Football League Second Division 1953/54
master
Leicester City
Climbers
Leicester City, Everton FC
Relegated
Brentford FC , Oldham Athletic
Teams
22nd
Games
462
Gates
1,535 (ø 3.32 per game)
Top scorer
John Charles ( Leeds United )
← Football League Second Division 1952/53
^ Football League First Division 1953/54
The Football League Second Division 1953/54 was the 51st season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 19, 1953 and ended on April 29, 1954.
Second division champions were Leicester City and also the second-placed Everton rose to the Football League First Division . For the two promoted teams in the following second division season 1954/55, the two first division clubs Middlesbrough FC and Liverpool FC, which are ranked in the table below, took the places. The FC Brentford and Oldham Athletic had to relegate from the Second Division , with Oldham henceforth having to compete in the North Season Football League Third Division North and Brentford in the Football League Third Division South . Instead of the two clubs in the following season 1954/55 Third Division North champions Port Vale and from the Third Division South the winner Ipswich Town took the vacant positions.
Closing table
Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1954/55
Promoted to the Football League First Division 1954/55
Relegation from the Football League Second Division
Results table
The home teams are listed in the left column.
1953/54
BIR
BLA
BRE
BRR
BUY
OF THE
DON
EVE
FUL
HUL
LEE
LEI
LIN
LUT
NOF
NOC
OLD
PLY
RED
STO
SWA
WHU
Birmingham City
0-0
5: 1
1: 1
0-0
3-0
0: 1
5: 1
2: 2
2-0
3: 3
1: 2
1-0
5: 1
2: 2
3-0
2: 1
3-0
2: 3
1-0
6-0
2-0
Blackburn Rovers
3-0
2: 2
1: 1
4: 2
0: 3
2-0
0-0
5: 1
3: 1
2: 2
3-0
6-0
2-0
2-0
2-0
4-0
2: 3
3-0
3-0
1-0
4: 1
Brentford FC
2-0
1: 4
0: 3
2: 1
0-0
1: 4
1-0
2: 1
2: 2
2: 1
1: 3
0: 1
0: 1
1: 1
0-0
3: 1
1-0
0: 1
0-0
3: 1
3: 1
Bristol Rovers
1: 1
1: 2
0-0
2-0
3-0
0: 1
0-0
2: 1
4: 2
1: 1
3-0
0: 1
3: 3
1-0
1: 1
1-0
3: 1
1-0
3: 2
0: 1
2: 2
Bury FC
1: 1
0-0
1: 1
3: 1
4-0
2: 1
2: 2
1: 3
3-0
4: 4
2: 5
1: 1
0: 1
2: 1
3: 3
1-0
3-0
3-0
0: 6
1: 2
2-0
Derby County
2: 4
2: 2
4: 1
0: 1
3: 1
2-0
2: 6
3: 3
2-0
0: 2
2: 1
2-0
1: 2
1: 2
0-0
3: 1
1: 4
1: 1
1: 1
4: 2
2: 1
Doncaster Rovers
3: 1
0: 2
3-0
1-0
0: 1
1: 3
2: 2
2: 2
4: 1
0-0
0: 2
1: 1
1: 3
1: 3
4: 2
1-0
3: 3
1: 2
1-0
1-0
2-0
Everton FC
1-0
1: 1
6: 1
4-0
0-0
3: 2
4: 1
2: 2
2-0
2: 1
1: 2
3: 1
2: 1
3: 3
3: 2
3: 1
8: 4
3-0
1: 1
2: 2
1: 2
Fulham FC
5: 2
2: 3
4: 1
4: 4
3-0
5: 2
1: 2
0-0
5: 1
1: 3
1: 1
4: 1
5: 1
3: 1
4: 3
3: 1
3: 1
2: 4
0: 1
4: 3
3: 4
Hull City
3-0
0: 2
2-0
4: 1
3-0
3-0
3: 1
1: 3
2: 1
1: 1
0: 3
3-0
1: 2
3-0
0: 2
8-0
2-0
1-0
1: 2
4: 3
2: 1
Leeds United
1: 1
3: 2
4-0
3: 3
3: 4
3: 1
3: 1
3: 1
1: 2
0-0
7: 1
5: 2
2: 1
0: 2
6-0
2: 1
1: 1
4: 2
1: 1
3: 2
1: 2
Leicester City
3: 4
4-0
6-0
1-0
2-0
2: 2
2-0
2: 2
2: 2
1: 3
5-0
9: 2
2: 1
1-0
2: 2
1-0
4: 2
4: 1
4-0
4: 1
2: 1
Lincoln City FC
0: 1
8-0
2: 1
1: 2
0-0
2: 2
0: 2
1: 1
4: 2
3-0
2-0
3: 1
1: 1
2: 2
3-0
3: 1
2-0
4: 3
1: 1
3: 1
1: 2
Luton Town
2-0
2: 1
1: 1
1: 1
3: 2
2: 1
2-0
1: 1
1: 2
3: 1
1: 1
2: 2
1-0
0: 1
2: 1
4: 4
2: 1
1: 1
0: 1
2-0
3: 1
Nottingham Forest
1: 1
0: 1
2: 1
3: 1
2: 2
4: 2
2: 2
3: 3
4: 1
2-0
5: 2
3: 1
4: 2
2: 1
5-0
1: 1
3-0
4: 1
5: 4
2: 1
4-0
Notts County
2: 1
0: 5
2-0
1: 5
0-0
0: 1
1: 5
0: 2
0-0
1: 1
2-0
1: 1
1: 1
1: 2
1: 1
2-0
2-0
1: 2
2: 1
3-0
3: 1
Oldham Athletic
2: 3
1-0
2-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
2: 2
0: 4
2: 3
0-0
4: 2
0: 2
1-0
1: 2
1: 3
1: 3
1: 1
2: 3
1-0
2: 2
3: 1
Plymouth Argyle
2: 2
1: 1
3: 2
3: 3
1: 1
3: 2
0-0
4-0
2: 2
2: 2
1: 1
0: 3
1: 2
2: 2
1-0
3: 3
5-0
0: 2
1: 1
1: 1
2: 1
Rotherham United
1-0
1: 4
1: 1
1: 1
1-0
5: 2
4-0
1: 2
3: 2
3: 2
2: 4
1: 1
4: 1
2: 1
3-0
0: 1
7-0
2: 1
2: 2
2: 1
5-0
Stoke City
3: 2
3-0
1: 1
3: 2
4-0
2: 2
2: 2
2: 4
1: 3
0: 1
4-0
2: 2
4: 1
1: 1
1: 1
0: 1
0: 1
3: 2
1: 1
5-0
1: 1
Swansea Town
1: 3
2: 1
1-0
3: 1
2: 1
2: 1
0: 1
0: 2
2-0
1-0
4: 3
0-0
4: 2
1: 1
2: 1
2: 2
4-0
0: 1
0: 2
2: 2
1: 1
West Ham United
1: 2
2: 1
0: 1
1: 1
5-0
0-0
2: 1
1: 1
3: 1
1-0
5: 2
4: 1
5-0
1-0
1: 1
1: 2
0: 1
2: 2
3-0
2: 2
4: 1
List of goalscorers
player
society
Gates
1
Wales 1953 John Charles
Leeds United
42
Web links
References and footnotes
↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
↑ 1953/54 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 7, 2018 .
Playing times of the second highest English football league
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