1951–52_Football_League_Third_Division_North

Second Division
Season	1951–52
Champions	Sheffield Wednesday
Promoted	Sheffield Wednesday; Cardiff City
Relegated	Coventry City; Queens Park Rangers
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,488 (3.22 per match)
Top goalscorer	Derek Dooley; (46 goals)
	← 1950–51 1952–53 →

First Division
Season	1951–52
Champions	Manchester United; 3rd English title
Relegated	Huddersfield Town; Fulham
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,490 (3.23 per match)
Top goalscorer	George Robledo; (33 goals)
Biggest home win	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)
Biggest away win	Huddersfield Town 1–7 Wolverhampton Wanderers; (29 September 1951)
Highest scoring	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)
	← 1950–51 1952–53 →

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

1951–52 Football League

53rd season of the Football League

The 1951–52 season was the 53rd completed season of The Football League.

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

First Division

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

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.

More information Pos, Team ...

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

More information Home \ Away, ARS ...

Home \ Away	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second Division

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

More information Pos, Team ...

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

More information Home \ Away, BAR ...

Home \ Away	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third Division North

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

More information Pos, Team ...

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

New club in the league; elected from North Eastern League

Results

More information Home \ Away, ACC ...

Home \ Away	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third Division South

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

More information Pos, Team ...

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

Shrewsbury Town had been transferred from Third Division North for this season.

Results

More information Home \ Away, ALD ...

Home \ Away	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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[table_note_WRK0.81129440516759-4] New club in the league; elected from North Eastern League

[table_note_SHR0.17215421477899-5] Shrewsbury Town had been transferred from Third Division North for this season.

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1951–52 Football League

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Manchester United (C)	42	23	11	8	95	52	1.827	57
2	Tottenham Hotspur	42	22	9	11	76	51	1.490	53
3	Arsenal	42	21	11	10	80	61	1.311	53
4	Portsmouth	42	20	8	14	68	58	1.172	48
5	Bolton Wanderers	42	19	10	13	65	61	1.066	48
6	Aston Villa	42	19	9	14	79	70	1.129	47
7	Preston North End	42	17	12	13	74	54	1.370	46
8	Newcastle United	42	18	9	15	98	73	1.342	45
9	Blackpool	42	18	9	15	64	64	1.000	45
10	Charlton Athletic	42	17	10	15	68	63	1.079	44
11	Liverpool	42	12	19	11	57	61	0.934	43
12	Sunderland	42	15	12	15	70	61	1.148	42
13	West Bromwich Albion	42	14	13	15	74	77	0.961	41
14	Burnley	42	15	10	17	56	63	0.889	40
15	Manchester City	42	13	13	16	58	61	0.951	39
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	12	14	16	73	73	1.000	38
17	Derby County	42	15	7	20	63	80	0.788	37
18	Middlesbrough	42	15	6	21	64	88	0.727	36
19	Chelsea	42	14	8	20	52	72	0.722	36
20	Stoke City	42	12	7	23	49	88	0.557	31
21	Huddersfield Town (R)	42	10	8	24	49	82	0.598	28	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Fulham (R)	42	8	11	23	58	77	0.753	27	Relegation to the Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sheffield Wednesday (C, P)	42	21	11	10	100	66	1.515	53	Promotion to the First Division
2	Cardiff City (P)	42	20	11	11	72	54	1.333	51	Promotion to the First Division
3	Birmingham City	42	21	9	12	67	56	1.196	51
4	Nottingham Forest	42	18	13	11	77	62	1.242	49
5	Leicester City	42	19	9	14	78	64	1.219	47
6	Leeds United	42	18	11	13	59	57	1.035	47
7	Everton	42	17	10	15	64	58	1.103	44
8	Luton Town	42	16	12	14	77	78	0.987	44
9	Rotherham United	42	17	8	17	73	71	1.028	42
10	Brentford	42	15	12	15	54	55	0.982	42
11	Sheffield United	42	18	5	19	90	76	1.184	41
12	West Ham United	42	15	11	16	67	77	0.870	41
13	Southampton	42	15	11	16	61	73	0.836	41
14	Blackburn Rovers	42	17	6	19	54	63	0.857	40
15	Notts County	42	16	7	19	71	68	1.044	39
16	Doncaster Rovers	42	13	12	17	55	60	0.917	38
17	Bury	42	15	7	20	67	69	0.971	37
18	Hull City	42	13	11	18	60	70	0.857	37
19	Swansea Town	42	12	12	18	72	76	0.947	36
20	Barnsley	42	11	14	17	59	72	0.819	36
21	Coventry City (R)	42	14	6	22	59	82	0.720	34	Relegation to the Third Division South
22	Queens Park Rangers (R)	42	11	12	19	52	81	0.642	34	Relegation to the Third Division South

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
1	Lincoln City	46	19	2	2	80	23	11	7	5	41	29	2.327	69	Division Champions, promoted
2	Grimsby Town	46	19	2	2	59	14	10	6	7	37	31	2.133	66
3	Stockport County	46	12	9	2	47	17	11	4	8	27	23	1.850	59
4	Oldham Athletic	46	19	2	2	65	22	5	7	11	25	39	1.475	57
5	Gateshead	46	14	7	2	41	17	7	4	12	25	32	1.347	53
6	Mansfield Town	46	17	3	3	50	23	5	5	13	23	37	1.217	52
7	Carlisle United	46	10	7	6	31	24	9	6	8	31	33	1.088	51
8	Bradford Park Avenue	46	13	6	4	51	28	6	6	11	23	36	1.156	50
9	Hartlepools United	46	17	3	3	47	19	4	5	14	24	46	1.092	50
10	York City	46	16	4	3	53	19	2	9	12	20	33	1.404	49
11	Tranmere Rovers	46	17	2	4	59	29	4	4	15	17	42	1.070	48
12	Barrow	46	13	5	5	33	19	4	7	12	24	42	0.934	46
13	Chesterfield	46	15	7	1	47	16	2	4	17	18	50	0.985	45
14	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	46	10	11	2	39	23	4	5	14	26	51	0.878	44
15	Bradford City	46	12	5	6	40	32	4	5	14	21	36	0.897	42
16	Crewe Alexandra	46	12	6	5	42	28	5	2	16	21	54	0.768	42
17	Southport	46	12	6	5	36	22	3	5	15	17	49	0.746	41
18	Wrexham	46	14	5	4	41	22	1	4	18	22	51	0.863	39
19	Chester	46	13	4	6	46	30	2	5	16	26	55	0.847	39
20	Halifax Town	46	11	4	8	31	23	3	3	17	30	74	0.629	35
21	Rochdale	46	10	5	8	32	34	1	8	14	15	45	0.595	35
22	Accrington Stanley	46	6	8	9	30	34	4	4	15	31	58	0.663	32
23	Darlington	46	10	5	8	39	34	1	4	18	25	69	0.621	31	Re-elected
24	Workington^{[lower-alpha 1]}	46	8	4	11	33	34	3	3	17	17	57	0.549	29	Re-elected

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
1	Plymouth Argyle	46	19	3	1	70	19	10	5	8	37	34	2.019	66	Division Champions, promoted
2	Reading	46	19	2	2	73	23	10	1	12	39	37	1.867	61
3	Norwich City	46	18	1	4	55	15	8	8	7	34	35	1.780	61
4	Millwall	46	16	5	2	46	21	7	7	9	28	32	1.396	58
5	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	15	4	4	57	24	9	6	8	30	39	1.381	58
6	Newport County	46	13	7	3	45	26	8	5	10	32	50	1.013	54
7	Bristol Rovers	46	14	5	4	60	20	6	7	10	29	33	1.679	52
8	Northampton Town	46	17	1	5	65	31	5	4	14	28	43	1.257	49
9	Southend United	46	16	6	1	56	17	3	4	16	19	49	1.136	48
10	Colchester United	46	12	7	4	32	22	5	5	13	24	55	0.727	46
11	Torquay United	46	10	3	10	53	42	7	7	9	33	56	0.878	44
12	Aldershot	46	11	4	8	40	27	7	4	12	38	62	0.876	44
13	Port Vale	46	11	11	1	33	16	3	4	16	17	50	0.758	43	Transferred
14	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	11	4	8	42	30	5	6	12	27	45	0.920	42
15	Bristol City	46	13	6	4	44	26	2	6	15	14	43	0.841	42
16	Swindon Town	46	9	9	5	29	22	5	5	13	22	46	0.750	42
17	Ipswich Town	46	12	4	7	45	31	4	5	14	18	43	0.851	41
18	Leyton Orient	46	12	5	6	39	26	4	4	15	16	42	0.809	41
19	Crystal Palace	46	9	7	7	32	28	6	2	15	29	52	0.763	39
20	Shrewsbury Town^{[lower-alpha 1]}	46	11	3	9	35	29	2	7	14	27	57	0.721	36
21	Watford	46	7	7	9	34	37	6	3	14	23	44	0.704	36
22	Gillingham	46	10	7	6	47	31	1	6	16	24	50	0.877	35
23	Exeter City	46	10	4	9	40	36	3	5	15	25	50	0.756	35	Re-elected
24	Walsall	46	11	3	9	38	31	2	2	19	17	63	0.585	31	Re-elected