Port Vale Historical Standings 30th Apr 1953

English Third Division (North) 1952/1953
Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Oldham Athletic 46 81   15 4 4 48 21   7 11 5 29 24
2 Wrexham 46 80   18 3 2 59 24   6 5 12 27 42
3 Port Vale 46 78   13 9 1 41 10   7 9 7 26 25
4 Grimsby Town 46 73   15 5 3 47 19   6 5 12 28 40
5 46 73   14 5 4 35 16   6 8 9 25 29
6 46 71   16 4 3 42 18   4 7 12 21 42
7 46 69   10 8 5 37 23   9 4 10 38 38
8 46 68   16 4 3 45 16   5 1 17 20 47
9 Crewe Alexandra 46 68   13 5 5 46 28   7 3 13 24 40
10 Carlisle United 46 67   13 7 3 57 24   5 6 12 25 44
11 Gateshead 46 66   13 6 4 51 24   4 9 10 25 36
12 Chesterfield 46 65   13 6 4 40 23   5 5 13 25 40
13 46 64   13 8 2 61 26   4 5 14 21 43
14 Halifax Town 46 63   13 5 5 47 31   3 10 10 21 37
15 Scunthorpe United 46 62   10 6 7 38 21   6 8 9 24 35
16 Hartlepools United 46 62   14 6 3 39 16   2 8 13 18 45
17 Mansfield Town 46 62   11 9 3 34 25   5 5 13 21 37
18 Barrow 46 60   15 6 2 48 20   1 6 16 18 51
19 Bradford City 46 60   14 7 2 54 29   0 11 12 21 51
20 46 48   10 7 6 39 27   1 8 14 25 58
21 46 48   13 4 6 33 27   1 2 20 25 69
22 46 47   12 5 6 41 27   2 0 21 21 56
23 46 43   9 5 9 40 33   2 5 16 15 58
24 46 35   7 9 7 25 29   1 2 20 14 60