Third Division North Table 1952/53

#	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Oldham Athletic	46	22	15	9	77	45	+32	59
2	Port Vale	46	20	18	8	67	35	+32	58
3	Wrexham	46	24	8	14	86	66	+20	56
4	York City	46	20	13	13	60	45	+15	53
5	Grimsby Town	46	21	10	15	75	59	+16	52
6	Southport	46	20	11	15	63	60	+3	51
7	Bradford Park Avenue	46	19	12	15	75	61	+14	50
8	Gateshead AFC	46	17	15	14	76	60	+16	49
9	Carlisle United	46	18	13	15	82	68	+14	49
10	Crewe Alexandra	46	20	8	18	70	68	+2	48
11	Stockport County	46	17	13	16	82	69	+13	47
12	Chesterfield	46	18	11	17	65	63	+2	47
13	Tranmere Rovers	46	21	5	20	65	63	+2	47
14	Halifax Town	46	16	15	15	68	68	0	47
15	Scunthorpe United	46	16	14	16	62	56	+6	46
16	Bradford City	46	14	18	14	75	80	-5	46
17	Hartlepool United	46	16	14	16	57	61	-4	46
18	Mansfield Town	46	16	14	16	55	62	-7	46
19	Barrow	46	16	12	18	66	71	-5	44
20	Chester City	46	11	15	20	64	85	-21	37
21	Darlington	46	14	6	26	58	96	-38	34
22	Rochdale	46	14	5	27	62	83	-21	33
23	Workington	46	11	10	25	55	91	-36	32
24	Accrington Stanley	46	8	11	27	39	89	-50	27