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(Top) 1 First Division 1.1 League table 1.2 Results summary 1.3 Reports 2 FA Cup 2.1 Results 3 References 4 External links

1953–54 Manchester City F.C. season

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Manchester City
1953–54 season
Manager	Les McDowall
Stadium	Maine Road
First Division	17th
FA Cup	Fourth Round
Top goalscorer	League: Don Revie and Johnny Hart (12) All: Don Revie (13)
Highest home attendance	53,097 vs Manchester United 5 September 1953
Lowest home attendance	10,841 vs Tottenham Hotspur 17 March 1954
← 1952–53 1954–55 →

The 1953–54 season was Manchester City's 52nd season of competitive football and 37th season in the top division of English football.^[1] In addition to the First Division, the club competed in the FA Cup.

First Division[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
15	Newcastle United	42	14	10	18	72	77	0.935	38
16	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	5	21	65	76	0.855	37
17	Manchester City	42	14	9	19	62	77	0.805	37
18	Sunderland	42	14	8	20	81	89	0.910	36
19	Sheffield Wednesday	42	15	6	21	70	91	0.769	36

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Results summary[edit]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
42	14	9	19	62	77	0.805	37	10	4	7	35	31	24	4	5	12	27	46	13

Source: [1]

Reports[edit]

Date	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
19 August 1953	Sheffield Wednesday	A	Hillsborough Stadium	0 – 2		48,000
22 August 1953	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	Maine Road	0 – 4		20,039
24 August 1953	Aston Villa	A	Villa Park	0 – 3		30,000
29 August 1953	Sunderland	A	Roker Park	5 – 4	Hart (2), Whitfield, Clarke, Anders	49,434
2 September 1953	Aston Villa	H	Maine Road	0 – 1		24,918
5 September 1953	Manchester United	H	Maine Road	2 - 0	Hart, Revie	53,097
9 September 1953	Huddersfield Town	A	Leeds Road	1 – 1	Little	24,341
12 September 1953	Cardiff City	H	Maine Road	1 – 1	(og)	31,915
16 September 1953	Huddersfield Town	H	Maine Road	0 – 1		24,580
19 September 1953	Arsenal	A	Highbury	2 – 2	Hart, Spurdle	65,869
26 September 1953	Portsmouth	H	Maine Road	2 – 1	Revie, Hart	35,691
3 October 1953	Blackpool	A	Bloomfield Road	0 - 2		31,765
10 October 1953	Bolton Wanderers	A	Burnden Park	2 – 3	Revie (2)	29,403
17 October 1953	Preston North End	H	Maine Road	1 – 4	Anders	43,295
24 October 1953	Tottenham Hotspur	H	Maine Road	0 – 3		37,577
31 October 1953	Burnley	H	Maine Road	3 – 2	Meadows (2), Cunliffe	32,353
7 November 1953	Liverpool	A	Anfield	2 – 2	Hart, Meadows	30,917
14 November 1953	Newcastle United	H	Maine Road	0 – 0		34,150
21 November 1953	Middlesbrough	A	Ayresome Park	1 – 0	(og)	25,000
28 November 1953	West Bromwich Albion	H	Maine Road	2 – 3	Hart, Revie	40,753
5 December 1953	Chelsea	A	The Valley	1 – 2	Meadows	17,813
12 December 1953	Sheffield Wednesday	H	Maine Road	3 – 2	Little, Revie, Davies	27,639
19 December 1953	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	Molineux Stadium	1 – 3	Davies	27,606
25 December 1953	Sheffield United	A	Bramhall Lane	2 – 2	Revie, Hart	35,000
26 December 1953	Sheffield United	H	Maine Road	2 – 1	Hart, (og)	35,783
2 January 1954	Sunderland	H	Maine Road	2 – 1	McAdams, Revie	23,742
16 January 1954	Manchester United	A	Old Trafford	1 – 1	McAdams	46,379
23 January 1954	Cardiff City	H	Ninian Park	3 – 0	Revie, Clarke, Anders	22,000
6 February 1954	Arsenal	H	Maine Road	0 – 0		39,026
13 February 1954	Portsmouth	A	Fratton Park	1 - 4	McAdams	30,013
24 February 1954	Blackpool	H	Maine Road	1 – 4	Clarke	22,515
27 February 1954	Bolton Wanderers	H	Maine Road	3 – 0	McAdams, Meadows, Revie	39,340
6 March 1954	Preston North End	A	Deepdale	0 – 4		21,000
17 March 1954	Tottenham Hotspur	H	Maine Road	4 – 1	Hart, McAdams, Revie, Clarke	10,841
20 March 1954	Burnley	A	Turf Moor	1 – 3	Hart	23,054
3 April 1954	Newcastle United	A	St James’ Park	3 – 4	Hart, McAdams, Clarke	27,760
7 April 1954	Liverpool	H	Maine Road	0 – 2		12,593
10 April 1954	Middlesbrough	H	Maine Road	5 – 2	Revie, Clarke (2), Meadows (2)	28,345
16 April 1954	Chelsea	A	Stamford Bridge	1 – 0	Meadows	59,794
17 April 1954	West Bromwich Albion	A	The Hawthorns	0 – 1		35,000
19 April 1954	Chelsea	H	Maine Road	1 – 1	Branagan	30,620
24 April 1954	Charlton Athletic	H	Maine Road	3 – 0	McAdams (2), Spurdle	19,549

FA Cup[edit]

Results[edit]

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
9 January 1954	Third Round	Bradford Park Avenue	A	Park Avenue	5 - 2	McAdams (3), Revie, Clarke	22,194
30 January 1954	Fourth Round	Tottenham Hotspur	H	Maine Road	0 - 1		50,576