1951–52 in English football
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
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition
Football League
First Division
Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manchester United | 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 | 0.787 | 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 | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 49 | 82 | 0.598 | 28 |
22 | Fulham | 42 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 58 | 77 | 0.753 | 27 |
Second Division
Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 100 | 66 | 1.515 | 53 |
2 | Cardiff City | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 72 | 54 | 1.333 | 51 |
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 | 42 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 59 | 82 | 0.720 | 34 |
22 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 52 | 81 | 0.642 | 34 |
Third Division North
Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lincoln City | 46 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 121 | 52 | 2.327 | 69 |
2 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 96 | 45 | 2.133 | 66 |
3 | Stockport County | 46 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 74 | 40 | 1.850 | 59 |
4 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 90 | 61 | 1.475 | 57 |
5 | Gateshead | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 66 | 49 | 1.347 | 53 |
6 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 73 | 60 | 1.217 | 52 |
7 | Carlisle United | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 62 | 57 | 1.088 | 51 |
8 | Bradford Park Avenue | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 74 | 64 | 1.156 | 50 |
9 | Hartlepools United | 46 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 71 | 65 | 1.092 | 50 |
10 | York City | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 73 | 52 | 1.404 | 49 |
11 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 21 | 6 | 19 | 76 | 71 | 1.070 | 48 |
12 | Barrow | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 57 | 61 | 0.934 | 46 |
13 | Chesterfield | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 65 | 66 | 0.985 | 45 |
14 | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 65 | 74 | 0.878 | 44 |
15 | Bradford City | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 61 | 68 | 0.897 | 42 |
16 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 63 | 82 | 0.768 | 42 |
17 | Southport | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 53 | 71 | 0.746 | 41 |
18 | Wrexham | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 63 | 73 | 0.863 | 39 |
19 | Chester | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 72 | 85 | 0.847 | 39 |
20 | Halifax Town | 46 | 14 | 7 | 25 | 61 | 97 | 0.629 | 35 |
21 | Rochdale | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 47 | 79 | 0.595 | 35 |
22 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 61 | 92 | 0.663 | 32 |
23 | Darlington | 46 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 64 | 103 | 0.621 | 31 |
24 | Workington | 46 | 11 | 7 | 28 | 50 | 91 | 0.549 | 29 |
Third Division South
Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 107 | 53 | 2.019 | 66 |
2 | Reading | 46 | 29 | 3 | 14 | 112 | 60 | 1.867 | 61 |
3 | Norwich City | 46 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 89 | 50 | 1.780 | 61 |
4 | Millwall | 46 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 74 | 53 | 1.396 | 58 |
5 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 87 | 63 | 1.381 | 58 |
6 | Newport County | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 77 | 76 | 1.013 | 54 |
7 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 89 | 53 | 1.679 | 52 |
8 | Northampton Town | 46 | 22 | 5 | 19 | 93 | 74 | 1.257 | 49 |
9 | Southend United | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 75 | 66 | 1.136 | 48 |
10 | Colchester United | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 56 | 77 | 0.727 | 46 |
11 | Torquay United | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 86 | 98 | 0.878 | 44 |
12 | Aldershot | 46 | 18 | 8 | 20 | 78 | 89 | 0.876 | 44 |
13 | Port Vale | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 50 | 66 | 0.758 | 43 |
14 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 69 | 75 | 0.920 | 42 |
15 | Bristol City | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 58 | 69 | 0.841 | 42 |
16 | Swindon Town | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 51 | 68 | 0.750 | 42 |
17 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 63 | 74 | 0.851 | 41 |
18 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 55 | 68 | 0.809 | 41 |
19 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 61 | 80 | 0.762 | 39 |
20 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 62 | 86 | 0.721 | 36 |
21 | Watford | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 57 | 81 | 0.704 | 36 |
22 | Gillingham | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 71 | 81 | 0.877 | 35 |
23 | Exeter City | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 65 | 86 | 0.756 | 35 |
24 | Walsall | 46 | 13 | 5 | 28 | 55 | 94 | 0.585 | 31 |
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points