DIVISION 2    1953/54
      P W D L F A Pts
  Leading goalscorer:
John Charles 
(Leeds United)
 42  goals

On Saturday January 10th 1953 63,499 were at St James' Park for Swansea Town's visit to Newcastle for an FA Cup Third Round tie  - but the match was abandoned after 8 minutes play because of fog!

   1 Leicester City 42 23 10 9 97 60 56 Promoted
    2 Everton 42 20 16 6 92 58 56 Promoted
    3 Blackburn Rovers 42 23 9 10 86 50 55
    4 Nottingham Forest 42 20 12 10 86 59 52
    5 Rotherham United 42 21 7 14 80 67 49
    6 Luton Town 42 18 12 12 64 59 48
    7 Birmingham City 42 18 11 13 78 58 47
    8 Fulham 42 17 10 15 98 85 44
    9 Bristol Rovers 42 14 16 12 64 58 44
    10 Leeds United 42 15 13 14 89 81 43
    11 Stoke City 42 12 17 13 71 60 41
    12 Doncaster Rovers 42 16 9 17 59 63 41
    13 West Ham United 42 15 9 18 67 69 39
    14 Notts County 42 13 13 16 54 74 39
    15 Hull City 42 16 9 20 64 66 38
    16 Lincoln City 42 14 9 19 65 83 37
      17 Bury 42 11 14 17 54 72 36
      18 Derby County 42 12 11 19 64 82 35
      19 Plymouth Argyle 42 9 16 17 65 82 34
      20 Swansea Town 42 13 8 21 58 82 34
      21 Brentford 42 10 11 21 40 78 31 Relegated
      22 Oldham Athletic 42 8 9 25 40 89 25 Relegated
     
      RelegatedBrentford  relegated to Division 3 (South), Oldham to Division 3 (North).