1954–55 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

Wolverhampton Wanderers
1954–55 season
ChairmanJimmy Baker
ManagerStan Cullis
First Division2nd
FA CupQuarter-finals
FA Charity ShieldShared
Top goalscorerLeague: Johnny Hancocks (26)
All: Johnny Hancocks (28)
Highest home attendance55,374 (vs West Brom, 23 October 1954)
Lowest home attendance27,524 (vs Burnley, 6 November 1954)
Average home league attendance36,476 (league only)

The 1954–55 season was the 56th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played in the First Division, then the highest level of English football, for a 17th consecutive year.

They entered the season as the defending league champions but were denied a second consecutive title by Chelsea, who finished four points ahead of them.

Results

Final League Table

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GA Pts
1 Chelsea 42 20 12 10 81 57 1.421 52
2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 19 10 13 89 70 1.271 48
3 Portsmouth 42 18 12 12 74 62 1.194 48

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points


FA Cup

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
8 January 1955 R3 Grimsby Town Blundell Park 5–2 26,144 Wilshaw 2, McDonald, Smith, Swinbourne
29 January 1955 R4 Arsenal Molineux Stadium 1–0 52,857 Swinbourne
19 February 1955 R5 Charlton Athletic Molineux Stadium 4–1 49,236 Wilshaw 3, Hancocks
12 March 1955 QF Sunderland Roker Park 0–2 54,851

FA Charity Shield

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
9 September 1954 West Bromwich Albion Molineux Stadium 4–4 45,035 Swinbourne 2, Deeley, Hancocks

Players Used

Pos. Nationality Player Football League FA Cup FA Charity Shield Total
1  England Bert Williams 0
2  South Africa Eddie Stuart 0
3  England Roy Pritchard 0
4  England Bill Slater (footballer) 0
5  England Bill Shorthouse 0
6  England Billy Wright (Captain) 0
7  England Johnny Hancocks 0
8  England Peter Broadbent 0
9  England Roy Swinbourne 0
10  England Dennis Wilshaw 0
11  England Jimmy Mullen 0
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Bert Williams 39 4 1 44 Billy Wright 39 4 0 43 Peter Broadbent 38 4 1 43 Dennis Wilshaw 28 4 1 43 Bill Slater 38 4 0 42 Ron Flowers 37 4 1 42 Bill Shorthouse 36 4 1 41 Roy Swinbourne 36 4 1 41 Les Smith 34 4 0 38 Eddie Stuart 33 4 0 37 Johnny Hancocks 32 3 1 36 Jimmy Mullen 17 0 0 17 Eddie Clamp 10 0 1 11 George Showell 8 0 0 8 Norman Deeley 7 0 1 8 Roy Pritchard 7 0 0 7 Colin Booth 3 0 0 3 Nigel Sims 3 0 0 3 Jack Taylor 3 0 0 3 Peter Russell 2 0 1 3 Tommy McDonald 1 1 0 2 Joe Baillie 1 0 0 1 Bill Gutterirdge 0 0 1 1

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