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		DIVISION 2 1954/55
		For full league and cup results click on by club required.
			P	W	D	L	F	A	*Pts*
Leading League goalscorer: Tommy Briggs (Blackburn Rovers) 33 goals In those far-off days before penalty shoot-outs FA Cup ties went to as many replays as needed to decide a winner. This led to some marathon ties, none more so than in the 1954/55 season when three Second Division sides each needed five matches to decide the outcome of FA Cup ties. Doncaster played five matches against First Division Aston Villa in the Fourth Round (eight and a half hours of play) while Stoke and Bury played each other five times in a Third Round tie - 9 hours 22 minutes of play which is a record for the competition proper. Click on each club for results. The Stoke and Bury fans must have been sick of each other. In the month from Christmas Day 1954 they not only played each other five times in the Cup but twice more in the League!	1	Birmingham City	42	22	10	10	92	47	54
	2	Luton Town	42	23	8	11	88	53	54
	3	Rotherham United	42	25	4	13	94	64	54
	4	Leeds United	42	23	7	12	70	53	53
	5	Stoke City	42	21	10	11	69	46	52
	6	Blackburn Rovers	42	22	6	14	114	79	50
	7	Notts County	42	21	6	15	74	71	48
	8	West Ham United	42	18	10	14	74	70	46
	9	Bristol Rovers	42	19	7	16	75	70	45
	10	Swansea Town	42	17	9	16	86	83	43
	11	Liverpool	42	16	10	16	92	96	42
	12	Middlesbrough	42	18	6	18	73	82	42
	13	Bury	42	15	11	16	77	72	41
	14	Fulham	42	14	11	17	76	79	39
	15	Nottingham Forest	42	16	7	19	58	62	39
	16	Lincoln City	42	13	10	19	68	79	36
	17	Port Vale	42	12	11	19	48	71	35
	18	Doncaster Rovers	42	14	7	21	58	95	35
	19	Hull City	42	12	10	20	44	69	34
	20	Plymouth Argyle	42	12	7	23	57	82	31
	21	Ipswich Town	42	11	6	25	57	92	28
	22	Derby County	42	7	9	26	53	82	23

		Ipswich relegated to Division 3 (South), Derby to Division 3 (North).