The Football League Third Division 1953/54football league . The division, which is divided into the north and south seasons, had with Port Vale and Ipswich Town 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 1954/55, the two second division clubs, Brentford FC and Oldham Athletic, ranked in the table below . Nobody had to relegate from both third division seasons, because both the lower-placed northern clubs Halifax Town and Chester FC as well as Colchester United and Walsall FC in the south received enough votes in the re-election process of the league association to return to the 1954/55 season Third Division to participate.
Football League Third Division 1953/54
master
Port Vale
Climbers Port Vale
Relegated none
Teams 24
Games 552
Gates 1,587 (ø 2.88 per game)
Top scorer
Alan Ashman ( Carlisle United )
← Football League Third Division 1952/53
^ Football League Second Division 1953/54
Closing table
Third division northern champion and promoted to the Football League Second Division 1954/55
Results table The home teams are listed in the left column.
ACC
BSL
BAR
BRC
BPA
CRL
CHE
CHF
CRE
DAR
GAT
GRI
HAL
HPL
MFT
PVA
ROC
SCU
SOP
STC
TRA
WOR
WRE
YOR
Accrington Stanley
3-0
3: 2
0: 1
0-0
2: 2
1-0
2: 2
2: 1
0-0
2: 2
3: 1
3-0
2-0
5: 1
2: 2
1-0
0: 1
1: 1
2: 1
0: 1
4: 2
1: 2
2-0
Barnsley FC 5-0
3: 2
4: 2
2: 1
1: 1
3-0
4: 1
1: 1
5: 1
0: 2
0-0
1: 2
3: 2
2: 1
0: 1
2: 1
0: 1
2: 1
4: 1
3-0
4: 2
3-0
2: 1
AFC Barrow 4: 3
0: 1
3-0
4: 1
1: 1
2: 1
2: 2
3: 1
2: 2
0-0
4-0
1: 1
1: 1
4: 2
0-0
4: 2
1: 2
2: 3
1-0
2: 1
0: 1
1-0
4: 1
Bradford City 1-0
1-0
1-0
3-0
1-0
1-0
2-0
3-0
2-0
2: 2
3-0
2-0
1: 1
2: 2
1: 1
4-0
1: 3
4: 1
1: 1
1-0
1: 1
1: 2
1-0
Bradford Park Avenue 6: 4
0: 2
2: 1
4-0
2: 4
5-0
1: 1
1: 1
2: 2
3: 1
4: 1
4: 2
5-0
1-0
1: 2
2: 2
2: 2
1: 1
3: 2
1: 2
3: 1
2-0
2-0
Carlisle United 2: 1
2: 4
2: 2
2-0
0: 1
1: 1
2: 3
5-0
1: 1
1-0
3: 3
5-0
2: 3
5-0
0-0
7-0
5: 1
3: 2
2-0
0: 2
2: 2
0-0
1: 1
Chester FC 3-0
1: 1
1: 1
3-0
2: 3
0: 1
2: 2
2-0
2: 2
5-0
1: 1
3: 1
1: 1
0: 2
0: 1
2-0
0-0
1-0
1: 2
1: 2
3-0
2: 1
3: 1
Chesterfield FC 0-0
1: 1
1: 1
2: 3
5: 1
5-0
4-0
0: 2
1: 1
1: 1
1-0
1: 2
2: 1
0-0
1: 2
2: 1
1-0
2-0
4-0
2: 1
1-0
1-0
3: 2
Crewe Alexandra 0: 3
3: 2
2-0
1: 2
1: 1
0-0
1-0
2-0
1-0
3: 1
1: 1
3: 1
3-0
0-0
0-0
2: 1
1: 1
0-0
1: 5
1: 2
2: 3
1: 2
1: 1
Darlington FC 4: 1
1: 1
1: 3
1-0
2: 1
3: 2
1-0
3: 2
0: 1
0: 2
3-0
1: 1
0: 1
1: 2
0: 3
0-0
3-0
0: 1
1-0
2: 1
3-0
0: 2
1: 3
AFC Gateshead 4-0
0-0
1-0
1-0
0: 1
2: 2
2: 1
3: 3
2-0
1: 2
7: 1
4-0
1: 3
1: 3
1-0
2: 1
0-0
1-0
4: 2
2: 1
4: 1
3: 1
3-0
Grimsby Town 2-0
0: 1
1-0
1-0
0-0
3: 2
0-0
1: 1
3: 1
1-0
2-0
2: 1
3-0
0: 2
2: 2
3: 2
0: 1
1: 2
1-0
1-0
1-0
0-0
3-0
Halifax Town 2-0
1: 2
2-0
0: 1
2: 2
2-0
1: 1
2: 1
1-0
0-0
0-0
2-0
1-0
2-0
0: 1
1: 1
0: 3
1: 2
0: 1
1: 1
3-0
0: 2
2: 3
Hartlepools United 0: 1
0: 1
2: 2
1: 1
0: 2
1: 1
2-0
0: 1
0-0
1-0
1-0
3-0
2-0
3: 1
2: 1
6-0
3: 2
1: 1
6-0
1: 2
2: 2
1: 1
2: 2
Mansfield Town 1: 1
2-0
2: 3
0-0
1: 1
2: 1
2: 1
2: 2
6-0
6-0
1: 1
5: 1
3: 1
1-0
1: 2
2-0
2: 1
4: 2
3: 1
2-0
0: 2
4-0
7: 2
Port Vale 1-0
0-0
4-0
3-0
2-0
1-0
1-0
2: 2
1-0
1: 1
0-0
2-0
2-0
3: 1
1: 1
6-0
0-0
0-0
7-0
2-0
2-0
2-0
5-0
Rochdale AFC 1-0
1: 1
1-0
3: 2
0: 1
2: 1
4-0
0: 1
4: 1
3-0
0: 1
4: 1
0: 1
2: 2
1-0
0-0
1: 1
2-0
0-0
0: 1
4: 2
6: 2
1: 2
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United 1: 2
6-0
3: 2
2: 1
4: 1
2: 1
1-0
2: 1
2: 2
1: 1
1: 1
2: 1
3: 2
0-0
2: 2
0: 2
1: 1
1: 1
2-0
3: 1
4: 1
3: 1
3-0
Southport FC 5: 3
5: 2
0: 1
0: 1
1-0
3-0
0: 1
2: 1
1: 2
3-0
2: 4
2: 1
1-0
2: 1
2: 1
0-0
1: 1
4: 3
1: 2
0-0
1: 1
4-0
1: 1
Stockport County 1: 1
3-0
5: 1
5-0
4: 1
3: 2
5-0
6: 1
1-0
2-0
0: 1
3: 2
1: 1
1-0
3: 2
1: 1
1: 2
1: 1
1: 1
6-0
2-0
2: 2
0: 1
Tranmere Rovers 1-0
0: 1
1-0
0: 1
1: 1
1: 2
2: 1
1: 2
1-0
1-0
1: 4
2: 4
1-0
3: 2
2: 5
1: 3
5: 1
1: 1
2-0
2: 2
4: 2
6: 1
1: 1
AFC Workington 3: 1
2-0
1: 1
2: 2
1: 1
2: 2
2-0
2: 1
1: 2
1: 1
2-0
2-0
3: 1
0-0
1: 1
2-0
0: 1
1: 3
0: 1
0-0
2: 1
1: 1
5: 2
Wrexham AFC 4: 2
1: 1
1: 2
0: 1
2-0
4: 2
2: 1
1: 2
1: 1
4: 2
5: 1
4-0
5-0
2-0
2-0
1: 1
2-0
3: 1
2: 1
1-0
3-0
8-0
1: 1
York city 1: 2
0: 2
5: 2
3: 2
0-0
1: 3
2: 1
1: 3
0: 3
3: 3
1: 1
1: 2
1: 1
5-0
5: 1
0: 1
1: 2
2-0
2: 1
0-0
0-0
0-0
5: 2
List of goalscorers
player
society
Gates
1
England Alan Ashman
Carlisle United
30th
Football League Third Division 1953/54
master
Ipswich Town
Climbers Ipswich Town
Relegated none
Teams 24
Games 552
Gates 1,695 (ø 3.07 per game)
Top scorer
Jack English ( Northampton Town )
← Football League Third Division 1952/53
^ Football League Second Division 1953/54
Closing table
Third division south champion and promoted to the Football League Second Division 1954/55
Results table The home teams are listed in the left column.
ALD
BOU
BHA
BRC
COL
COV
CRY
EXE
GIL
IPS
LEY
Mil
NPC
NHT
NOR
QPR
REA
SHR
SOT
SEU
SWI
GOAL
WHALE
WAT
FC Aldershot
1: 2
2: 3
2: 5
3-0
4: 2
1: 2
1: 2
1: 2
3-0
1: 1
1: 1
2-0
3: 1
0-0
1: 4
2: 2
1-0
1: 1
4-0
1-0
4: 1
3: 1
3: 1
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 1: 1
1: 1
5: 2
4: 2
1-0
2-0
4: 1
4: 1
2: 3
1: 2
4: 1
1: 1
2: 1
2-0
0: 1
1: 1
2: 1
3: 1
0: 1
4-0
1: 2
1: 1
1: 3
Brighton & Hove Albion 3: 2
3-0
2: 1
1-0
3: 1
3-0
2: 1
3: 1
1: 2
2: 1
4-0
4: 2
3: 2
0-0
3: 1
3: 2
2: 3
2: 1
3: 2
1: 1
1: 2
5: 3
3: 3
Bristol City 4-0
1: 1
1: 1
3-0
1-0
4-0
5: 1
1: 1
2: 3
1-0
2: 1
3-0
2: 1
3: 1
1: 2
3: 1
3: 1
1-0
4: 1
5: 1
3-0
4: 1
2: 1
Colchester United 3-0
1: 1
1: 1
0: 2
0: 3
4: 1
0: 1
0: 1
1: 2
1-0
3-0
2: 2
1: 1
0: 1
5-0
2: 4
3: 1
0: 1
0: 1
2: 2
3: 1
1: 1
2: 2
Coventry City 2: 1
2-0
1: 2
3-0
2: 1
0-0
2-0
2: 1
1: 3
4-0
0-0
1: 2
0-0
1-0
3: 1
1: 1
2: 1
2: 1
1-0
0-0
4-0
2-0
0: 1
Crystal Palace 0-0
3: 1
1: 1
1: 2
0: 1
3: 1
0-0
1: 2
1: 1
2: 2
2: 3
3-0
2: 2
1-0
0: 3
1-0
3: 2
4: 3
4: 2
3: 2
4: 1
1-0
1: 1
Exeter City 1: 3
1-0
0: 1
0: 1
1: 2
4-0
7-0
1: 2
1: 2
2: 1
4: 1
1-0
1-0
0: 2
0-0
2-0
0: 1
4-0
1: 1
3: 1
1: 2
2: 1
2: 1
Gillingham FC 1: 3
1-0
0-0
2: 2
2-0
2-0
3: 2
0: 1
1: 1
1: 2
2-0
0: 1
2: 1
3: 1
1-0
3-0
2-0
2-0
3: 1
1-0
0: 4
3-0
2: 3
Ipswich Town 4-0
2: 1
2: 3
2: 1
3-0
4: 1
2-0
1: 1
6: 1
3: 1
1: 1
1: 2
2: 1
1: 1
2: 1
0: 1
0-0
2: 1
1: 1
2-0
2: 1
3-0
1-0
Leyton Orient 1: 2
5-0
0: 2
4: 1
3: 1
1-0
2-0
3: 1
3: 1
1: 2
2: 2
3-0
2-0
3: 1
2: 2
2: 1
2-0
1: 4
1: 1
1: 1
3: 2
2: 1
1: 1
Millwall FC 2-0
2: 1
0: 2
1-0
0-0
1: 2
2: 2
2: 1
3: 1
1: 2
0: 3
3: 1
1-0
1: 3
4-0
2-0
3: 1
2: 1
2: 1
6: 1
2: 2
3-0
1-0
Newport County 2: 2
4-0
1-0
3: 2
1: 1
2: 1
1: 3
0: 3
1-0
1: 2
1: 1
0-0
2-0
4: 1
2: 1
4: 1
2: 1
0: 4
3: 2
2-0
2-0
4: 2
0: 1
Northampton Town 6: 2
2: 1
4: 2
3-0
3-0
0: 1
6-0
2: 2
1: 1
1-0
2: 2
4: 2
1-0
2-0
2: 1
1: 1
1-0
3-0
5-0
2-0
3: 1
5: 1
4: 1
Norwich City 3: 3
1: 3
1-0
1: 1
2: 1
2: 1
2: 1
1: 2
0-0
1: 2
3: 1
4: 3
2-0
4: 1
2: 2
2: 3
1-0
1-0
1-0
2: 2
0: 1
3-0
4: 1
Queens Park Rangers 0: 2
2: 1
1: 2
0: 1
0-0
0: 3
1: 1
0-0
3: 1
3: 1
2: 1
4-0
5: 1
1: 1
0: 2
2-0
0-0
0: 1
1-0
0: 2
5: 1
2-0
0: 4
Reading FC 6: 1
0: 1
2: 1
0: 2
2-0
4: 3
4: 1
4: 1
0: 1
3: 1
1: 1
2: 4
4: 1
2-0
4: 4
3: 1
1: 1
4: 1
2-0
3: 1
2: 4
0: 2
4: 1
Shrewsbury Town 0: 2
1: 1
3: 1
4: 3
3: 1
1: 1
1: 1
1: 1
0-0
1: 1
3: 3
3: 1
2: 1
2: 4
4-0
1: 1
0: 3
3: 2
2: 1
1-0
2: 1
4: 1
6: 4
Southampton FC 2-0
2: 1
1-0
4: 2
2: 1
2: 1
3: 1
2-0
1-0
1: 1
4: 1
4: 2
4-0
1-0
0-0
3: 1
1: 1
4: 2
3: 5
3: 1
2: 2
0-0
2-0
Southend United 2: 1
2: 1
2-0
0: 1
3-0
2: 2
1: 2
0: 1
1: 1
3: 1
2: 1
1: 2
0: 1
2-0
5: 2
4: 1
1: 2
3-0
2: 1
3: 1
1-0
3: 1
3-0
Swindon Town 3: 1
2: 1
0: 1
5-0
3-0
1: 1
1: 1
2: 4
2: 1
1: 2
2: 1
2: 1
7: 1
0-0
0-0
0: 1
1-0
2: 1
0: 1
3-0
6: 1
3-0
2: 2
Torquay United 3-0
2-0
2: 3
4-0
3: 1
1: 1
1-0
3: 2
3: 3
1: 1
2: 3
2: 2
3: 2
1: 1
2: 4
2: 2
2: 2
2-0
1: 1
1: 1
2: 1
3: 1
2: 2
Walsall FC 0: 2
1-0
3: 1
0-0
2: 3
1-0
1-0
1: 1
1: 1
0: 2
4: 2
0: 2
0: 1
0: 1
1: 4
2-0
1: 3
0-0
1-0
2-0
0: 1
1: 3
0-0
Watford FC 6: 1
2: 3
1: 1
2-0
3-0
1-0
4: 1
0: 2
6: 1
1-0
3: 1
2: 1
1-0
1: 1
1: 3
0: 2
3-0
3: 1
2-0
2: 2
2: 1
3: 1
3: 1
List of goalscorers
player
society
Gates
1
England Jack English
Northampton Town
28
Web links
References and footnotes
↑ a b English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
Playing times of the third highest English football league
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