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England 1952-53

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First Division
P W D L GF GA GR Pts
1. Arsenal 42 21 12 9 97 64 1.516 54
2. Preston North End 42 21 12 9 85 60 1.417 54
3. Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 19 13 10 86 63 1.365 51
4. West Bromwich Albion 42 21 8 13 66 60 1.100 50
5. Charlton Athletic 42 19 11 12 77 63 1.222 49
6. Burnley 42 18 12 12 67 52 1.288 48
7. Blackpool 42 19 9 14 71 70 1.014 47
8. Manchester United 42 18 10 14 69 72 0.958 46
9. Sunderland 42 15 13 14 68 82 0.829 43
10. Tottenham Hotspur 42 15 11 16 78 69 1.130 41
11. Aston Villa 42 14 13 15 63 61 1.033 41
12. Cardiff City 42 14 12 16 54 46 1.174 40
13. Middlesbrough 42 14 11 17 70 77 0.909 39
14. Bolton Wanderers 42 15 9 18 61 69 0.884 39
15. Portsmouth 42 14 10 18 74 83 0.892 38
16. Newcastle United 42 14 9 19 59 70 0.843 37
17. Liverpool 42 14 8 20 61 82 0.744 36
18. Sheffield Wednesday 42 12 11 19 62 72 0.861 35
19. Chelsea 42 12 11 19 56 66 0.848 35
20. Manchester City 42 14 7 21 72 87 0.828 35
21. Stoke City 42 12 10 20 53 66 0.803 34
22. Derby County 42 11 10 21 59 74 0.797 32

Second Division
P W D L GF GA GR Pts
3. Luton Town 42 22 8 12 84 49 1.714 52
4. Plymouth Argyle 42 20 9 13 65 60 1.083 49
5. Leicester City 42 18 12 12 89 74 1.203 48
6. Birmingham City 42 19 10 13 71 66 1.076 48
7. Nottingham Forest 42 18 8 16 77 67 1.149 44
8. Fulham 42 17 10 15 81 71 1.141 44
9. Blackburn Rovers 42 18 8 16 68 65 1.046 44
10. Leeds United 42 14 15 13 71 63 1.127 43
11. Swansea Town 42 15 12 15 78 81 0.963 42
12. Rotherham United 42 16 9 17 75 74 1.014 41
13. Doncaster Rovers 42 12 16 14 58 64 0.906 40
14. West Ham United 42 13 13 16 58 60 0.967 39
15. Lincoln City 42 11 17 14 64 71 0.901 39
16. Everton 42 12 14 16 71 75 0.947 38
17. Brentford 42 13 11 18 59 76 0.776 37
18. Hull City 42 14 8 20 57 69 0.826 36
19. Notts County 42 14 8 20 60 88 0.682 36
20. Bury 42 13 9 20 53 81 0.654 35
21. Southampton 42 10 13 19 68 85 0.800 33
22. Barnsley 42 5 8 29 47 108 0.435 18

Third Division North
P W D L GF GA GR Pts
2. Port Vale 46 20 18 8 67 35 1.914 58
3. Wrexham 46 24 8 14 86 66 1.303 56
4. York City 46 20 13 13 60 45 1.333 53
5. Grimsby Town 46 21 10 15 75 59 1.271 52
6. Southport 46 20 11 15 63 60 1.050 51
7. Bradford (Park Avenue) 46 19 12 15 75 61 1.230 50
8. Gateshead 46 17 15 14 76 60 1.267 49
9. Carlisle United 46 18 13 15 82 68 1.206 49
10. Crewe Alexandra 46 20 8 18 70 68 1.029 48
11. Stockport County 46 17 13 16 82 69 1.188 47
12. Chesterfield 46 18 11 17 65 63 1.032 47
13. Tranmere Rovers 46 21 5 20 65 63 1.032 47
14. Halifax Town A.F.C. 46 16 15 15 68 68 1.000 47
15. Scunthorpe & Lindsey United 46 16 14 16 62 56 1.107 46
16. Bradford City 46 14 18 14 75 80 0.938 46
17. Hartlepools United 46 16 14 16 57 61 0.934 46
18. Mansfield Town 46 16 14 16 55 62 0.887 46
19. Barrow 46 16 12 18 66 71 0.930 44
20. Chester 46 11 15 20 64 85 0.753 37
21. Darlington 46 14 6 26 58 96 0.604 34
22. Rochdale 46 14 5 27 62 83 0.747 33
23. Workington 46 11 10 25 55 91 0.604 32
24. Accrington Stanley 46 8 11 27 39 89 0.438 27

Third Division South
P W D L GF GA GR Pts
2. Millwall 46 24 14 8 82 44 1.864 62
3. Northampton Town 46 26 10 10 109 70 1.557 62
4. Norwich City 46 25 10 11 99 55 1.800 60
5. Bristol City 46 22 15 9 95 61 1.557 59
6. Coventry City 46 19 12 15 77 62 1.242 50
7. Brighton & Hove Albion 46 19 12 15 81 75 1.080 50
8. Southend United 46 18 13 15 69 74 0.932 49
9. Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 46 19 9 18 74 69 1.072 47
10. Watford 46 15 17 14 62 63 0.984 47
11. Reading 46 19 8 19 69 64 1.078 46
12. Torquay United 46 18 9 19 87 88 0.989 45
13. Crystal Palace 46 15 13 18 66 82 0.805 43
14. Leyton Orient 46 16 10 20 68 73 0.932 42
15. Newport County 46 16 10 20 70 82 0.854 42
16. Ipswich Town 46 13 15 18 60 69 0.870 41
17. Exeter City 46 13 14 19 61 71 0.859 40
18. Swindon Town 46 14 12 20 64 79 0.810 40
19. Aldershot 46 12 15 19 61 77 0.792 39
20. Queens Park Rangers 46 12 15 19 61 82 0.744 39
21. Gillingham 46 12 15 19 55 74 0.743 39
22. Colchester United 46 12 14 20 59 76 0.776 38
23. Shrewsbury Town 46 12 12 22 68 91 0.747 36
24. Walsall 46 7 10 29 56 118 0.475 24
Shrewsbury Town & Walsall re-elected into the Football League.

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