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First team 1953-54 - 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 0-7   1 Port Vale   46   16 7 0 48 5   10 10 3 26 16   3.52   69
3-0 1-4   2 Barnsley   46   16 3 4 54 24   8 7 8 23 33   1.35   58
1-1 0-2   3 Scunthorpe United   46   14 7 2 49 24   7 8 8 28 32   1.38   57
0-1 2-4   4 Gateshead   46   15 4 4 49 22   6 9 8 25 33   1.35   55
5-0 1-1   5 Bradford City   46   15 6 2 40 14   7 3 13 20 41   1.09   53
6-1 0-4   6 Chesterfield   46   13 6 4 41 19   6 8 9 35 45   1.19   52
3-2 1-3   7 Mansfield Town   46   15 5 3 59 22   5 6 12 29 45   1.31   51
2-2 0-1   8 Wrexham [wal]   46   16 4 3 59 19   5 5 13 22 49   1.19   51
4-1 2-3   9 Bradford (Park Avenue)   46   13 6 4 57 31   5 8 10 20 37   1.13   50
x x   10 Stockport County   46   14 6 3 57 20   4 5 14 20 47   1.15   47
1-1 2-1   11 Southport   46   12 5 6 41 26   5 7 11 22 34   1.05   46
5-1 0-1   12 Barrow   46   12 7 4 46 26   4 5 14 26 45   1.01   44
3-2 0-2   13 Carlisle United   46   10 8 5 53 27   4 7 12 30 44   1.17   43
6-0 2-2   14 Tranmere Rovers   46   11 4 8 40 34   7 3 13 19 36   0.84   43
1-1 1-2   15 Accrington Stanley   46   12 7 4 41 22   4 3 16 25 52   0.89   42
1-0 5-1   16 Crewe Alexandra   46   9 8 6 30 26   5 5 13 19 41   0.73   41
3-2 0-1   17 Grimsby Town   46   14 5 4 31 15   2 4 17 20 62   0.66   41
1-0 0-6   18 Hartlepools United   46   10 8 5 40 21   3 6 14 19 44   0.91   40
1-2 0-0   19 Rochdale   46   12 5 6 40 20   3 5 15 19 57   0.77   40
2-0 0-0   20 Workington   46   10 9 4 36 22   3 5 15 23 58   0.74   40
2-0 0-1   21 Darlington   46   11 3 9 31 27   1 11 11 19 44   0.70   38
0-1 0-0   22 York City   46   8 7 8 39 32   4 6 13 25 54   0.74   37
1-1 1-0   23 Halifax Town   46   9 6 8 26 21   3 4 16 18 52   0.60   34
5-0 2-1   24 Chester   46   10 7 6 39 22   1 3 19 9 45   0.72   32
     
Date Opponents Comp FT Scorers
Tue 29 Jul H Whites v Blues TR -  
Thu 6 Aug H Whites v Blues TR 1-3 Connor
Wed 19 Aug H Southport LG 1-1 Finney
Sat 22 Aug A Accrington Stan LG 1-2 Clempson
Mon 24 Aug H Halifax T LG 1-1 Clempson
Sat 29 Aug H Grimsby T LG 3-2 Clempson 2, Oliver
Mon 31 Aug A Halifax T LG 1-0 Finney
Sat 5 Sep A York C LG 0-0  
Mon 7 Sep H Carlisle U LG 3-2 Connor 3
Sat 12 Sep A Rochdale LG 0-0  
Tue 15 Sep A Carlisle U LG 0-2  
Sat 19 Sep H Wrexham LG 2-2 Murray, Clempson
Mon 21 Sep H Tranmere Rov LG 6-0 Connor 3, Clempson 2, Weigh
Sat 26 Sep A Mansfield T LG 1-3 Connor
Tue 29 Sep A Tranmere Rov LG 2-2 Murray, Connor
Sat 3 Oct H Barrow LG 5-1 Murray 2, Connor, Weigh, Wilson B og
Sat 10 Oct H Workington LG 2-0 Murray, Connor
Tue 13 Oct A Ashton U FR 5-3 Connor 4, Oliver
Sat 17 Oct A Gateshead LG 2-4 Connor, Clempson
Sat 24 Oct H Hartlepools U LG 1-0 Weigh
Sat 31 Oct A Darlington LG 0-1  
Sat 7 Nov H Barnsley LG 3-0 Moran, Connor 2
Sat 14 Nov A Bradford (PA) LG 2-3 Connor 2
Sat 21 Nov H Chester FA 4-2 Connor 3, Clempson
Sat 28 Nov A Crewe Alex LG 5-1 Connor 3, Clempson 1p, Oliver
Sat 5 Dec H Chester LG 5-0 Moran, Connor 3, Clempson 1p
Sat 12 Dec H Workington FA 2-1 Connor, Cushin og
Sat 19 Dec H Accrington Stan LG 1-1 Connor
Fri 25 Dec H Chesterfield LG 6-1 Murray 2, Moran, Connor 2, Oliver
Sat 26 Dec A Chesterfield LG 0-4  
Mon 28 Dec H Wigan Ath FR 5-1 Evans 1p, Corfield, Kay, Anderson P, Wright
Sat 2 Jan A Grimsby T LG 0-1  
Sat 9 Jan H Headington U FA 0-0  
Thu 14 Jan A Headington U FA 0-1  
Sat 16 Jan H York C LG 0-1  
Sat 23 Jan H Rochdale LG 1-2 Murray
Sat 6 Feb A Wrexham LG 0-1  
Sat 13 Feb H Mansfield T LG 3-2 Clempson, Connor 2
Sat 20 Feb A Barrow LG 0-1  
Sat 27 Feb A Workington LG 0-0  
Sat 6 Mar H Gateshead LG 0-1  
Wed 10 Mar H Scunthorpe U LG 1-1 Weigh
Sat 13 Mar A Hartlepools U LG 0-6  
Sat 20 Mar H Darlington LG 2-0 Weigh, Howe og
Sat 27 Mar A Barnsley LG 1-4 Herd
Wed 31 Mar H Joint Services XI FR 4-1 Ward 2, Goalen 2
Thu 1 Apr A Scunthorpe U LG 0-2  
Sat 3 Apr H Bradford (PA) LG 4-1 Connor 2, Herd, Carlin og
Sat 10 Apr A Port Vale LG 0-7  
Fri 16 Apr H Bradford C LG 5-0 Kennedy 1p, Murray, Connor 2, Hepplewhite og
Sat 17 Apr H Crewe Alex LG 1-0 Herd
Tue 20 Apr A Bradford C LG 1-1 Weigh
Sat 24 Apr A Chester LG 2-1 Herd 2
Mon 26 Apr H Port Vale LG 1-1 Weigh
Wed 28 Apr A Southport LG 2-1 Moran 2
Thu 29 Apr H Huddersfield T FR 3-3  

First Team 1953-54 Appearance and Goal Totals

Appearance totals for non senior competitions may not be complete

  LG FA FR TR
App Gls App Gls App Gls App Sub Gls
Chris Anderson 34 0 3 0 1 0 0   0
Percy Anderson 1 0 0 0 1 1 0   0
Don Ashe 2 0 0 0 0 0 1   0
George Ashfield 0 0 0 0 1 0 0   0
Andy Black 0 0 0 0 0 0 1   0
Frank Clempson 37 11 4 1 0 0 1   0
Andy Connell 0 0 0 0 1 0 0   0
Jack Connor 42 30 4 4 1 4 1   1
Ernie Corfield 2 0 1 0 1 1 1   0
Geoff Crosby 1 0 0 0 1 0 0   0
Ron Evans 3 0 0 0 1 1 1   0
Ken Finney 5 2 0 0 0 0 1   0
Bryan Fletcher 0 0 0 0 1 0 0   0
Bev Glover 2 0 0 0 2 0 0   0
Keith Goalen 1 0 0 0 2 2 0   0
David Herd 12 5 0 0 0 0 0   0
Dennis Herod 33 0 4 0 0 0 0   0
Bert Hession 0 0 0 0 1 0 0   0
John Higgins 0 0 0 0 2 0 0   0
Ken Hodder 4 0 0 0 0 0 1   0
Joe Jarvis 0 0 0 0 2 0 0   0
Jimmy Kay 0 0 0 0 2 1 1   0
Gordon Kennedy 20 1 0 0 0 0 0   0
Fred Kenny 24 0 1 0 0 0 1   0
Billy McCulloch 38 0 4 0 1 0 1   0
Eddie Moran 12 5 4 0 1 0 2   0
Bob Murray 43 9 4 0 0 0 1   0
Maurice O'Donnell 0 0 0 0 1 0 0   0
Allen Oliver 32 3 4 0 1 1 2   0
Keith Pendlebury 2 0 0 0 0 0 0   0
George Pilkington 46 0 4 0 1 0 1   0
Laurie Platts 13 0 0 0 1 0 2   0
Len Rowland 30 0 3 0 1 0 1   0
Joe Turner 0 0 0 0 1 0 0   0
Roy Vairy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Walsh 0 0 0 0 1 0 0   0
Ronnie Ward 2 0 0 0 1 2 0   0
Ray Weigh 24 7 0 0 0 0 0   0
Gordon Wilmott 40 0 4 0 1 0 1   0
Monty Wright 1 0 0 0 2 1 1   0