1950–51 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 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.

First Division

1st English title Everton (30 goals) Newly promoted Tottenham Hotspur won the First Division title for the first time in their history, and achieved the rare distinction of lifting the First Division title one season after promotion. They finished four points ahead of their nearest rivals Manchester United.

Sheffield Wednesday and Everton were relegated to the Second Division, bracketed together at the bottom of the First Division on 32 points. Chelsea survived on goal average.

Results

Maps

Arsenal Charlton Athletic Chelsea Fulham Tottenham

Arsenal Aston Villa Blackpool Bolton Burnley Charlton Chelsea Derby County Everton Fulham Huddersfield Liverpool Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle Portsmouth Sheffield Wednesday Stoke Sunderland Tottenham West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division

Manchester City Grimsby Town (33 goals)

Results

Maps

Brentford Queens Park Rangers West Ham

Barnsley Birmingham Blackburn Rovers Brentford Bury Cardiff City Chesterfield Coventry Doncaster Grimsby Town Hull Leeds United Leicester City Luton Town Manchester City Notts County Preston North End QPR Sheffield United Southampton Swansea Town West Ham

Third Division North

Third Division North Shrewsbury Town

Results

Maps

Accrington Stanley Barrow Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue Carlisle United Chester Crewe Alexandra Darlington Gateshead Halifax T. Hartlepool Lincoln City Mansfield Town New Brighton Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Scunthorpe & Lindsey Shrewsbury Southport Stockport Tranmere Wrexham York City

Third Division South

Third Division South Gillingham

|win_B&BA=22|draw_B&BA=7|loss_B&BA=17|gf_B&BA=65|ga_B&BA=57 |win_B&HA=13|draw_B&HA=17|loss_B&HA=16|gf_B&HA=71|ga_B&HA=79

Results

|match_ALD_B&BA=0–1 |match_ALD_B&HA=0–0

|name_B&BA=Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic |match_B&BA_ALD=4–0 |match_B&BA_B&HA=2–2 |match_B&BA_BRI=1–0 |match_B&BA_BRR=2–0 |match_B&BA_COL=2–0 |match_B&BA_CRY=5–0 |match_B&BA_EXE=1–1 |match_B&BA_GIL=3–1 |match_B&BA_IPS=2–1 |match_B&BA_LEY=5–0 |match_B&BA_MIL=1–0 |match_B&BA_NPC=2–0 |match_B&BA_NOR=1–0 |match_B&BA_NWC=0–0 |match_B&BA_NOT=3–2 |match_B&BA_PLY=0–2 |match_B&BA_PTV=3–1 |match_B&BA_REA=1–0 |match_B&BA_STD=3–1 |match_B&BA_SWI=2–1 |match_B&BA_TOR=0–0 |match_B&BA_WAL=3–1 |match_B&BA_WAT=3–3

|name_B&HA=Brighton & Hove Albion |match_B&HA_ALD=1–2 |match_B&HA_B&BA=2–1 |match_B&HA_BRI=1–1 |match_B&HA_BRR=2–2 |match_B&HA_COL=3–1 |match_B&HA_CRY=1–0 |match_B&HA_EXE=4–1 |match_B&HA_GIL=2–2 |match_B&HA_IPS=4–0 |match_B&HA_LEY=3–0 |match_B&HA_MIL=2–3 |match_B&HA_NPC=9–1 |match_B&HA_NOR=5–1 |match_B&HA_NWC=1–1 |match_B&HA_NOT=1–2 |match_B&HA_PLY=0–6 |match_B&HA_PTV=2–2 |match_B&HA_REA=1–1 |match_B&HA_STD=2–1 |match_B&HA_SWI=1–0 |match_B&HA_TOR=2–2 |match_B&HA_WAL=1–0 |match_B&HA_WAT=1–1

|match_BRI_B&BA=2–0 |match_BRI_B&HA=2–0

|match_BRR_B&BA=2–0 |match_BRR_B&HA=3–2

|match_COL_B&BA=4–1 |match_COL_B&HA=4–1

|match_CRY_B&BA=0–1 |match_CRY_B&HA=0–2

|match_EXE_B&BA=2–1 |match_EXE_B&HA=4–2

|match_GIL_B&BA=2–2 |match_GIL_B&HA=1–1

|match_IPS_B&BA=1–0 |match_IPS_B&HA=3–0

|match_LEY_B&BA=2–0 |match_LEY_B&HA=2–1

|match_MIL_B&BA=3–0 |match_MIL_B&HA=1–1

|match_NPC_B&BA=1–0 |match_NPC_B&HA=3–0

|match_NOR_B&BA=0–1 |match_NOR_B&HA=0–0

|match_NWC_B&BA=3–0 |match_NWC_B&HA=1–1

|match_NOT_B&BA=1–0 |match_NOT_B&HA=4–0

|match_PLY_B&BA=3–1 |match_PLY_B&HA=3–3

|match_PTV_B&BA=3–1 |match_PTV_B&HA=0–1

|match_REA_B&BA=0–0 |match_REA_B&HA=7–0

|match_STD_B&BA=6–1 |match_STD_B&HA=3–1

|match_SWI_B&BA=2–1 |match_SWI_B&HA=0–0

|match_TOR_B&BA=0–2 |match_TOR_B&HA=3–1

|match_WAL_B&BA=0–1 |match_WAL_B&HA=1–0

|match_WAT_B&BA=2–1 |match_WAT_B&HA=1–1

Maps

Leyton Orient Crystal Palace Millwall Watford

Aldershot Bournemouth Brighton & Hove Bristol City Bristol Rovers Leyton Orient Colchester Crystal Palace Exeter City Gillingham Ipswich Town Millwall Newport County Northampton Town Norwich City Nottingham Forest Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Southend Reading Torquay Swindon Walsall Watford

Attendances

Source:

Division One

Division Two

Division Three

References

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

References

1. "England 1950-51". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
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".
4. https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1951.htm