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Table & Scores on 25/08/1953
| Home | Away | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Sheffield Wednesday | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Charlton Athletic | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Sheffield United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Burnley | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Huddersfield Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Cardiff City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Liverpool | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Chelsea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Preston North End | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | Newcastle United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Aston Villa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | Manchester United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | Blackpool | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Bolton Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Arsenal | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | Middlesbrough | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Portsmouth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | Sunderland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | Manchester City | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Burnley 2 (2) Blackpool 1 (0) | Pilkington 10, Shimwell 33 Og Mortensen 60 | Attendance: 41,574 |
| Chelsea 4 (3) Portsmouth 3 (3) | Lewis 14, 34, 72, McNichol 32 McKnight 10 Og, Henderson 15, Harris 31 | Attendance: 40,090 |