Third Division 1953-1954

Third Division 1953-1954
Competizione	Third Division
Sport	Calcio
Edizione	27ª
Organizzatore	Football League
Date	dal 19 agosto 1953 al 1 maggio 1954
Luogo	Inghilterra  Galles
Partecipanti	48
Formula	2 gironi all'italiana A/R
Cronologia della competizione
1952-1953 1954-1955

La Third Division 1953-1954 è stato il 27º campionato inglese di calcio di terza divisione, il 26º con la suddivisione in 2 gironi (North e South). Ad aggiudicarsi il titolo ed a salire in Second Division furono: Port Vale (Third Division North) e Ipswich Town (Third Division South).

Stagione

Selezione dei club

• Esito della votazione per l'elezione dei club in Third Division

Club	Lega	Voti	Verdetto
Shrewsbury Town	Third Division South	46	Rieletto
Accrington Stanley	Third Division North	45	Rieletto
Walsall	Third Division South	41	Rieletto
Workington	Third Division North	36	Rieletto
Wigan Athletic	Lancashire Combination	17	Non eletto
Peterborough United	Midland League	6	Non eletto
Bath City	Southern League	2	Non eletto
Yeovil Town	Southern League	2	Non eletto
Hereford United	Southern League	1	Non eletto
Headington United	Southern League	0	Non eletto
Nelson FC	Lancashire Combination	0	Non eletto
New Brighton AFC	Lancashire Combination	0	Non eletto
North Shields	North Eastern League	0	Non eletto
Worcester City	Southern League	0	Non eletto

Third Division North

Third Division North 1953-1954
Competizione	Third Division North
Sport	Calcio
Edizione	26ª
Organizzatore	Football League
Date	dal 19 agosto 1953 al 1º maggio 1954
Partecipanti	24
Formula	girone all'italiana A/R
Risultati
Vincitore	Port Vale (2º titolo)
Promozioni	Port Vale
Statistiche
Miglior marcatore	Alan Ashman (30)
Incontri disputati	552
Gol segnati	1 587 (2,88 per incontro)
Cronologia della competizione
1952-1953 1954-1955

Squadre partecipanti

Squadra	Città	Stadio	Stagione precedente
Accrington Stanley	Accrington	Peel Park	24º posto in Third Division North, rieletto
Barnsley	Barnsley	Oakwell	22º posto in Second Division, retrocesso
Barrow	Barrow-in-Furness	Holker Street	19º posto in Third Division North
Bradford City	Bradford	Valley Parade	16º posto in Third Division North
Bradford Park Avenue	Bradford	Park Avenue	7º posto in Third Division North
Carlisle United	Carlisle	Brunton Park	9º posto in Third Division North
Chester	Chester	Sealand Road	20º posto in Third Division North
Chesterfield	Chesterfield	Saltergate	12º posto in Third Division North
Crewe Alexandra	Crewe	Gresty Road	10º posto in Third Division North
Darlington	Darlington	Feethams Ground	21º posto in Third Division North
Gateshead	Gateshead	Redheugh Park	8º posto in Third Division North
Grimsby Town	Grimsby	Blundell Park	5º posto in Third Division North
Halifax Town	Halifax	The Shay	14º posto in Third Division North
Hartlepool United	Hartlepool	Victoria Park	17º posto in Third Division North
Mansfield Town	Mansfield	Field Mill	18º posto in Third Division North
Port Vale	Stoke on Trent (Burslem)	Vale Park	2º posto in Third Division North
Rochdale	Rochdale	Spotland Stadium	22º posto in Third Division North
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Scunthorpe	Old Showground	15º posto in Third Division North
Southport	Southport	Haigh Avenue	6º posto in Third Division North
Stockport County	Stockport	Edgeley Park	11º posto in Third Division North
Tranmere Rovers	Birkenhead	Prenton Park	13º posto in Third Division North
Workington	Workington	Borough Park	23º posto in Third Division North, rieletto
Wrexham	Wrexham	Racecourse Ground	3º posto in Third Division North
York City	York	Bootham Crescent	4º posto in Third Division North

Classifica finale

	Pos.	Squadra	Pt	G	V	N	P	GF	GS	QR
	1	Port Vale	69	46	26	17	3	74	21	3.524
	2	Barnsley	58	46	24	10	12	77	57	1.351
	3	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	57	46	21	15	10	77	56	1.375
	4	Gateshead	55	46	21	13	12	74	55	1.345
	5	Bradford City	53	46	22	9	15	60	55	1.091
	6	Chesterfield	52	46	19	14	13	76	64	1.188
	7	Mansfield Town	51	46	20	11	15	88	67	1.313
	8	Wrexham	51	46	21	9	16	81	68	1.191
	9	Bradford PA	50	46	18	14	14	77	68	1.132
	10	Stockport County	47	46	18	11	17	77	67	1.149
	11	Southport	46	46	17	12	17	63	60	1.050
	12	Barrow	44	46	16	12	18	72	71	1.014
	13	Carlisle Utd	43	46	14	15	17	83	71	1.169
	14	Tranmere	43	46	18	7	21	59	70	0.843
	15	Accrington Stanley	42	46	16	10	20	66	74	0.892
	16	Crewe Alexandra	41	46	14	13	19	49	67	0.731
	17	Grimsby Town	41	46	16	9	21	51	77	0.662
	18	Hartlepool Utd	40	46	13	14	19	59	65	0.908
	19	Rochdale	40	46	15	10	21	59	77	0.766
	20	Workington	40	46	13	14	19	59	80	0.738
	21	Darlington	38	46	12	14	20	50	71	0.704
	22	York City	37	46	12	13	21	64	86	0.744
	23	Halifax Town	34	46	12	10	24	44	73	0.603
	24	Chester	32	46	11	10	25	48	67	0.716

Legenda:

      Promosso in Second Division 1954-1955.

      Rieletto nella Football League.

Regolamento:

Due punti a vittoria, uno a pareggio, zero a sconfitta.

A parità di punti le squadre venivano classificate secondo il quoziente reti.

Risultati

Tabellone

	ACC	BAR	BRW	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	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
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	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	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	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
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
Hartlepool 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	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	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
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	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

Third Division South

Third Division South 1953-1954
Competizione	Third Division South
Sport	Calcio
Edizione	26ª
Organizzatore	Football League
Date	dal 19 agosto 1953 al 1º maggio 1954
Partecipanti	24
Formula	girone all'italiana A/R
Risultati
Vincitore	Ipswich Town (1º titolo)
Promozioni	Ipswich Town
Statistiche
Miglior marcatore	Jack English (28)
Incontri disputati	552
Gol segnati	1 695 (3,07 per incontro)
Cronologia della competizione
1952-1953 1954-1955

Squadre partecipanti

Squadra	Città	Stadio	Stagione precedente
Aldershot	Aldershot	Recreation Ground	19º posto in Third Division South
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Bournemouth	Dean Court	9º posto in Third Division South
Brighton & Hove Albion	Brighton	Goldstone Ground	7º posto in Third Division South
Bristol City	Bristol	Ashton Gate	5º posto in Third Division South
Colchester United	Colchester	Layer Road	22º posto in Third Division South
Coventry City	Coventry	Highfield Road	6º posto in Third Division South
Crystal Palace	Londra (Croydon)	Selhurst Park	13º posto in Third Division South
Exeter City	Exeter	St James Park	17º posto in Third Division South
Gillingham	Gillingham	Priestfield Stadium	21º posto in Third Division South
Ipswich Town	Ipswich	Portman Road	16º posto in Third Division South
Leyton Orient	Londra (Leyton)	Brisbane Road	14º posto in Third Division South
Millwall	Londra (Bermondsey)	The Den	2º posto in Third Division South
Newport County	Newport	Somerton Park	15º posto in Third Division South
Northampton Town	Northampton	County Ground	3º posto in Third Division South
Norwich City	Norwich	Carrow Road	4º posto in Third Division South
Queens Park Rangers	Londra (Hammersmith and Fulham)	Loftus Road	20º posto in Third Division South
Reading	Reading	Elm Park	11º posto in Third Division South
Shrewsbury Town	Shrewsbury	Gay Meadow	23º posto in Third Division South, rieletto
Southampton	Southampton	The Dell	21º posto in Second Division, retrocesso
Southend United	Southend on Sea	Greyhound Park	8º posto in Third Division South
Swindon Town	Swindon	County Ground	18º posto in Third Division South
Torquay United	Torquay	Plainmoor	12º posto in Third Division South
Walsall	Walsall	Fellows Park	24º posto in Third Division South, rieletto
Watford	Watford	Vicarage Road	10º posto in Third Division South

Classifica finale

	Pos.	Squadra	Pt	G	V	N	P	GF	GS	QR
	1	Ipswich Town	64	46	27	10	9	82	51	1.608
	2	Brighton	61	46	26	9	11	86	61	1.410
	3	Bristol City	56	46	25	6	15	88	66	1.333
	4	Watford	52	46	21	10	15	85	69	1.232
	5	Northampton Town	51	46	20	11	15	82	55	1.491
	6	Southampton	51	46	22	7	17	76	63	1.206
	7	Norwich City	51	46	20	11	15	73	66	1.106
	8	Reading	49	46	20	9	17	86	73	1.178
	9	Exeter City	48	46	20	8	18	68	58	1.172
	10	Gillingham	48	46	19	10	17	61	66	0.924
	11	Leyton Orient	47	46	18	11	17	79	73	1.082
	12	Millwall	47	46	19	9	18	74	77	0.961
	13	Torquay Utd	46	46	17	12	17	81	88	0.920
	14	Coventry City	45	46	18	9	19	61	56	1.089
	15	Newport County	44	46	19	6	21	61	81	0.753
	16	Southend Utd	43	46	18	7	21	69	71	0.972
	17	Aldershot	43	46	17	9	20	74	86	0.860
	18	QPR	42	46	16	10	20	60	68	0.882
	19	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	40	46	16	8	22	67	70	0.957
	19	Swindon Town	40	46	15	10	21	67	70	0.957
	21	Shrewsbury Town	40	46	14	12	20	65	76	0.855
	22	Crystal Palace	40	46	14	12	20	60	86	0.698
	23	Colchester Utd	30	46	10	10	26	50	78	0.641
	24	Walsall	26	46	9	8	29	40	87	0.460

Legenda:

      Promosso in Second Division 1954-1955.

      Rieletto nella Football League.

Regolamento:

Due punti a vittoria, uno a pareggio, zero a sconfitta.

A parità di punti le squadre venivano classificate secondo il quoziente reti.

Risultati

Tabellone

	ALD	BOU	BHA	BRC	COL	COV	CRY	EXE	GIL	IPS	LEY	MIL	NPC	NHT	NOR	QPR	REA	SHR	SOT	SEU	SWI	TOR	WAL	WAT
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	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	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	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	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	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	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

Voci correlate

• First Division 1953-1954
• Second Division 1953-1954
• FA Cup 1953-1954
• Charity Shield 1954

Collegamenti esterni

• (EN) Season 1953–54, su englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk, English Football League Tables.
• (EN) Football League 1953-1954 su rsssf.com., su rsssf.com.
• (EN) English League Leading Goalscorers su RSSSF, su rsssf.com.
• (EN) A history of admission to the Football League, su nonleaguematters.co.uk.