Season story · Division 3
1953–54
18 league wins, 59–70 league goals and a campaign told match by match.
Manager: Ernest Blackburn
- Division
- Football League Division Three North
- Final league position
- 14th
- League matches
- 46
- League wins
- 18
- League draws
- 7
- League defeats
- 21
- League goals
- 59–70
- Average Prenton Park gate
- 6,212
The journey
Four moments from the campaign
22 Aug
Opening chapter
Mansfield Town · 2-5
View match15 Sept
Biggest victory
Wrexham · 6-1
View match17 Oct
The biggest crowd
Port Vale · 2-0
View match29 Apr
Final word
Halifax Town · 1-1
View match
Defining matches
The days that shaped the season
The team
Most-used XI
Top scorer
No data
Biggest crowd
19,204
Port Vale
Season form
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Season timeline
The campaign, month by month
Follow the rhythm of the season through every result, change in the dugout and recorded player movement.
- Months
- 9
- Matches
- 51
- Wins
- 20
Chapter 01
August 1953
LWL3 matches · 1W 0D 2LOpen chapter +Close chapter −Chapter 02
September 1953
WLLLWLLWD9 matches · 3W 1D 5LOpen chapter +Close chapter −Tue 1WRochdalePrenton Park · League5-1Sat 5LBradford CityPrenton Park · League0-1Wed 9LWrexhamRacecourse Ground · League3-0Sat 12LChesterfieldSaltergate · League2-1Tue 15WWrexhamPrenton Park · League6-1Sat 19LDarlingtonFeethams · League2-1Mon 21LStockport CountyEdgeley Park · League6-0Sat 26WHalifax TownPrenton Park · League1-0Tue 29DStockport CountyPrenton Park · League2-2Chapter 03
October 1953
WDLWW5 matches · 3W 1D 1LOpen chapter +Close chapter −Chapter 04
November 1953
WDWL4 matches · 2W 1D 1LOpen chapter +Close chapter −Chapter 05
December 1953
LDWLLL6 matches · 1W 1D 4LOpen chapter +Close chapter −Chapter 06
January 1954
WWDLLL6 matches · 2W 1D 3LOpen chapter +Close chapter −Chapter 07
February 1954
LW2 matches · 1W 0D 1LOpen chapter +Close chapter −Chapter 08
March 1954
LLWWWD6 matches · 3W 1D 2LOpen chapter +Close chapter −Chapter 09
April 1954
DWLWWWLLDD10 matches · 4W 3D 3LOpen chapter +Close chapter −Sat 3DYork CityPrenton Park · League1-1Mon 5WHartlepool UnitedVictoria Park · League1-2Sat 10LScunthorpe UnitedOld Show Ground · League3-1Fri 16WAccrington StanleyPrenton Park · League1-0Sat 17WWorkingtonPrenton Park · League4-2Mon 19WAccrington StanleyPeel Park · League0-1Wed 21LBarnsleyOakwell · League3-0Sat 24LGatesheadRedheugh Park · League2-1Tue 27DScunthorpe UnitedPrenton Park · League1-1Thu 29DHalifax TownThe Shay · League1-1
Summary
Selection summary
Overall record
51 matches played
| Venue | Pld | Won | Draws | Lost | For | Agn | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | |||
| Away | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | |||
| Total | 51 | 20 | 9 | 22 |
Match list
Results
51 matches
