1954–55 Football League

The 1954–55 season was the 56th completed season of The Football League.

The Football League

Season	1954–55
Champions	Chelsea
← 1953–54 1955–56 →

Final league tables

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website^[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,^[2] with home and away statistics separated.

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

From the 1922–23 season, the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South were required to apply for re-election.^[2]

First Division

First Division

Season	1954–55
Champions	Chelsea 1st English title
Relegated	Leicester City Sheffield Wednesday
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,572 (3.4 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ronnie Allen (27 goals)[3]
Biggest home win	Preston North End 7–1 Cardiff City (1 September 1954) Preston North End 6–0 Sheffield Wednesday (30 October 1954)
Biggest away win	Manchester City 1–6 Blackpool (23 April 1955)
Highest scoring	Chelsea 5–6 Manchester United (16 October 1954)
← 1953–54 1955–56 →

Chelsea celebrated their 50th anniversary by winning the First Division title – the first major trophy of their history. They finished four points above runners-up and defending champions Wolverhampton Wanderers, who were level on points with Portsmouth and Sunderland. Manchester United recovered well after a slow start to the season and finished fifth. Leicester City and Sheffield Wednesday went down to the Second Division.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chelsea (C)	42	20	12	10	81	57	1.421	52	Denied entry to the European Cup[a]
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	19	10	13	89	70	1.271	48
3	Portsmouth	42	18	12	12	74	62	1.194	48
4	Sunderland	42	15	18	9	64	54	1.185	48
5	Manchester United	42	20	7	15	84	74	1.135	47
6	Aston Villa	42	20	7	15	72	73	0.986	47
7	Manchester City	42	18	10	14	76	69	1.101	46
8	Newcastle United	42	17	9	16	89	77	1.156	43
9	Arsenal	42	17	9	16	69	63	1.095	43
10	Burnley	42	17	9	16	51	48	1.063	43
11	Everton	42	16	10	16	62	68	0.912	42
12	Huddersfield Town	42	14	13	15	63	68	0.926	41
13	Sheffield United	42	17	7	18	70	86	0.814	41
14	Preston North End	42	16	8	18	83	64	1.297	40
15	Charlton Athletic	42	15	10	17	76	75	1.013	40
16	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	8	18	72	73	0.986	40
17	West Bromwich Albion	42	16	8	18	76	96	0.792	40
18	Bolton Wanderers	42	13	13	16	62	69	0.899	39
19	Blackpool	42	14	10	18	60	64	0.938	38
20	Cardiff City	42	13	11	18	62	76	0.816	37
21	Leicester City (R)	42	12	11	19	74	86	0.860	35	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Sheffield Wednesday (R)	42	8	10	24	63	100	0.630	26

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Chelsea were invited to play at the inaugural European Cup but were barred from participation by The FA.^[4]

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AST	BLP	BOL	BUR	CAR	CHA	CHE	EVE	HUD	LEI	MCI	MUN	NEW	POR	PNE	SHU	SHW	SUN	TOT	WBA	WOL
Arsenal		2–0	3–0	3–0	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	3–5	1–1	2–3	2–3	1–3	0–1	2–0	4–0	3–2	1–3	2–0	2–2	1–1
Aston Villa	2–1		3–1	3–0	3–1	0–2	1–2	3–2	0–2	0–0	2–5	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–3	3–1	0–0	2–2	2–4	3–0	4–2
Blackpool	2–2	0–1		2–3	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	4–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–4	2–0	2–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–0	5–1	3–1	0–2
Bolton Wanderers	2–2	3–3	3–0		0–1	0–0	3–2	2–5	2–0	1–0	4–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	3–0	1–2	2–4	6–1
Burnley	3–0	2–0	0–1	2–0		1–0	3–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–4	0–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–0
Cardiff City	1–2	0–1	1–2	2–2	0–3		4–3	0–1	4–3	1–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	4–2	1–1	2–5	1–1	5–3	0–1	1–2	3–2	3–2
Charlton Athletic	1–1	6–1	3–3	2–0	3–1	4–1		0–2	5–0	2–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–4	3–1	3–0	1–3	1–2	1–3	1–3
Chelsea	1–1	4–0	0–0	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–2		0–2	4–1	3–1	0–2	5–6	4–3	4–1	0–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	3–3	1–0
Everton	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1		4–0	2–2	1–0	4–2	1–2	2–3	1–0	2–3	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	3–2
Huddersfield Town	0–1	1–2	1–3	2–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–1		3–1	0–0	1–3	2–0	2–1	0–4	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–3	2–0
Leicester City	3–3	4–2	2–2	4–0	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–3		0–2	1–0	3–2	4–0	0–1	0–1	4–3	1–1	2–0	6–3	1–2
Manchester City	2–1	2–4	1–6	4–2	0–0	4–1	1–5	1–1	1–0	2–4	2–2		3–2	3–1	1–2	3–1	5–2	2–2	1–0	0–0	4–0	3–0
Manchester United	2–1	0–1	4–1	1–1	1–0	5–2	3–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	0–5		2–2	1–3	2–1	5–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	2–4
Newcastle United	5–1	5–3	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–0	3–1	1–3	4–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–0		2–1	3–3	1–2	5–0	1–2	4–4	3–0	2–3
Portsmouth	2–1	2–2	3–0	1–0	0–2	1–3	2–0	0–0	5–0	4–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	3–1		2–0	6–2	2–1	2–2	0–3	6–1	0–0
Preston North End	3–1	0–3	3–1	2–2	0–1	7–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	2–3	2–4	5–0	0–2	3–3	1–1		1–2	6–0	3–1	1–0	3–1	3–3
Sheffield United	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–3	5–0	1–2	2–5	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–0	6–2	5–2	0–5		1–0	1–0	4–1	1–2	1–2
Sheffield Wednesday	1–2	6–3	2–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–2	4–1	1–0	2–4	2–4	0–3	1–3	2–0	1–2		1–2	2–2	5–0	2–2
Sunderland	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	3–3	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	4–3	4–2	2–2	2–1	2–2	2–0		1–1	4–2	0–0
Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–3	0–2	1–4	2–4	1–3	1–1	5–1	2–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	5–0	7–2	0–1		3–1	3–2
West Bromwich Albion	3–1	2–3	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	2–4	3–3	2–1	6–4	2–1	2–0	4–2	3–1	2–0	3–3	1–2	2–2	1–2		1–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	5–0	1–1	2–1	3–4	1–3	6–4	5–0	2–2	4–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	4–1	4–2	2–0	4–2	4–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Arsenal

Charlton Athletic

Chelsea

Tottenham

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1954–1955

Arsenal

Aston Villa

Blackpool

Bolton

Burnley

Cardiff City

Charlton

Chelsea

Everton

Huddersfield

Leicester City

Manchester City

Manchester United

Newcastle

Portsmouth

Preston North End

Sheffield United

Sheffield Wednesday

Sunderland

Tottenham

West Bromwich Albion

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1954–1955 teams

Second Division

Second Division

Season	1954–55
Champions	Birmingham City
Promoted	Birmingham City Luton Town
Relegated	Ipswich Town Derby County
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Birmingham City
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,597 (3.46 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tommy Briggs (33 goals)[3]
← 1953–54 1955–56 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Birmingham City (C, P)	42	22	10	10	92	47	1.957	54	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup group stage and promotion to the First Division
2	Luton Town (P)	42	23	8	11	88	53	1.660	54	Promotion to the First Division
3	Rotherham United	42	25	4	13	94	64	1.469	54
4	Leeds United	42	23	7	12	70	53	1.321	53
5	Stoke City	42	21	10	11	69	46	1.500	52
6	Blackburn Rovers	42	22	6	14	114	79	1.443	50
7	Notts County	42	21	6	15	74	71	1.042	48
8	West Ham United	42	18	10	14	74	70	1.057	46
9	Bristol Rovers	42	19	7	16	75	70	1.071	45
10	Swansea Town	42	17	9	16	86	83	1.036	43
11	Liverpool	42	16	10	16	92	96	0.958	42
12	Middlesbrough	42	18	6	18	73	82	0.890	42
13	Bury	42	15	11	16	77	72	1.069	41
14	Fulham	42	14	11	17	76	79	0.962	39
15	Nottingham Forest	42	16	7	19	58	62	0.935	39
16	Lincoln City	42	13	10	19	68	79	0.861	36
17	Port Vale	42	12	11	19	48	71	0.676	35
18	Doncaster Rovers	42	14	7	21	58	95	0.611	35
19	Hull City	42	12	10	20	44	69	0.638	34
20	Plymouth Argyle	42	12	7	23	57	82	0.695	31
21	Ipswich Town (R)	42	11	6	25	57	92	0.620	28	Relegation to the Third Division South
22	Derby County (R)	42	7	9	26	53	82	0.646	23	Relegation to the Third Division North

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BIR	BLB	BRR	BRY	DER	DON	FUL	HUL	IPS	LEE	LIN	LIV	LUT	MID	NOT	NTC	PLY	PTV	ROT	STK	SWA	WHU
Birmingham		3–1	2–1	1–3	1–1	4–1	3–2	0–0	4–0	2–0	3–3	9–1	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	7–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–2
Blackburn Rovers	3–3		8–3	1–1	5–2	7–2	3–1	4–0	4–1	1–2	1–0	4–3	0–0	9–0	0–1	4–5	2–2	2–1	4–1	2–0	4–1	5–2
Bristol Rovers	1–1	2–1		2–1	4–1	1–0	4–1	1–0	4–0	5–1	2–2	3–0	3–2	2–2	2–1	1–4	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	7–0	2–4
Bury	0–1	2–1	3–1		2–2	1–4	1–3	4–1	2–1	5–3	3–1	3–4	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	4–1
Derby County	0–0	0–3	1–1	2–3		5–0	3–4	3–0	2–0	2–4	3–0	3–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–2	6–1	2–3	1–2	1–4	0–0
Doncaster Rovers	1–5	1–3	2–2	1–0	2–0		4–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	4–1	0–3	3–1	0–3	4–2	3–2	1–0	0–4	1–1	2–1	2–1
Fulham	2–1	5–1	2–3	0–0	2–0	5–2		0–1	4–1	1–3	3–2	1–2	3–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	5–1	0–0
Hull City	0–3	1–4	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0		4–2	0–2	4–0	2–2	0–4	1–0	2–3	5–2	0–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	4–3	0–1
Ipswich Town	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–3	2–1	5–1	2–4	2–0		1–2	1–2	2–0	3–1	6–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	0–3
Leeds United	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	4–1		2–3	2–2	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	3–0	2–4	0–1	5–2	2–1
Lincoln City	1–1	2–1	0–2	3–2	3–0	5–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	2–0		3–3	1–2	3–3	2–1	1–2	3–2	0–1	2–3	1–4	2–2	2–1
Liverpool	2–2	4–1	5–3	1–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	2–1	6–2	2–2	2–4		4–4	3–1	1–0	3–1	3–3	1–1	3–1	2–4	1–1	1–2
Luton Town	1–0	7–3	2–0	3–2	2–0	3–0	3–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	2–1	3–2		2–0	3–0	3–1	3–1	4–2	4–0	3–1	1–2	2–0
Middlesbrough	2–5	4–3	1–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	4–2	1–2	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–2		1–4	2–0	4–1	2–0	5–1	1–2	4–2	6–0
Nottingham Forest	0–2	1–2	1–0	2–3	3–0	3–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–5	4–2		0–1	2–0	2–3	0–2	0–3	0–0	1–1
Notts County	3–2	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–3	4–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–3	3–3	1–3	4–1		2–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	2–1	5–1
Plymouth Argyle	1–0	0–2	0–1	2–4	1–0	1–2	3–2	1–2	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–3		0–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–1
Port Vale	2–0	0–3	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	4–0	3–0	3–3	0–1	1–3	4–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–0		1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1
Rotherham United	0–2	5–1	6–2	4–2	2–1	2–3	2–3	2–0	3–2	3–0	3–0	6–1	2–0	3–0	3–2	2–0	2–0	3–0		2–1	2–0	2–2
Stoke City	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	3–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	0–1	4–2	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	3–0	3–1	0–0	1–2		4–1	0–2
Swansea Town	0–3	2–3	1–1	1–1	3–0	3–0	2–2	1–0	6–1	2–0	3–1	3–2	2–1	2–0	3–2	3–0	4–2	7–1	2–1	3–5		5–2
West Ham United	2–2	2–5	5–2	3–3	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	0–1	0–3	2–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	6–1	2–0	1–2	3–0	3–3

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Fulham

West Ham

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1954–1955

Birmingham

Blackburn Rovers

Bristol Rovers

Bury

Derby County

Doncaster

Fulham

Hull

Ipswich Town

Leeds United

Lincoln City

Liverpool

Luton Town

Middlesbrough

Nottingham Forest

Notts County

Port Vale

Plymouth Argyle

Rotherham

Stoke

Swansea Town

West Ham

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1954–1955 teams

Third Division North

Football League
Third Division North

Season	1954–55
Champions	Barnsley (3rd title)
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,627 (2.95 per match)
Top goalscorer	Don Travis (Oldham Athletic), Jack Connor (Stockport County), Arthur Bottom (York City), 30 [3]
← 1953–54 1955–56 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Barnsley (C, P)	46	30	5	11	86	46	1.870	65	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Accrington Stanley	46	25	11	10	96	67	1.433	61
3	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	46	23	12	11	81	53	1.528	58
4	York City	46	24	10	12	92	63	1.460	58
5	Hartlepools United	46	25	5	16	64	49	1.306	55
6	Chesterfield	46	24	6	16	81	70	1.157	54
7	Gateshead	46	20	12	14	65	69	0.942	52
8	Workington	46	18	14	14	68	55	1.236	50
9	Stockport County	46	18	12	16	84	70	1.200	48
10	Oldham Athletic	46	19	10	17	74	68	1.088	48
11	Southport	46	16	16	14	47	44	1.068	48
12	Rochdale	46	17	14	15	69	66	1.045	48
13	Mansfield Town	46	18	9	19	65	71	0.915	45
14	Halifax Town	46	15	13	18	63	67	0.940	43
15	Darlington	46	14	14	18	62	73	0.849	42
16	Bradford (Park Avenue)	46	15	11	20	56	70	0.800	41
17	Barrow	46	17	6	23	70	89	0.787	40
18	Wrexham	46	13	12	21	65	77	0.844	38
19	Tranmere Rovers	46	13	11	22	55	70	0.786	37
20	Carlisle United	46	15	6	25	78	89	0.876	36
21	Bradford City	46	13	10	23	47	55	0.855	36
22	Crewe Alexandra	46	10	14	22	68	91	0.747	34
23	Grimsby Town	46	13	8	25	47	78	0.603	34	Re-elected
24	Chester	46	12	9	25	44	77	0.571	33

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	ACC	BAR	BRW	BRA	BPA	CRL	CHE	CHF	CRE	DAR	GAT	GRI	HAL	HAR	MAN	OLD	ROC	SCU	SOU	STP	TRA	WRK	WRE	YOR
Accrington Stanley		2–3	6–3	1–0	4–3	3–2	3–0	4–1	1–0	3–0	6–2	3–0	3–1	2–5	3–2	4–0	5–4	2–1	1–1	0–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–2
Barnsley	1–2		3–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	4–2	3–0	3–1	4–1	3–0	1–3	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	4–1	3–1	4–2	1–0
Barrow	1–2	3–1		3–2	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–3	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–3	0–2	2–2	3–1	4–2	1–3	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–5
Bradford City	0–3	0–2	2–1		1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–4	0–1	2–3	2–1	0–1	2–2	2–3
Bradford Park Avenue	3–2	1–0	3–0	2–0		0–2	3–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–3
Carlisle United	1–0	2–4	4–0	1–0	3–2		1–2	1–2	4–0	0–1	1–2	3–1	4–0	3–2	1–2	5–2	7–2	1–2	2–1	3–3	1–2	0–4	1–0	4–5
Chester	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–2		1–0	3–1	0–2	1–2	1–0	1–3	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–4	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–2
Chesterfield	6–1	3–1	4–1	2–1	1–3	2–1	5–3		0–0	2–0	1–3	1–0	2–1	3–0	4–1	1–3	3–1	2–0	2–1	3–7	2–1	2–0	3–1	0–3
Crewe Alexandra	0–3	1–2	5–1	1–0	2–1	4–1	1–3	2–2		2–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	4–1	2–2	1–1	2–3	4–4	3–0	1–1	2–2	2–3
Darlington	3–3	0–1	3–2	4–0	3–0	1–1	4–1	0–2	2–1		5–1	1–3	1–0	0–1	3–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–2	1–2	2–2	1–0
Gateshead	1–1	0–4	3–1	2–1	3–2	0–0	0–0	1–3	1–0	1–1		1–0	4–0	3–0	4–0	2–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	4–4	3–1	3–2	0–1	1–1
Grimsby Town	2–1	1–3	1–0	1–4	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	0–2	1–1		0–1	1–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–4	0–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–3	2–1
Halifax Town	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	5–3	3–1	2–0	3–3	4–1	4–0	3–2		1–0	1–2	0–0	1–2	3–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	2–2	2–0	3–3
Hartlepool	1–3	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	3–2	1–0		1–2	2–0	3–1	4–2	2–1	2–1	4–0	3–2	3–0	1–0
Mansfield Town	2–2	1–1	0–5	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	4–2	3–1	0–1	3–0	2–1	0–2		1–3	3–2	2–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–2
Oldham Athletic	0–1	4–1	3–2	1–1	5–0	2–1	2–1	4–1	4–0	3–1	1–2	4–0	1–2	0–1	1–1		0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–2
Rochdale	0–0	3–0	4–1	1–2	3–2	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	4–0	0–3	2–2	2–1	2–0	2–1		2–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–1
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	4–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	2–2	5–1	2–0	6–1	2–2		2–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–2
Southport	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	4–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1		1–1	0–0	1–2	1–2	2–2
Stockport County	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	6–0	5–2	3–0	3–2	6–1	3–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–2	2–2	3–2	1–4	4–2	0–2		2–0	0–1	4–0	1–2
Tranmere	3–1	0–1	0–4	2–0	3–3	6–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	3–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	1–2	2–2	1–1		1–1	1–2	1–0
Workington	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–3	1–0	1–1	2–3	3–3	6–1	4–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–2	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	4–1	1–0		2–1	2–1
Wrexham	3–1	3–0	3–0	1–3	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	5–0	2–2	2–0	5–0	1–1	1–4	1–3	2–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–4	1–2	1–1		2–6
York City	1–1	1–3	1–4	0–1	1–2	2–1	5–0	3–2	3–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–3	1–1	4–0	1–0	0–0	3–3

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Accrington Stanley

Barnsley

Barrow

Bradford City

Bradford Park Avenue

Carlisle United

Chester

Chesterfield

Crewe Alexandra

Darlington

Gateshead

Grimsby Town

Halifax

Hartlepool

Mansfield Town

Oldham

Rochdale

Scunthorpe & Lindsey

Southport

Stockport

Tranmere

Workington

Wrexham

York City

Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams 1954–1955

Third Division South

Football League
Third Division South

Season	1954–55
Champions	Bristol City (3rd title)
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,677 (3.04 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ernie Morgan (Gillingham), 31 [3]
← 1953–54 1955–56 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bristol City (C, P)	46	30	10	6	101	47	2.149	70	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Leyton Orient	46	26	9	11	89	47	1.894	61
3	Southampton	46	24	11	11	75	51	1.471	59
4	Gillingham	46	20	15	11	77	66	1.167	55
5	Millwall	46	20	11	15	72	68	1.059	51
6	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	20	10	16	76	63	1.206	50
7	Watford	46	18	14	14	71	62	1.145	50
8	Torquay United	46	18	12	16	82	82	1.000	48
9	Coventry City	46	18	11	17	67	59	1.136	47
10	Southend United	46	17	12	17	83	80	1.038	46
11	Brentford	46	16	14	16	82	82	1.000	46
12	Norwich City	46	18	10	18	60	60	1.000	46
13	Northampton Town	46	19	8	19	73	81	0.901	46
14	Aldershot	46	16	13	17	75	71	1.056	45
15	Queens Park Rangers	46	15	14	17	69	75	0.920	44
16	Shrewsbury Town	46	16	10	20	70	78	0.897	42
17	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	12	18	16	57	65	0.877	42
18	Reading	46	13	15	18	65	73	0.890	41
19	Newport County	46	11	16	19	60	73	0.822	38
20	Crystal Palace	46	11	16	19	52	80	0.650	38
21	Swindon Town	46	11	15	20	46	64	0.719	37
22	Exeter City	46	11	15	20	47	73	0.644	37
23	Walsall	46	10	14	22	75	86	0.872	34	Re-elected
24	Colchester United	46	9	13	24	53	91	0.582	31

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	ALD	B&BA	BRE	B&HA	BRI	COL	COV	CRY	EXE	GIL	LEY	MIL	NPC	NOR	NWC	QPR	REA	SHR	SOU	STD	SWI	TOR	WAL	WAT
Aldershot		1–1	2–3	2–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	3–0	4–2	0–2	0–1	3–0	0–0	3–4	4–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	4–0	3–0
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	4–0		1–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	4–1	2–0	1–2	0–3	0–1	3–3	0–1	1–3	2–2	0–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1
Brentford	1–1	1–3		2–3	2–2	3–2	2–3	3–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–3	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–3	2–2	4–2	4–2	0–2	3–2
Brighton & Hove Albion	5–3	1–1	3–4		0–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	5–3	1–0	1–0	1–2	4–1	2–1	0–1	4–1	3–2	0–0	1–2	2–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	3–1
Bristol City	6–1	2–2	2–1	3–2		4–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–4	5–0	5–1	0–0	5–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	4–1	2–0	3–2	3–0	1–1	5–3	1–0
Colchester United	1–1	3–3	3–2	2–4	0–2		0–1	2–0	1–2	2–2	2–2	0–2	1–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–4	3–5	2–0	0–0	0–2	2–2	1–3
Coventry City	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–3	0–0		4–1	1–1	4–1	2–2	4–1	3–2	0–0	4–0	5–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–4	1–0	0–1	5–3	3–2
Crystal Palace	3–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–0		1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–2	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–1
Exeter City	0–1	1–1	3–2	3–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	2–0		1–1	1–7	1–4	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–0
Gillingham	0–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–1		0–0	1–1	4–2	2–2	2–1	3–1	5–1	3–3	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	3–2	0–1
Leyton Orient	1–5	3–1	0–1	0–0	4–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	5–0	2–2		1–0	1–2	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–0	5–0	4–1	5–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–1
Millwall	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–3	5–2	3–1	5–2	2–2	3–2	1–0		1–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–4	1–0	4–1	1–0	1–0
Newport County	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–3	1–2	2–1		0–1	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	0–1	3–2	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–2
Northampton Town	2–1	5–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	6–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	2–2	0–1	2–2		1–1	1–3	2–6	3–1	2–1	6–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1
Norwich City	4–3	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–2		1–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	3–3	2–1	5–1	2–1	3–1
Queens Park Rangers	5–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	4–1	3–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	2–1		2–3	2–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	4–2	1–1	2–1
Reading	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–2	4–0	2–2	5–0	0–0	2–2	0–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	3–1		1–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	2–2	1–1
Shrewsbury Town	1–0	3–0	2–2	3–0	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–2	3–0	4–0	2–1	1–0	2–3		3–1	2–3	7–0	3–2	2–2	2–1
Southampton	1–1	0–0	6–4	3–2	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–2	3–0	3–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–1		3–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–0
Southend	0–1	2–2	3–2	4–0	3–2	4–2	1–0	3–2	0–0	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	4–1	4–1	2–2	0–0	4–1	0–1		4–1	1–2	2–1	1–3
Swindon Town	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–3	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–1		0–0	2–2	6–1
Torquay United	2–2	0–1	4–2	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–3	2–7	4–2	2–3	5–2	2–0	3–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	4–1	1–1		2–0	2–2
Walsall	2–2	6–1	2–2	0–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–4	1–0	0–1	1–4	1–1	3–3	6–1	2–1	4–1	4–0	4–0	0–0	4–1	1–2	2–4		0–1
Watford	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–2	2–0	1–0	7–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	5–3	3–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	4–1	4–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Brentford

Leyton Orient

Crystal Palace

Millwall

Queens Park Rangers

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams 1954–1955

Aldershot

Bournemouth

Brentford

Brighton & Hove

Bristol City

Colchester

Coventry

Crystal Palace

Exeter City

Gillingham

Leyton Orient

Millwall

Newport County

Norwich City

Northampton Town

QPR

Reading

Shrewsbury

Southampton

Southend

Swindon

Torquay

Walsall

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams 1954–1955

See also

• 1954-55 in English football