The Football League Third Division 1952/53football league . The division, which is divided into the north and south seasons, had with Oldham Athletic and the Bristol Rovers their two champions and at the same time promoted to the Football League Second Division . For the two promoted teams in the third division season 1953/54 the two second division clubs Southampton FC and Barnsley FC, which are ranked in the table below, took the places. Nobody had to relegate from both third division seasons, because both the lower-placed northern clubs AFC Workington andAccrington Stanley and in the south Shrewsbury Town and FC Walsall received enough votes in the re-election process of the league association to be allowed to participate again in the Third Division in the 1953/54 season.
Football League Third Division 1952/53
master
Oldham Athletic
Climbers Oldham Athletic
Relegated none
Teams 24
Games 552
Gates 1,604 (ø 2.91 per game)
Top scorer
Jimmy Whitehouse Carlisle United )
← Football League Third Division 1951/52
^ Football League Second Division 1952/53
Closing table
Third division northern champion and promoted to the Football League Second Division 1953/54
Results table The home teams are listed in the left column.
ACC
BAR
BRC
BPA
CRL
CHE
CHF
CRE
DAR
GAT
GRI
HAL
HPL
MFT
OLD
PVA
ROC
SCU
SOP
STC
TRA
WOR
WRE
YOR
Accrington Stanley
1-0
1: 1
3: 2
1-0
1: 1
1: 1
1: 1
1-0
1: 1
1: 2
1: 1
1: 1
2: 2
0: 2
1: 1
2: 1
2: 1
1: 2
1: 4
0: 2
0: 1
1: 2
1-0
AFC Barrow 2-0
5: 1
2-0
0-0
3-0
2: 1
1: 2
2: 2
2: 2
1: 1
5: 1
2: 1
3-0
4: 3
1: 2
2: 1
2: 1
1: 1
1-0
2-0
3-0
1: 1
1-0
Bradford City 3: 2
2: 2
2: 1
7: 2
2: 2
2: 1
1: 3
4: 3
3: 1
1-0
5-0
1: 1
2: 1
0-0
1-0
0: 3
0-0
2: 2
3-0
5: 3
4-0
3: 1
1: 1
Bradford Park Avenue 4-0
1-0
2: 2
2: 2
1-0
0: 1
1-0
3-0
3-0
0: 3
1: 2
1: 1
1: 1
0-0
2: 2
2: 1
1: 1
1-0
1: 1
1-0
6: 1
1: 2
2: 3
Carlisle United 4: 4
0-0
4: 4
1: 3
1: 1
3-0
1: 2
4: 2
2: 2
3-0
1: 2
4: 1
1-0
0-0
2-0
5-0
8-0
2-0
2: 1
4-0
3: 1
1-0
1: 1
Chester FC 2-0
2: 1
2-0
0: 3
1: 2
2-0
2: 2
6: 3
2-0
0: 2
2: 1
0: 1
2: 2
0: 1
2: 2
3-0
1: 1
0-0
4-0
3: 2
1: 1
1: 2
1: 1
Chesterfield FC 3-0
1: 1
1: 1
1: 1
4: 2
2: 1
1-0
3-0
1: 1
3: 2
2: 1
2-0
4: 1
1: 2
1-0
1-0
1: 1
1: 2
2: 1
1: 2
1: 1
2: 1
1: 2
Crewe Alexandra 3: 2
1: 1
1: 1
2: 3
2: 2
4: 1
2: 1
0: 1
4: 3
1: 2
1: 1
2-0
1-0
0: 1
1: 4
4: 2
2-0
2-0
2-0
1-0
4-0
3: 3
3-0
Darlington FC 1-0
1-0
4: 1
1: 3
0-0
3: 2
3: 1
1: 1
1-0
1: 1
0: 2
3-0
2: 1
0: 5
0: 2
3: 2
1-0
3: 1
1-0
1: 2
1-0
2: 2
0: 1
AFC Gateshead 5-0
3: 1
2: 2
3: 2
2-0
4: 1
2: 4
6: 1
5: 1
2-0
3: 1
1: 1
1: 2
1-0
1: 1
3: 1
1: 1
1: 2
2-0
0: 1
1: 1
1-0
1: 1
Grimsby Town 3-0
2: 1
0-0
2: 3
2: 3
5: 4
0-0
1-0
2-0
0-0
2-0
7-0
5: 1
1: 1
1: 1
3: 2
1-0
1-0
0: 1
3: 1
2-0
2-0
2: 1
Halifax Town 3-0
1-0
1: 1
2: 4
2: 1
3: 1
3: 1
1: 3
3: 2
1: 3
3: 2
3: 2
1: 2
2: 2
1: 2
3: 1
2: 1
4: 1
3-0
0-0
5: 2
0-0
0-0
Hartlepools United 4: 1
2-0
0-0
0: 1
1-0
2: 2
2-0
2: 1
1-0
0-0
2-0
0-0
2-0
4: 1
2-0
2: 1
1: 1
3-0
0: 2
4: 1
2: 2
1: 2
2: 1
Mansfield Town 0-0
2: 2
3: 1
1: 1
2: 1
2: 2
1: 4
3-0
3: 2
2-0
1: 1
2: 1
2-0
0: 2
1-0
2: 1
1-0
2: 2
2: 2
1-0
0-0
0: 2
1: 1
Oldham Athletic 3-0
3-0
2-0
2: 1
2: 4
2: 1
1: 1
0: 1
5-0
1: 1
1: 1
1-0
4: 2
1-0
0: 1
1-0
0: 1
3-0
1: 1
5: 2
4: 1
4: 2
2: 1
Port Vale 0: 1
3-0
0-0
1-0
0-0
1: 1
3-0
3: 1
2: 1
1: 1
4-0
1: 1
3-0
1: 1
1: 1
5: 2
4-0
0-0
2-0
2-0
2-0
0-0
2-0
Rochdale AFC 1-0
6: 2
2: 1
1-0
1: 2
3: 1
0: 2
0: 1
3: 1
2: 3
0: 2
1: 1
3: 1
1-0
3: 1
1: 1
2: 2
0-0
2: 2
3-0
2-0
4: 1
0: 3
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United 5: 2
1: 2
4-0
1: 2
1: 2
1: 1
1-0
2-0
2-0
0-0
0: 1
1: 1
0-0
0: 1
1: 1
1: 2
5: 1
3-0
2: 2
2-0
2: 1
1: 2
2-0
Southport FC 1-0
3: 2
3-0
2: 2
2-0
2-0
1-0
3-0
3-0
3: 2
4: 3
1: 1
0-0
1: 3
1-0
0-0
1-0
2: 3
3-0
1: 2
2-0
1-0
3: 1
Stockport County 3: 1
6: 1
6: 1
2-0
3-0
4: 1
4: 1
2: 4
2: 2
3: 1
2: 2
1: 1
1: 1
2: 2
1: 1
0: 2
2-0
1: 1
3-0
3: 2
6-0
3: 1
1: 1
Tranmere Rovers 2-0
2-0
3: 1
4-0
4: 1
4-0
3: 1
1-0
5: 2
2-0
2: 1
0-0
0: 2
1-0
0-0
1: 1
1-0
0: 1
1: 1
1-0
3-0
4: 2
1: 3
AFC Workington 3-0
3: 1
3: 2
2: 2
1: 1
1: 2
2: 3
4-0
3: 1
0: 2
3: 1
2-0
1: 1
0: 1
1: 1
1: 1
1: 2
0: 3
2: 4
0: 2
2-0
4-0
1: 3
Wrexham AFC 3: 1
4-0
2: 1
0: 3
3-0
7-0
2: 2
1-0
4: 2
1-0
3: 1
2: 1
3: 2
1-0
2: 2
3: 1
3-0
2: 3
3: 2
5: 2
1-0
3-0
1: 1
York city 2-0
1: 1
0-0
3: 1
1-0
0-0
0-0
2: 1
3-0
1: 2
2-0
2: 2
1-0
2-0
1: 2
1-0
2-0
0: 2
3: 1
3-0
2-0
1: 3
2: 1
List of goalscorers
Football League Third Division 1952/53
master
Plymouth Argyle
Climbers Plymouth Argyle
Relegated none
Teams 24
Games 552
Gates 1,745 (ø 3.16 per game)
Top scorer
Geoff Bradford ( Bristol Rovers )
← Football League Third Division 1951/52
^ Football League Second Division 1952/53
Closing table
Third division south champion and promoted to the Football League Second Division 1953/54
Results table The home teams are listed in the left column.
ALD
BOU
BHA
BRC
BRR
COL
COV
CRY
EXE
GIL
IPS
LEY
Mil
NPC
NHT
NOR
QPR
REA
SHR
SEU
SWI
GOAL
WHALE
WAT
FC Aldershot
1-0
1: 2
1: 2
0-0
0-0
4: 1
0: 1
1: 1
3: 2
1: 1
2-0
1: 2
2: 2
2: 1
1: 2
4: 1
2: 2
4: 2
1: 1
2: 2
0: 2
2-0
1: 2
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 0: 3
2: 1
4: 1
1: 2
1-0
3-0
4: 2
2: 1
4: 2
2: 1
4: 1
1: 1
1: 2
0: 1
0-0
1-0
2-0
2-0
5: 1
1: 1
0: 1
5: 1
4: 1
Brighton & Hove Albion 4: 2
2-0
0: 1
2: 1
0-0
1: 1
4: 1
4: 2
5-0
1: 4
3: 1
1-0
2: 2
1: 1
2: 3
2-0
1: 1
3: 1
2: 2
1: 2
2: 1
4: 2
1: 2
Bristol City 0-0
1: 1
2: 2
0-0
3: 2
1-0
5-0
4: 1
4-0
4: 2
2: 1
0-0
2-0
2: 3
0: 1
4: 4
1: 1
3: 2
5-0
4: 2
4: 4
6: 1
5: 1
Bristol Rovers 4: 1
2: 1
7-0
0-0
3: 1
5: 2
2-0
0-0
3: 1
3-0
2: 1
1: 1
3: 1
1: 1
3: 1
2: 1
4-0
2: 1
2: 1
1: 2
3-0
2-0
0: 3
Colchester United 1: 2
1: 1
0-0
3: 1
0: 3
0: 1
3-0
3: 1
1: 1
0-0
3: 1
0-0
3: 3
1: 2
0: 4
1: 1
2: 1
1-0
3: 3
3: 1
4: 1
6: 1
1: 1
Coventry City 3-0
2: 3
3: 1
2: 2
1: 1
2: 2
4: 2
1-0
2: 1
2-0
3-0
4: 1
0: 1
1: 1
2: 1
2-0
4-0
0-0
2: 1
1: 2
7: 2
3: 1
1-0
Crystal Palace 3-0
1-0
2: 1
1: 3
1-0
3: 1
2: 2
2-0
0-0
1: 1
2: 2
0: 1
2: 1
4: 3
1: 1
4: 2
0: 3
1: 2
0-0
3-0
2: 2
4: 1
1-0
Exeter City 2: 2
5: 1
1: 5
1: 1
0-0
2-0
1-0
2-0
0-0
1: 1
0: 1
1-0
3: 2
2-0
1-0
2: 2
2-0
2: 2
0: 2
1: 2
4: 1
6: 1
1: 1
Gillingham FC 2-0
1: 2
1: 2
0: 1
0: 4
1: 1
0-0
1-0
1-0
1: 1
3: 2
0: 1
1: 1
1: 1
0: 3
3-0
2: 1
4: 2
1: 1
0-0
2: 1
3: 1
2: 1
Ipswich Town 2: 1
2: 1
1-0
1-0
1: 5
2: 2
3-0
2-0
0: 1
1: 1
0: 1
1: 6
3-0
1: 1
2: 1
0: 1
1: 2
2: 1
0-0
1: 1
2: 2
5-0
1: 1
Leyton Orient 4: 1
2: 2
3-0
1: 3
3: 3
5: 3
1: 2
0-0
2-0
1: 1
3: 1
1: 4
2: 1
0: 1
3: 1
5-0
1: 1
0-0
3-0
2: 2
4: 1
4: 1
2-0
Millwall FC 0-0
3: 1
1: 1
1: 1
3-0
3: 1
2-0
0-0
0-0
3: 1
3: 2
0-0
3-0
1: 2
2: 3
2: 1
1-0
4: 1
4: 1
3-0
3-0
3-0
1: 1
Newport County 2: 1
2: 1
0: 3
4: 3
2: 2
0: 1
4: 4
3: 2
1-0
1: 2
1: 3
0: 1
1: 3
4: 1
1: 1
2-0
1-0
4: 2
0: 1
3-0
3-0
3: 2
1: 1
Northampton Town 4-0
5: 1
5: 3
0: 2
2: 2
2-0
3: 1
5: 1
3: 1
3: 1
2-0
3: 1
1: 1
5-0
3: 3
4: 2
6: 1
3: 1
4: 3
3: 1
3: 3
2: 1
4: 1
Norwich City 5-0
1: 1
3: 2
0-0
0-0
3-0
1: 1
5: 1
2-0
3: 2
1-0
5: 1
2: 2
2-0
1: 2
2-0
3-0
2: 1
3: 1
1: 1
3-0
3-0
5: 2
Queens Park Rangers 2: 2
2: 1
3: 3
2: 1
0: 1
1-0
0: 4
1: 1
1: 1
1: 1
2: 2
0: 1
1: 3
4: 2
2: 2
3: 1
1-0
1-0
3: 2
1: 1
0: 1
4: 2
2: 2
Reading FC 2: 3
1: 3
0-0
4-0
2-0
2-0
1-0
4: 1
3: 1
3: 2
1: 1
2-0
5-0
2: 1
2-0
0: 1
2-0
5: 3
1-0
4: 1
4: 1
0-0
3-0
Shrewsbury Town 2: 1
1-0
0-0
0: 1
0: 1
3-0
1-0
1: 1
1: 3
3: 1
2: 2
2-0
2: 4
1: 1
2: 4
1: 8
0: 3
1: 1
7: 1
2: 1
2: 1
1-0
3: 1
Southend United 1: 1
0-0
1: 2
0: 4
2: 1
4-0
1-0
2: 2
1: 1
3: 1
2-0
1-0
2: 1
1-0
3: 1
1: 2
2-0
3: 1
2: 2
3-0
3: 1
2: 1
1-0
Swindon Town 3: 2
1: 2
3-0
0-0
1: 3
0: 1
2: 3
3: 6
5: 2
0-0
2-0
1: 1
1: 2
2-0
3-0
2: 1
1: 3
2-0
2: 2
1: 3
2-0
1: 2
0-0
Torquay United 1: 2
5: 1
1: 2
1: 2
1-0
5: 1
2: 1
1: 1
5: 2
3: 2
4: 1
5-0
1-0
3: 3
3-0
4: 1
1: 1
2-0
4-0
4: 2
3: 1
0: 3
2: 2
Walsall FC 0-0
2: 2
3-0
3: 3
3: 5
0: 3
1: 1
2: 4
2: 2
1: 3
1: 3
1-0
0: 2
1: 3
1: 5
3: 2
1: 1
2-0
4: 4
1: 1
1: 2
2-0
0-0
Watford FC 1: 1
3-0
2: 3
4: 1
2: 3
2-0
1: 1
2-0
3: 1
0-0
1-0
1-0
1: 1
0: 1
2: 1
3: 2
1: 1
2: 1
1: 1
1: 1
2: 1
1: 1
3-0
List of goalscorers
Web links
References and footnotes
↑ a b English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
↑ Port Vale was transferred from the South to the North Division.
Playing times of the third highest English football league
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