Football League Second Division 1954/55

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Football League Second Division 1954/55
Football League logo until 1988
master Birmingham City
Trade fair trophy Birmingham City
Climbers Birmingham City, Luton Town
Relegated Ipswich Town , Derby County
Teams 22nd
Games 462
Gates 1,597  (ø 3.46 per game)
Top scorer Tommy Briggs
( Blackburn Rovers )
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^ Football League First Division 1954/55

The Football League Second Division 1954/55 was the 52nd season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 21, 1954 and ended on May 4, 1955.

Second division champion was Birmingham City and also the second-placed Luton Town rose to the Football League First Division . For the two promoted teams in the following second division season 1955/56, the two first division clubs Leicester City and Sheffield Wednesday ranked in the table below . Ipswich Town and Derby County had to relegate from the Second Division , with Derby now having to compete in the North Season Football League Third Division North and Ipswich in the Football League Third Division South . Instead of the two clubs took the free positions in the following season 1955/56 Third Division North champions FC Barnsley and from the Third Division South the winner Bristol City .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Birmingham City  42  22nd  10  10 092:470 1.96 54:30
 2. Luton Town  42  23  8th  11 088:530 1.66 54:30
 3. Rotherham United  42  25th  4th  13 094:640 1.47 54:30
 4th Leeds United  42  23  7th  12 070:530 1.32 53:31
 5. Stoke City  42  21st  10  11 069:460 1.50 52:32
 6th Blackburn Rovers  42  22nd  6th  14th 114: 790 1.44 50:34
 7th Notts County  42  21st  6th  15th 074:710 1.04 48:36
 8th. West Ham United  42  18th  10  14th 074:700 1.06 46:38
 9. Bristol Rovers  42  19th  7th  16 075:700 1.07 45:39
10. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Swansea Town  42  17th  9  16 086:830 1.04 43:41
11. Liverpool FC (A)  42  16  10  16 092:960 0.96 42:42
12. Middlesbrough FC (A)  42  18th  6th  18th 073:820 0.89 42:42
13. Bury FC  42  15th  11  16 077:720 1.07 41:43
14th Fulham FC  42  14th  11  17th 076:790 0.96 39:45
15th Nottingham Forest  42  16  7th  19th 058:620 0.94 39:45
16. Lincoln City  42  13  10  19th 068:790 0.86 36:48
17th Port Vale (N)  42  12  11  19th 048:710 0.68 35:49
18th Doncaster Rovers  42  14th  7th  21st 058:950 0.61 35:49
19th Hull City  42  12  10  20th 044:690 0.64 34:50
20th Plymouth Argyle  42  12  7th  23 057:820 0.70 31:53
21st Ipswich Town (N)  42  11  6th  25th 057:920 0.62 28:56
22nd Derby County  42  7th  9  26th 053:820 0.65 23:61
  • Second division champion, promoted to the Football League First Division 1955/56 and participation in the trade fair trophy 1955–1958
  • Promoted to the Football League First Division 1955/56
  • Relegation from the Football League Second Division
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League First Division 1953/54
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1953/54

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    1954/55 BIR BLA BRR BUY OF THE DON FUL HUL IPS LEE LIN LIV LUT MID NOF NOC PLY PVA RED STO SWA WHU
    Birmingham City 3: 1 2: 1 1: 3 1: 1 4: 1 3: 2 0-0 4-0 2-0 3: 3 9: 1 2: 1 3-0 0: 1 1: 1 3: 1 7: 2 3: 1 2-0 2-0 1: 2
    Blackburn Rovers 3: 3 8: 3 1: 1 5: 2 7: 2 3: 1 4-0 4: 1 1: 2 1-0 4: 3 0-0 9-0 0: 1 4: 5 2: 2 2: 1 4: 1 2-0 4: 1 5: 2
    Bristol Rovers 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1 4: 1 1-0 4: 1 1-0 4-0 5: 1 2: 2 3-0 3: 2 2: 2 2: 1 1: 4 3: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 1 7-0 2: 4
    Bury FC 0: 1 2: 1 3: 1 2: 2 1: 4 1: 3 4: 1 2: 1 5: 3 3: 1 3: 4 2: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1: 2 3: 1 2: 2 2: 2 1: 1 2: 1 4: 1
    Derby County 0-0 0: 3 1: 1 2: 3 5-0 3: 4 3-0 2-0 2: 4 3-0 3: 2 0-0 1: 2 1: 2 1: 1 2: 2 6: 1 2: 3 1: 2 1: 4 0-0
    Doncaster Rovers 1: 5 1: 3 2: 2 1-0 2-0 4-0 2: 2 1: 1 0: 1 1: 1 4: 1 0: 3 3: 1 0: 3 4: 2 3: 2 1-0 0: 4 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1
    Fulham FC 2: 1 5: 1 2: 3 0-0 2-0 5: 2 0: 1 4: 1 1: 3 3: 2 1: 2 3: 1 1: 2 1: 1 3: 1 2: 3 3: 1 1: 1 2: 2 5: 1 0-0
    Hull City 0: 3 1: 4 0: 1 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 0-0 4: 2 0: 2 4-0 2: 2 0: 4 1-0 2: 3 5: 2 0: 2 2: 1 1: 2 1: 1 4: 3 0: 1
    Ipswich Town 1: 2 1: 1 1-0 2: 3 2: 1 5: 1 2: 4 2-0 1: 2 1: 2 2-0 3: 1 6: 1 2: 1 0: 1 2: 1 1-0 2: 2 0: 1 1: 1 0: 3
    Leeds United 1-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1: 1 3-0 4: 1 2: 3 2: 2 4-0 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 3: 2 3-0 2: 4 0: 1 5: 2 2: 1
    Lincoln City FC 1: 1 2: 1 0: 2 3: 2 3-0 5: 1 2: 2 0: 1 1: 1 2-0 3: 3 1: 2 3: 3 2: 1 1: 2 3: 2 0: 1 2: 3 1: 4 2: 2 2: 1
    Liverpool FC 2: 2 4: 1 5: 3 1: 1 2-0 3: 2 4: 1 2: 1 6: 2 2: 2 2: 4 4: 4 3: 1 1-0 3: 1 3: 3 1: 1 3: 1 2: 4 1: 1 1: 2
    Luton Town 1-0 7: 3 2-0 3: 2 2-0 3-0 3-0 1: 1 3: 2 0-0 2: 1 3: 2 2-0 3-0 3: 1 3: 1 4: 2 4-0 3: 1 1: 2 2-0
    Middlesbrough FC 2: 5 4: 3 1-0 1: 1 3: 1 3: 1 4: 2 1: 2 0: 1 1-0 2: 1 1: 2 0: 2 1: 4 2-0 4: 1 2-0 5: 1 1: 2 4: 2 6-0
    Nottingham Forest 0: 2 1: 2 1-0 2: 3 3-0 3: 1 2-0 0: 1 2-0 1: 1 1: 1 3: 1 1: 5 4: 2 0: 1 2-0 2: 3 0: 2 0: 3 0-0 1: 1
    Notts County 3: 2 3: 1 2-0 2: 1 2: 3 4-0 0-0 3: 1 2: 1 1: 2 2: 1 0: 3 3: 3 1: 3 4: 1 2-0 1: 1 3: 2 1-0 2: 1 5: 1
    Plymouth Argyle 1-0 0: 2 0: 1 2: 4 1-0 1: 2 3: 2 1: 2 2-0 3: 1 1-0 1-0 2: 1 2: 2 1: 2 1: 3 0-0 2: 1 2-0 2: 2 1: 1
    Port Vale 2-0 0: 3 1-0 1-0 3-0 1: 1 4-0 3-0 3: 3 0: 1 1: 3 4: 3 1: 1 1: 1 1: 2 1: 1 1-0 1-0 0: 1 1-0 1: 1
    Rotherham United 0: 2 5: 1 6: 2 4: 2 2: 1 2: 3 2: 3 2-0 3: 2 3-0 3-0 6: 1 2-0 3-0 3: 2 2-0 2-0 3-0 2: 1 2-0 2: 2
    Stoke City 2: 1 1: 1 2-0 3: 2 3: 1 3-0 1: 1 0-0 3-0 0: 1 4: 2 2-0 0-0 1: 2 2-0 3-0 3: 1 0-0 1: 2 4: 1 0: 2
    Swansea Town 0: 3 2: 3 1: 1 1: 1 3-0 3-0 2: 2 1-0 6: 1 2-0 3: 1 3: 2 2: 1 2-0 3: 2 3-0 4: 2 7: 1 2: 1 3: 5 5: 2
    West Ham United 2: 2 2: 5 5: 2 3: 3 1-0 0: 1 2: 1 1: 1 4-0 2: 1 0: 1 0: 3 2: 1 2: 1 2-0 3-0 6: 1 2-0 1: 2 3-0 3: 3

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Tommy Briggs Blackburn Rovers 33

    Web links

    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
    2. ↑ 1954/55 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 7, 2018 .