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1954–55 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Wolverhampton Wanderers
season	1954–55
manager	Stan Cullis
mgrtitle	Manager
chairman	Jimmy Baker
chrtitle	Chairman
league	First Division
league result	2nd
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Quarter-finals
cup2	FA Charity Shield
cup2 result	Shared
league topscorer	Johnny Hancocks (26)
season topscorer	Johnny Hancocks (28)
highest attendance	55,374 (vs West Brom, 23 October 1954)
lowest attendance	27,524 (vs Burnley, 6 November 1954)
average attendance	36,476 (league only)
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pattern_so1	_hoops_gold
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socks1	000000
prevseason	1953–54
nextseason	1955–56

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

[[Football League First Division|First Division]]

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[[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 Community Shield|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
1	England	{{sortname	Bert Williams	Bert Williams (footballer, born 1920)}}
2	South Africa	{{sortname	Eddie Stuart}}
3	England	{{sortname	Roy Pritchard}}
4	England	{{sortname	Bill Slater (footballer)}}
5	England	{{sortname	Bill Shorthouse}}
6	England	{{sortname	Billy Wright	Billy Wright (footballer born 1924)}} (Captain)
7	England	{{sortname	Johnny Hancocks}}
8	England	{{sortname	Peter Broadbent	Peter Broadbent (footballer)}}
9	England	{{sortname	Roy Swinbourne}}
10	England	{{sortname	Dennis Wilshaw}}
11	England	{{sortname	Jimmy Mullen	Jimmy Mullen (footballer born 1923)}}
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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

Top scorer

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Most appearances

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First Division Results by round

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References

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