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1952-53

First Division

Finished 11th of 22 · P42 W14 D13 L15 · 63 scored, 61 conceded

Results

Date		Opponent	Score
23 Aug 1952	H	Arsenal	1–2	L
30 Aug 1952	A	Derby County	1–0	W
1 Sept 1952	H	Sunderland	3–0	W
6 Sept 1952	H	Blackpool	1–5	L
8 Sept 1952	A	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–2	L
13 Sept 1952	A	Chelsea	0–4	L
15 Sept 1952	H	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	L
20 Sept 1952	H	Manchester United	3–3	D
27 Sept 1952	A	Portsmouth	1–1	D
4 Oct 1952	H	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	D
11 Oct 1952	H	Middlesbrough	1–0	W
18 Oct 1952	A	Liverpool	2–0	W
25 Oct 1952	H	Manchester City	0–0	D
1 Nov 1952	A	Stoke City	4–1	W
8 Nov 1952	H	Preston North End	1–0	W
15 Nov 1952	A	Burnley	0–1	L
22 Nov 1952	H	Tottenham Hotspur	0–3	L
29 Nov 1952	A	Sheffield Wednesday	2–2	D
13 Dec 1952	A	Newcastle United	1–2	L
20 Dec 1952	A	Arsenal	1–3	L
26 Dec 1952	H	Charlton Athletic	1–1	D
1 Jan 1953	A	Sunderland	2–2	D
3 Jan 1953	H	Derby County	3–0	W
17 Jan 1953	A	Blackpool	1–1	D
24 Jan 1953	H	Chelsea	1–1	D
7 Feb 1953	A	Manchester United	1–3	L
18 Feb 1953	H	Portsmouth	6–0	W
21 Feb 1953	A	Bolton Wanderers	0–0	D
4 Mar 1953	A	Middlesbrough	0–1	L
7 Mar 1953	H	Liverpool	4–0	W
14 Mar 1953	A	Manchester City	1–4	L
18 Mar 1953	A	Charlton Athletic	1–5	L
25 Mar 1953	H	Stoke City	1–1	D
28 Mar 1953	A	Preston North End	3–1	W
4 Apr 1953	H	Burnley	2–0	W
6 Apr 1953	A	West Bromwich Albion	2–3	L
7 Apr 1953	H	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	D
11 Apr 1953	A	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	D
18 Apr 1953	H	Sheffield Wednesday	4–3	W
25 Apr 1953	A	Cardiff City	2–1	W
29 Apr 1953	H	Cardiff City	2–0	W
1 May 1953	H	Newcastle United	0–1	L

Scores are shown Villa first. League matches only; cup ties not included.

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal	42	21	12	9	97	64	+33	54
2	Preston North End	42	21	12	9	85	60	+25	54
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	19	13	10	86	63	+23	51
4	West Bromwich Albion	42	21	8	13	66	60	+6	50
5	Charlton Athletic	42	19	11	12	77	63	+14	49
6	Burnley	42	18	12	12	67	52	+15	48
7	Blackpool	42	19	9	14	71	70	+1	47
8	Manchester United	42	18	10	14	69	72	-3	46
9	Sunderland	42	15	13	14	68	82	-14	43
10	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	11	16	78	69	+9	41
11	Aston Villa	42	14	13	15	63	61	+2	41
12	Cardiff City	42	14	12	16	54	46	+8	40
13	Middlesbrough	42	14	11	17	70	77	-7	39
14	Bolton Wanderers	42	15	9	18	61	69	-8	39
15	Portsmouth	42	14	10	18	74	83	-9	38
16	Newcastle United	42	14	9	19	59	70	-11	37
17	Liverpool	42	14	8	20	61	82	-21	36
18	Sheffield Wednesday	42	12	11	19	62	72	-10	35
19	Chelsea	42	12	11	19	56	66	-10	35
20	Manchester City	42	14	7	21	72	87	-15	35
21	Stoke City	42	12	10	20	53	66	-13	34
22	Derby County	42	11	10	21	59	74	-15	32

Positions decided on goal average, as the rules of the day had it. Two points for a win.

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Sources: engsoccerdata (1888–2025) and football-data.co.uk (recent seasons), compiled by the Villa Blog results pipeline.