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23/08/1952 | Oldham Athletic (H) 0-0
25/08/1952 | Port Vale (A) 0-2
30/08/1952 | Mansfield Town (A) 0-1
02/09/1952 | Port Vale (H) 1-1
06/09/1952 | Halifax Town (H) 0-0
10/09/1952 | Bradford Park Avenue (A) 0-1
13/09/1952 | Accrington Stanley (A) 2-0
16/09/1952 | Bradford Park Avenue (H) 4-0
20/09/1952 | Workington (H) 3-0
22/09/1952 | Gateshead (A) 1-0
27/09/1952 | Chesterfield (A) 2-1
01/10/1952 | Grimsby Town (A) 1-3
04/10/1952 | Crewe Alexandra (H) 1-0
11/10/1952 | Chester (A) 2-3
18/10/1952 | Scunthorpe United (H) 0-1
25/10/1952 | Stockport County (A) 2-3
01/11/1952 | Bradford City (H) 3-1
08/11/1952 | Rochdale (A) 0-3
15/11/1952 | Darlington (H) 5-2
22/11/1952 | Ashington (H) 8-1
29/11/1952 | Hartlepools United (H) 0-2
06/12/1952 | Hartlepools United (H) 2-1
13/12/1952 | Southport (H) 1-1
20/12/1952 | Oldham Athletic (A) 2-5
26/12/1952 | York City (A) 0-2
01/01/1953 | Grimsby Town (H) 2-1
03/01/1953 | Mansfield Town (H) 1-0
10/01/1953 | Tottenham Hotspur (H) 1-1
12/01/1953 | Tottenham Hotspur (A) 1-9
17/01/1953 | Halifax Town (A) 0-0
21/01/1953 | Wrexham (A) 0-1
24/01/1953 | Accrington Stanley (H) 2-0
31/01/1953 | Wrexham (H) 4-2
07/02/1953 | Workington (A) 0-2
14/02/1953 | Chesterfield (H) 3-1
21/02/1953 | Crewe Alexandra (A) 0-1
28/02/1953 | Chester (H) 4-0
07/03/1953 | Scunthorpe United (A) 0-2
12/03/1953 | Carlisle United (A) 0-4
14/03/1953 | Stockport County (H) 1-0
21/03/1953 | Bradford City (A) 3-5
28/03/1953 | Rochdale (H) 1-0
03/04/1953 | Barrow (H) 2-0
04/04/1953 | Darlington (A) 2-1
06/04/1953 | Barrow (A) 0-2
11/04/1953 | Gateshead (H) 2-0
18/04/1953 | Hartlepools United (A) 1-4
21/04/1953 | Southport (A) 2-1
25/04/1953 | Carlisle United (H) 4-1
28/04/1953 | York City (H) 1-3
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Division Three (North)
Game #41 of 1952/53
Bradford City
5 - 3
Tranmere Rovers
L
Saturday, 21/03/1953
Eastham, Iceton, Williams
Match Details
Attendance
8,849
Manager
Ernie Blackburn
Opposition Manager
Ivor Powell
League Position
16
League Points
35
Team Lineups
Tranmere Rovers
Shirt
Player
Role
⏱️
⚽️
🟨
🟥
1
Payne, George
Starter
90
0
0
0
2
Gibson, William
Starter
90
0
0
0
3
Lamont, Bill
Starter
90
0
0
0
4
Kieran, Len
Starter
90
0
0
0
5
Bell, Harold
Starter
90
0
0
0
6
Williams, Ray
Starter
90
1
0
0
7
Harlock, Des
Starter
90
0
0
0
8
Mycock, Tom
Starter
90
0
0
0
9
Done, Cyril
Starter
90
0
0
0
10
Eastham, Harry
Starter
90
1
0
0
11
Iceton, Lloyd
Starter
90
1
0
0
Bradford City
Shirt
Player
Role
1
Geoff Smith
Starter
2
David Gray
Starter
3
Jock Whyte
Starter
4
George Williamson
Starter
5
Dick Conroy
Starter
6
Ivor Powell
Starter
7
Tommy McCulloch
Starter
8
Arnie Kendall
Starter
9
Eddie Carr
Starter
10
Abe Rosenthal
Starter
11
Billy Tunnicliffe
Starter
League Table
Pos
Club
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Oldham Athletic
36
18
10
8
65
39
+26
46
2
Port Vale
36
16
13
7
50
27
+23
45
3
Grimsby Town
37
18
9
10
65
42
+23
45
4
Wrexham
36
19
6
11
68
55
+13
44
5
Carlisle United
38
16
10
12
68
47
+21
42
6
Crewe Alexandra
37
18
6
13
61
56
+5
42
7
York City
36
15
11
10
45
35
+10
41
8
Scunthorpe United
37
15
11
11
54
44
+10
41
9
Southport
36
16
9
11
50
47
+3
41
10
Gateshead
37
14
12
11
60
50
+10
40
11
Barrow
37
14
9
14
58
59
-1
37
12
Halifax Town
36
12
13
11
53
54
-1
37
13
Hartlepools United
37
12
13
12
43
49
-6
37
14
Stockport County
36
13
10
13
68
57
+11
36
15
Bradford Park Avenue
36
13
9
14
51
50
+1
35
16
Tranmere Rovers
37
15
5
17
50
51
-1
35
17
Chesterfield
37
13
9
15
49
52
-3
35
18
Bradford City
36
10
14
12
49
66
-17
34
19
Mansfield Town
36
11
11
14
41
52
-11
33
20
Chester
35
10
10
15
52
60
-8
30
21
Workington
36
10
7
19
44
69
-25
27
22
Darlington
36
10
6
20
52
80
-28
26
23
Rochdale
36
9
4
23
50
71
-21
22
24
Accrington Stanley
35
6
9
20
34
68
-34
21