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1953/54 CENTRAL ALLIANCE FIRST DIVISION FINAL TABLE

  P W D L F A Pts
1 ILKESTON TOWN 36 30 2 4 128 29 62
2 Nottingham Forest 'A' 36 21 8 7 97 53 50
3 Ransome & Marles 36 20 4 12 78 58 44
4 Grantham Reserves 36 18 6 12 94 73 42
5 Creswell Colliery 36 18 5 13 89 64 41
6 Langwith Miners Welfare 36 19 3 14 95 78 41
7 Belper Town 36 18 4 14 90 68 40
8 Shirebrook Miners Welfare 36 17 4 15 91 98 38
9 Notts County 'A' 36 15 7 14 94 62 37
10 Sutton Town 36 15 6 15 94 87 36
11 Linby Colliery 36 16 3 17 75 66 35
12 Clay Cross Miners Welfare 36 14 5 17 80 83 33
13 Heanor Town 36 13 7 16 68 87 33
14 Brush Sports Reserves 36 12 5 19 55 88 29
15 South Normanton Miners Welfare 36 12 4 20 75 88 28
16 Long Eaton Town 36 13 2 21 60 93 28
17 Matlock Town 36 10 4 22 69 125 24
18 Coalville Town 36 10 3 23 70 103 23
19 Retford British Ropes 36 9 2 25 52 151 20


1953/54 CENTRAL ALLIANCE RESULTS
DATE OPPONENTS RESULTS SCORERS
22 AUG NOTTS COUNTY 'A' W2-0 JEPSON, WARD
26 AUG Clay Cross Miners Welfare L0-2
29 AUG Ransome & Marles L0-1
09 SEP South Normanton Miners Welfare W3-1 LEDGER, WARD, JEPSON
12 SEP Langwith Miners Welfare W4-1 JEPSON 3, HACKLAND
19 SEP RANSOME & MARLES L2-3 BOOTH, JEPSON
10 OCT Nottingham Forest 'A' W4-1 LEDGER, JEPSON 3
17 OCT Shirebrook Miners Welfare W3-1 JEPSON 2, HACKLAND
24 OCT LINBY COLLIERY W3-0 WARD, FAULCONBRIDGE, BAKER (PEN)
07 NOV CRESWELL COLLIERY W6-3 COMMANDER 2, LEDGER, BOOTH, BLOUNT 2
14 NOV Sutton Town W4-1 WARD 2, BLOUNT, FAULCONBRIDGE
21 NOV LANGWITH MINERS WELFARE W2-0 WARD 2
28 NOV BRUSH SPORTS RESERVES W5-1 BLOUNT, WARD, FAULCONBRIDGE, JOHNSON 2
12 DEC Retford British Ropes W2-1 JOHNSON, HACKLAND
19 DEC Brush Sports Reserves W6-1 WARD 5, COMMANDER
25 DEC HEANOR TOWN W4-2 LEDGER, WARD, FAULCONBRIDGE, JOHNSON
26 DEC Heanor Town W3-1 BLOUNT, WARD, LEDGER
02 JAN MATLOCK TOWN W9-0 BLOUNT, LEDGER, FAULCONBRIDGE 2, ATTWOOD, OG, BAKER (PEN), JOHNSON, WARD
09 JAN Notts County 'A' D2-2 JOHNSON 2
23 JAN Creswell Colliery W3-1 WARD 2, JOHNSON
30 JAN Coalville Town W3-0 WARD 2, HACKLAND
06 FEB GRANTHAM RESERVES W4-2 WARD 2, BLOUNT 2
20 FEB CLAY CROSS MINERS WELFARE W5-0 WARD 2, FAULCONBRIDGE 2, JOHNSON
27 FEB Long Eaton Town W3-0 WARD 2, JOHNSON
06 MAR Matlock Town W10-0 LEDGER 3, FAULCONBRIDGE 2, WARD 2, BLOUNT 2, JOHNSON
13 MAR BELPER TOWN W4-0 BLOUNT, JOHNSON 2, LEDGER
20 MAR SUTTON TOWN W5-0 WARD, FOX (OG), JOHNSON, LEDGER, ATTWOOD (PEN)
27 MAR NOTTINGHAM FOREST 'A' D1-1 BAKER (PEN)
03 APR Linby Colliery W1-0 JOHNSON
05 APR Grantham Reserves W4-0 WARD, BLOUNT 2, JOHNSON
10 APR Belper Town L0-1
17 APR LONG EATON TOWN W2-1 COATES (OG), BAKER (PEN)
19 APR COALVILLE TOWN W2-0 BOOTH, HACKLAND
24 APR RETFORD BRITISH ROPES W6-0 WARD 3, BLOUNT, JOHNSON 2
29 APR SHIREBROOK MINERS WELFARE W7-0 LEDGER, WARD 3, HACKLAND, JOHNSON 2
01 MAY SOUTH NORMANTON MINERS WELFARE W4-1 JOHNSON, FAULCONBRIDGE, WARD, BLOUNT


1953/54 FA CUP RESULT
ROUND DATE OPPONENTS RESULT SCORERS
1QR 26 SEP Gresley Rovers L2-3 JEPSON 2


1953/54 DERBYSHIRE SENIOR CUP RESULTS
ROUND DATE OPPONENTS RESULT ATT SCORERS
1R 05 DEC NIGHTINGALE ATHLETIC W5-1 LEDGER, WARD, BLOUNT, FAULCONBRIDGE 2
QF 16 JAN CRESWELL COLLIERY W4-2aet 2500 JOHNSON 2, LEDGER, WARD
SF 13 FEB Heanor Town W5-0 2500 FAULCONBRIDGE 2, WARD 3
F 16 APR Shirebrook Miners Welfare L0-1 5601
NB. The Final was staged on the Baseball Ground.



1953/54 CENTRAL ALLIANCE LEAGUE CUP RESULTS
ROUND DATE OPPONENTS RESULT SCORERS
1R 05 SEP LINBY COLLIERY W1-0 FAULCONBRIDGE
2R 03 OCT BRUSH SPORTS RESERVES W3-1aet ROGERS, JEPSON 2
QF 31 OCT NOTTINGHAM FOREST 'A' L1-2 BAKER