English Second Division 1953/1954
Historical league standings at 22nd August 1953
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| # | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GA |
| 1 | West Ham United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 9.00 |
| 2 | Leeds United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 5.00 |
| 3 | Birmingham City | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 |
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2.50 |
| 5 | Derby County | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2.00 |
| 6 | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2.00 |
| 7 | Doncaster Rovers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2.00 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2.00 |
| 9 | Bristol Rovers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 10 | Luton Town | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 11 | Bury | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 12 | Everton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 13 | Oldham Athletic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 14 | Fulham | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0.80 |
| 15 | Leicester City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 16 | Brentford | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0.40 |
| 17 | Notts. County | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0.33 |
| 18 | Plymouth Argyle | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0.25 |
| 19 | Lincoln City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0.17 |
| 20 | Hull City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00 |
| 21 | Rotherham United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.38 |
| 22 | Swansea Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 |
