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Table & Scores on 17/10/1953
| Home | Away | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | West Bromwich Albion | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 24 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 21 | Huddersfield Town | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 20 | Charlton Athletic | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 18 | Burnley | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 18 | Bolton Wanderers | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 17 | Cardiff City | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | Sheffield Wednesday | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 15 | Aston Villa | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 14 | Preston North End | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 13 | Blackpool | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 13 | Tottenham Hotspur | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 13 | Manchester United | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 12 | Newcastle United | 14 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 12 | Portsmouth | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 11 | Arsenal | 14 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | Liverpool | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 10 | Sheffield United | 13 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 10 | Chelsea | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 9 | Middlesbrough | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 9 | Manchester City | 14 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 9 | Sunderland | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 8 |
| Arsenal 2 (2) Burnley 5 (3) | Forbes 5, Roper 28 Holden 15, 39, 81, Stephenson 20, 87 | Attendance: 47,353 |
| Aston Villa 1 (1) Newcastle United 2 (0) | Thompson 40 Milburn 66, Davies 71 | Attendance: 38,366 |
| Blackpool 1 (0) Sheffield Wednesday 2 (2) | Mortensen 49 Woodhead 1, Finney 25 | Attendance: 35,910 |
| Cardiff City 1 (1) Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0) | Grant 44 Pen | Attendance: 41,083 |
| Chelsea 1 (0) Middlesbrough 1 (0) | Lewis 61 Rayment 57 | Attendance: 23,513 |
| Huddersfield Town 2 (2) Liverpool 0 (0) | Glazzard 41, Metcalfe 43 | Attendance: 30,115 |
| Manchester City 1 (1) Preston North End 4 (1) | Anders 39 Hatsell 15, Wayman 3rd, 5th, Finney 4th | Attendance: 43,295 |
| Portsmouth 3 (1) Charlton Athletic 1 (0) | Harris 3, 85, Gordon 63 Kiernan 51 | Attendance: 30,933 |
| Sheffield United 1 (0) West Bromwich Albion 2 (1) | Ringstead 65 Allen 8, Nicholls 85 | Attendance: 38,367 |
| Sunderland 1 (0) Bolton Wanderers 2 (1) | Bingham 86 Wheeler 11, Lofthouse 88 | Attendance: 45,358 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 (2) Manchester United 1 (1) | Hancocks 16 Pen, Broadbent 43, Swinbourne 72 Taylor 30 | Attendance: 40,084 |