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1951–52 in English football

72nd season of competitive football in England

Field	Value
country	England
season	1951–52
division1	[First Division](1951-52-football-league-first-division)
champions1	Manchester United
division2	[Second Division](1951-52-football-league-second-division)
champions2	Sheffield Wednesday
domestic	[FA Cup](1951-52-fa-cup)
dchampions	Newcastle United
prevseason	1950–51
nextseason	1952–53
flagicon	yes

The 1951–52 season was the 72nd season of competitive football in England.

Overview

Four years after guiding them to glory in the FA Cup, Matt Busby guided Manchester United to their first league title triumph in 41 years. While still captained by Johnny Carey and featuring several other players from the 1948 FA Cup winning team, Busby was now giving regular action to young players including Roger Byrne, Johnny Berry and Jackie Blanchflower, and had already invested in the future by making a move for the young goalkeeper Ray Wood.

Tottenham Hotspur, the previous season's champions, had to settle for second place this season.

Newcastle United retained the FA Cup, the centrepiece of their team being the forward line-up of Jackie Milburn and the Chilean brothers George and Ted Robledo.

Honours

Competition	Winner	Runner-up
[First Division](1951-52-football-league-first-division)	Manchester United (3)	Tottenham Hotspur
[Second Division](1951-52-football-league)	Sheffield Wednesday	Cardiff City
[Third Division North](1951-52-football-league)	Lincoln City	Grimsby Town
[Third Division South](1951-52-football-league)	Plymouth Argyle	Reading
[FA Cup](1952-fa-cup-final)	Newcastle United (5)	Arsenal
[Charity Shield](1951-fa-charity-shield)	Tottenham Hotspur	Newcastle United
[Home Championship](1952-british-home-championship)	Shared by &

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Football League

Main article: 1951–52 Football League

First Division

Second Division

Third Division North

Third Division South

Top goalscorers

First Division

George Robledo (Newcastle United) – 33 goals

Second Division

Derek Dooley (Sheffield Wednesday) – 46 goals

Third Division North

Andy Graver (Lincoln City) – 36 goals

Third Division South

Ronnie Blackman (Reading) – 39 goals

References

Info: Wikipedia Source

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