:45 |
16. | Everton FC | 42 | 12 | 14th | 16 | 71:75 | 0.95 | 38:46 |
17th | Brentford FC | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18th | 59:76 | 0.78 | 37:47 |
18th | Hull City | 42 | 14th | 8th | 20th | 57:69 | 0.83 | 36:48 |
19th | Notts County | 42 | 14th | 8th | 20th | 60:88 | 0.68 | 36:48 |
20th | Bury FC | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20th | 53:81 | 0.65 | 35:49 |
21st | Southampton FC | 42 | 10 | 13 | 19th | 68:85 | 0.80 | 33:51 |
22nd | Barnsley FC | 42 | 5 | 8th | 29 | 47: 108 | 0.44 | 18:66 |
(A) | Relegated from the Football League First Division 1951/52 |
(N) | Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1951/52 |
Results table
The home teams are listed in the left column.
1952/53 | BAR | BIR | BLA | BRE | BUY | DON | EVE | FUL | HUD | HUL | LEE | LEI | LIN | LUT | NOF | NOC | PLY | RED | SHU | SOH | SWA | WHU |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barnsley FC | 1: 3 | 1: 4 | 0: 2 | 3: 2 | 2: 2 | 2: 3 | 1: 1 | 2: 4 | 5: 1 | 2: 2 | 0: 3 | 1: 1 | 2: 3 | 0: 2 | 1: 2 | 0: 3 | 2: 3 | 1: 3 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | |
Birmingham City | 3: 1 | 1: 2 | 3: 1 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 4: 2 | 1: 4 | 0: 2 | 4: 3 | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 2 | 0: 5 | 3: 2 | 4-0 | 4-0 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 4 | 2-0 | |
Blackburn Rovers | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 3-0 | 4-0 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 2 | 1: 3 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | |
Brentford FC | 4-0 | 1: 2 | 3: 2 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 4 | 2: 2 | 1: 3 | 1-0 | 3: 3 | 4: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 5-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1: 4 | |
Bury FC | 5: 2 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 5 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 4 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 3: 2 | 2-0 | 0: 4 | 0-0 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | |
Doncaster Rovers | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 3 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 3 | 1: 1 | |
Everton FC | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 3 | 5-0 | 3-0 | 7: 1 | 3: 3 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 2: 2 | 2: 2 | 0: 3 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | |
Fulham FC | 3: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 5-0 | 2-0 | 1: 3 | 3-0 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 4: 6 | 4: 2 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 6-0 | 2: 1 | 4: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 3 | |
Huddersfield Town | 6-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 3 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 8: 2 | 4: 2 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 5-0 | 3-0 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 5-0 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | |
Hull City | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 2: 2 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 3: 1 | 6-0 | 0: 1 | 3: 2 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | |
Leeds United | 4: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 3 | 3: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 4-0 | 0: 3 | 1: 1 | 5: 1 | 3: 2 | |
Leicester City | 2: 2 | 3: 4 | 2: 1 | 2: 3 | 3: 2 | 4: 2 | 4: 2 | 6: 1 | 2: 1 | 5-0 | 3: 3 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | 0-0 | 4: 1 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | |
Lincoln City FC | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 4: 1 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 3 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1: 3 | 3: 2 | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 3: 1 | |
Luton Town | 6-0 | 0: 1 | 6-0 | 0: 1 | 4: 1 | 1: 2 | 4: 2 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 3: 2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 5: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 4: 1 | 1: 2 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | |
Nottingham Forest | 3-0 | 0: 2 | 1: 2 | 3-0 | 4: 1 | 2: 2 | 3: 3 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 4: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 4: 3 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 4: 3 | 1: 1 | 2: 3 | 6: 4 | 0-0 | |
Notts County | 1-0 | 2-0 | 5-0 | 4-0 | 2: 1 | 4: 3 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 3: 2 | 0: 4 | 2: 1 | 0: 3 | 1: 2 | 3: 4 | 1: 1 | |
Plymouth Argyle | 4-0 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 3 | 2: 2 | 4: 3 | 5: 2 | 3: 1 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | |
Rotherham United | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 4: 1 | 6: 1 | 4: 2 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 2 | 1: 3 | 2: 3 | 2: 3 | 2: 3 | 0: 2 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | |
Sheffield United | 3-0 | 2: 2 | 3-0 | 3: 2 | 3: 1 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 7: 2 | 6: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 5-0 | 1: 4 | 5: 3 | 7: 1 | 3: 1 | |
Southampton FC | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 6: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 2 | 3: 3 | 1: 1 | 5: 3 | 0: 2 | 5: 1 | 2: 2 | 5: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 3 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 3 | 2: 3 | 4: 4 | 1: 4 | 1: 2 | |
Swansea Town | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 3: 3 | 3-0 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 4: 2 | 2: 1 | 5: 1 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 4: 1 | |
West Ham United | 3: 1 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 3: 2 | 1: 3 | 3: 1 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 4: 1 | 5: 1 | 0: 1 | 3: 2 | 2: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 4 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3-0 |
List of goalscorers
player | society | Gates | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Arthur Rowley | Leicester City | 39 |
Web links
- England 1952-53 (RSSSF)
References and footnotes
- ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
- ↑ 1952/53 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 7, 2018 .