Football League Third Division 1950/51

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The Football League Third Division 1950/51 was the 24th season of the third highest English football league . The division, which is divided into north and south seasons, had their two champions, Rotherham United and Nottingham Forest, and at the same time promoted to the Football League Second Division . The two in the table below ranked second division clubs Chesterfield and Grimsby Town took in the following third division season 1951/52 two places in the Third Division North. From both third division seasons only the AFC New Brighton had to , because both the lower-placed southern clubs Watford and Crystal Palace and Accrington Stanley in the north received enough votes in the reelection process of the league association to return to third in the 1951/52 season Division to participate. The only climber for New Brighton was the AFC Workington in the north and to ensure the same number of participants, Shrewsbury Town was regrouped from north to south.

Football League Third Division North

Football League Third Division 1950/51
Football League logo until 1988
master Rotherham United
Climbers Rotherham United
Relegated AFC New Brighton
Teams 24
Games 552
Gates 1,608  (ø 2.91 per game)
Top scorer Jack Shaw ( Rotherham United )
Football League Third Division 1949/50
^ Football League Second Division 1950/51

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Rotherham United  46  31  9  6th 103: 410 2.51 71:21
 2. Mansfield Town  46  26th  12  8th 078:480 1.63 64:28
 3. Carlisle United  46  25th  12  9 079:500 1.58 62:30
 4th Tranmere Rovers  46  24  11  11 083:620 1.34 59:33
 5. Lincoln City  46  25th  8th  13 089:580 1.53 58:34
 6th Bradford Park Avenue (A)  46  23  8th  15th 090:720 1.25 54:38
 7th Bradford City  46  21st  10  15th 090:630 1.43 52:40
 8th. AFC Gateshead  46  21st  8th  17th 084:620 1.35 50:42
 9. Crewe Alexandra  46  19th  10  17th 061:600 1.02 48:44
10. Stockport County  46  20th  8th  18th 063:630 1.00 48:44
11. Rochdale AFC  46  17th  11  18th 069:620 1.11 45:47
12. Scunthorpe & Lindsey United (N)  46  13  18th  15th 058:570 1.02 44:48
13. Chester FC  46  17th  9  20th 062:640 0.97 43:49
14th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wrexham AFC  46  15th  12  19th 055:710 0.77 42:50
15th Oldham Athletic  46  16  8th  22nd 073:730 1.00 40:52
16. Hartlepools United  46  16  7th  23 064:660 0.97 39:53
17th York city  46  12  15th  19th 066:770 0.86 39:53
18th Darlington FC  46  13  13  20th 059:770 0.77 39:53
19th AFC Barrow  46  16  6th  24 051:760 0.67 38:54
20th Shrewsbury Town (N)  46  15th  7th  24 043:740 0.58 37:55
21st Southport FC  46  13  10  23 056:720 0.78 36:56
22nd Halifax Town  46  11  12  23 050:690 0.72 34:58
23. Accrington Stanley  46  11  10  25th 042: 101 0.42 32:60
24. AFC New Brighton  46  11  8th  27 040:900 0.44 30:62
  • Third division northern champion and promoted to the Football League Second Division 1951/52
  • Relegation from the Football League Third Division
  • (A) Relegated from the Football League Second Division 1949/50
    (N) Newcomers from the 1949/50 season

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    ACC BAR BRC BPA CRL CHE CRE DAR GAT HAL HPL LIN MFT NBR OLD ROC RED SCU SHR SOP STC TRA WRE YOR
    Accrington Stanley 1-0 0: 2 3: 3 0: 4 1: 2 1-0 1-0 2: 2 1-0 2-0 3: 1 0: 2 1: 1 1: 2 1: 2 0: 2 0-0 2-0 3: 1 2: 3 0: 2 1-0 2-0
    AFC Barrow 4-0 1: 3 2: 3 1: 2 2-0 0: 1 0: 3 1: 1 2-0 3-0 3: 1 2: 3 1: 1 2: 1 4: 3 0: 2 1-0 0-0 3: 1 1-0 1: 2 2-0 2-0
    Bradford City 7-0 5: 1 4: 1 2: 4 0: 1 1: 1 0: 3 2: 2 2-0 3: 1 0-0 2: 3 3-0 1-0 2: 1 3: 4 2-0 1-0 3-0 0: 1 2: 2 5: 3 5: 2
    Bradford Park Avenue 3-0 5-0 3: 1 0: 2 2-0 1: 1 2: 1 2-0 2: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1-0 2: 1 3: 1 0: 1 0: 4 2: 2 2: 4 2-0 3-0 4: 1 0: 1 4-0
    Carlisle United 3: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1-0 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 4-0 0-0 3: 1 2: 2 3: 1 2: 2 3: 1 0: 2 3: 2
    Chester FC 2: 2 1: 2 2: 2 2-0 1: 1 1: 1 3: 1 2: 2 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 0: 1 3: 1 3: 1 1: 3 1: 2 4: 1 3: 1 0: 2 3-0 1: 3 0-0 3: 1
    Crewe Alexandra 3-0 2-0 1: 1 2: 4 1: 1 3-0 5-0 0: 1 0-0 3: 1 0: 4 2-0 2-0 2: 1 3: 1 1: 2 2-0 1: 2 1-0 0: 2 1: 1 1: 1 2: 4
    Darlington FC 3-0 1: 1 2: 1 1: 4 1-0 0-0 2-0 4: 2 2-0 0: 1 1: 1 1: 2 5: 3 0-0 0: 2 2: 2 3: 2 2: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1 1: 1 0: 3
    AFC Gateshead 7-0 1-0 2-0 5-0 4: 3 2: 1 4-0 5: 2 5-0 0: 1 1: 2 1: 3 4-0 3: 2 4: 1 0: 3 1-0 3-0 1: 3 2-0 2-0 0-0 3-0
    Halifax Town 2: 2 0-0 1: 2 2: 2 1-0 3: 1 1-0 2: 2 1-0 1-0 4: 1 0: 1 0: 2 3-0 1: 1 1: 2 3: 3 3: 1 4-0 1-0 0: 1 1-0 1: 3
    Hartlepools United 1-0 6: 1 1: 1 3: 1 3: 3 1: 2 0: 2 6: 1 3-0 5: 2 2: 2 1: 1 0: 1 0: 1 0-0 3: 1 4: 2 1-0 3: 2 2-0 2: 1 4: 1 4: 1
    Lincoln City 9: 1 3-0 1: 4 1: 3 1: 1 2: 1 4: 1 3-0 2: 1 3: 1 1-0 3-0 3-0 2-0 4: 2 0: 2 2: 1 5-0 1: 2 6-0 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1
    Mansfield Town 5-0 4-0 1: 1 3: 2 2: 1 2: 1 4: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3: 1 1-0 1: 1 4-0 3: 1 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 4-0 2: 2 2: 1 2: 1 1: 1 3: 1
    AFC New Brighton 1: 1 1: 2 0: 6 3: 3 0: 1 1-0 0: 2 2: 2 0: 1 1-0 1-0 0: 1 0: 1 2-0 1: 5 2: 4 1: 2 0-0 1-0 1-0 1: 1 3-0 0-0
    Oldham Athletic 2: 1 0: 1 2: 2 2: 3 1: 1 1-0 0: 2 2-0 2: 3 2-0 5: 1 0-0 2-0 3: 1 2-0 4: 5 3: 4 2: 1 4-0 1: 3 3: 4 2: 2 2: 2
    Rochdale AFC 3: 1 1-0 4-0 1: 2 4: 1 2: 3 1: 1 0-0 2-0 0-0 3: 1 3-0 0-0 1-0 0: 1 0: 2 2-0 5-0 1: 1 1: 1 2: 3 2-0 0: 1
    Rotherham United 6: 2 3-0 1-0 2: 1 3-0 0-0 2: 3 0: 1 1: 2 2-0 2: 1 3-0 3-0 5-0 3: 1 3-0 4: 1 2-0 1: 1 0-0 1: 2 5-0 3: 1
    Scunthorpe & Lindsey United 3-0 1-0 0-0 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 2-0 2: 1 2: 2 0-0 1: 1 0-0 6-0 1-0 3-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-0 1: 1 2-0 0: 1
    Shrewsbury Town 0: 1 1-0 2-0 1-0 0: 3 1-0 0: 1 2: 2 1-0 2-0 1-0 1: 2 1: 1 4: 2 2: 2 0: 2 1: 2 3: 1 1: 5 0: 3 1: 2 2: 1 1-0
    Southport FC 3-0 4: 1 0: 1 2: 4 1-0 0: 1 2-0 1-0 1-0 1: 1 3-0 0: 2 0: 1 0: 1 1: 4 1: 1 0: 1 2: 2 1: 2 2-0 0: 1 3: 1 1: 1
    Stockport County 0-0 4: 1 3: 1 2: 1 1: 2 0: 3 3-0 1-0 5: 2 2: 1 2-0 2-0 3: 1 4-0 1: 4 2: 2 1: 3 1: 2 2-0 3: 2 0-0 2: 1 1-0
    Tranmere Rovers 1: 1 3-0 3: 1 2: 2 2: 2 3: 1 3-0 3: 2 2: 2 3: 2 1-0 0: 1 2: 1 4: 3 1-0 2: 1 2: 1 1-0 0: 1 4-0 1: 1 1: 2 7: 2
    Wrexham AFC 1: 1 1-0 0: 3 3: 1 2: 1 2-0 0: 2 3: 1 0-0 2: 2 1-0 2: 3 2: 2 0: 1 0: 2 3: 1 0-0 3: 1 1-0 3: 3 2-0 2: 1 4: 3
    York city 3-0 0: 2 1: 2 1: 3 1: 1 2: 2 1: 2 1: 1 1: 1 0-0 3-0 2: 2 1: 1 2-0 2: 2 2: 2 3: 3 0-0 2-0 2-0 0-0 4-0 3-0

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Jack Shaw Rotherham United 26th

    Football League Third Division South

    Football League Third Division 1950/51
    Football League logo until 1988
    master Nottingham Forest
    Climbers Nottingham Forest
    Relegated none
    Teams 24
    Games 552
    Gates 1,623  (ø 2.94 per game)
    Top scorer Wally Ardron ( Nottingham Forest )
    Football League Third Division 1949/50
    ^ Football League Second Division 1950/51

    Closing table

    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
     1. Nottingham Forest  46  30th  10  6th 110: 400 2.75 70:22
     2. Norwich City  46  25th  14th  7th 082:450 1.82 64:28
     3. Reading FC  46  21st  15th  10 088:530 1.66 57:35
     4th Plymouth Argyle (A)  46  24  9  13 085:550 1.55 57:35
     5. Millwall FC  46  23  10  13 080:570 1.40 56:36
     6th Bristol Rovers  46  20th  15th  11 064:420 1.52 55:37
     7th Southend United  46  21st  10  15th 092:690 1.33 52:40
     8th. Ipswich Town  46  23  6th  17th 069:580 1.19 52:40
     9. Bournemouth & Bescombe Athletic  46  22nd  7th  17th 065:570 1.14 51:41
    10. Bristol City  46  20th  11  15th 064:590 1.08 51:41
    11. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Newport County  46  19th  9  18th 077:700 1.10 47:45
    12. Port Vale  46  16  13  17th 060:650 0.92 45:47
    13. Brighton & Hove Albion  46  13  17th  16 071:790 0.90 43:49
    14th Exeter City  46  18th  6th  22nd 062:850 0.73 42:50
    15th Walsall FC  46  15th  10  21st 052:620 0.84 40:52
    16. Colchester United (N)  46  14th  12  20th 063:760 0.83 40:52
    17th Swindon Town  46  18th  4th  24 055:670 0.82 40:52
    18th FC Aldershot  46  15th  10  21st 056:880 0.64 40:52
    19th Leyton Orient  46  15th  8th  23 053:750 0.71 38:54
    20th Torquay United  46  14th  9  23 064:810 0.79 37:55
    21st Northampton Town  46  10  16  20th 055:670 0.82 36:56
    22nd Gillingham FC (N)  46  13  9  24 069: 101 0.68 35:57
    23. Watford FC  46  9  11  26th 054:880 0.61 29:63
    24. Crystal Palace  46  8th  11  27 033:840 0.39 27:65
  • Third division south champion and promoted to the Football League Second Division 1951/52
  • (A) Relegated from the Football League Second Division 1949/50
    (N) Newcomers from the 1949/50 season

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    ALD BOU BHA BRC BRR COL CRY EXE GIL IPS LEY Mil NPC NHT NOR NOF PLY PVA REA SEU SWI GOAL WHALE WAT
    FC Aldershot 0: 1 0-0 0-0 1: 1 2-0 3-0 4: 2 2: 4 0: 1 3: 1 2: 1 3: 1 3-0 1: 1 1-0 2: 2 2-0 1: 1 2: 2 0: 1 1-0 3-0 1: 1
    Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 4-0 2: 2 1-0 2-0 2-0 5-0 1: 1 3: 1 2: 1 5-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 3: 2 0: 2 3: 1 1-0 3: 1 2: 1 0-0 3: 1 3: 3
    Brighton & Hove Albion 1: 2 2: 1 1: 1 2: 2 3: 1 1-0 4: 1 2: 2 4-0 3-0 2: 3 9: 1 5: 1 1: 1 1: 2 0: 6 2: 2 1: 1 2: 1 1-0 2: 2 1-0 1: 1
    Bristol City 1: 1 2-0 2-0 1-0 0: 2 2-0 3: 1 2-0 2: 1 4: 1 2: 1 2: 1 1-0 2: 2 0: 3 1-0 3: 1 3: 3 0: 3 2-0 0: 2 3: 3 3-0
    Bristol Rovers 3-0 2-0 3: 2 2: 1 1: 1 1: 1 3: 1 3-0 1: 1 2: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 1 3: 3 0: 2 3: 1 2-0 4-0 4: 1 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 3-0
    Colchester United 1-0 4: 1 4: 1 1: 1 0-0 1-0 0: 1 4: 2 2: 3 1-0 3-0 1: 1 2: 1 2: 3 0: 2 3-0 1: 1 1: 1 1: 3 4: 1 3: 1 0: 1 4: 1
    Crystal Palace 0: 2 0: 1 0: 2 1-0 1-0 1: 3 0: 1 4: 3 1: 3 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 0-0 0: 5 1: 6 0: 1 0: 2 0: 3 0: 2 2-0 2: 1 1-0 1: 1
    Exeter City 3-0 2: 1 4: 2 1-0 0: 2 5-0 1: 2 1: 2 2-0 0-0 0: 1 2: 2 1-0 1: 2 0: 5 3: 2 0: 3 1: 3 1-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 3: 3
    Gillingham FC 3-0 2: 2 1: 1 1: 2 1-0 0-0 0-0 9: 4 0: 1 1-0 4: 3 0: 1 3: 1 2: 2 1: 4 1: 2 1: 1 0: 3 0-0 2: 1 2-0 4: 1 3: 1
    Ipswich Town 5: 2 1-0 3-0 2-0 2: 3 3-0 1: 1 1-0 5: 1 2: 2 2: 1 2: 1 1: 1 0: 1 1: 3 2-0 2: 2 0: 2 1-0 4: 1 3: 1 3: 1 2: 1
    Leyton Orient 1-0 2-0 2: 1 0: 2 1-0 1: 1 2-0 1: 3 4-0 2-0 0: 2 0: 3 1-0 3: 1 0: 4 1: 2 2: 3 2-0 1: 1 2: 1 5: 1 2: 1 1: 2
    Millwall FC 1-0 3-0 1: 1 5: 3 1-0 2-0 1-0 5-0 4: 3 4-0 3: 1 2: 4 2: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2: 2 1: 3 1: 1 1-0 4: 1 2-0 4-0
    Newport County 7-0 1-0 3-0 0: 1 2: 1 2-0 2: 4 0: 3 1-0 1: 2 0-0 2: 3 2: 2 1: 1 0: 2 2-0 2: 1 5-0 6: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 2: 2
    Northampton Town 1-0 0: 1 0-0 2: 2 1: 1 2: 1 2-0 4: 1 4: 1 2: 1 3: 3 1: 2 1: 4 1: 2 2: 2 1: 3 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1: 2 1-0 1: 1 6-0
    Norwich City 2: 2 3-0 1: 1 0-0 2-0 1: 1 3: 1 3-0 2-0 1: 3 3: 1 2: 1 2: 1 0-0 2-0 1-0 2-0 2: 1 3-0 2-0 1: 1 1-0 3: 1
    Nottingham Forest 7-0 1-0 4-0 0-0 2: 1 0-0 1-0 2: 2 9: 2 0-0 0: 1 2-0 2: 1 2: 2 4: 2 4: 1 2: 1 1: 1 3-0 2: 1 3: 1 4-0 2: 1
    Plymouth Argyle 5: 1 3: 1 3: 3 2-0 0-0 7: 1 4-0 0: 1 2-0 2: 1 2: 1 2: 2 1: 1 4: 1 2: 1 0: 2 1-0 2-0 2-0 5: 1 1-0 1: 1 3: 1
    Port Vale 3: 1 3: 1 0: 1 1: 3 0-0 1: 1 2: 2 2-0 4: 3 1-0 3: 1 0: 1 1-0 0: 3 2: 1 1: 1 2-0 0-0 3: 1 2: 1 1-0 1: 1 2: 1
    Reading FC 7: 1 0-0 7-0 4: 2 0-0 3: 2 1: 1 4: 2 1: 1 2-0 4-0 1: 1 5-0 2-0 3: 1 0: 2 4-0 3-0 0: 2 3: 1 0-0 2: 1 1-0
    Southend United 4: 2 6: 1 3: 1 1: 1 1: 1 4: 2 5: 2 5: 1 4-0 1-0 0: 1 0: 3 3-0 3-0 0: 2 3: 2 1-0 1: 1 3: 3 8: 2 3-0 0: 1 5: 1
    Swindon Town 4-0 2: 1 0-0 1-0 1: 2 1: 1 2-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 0: 1 2-0 1-0 1-0 2: 3 1: 2 2: 1 1: 1 4: 1 2: 1 1: 1 3: 2
    Torquay United 1: 2 0: 2 3: 1 4: 1 1: 2 4: 1 4: 1 2-0 1: 2 0: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3: 4 1: 1 1: 5 3: 2 1: 3 3: 2 2: 1 2: 2 1-0 3: 2 3: 2
    Walsall FC 3: 1 0: 1 1-0 3: 1 1: 2 4: 2 0-0 0: 2 2: 1 2-0 1: 1 4-0 0-0 1-0 0: 1 0: 2 1: 1 2-0 1: 2 1: 2 1-0 3: 1 1-0
    Watford FC 1: 2 2: 1 1: 1 1: 2 1-0 2-0 1-0 1: 2 5-0 0: 2 2-0 0-0 0: 2 0: 1 0: 2 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 3: 1 1: 3 1: 2 2: 2 1: 3

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Wally Ardron Nottingham Forest 36

    Web links

    References and footnotes

    1. a b English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)