SEASON: 1953-54
DIVISION: English Second Division (Tier 2)
- MANAGER(s):
- Billy Walker
- FA Cup:
- 3rd Round (Plymouth Argyle (A) 0-2)
- Top Goalscorer:
- Alan Moore (19 goals)
- Ever Present:
- Alan Moore (43 games)
- GAME COUNTS
- Competitive Games:
- 43
- Competitive Goals:
- 86
- Goals per game:
- 2.0
- League Games:
- 42
- League Points:
- 52 out of 84 (2 points per win)
- Points Percentage:
- 61.9%
- ATTENDANCES (HOME)
- Highest League Attendance:
- 34,423 (Leicester City)
- Lowest League Attendance:
- 13,573 (Hull City)
- Average League Attendance:
- 22,588
- Highest Cup Attendance:
- -
- Lowest Cup Attendance:
- -
- Champions:
- Wolverhampton Wanderers
- FA Cup:
- West Bromwich Albion
- Community Shield:
- Arsenal
SEASON HONOURS:
ENGLAND
SEASON RECORDS
Most Goals scored: 5
5-4 (Sat Sep 19, 1953, Stoke City, Home, League Tier 2)
5-0 (Sat Oct 10, 1953, Notts County, Home, League Tier 2)
5-2 (Fri Dec 25, 1953, Leeds United, Home, League Tier 2)
Biggest Winning Margin: 5
5-0 (Sat Oct 10, 1953, Notts County, Home, League Tier 2)
Most Goals Conceded: 4
5-4 (Sat Sep 19, 1953, Stoke City, Home, League Tier 2)
Biggest Losing Margin: 3
0-3 (Mon Sep 07, 1953, Hull City, Away, League Tier 2)
0-3 (Sat Jan 16, 1954, Rotherham United, Away, League Tier 2)
- MISCELLANEOUS
- Clean Sheets:
- 6
- Yellow Cards:
- 0
- Red Cards:
- 0   
- Own goals (for):
- 0   (scored by opponents for us)
- Own goals (against):
- 0   (scored by us for opponents)   
- Penalties scored:
- 6
- Penalties conceded:
- 5
- Penalties missed:
- 1
- Penalties saved:
- 2
TABLE
SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1953-54
SEASON END TABLE | Home | Away | Results | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | Result | Home | Away | |
1 | Leicester City | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 97 | 60 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 63 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 37 | 1.617 | 56 | Promoted as Champions | 3-1 | 0-1 | |
2 | Everton | 42 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 92 | 58 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 55 | 27 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 37 | 31 | 1.586 | 56 | Promoted | 3-3 | 3-3 | |
3 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 86 | 50 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 54 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 34 | 1.720 | 55 | 0-1 | 0-2 | ||
4 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 86 | 59 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 61 | 27 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 1.458 | 52 | ||||
5 | Rotherham United | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 80 | 67 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 51 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 41 | 1.194 | 49 | 4-1 | 0-3 | ||
6 | Luton Town | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 64 | 59 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 36 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 36 | 1.085 | 48 | 2-1 | 1-0 | ||
7 | Birmingham City | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 78 | 58 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 49 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 40 | 1.345 | 47 | 1-1 | 2-2 | ||
8 | Fulham | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 98 | 85 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 62 | 39 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 46 | 1.153 | 44 | 4-1 | 1-3 | ||
9 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 64 | 58 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 39 | 1.103 | 44 | 3-1 | 0-1 | ||
10 | Leeds United | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 89 | 81 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 56 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 51 | 1.099 | 43 | 5-2 | 2-0 | ||
11 | Stoke City | 42 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 71 | 60 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 43 | 28 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 28 | 32 | 1.183 | 41 | 5-4 | 1-1 | ||
12 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 59 | 63 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 35 | .937 | 41 | 2-2 | 3-1 | ||
13 | West Ham United | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 67 | 69 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 23 | 49 | .971 | 39 | 4-0 | 1-1 | ||
14 | Notts County | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 54 | 74 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 45 | .730 | 39 | 5-0 | 1-1 | ||
15 | Hull City | 42 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 64 | 66 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 47 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 44 | .970 | 38 | 2-0 | 0-3 | ||
16 | Lincoln City | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 65 | 83 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 60 | .783 | 37 | 4-2 | 2-2 | ||
17 | Bury | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 54 | 72 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 39 | 32 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 40 | .750 | 36 | 2-2 | 1-2 | ||
18 | Derby County | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 64 | 82 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 35 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 47 | .780 | 35 | 4-2 | 2-1 | ||
19 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 65 | 82 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 38 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 27 | 51 | .793 | 34 | 3-0 | 0-1 | ||
20 | Swansea Town | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 58 | 82 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 24 | 57 | .707 | 34 | 2-1 | 1-2 | ||
21 | Brentford | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 40 | 78 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 52 | .513 | 31 | Relegated | 2-1 | 1-1 | |
22 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 40 | 89 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 58 | .449 | 25 | Relegated | 1-1 | 3-1 |
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LEAGUE POSITIONS
GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins
Goal count: | 1 goal | 2 goals | 3 goals | 4 goals | 5+ goals | Scored | 10 times | 10 times | 7 times | 5 times | 3 times | Conceded | 20 times | 11 times | 5 times | 1 time | Won By | 6 times | 8 times | 4 times | 1 time | 1 time | Lost By | 6 times | 3 times | 2 times |
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LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.
Position days | Record against teams in each position | |||||||||||||||
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Forest Pos | Num Days | Opp Pos | P | W | D | L | F | A | Points | Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | Doncaster Rovers (2-2), Leicester City (3-1), Blackburn Rovers (0-1) | 2 | 9 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 7 | 3 | 3 | West Ham United (4-0), Everton (3-3) | 4 | 124 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 51 | 5 | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Leicester City (0-1), Birmingham City (1-1), Birmingham City (2-2) | 6 | 39 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | Lincoln City (2-2) | 8 | 8 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Rotherham United (0-3) | 9 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 4 | 6 | Leeds United (5-2), Fulham (4-1), Doncaster Rovers (3-1) | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | Stoke City (5-4), Bristol Rovers (3-1), Blackburn Rovers (0-2), Stoke City (1-1), Bristol Rovers (0-1) | 11 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 4 | Luton Town (1-0), Leeds United (2-0) | 12 | 12 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | West Ham United (1-1) | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | Derby County (4-2) | 14 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | Rotherham United (4-1) | 15 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 2 | Plymouth Argyle (3-0) | 17 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | 6 | 4 | 6 | Luton Town (2-1), Brentford (1-1), Swansea Town (2-1), Notts County (1-1) | 18 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | 10 | 5 | 7 | Hull City (2-0), Lincoln City (4-2), Bury (2-2), Derby County (2-1) | 19 | 19 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | Swansea Town (1-2), Plymouth Argyle (0-1) | 20 | 20 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | Brentford (2-1) | 21 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | Hull City (0-3), Fulham (1-3), Notts County (5-0), Bury (1-2), Oldham Athletic (1-1),   Manager for all games: Billy Walker League FA Cup
Friendly
Testimonial
TRANSFERS Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.
SQUAD
GOALSCORERSNumber of different scorers: 15
LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR) Home and away victories for the season
LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST) Home and away losses for the season
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