Season 1951-52

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division North
Third Division South
Re-elections
Lower League Key

FA Cup Final 1952						Venue	Gate	Notes

Cup Competition
D 1	Newcastle United	1	0	Arsenal	D 1	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	100,000
	Robledo G

FA Cup Semi-Finals 1952						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Newcastle United	0	0	Blackburn Rovers	D 2	Hillsborough, Sheffield	65,000	aet

D 1	Arsenal	1	1	Chelsea	D 1	White Hart Lane, London	68,084
	Cox			Gray
FA Cup Semi-Finals 1952 Replay						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Newcastle United	2	1	Blackburn Rovers	D 2	Elland Road, Leeds	53,920
	Mitchell (p), Robledo G			Quigley
D 1	Arsenal	3	0	Chelsea	D 1	White Hart Lane, London	57,450
	Cox 2, Lishman

Final Table for Season 1951-52

				Home					Away
First Division
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	1	Manchester United	42	15	3	3	55	21	8	8	5	40	31	1.827	57	Rd 3
2	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	1	4	45	20	6	8	7	31	31	1.490	53	Rd 4
3	2	Arsenal	42	13	7	1	54	30	8	4	9	26	31	1.311	53	Final
4	3	Portsmouth	42	13	3	5	42	25	7	5	9	26	33	1.172	48	Rd 6
5	3	Bolton Wanderers	42	11	7	3	35	26	8	3	10	30	35	1.066	48	Rd 3
6	9	Aston Villa	42	13	3	5	49	28	6	6	9	30	42	1.129	47	Rd 3
7	D 2	Preston North End	42	10	5	6	39	22	7	7	7	35	32	1.370	46	Rd 3
8	-4	Newcastle United	42	12	4	5	62	28	6	5	10	36	45	1.342	45	Win
9	-6	Blackpool	42	12	5	4	40	27	6	4	11	24	37	1.000	45	Rd 3
10	7	Charlton Athletic	42	12	5	4	41	24	5	5	11	27	39	1.079	44	Rd 3
11	-2	Liverpool	42	6	11	4	31	25	6	8	7	26	36	0.934	43	Rd 5
12	0	Sunderland	42	8	6	7	41	28	7	6	8	29	33	1.148	42	Rd 3
13	3	West Bromwich Albion	42	8	9	4	38	29	6	4	11	36	48	0.961	41	Rd 5
14	-4	Burnley	42	9	6	6	32	19	6	4	11	24	44	0.889	40	Rd 6
15	D 2	Manchester City	42	7	5	9	29	28	6	8	7	29	33	0.951	39	Rd 3
16	-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	8	6	7	40	33	4	8	9	33	40	1.000	38	Rd 4
17	-6	Derby County	42	10	4	7	43	37	5	3	13	20	43	0.788	37	Rd 3
18	-12	Middlesbrough	42	12	4	5	37	25	3	2	16	27	63	0.727	36	Rd 4
19	1	Chelsea	42	10	3	8	31	29	4	5	12	21	43	0.722	36	SF
20	-7	Stoke City	42	8	6	7	34	32	4	1	16	15	56	0.557	31	Rd 4
21	-2	Huddersfield Town	42	9	3	9	32	35	1	5	15	17	47	0.598	28	Rd 3
22	-4	Fulham	42	5	7	9	38	31	3	4	14	20	46	0.753	27	Rd 3

				Home					Away
Second Division
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	D 1	Sheffield Wednesday	42	14	4	3	54	23	7	7	7	46	43	1.515	53	Rd 3
2	1	Cardiff City	42	18	2	1	52	15	2	9	10	20	39	1.333	51	Rd 3
3	1	Birmingham City	42	11	6	4	36	21	10	3	8	31	35	1.196	51	Rd 4
4	D 3S	Nottingham Forest	42	12	6	3	41	22	6	7	8	36	40	1.242	49	Rd 3
5	9	Leicester City	42	12	6	3	48	24	7	3	11	30	40	1.219	47	Rd 3
6	-1	Leeds United	42	13	7	1	35	15	5	4	12	24	42	1.035	47	Rd 5
7	D 1	Everton	42	12	5	4	42	25	5	5	11	22	33	1.103	44	Rd 3
8	11	Luton Town	42	9	7	5	46	35	7	5	9	31	43	0.987	44	Rd 6
9	D 3N	Rotherham United	42	11	4	6	40	25	6	4	11	33	46	1.028	42	Rd 4
10	-1	Brentford	42	11	7	3	34	20	4	5	12	20	35	0.982	42	Rd 4
11	-3	Sheffield United	42	13	2	6	57	28	5	3	13	33	48	1.184	41	Rd 6
12	1	West Ham United	42	13	5	3	48	29	2	6	13	19	48	0.870	41	Rd 4
13	-1	Southampton	42	11	6	4	40	25	4	5	12	21	48	0.836	41	Rd 3
14	-8	Blackburn Rovers	42	11	3	7	35	30	6	3	12	19	33	0.857	40	SF
15	2	Notts County	42	11	5	5	45	27	5	2	14	26	41	1.044	39	Rd 4
16	-5	Doncaster Rovers	42	9	4	8	29	28	4	8	9	26	32	0.917	38	Rd 5
17	3	Bury	42	13	2	6	43	22	2	5	14	24	47	0.971	37	Rd 3
18	-8	Hull City	42	11	5	5	44	23	2	6	13	16	47	0.857	37	Rd 4
19	-1	Swansea Town	42	10	4	7	45	26	2	8	11	27	50	0.947	36	Rd 5
20	-5	Barnsley	42	8	7	6	39	33	3	7	11	20	39	0.819	36	Rd 4
21	-14	Coventry City	42	9	5	7	36	33	5	1	15	23	49	0.720	34	Rd 4
22	-6	Queens Park Rangers	42	8	8	5	35	35	3	4	14	17	46	0.642	34	Rd 3

				Home					Away
Third Division North
Ptn		Third Division North	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	4	Lincoln City	46	19	2	2	80	23	11	7	5	41	29	2.327	69	Rd 3
2	D 2	Grimsby Town	46	19	2	2	59	14	10	6	7	37	31	2.133	66	Rd 2
3	7	Stockport County	46	12	9	2	47	17	11	4	8	27	23	1.850	59	Rd 1
4	11	Oldham Athletic	46	19	2	2	65	22	5	7	11	25	39	1.475	57	Rd 2
5	3	Gateshead	46	14	7	2	41	17	7	4	12	25	32	1.347	53	Rd 4
6	-4	Mansfield Town	46	17	3	3	50	23	5	5	13	23	37	1.217	52	Rd 1
7	-4	Carlisle United	46	10	7	6	31	24	9	6	8	31	33	1.088	51	Rd 1
8	-2	Bradford	46	13	6	4	51	28	6	6	11	23	36	1.156	50	Rd 4
9	7	Hartlepools United	46	17	3	3	47	19	4	5	14	24	46	1.092	50	Rd 3
10	7	York City	46	16	4	3	53	19	2	9	12	20	33	1.404	49	Rd 1
11	-7	Tranmere Rovers	46	17	2	4	59	29	4	4	15	17	42	1.070	48	Rd 4
12	7	Barrow	46	13	5	5	33	19	4	7	12	24	42	0.934	46	Rd 1
13	D 2	Chesterfield	46	15	7	1	47	16	2	4	17	18	50	0.985	45	Rd 2
14	-2	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	46	10	11	2	39	23	4	5	14	26	51	0.878	44	Rd 3
15	-8	Bradford City	46	12	5	6	40	32	4	5	14	21	36	0.897	42	Rd 2
16	-7	Crewe Alexandra	46	12	6	5	42	28	5	2	16	21	54	0.768	42	Rd 1
17	4	Southport	46	12	6	5	36	22	3	5	15	17	49	0.746	41	Rd 2
18	-4	Wrexham	46	14	5	4	41	22	1	4	18	22	51	0.863	39	Rd 2
19	-6	Chester	46	13	4	6	46	30	2	5	16	26	55	0.847	39	Rd 3
20	2	Halifax Town	46	11	4	8	31	23	3	3	17	30	74	0.629	35	Rd 1
21	-10	Rochdale	46	10	5	8	32	34	1	8	14	15	45	0.595	35	Rd 3
22	1	Accrington Stanley	46	6	8	9	30	34	4	4	15	31	58	0.663	32	Rd 1
23	-5	Darlington	46	10	5	8	39	34	1	4	18	25	69	0.621	31	Rd 1
24	NEL	Workington	46	8	4	11	33	34	3	3	17	17	57	0.549	29	Rd 3

				Home					Away
Third Division South
Ptn		Third Division South	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	3	Plymouth Argyle	46	19	3	1	70	19	10	5	8	37	34	2.019	66	Rd 1
2	1	Reading	46	19	2	2	73	23	10	1	12	39	37	1.867	61	Rd 3
3	-1	Norwich City	46	18	1	4	55	15	8	8	7	34	35	1.780	61	Rd 3
4	1	Millwall	46	16	5	2	46	21	7	7	9	28	32	1.396	58	Rd 2
5	8	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	15	4	4	57	24	9	6	8	30	39	1.381	58	Rd 1
6	5	Newport County	46	13	7	3	45	26	8	5	10	32	50	1.013	54	Rd 3
7	-1	Bristol Rovers	46	14	5	4	60	20	6	7	10	29	33	1.679	52	Rd 4
8	13	Northampton Town	46	17	1	5	65	31	5	4	14	28	43	1.257	49	Rd 1
9	-2	Southend United	46	16	6	1	56	17	3	4	16	19	49	1.136	48	Rd 5
10	6	Colchester United	46	12	7	4	32	22	5	5	13	24	55	0.727	46	Rd 3
11	9	Torquay United	46	10	3	10	53	42	7	7	9	33	56	0.878	44	Rd 2
12	6	Aldershot	46	11	4	8	40	27	7	4	12	38	62	0.876	44	Rd 2
13	-1	Port Vale	46	11	11	1	33	16	3	4	16	17	50	0.758	43	Rd 1
14	-5	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	11	4	8	42	30	5	6	12	27	45	0.920	42	Rd 1
15	-5	Bristol City	46	13	6	4	44	26	2	6	15	14	43	0.841	42	Rd 2
16	1	Swindon Town	46	9	9	5	29	22	5	5	13	22	46	0.750	42	Rd 5
17	-9	Ipswich Town	46	12	4	7	45	31	4	5	14	18	43	0.851	41	Rd 3
18	1	Leyton Orient	46	12	5	6	39	26	4	4	15	16	42	0.809	41	Rd 5
19	5	Crystal Palace	46	9	7	7	32	28	6	2	15	29	52	0.763	39	Rd 1
20	D 3N	Shrewsbury Town	46	11	3	9	35	29	2	7	14	27	57	0.721	36	Rd 1
21	2	Watford	46	7	7	9	34	37	6	3	14	23	44	0.704	36	Rd 2
22	0	Gillingham	46	10	7	6	47	31	1	6	16	24	50	0.877	35	Rd 2
23	-9	Exeter City	46	10	4	9	40	36	3	5	15	25	50	0.756	35	Rd 2
24	-9	Walsall	46	11	3	9	38	31	2	2	19	17	63	0.585	31	Rd 1

League	Clubs	Ave Gate	FA Cup	Ballot	Result
1952 Election to the Third Division North of the Football League
D 3N	Darlington	5,044	Rd 1	49	Re-elected
D 3N	Workington	6,679	Rd 3	40	Re-elected
Lan	Wigan Athletic		Q4	9	Failed
Lan	Nelson		Rd 1	0	Failed
Lan	New Brighton		Q4	0	Failed
NEL	North Shields		Q4	0	Failed
1952 Election to the Third Division South of the Football League
League	Clubs	Ave Gate	FA Cup	Ballot	Result
D 3S	Exeter City	8,321	Rd 2	47	Re-elected
D 3S	Walsall	7,084	Rd 1	45	Re-elected
SL	Worcester City		Q1	3	Failed
SL	Bath City		Q4	1	Failed
SL	Merthyr Tydfil		Rd 1	1	Failed
ML	Peterborough United		Q4	1	Failed
SL	Headington United		Q2	0	Failed
SL	Yeovil Town		Q4	0	Failed