1954–55 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

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
1	England	Bert Williams, Bert Williams
2	South Africa	Eddie Stuart, Eddie Stuart
3	England	Roy Pritchard, Roy Pritchard
4	England	Bill Slater (footballer), Bill Slater (footballer)
5	England	Bill Shorthouse, Bill Shorthouse
6	England	Billy Wright, Billy Wright (Captain)
7	England	Johnny Hancocks, Johnny Hancocks
8	England	Peter Broadbent, Peter Broadbent
9	England	Roy Swinbourne, Roy Swinbourne
10	England	Dennis Wilshaw, Dennis Wilshaw
11	England	Jimmy Mullen, Jimmy Mullen
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1954–55 in English football

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FA competitions

Football League

Lower leagues

Related to national team

Club seasons

First Division

Arsenal
Aston Villa
Blackpool
Bolton Wanderers
Burnley
Cardiff City
Charlton Athletic
Chelsea
Everton
Huddersfield Town
Leicester City
Manchester City
Manchester United
Newcastle United
Portsmouth
Preston North End
Sheffield United
Sheffield Wednesday
Sunderland
Tottenham Hotspur
West Bromwich Albion
Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division

Birmingham City
Blackburn Rovers
Bristol Rovers
Bury
Derby County
Doncaster Rovers
Fulham
Hull City
Ipswich Town
Leeds United
Lincoln City
Liverpool
Luton Town
Middlesbrough
Nottingham Forest
Notts County
Plymouth Argyle
Port Vale
Rotherham United
Stoke City
Swansea Town
West Ham United

Third Division

North	Accrington Stanley Barnsley Barrow Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue Carlisle United Chester Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Gateshead Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hartlepools United Mansfield Town Oldham Athletic Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southport Stockport County Tranmere Rovers Workington Wrexham York City

South	Aldershot Bournemouth Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Colchester United Coventry City Crystal Palace Exeter City Gillingham Leyton Orient Millwall Newport County Northampton Town Norwich City Queens Park Rangers Reading Shrewsbury Town Southampton Southend United Swindon Town Torquay United Walsall Watford

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