1951–52 Football League

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
	← 1950–51 1952–53 →

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
	← 1950–51 1952–53 →

The Football League
Season	1951–52
Champions	Manchester United
	← 1950–51 1952–53 →

The 1951–1952 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 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.

Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.

During the first five seasons of the league, that is, until the season 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league. From the 1922–23 season on it was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South.^[2]

First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Manchester United	42	15	3	3	55	21	8	8	5	40	31	95	52	1.827	+43	57
2	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	1	4	45	20	6	8	7	31	31	76	51	1.490	+25	53
3	Arsenal	42	13	7	1	54	30	8	4	9	26	31	80	61	1.311	+19	53
4	Portsmouth	42	13	3	5	42	25	7	5	9	26	33	68	58	1.172	+10	48
5	Bolton Wanderers	42	11	7	3	35	26	8	3	10	30	35	65	61	1.066	+4	48
6	Aston Villa	42	13	3	5	49	28	6	6	9	30	42	79	70	1.129	+9	47
7	Preston North End	42	10	5	6	39	22	7	7	7	35	32	74	54	1.370	+20	46
8	Newcastle United	42	12	4	5	62	28	6	5	10	36	45	98	73	1.342	+25	45
9	Blackpool	42	12	5	4	40	27	6	4	11	24	37	64	64	1.000	±0	45
10	Charlton Athletic	42	12	5	4	41	24	5	5	11	27	39	68	63	1.079	+5	44
11	Liverpool	42	6	11	4	31	25	6	8	7	26	36	57	61	0.934	–4	43
12	Sunderland	42	8	6	7	41	28	7	6	8	29	33	70	61	1.148	+9	42
13	West Bromwich Albion	42	8	9	4	38	29	6	4	11	36	48	74	77	0.961	–3	41
14	Burnley	42	9	6	6	32	19	6	4	11	24	44	56	63	0.889	–7	40
15	Manchester City	42	7	5	9	29	28	6	8	7	29	33	58	61	0.951	–3	39
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	8	6	7	40	33	4	8	9	33	40	73	73	1.000	±0	38
17	Derby County	42	10	4	7	43	37	5	3	13	20	43	63	80	0.787	–17	37
18	Middlesbrough	42	12	4	5	37	25	3	2	16	27	63	64	88	0.727	–24	36
19	Chelsea	42	10	3	8	31	29	4	5	12	21	43	52	72	0.722	–20	36
20	Stoke City	42	8	6	7	34	32	4	1	16	15	56	49	88	0.557	–39	31
21	Huddersfield Town	42	9	3	9	32	35	1	5	15	17	47	49	82	0.598	–33	28
22	Fulham	42	5	7	9	38	31	3	4	14	20	46	58	77	0.753	–19	27

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

Key
	League Champions
	FA Cup winners
	Relegated

First Division results

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First Division maps

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Locations of the Football League First Division 1951–1952 teams

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

Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sheffield Wednesday	42	14	4	3	54	23	7	7	7	46	43	100	66	1.515	+34	53
2	Cardiff City	42	18	2	1	52	15	2	9	10	20	39	72	54	1.333	+18	51
3	Birmingham City	42	11	6	4	36	21	10	3	8	31	35	67	56	1.196	+11	51
4	Nottingham Forest	42	12	6	3	41	22	6	7	8	36	40	77	62	1.242	+15	49
5	Leicester City	42	12	6	3	48	24	7	3	11	30	40	78	64	1.219	+14	47
6	Leeds United	42	13	7	1	35	15	5	4	12	24	42	59	57	1.035	+2	47
7	Everton	42	12	5	4	42	25	5	5	11	22	33	64	58	1.103	+6	44
8	Luton Town	42	9	7	5	46	35	7	5	9	31	43	77	78	0.987	–1	44
9	Rotherham United	42	11	4	6	40	25	6	4	11	33	46	73	71	1.028	+2	42
10	Brentford	42	11	7	3	34	20	4	5	12	20	35	54	55	0.982	–1	42
11	Sheffield United	42	13	2	6	57	28	5	3	13	33	48	90	76	1.184	+14	41
12	West Ham United	42	13	5	3	48	29	2	6	13	19	48	67	77	0.870	–10	41
13	Southampton	42	11	6	4	40	25	4	5	12	21	48	61	73	0.836	–12	41
14	Blackburn Rovers	42	11	3	7	35	30	6	3	12	19	33	54	63	0.857	–9	40
15	Notts County	42	11	5	5	45	27	5	2	14	26	41	71	68	1.044	+3	39
16	Doncaster Rovers	42	9	4	8	29	28	4	8	9	26	32	55	60	0.917	–5	38
17	Bury	42	13	2	6	43	22	2	5	14	24	47	67	69	0.971	–2	37
18	Hull City	42	11	5	5	44	23	2	6	13	16	47	60	70	0.857	–10	37
19	Swansea Town	42	10	4	7	45	26	2	8	11	27	50	72	76	0.947	–4	36
20	Barnsley	42	8	7	6	39	33	3	7	11	20	39	59	72	0.819	–13	36
21	Coventry City	42	9	5	7	36	33	5	1	15	23	49	59	82	0.720	–23	34
22	Queens Park Rangers	42	8	8	5	35	35	3	4	14	17	46	52	81	0.642	–29	34

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

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Relegated

Second Division results

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Second Division maps

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1951–1952 teams

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

Third Division North

Football League, Third Division North
Season	1951–52
Champions	Lincoln City (3rd title)
Failed re-election	none
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	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Lincoln City	46	19	2	2	80	23	11	7	5	41	29	121	52	2.327	+69	69
2	Grimsby Town	46	19	2	2	59	14	10	6	7	37	31	96	45	2.133	+51	66
3	Stockport County	46	12	9	2	47	17	11	4	8	27	23	74	40	1.850	+34	59
4	Oldham Athletic	46	19	2	2	65	22	5	7	11	25	39	90	61	1.475	+29	57
5	Gateshead	46	14	7	2	41	17	7	4	12	25	32	66	49	1.347	+17	53
6	Mansfield Town	46	17	3	3	50	23	5	5	13	23	37	73	60	1.217	+13	52
7	Carlisle United	46	10	7	6	31	24	9	6	8	31	33	62	57	1.088	+5	51
8	Bradford Park Avenue	46	13	6	4	51	28	6	6	11	23	36	74	64	1.156	+10	50
9	Hartlepools United	46	17	3	3	47	19	4	5	14	24	46	71	65	1.092	+6	50
10	York City	46	16	4	3	53	19	2	9	12	20	33	73	52	1.404	+21	49
11	Tranmere Rovers	46	17	2	4	59	29	4	4	15	17	42	76	71	1.070	+5	48
12	Barrow	46	13	5	5	33	19	4	7	12	24	42	57	61	0.934	–4	46
13	Chesterfield	46	15	7	1	47	16	2	4	17	18	50	65	66	0.985	–1	45
14	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	46	10	11	2	39	23	4	5	14	26	51	65	74	0.878	–9	44
15	Bradford City	46	12	5	6	40	32	4	5	14	21	36	61	68	0.897	–7	42
16	Crewe Alexandra	46	12	6	5	42	28	5	2	16	21	54	63	82	0.768	–19	42
17	Southport	46	12	6	5	36	22	3	5	15	17	49	53	71	0.746	–18	41
18	Wrexham	46	14	5	4	41	22	1	4	18	22	51	63	73	0.863	–10	39
19	Chester	46	13	4	6	46	30	2	5	16	26	55	72	85	0.847	–13	39
20	Halifax Town	46	11	4	8	31	23	3	3	17	30	74	61	97	0.629	–36	35
21	Rochdale	46	10	5	8	32	34	1	8	14	15	45	47	79	0.595	–32	35
22	Accrington Stanley	46	6	8	9	30	34	4	4	15	31	58	61	92	0.663	–31	32
23	Darlington	46	10	5	8	39	34	1	4	18	25	69	64	103	0.621	–39	31
24	Workington	46	8	4	11	33	34	3	3	17	17	57	50	91	0.549	–41	29

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

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	New club in the league: see Workington
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election (none)

Third Division North results

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Third Division North maps

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	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Plymouth Argyle	46	19	3	1	70	19	10	5	8	37	34	107	53	2.019	+54	66
2	Reading	46	19	2	2	73	23	10	1	12	39	37	112	60	1.867	+52	61
3	Norwich City	46	18	1	4	55	15	8	8	7	34	35	89	50	1.780	+39	61
4	Millwall	46	16	5	2	46	21	7	7	9	28	32	74	53	1.396	+21	58
5	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	15	4	4	57	24	9	6	8	30	39	87	63	1.381	+24	58
6	Newport County	46	13	7	3	45	26	8	5	10	32	50	77	76	1.013	+1	54
7	Bristol Rovers	46	14	5	4	60	20	6	7	10	29	33	89	53	1.679	+36	52
8	Northampton Town	46	17	1	5	65	31	5	4	14	28	43	93	74	1.257	+19	49
9	Southend United	46	16	6	1	56	17	3	4	16	19	49	75	66	1.136	+9	48
10	Colchester United	46	12	7	4	32	22	5	5	13	24	55	56	77	0.727	–21	46
11	Torquay United	46	10	3	10	53	42	7	7	9	33	56	86	98	0.878	–12	44
12	Aldershot	46	11	4	8	40	27	7	4	12	38	62	78	89	0.876	–11	44
13	Port Vale	46	11	11	1	33	16	3	4	16	17	50	50	66	0.758	–16	43
14	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	11	4	8	42	30	5	6	12	27	45	69	75	0.920	–6	42
15	Bristol City	46	13	6	4	44	26	2	6	15	14	43	58	69	0.841	–11	42
16	Swindon Town	46	9	9	5	29	22	5	5	13	22	46	51	68	0.750	–17	42
17	Ipswich Town	46	12	4	7	45	31	4	5	14	18	43	63	74	0.851	–11	41
18	Leyton Orient	46	12	5	6	39	26	4	4	15	16	42	55	68	0.809	–13	41
19	Crystal Palace	46	9	7	7	32	28	6	2	15	29	52	61	80	0.762	–19	39
20	Shrewsbury Town	46	11	3	9	35	29	2	7	14	27	57	62	86	0.721	–24	36
21	Watford	46	7	7	9	34	37	6	3	14	23	44	57	81	0.704	–24	36
22	Gillingham	46	10	7	6	47	31	1	6	16	24	50	71	81	0.877	–20	35
23	Exeter City	46	10	4	9	40	36	3	5	15	25	50	65	86	0.756	–21	35
24	Walsall	46	11	3	9	38	31	2	2	19	17	63	55	94	0.585	–39	31

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

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	New club in the league (none)
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election (none)

Third Division South results

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Third Division South maps

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

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

References

^ "England 1951-52". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
^ ^a ^b Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "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.

[rsssf-1] "England 1951-52". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.

[Rothmans-2] Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

[topscorers-3] "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

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Final league tables

First Division

First Division results

First Division maps

Second Division

Second Division results

Second Division maps

Third Division North

Third Division North results

Third Division North maps

Third Division South

Third Division South results

Third Division South maps

See also

References