1951–52 Football League

53rd season of the Football League The Football League 1951–52 Manchester United New club in League Workington 1950–51 1952–53 The 1951–52 season was the 53rd completed season of The Football League. 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 websitehttps://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1951-52.html England 1951-52 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2010-02-24 and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, 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.Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. First Division First Division 1951–52 Manchester United3rd English title Huddersfield TownFulham George Robledo(33 goals)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 2010-10-31 Newcastle United 6–0 Stoke City(18 August 1951)Newcastle United 7–1 Burnley(15 September 1951)Burnley 7–1 Middlesbrough(29 December 1951)Fulham 6–0 Middlesbrough(19 January 1952)Newcastle United 6–0 Charlton Athletic(26 January 1952)Sunderland 7–1 Huddersfield Town(11 April 1952)Aston Villa 7–1 Chelsea(15 April 1952) Huddersfield Town 1–7 Wolverhampton Wanderers(29 September 1951) Newcastle United 7–2 Tottenham Hotspur(1 September 1951)Arsenal 6–3 West Bromwich Albion(10 November 1951)Blackpool 6–3 Newcastle United(10 November 1951)Stoke City 4–5 Newcastle United(15 December 1951) 462 1490 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. main WDL First Division World Football MUN, TOT, ARS, POR, BOL, AVL, PNE, NEW, BLP, CHA, LIV, SUN, WBA, BUR, MCI, WOL, DER, MID, CHE, STK, HUD, FUL 1st REL REL complete 21 11 10 80 61 19 9 14 79 70 18 9 15 64 64 19 10 13 65 61 15 10 17 56 63 17 10 15 68 63 14 8 20 52 72 15 7 20 63 80 8 11 23 58 77 10 8 24 49 82 12 19 11 57 61 13 13 16 58 61 23 11 8 95 52 15 6 21 64 88 18 9 15 98 73 20 8 14 68 58 17 12 13 74 54 12 7 23 49 88 15 12 15 70 61 22 9 11 76 51 14 13 15 74 77 12 14 16 73 73 C R R Arsenal Aston Villa Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Burnley Charlton Athletic Chelsea Derby County Fulham Huddersfield Town Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Portsmouth Preston North End Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored R yellow red1 Relegation to the Second Division Results main FBR grey 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 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1950–1951 Greater London 51.558 -0.103 right Greater London 51.486 0.036 right Greater London 51.482 -0.191 right Greater London 51.475 -0.222 right Greater London 51.603 -0.066 right Arsenal Charlton Athletic Chelsea Fulham Tottenham England none 400 Locations of the Football League First Division 1951–1952 teams England 51.56 -0.10 right England 52.54 -1.87 right England 53.81 -3.05 right England 53.59 -2.56 right England 53.79 -2.25 right England 51.47 0.07 right England 51.50 -0.19 right England 52.92 -1.476 right England 51.45 -0.24 right England 53.64 -1.78 right England 53.53 -2.99 right England 53.47 -2.18 right England 53.47 -2.30 right England 54.57 -1.23 right England 54.98 -1.62 right England 50.80 -1.06 right England 53.75 -2.7 right England 53.00 -2.18 right England 54.91 -1.39 right England 51.63 -0.063 right England 52.52 -1.97 right England 52.59 -2.13 right 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 Second Division Second Division 1951–52 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield WednesdayCardiff City Coventry CityQueens Park Rangers Derek Dooley(46 goals) 462 1488 1950–51 1952–53 Sheffield Wednesday were champions of the Second Division scoring exactly 100 goals in the process. After a weak start winning only three of their first eleven matches and losing 7-3 to rivals Sheffield United in September, the team found their feet and lost only one of their fourteen last matches.https://www.11v11.com/teams/sheffield-wednesday/tab/matches/season/1952/ Sheffield Wednesday football club match record: 1952 11v11.com Cardiff City finished second on equal points with Birmingham City and were promoted thanks to a better goal average. main WDL Second Division SHW, CAR, BIR, NFO, LEI, LEE, EVE, LUT, ROT, BRE, SHU, WHU, SOU, BLA, NTC, DON, BRY, HUL, SWA, BAR, COV, QPR PRO PRO RELS RELS complete 11 14 17 59 72 21 9 12 67 56 17 6 19 54 63 15 12 15 54 55 15 7 20 67 69 20 11 11 72 54 14 6 22 59 82 13 12 17 55 60 17 10 15 64 58 13 11 18 60 70 18 11 13 59 57 19 9 14 78 64 16 12 14 77 78 18 13 11 77 62 16 7 19 71 68 11 12 19 52 81 17 8 17 73 71 18 5 19 90 76 21 11 10 100 66 15 11 16 61 73 12 12 18 72 76 15 11 16 67 77 C, P P R R Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Brentford Bury Cardiff City Coventry City Doncaster Rovers Everton Hull City Leeds United Leicester City Luton Town Nottingham Forest Notts County Queens Park Rangers Rotherham United Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Swansea Town West Ham United 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored QR green1 Promotion to the First Division red1 Relegation to the Third Division South Results main FBR grey 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 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1950–1951 Greater London 51.486 -0.31 right Greater London 51.509 -0.232 right Greater London 51.532 0.039 right Brentford Queens Park Rangers West Ham England none 400 Locations of the Football League Second Division 1951–1952 teams England 53.55 -1.48 right England 52.48 -1.89 right England 53.75 -2.48 right England 51.486 -0.32 right England 53.58 -2.295 right England 51.47 -3.20 right England 52.41 -1.51 right England 53.52 -1.133 right England 53.47 -2.97 right England 53.74 -0.33 right England 53.78 -1.57 right England 52.62 -1.14 right England 51.9 -0.433 right England 53.01 -1.137 right England 52.94 -1.137 right England 51.51 -0.23 right England 53.43 -1.36 right England 53.38 -1.47 right England 53.32 -1.47 right England 50.91 -1.39 right England 51.62 -3.95 right England 51.54 0.040 right 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 Third Division North Football LeagueThird Division North 1951–52 Lincoln City (3rd title) Andy Graver (Lincoln City), 36 Failed re-election none New club in League Workington 552 1658 1950–51 1952–53 main WDL Third Division North 2 y 5 P LIN Lincoln City GRI Grimsby Town STP Stockport County OLD Oldham Athletic GAT Gateshead MAN Mansfield Town CRL Carlisle United BPA Bradford (Park Avenue) HAR Hartlepools United YOR York City TRA Tranmere Rovers BRW Barrow CHF Chesterfield SCU Scunthorpe & Lindsey United BRA Bradford City CRE Crewe Alexandra SOU Southport WRE Wrexham CHE Chester HAL Halifax Town ROC Rochdale ACC Accrington Stanley DAR Darlington WRK Workington 30 9 7 121 52 29 8 9 96 45 23 13 10 74 40 24 9 13 90 61 21 11 14 66 49 22 8 16 73 60 19 13 14 62 57 19 12 15 74 64 21 8 17 71 65 18 13 15 73 52 21 6 19 76 71 17 12 17 57 61 17 11 18 65 66 14 16 16 65 74 16 10 20 61 68 17 8 21 63 82 15 11 20 53 71 15 9 22 63 73 15 9 22 72 85 14 7 25 61 97 11 13 22 47 79 10 12 24 61 92 11 9 26 64 103 11 7 28 50 91 CP green1 Promotion to the Second Division C red2 Re-elected REE REE complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey 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 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps England none 400 Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams 1951–1952 England 53.75 -2.36 right England 54.11 -3.23 right England 53.82 -1.73 right England 53.76 -1.78 right England 54.90 -2.91 right England 53.19 -2.89 right England 53.24 -1.43 right England 53.10 -2.44 right England 54.53 -1.55 right England 54.95 -1.6 right England 53.56 -0.068 right England 53.72 -1.86 right England 54.69 -1.21 right England 53.23 -0.54 right England 53.14 -1.20 right England 53.54 -2.12 right England 53.61 -2.16 right England 53.58 -0.65 right England 53.65 -3.01 right England 53.41 -2.16 right England 53.37 -3.04 right England 54.64 -3.55 right England 53.03 -2.98 right England 53.96 -1.08 right 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 Third Division South Football LeagueThird Division South 1951–52 Plymouth Argyle (2nd title) Ronnie Blackman (Reading), 39 Failed re-election none 552 1740 1950–51 1952–53 main WDL Third Division South P 5 y 2 PLY Plymouth Argyle REA Reading NWC Norwich City MIL Millwall B&HA Brighton & Hove Albion NPC Newport County BRR Bristol Rovers NOR Northampton Town STD Southend United COL Colchester United TOR Torquay United ALD Aldershot PTV Port Vale B&BA Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic BRI Bristol City SWI Swindon Town IPS Ipswich Town LEY Leyton Orient CRY Crystal Palace SHR Shrewsbury Town WAT Watford GIL Gillingham EXE Exeter City WAL Walsall 29 8 9 107 53 29 3 14 112 60 26 9 11 89 50 23 12 11 74 53 24 10 12 87 63 21 12 13 77 76 20 12 14 89 53 22 5 19 93 74 19 10 17 75 66 17 12 17 56 77 17 10 19 86 98 18 8 20 78 89 14 15 17 50 66 16 10 20 69 75 15 12 19 58 69 14 14 18 51 68 16 9 21 63 74 16 9 21 55 68 15 9 22 61 80 13 10 23 62 86 13 10 23 57 81 11 13 22 71 81 13 9 24 65 86 13 5 28 55 94 CP green1 Promotion to the Second Division C #ccccff Transferred to the Third Division North TRN red2 Re-elected REE REE complete Results main FBR grey 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 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams 1950–1951 Greater London 51.570 -0.058 right Greater London 51.398 -0.085 right Greater London 51.481 -0.048 right Greater London 51.650 -0.401 right Leyton Orient Crystal Palace Millwall Watford England none 400 Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams 1951–1952 England 51.25 -0.75 right England 50.73 -1.84 right England 50.83 -0.15 right England 51.42 -2.59 right England 51.47 -2.53 right England 51.89 0.90 right England 51.40 -0.085 right England 51.57 -0.01 right England 50.72 -3.53 right England 51.38 0.55 right England 52.06 1.14 right England 51.48 -0.048 right England 51.59 -3.00 right England 52.24 -0.90 right England 52.63 1.30 right England 50.39 -4.15 right England 53.06 -2.21 right England 51.41 -0.97 right England 52.71 -2.75 right England 51.55 0.70 right England 51.56 -1.77 right England 50.48 -3.52 right England 52.58 -1.98 right England 51.65 -0.40 right 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 Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1952.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk August 9, 2026 Division One No. Club Average 1 Tottenham Hotspur FC 51,134 2 Arsenal FC 51,030 3 Newcastle United FC 50,476 4 Manchester United 42,916 5 Chelsea FC 39,932 6 Sunderland AFC 39,853 7 Aston Villa FC 38,641 8 Manchester City FC 38,302 9 Liverpool FC 38,019 10 Bolton Wanderers FC 35,832 11 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 34,437 12 Preston North End FC 32,936 13 Portsmouth FC 32,523 14 Fulham FC 31,645 15 West Bromwich Albion FC 29,580 16 Middlesbrough FC 28,775 17 Charlton Athletic FC 27,609 18 Burnley FC 26,624 19 Blackpool FC 25,854 20 Stoke City FC 25,222 21 Huddersfield Town AFC 24,250 22 Derby County FC 21,949 Division Two No. Club Average 1 Sheffield Wednesday FC 41,350 2 Everton FC 37,391 3 Sheffield United FC 31,185 4 Hull City AFC 29,210 5 Cardiff City FC 28,945 6 Nottingham Forest FC 28,158 7 Notts County FC 26,525 8 Leicester City FC 26,080 9 Birmingham City FC 24,481 10 Leeds United FC 24,285 11 Blackburn Rovers FC 23,228 12 Brentford FC 23,022 13 Coventry City FC 22,548 14 Doncaster Rovers FC 21,078 15 West Ham United FC 20,264 16 Southampton FC 19,038 17 Rotherham United FC 18,770 18 Swansea City AFC 18,228 19 Queens Park Rangers FC 16,545 20 Luton Town FC 16,284 21 Barnsley FC 15,867 22 Bury FC 14,100 Division Three No. Club Average 1 Norwich City FC 21,835 2 Millwall FC 19,375 3 Plymouth Argyle FC 19,236 4 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 17,831 5 Bristol City FC 17,780 6 Bristol Rovers FC 17,369 7 Oldham Athletic FC 16,153 8 Reading FC 15,455 9 Grimsby Town FC 14,909 10 Crystal Palace FC 14,873 11 Lincoln City FC 13,811 12 Gillingham FC 12,576 13 Bradford Park Avenue AFC 12,101 14 Stockport County FC 12,030 15 Northampton Town FC 11,767 16 Bradford City AFC 11,558 17 Leyton Orient FC 11,487 18 Ipswich Town FC 11,377 19 Port Vale FC 11,272 20 AFC Bournemouth 10,872 21 Swindon Town FC 10,564 22 Carlisle United FC 10,100 23 Newport County AFC 9,912 24 Shrewsbury Town FC 9,799 25 Chesterfield FC 9,730 26 Watford FC 9,609 27 Mansfield Town FC 9,569 28 Colchester United FC 9,414 29 Hartlepool United FC 9,248 30 Southend United FC 8,963 31 Exeter City FC 8,321 32 Scunthorpe United FC 8,303 33 Wrexham AFC 8,161 34 York City FC 7,968 35 Tranmere Rovers 7,567 36 Torquay United FC 7,565 37 Aldershot Town FC 7,493 38 Walsall FC 7,084 39 Barrow AFC 6,939 40 Halifax Town AFC 6,745 41 Workington AFC 6,679 42 Accrington Stanley FC 6,378 43 Chester City FC 6,146 44 Gateshead AFC 6,114 45 Crewe Alexandra FC 6,061 46 Southport FC 5,452 47 Darlington FC 5,044 48 Rochdale AFC 4,992 See also 1951-52 in English football References Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. 1951–52 League