# Engels voetbalkampioenschap 1954/55

1954/55 was het 57ste seizoen in de Engelse voetbalcompetitie. Chelsea werd voor het eerst landskampioen.

## Prijzen

| Competitie | Winnaar | Runner-up |
| First Division | Chelsea | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| Second Division | Birmingham City | Luton Town |
| Third Division North | Barnsley | Accrington Stanley |
| Third Division South | Bristol City | Leyton Orient |
| FA Cup | Newcastle United | Manchester City |
| Charity Shield | Wolverhampton Wanderers & West Bromwich Albion (gedeeld) | Wolverhampton Wanderers & West Bromwich Albion (gedeeld) |

## First Division

| | | Wed | W | G | D | DV | DT | DS | Ptn |
| 1 | Chelsea | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 81 | 57 | 1.421 | 52 |
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 89 | 70 | 1.271 | 48 |
| 3 | Portsmouth | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 74 | 62 | 1.194 | 48 |
| 4 | Sunderland | 42 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 64 | 54 | 1.185 | 48 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 84 | 74 | 1.135 | 47 |
| 6 | Aston Villa | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 72 | 73 | 0.986 | 47 |
| 7 | Manchester City | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 76 | 69 | 1.101 | 46 |
| 8 | Newcastle United | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 89 | 77 | 1.156 | 43 |
| 9 | Arsenal | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 69 | 63 | 1.095 | 43 |
| 10 | Burnley | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 51 | 48 | 1.063 | 43 |
| 11 | Everton | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 62 | 68 | 0.912 | 42 |
| 12 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 63 | 68 | 0.926 | 41 |
| 13 | Sheffield United | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 70 | 86 | 0.814 | 41 |
| 14 | Preston North End | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 83 | 64 | 1.297 | 40 |
| 15 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 76 | 75 | 1.013 | 40 |
| 16 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 72 | 73 | 0.986 | 40 |
| 17 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 76 | 96 | 0.792 | 40 |
| 18 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 62 | 69 | 0.899 | 39 |
| 19 | Blackpool | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 60 | 64 | 0.938 | 38 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 62 | 76 | 0.816 | 37 |
| 21 | Leicester City | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 74 | 86 | 0.860 | 35 |
| 22 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 63 | 100 | 0.630 | 26 |

### Uitslagen

| Thuis (beneden) / Uit (rechts) | ARS | AST | BLP | BOL | BUR | CAR | CHA | CHE | EVE | HUD | LEI | MNC | MNU | NEW | POR | PRE | SHE | SHW | SUN | TOT | WBA | WOL |
| Arsenal | | 2 - 0 | 3 - 3 | 3 - 0 | 4 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 5 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 3 | 2 - 3 | 1 - 3 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 4 - 0 | 3 - 2 | 1 - 3 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 1 |
| Aston Villa | 2 - 1 | | 3 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 3 - 2 | 0 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 5 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 3 | 3 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 4 | 3 - 0 | 4 - 2 |
| Blackpool | 2 - 2 | 0 - 1 | | 2 - 3 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 4 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 3 | 2 - 4 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 5 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 0 - 2 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 2 - 2 | 3 - 3 | 3 - 0 | | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 2 | 2 - 5 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 4 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 4 | 6 - 1 |
| Burnley | 3 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 0 | | 1 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 4 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 0 |
| Cardiff City | 1 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 3 | | 4 - 3 | 0 - 1 | 4 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 4 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 5 | 1 - 1 | 5 - 3 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 3 - 2 | 3 - 2 |
| Charlton Athletic | 1 - 1 | 6 - 1 | 3 - 3 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 4 - 1 | | 0 - 2 | 5 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 4 | 3 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 3 |
| Chelsea | 1 - 1 | 4 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 2 | | 0 - 2 | 4 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 5 - 6 | 4 - 3 | 4 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 3 | 1 - 0 |
| Everton | 1 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 1 | | 4 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 4 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 3 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 3 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 3 - 2 |
| Huddersfield Town | 0 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 3 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 1 | | 3 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 3 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 4 | 1 - 2 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 3 | 2 - 0 |
| Leicester City | 3 - 3 | 4 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 4 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 3 | | 0 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 2 | 4 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 4 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 6 - 3 | 1 - 2 |
| Manchester City | 2 - 1 | 2 - 4 | 1 - 6 | 4 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 1 | 1 - 5 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 4 | 2 - 2 | | 3 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 5 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 0 | 3 - 0 |
| Manchester United | 2 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 4 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 5 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 0 - 5 | | 2 - 2 | 1 - 3 | 2 - 1 | 5 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 4 |
| Newcastle United | 5 - 1 | 6 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 3 | 4 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 0 | | 2 - 1 | 3 - 3 | 1 - 2 | 5 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 4 - 4 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 3 |
| Portsmouth | 2 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 3 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 5 - 0 | 4 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 1 | | 2 - 0 | 6 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 3 | 6 - 1 | 0 - 0 |
| Preston North End | 3 - 1 | 0 - 3 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 7 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 3 | 2 - 4 | 5 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 3 - 3 | 1 - 1 | | 1 - 2 | 6 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 3 - 3 |
| Sheffield United | 1 - 1 | 1 - 3 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 3 | 5 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 5 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 3 - 0 | 6 - 2 | 5 - 2 | 0 - 5 | | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 4 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 2 |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 1 - 2 | 6 - 3 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 4 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 4 | 2 - 4 | 0 - 3 | 1 - 3 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 2 | | 1 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 5 - 0 | 2 - 2 |
| Sunderland | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 3 - 3 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 2 | 4 - 3 | 4 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 0 | | 1 - 1 | 4 - 2 | 0 - 0 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 0 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 2 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 3 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 4 | 2 - 4 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 5 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 5 - 0 | 7 - 2 | 0 - 1 | | 3 - 1 | 3 - 2 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 3 - 1 | 2 - 3 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 4 | 3 - 3 | 2 - 1 | 6 - 4 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 4 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 3 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 2 | | 1 - 0 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 5 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 4 | 1 - 3 | 6 - 4 | 5 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 4 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 4 - 1 | 4 - 2 | 2 - 0 | 4 - 2 | 4 - 0 | |

## Second Division

| | | Wed | W | G | D | DV | DT | DS | Ptn |
| 1 | Birmingham City | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 92 | 47 | 1.957 | 54 |
| 2 | Luton Town | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 88 | 53 | 1.660 | 54 |
| 3 | Rotherham United | 42 | 25 | 4 | 13 | 94 | 64 | 1.469 | 54 |
| 4 | Leeds United | 42 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 70 | 53 | 1.321 | 53 |
| 5 | Stoke City | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 69 | 46 | 1.500 | 52 |
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 114 | 79 | 1.443 | 50 |
| 7 | Notts County | 42 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 74 | 71 | 1.042 | 48 |
| 8 | West Ham United | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 74 | 70 | 1.057 | 46 |
| 9 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 75 | 70 | 1.071 | 45 |
| 10 | Swansea City | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 86 | 83 | 1.036 | 43 |
| 11 | Liverpool | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 92 | 96 | 0.958 | 42 |
| 12 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 73 | 82 | 0.890 | 42 |
| 13 | Bury | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 77 | 72 | 1.069 | 41 |
| 14 | Fulham | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 76 | 79 | 0.962 | 39 |
| 15 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 58 | 62 | 0.935 | 39 |
| 16 | Lincoln City | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 68 | 79 | 0.861 | 36 |
| 17 | Port Vale | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 48 | 71 | 0.676 | 35 |
| 18 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 58 | 95 | 0.611 | 35 |
| 19 | Hull City | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 44 | 69 | 0.638 | 34 |
| 20 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 57 | 82 | 0.695 | 31 |
| 21 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 57 | 92 | 0.620 | 28 |
| 22 | Derby County | 42 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 53 | 82 | 0.646 | 23 |

## Third Division North

| | | Wed | W | G | D | DV | DT | DS | Ptn |
| 1 | Barnsley | 46 | 30 | 5 | 11 | 86 | 46 | 1.870 | 65 |
| 2 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 96 | 67 | 1.433 | 61 |
| 3 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 81 | 53 | 1.528 | 58 |
| 4 | York City | 46 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 92 | 63 | 1.460 | 58 |
| 5 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 25 | 5 | 16 | 64 | 49 | 1.306 | 55 |
| 6 | Chesterfield | 46 | 24 | 6 | 16 | 81 | 70 | 1.157 | 54 |
| 7 | Gateshead | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 65 | 69 | 0.942 | 52 |
| 8 | Workington | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 68 | 55 | 1.236 | 50 |
| 9 | Stockport County | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 84 | 70 | 1.200 | 48 |
| 10 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 74 | 68 | 1.088 | 48 |
| 11 | Southport | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 47 | 44 | 1.068 | 48 |
| 12 | Rochdale | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 69 | 66 | 1.045 | 48 |
| 13 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 65 | 71 | 0.915 | 45 |
| 14 | Halifax Town | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 63 | 67 | 0.940 | 43 |
| 15 | Darlington | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 62 | 73 | 0.849 | 42 |
| 16 | Bradford Park Avenue | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 56 | 70 | 0.800 | 41 |
| 17 | Barrow | 46 | 17 | 6 | 23 | 70 | 89 | 0.787 | 40 |
| 18 | Wrexham | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 65 | 77 | 0.844 | 38 |
| 19 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 55 | 70 | 0.786 | 37 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 46 | 15 | 6 | 25 | 78 | 89 | 0.876 | 36 |
| 21 | Bradford City | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 47 | 55 | 0.855 | 36 |
| 22 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 68 | 91 | 0.747 | 34 |
| 23 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 47 | 78 | 0.603 | 34 |
| 24 | Chester City | 46 | 12 | 9 | 25 | 44 | 77 | 0.571 | 33 |

## Third Division South

| | | Wed | W | G | D | DV | DT | DS | Ptn |
| 1 | Bristol City | 46 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 101 | 47 | 2.149 | 70 |
| 2 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 89 | 47 | 1.894 | 61 |
| 3 | Southampton | 46 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 75 | 51 | 1.471 | 59 |
| 4 | Gillingham | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 77 | 66 | 1.167 | 55 |
| 5 | Millwall | 46 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 72 | 68 | 1.059 | 51 |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 76 | 63 | 1.206 | 50 |
| 7 | Watford | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 71 | 62 | 1.145 | 50 |
| 8 | Torquay United | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 82 | 82 | 1.000 | 48 |
| 9 | Coventry City | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 67 | 59 | 1.136 | 47 |
| 10 | Southend United | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 83 | 80 | 1.038 | 46 |
| 11 | Brentford | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 82 | 82 | 1.000 | 46 |
| 12 | Norwich City | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 60 | 60 | 1.000 | 46 |
| 13 | Northampton Town | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 73 | 81 | 0.901 | 46 |
| 14 | Aldershot | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 75 | 71 | 1.056 | 45 |
| 15 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 69 | 75 | 0.920 | 44 |
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 70 | 78 | 0.897 | 42 |
| 17 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 46 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 57 | 65 | 0.877 | 42 |
| 18 | Reading | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 65 | 73 | 0.890 | 41 |
| 19 | Newport County | 46 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 60 | 73 | 0.822 | 38 |
| 20 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 52 | 80 | 0.650 | 38 |
| 21 | Swindon Town | 46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 46 | 64 | 0.719 | 37 |
| 22 | Exeter City | 46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 47 | 73 | 0.644 | 37 |
| 23 | Walsall | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 75 | 86 | 0.872 | 34 |
| 24 | Colchester United | 46 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 53 | 91 | 0.582 | 31 |
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