FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27633, 14 April 1955, Page 16

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

POSITION OF TEAMS (Front a Reuter Correspondent) ~ „ * LONDON, April 13. The following are British football tables for the year ended April 2:— , First Division Goals

FOOTBALL RESULTS IN BRITAIN

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) x , LONDON, April 12. Football matches played in Britain today resulted:—

Division I.—Aston Villa. 4, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2; Huddersfield Town 1. Tottenham Hotspur 0. . D VS} on „ ni j Southern.—Coventry City 4, Millwall 1; Northampton Town 5,

Bournemouth 0; Walsall 2, Norwich City Division 111. Northern.—Barnsley 3, Bradford City 0. p»«ue—Bramley 2. Cartieford 12; Wakefield Trinity 21. Dewsbury' 8; Featherstone Rovers 20, Huddersfield !»■ Keighley 23, Batley 18.

W. D. L. For Ae. Pts. Chelsea ... 18 10 9 75 54 46 Wolves .. 16 10 9 78 57 43 Portsmouth .. 16 8 10 62 48 40 Manchester U. .. 17 5 12 70 61 39 Manchester C. .. 15 9 11 65 58 39 Sunderland .. 11 17 8 52 47 39 Everton .. 15 8 11 56 52 38 Burnley .. 15 8 13 46 44 38 Charlton .. 15 6 13 69 56 36 Arsenal .. 14 8 13 57 53 36 Preston .. 14 6 15 70 50 34 W. Bromwich .. 13 8 14 68 79 34 Aston Villa .. 14 6 14 51 67 34 Tottenham .. 13 7 14 65 62 33 Cardiff .. 12 9 13 57 63 33 33 Sheffield U. .. 14 5 16 54 76 Bolton .. 11 10 13 53 57 32 Huddersfield ... 10 11 13 52 62 31 Newcastle .. 12 6 14 68 68 30 Blackpool .. 11 8 16 50 57 30 Leicester .. 8 10 16 60 77 Sheffield W. .. 5 9 22 52 88 19 _ . Second Division teuton Blackburn .. 19 .. io 6 4 9 12 76 107 45 73 44 44 Leeds West Ham .. 19 .. 17 5 8 12 9 57 69 50 56 43 42 Stoke Birmingham .. 16 .. 16 9 8 9 9 56 68 50 37 40 Notts County Rotherham Bristol R. Middlesboro .. 18 .. 17 ... 16 .. 17 6 13 12 13 14 63 73 67 64 62 57 61 40 38 38 Liverpool Swansea Fulham Notts For. .. 14 .. 13 .. 13 .. 14 8 8 5 13 13 13 15 77 70 67 46 77 69 68 49 35 34 34 33 Bury .. 12 8 14 63 63 32 Doncaster .. 10 .. 12 9 5 15 17 39 48 52 75 29 29 Lincoln Plymouth .. 10 .. 10 8 16 19 58 51 70 73 28 27 Port Vale Ipswich .. 8 .. 9 10 16 22 37 51 60 83 26 22 Derby .. 6 9 21 47 68 21 Third Bristol C. Leyton O. Southampton Milwall Gillingham Watford Norwich Q.P. Rangers Bournemouth Division .. 26 .. 23 .. 22 .. 17 .. 17 .. 15 .. 16 .. 14 .. 12 , South 7 6 8 6 8 8 10 11 10 10 11 11 7 14 11 12 14 11 88 78 63 60 64 57 51 b53 42 32 39 52 56 49 45 55 49 59 54 52 44 44 41 39 39 Torquay Brighton Northampton .. 14 .. 15 ..15 9 6 6 14 15 16 66 61 56 68 54 69 37 3C Coventry .. 13 9 12 47 Reading .. 11 11 15 55 60 r Southend .. 11 10 14 61 63 Brentford .. 10 12 14 64 70 Aidershot .. 11 10 16 52 Shrewsbury Exeter .. 11 .. 9 8 12 17 16 49 37 68 59 3f 30 Crystal Palace .. 8 14 15 43 67 30 Newport .. 8 13 15 47 59 29 Swindon .. 8 12 15 15 48 28 Colchester .. 8 12 17 41 66 28 Walsall .. 5 12 19 54 73 22 A x TWrd Division North Accrington .. 22 8 8 80 51 52 Barnsley .. 22 10 66 39 48 Hartlepools .. 21 4 12 52 38 46 Scunthorpe .. 19 7 10 64 43 45 Gateshead .. 17 10 10 56 52 44 York Stockport Chesterfield .. 18 .. 17 .. 18 7 9 5 9 13 13 71 72 62 48 58 60 43 43 41 Workington Rochdale Oldham Mansfield .. 14 .. 13 .. 15 .. 15 11 12 8 7 12 11 13 13 56 54 55 54 48 50 51 62 39 38 38 37 Southport .. 12 11 12 41 39 35 Bradford .. 12 9 15 51 56 35 Darlington .. 12 10 15 48 59 34 Halifax .. 11 9 17 52 61 31 Carlisle .. 13 18 63 66 30 Chester .. 12 6 20 40 64 30 Crewe Tranmere .. 9 .. 10 11 9 17 18 58 44 67 58 29 29 Grimsby .. 11 19 42 57 29 Wrexham .. 9 9 19 47 68 27 Barrow .. 12 3 20 50 73 27 Bradford C. .. 9 8 17 33 42 26 ■