The 1953–54 season was the 55th completed season of The Football League, which ran from August 1953 until April 1954.

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 and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. 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.

First Division

Wolverhampton Wanderers won the First Division title for the first time in their history, finishing four points ahead of their local rivals West Bromwich Albion, who lifted their fourth FA Cup in the same season. Defending champions Arsenal slumped to 12th.

Middlesbrough and Liverpool were relegated to the Second Division; this is the last time Liverpool has been relegated from any division. They would compete in the Second Division until promotion in 1962, and have remained in the top flight ever since.

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Second Division

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Third Division North

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Third Division South

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Attendances Source:

Division One No. Club Average 1 Arsenal FC 50,278 2 Chelsea FC 46,944 3 Newcastle United FC 45,392 4 Sunderland AFC 42,505 5 Tottenham Hotspur FC 41,641 6 Liverpool FC 40,488 7 West Bromwich Albion FC 38,110 8 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 36,340 9 Manchester United 35,458 10 Sheffield Wednesday FC 35,220 11 Bolton Wanderers FC 34,216 12 Cardiff City FC 32,410 13 Sheffield United FC 31,313 14 Huddersfield Town AFC 30,820 15 Manchester City FC 30,155 16 Aston Villa FC 29,985 17 Portsmouth FC 28,993 18 Charlton Athletic FC 28,803 19 Burnley FC 28,151 20 Preston North End FC 27,888 21 Middlesbrough FC 27,002 22 Blackpool FC 25,416

Division Two

No. Club Average 1 Everton FC 45,922 2 Leicester City FC 28,982 3 Blackburn Rovers FC 26,123 4 Bristol Rovers FC 24,662 5 Fulham FC 22,606 6 Nottingham Forest FC 22,603 7 Birmingham City FC 22,353 8 Leeds United FC 21,810 9 Hull City AFC 20,995 10 West Ham United FC 20,090 11 Plymouth Argyle FC 19,649 12 Stoke City FC 18,009 13 Oldham Athletic FC 17,859 14 Derby County FC 17,284 15 Swansea City AFC 17,197 16 Doncaster Rovers FC 16,983 17 Notts County FC 16,237 18 Luton Town FC 15,997 19 Brentford FC 15,626 20 Lincoln City FC 14,712 21 Rotherham United FC 14,009 22 Bury FC 13,532

Division Three

No. Club Average 1 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 18,880 2 Norwich City FC 18,580 3 Bristol City FC 17,596 4 Port Vale FC 16,653 5 Ipswich Town FC 15,917 6 Southampton FC 14,885 7 Millwall FC 13,502 8 Crystal Palace FC 12,296 9 Watford FC 11,856 10 Reading FC 11,566 11 Leyton Orient FC 11,218 12 Queens Park Rangers FC 10,983 13 Swindon Town FC 10,753 14 Bradford City AFC 10,602 15 Coventry City FC 10,505 16 Gillingham FC 10,333 17 Northampton Town FC 10,289 18 AFC Bournemouth 9,727 19 Grimsby Town FC 9,578 20 Barnsley FC 9,512 21 Exeter City FC 9,344 22 Walsall FC 9,279 23 Wrexham AFC 9,232 24 Shrewsbury Town FC 9,188 25 Bradford Park Avenue AFC 9,134 26 Newport County AFC 8,922 27 Workington AFC 8,373 28 Scunthorpe United FC 8,246 29 Chesterfield FC 7,957 30 Colchester United FC 7,712 31 Stockport County FC 7,678 32 Mansfield Town FC 7,603 33 Hartlepool United FC 7,426 34 Southend United FC 7,372 35 Accrington Stanley FC 7,321 36 Torquay United FC 7,111 37 Carlisle United FC 6,955 38 Aldershot Town FC 6,645 39 Tranmere Rovers 6,212 40 Crewe Alexandra FC 6,148 41 Rochdale AFC 6,121 42 Gateshead AFC 5,899 43 York City FC 5,636 44 Barrow AFC 5,587 45 Halifax Town AFC 5,548 46 Chester City FC 5,503 47 Darlington FC 4,975 48 Southport FC 4,629

See also 1953-54 in English football

References

Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.