1953-1954 3rd NORTH ( 13 )

Sat 22 Aug	Rochdale	H	League	W 7-0	8,378	8,378
Wed 26 Aug	Grimsby Town	A	League	L 2-3	14,516	14,516
Sat 29 Aug	Wrexham	A	League	L 2-4	10,321	10,321
Tue 01 Sep	Grimsby Town	H	League	D 3-3	10,267	10,267
Sat 05 Sep	Mansfield Town	H	League	W 5-0	8,482	8,482
Mon 07 Sep	Stockport County	A	League	L 2-3	10,157	10,157
Sat 12 Sep	Barrow	A	League	D 1-1	6,817	6,817
Tue 15 Sep	Stockport County	H	League	W 2-0	9,387	9,387
Sat 19 Sep	Bradford City	H	League	W 2-0	8,822	8,822
Tue 22 Sep	Accrington Stanley	H	League	W 2-1	6,134	6,134
Sat 26 Sep	Chesterfield	A	League	L 0-5	8,683	8,683
Mon 28 Sep	Accrington Stanley	A	League	D 2-2	8,758	8,758
Sat 03 Oct	Tranmere Rovers	H	League	L 0-2	8,168	8,168
Sat 10 Oct	Darlington	H	League	D 1-1	6,566	6,566
Sat 17 Oct	Barnsley	A	League	D 1-1	11,369	11,369
Sat 24 Oct	Bradford Park Avenue	H	League	L 0-1	7,873	7,873
Sat 31 Oct	Port Vale	A	League	L 0-1	12,454	12,454
Sat 07 Nov	Crewe Alexandra	H	League	W 5-0	4,934	4,934
Sat 14 Nov	Chester	A	League	W 1-0	5,104	5,104
Sat 21 Nov	Southport	A	F.A. Cup	L 0-1	7,083
Sat 28 Nov	York City	A	League	W 3-1	5,752	5,752
Sat 05 Dec	Scunthorpe United	H	League	W 5-1	6,169	6,169
Sat 12th Dec			League	PP (Cup)
Sat 19 Dec	Rochdale	A	League	L 1-2	4,654	4,654
Fri 25 Dec	Gateshead	A	League	D 2-2	7,210	8,534
Sat 26 Dec	Gateshead	H	League	W 1-0	8,534	7,210
Fri 01 Jan	Workington	H	League	D 2-2	13,648	13,648
Sat 02 Jan	Wrexham	H	League	D 0-0	7,014	7,014
Sat 09 Jan	Workington	A	League	D 2-2	12,974	12,974
Sat 16 Jan	Mansfield Town	A	League	L 1-2	6,386	6,386
Sat 23 Jan	Barrow	H	League	D 2-2	5,498	5,498
Sat 30 Jan	Hartlepools United	H	League	L 2-3	5,024	5,024
Sat 06 Feb	Bradford City	A	League	L 0-1	8,413	8,413
Sat 13 Feb	Chesterfield	H	League	L 2-3	4,918	4,917
Sat 20 Feb	Tranmere Rovers	A	League	W 2-1	5,546	5,546
Sat 27 Feb	Darlington	A	League	L 2-3	4,560	4,560
Sat 06 Mar	Barnsley	H	League	L 2-4	4,954	4,954
Sat 13 Mar	Bradford Park Avenue	A	League	W 4-2	6,346	6,346
Sat 20 Mar	Port Vale	H	League	D 0-0	9,995	9,995
Sat 27 Mar	Crewe Alexandra	A	League	D 0-0	3,617	3,617
Sat 03 Apr	Chester	H	League	D 1-1	2,329	2,329
Sat 10 Apr	Southport	A	League	L 0-3	2,910	2,910
Mon 12 Apr	Hartlepools United	A	League	D 1-1	5,398	5,398
Fri 16 Apr	Halifax Town	H	League	W 5-0	5,188	5,188
Sat 17 Apr	York City	H	League	D 1-1	4,411	4,411
Mon 19 Apr	Halifax Town	A	League	L 0-2	3,514	3,514
Sat 24 Apr	Scunthorpe United	A	League	L 1-2	7,731	7,731
Tue 27 Apr	Southport	H	League	W 3-2	3,251	3,251

3rd Division North

1	Port Vale	46	26	17	3	74	21	69
2	Barnsley	46	24	10	12	77	57	58
3	Scunthorpe & Lindsey Un.	46	21	15	10	77	56	57
4	Gateshead	46	21	13	12	74	55	55
5	Bradford City	46	22	9	15	60	55	53
6	Chesterfield	46	19	14	13	76	64	52
7	Mansfield Town	46	20	11	15	88	67	51
8	Wrexham	46	21	9	16	81	68	51
9	Bradford Park Avenue	46	18	14	14	77	68	50
10	Stockport County	46	18	11	17	77	67	47
11	Southport	46	17	12	17	63	60	46
12	Barrow	46	16	12	18	72	71	44
13	Carlisle United	46	14	15	17	83	71	43
14	Tranmere Rovers	46	18	7	21	59	70	43
15	Accrington Stanley	46	16	10	20	66	74	42
16	Crewe Alexandra	46	14	13	19	49	67	41
17	Grimsby Town	46	16	9	21	51	77	41
18	Hartlepools United	46	13	14	19	59	65	40
19	Rochdale	46	15	10	21	59	77	40
20	Workington	46	13	14	19	59	80	40
21	Darlington	46	12	14	20	50	71	38
22	York City	46	12	13	21	64	86	37
23	Halifax Town	46	12	10	24	44	73	34
24	Chester	46	11	10	25	48	67	32

Friendlies

13/10/1953	Airdrieonians FC	H	Friendly	W 6-2	5,888
27/10/1953	Queen of the South	H	Friendly	W 3-1	11,999
02/11/1953	Raith Rovers	H	Friendly	L 1-4	7,621
12/12/1953	Bradford City	A	Friendly	L 1-4	2,832
12/01/1954	Northern Command	H	Friendly	W 7-2
16/02/1954	East Fife	H	Friendly	L 1-4	3,599
16/03/1954	Liverpool	H	Friendly	D 3-3	6,500
03/05/1954	Workington	A	County Champ	W 2-0