First Division Table 1952/53

#	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal	42	21	12	9	97	64	+33	54
2	Preston North End	42	21	12	9	85	60	+25	54
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	19	13	10	86	63	+23	51
4	West Bromwich Albion	42	21	8	13	66	60	+6	50
5	Charlton Athletic	42	19	11	12	77	63	+14	49
6	Burnley	42	18	12	12	67	52	+15	48
7	Blackpool	42	19	9	14	71	70	+1	47
8	Manchester United	42	18	10	14	69	72	-3	46
9	Sunderland	42	15	13	14	68	82	-14	43
10	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	11	16	78	69	+9	41
11	Aston Villa	42	14	13	15	63	61	+2	41
12	Cardiff City	42	14	12	16	54	46	+8	40
13	Middlesbrough	42	14	11	17	70	77	-7	39
14	Bolton Wanderers	42	15	9	18	61	69	-8	39
15	Portsmouth	42	14	10	18	74	83	-9	38
16	Newcastle United	42	14	9	19	59	70	-11	37
17	Liverpool	42	14	8	20	61	82	-21	36
18	Sheffield Wednesday	42	12	11	19	62	72	-10	35
19	Chelsea	42	12	11	19	56	66	-10	35
20	Manchester City	42	14	7	21	72	87	-15	35
21	Stoke City	42	12	10	20	53	66	-13	34
22	Derby County	42	11	10	21	59	74	-15	32