1952/53 First Division

First Team Overall First Team Appearances & Scorers Reserves Youth 1 Youth 2 Youth 3

Directors: James E Baker (Chairman), AH Oakley (Vice-Chairman), J Evans, CH Hunter, JH Marshall, JT Howley (Secretary).
Manager: Stan Cullis.
Trainers: Jack Dowen, Jack Gardiner, George Palmer.
Captain: Bill Wright.

Playing Staff: John Abthorpe, Adcock, Colin Alderson, Ronald Allen, Henry Archer, Tommy Asher, John Bailey, Billy Baxter, John Bayley, Beeby, Brian Birch, Frank Bolton, Joe Bonson, Colin Booth, David Broadbent, Peter Broadbent, Broadhead, Brogan, Wesley Brookes, Gordon Brown, Karry Burkinshaw, Ronald Burkitt, Burns, Ivan Cartwright, Terence Casey, Ray Chatham, Chopper Clamp, Clarke, Maxie Clews, Len Cooper, Reginald Cooper, Gordon Coy, Billy Crook, A Davies, Davis, Fred Deakin, Norman Deeley, Decimus Dicken, Derek Dimmer, Gordon Duggins, Jimmy Dunn, Ebdon, James Evans, Evans, Ronald Fellows, Fisher, Ron Flowers, Derek Ford, David Franklin, Jesse Gaden, Lionel Gaetto, Len Gibbons, Giles, Gill, Gordon Green, Groves, Bill Guttridge, George Hallard, Johnny Hancocks, Wilfred Hannan, Charles Hardy, Ivor Harper, Gerry Harris, Ernest Harrop, Arthur Hodgkiss, William Hodgkiss, Ron Howells, Bryan Jackson, Jacobs, David Jewell, Ernest Jones, Joyce, James Kerr, Lait, J Longworth, William Longworth, Paul Lucas, Alan Machin, Philip Mason, Dennis McDonald, McSorley, Dave Meeson, Mellor, John Metcalfe, Muirhead, Jimmy Mullen, Jimmy Murray, Rick Neal, Keith Neale, Roy Nicholls, Orwin, Peter Owen, Paley, Parkin, Derek Parton, Roy Pearce, John Pemberton, Brian Peplow, Harry Phillips, Trevor Potter, Ronald Powell, Priest, Roy Pritchard, Brian Punter, Jesse Pye, John Rawson, Maurice Richardson, Patrick Roberts, Derek Robinson, Joseph Robinson, Peter Russell, William Russell, Arthur Salter, Robin Sandford, Clifford Shenton, Jack Short, Kenneth Short, Bill Shorthouse, George Showell, David Sims, Maurice Siverns, James Skinner, Bill Slater, Gordon Smith, Henry Smith, Les Smith, Malcolm Spencer, A Spencer, John Stainsby, Lionel Stephenson, Ron Stockin, Eddie Stuart, Roy Swinbourne, Doug Taylor, Jack Taylor, Paul Taylor, C Taylor, John Thomas, John Timmins, Townend, Samuel Townsend, William Wainwright, S Wainwright, Johnny Walker, Robert Walker, Reginald Webb, Peter Weir, White, Edwin Whitehouse, Ken Whitfield, Bert Williams, Graham Williams, Gordon Willis, Gordon Wills, Dennis Wilshaw, Wilson, Wimshurst, John Wolverson, Barrie Wood, Billy Wright,

Club Finances: Profit: Record of £23,598 (Total since the war of £119,730.

 
August

16 (H) Pre Season Practice Match Details
23 (H) Cardiff City W 1-0 Details
25 (H) Bolton Wanderers W 3-1 Details
28 (a) Charlton Athletic D 2-2 Details

September

1 (a) Bolton Wanderers L 1-2 Details
6 (H) Arsenal D 1-1 Details
8 (H) Aston Villa W 2-1 Details
13 (a) Derby County W 3-2 Details
15 (a) Aston Villa W 1-0 Details
20 (H) Blackpool L 2-5 Details
24 (H) Inter-League Details
27 (a) Chelsea W 2-1 Details

October

4 (H) Manchester United W 6-2 Details
8 (a) Netherlands XI D 2-2 Details [Friendly]
11 (H) Newcastle United W 2-0 Details
18 (a) West Bromwich Albion D 1-1 Details
25 (H) Middlesbrough D 3-3 Details

November

1 (a) Liverpool L 1-2 Details
8 (H) Manchester City W 7-3 Details
15 (a) Stoke City W 2-1 Details
22 (H) Preston North End L 0-2 Details
29 (a) Burnley D 0-0 Details

December

6 (H) Tottenham Hotspur D 0-0 Details
13 (a) Sheffield Wednesday W 3-2 Details
20 (a) Cardiff City D 0-0 Details
26 (H) Sunderland D 1-1 Details
27 (a) Sunderland L 2-5 Details

January

3 (H) Charlton Athletic L 1-2 Details
10 (a) Preston North End L 2-5 Details [FAC3]
14 (H) Inter Forces Details
17 (a) Arsenal L 3-5 Details
24 (H) Derby County W 3-1 Details
27 (a) Bristol City W 4- 1 Details [Friendly]
31 (H) Sheffield Wednesday W 3-1 Details

February

7 (a) Blackpool L 0-2 Details
14 (H) Chelsea P-P
18 (H) Chelsea D 2-2 Details
21 (a) Manchester United W 3-0 Details
23 (a) Headington United W 3-2 Details [Friendly]
28 (a) Newcastle United D 1-1 Details

March

2 (a) Hull City L 1-3 Details [Friendly]
7 (H) West Bromwich Albion W 2-0 Details
9 (H) FA Cup Details
14 (H) International Details
14 (a) Middlesbrough D 1-1 Details
21 (H) Liverpool W 3-0 Details
24 (N) West Bromwich Albion W 4-2 Details [Friendly]
25 (H) Inter Forces Details
28 (a) Manchester City L 1-3 Details

April

3 (a) Portsmouth D 2-2 Details
4 (H) Stoke City W 3-0 Details
6 (H) Portsmouth W 4-1 Details
11 (a) Preston North End D 1-1 Details
18 (H) Burnley W 5-1 Details
25 (a) Tottenham Hotspur L 2-3 Details
29 (a) Leicester City L 2-1 Details [Friendly]

May

4 (a) West Bromwich Albion W 3-1 Details [Friendly]