English First Division 1953/1954
Historical league standings at 25th 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 | Sheffield Wednesday | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 2 | Charlton Athletic | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2.00 |
| 3 | Sheffield United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1.67 |
| 4 | Burnley | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1.40 |
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 6 | Cardiff City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2.00 |
| 7 | Huddersfield Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2.00 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1.40 |
| 9 | Chelsea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1.00 |
| 10 | Preston North End | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2.50 |
| 11 | Newcastle United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 12 | Aston Villa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1.33 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton W'drs. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1.25 |
| 14 | Manchester United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 15 | Blackpool | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 16 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 17 | Bolton Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 18 | Arsenal | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.00 |
| 19 | Middlesbrough | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0.00 |
| 20 | Portsmouth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0.64 |
| 21 | Sunderland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0.57 |
| 22 | Manchester City | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0.00 |
