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1953-54

First Division

Finished 13th of 22 · P42 W16 D9 L17 · 70 scored, 68 conceded

Results

Date		Opponent	Score
19 Aug 1953	A	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	L
22 Aug 1953	A	Cardiff City	1–2	L
24 Aug 1953	H	Manchester City	3–0	W
29 Aug 1953	H	Arsenal	2–1	W
2 Sept 1953	A	Manchester City	1–0	W
5 Sept 1953	A	Portsmouth	1–2	L
7 Sept 1953	A	Sheffield Wednesday	1–3	L
12 Sept 1953	H	Blackpool	2–1	W
14 Sept 1953	H	Sunderland	3–1	W
19 Sept 1953	A	Chelsea	2–1	W
26 Sept 1953	H	Sheffield United	4–0	W
3 Oct 1953	A	Huddersfield Town	0–4	L
10 Oct 1953	A	Liverpool	1–6	L
17 Oct 1953	H	Newcastle United	1–2	L
24 Oct 1953	A	Manchester United	0–1	L
31 Oct 1953	H	Bolton Wanderers	2–2	D
14 Nov 1953	H	Middlesbrough	5–3	W
21 Nov 1953	A	Burnley	2–3	L
28 Nov 1953	H	Charlton Athletic	2–1	W
5 Dec 1953	A	Preston North End	1–1	D
12 Dec 1953	H	Tottenham Hotspur	1–2	L
19 Dec 1953	H	Cardiff City	1–2	L
24 Dec 1953	A	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	W
26 Dec 1953	H	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–2	L
1 Jan 1954	A	Sunderland	0–2	L
16 Jan 1954	H	Portsmouth	1–1	D
23 Jan 1954	A	Blackpool	2–3	L
6 Feb 1954	H	Chelsea	2–2	D
20 Feb 1954	H	Huddersfield Town	2–2	D
27 Feb 1954	H	Liverpool	2–1	W
6 Mar 1954	A	Newcastle United	1–0	W
13 Mar 1954	H	Manchester United	2–2	D
20 Mar 1954	A	Bolton Wanderers	0–3	L
31 Mar 1954	H	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	W
3 Apr 1954	A	Middlesbrough	1–2	L
6 Apr 1954	A	Arsenal	1–1	D
10 Apr 1954	H	Burnley	5–1	W
17 Apr 1954	A	Charlton Athletic	1–1	D
19 Apr 1954	A	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	D
20 Apr 1954	H	West Bromwich Albion	6–1	W
24 Apr 1954	H	Preston North End	1–0	W
26 Apr 1954	A	Sheffield United	1–2	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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	25	7	10	96	56	+40	57
2	West Bromwich Albion	42	22	9	11	86	63	+23	53
3	Huddersfield Town	42	20	11	11	78	61	+17	51
4	Manchester United	42	18	12	12	73	58	+15	48
5	Bolton Wanderers	42	18	12	12	75	60	+15	48
6	Blackpool	42	19	10	13	80	69	+11	48
7	Burnley	42	21	4	17	78	67	+11	46
8	Chelsea	42	16	12	14	74	68	+6	44
9	Charlton Athletic	42	19	6	17	75	77	-2	44
10	Cardiff City	42	18	8	16	51	71	-20	44
11	Preston North End	42	19	5	18	87	58	+29	43
12	Arsenal	42	15	13	14	75	73	+2	43
13	Aston Villa	42	16	9	17	70	68	+2	41
14	Portsmouth	42	14	11	17	81	89	-8	39
15	Newcastle United	42	14	10	18	72	77	-5	38
16	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	5	21	65	76	-11	37
17	Manchester City	42	14	9	19	62	77	-15	37
18	Sunderland	42	14	8	20	81	89	-8	36
19	Sheffield Wednesday	42	15	6	21	70	91	-21	36
20	Sheffield United	42	11	11	20	69	90	-21	33
21	Middlesbrough	42	10	10	22	60	91	-31	30
22	Liverpool	42	9	10	23	68	97	-29	28

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.