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First team 1952-53 - Football League : Division Three (North)

Results   Pos Team   Pl   Home Matches   Away Matches   GA/GD   Pts
Home Away W D L F A W D L F A
1-1 1-1   1 Oldham Athletic   46   15 4 4 48 21   7 11 5 29 24   1.71   59
0-2 0-2   2 Port Vale   46   13 9 1 41 10   7 9 7 26 25   1.91   58
3-1 2-5   3 Wrexham [wal]   46   18 3 2 59 24   6 5 12 27 42   1.30   56
1-1 0-3   4 York City   46   14 5 4 35 16   6 8 9 25 29   1.33   53
2-2 1-0   5 Grimsby Town   46   15 5 3 47 19   6 5 12 28 40   1.27   52
3-0 0-3   6 Southport   46   16 4 3 42 18   4 7 12 21 42   1.05   51
2-0 1-1   7 Bradford (Park Avenue)   46   10 8 5 37 23   9 4 10 38 38   1.23   50
3-1 0-2   8 Gateshead   46   13 6 4 51 24   4 9 10 25 36   1.27   49
3-0 1-2   9 Carlisle United   46   13 7 3 57 24   5 6 12 25 44   1.21   49
2-4 0-2   10 Crewe Alexandra   46   13 5 5 46 28   7 3 13 24 40   1.03   48
x x   11 Stockport County   46   13 8 2 61 26   4 5 14 21 43   1.19   47
4-1 1-2   12 Chesterfield   46   13 6 4 40 23   5 5 13 25 40   1.03   47
3-2 0-1   13 Tranmere Rovers   46   16 4 3 45 16   5 1 17 20 47   1.03   47
1-1 0-3   14 Halifax Town   46   13 5 5 47 31   3 10 10 21 37   1.00   47
1-1 2-2   15 Scunthorpe United   46   10 6 7 38 21   6 8 9 24 35   1.11   46
6-1 0-3   16 Bradford City   46   14 7 2 54 29   0 11 12 21 51   0.94   46
1-1 2-0   17 Hartlepools United   46   14 6 3 39 16   2 8 13 18 45   0.93   46
2-2 2-2   18 Mansfield Town   46   11 9 3 34 25   5 5 13 21 37   0.89   46
6-1 0-1   19 Barrow   46   15 6 2 48 20   1 6 16 18 51   0.93   44
4-1 0-4   20 Chester   46   10 7 6 39 27   1 8 14 25 58   0.75   37
2-2 0-1   21 Darlington   46   13 4 6 33 27   1 2 20 25 69   0.60   34
2-0 2-2   22 Rochdale   46   12 5 6 41 27   2 0 21 21 56   0.75   33
6-0 2-0   23 Workington   46   9 5 9 40 33   2 5 16 15 58   0.60   32
3-1 4-1   24 Accrington Stanley   46   7 9 7 25 29   1 2 20 14 60   0.44   27
     
Date Opponents Comp FT Scorers
Sat 16 Aug H Whites v Blues TR 2-4 Oliver A, Connor
Sat 23 Aug H Chester LG 4-1 Cocker 2, Weigh, Oliver A
Mon 25 Aug A Barrow LG 0-1  
Sat 30 Aug A Scunthorpe U LG 2-2 Connor, Weigh
Mon 1 Sep H Barrow LG 6-1 Black 2, Connor 2, Weigh 2,1p
Sat 6 Sep A Wrexham LG 2-5 Cocker 2
Mon 8 Sep A Port Vale LG 0-2  
Sat 13 Sep H Bradford C LG 6-1 Black 2, Connor, Moran 3
Mon 15 Sep H Port Vale LG 0-2  
Sat 20 Sep A Rochdale LG 2-2 Connor, Oliver A 1p
Mon 22 Sep H Halifax T LG 1-1 Moran
Sat 27 Sep H Darlington LG 2-2 Black, Moran
Mon 29 Sep H Carlisle U LG 3-0 Black, Weigh 2,1p
Sat 4 Oct A Gateshead LG 0-2  
Sat 11 Oct H Grimsby T LG 2-2 Black, Connor
Sat 18 Oct A York C LG 0-3  
Sat 25 Oct H Tranmere Rov LG 3-2 Black, Connor, Bodle
Sat 1 Nov A Chesterfield LG 1-2 Connor
Sat 8 Nov H Workington LG 6-0 Black, Connor 5
Sat 15 Nov A Accrington Stan LG 4-1 Cocker, Connor, Bodle, Oliver A
Sat 22 Nov A North Shields FA 6-3 Connor 3, Bodle 2, Oliver A
Sat 29 Nov A Mansfield T LG 2-2 Black 2
Sat 6 Dec H Gillingham FA 3-1 Connor, Bodle 1p, Oliver A
Sat 13 Dec A Bradford (PA) LG 1-1 Bodle
Sat 20 Dec A Chester LG 0-4  
Thu 25 Dec H Hartlepools U LG 1-1 Connor
Sat 27 Dec A Hartlepools U LG 2-0 Connor, Bodle 1p
Thu 1 Jan A Carlisle U LG 1-2 Bodle
Sat 3 Jan H Scunthorpe U LG 1-1 Connor
Sat 10 Jan A Walthamstow Ave FA 1-2 Moran
Wed 14 Jan A Crewe Alex LG 0-2  
Sat 17 Jan H Wrexham LG 3-1 Connor 3
Sat 24 Jan A Bradford C LG 0-3  
Sat 31 Jan H Crewe Alex LG 2-4 Black, Weigh
Sat 7 Feb H Rochdale LG 2-0 Crosby, Connor
Sat 21 Feb H Gateshead LG 3-1 Bodle, Weigh 2
Sat 28 Feb A Grimsby T LG 1-0 Weigh
Sat 7 Mar H York C LG 1-1 Murray
Sat 14 Mar A Tranmere Rov LG 0-1  
Sat 21 Mar H Chesterfield LG 4-1 Oliver A 2, Connor, Weigh
Wed 25 Mar H Tranmere Rov CM 3-1 Finney, Bodle, Weigh
Sat 28 Mar A Workington LG 2-0 Oliver A, Connor
Fri 3 Apr A Southport LG 0-3  
Sat 4 Apr H Accrington Stan LG 3-1 Connor, Weigh 2
Mon 6 Apr H Southport LG 3-0 Connor 2, Barratt og
Sat 11 Apr A Halifax T LG 0-3  
Mon 13 Apr H Oldham Ath LG 1-1 McGlen og
Sat 18 Apr H Mansfield T LG 2-2 Clempson, Moran
Mon 20 Apr A Darlington LG 0-1  
Sat 25 Apr A Oldham Ath LG 1-1 Weigh
Mon 27 Apr H Managers XI FR 5-5 Broome 4, Herd
Wed 29 Apr H Bradford (PA) LG 2-0 Connor, Clempson
Sat 2 May H Chester CM 3-1 Bodle 1p, Finney, Oliver A

First Team 1952-53 Appearance and Goal Totals

Appearance totals for non senior competitions may not be complete

  LG FA CM FR TR
App Gls App Gls App Gls App Gls App Sub Gls
Tommy Bell 31 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1   0
Andy Black 25 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 1   0
Harold Bodle 29 6 3 3 2 2 0 0 0   0
Jack Bowles 23 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1   0
Frank Broome 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0   0
Harry Catterick 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0   0
Frank Clempson 13 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0   0
Les Cocker 19 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 1   0
Jack Connor 45 27 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Geoff Crosby 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0
Albert Emptage 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0
Ron Evans 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0   0
Ken Finney 9 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0   0
Bev Glover 19 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0   0
Keith Goalen 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0
David Herd 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0   0
R Hinchcliffe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Ken Hodder 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Fred Kenny 32 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1   0
Billy McCulloch 45 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1   0
Joe Mercer 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0   0
Jack Monks 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0   0
Eddie Moran 18 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 1   0
Bob Murray 35 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0   0
Allen Oliver 39 6 3 2 2 1 1 0 1   1
Alex Paterson 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1   0
Laurie Platts 15 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0   0
Len Rowland 18 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0   0
Roy Vairy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dennis Ward 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0   0
Ray Weigh 30 14 0 0 1 1 1 0 1   0
Gordon Wilmott 25 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1   0