1951–52 Football League

The 1951–52 season was the 53rd completed season of The Football League.

The Football League

Season	1951–52
Champions	Manchester United
New club in League	Workington
← 1950–51 1952–53 →

Final league tables

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,[2] with home and away statistics separated.

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

From the 1922–23 season, the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South were required to apply for re-election.[2]

First Division

Football League
First Division

Season	1951–52
Champions	Manchester United (3rd English title)
Relegated	Huddersfield Town, Fulham
FA Cup winners	Newcastle United (5th FA Cup title)
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,490 (3.23 per match)
Top goalscorer	George Robledo (Newcastle United), 33 [3]
Biggest home win	Aston Villa 7 Chelsea 1 Burnley 7 Middlesbrough 1 Newcastle United 7 Burnley 1 Sunderland 7 Huddersfield Town 1 Fulham 6 Middlesbrough 0 Newcastle United 6 Charlton Athletic 0 Newcastle United 6 Stoke City 0
Biggest away win	Huddersfield Town 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 7 (29 Sep 1951)
Highest scoring	(9 goals) Newcastle United 7 Tottenham Hotspur 2 Arsenal 6 West Bromwich Albion 3 Blackpool 6 Newcastle United 3 Stoke City 4 Newcastle United 5
← 1950–51 1952–53 →

After the title disappointments of the previous five seasons, Manchester United finally ended their 41-year wait for the First Division title, finishing four points ahead of their nearest rivals, Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal.

Huddersfield Town and Fulham were relegated to the Second Division.

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United	42	15	3	3	55	21	8	8	5	40	31	1.827	57	League Champions
2	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	1	4	45	20	6	8	7	31	31	1.490	53
3	Arsenal	42	13	7	1	54	30	8	4	9	26	31	1.311	53
4	Portsmouth	42	13	3	5	42	25	7	5	9	26	33	1.172	48
5	Bolton Wanderers	42	11	7	3	35	26	8	3	10	30	35	1.066	48
6	Aston Villa	42	13	3	5	49	28	6	6	9	30	42	1.129	47
7	Preston North End	42	10	5	6	39	22	7	7	7	35	32	1.370	46
8	Newcastle United	42	12	4	5	62	28	6	5	10	36	45	1.342	45	FA Cup winners
9	Blackpool	42	12	5	4	40	27	6	4	11	24	37	1.000	45
10	Charlton Athletic	42	12	5	4	41	24	5	5	11	27	39	1.079	44
11	Liverpool	42	6	11	4	31	25	6	8	7	26	36	0.934	43
12	Sunderland	42	8	6	7	41	28	7	6	8	29	33	1.148	42
13	West Bromwich Albion	42	8	9	4	38	29	6	4	11	36	48	0.961	41
14	Burnley	42	9	6	6	32	19	6	4	11	24	44	0.889	40
15	Manchester City	42	7	5	9	29	28	6	8	7	29	33	0.951	39
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	8	6	7	40	33	4	8	9	33	40	1.000	38
17	Derby County	42	10	4	7	43	37	5	3	13	20	43	0.788	37
18	Middlesbrough	42	12	4	5	37	25	3	2	16	27	63	0.727	36
19	Chelsea	42	10	3	8	31	29	4	5	12	21	43	0.722	36
20	Stoke City	42	8	6	7	34	32	4	1	16	15	56	0.557	31
21	Huddersfield Town	42	9	3	9	32	35	1	5	15	17	47	0.598	28	Relegated
22	Fulham	42	5	7	9	38	31	3	4	14	20	46	0.753	27

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AST	BLP	BOL	BUR	CHA	CHE	DER	FUL	HUD	LIV	MCI	MUN	MID	NEW	POR	PNE	STK	SUN	TOT	WBA	WOL
Arsenal		2–1	4–1	4–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	4–3	2–2	0–0	2–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	4–1	3–3	4–1	3–0	1–1	6–3	2–2
Aston Villa	1–0		4–0	1–1	4–1	0–2	7–1	4–1	4–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–5	2–0	2–2	2–0	3–2	2–3	2–1	0–3	2–0	3–3
Blackpool	0–0	0–3		1–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	4–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	2–2	6–3	0–0	0–3	4–2	3–0	1–0	2–0	3–2
Bolton Wanderers	2–1	5–2	1–0		1–4	2–1	3–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–2
Burnley	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–3		1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	7–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	4–0	0–1	1–1	6–1	2–2
Charlton Athletic	1–3	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–0		1–1	3–3	3–0	4–0	2–0	0–0	2–2	4–3	3–0	0–2	4–2	4–0	2–1	0–3	3–3	1–0
Chelsea	1–3	2–2	2–1	1–3	4–1	1–0		0–1	2–1	2–1	1–3	0–3	4–2	5–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–3	0–1
Derby County	1–2	1–1	1–1	5–2	1–0	1–3	1–1		5–0	2–1	1–1	1–3	0–3	3–1	1–3	1–0	4–3	4–2	3–4	4–2	2–1	1–3
Fulham	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	3–3	1–2	3–0		1–0	1–1	1–2	3–3	6–0	1–1	2–3	2–3	5–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–2
Huddersfield Town	2–3	3–1	1–3	0–2	1–3	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0		1–2	5–1	3–2	1–0	2–4	0–1	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	3–0	1–7
Liverpool	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–1		1–2	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–2	2–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–5	1–1
Manchester City	0–2	2–2	0–0	0–3	0–1	4–2	3–1	4–2	1–1	3–0	1–2		1–2	2–1	2–3	0–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	0–0
Manchester United	6–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	6–1	3–2	3–0	2–1	3–2	1–1	4–0	1–1		4–2	2–1	1–3	1–2	4–0	0–1	2–0	5–1	2–0
Middlesbrough	0–3	2–0	1–0	2–0	5–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	3–3	2–2	1–4		2–1	2–1	2–5	3–0	0–2	2–1	0–1	4–0
Newcastle United	2–0	6–1	1–3	0–1	7–1	6–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	6–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–2		3–3	3–0	6–0	2–2	7–2	1–4	3–1
Portsmouth	1–1	2–0	1–3	3–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	3–1	4–0	3–1	1–3	1–0	1–0	5–4	3–1		1–2	4–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–3
Preston North End	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	1–2	3–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	5–2	4–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–2	2–2		2–0	4–2	1–1	1–0	3–0
Stoke City	2–1	4–1	2–3	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	3–1	0–0	3–2	4–5	2–0	0–0		1–1	1–6	1–1	1–0
Sunderland	4–1	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–0	1–1	4–1	3–0	2–2	7–1	3–0	3–0	1–2	3–1	1–4	3–1	0–0	0–1		0–1	3–3	1–1
Tottenham Hotspur	1–2	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	5–0	1–0	1–0	2–3	1–2	2–0	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–0		3–1	4–2
West Bromwich Albion	3–1	1–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–0	3–3	3–2	3–3	2–3	3–3	5–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–1		2–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	1–2	3–0	5–1	1–2	2–2	5–3	1–2	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–2	0–2	4–0	3–0	1–1	1–4	3–0	0–3	1–1	1–4

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Arsenal

Charlton Athletic

Chelsea

Fulham

Tottenham

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1950–1951

Arsenal

Aston Villa

Blackpool

Bolton

Burnley

Charlton

Chelsea

Derby County

Fulham

Huddersfield

Liverpool

Manchester City

Manchester United

Middlesbrough

Newcastle

Portsmouth

Preston North End

Stoke

Sunderland

Tottenham

West Bromwich Albion

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1951–1952 teams

Second Division

Football League
Second Division

Season	1951–52
Champions	Sheffield Wednesday (3rd title)
Promoted	Cardiff City
Relegated	Coventry City, Queens Park Rangers
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,488 (3.22 per match)
Top goalscorer	Derek Dooley (Sheffield Wednesday), 46 [3]
← 1950–51 1952–53 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sheffield Wednesday	42	14	4	3	54	23	7	7	7	46	43	1.515	53	Division Champions, promoted
2	Cardiff City	42	18	2	1	52	15	2	9	10	20	39	1.333	51	Promoted
3	Birmingham City	42	11	6	4	36	21	10	3	8	31	35	1.196	51
4	Nottingham Forest	42	12	6	3	41	22	6	7	8	36	40	1.242	49
5	Leicester City	42	12	6	3	48	24	7	3	11	30	40	1.219	47
6	Leeds United	42	13	7	1	35	15	5	4	12	24	42	1.035	47
7	Everton	42	12	5	4	42	25	5	5	11	22	33	1.103	44
8	Luton Town	42	9	7	5	46	35	7	5	9	31	43	0.987	44
9	Rotherham United	42	11	4	6	40	25	6	4	11	33	46	1.028	42
10	Brentford	42	11	7	3	34	20	4	5	12	20	35	0.982	42
11	Sheffield United	42	13	2	6	57	28	5	3	13	33	48	1.184	41
12	West Ham United	42	13	5	3	48	29	2	6	13	19	48	0.870	41
13	Southampton	42	11	6	4	40	25	4	5	12	21	48	0.836	41
14	Blackburn Rovers	42	11	3	7	35	30	6	3	12	19	33	0.857	40
15	Notts County	42	11	5	5	45	27	5	2	14	26	41	1.044	39
16	Doncaster Rovers	42	9	4	8	29	28	4	8	9	26	32	0.917	38
17	Bury	42	13	2	6	43	22	2	5	14	24	47	0.971	37
18	Hull City	42	11	5	5	44	23	2	6	13	16	47	0.857	37
19	Swansea Town	42	10	4	7	45	26	2	8	11	27	50	0.947	36
20	Barnsley	42	8	7	6	39	33	3	7	11	20	39	0.819	36
21	Coventry City	42	9	5	7	36	33	5	1	15	23	49	0.720	34	Relegated
22	Queens Park Rangers	42	8	8	5	35	35	3	4	14	17	46	0.642	34

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BIR	BLB	BRE	BRY	CAR	COV	DON	EVE	HUL	LEE	LEI	LUT	NOT	NTC	QPR	ROT	SHU	SHW	SOU	SWA	WHU
Barnsley		1–2	1–2	0–0	3–3	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	3–1	3–3	1–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	3–4	5–4	3–1	2–3	1–1
Birmingham	2–1		0–1	1–2	2–1	3–2	3–1	2–2	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	4–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1
Blackburn Rovers	2–1	1–4		3–0	1–2	0–1	0–1	3–3	1–0	1–0	2–3	2–1	2–1	3–2	2–0	4–2	1–1	1–5	0–0	0–1	3–1	3–1
Brentford	1–1	1–0	1–1		4–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–3	3–3	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	4–1	2–3	1–2	3–1	1–1
Bury	3–0	3–0	0–2	1–0		1–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–2	1–4	0–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	3–1	1–0	1–2	8–2	4–1	4–0
Cardiff City	3–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–0		4–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	3–1	4–0	3–0	4–1	1–0	3–1	2–4	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–1
Coventry City	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	3–0	2–1		1–2	2–1	1–4	4–2	1–3	5–2	3–3	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	3–1	3–2	1–2
Doncaster Rovers	1–2	0–5	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0		3–1	0–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–5	4–0	0–3	2–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	4–1
Everton	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–0	2–2	3–0	4–1	1–1		5–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	1–0	1–5	3–0	3–3	1–0	3–3	3–0	2–1	2–0
Hull City	0–0	0–1	3–0	4–1	5–0	0–0	5–0	2–0	1–0		3–2	3–1	1–2	1–4	1–3	4–1	3–3	2–1	0–1	0–0	5–2	1–1
Leeds United	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–2	2–0		2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	3–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
Leicester City	1–2	4–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–2		3–3	3–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	5–5	3–1	3–0	1–1	3–1
Luton Town	4–2	2–4	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–4	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–2		3–3	6–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	5–3	2–1	2–2	6–1
Nottingham Forest	3–3	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–3	3–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–2	2–0		3–2	3–1	4–2	0–2	2–1	3–0	2–2	0–0
Notts County	4–0	5–0	0–1	5–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	4–0	1–2	2–3	5–4	2–2		0–0	0–3	3–1	2–2	3–4	2–0	1–0
Queens Park Rangers	1–1	0–2	2–1	3–1	3–2	1–1	1–4	0–2	4–4	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	4–3	1–4		2–3	4–2	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–0
Rotherham United	4–0	1–2	3–0	1–1	4–3	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–2	0–2	0–1	1–2	2–0	1–0		3–1	3–3	4–1	1–3	2–1
Sheffield United	1–2	4–2	1–1	1–4	1–0	6–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	4–1	3–0	5–0	3–0	1–4	1–0	1–2	1–0		7–3	2–2	5–0	6–1
Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	4–2	3–1	3–1	4–0	6–0	1–2	1–0	4–0	1–1	6–0	2–1	3–5	1–3		3–1	1–1	2–2
Southampton	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	4–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–3	5–2	4–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	1–4		3–2	1–2
Swansea Town	2–1	4–0	5–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	7–1	1–2	0–2	3–0	4–1	1–0	0–3	1–2	1–1	2–3	5–0	3–1	1–2	1–1		2–1
West Ham United	2–1	0–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–3	3–3	2–0	2–0	2–3	3–0	3–1	2–1	4–2	2–1	5–1	0–6	4–0	2–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Brentford

Queens Park Rangers

West Ham

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1950–1951

Barnsley

Birmingham

Blackburn Rovers

Brentford

Bury

Cardiff City

Coventry

Doncaster

Everton

Hull

Leeds United

Leicester City

Luton Town

Nottingham Forest

Notts County

QPR

Rotherham

Sheffield United

Sheffield Wednesday

Southampton

Swansea Town

West Ham

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1951–1952 teams

Third Division North

Football League
Third Division North

Season	1951–52
Champions	Lincoln City (3rd title)
Failed re-election	none
New club in League	Workington
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,658 (3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Andy Graver (Lincoln City), 36 [3]
← 1950–51 1952–53 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
1	Lincoln City	46	19	2	2	80	23	11	7	5	41	29	2.327	69	Division Champions, promoted
2	Grimsby Town	46	19	2	2	59	14	10	6	7	37	31	2.133	66
3	Stockport County	46	12	9	2	47	17	11	4	8	27	23	1.850	59
4	Oldham Athletic	46	19	2	2	65	22	5	7	11	25	39	1.475	57
5	Gateshead	46	14	7	2	41	17	7	4	12	25	32	1.347	53
6	Mansfield Town	46	17	3	3	50	23	5	5	13	23	37	1.217	52
7	Carlisle United	46	10	7	6	31	24	9	6	8	31	33	1.088	51
8	Bradford Park Avenue	46	13	6	4	51	28	6	6	11	23	36	1.156	50
9	Hartlepools United	46	17	3	3	47	19	4	5	14	24	46	1.092	50
10	York City	46	16	4	3	53	19	2	9	12	20	33	1.404	49
11	Tranmere Rovers	46	17	2	4	59	29	4	4	15	17	42	1.070	48
12	Barrow	46	13	5	5	33	19	4	7	12	24	42	0.934	46
13	Chesterfield	46	15	7	1	47	16	2	4	17	18	50	0.985	45
14	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	46	10	11	2	39	23	4	5	14	26	51	0.878	44
15	Bradford City	46	12	5	6	40	32	4	5	14	21	36	0.897	42
16	Crewe Alexandra	46	12	6	5	42	28	5	2	16	21	54	0.768	42
17	Southport	46	12	6	5	36	22	3	5	15	17	49	0.746	41
18	Wrexham	46	14	5	4	41	22	1	4	18	22	51	0.863	39
19	Chester	46	13	4	6	46	30	2	5	16	26	55	0.847	39
20	Halifax Town	46	11	4	8	31	23	3	3	17	30	74	0.629	35
21	Rochdale	46	10	5	8	32	34	1	8	14	15	45	0.595	35
22	Accrington Stanley	46	6	8	9	30	34	4	4	15	31	58	0.663	32
23	Darlington	46	10	5	8	39	34	1	4	18	25	69	0.621	31	Re-elected
24	Workington[lower-alpha 1]	46	8	4	11	33	34	3	3	17	17	57	0.549	29

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

1. New club in the league

Results

Home \ Away	ACC	BRW	BRA	BPA	CRL	CHE	CHF	CRE	DAR	GAT	GRI	HAL	HAR	LIN	MAN	OLD	ROC	SCU	SOU	STP	TRA	WRK	WRE	YOR
Accrington Stanley		1–1	0–1	5–1	0–2	4–2	2–0	2–3	1–3	1–2	0–3	2–2	0–0	1–3	1–0	1–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–3	1–1	0–0	4–2	2–1
Barrow	3–1		1–0	0–2	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	4–0	2–1	0–0	1–3	2–0	1–0	3–1	0–0
Bradford City	1–3	2–2		2–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	3–2	0–2	1–1	2–1	5–2	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–3	2–0	1–0	3–2	3–3
Bradford Park Avenue	1–1	3–1	2–1		0–1	3–0	3–3	3–2	2–0	2–0	3–2	6–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	4–2	2–3	2–1	5–0	2–1
Carlisle United	4–1	0–1	1–0	1–0		0–0	2–3	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	1–4	0–0	3–3	1–1	3–0	0–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–1
Chester	3–1	0–0	1–0	4–2	4–2		3–0	2–0	2–0	0–3	0–3	5–1	3–3	0–1	1–5	1–2	4–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	4–1	2–2	2–1	0–1
Chesterfield	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–0	3–0	2–0		0–0	4–2	1–0	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–0	5–1	3–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	3–0	2–1
Crewe Alexandra	3–3	1–1	0–1	3–4	1–1	1–2	2–1		3–0	4–2	1–2	4–1	4–2	0–2	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	0–0
Darlington	4–5	1–2	3–1	3–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	0–1		3–2	0–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	2–3	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–0
Gateshead	1–0	2–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–2		1–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	4–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	0–2	4–1	4–1	1–1	1–1
Grimsby Town	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	4–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	2–0		8–1	2–0	2–3	1–1	3–1	4–0	3–2	4–1	4–0	1–0	5–0	1–0	0–0
Halifax Town	0–4	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	4–1	0–0	2–3	4–1	0–1	3–0		2–0	1–3	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–1
Hartlepool	4–2	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	4–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	6–1		1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	3–2
Lincoln City	2–2	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	4–1	5–1	11–1	7–2	1–0	0–2	4–1	4–3		1–2	4–0	2–0	4–1	4–0	2–1	3–0	7–0	3–2	3–1
Mansfield Town	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	3–1	2–1	2–1	3–2	2–3	2–2	4–2	0–1	1–0		2–1	1–1	4–1	4–0	1–0	3–0	3–2	3–0	1–1
Oldham Athletic	3–1	3–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	11–2	3–0	5–2	3–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	5–2	4–1	5–3		1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	2–0
Rochdale	3–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–5	2–0	1–0	6–2	0–3	0–0	0–2	3–0	0–1	1–0	2–2		1–2	1–0	0–0	3–2	2–0	1–5	0–2
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	5–2	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–0	1–3	4–1	2–2	3–1		1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–1
Southport	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	4–1	1–1	3–0	0–2	2–0	3–2	2–0	0–3	0–1	0–0	1–2	5–1		0–1	1–0	4–2	2–1	2–1
Stockport County	6–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	4–2	5–0	0–0	1–1	6–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–1		2–0	5–0	0–0	3–1
Tranmere	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–2	3–2	3–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	5–1	2–3	1–2	4–1	2–2	1–1	0–4	4–3	3–1	5–1	2–0		3–1	3–1	2–0
Workington	0–2	3–1	0–1	2–3	1–2	2–2	3–1	3–1	2–1	1–2	2–4	2–1	1–1	0–3	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	6–1	0–3	1–2		2–0	1–0
Wrexham	1–0	2–4	3–0	3–2	3–1	3–2	0–3	4–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	4–2	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	3–0	0–0	0–1	0–0		1–1
York City	6–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	4–2	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	6–2	3–1	1–0	3–0	5–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	5–1	4–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Accrington Stanley

Barrow

Bradford City

Bradford Park Avenue

Carlisle United

Chester

Chesterfield

Crewe Alexandra

Darlington

Gateshead

Grimsby Town

Halifax T.

Hartlepool

Mansfield Town

Oldham

Rochdale

Scunthorpe & Lindsey

Southport

Stockport

Tranmere

Workington

Wrexham

York City

Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams 1951–1952

Third Division South

Football League
Third Division South

Season	1951–52
Champions	Plymouth Argyle (2nd title)
Failed re-election	none
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,740 (3.15 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ronnie Blackman (Reading), 39 [3]
← 1950–51 1952–53 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
1	Plymouth Argyle	46	19	3	1	70	19	10	5	8	37	34	2.019	66	Division Champions, promoted
2	Reading	46	19	2	2	73	23	10	1	12	39	37	1.867	61
3	Norwich City	46	18	1	4	55	15	8	8	7	34	35	1.780	61
4	Millwall	46	16	5	2	46	21	7	7	9	28	32	1.396	58
5	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	15	4	4	57	24	9	6	8	30	39	1.381	58
6	Newport County	46	13	7	3	45	26	8	5	10	32	50	1.013	54
7	Bristol Rovers	46	14	5	4	60	20	6	7	10	29	33	1.679	52
8	Northampton Town	46	17	1	5	65	31	5	4	14	28	43	1.257	49
9	Southend United	46	16	6	1	56	17	3	4	16	19	49	1.136	48
10	Colchester United	46	12	7	4	32	22	5	5	13	24	55	0.727	46
11	Torquay United	46	10	3	10	53	42	7	7	9	33	56	0.878	44
12	Aldershot	46	11	4	8	40	27	7	4	12	38	62	0.876	44
13	Port Vale	46	11	11	1	33	16	3	4	16	17	50	0.758	43
14	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	11	4	8	42	30	5	6	12	27	45	0.920	42
15	Bristol City	46	13	6	4	44	26	2	6	15	14	43	0.841	42
16	Swindon Town	46	9	9	5	29	22	5	5	13	22	46	0.750	42
17	Ipswich Town	46	12	4	7	45	31	4	5	14	18	43	0.851	41
18	Leyton Orient	46	12	5	6	39	26	4	4	15	16	42	0.809	41
19	Crystal Palace	46	9	7	7	32	28	6	2	15	29	52	0.763	39
20	Shrewsbury Town	46	11	3	9	35	29	2	7	14	27	57	0.721	36
21	Watford	46	7	7	9	34	37	6	3	14	23	44	0.704	36
22	Gillingham	46	10	7	6	47	31	1	6	16	24	50	0.877	35
23	Exeter City	46	10	4	9	40	36	3	5	15	25	50	0.756	35	Re-elected
24	Walsall	46	11	3	9	38	31	2	2	19	17	63	0.585	31

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	ALD	B&BA	B&HA	BRI	BRR	COL	CRY	EXE	GIL	IPS	LEY	MIL	NPC	NOR	NWC	PLY	PTV	REA	SHR	STD	SWI	TOR	WAL	WAT
Aldershot		1–3	0–2	1–0	1–3	1–1	3–0	4–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	4–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	4–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	4–0	1–3	3–1	2–0
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	0–2		3–1	0–0	1–0	5–0	1–2	0–4	3–3	2–2	3–2	0–2	5–1	3–0	1–2	1–2	0–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	4–1	3–1	2–1	0–0
Brighton & Hove Albion	4–2	0–1		1–1	1–1	5–1	4–3	2–1	0–0	5–1	3–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	2–3	2–1	1–0	1–0	5–0	4–0	3–4	5–1	4–1
Bristol City	1–1	1–0	4–1		1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–2	0–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–5	1–1	1–0	1–3	3–0	6–0	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–3
Bristol Rovers	5–1	1–2	5–0	2–0		6–0	4–0	2–2	5–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	4–1	1–2	3–3	2–0	1–0	5–0	5–1	0–1
Colchester United	0–2	1–1	0–0	4–1	2–1		1–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–1	2–5	1–1	1–0	0–0	4–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–2	1–0
Crystal Palace	0–2	2–2	1–2	2–1	0–1	2–2		2–1	0–2	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–3	2–0	0–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–0
Exeter City	0–4	2–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1		4–2	2–1	6–1	0–3	3–4	0–3	2–4	1–0	2–0	1–4	4–2	2–2	1–2	4–0	1–0	3–0
Gillingham	3–3	0–2	2–3	5–0	2–1	1–2	4–4	2–1		1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	2–1	1–2	1–2	4–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	4–0	3–0	4–1	1–0
Ipswich Town	2–3	3–1	5–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	2–4	1–1		1–0	3–0	3–1	3–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	4–2	1–0	4–1	1–5	2–0	0–1	3–0
Leyton Orient	0–1	1–0	2–3	2–0	3–3	7–0	0–4	3–0	1–0	2–0		0–0	1–1	2–1	3–3	1–0	2–0	0–4	4–1	1–4	1–0	0–1	3–0	0–0
Millwall	3–2	3–1	0–3	3–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	3–1	4–0	2–0		2–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	3–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	4–1	2–1	1–0
Newport County	4–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	4–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1		2–0	2–2	3–3	1–1	3–1	3–1	3–0	0–0	1–2	4–2	2–5
Northampton Town	6–2	5–3	3–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	5–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	4–0	1–1	5–0		1–2	3–1	3–1	0–3	6–0	4–3	1–0	2–4	4–1	1–4
Norwich City	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	5–2	1–0	1–1	5–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–1		3–0	2–3	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	7–0	8–0	3–0
Plymouth Argyle	2–1	4–1	2–2	2–2	1–2	3–1	5–0	2–1	4–2	2–0	3–0	5–0	5–0	2–0	3–1		3–0	3–2	6–1	2–0	3–0	2–2	3–0	3–1
Port Vale	4–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–1	4–2	0–0	0–0	1–0		0–2	1–0	0–0	2–2	2–2	1–0	1–1
Reading	5–1	5–0	1–4	3–0	4–2	4–2	3–1	2–1	2–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	5–1		6–2	5–2	2–0	6–1	3–0	4–1
Shrewsbury Town	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	0–2	3–0	0–1	1–4	3–1	0–2	1–3	2–0	2–1		0–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–3
Southend	7–1	1–0	2–0	5–1	2–1	3–2	4–0	0–0	3–1	5–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–2		2–2	2–2	3–0	5–1
Swindon Town	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–2	3–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–0		2–1	1–1	0–1
Torquay United	6–1	2–2	0–1	1–2	4–2	3–1	1–5	5–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–5	1–2	1–2	1–2	3–2	2–3	0–3	3–2	1–3	9–0		1–1	2–0
Walsall	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–3	3–0	1–2	1–0	1–3	2–4	1–2	0–1	3–0	4–0	2–5	3–0	2–0	0–4	2–0	0–0	2–3		3–1
Watford	2–2	1–2	3–1	3–1	0–3	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–4	1–1	1–3	2–0	3–1	4–1	0–0	1–7	1–2	2–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Leyton Orient

Crystal Palace

Millwall

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams 1950–1951

Aldershot

Bournemouth

Brighton & Hove

Bristol City

Bristol Rovers

Colchester

Crystal Palace

Exeter City

Gillingham

Ipswich Town

Leyton Orient

Millwall

Newport County

Norwich City

Northampton Town

Plymouth Argyle

Port Vale

Shrewsbury

Southend

Swindon

Reading

Torquay

Walsall

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams 1951–1952

See also

• 1951-52 in English football

References

1. "England 1951-52". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
2. Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
3. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

• Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.