Wrexham 0
Bradford City 1
League (Division Three North)
WrexhamWrexham |
0 - 1
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Bradford CityBradford City |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
| None. | Bill Holmes (23) |
| Team Managers | |
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Peter Jackson |
Ivor Powell |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Bob Connor 2. Les Speed 3. Peter Fisher 4. George Jones 5. Phil Spruce 6. Johnny Tapscott 7. Glyn Hughes 8. Ron Hewitt 9. Bill Heggie 10. Tommy Tilston 11. Tommy Bannan |
Jimmy Gooch .1 Jock Whyte .2 George Mulholland .3 David Gray .4 George Hepplewhite .5 Ivor Powell .6 Tommy McCulloch .7 Ron Harbertson .8 Bill Holmes .9 Whelan Ward .10 Billy Tunnicliffe .11 |
| Bench | |
| None. | None. |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
A. Jones (Liverpool) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at September 30th, 1953)
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| Bob Connor (GK) | 27 |
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8 | - | 0 | - | 65 | - | 10 | - | 75 | - | |||
| Peter Fisher | 33 |
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13 | - | 0 | - | 80 | - | 8 | - | 88 | - | |||
| Les Speed | 29 |
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1 | - | 0 | - | 168 | - | 22 | 1 | 190 | 1 | |||
| George Jones | 23 |
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13 | - | 0 | - | 102 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 113 | 8 | |||
| Phil Spruce | 23 |
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2 | - | 0 | - | 4 | - | 0 | - | 4 | - | |||
| Johnny Tapscott | 25 |
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13 | - | 0 | - | 105 | 2 | 8 | - | 113 | 2 | |||
| Tommy Bannan | 23 |
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4 | 1 | 0 | - | 89 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 100 | 37 | |||
| Bill Heggie | 26 |
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12 | 9 | 0 | - | 22 | 12 | 0 | - | 22 | 12 | |||
| Ron Hewitt | 25 |
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13 | 4 | 0 | - | 93 | 32 | 10 | - | 103 | 32 | |||
| Glyn Hughes | 21 |
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11 | 2 | 0 | - | 54 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 58 | 16 | |||
| Tommy Tilston | 27 |
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13 | 6 | 0 | - | 65 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 70 | 28 | |||
League Table & Results (as at September 30th, 1953)
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 28th September 1953 |
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| Accrington S. | 2-2 | Carlisle United |
| Chesterfield | 2-1 | Rochdale |
| Crewe Alex. | 0-0 | Port Vale |
| Halifax Town | 2-0 | Grimsby Town |
| Mansfield Town | 2-3 | Barrow |
| Workington | 2-0 | Gateshead AFC |
| 29th September 1953 |
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| Tranmere R. | 2-2 | Stockport Co. |
| 30th September 1953 |
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| Bradford PA | 5-0 | Chester |
| Wrexham | 0-1 | Bradford City |
| Division Three (North) 1953-54 |
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| P | W | D | L | Avg | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Port Vale | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5.250 | 21 |
| 2. | Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1.700 | 17 |
| 3. | WREXHAM | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1.412 | 16 |
| 4. | Bradford City | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0.923 | 16 |
| 5. | Barnsley | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1.583 | 15 |
| 6. | Gateshead AFC | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1.286 | 15 |
| 7. | Chesterfield | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1.267 | 15 |
| 8. | Bradford (Park Avenue) | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1.714 | 14 |
| 9. | Stockport County | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1.235 | 14 |
| 10. | Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1.462 | 13 |
| 11. | Carlisle United | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1.364 | 13 |
| 12. | Barrow | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1.176 | 13 |
| 13. | Southport | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1.125 | 13 |
| 14. | Mansfield Town | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 12 |
| 15. | Halifax Town | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0.786 | 11 |
| 16. | Grimsby Town | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0.704 | 11 |
| 17. | Accrington Stanley | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.900 | 10 |
| 18. | Tranmere Rovers | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0.800 | 9 |
| 19. | Chester | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.700 | 9 |
| 20. | York City | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0.636 | 9 |
| 21. | Darlington | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0.632 | 9 |
| 22. | Hartlepools United | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0.571 | 8 |
| 23. | Workington | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0.480 | 6 |
| 24. | Rochdale | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0.292 | 5 |