Football League First Division  1952/53

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Notes
1st	Arsenal	42	21	12	9	97	64	1.516	54	Champions
2nd	Preston North End	42	21	12	9	85	60	1.417	54	Runners Up
3rd	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	19	13	10	86	63	1.365	51	-
4th	West Bromwich Albion	42	21	8	13	66	60	1.100	50	-
5th	Charlton Athletic	42	19	11	12	77	63	1.222	49	-
6th	Burnley	42	18	12	12	67	52	1.288	48	-
7th	Blackpool	42	19	9	14	71	70	1.014	47	-
8th	Manchester United	42	18	10	14	69	72	0.958	46	-
9th	Sunderland	42	15	13	14	68	82	0.829	43	-
10th	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	11	16	78	69	1.130	41	-
11th	Aston Villa	42	14	13	15	63	61	1.033	41	-
12th	Cardiff City	42	14	12	16	54	46	1.174	40	-
13th	Middlesbrough	42	14	11	17	70	77	0.909	39	-
14th	Bolton Wanderers	42	15	9	18	61	69	0.884	39	-
15th	Portsmouth	42	14	10	18	74	83	0.892	38	-
16th	Newcastle United	42	14	9	19	59	70	0.843	37	-
17th	Liverpool	42	14	8	20	61	82	0.744	36	-
18th	Sheffield Wednesday	42	12	11	19	62	72	0.861	35	-
19th	Chelsea	42	12	11	19	56	66	0.848	35	-
20th	Manchester City	42	14	7	21	72	87	0.828	35	-
21st	Stoke City	42	12	10	20	53	66	0.803	34	▼Relegated
22nd	Derby County	42	11	10	21	59	74	0.797	32	▼Relegated

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