1953–54 Football League
The Football League First Division 1953/54, was the 55th season of the Football League First Division English as the highest football league. The Wolverhampton Wanderers won four point gap on local rivals West Bromwich Albion, the first English championship in their history. Both newly promoted Sheffield United and Huddersfield Town could get the class; instead had to play the course in the Second Division of Middlesbrough FC and Liverpool FC. These two teams should be in the following season replaced by the two newly promoted second division Leicester City and Everton FC.
A total of 534 players were used, with the Burnley FC and the least of Portsmouth with 32 mustered 20 most players in league games. 124 newcomers were offset by 143 footballers who most recently came into play in the season 1953/54.
Final Table
Results Table
In the left column of the home teams are listed.
Top scorers
The champion team of Wolverhampton Wanderers
In the following list, all players were listed for the Wolverhampton Wanderers came in a league match for use during the 1953/54 season. It must be noted that in most cases a minimum number of games will be provided in English football to accept the official champion medal allowed. As regards the specific control before the introduction of the Premier League, there is lack of clarity, all the players with an asterisk (*) have been provided which have received no champion medal presumably because of their small contribution. In brackets the number of bets as well as the goals achieved are called.
William Baxter * (5/ 0 ) | Peter Broadbent (36/ 12) | Raymond Chatham * (1/0 ) | Eddie Clamp * ( 2/0 ) | Norman Deeley * ( 6/0 ) | Ron Flowers (15/ 0 ) | Leonard Gibbons * (1 / 0) | William Guttridge * ( 2/0 ) | Johnny Hancocks (42/ 25) | Jimmy Mullen (38/ 7) | Roy Pritchard (27/ 0 ) | John Short ( 26/ 0 ) | Bill Shorthouse (40/ 0 ) | Nigel Sims * (8/ 0 ) | Bill Slater (39/ 2) | Les Smith * (4/1 ) | Eddie Stuart ( 12/0 ) | Ronald Stockin * (6 / 0 ) | Roy Swinbourne (40/ 24) | Bert Williams (34/ 0 ) | Dennis Wilshaw (39/ 25) | Billy Wright (39/ 0).
- Coach: Stan Cullis