1953–54 Football League
| Season | 1953–54 |
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| Champions | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
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| Season | 1953–54 |
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| Champions | Wolverhampton Wanderers (1st English title) |
| Relegated | Middlesbrough, Liverpool |
| FA Cup winners | West Bromwich Albion (4th FA Cup title) |
| Matches played | 462 |
| Goals scored | 1626 (3.52 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Jimmy Glazzard (Huddersfield Town), 29 |
| Biggest home win |
Charlton –Middlesbrough 8–1 (12 Sep 1953) Wolves –Chelsea 8–1 (26 Sep 1953) |
| Biggest away win | Cardiff –Manchester United 1–6 (14 Nov 1953) |
| Highest scoring | Newcastle –West Brom 3–7 (16 Sep 1953) |
| Longest winning run |
Charlton (6 games) ended 17 October 1953 |
| Longest unbeaten run |
Wolverhampton Wanderers (18 games) ended 12 December 1953 |
| Longest losing run |
Liverpool (5 games) ended 16 September 1953 |
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| Season | 1953–54 |
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| Champions | Leicester City (3rd title) |
| Promoted | Everton |
| Relegated |
Brentford, Oldham Athletic |
| Matches played | 462 |
| Goals scored | 1535 (3.32 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | John Charles (Leeds United), 42 |
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| Season | 1953–54 |
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| Champions | Port Vale (2nd title) |
| Failed re-election | none |
| Matches played | 552 |
| Goals scored | 1587 (2.88 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Alan Ashman (Carlisle United), 30 |
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| Season | 1953–54 |
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| Champions | Ipswich Town (1st title) |
| Failed re-election | none |
| Matches played | 552 |
| Goals scored | 1695 (3.07 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Jack English (Northampton Town), 28 |
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The 1953–1954 season was the 55th completed season of The Football League, which ran from August 1953 until April 1954.
The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, 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.
Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.
During the first five seasons of the league, that is, until the season 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league. From the 1922–23 season on it was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South.
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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