Football League First Division 1951/52

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Football League First Division 1951/52
Football League logo until 1988
master Manchester United
Cup winners Newcastle United
Relegated Huddersfield Town
Fulham FC
Teams 22nd
Games 462
Gates 1,490  (ø 3.23 per game)
Top scorer George Robledo ( Newcastle United )
← Football League First Division 1950/51

The Football League First Division 1951/52 was the 53rd season of the highest English football league . It began on August 18, 1951 and ended on May 3, 1952.

Manchester United won their third English championship by four points over their London-based pursuers Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal FC . Both newly promoted Preston North End and Manchester City were able to hold the class; instead, Huddersfield Town and Fulham FC had to go into the Second Division . These two clubs should be replaced in the following season by the two second division promoted Sheffield Wednesday and Cardiff City .

A total of 507 players were used, with Preston North End with 19 the fewest and Portsmouth FC with 28 the most players in league games. 117 newcomers opposed 98 footballers who last came into play in the 1951/52 season. 20 players were able to play all 42 league games of their club.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points EgS
 1. Manchester United  42  23  11  8th 095:520 1.83 57:27 24
 2. Tottenham Hotspur (M)  42  22nd  9  11 076:510 1.49 53:31 24
 3. Arsenal FC  42  21st  11  10 080:610 1.31 53:31 22nd
 4th Portsmouth FC  42  20th  8th  14th 068:580 1.17 48:36 28
 5. Bolton Wanderers  42  19th  10  13 065:610 1.07 48:36 21st
 6th Aston Villa  42  19th  9  14th 079:700 1.13 47:37 21st
 7th Preston North End (N)  42  17th  12  13 074:540 1.37 46:38 19th
 8th. Newcastle United (P)  42  18th  9  15th 098:730 1.34 45:39 26th
 9. Blackpool FC  42  18th  9  15th 064:640 1.00 45:39 22nd
10. Charlton Athletic  42  17th  10  15th 068:630 1.08 44:40 23
11. Liverpool FC  42  12  19th  11 057:610 0.93 43:41 24
12. Sunderland AFC  42  15th  12  15th 070:610 1.15 42:42 21st
13. West Bromwich Albion  42  14th  13  15th 074:770 0.96 41:43 22nd
14th Burnley FC  42  15th  10  17th 056:630 0.89 40:44 20th
15th Manchester City (N)  42  13  13  16 058:610 0.95 39:45 23
16. Wolverhampton Wanderers  42  12  14th  16 073:730 1.00 38:46 27
17th Derby County  42  15th  7th  20th 063:800 0.79 37:47 23
18th Middlesbrough FC  42  15th  6th  21st 064:880 0.73 36:48 26th
19th Chelsea FC  42  14th  8th  20th 052:720 0.72 36:48 26th
20th Stoke City  42  12  7th  23 049:880 0.56 31:53 24
21st Huddersfield Town  42  10  8th  24 049:820 0.60 28:56 25th
22nd Fulham FC  42  8th  11  23 058:770 0.75 27:57 25th
  • English master
  • Relegation to the Football League Second Division
    • (M) English champion 1950/51
    (P) FA Cup winner 1950/51
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Second Division 1950/51
    EgS used players

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    ARS AST BLP BOL BUR CHA CHE OF THE FUL HUD LIV MNC MNU MID NEW POR PNE STO SUN DEAD WBA WOL
    Arsenal FC 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC 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 AFC 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

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates Games
    1 ChileChile George Robledo Newcastle United 33 39
    2 EnglandEngland Ronnie Allen West Bromwich Albion 32 40
    3 EnglandEngland Jack Rowley Manchester United 30th
    4th EnglandEngland Stan Mortensen Blackpool FC 26th 35
    EnglandEngland Johnny Dixon Aston Villa 42
    6th EnglandEngland Jackie Milburn Newcastle United 25th 32
    7th EnglandEngland Charlie Wayman Preston North End 24 41
    8th EnglandEngland Doug Lishman Arsenal FC 23 38
    9 EnglandEngland Charlie Vaughan Charlton Athletic 22nd
    Wales 1807Wales Trevor Ford Sunderland FC 39
    EnglandEngland Len Shackleton Sunderland FC 41
    EnglandEngland Stan Pearson Manchester United

    The Manchester United championship team

    The following table lists all players who played for Manchester United in a league game during the 1951/52 season. It must be noted that in English football a minimum number of games is usually required in order to receive the official championship medal. Since there was uncertainty about the specific regulation before the introduction of the Premier League, all players who presumably did not receive a championship medal due to their low contribution were marked with an asterisk (*). The number of missions and the goals scored are given in brackets.

    1. Manchester United
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    Reg Allen (33/0) | John Aston (18/4) | Johnny Berry (36/6) | Brian Birch * (2/0) | Jackie Blanchflower * (1/0) | Ernie Bond (19/4) | Roger Byrne (24/7) | Johnny Carey (38/3) | Laurence Cassidy * (1/0) | Allenby Chilton (42/0) | Frank Clempson * (8/2) | Henry Cockburn (38/2) | Jack Crompton * (9/0) | John Downie (31/11) | Don Gibson (17/0) | Mark Jones * (3/0) | Billy McGlen * (2/0) | Tommy McNulty (24/0) | Harry McShane (12/1) | Stan Pearson (41/22) | Billy Redman (18/0) | Jack Rowley (40/30) | John Walton * (2/0) | Jeff Whitefoot * (3/0).

    literature

    • Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946-1998. 5th edition. Queen Anne Press, Harpenden 1998, ISBN 1-85291-585-4 .
    • Andrew Endlar: Manchester United. The Complete Record. Orion, London 2007, ISBN 978-0-7528-9084-5 .

    Individual evidence

    1. ^ Cross table of the English Football League First Division 1951/1952 (Fussballdaten.de)