| DAT | MOTSTÅNDARE | RESULTAT | MÅLGÖRARE | pl | |
| 23 aug | b | Manchester United | 0-2 |
||
| 27 | H | DERBY | 1-1 |
Harris str | |
| 30 | H | PORTSMOUTH | 2-0 | Parsons, Gray | |
| 3 sep | b | Derby | 2-3 |
Dickson, McNichol | |
| 6 | b | Bolton | 1-1 |
McNichol | |
| 10 | H | BLACKPOOL | 4-0 | Bentley, McNichol 2, Gray | |
| 13 | H | ASTON VILLA | 4-0 | Campbell, Bentley 2, McNichol | |
| 15 | b | Blackpool | 1-3 |
Bentley | |
| 20 | b | Sunderland | 1-2 |
Bentley | |
| 27 | H | WOLVERHAMPTON | 1-2 |
Bentley | |
| 4 okt | b | Charlton | 2-2 |
Bentley str, ? |
|
| 11 | H | PRESTON | 5-3 | Parsons 2, Campbell, Bentley, McNichol | |
| 18 | b | Burnley | 1-1 |
Bentley | |
| 25 | H | TOTTENHAM | 2-1 | McNichol, självmål | |
| 1 nov | b | Sheffield Wednesday | 0-1 |
||
| 8 | H | CARDIFF | 0-2 |
||
| 15 | b | Newcastle | 1-2 |
Parsons | |
| 22 | H | WEST BROMWICH | 0-2 |
||
| 29 | b | Middlesbrough | 0-4 |
||
| 13 dec | b | Manchester City | 0-4 |
||
| 20 | H | MANCHESTER UNITED | 2-3 |
Dickson, Smith | |
| 26 | b | Stoke | 1-1 |
Campbell | |
| 27 | H | STOKE | 0-0 |
||
| 1953 3 jan |
b | Portsmouth | 0-2 |
||
| 17 | H | BOLTON | 1-0 | Parsons | |
| 24 | b | Aston Villa | 1-1 |
Armstrong | |
| 7 feb | H | SUNDERLAND | 3-2 | Parsons, Bentley 2 | |
| 18 | b | Wolverhampton | 2-2 |
Bentley, Gray | |
| 7 mars | H | BURNLEY | 0-2 |
||
| 14 | b | Tottenham | 3-2 | Lewis, Edwards, Blunstone | |
| 21 | H | SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY | 1-0 | McNichol | |
| 23 | H | LIVERPOOL | 3-0 | Lewis, Edwards, Blunstone | |
| 28 | b | Cardiff | 3-3 |
McKnight, Dickson, självmål | |
| 3 apr | H | ARSENAL | 1-1 |
Harris str | |
| 4 | H | NEWCASTLE | 1-2 |
Harris str | |
| 6 | b | Arsenal | 0-2 |
||
| 11 | b | West Bromwich | 1-0 | McNichol | |
| 18 | H | MIDDLESBROUGH | 1-1 |
McNichol | |
| 25 | b | Liverpool | 0-2 |
||
| 29 | H | MANCHESTER CITY | 3-1 | Harris str, McNichol, Lewis | 19 |