Football League Second Division 1950/51

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Football League Second Division 1950/51
Football League logo until 1988
master Preston North End
Climbers Preston North End, Manchester City
Relegated Chesterfield FC , Grimsby Town
Teams 22nd
Games 462
Gates 1,469  (ø 3.18 per game)
Top scorer Cec McCormack ( Barnsley FC )
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^ Football League First Division 1950/51

The Football League Second Division 1950/51 was the 48th season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 19, 1950 and ended on May 5, 1951.

Second division champion was Preston North End and in addition, second-placed Manchester City rose to the Football League First Division . For the two promoted teams in the following second division season 1951/52, the two first division clubs Sheffield Wednesday and Everton FC ranked in the table below . Chesterfield FC and Grimsby Town had to relegate from the Second Division , with both clubs henceforth having to compete in the North Season Football League Third Division North . Instead of the two clubs in the following season 1951/52 Third Division North champion Rotherham United and from the Third Division South the winner Nottingham Forest took the vacant positions.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Preston North End  42  26th  5  11 091:490 1.86 57:27
 2. Manchester City (A)  42  19th  14th  9 089:610 1.46 52:32
 3. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cardiff City  42  17th  16  9 053:450 1.18 50:34
 4th Birmingham City (A)  42  20th  9  13 064:530 1.21 49:35
 5. Leeds United  42  20th  8th  14th 063:550 1.15 48:36
 6th Blackburn Rovers  42  19th  8th  15th 065:660 0.98 46:38
 7th Coventry City  42  19th  7th  16 075:590 1.27 45:39
 8th. Sheffield United  42  16  12  14th 072:620 1.16 44:40
 9. Brentford FC  42  18th  8th  16 075:740 1.01 44:40
10. Hull City  42  16  11  15th 074:700 1.06 43:41
11. Doncaster Rovers (N)  42  15th  13  14th 064:680 0.94 43:41
12. Southampton FC  42  15th  13  14th 066:730 0.90 43:41
13. West Ham United  42  16  10  16 068:690 0.99 42:42
14th Leicester City  42  15th  11  16 068:580 1.17 41:43
15th Barnsley FC  42  15th  10  17th 074:680 1.09 40:44
16. Queens Park Rangers  42  15th  10  17th 071:820 0.87 40:44
17th Notts County (N)  42  13  13  16 061:600 1.02 39:45
18th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Swansea Town  42  16  4th  22nd 054:770 0.70 36:48
19th Luton Town  42  9  14th  19th 057:700 0.81 32:52
20th Bury FC  42  12  8th  22nd 060:860 0.70 32:52
21st Chesterfield FC  42  9  12  21st 044:690 0.64 30:54
22nd Grimsby Town  42  8th  12  22nd 061:950 0.64 28:56
  • Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1951/52
  • Promoted to the Football League First Division 1951/52
  • Relegation from the Football League Second Division
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League First Division 1949/50
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1949/50

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    1950/51 BAR BIR BLA BRE BUY CAR CHF COV DON GRI HUL LEE LEI LUT MNC NOC PNE QPR SHU SOH SWA WHU
    Barnsley FC 0: 2 3-0 2: 3 2: 3 0-0 0-0 3-0 0: 1 3: 1 4: 2 1: 2 0-0 6: 1 1: 1 2-0 4: 1 7-0 1: 1 1: 2 1-0 1: 2
    Birmingham City 2-0 3: 2 1: 1 3: 3 0-0 2: 1 1: 1 0: 2 1: 1 2: 1 0: 1 2-0 3-0 1-0 1: 4 1-0 1: 1 3-0 2-0 5-0 3: 1
    Blackburn Rovers 3: 4 2: 3 3: 2 2: 4 2-0 1: 1 1-0 4: 2 2-0 2: 2 2: 1 1-0 1-0 4: 1 0-0 2: 1 2: 1 0: 2 1-0 3-0 1: 3
    Brentford FC 0: 2 2: 1 3: 2 4-0 4-0 4-0 0: 4 1: 1 5: 1 2: 1 1: 2 0-0 1-0 2-0 1: 3 2: 4 2: 1 3: 1 4-0 2: 1 1: 1
    Bury FC 0: 3 4: 1 1: 3 2: 1 1: 2 2: 2 1-0 3: 1 2: 3 0: 2 0: 1 2: 3 4: 1 2-0 0-0 3: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1-0 1: 1 3-0
    Cardiff City 1: 1 2: 1 1-0 1: 1 2: 2 1-0 2: 1 0-0 5: 2 2: 1 1-0 2: 2 2: 1 1: 1 2-0 0: 2 4: 2 2-0 2: 2 1-0 2: 1
    Chesterfield FC 1: 2 1: 1 4: 1 2: 2 3-0 0: 3 1: 1 1: 4 2: 2 0-0 1-0 1-0 1: 1 1: 2 0-0 2-0 3: 1 0: 2 2: 3 3: 1 1: 2
    Coventry City 3: 3 3: 1 6: 1 3: 3 5: 2 2: 1 1-0 3: 1 1-0 4: 1 1-0 2: 1 4: 1 0: 2 1: 2 1-0 3-0 2: 3 2: 2 3: 1 1-0
    Doncaster Rovers 3: 2 0: 1 0: 1 0: 3 1: 1 0-0 1: 2 2: 1 3: 1 2: 4 4: 4 2: 2 5: 2 4: 3 3: 2 2-0 0: 2 1: 1 0-0 1-0 3-0
    Grimsby Town 3: 1 1: 1 1: 1 7: 2 2: 1 0-0 1: 2 1: 2 1-0 1: 1 2: 2 0: 2 0: 2 4: 4 1: 4 0: 4 2: 2 2: 2 4: 2 4: 2 0: 1
    Hull City 3: 3 3: 2 2: 2 3-0 4-0 2-0 2: 1 0: 2 1: 2 2: 1 2-0 1: 3 5: 3 3: 3 1-0 0-0 5: 1 1: 1 4: 1 2: 1 1: 2
    Leeds United 2: 2 3-0 0: 1 1-0 1: 1 2-0 2-0 1-0 3: 1 1-0 3-0 2: 1 2: 1 1: 1 0: 1 0: 3 2: 2 1-0 5: 3 2-0 2-0
    Leicester City 1: 2 1: 3 2-0 1: 2 4-0 1: 1 1-0 3-0 2-0 0-0 4-0 1: 5 3: 1 1: 2 1: 1 2: 3 6: 2 2: 2 3: 1 2: 3 1-0
    Luton Town 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 4: 2 1: 1 3-0 1: 1 3: 1 4-0 1: 2 2: 3 0: 2 2: 2 1: 1 1: 2 2-0 0-0 0: 1 3: 1 1: 1
    Manchester City 6-0 3: 1 1-0 4-0 5: 1 2: 1 5: 1 1-0 3: 3 2: 2 0-0 4: 1 1: 1 1: 1 0-0 0: 3 5: 2 5: 3 2: 3 1: 2 2-0
    Notts County 2: 1 0: 1 1: 1 2: 3 4: 2 1: 2 1-0 0: 2 1: 2 3: 2 2: 2 0-0 2: 3 2: 2 0-0 1: 3 3: 3 3-0 2: 2 3: 2 4: 1
    Preston North End 7-0 1-0 3-0 4: 2 2-0 1: 1 4: 1 1: 1 6: 1 2-0 1-0 2-0 3: 2 1-0 2: 4 3: 1 1-0 1: 1 3: 2 5: 1 0: 1
    Queens Park Rangers 2: 1 2-0 3: 1 1: 1 3: 2 3: 2 1: 1 3: 1 1: 2 7: 1 3: 1 3-0 3-0 1: 1 1: 2 1-0 1: 4 2: 1 2-0 1: 1 3: 3
    Sheffield United 0: 2 3: 2 0: 3 5: 1 3-0 1: 2 4: 1 2-0 0-0 4: 2 3: 1 2: 2 2: 1 2: 1 0-0 1: 2 2: 3 2-0 1: 2 6: 1 1: 1
    Southampton FC 1-0 0: 2 1: 1 2: 1 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 5: 4 1: 1 5: 1 2: 3 2-0 2: 2 1: 1 2: 1 1-0 3: 3 2: 2 1-0 2: 1 2: 2
    Swansea Town 1-0 0: 1 1: 2 2: 1 2-0 1-0 2-0 2: 1 2: 2 1: 3 1-0 4: 2 2: 1 0: 2 2: 3 2: 1 2: 1 1-0 1: 2 2: 1 3: 2
    West Ham United 4: 2 1: 2 2: 3 1: 2 2: 3 0-0 2-0 3: 2 0-0 2: 1 3: 3 3: 1 0-0 2: 1 2: 4 4: 2 2-0 4: 1 3: 5 3-0 1: 1

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Cec McCormack Barnsley FC 33

    Web links

    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
    2. ↑ 1950/51 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 7, 2018 .