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SEASON: 1952-53

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DIVISION:: English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Billy Walker
FA Cup:: 4th Round (Everton (A) 1-4)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Wally Ardron (21 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	15 times	8 times	7 times	4 times	2 times
Conceded	11 times	11 times	10 times	2 times
Won By	10 times	3 times	5 times		1 time
Lost By	9 times	5 times	3 times

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 39,282
Lowest League Attendance:: 7,432
Average League Attendance:: 22,816
Highest Cup Attendance:: 0
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 0

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 10
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

DIVISION TWO								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA*	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Sheffield United	42	25	10	7	97	55	15	3	3	60	27	10	7	4	37	28	1.764	60	Promoted as Champions	1-1	0-2
2	Huddersfield Town	42	24	10	8	84	33	14	4	3	51	14	10	6	5	33	19	2.545	58	Promoted	1-0	2-1
3	Luton Town	42	22	8	12	84	49	15	1	5	53	17	7	7	7	31	32	1.714	52		4-3	0-3
4	Plymouth Argyle	42	20	9	13	65	60	12	5	4	37	24	8	4	9	28	36	1.083	49		3-1	3-0
5	Leicester City	42	18	12	12	89	74	13	6	2	55	29	5	6	10	34	45	1.203	48		1-3	1-1
6	Birmingham City	42	19	10	13	71	66	11	3	7	44	38	8	7	6	27	28	1.076	48		0-2	5-0
7	Nottingham Forest	42	18	8	16	77	67	11	5	5	46	32	7	3	11	31	35	1.149	44
8	Fulham	42	17	10	15	81	71	14	1	6	52	28	3	9	9	29	43	1.141	44		0-1	1-0
9	Blackburn Rovers	42	18	8	16	68	65	12	4	5	40	20	6	4	11	28	45	1.046	44		1-2	1-2
10	Leeds United	42	14	15	13	71	63	13	4	4	42	24	1	11	9	29	39	1.127	43		2-1	1-2
11	Swansea Town	42	15	12	15	78	81	10	9	2	45	26	5	3	13	33	55	.963	42		6-4	1-2
12	Rotherham United	42	16	9	17	75	74	9	7	5	41	30	7	2	12	34	44	1.014	41		4-3	3-2
13	Doncaster Rovers	42	12	16	14	58	64	9	9	3	26	17	3	7	11	32	47	.906	40		2-2	0-1
14	West Ham United	42	13	13	16	58	60	9	5	7	38	28	4	8	9	20	32	.967	39		0-0	2-3
15	Lincoln City	42	11	17	14	64	71	9	9	3	41	26	2	8	11	23	45	.901	39		1-1	3-2
16	Everton	42	12	14	16	71	75	9	8	4	38	23	3	6	12	33	52	.947	38		3-3	0-3
17	Brentford	42	13	11	18	59	76	8	8	5	38	29	5	3	13	21	47	.776	37		3-0	1-1
18	Hull City	42	14	8	20	57	69	11	6	4	36	19	3	2	16	21	50	.826	36		4-1	1-3
19	Notts County	42	14	8	20	60	88	11	5	5	41	31	3	3	15	19	57	.682	36		1-0	2-3
20	Bury	42	13	9	20	53	81	10	6	5	33	30	3	3	15	20	51	.654	35		4-1	0-2
21	Southampton	42	10	13	19	68	85	5	7	9	45	44	5	6	10	23	41	.800	33	Relegated	2-3	2-2
22	Barnsley	42	5	8	29	47	108	4	4	13	31	46	1	4	16	16	62	.435	18	Relegated	3-0	2-0

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Notes
1	Sat Aug 23, 1952	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-2	Loss	26,985	14	Scott (?)
2	Wed Aug 27, 1952	Barnsley	A	2-0	Win	14,186	9	Moore (?), Ardron (?)
3	Sat Aug 30, 1952	Notts County	A	2-3	Loss	39,920	15	Scott (?), Ardron (?)
4	Wed Sep 03, 1952	Barnsley	H	3-0	Win	19,009	8	Moore (?), Capel (?), Collindridge (?)
5	Sat Sep 06, 1952	Everton	A	0-3	Loss	34,254	13
6	Wed Sep 10, 1952	Lincoln City	A	3-2	Win	21,726	7	Ardron (?), Capel (?), Collindridge (?)
7	Sat Sep 13, 1952	Brentford	H	3-0	Win	26,923	8	Ardron (?, ?), Collindridge (?)
8	Wed Sep 17, 1952	Lincoln City	H	1-1	Draw	24,159	6	Capel (?)
9	Sat Sep 20, 1952	Doncaster Rovers	A	0-1	Loss	16,645	10
10	Mon Sep 22, 1952	Sheffield United	A	0-2	Loss	26,455	10
11	Sat Sep 27, 1952	Swansea Town	H	6-4	Win	18,035	8	Burkitt (?), Moore (?, ?), Ardron (?, ?), Collindridge (?)
12	Sat Oct 04, 1952	Huddersfield Town	A	2-1	Win	27,813	6	Whare (?), Capel (?)
13	Sat Oct 11, 1952	Leicester City	H	1-3	Loss	39,282	10	Capel (?)
14	Sat Oct 18, 1952	West Ham United	A	2-3	Loss	21,444	12	Ardron (?), Collindridge (?)
15	Sat Oct 25, 1952	Fulham	H	0-1	Loss	20,979	12
16	Sat Nov 01, 1952	Rotherham United	A	3-2	Win	19,488	10	Leverton (?), Collindridge (?, ?)
17	Sat Nov 08, 1952	Plymouth Argyle	H	3-1	Win	23,956	9	Scott (?), Leverton (?), Capel (?)
18	Sat Nov 22, 1952	Luton Town	H	4-3	Win	22,924	9	Burkitt (?), Leverton (?), Martin (?), Collindridge (?)
19	Sat Nov 29, 1952	Birmingham City	A	5-0	Win	17,794	8	Moore (?), Ardron (?, ?, ?), Collindridge (?)
20	Sat Dec 06, 1952	Bury	H	4-1	Win	19,686	7	Scott (?, ?), Ardron (?), Collindridge (?)
21	Sat Dec 13, 1952	Southampton	A	2-2	Draw	14,216	6	Scott (?), Ardron (?)
22	Sat Dec 20, 1952	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-2	Loss	12,794	7	Leverton (?)
23	Fri Dec 26, 1952	Hull City	H	4-1	Win	25,363	6	Ardron (?, ?, ?, ?)
24	Sat Dec 27, 1952	Hull City	A	1-3	Loss	22,838	7	Moore (?)
25	Sat Jan 03, 1953	Notts County	H	1-0	Win	38,002	6	Moore (?)
26	Sat Jan 17, 1953	Everton	H	3-3	Draw	22,298	6	Ardron (?), Capel (?, ?)
27	Sat Jan 24, 1953	Brentford	A	1-1	Draw	15,110	6	Gager (?)
28	Sat Feb 07, 1953	Doncaster Rovers	H	2-2	Draw	16,857	7	Martin (?), Pateron (? OG)
29	Sat Feb 14, 1953	Swansea Town	A	1-2	Loss	15,946	8	Moore (?)
30	Sat Feb 21, 1953	Huddersfield Town	H	1-0	Win	25,224	8	Martin (?)
31	Sat Feb 28, 1953	Leicester City	A	1-1	Draw	27,009	8	Moore (?)
32	Sat Mar 07, 1953	West Ham United	H	0-0	Draw	18,088	8
33	Sat Mar 14, 1953	Fulham	A	1-0	Win	22,892	5	Taylor (? OG)
34	Sat Mar 21, 1953	Rotherham United	H	4-3	Win	18,225	5	Burkitt (?), Moore (?), Ardron (?, ?)
35	Sat Mar 28, 1953	Plymouth Argyle	A	3-0	Win	14,581	4	French (?), Leverton (?), Ardron (?)
36	Sat Apr 04, 1953	Leeds United	H	2-1	Win	18,734	4	Burkitt (?), Leverton (?)
37	Mon Apr 06, 1953	Sheffield United	H	1-1	Draw	30,630	4	Collindridge (?)
38	Sat Apr 11, 1953	Luton Town	A	0-3	Loss	18,599	5
39	Sat Apr 18, 1953	Birmingham City	H	0-2	Loss	16,353	6
40	Wed Apr 22, 1953	Leeds United	A	1-2	Loss	11,497	6	Moore (?)
41	Sat Apr 25, 1953	Bury	A	0-2	Loss	10,647	7
42	Wed Apr 29, 1953	Southampton	H	2-3	Loss	7,432	7	Capel (?), Collindridge (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Sat Jan 10, 1953	Mansfield Town	3			A	1-0	Win	-	Moore (?)
Sat Jan 31, 1953	Everton	4			A	1-4	Loss	48,904	Capel (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Sat Nov 15, 1952	Leeds United	England	A	0-0		-
Wed Apr 15, 1953	Clyde	Scotland	H	6-0	Win	-	? (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
Thu Apr 30, 1953	Mansfield Town	England	A	1-1	Draw	-	? (?)

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Harry Walker	44	19	8	17
D		Bob McKinlay	3	1	1	1
D		Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	20	6	3	11
D		Horace Gager	43	19	7	17	1
D		James Clarke	10	2		8
M		Alan Orr	3			3
M		Bill Whare	27	13	7	7	1
M		Jack Burkitt	44	19	8	17	4
M		Jack Hutchinson	31	17	6	8
M		Wally Ardron	32	16	7	9	21
F		Alan Moore	31	13	5	13	12
F		Arthur Lemon	3	1	2
F		Collin Collindridge	42	18	7	17	12
F		Freddie Scott	30	14	3	13	6
F		Jack French	29	13	7	9	1
F		Noel Kelly	5	2	1	2
F		Roland 'Tot' Leverton	22	11	2	9	6
F		Sid Thompson	2	1		1
F		Tom Martin	20	8	6	6	3
F		Tommy Capel	30	11	5	14	10
F		Tommy Wilson	5	1	2	2
F		William Morley	8	4	1	3

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
21	Wally Ardron	32
12	Alan Moore	31
12	Collin Collindridge	42
10	Tommy Capel	30
6	Freddie Scott	30
6	Roland 'Tot' Leverton	22
4	Jack Burkitt	44
3	Tom Martin	20
1	Bill Whare	27
1	Horace Gager	43
1	Jack French	29

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1952-53

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Barnsley	Wed Aug 27, 1952	A	2-0	Wed Sep 03, 1952	H	3-0
Huddersfield Town	Sat Oct 04, 1952	A	2-1	Sat Feb 21, 1953	H	1-0
Plymouth Argyle	Sat Nov 08, 1952	H	3-1	Sat Mar 28, 1953	A	3-0
Rotherham United	Sat Nov 01, 1952	A	3-2	Sat Mar 21, 1953	H	4-3