1951–52 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

3rd English title Fulham (33 goals) (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) (29 September 1951) (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) 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.

Results

Maps

Arsenal Charlton Athletic Chelsea Fulham Tottenham

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

Cardiff City Queens Park Rangers (46 goals) 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. Cardiff City finished second on equal points with Birmingham City and were promoted thanks to a better goal average.

Results

Maps

Brentford Queens Park Rangers West Ham

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

Third Division North

Results

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

Third Division South

Third Division South

|win_B&HA=24|draw_B&HA=10|loss_B&HA=12|gf_B&HA=87|ga_B&HA=63 |win_B&BA=16|draw_B&BA=10|loss_B&BA=20|gf_B&BA=69|ga_B&BA=75

Results

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

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

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

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

|match_BRR_B&BA=1–2 |match_BRR_B&HA=5–0

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

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

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

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

|match_IPS_B&BA=3–1 |match_IPS_B&HA=5–0

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

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

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

|match_NOR_B&BA=5–3 |match_NOR_B&HA=3–0

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

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

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

|match_REA_B&BA=5–0 |match_REA_B&HA=1–4

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

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

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

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

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

|match_WAT_B&BA=1–2 |match_WAT_B&HA=3–1

Maps

Leyton Orient Crystal Palace Millwall Watford

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:

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 1951-52". 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. "Sheffield Wednesday football club match record: 1952". 11v11.com.
5. https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1952.htm