1950–51 Football League

The 1950–51 season was the 52nd completed season of The Football League.

The Football League

Season	1950–51
Champions	Tottenham Hotspur
Relegated	New Brighton
New clubs in League	Colchester United, Gillingham, Scunthorpe & Lindsey United, Shrewsbury Town
← 1949–50 1951–52 →

Final league tables

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,[2] with home and away statistics separated.

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.

During the first five seasons of the league, that is, until the season 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league. From the 1922–23 season on it was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South.[2]

First Division

Football League
First Division

Season	1950–51
Champions	Tottenham Hotspur (1st English title)
Relegated	Sheffield Wednesday, Everton
FA Cup winners	Newcastle United (4th FA Cup title)
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,413 (3.06 per match)
Top goalscorer	Stan Mortensen (Blackpool), 30 [3]
← 1949–50 1951–52 →

Newly promoted Tottenham Hotspur won the First Division title for the first time in their history, and achieved the rare distinction of lifting the First Division title one season after promotion. They finished four points ahead of their nearest rivals Manchester United.

Sheffield Wednesday and Everton were relegated to the Second Division, bracketed together at the bottom of the First Division on 32 points. Chelsea survived on goal average.

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Tottenham Hotspur	42	17	2	2	54	21	8	8	5	28	23	1.864	60	League Champions
2	Manchester United	42	14	4	3	42	16	10	4	7	32	24	1.850	56
3	Blackpool	42	12	6	3	43	19	8	4	9	36	34	1.491	50
4	Newcastle United	42	10	6	5	36	22	8	7	6	26	31	1.170	49	FA Cup winners
5	Arsenal	42	11	5	5	47	28	8	4	9	26	28	1.304	47
6	Middlesbrough	42	12	7	2	51	25	6	4	11	25	40	1.169	47
7	Portsmouth	42	8	10	3	39	30	8	5	8	32	38	1.044	47
8	Bolton Wanderers	42	11	2	8	31	20	8	5	8	33	41	1.049	45
9	Liverpool	42	11	5	5	28	25	5	6	10	25	34	0.898	43
10	Burnley	42	9	7	5	27	16	5	7	9	21	27	1.116	42
11	Derby County	42	10	5	6	53	33	6	3	12	28	42	1.080	40
12	Sunderland	42	8	9	4	30	21	4	7	10	33	52	0.863	40
13	Stoke City	42	10	5	6	28	19	3	9	9	22	40	0.847	40
14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	9	3	9	44	30	6	5	10	30	31	1.213	38
15	Aston Villa	42	9	6	6	39	29	3	7	11	27	39	0.971	37
16	West Bromwich Albion	42	7	4	10	30	27	6	7	8	23	34	0.869	37
17	Charlton Athletic	42	9	4	8	35	31	5	5	11	28	49	0.788	37
18	Fulham	42	8	5	8	35	37	5	6	10	17	31	0.765	37
19	Huddersfield Town	42	8	4	9	40	40	7	2	12	24	52	0.696	36
20	Chelsea	42	9	4	8	31	25	3	4	14	22	40	0.815	32
21	Sheffield Wednesday	42	9	6	6	43	32	3	2	16	21	51	0.771	32	Relegated
22	Everton	42	7	5	9	26	35	5	3	13	22	51	0.558	32

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AST	BLP	BOL	BUR	CHA	CHE	DER	EVE	FUL	HUD	LIV	MUN	MID	NEW	POR	SHW	STK	SUN	TOT	WBA	WOL
Arsenal		2–1	4–4	1–1	0–1	2–5	0–0	3–1	2–1	5–1	6–2	1–2	3–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	3–0	0–3	5–1	2–2	3–0	2–1
Aston Villa	1–1		0–3	0–1	3–2	0–0	4–2	1–1	3–3	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–3	0–1	3–0	3–3	2–1	6–2	3–1	2–3	2–0	1–0
Blackpool	0–1	1–1		2–0	1–2	0–0	3–2	3–1	4–0	4–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	3–0	3–2	3–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–1
Bolton Wanderers	3–0	1–0	1–2		1–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	0–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	0–2	4–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–4	0–2	2–1
Burnley	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–0		5–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–0
Charlton Athletic	1–3	2–2	2–3	4–3	0–0		1–2	1–2	2–1	0–0	3–2	1–0	1–2	3–0	1–3	0–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–3	3–2
Chelsea	0–1	1–1	0–2	4–0	0–2	2–3		1–2	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–4	4–0	1–1	3–0	0–2	1–1	2–1
Derby County	4–2	4–2	4–1	2–2	1–1	5–0	1–0		0–1	3–2	3–0	1–2	2–4	6–0	1–2	2–3	4–1	1–1	6–5	1–1	1–1	1–2
Everton	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–2		1–0	3–2	1–3	1–4	3–2	3–1	1–5	0–0	0–3	3–1	1–2	0–3	1–1
Fulham	3–2	2–1	2–2	0–1	4–1	1–3	1–2	3–5	1–5		1–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–4	4–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–1
Huddersfield Town	2–2	4–2	2–1	0–4	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–2		2–2	2–3	2–3	0–0	2–1	3–4	3–1	3–4	3–2	1–2	1–2
Liverpool	1–3	0–0	1–0	3–3	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–4		2–1	0–0	2–4	2–1	2–1	0–0	4–0	2–1	1–1	1–4
Manchester United	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–3	1–1	3–0	4–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	6–0	1–0		1–0	1–2	0–0	3–1	0–0	3–5	2–1	3–0	2–1
Middlesbrough	2–1	2–1	4–3	1–1	3–3	7–3	3–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	8–0	1–1	1–2		2–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–2
Newcastle United	2–1	0–1	4–2	0–1	2–1	3–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	6–0	1–1	0–2	1–0		0–0	2–0	3–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–1
Portsmouth	1–1	3–3	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–3	1–3	2–2	6–3	1–0	1–0	1–3	0–0	1–1	0–0		4–1	5–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–4
Sheffield Wednesday	0–2	3–2	3–1	3–4	0–1	1–2	2–2	4–3	6–0	2–2	3–2	4–1	0–4	0–1	0–0	2–1		1–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	2–2
Stoke City	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–3	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–2	1–1		2–4	0–0	1–1	0–1
Sunderland	0–2	3–3	0–2	1–2	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–0	4–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	5–1	1–1		0–0	1–1	0–0
Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	3–2	1–4	4–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–2	3–1	1–0	3–3	7–0	5–1	1–0	6–1	1–1		5–0	2–1
West Bromwich Albion	2–0	2–0	1–3	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	2–3	1–2	5–0	1–3	1–1	3–1	1–2		3–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	2–3	1–1	7–1	0–1	2–3	2–1	2–3	4–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–0	3–4	0–1	2–3	4–0	2–3	2–1	2–1	3–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Arsenal

Charlton Athletic

Chelsea

Fulham

Tottenham

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1950–1951

Arsenal

Aston Villa

Blackpool

Bolton

Burnley

Charlton

Chelsea

Derby County

Everton

Fulham

Huddersfield

Liverpool

Manchester United

Middlesbrough

Newcastle

Portsmouth

Sheffield Wednesday

Stoke

Sunderland

Tottenham

West Bromwich Albion

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1950–1951 teams

Second Division

Football League
Second Division

Season	1950–51
Champions	Preston North End (3rd title)
Promoted	Manchester City
Relegated	Chesterfield, Grimsby Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,469 (3.18 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cec McCormack (Barnsley), 33 [3]
← 1949–50 1951–52 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Preston North End	42	16	3	2	53	18	10	2	9	38	31	1.857	57	Division Champions, promoted
2	Manchester City	42	12	6	3	53	25	7	8	6	36	36	1.459	52	Promoted
3	Cardiff City	42	13	7	1	36	20	4	9	8	17	25	1.178	50
4	Birmingham City	42	12	6	3	37	20	8	3	10	27	33	1.208	49
5	Leeds United	42	14	4	3	36	17	6	4	11	27	38	1.145	48
6	Blackburn Rovers	42	13	3	5	39	27	6	5	10	26	39	0.985	46
7	Coventry City	42	15	3	3	51	25	4	4	13	24	34	1.271	45
8	Sheffield United	42	11	4	6	44	27	5	8	8	28	35	1.161	44
9	Brentford	42	13	3	5	44	25	5	5	11	31	49	1.014	44
10	Hull City	42	12	5	4	47	28	4	6	11	27	42	1.057	43
11	Doncaster Rovers	42	9	6	6	37	32	6	7	8	27	36	0.941	43
12	Southampton	42	10	9	2	38	27	5	4	12	28	46	0.904	43
13	West Ham United	42	10	5	6	44	33	6	5	10	24	36	0.986	42
14	Leicester City	42	10	4	7	42	28	5	7	9	26	30	1.172	41
15	Barnsley	42	9	5	7	42	22	6	5	10	32	46	1.088	40
16	Queens Park Rangers	42	13	5	3	47	25	2	5	14	24	57	0.866	40
17	Notts County	42	7	7	7	37	34	6	6	9	24	26	1.017	39
18	Swansea Town	42	14	1	6	34	25	2	3	16	20	52	0.701	36
19	Luton Town	42	7	9	5	34	23	2	5	14	23	47	0.814	32
20	Bury	42	9	4	8	33	27	3	4	14	27	59	0.698	32
21	Chesterfield	42	7	7	7	30	28	2	5	14	14	41	0.638	30	Relegated
22	Grimsby Town	42	6	8	7	37	38	2	4	15	24	57	0.642	28

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BIR	BLB	BRE	BRY	CAR	CHF	COV	DON	GRI	HUL	LEE	LEI	LUT	MCI	NTC	PNE	QPR	SHU	SOU	SWA	WHU
Barnsley		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	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	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	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	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	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Brentford

Queens Park Rangers

West Ham

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1950–1951

Barnsley

Birmingham

Blackburn Rovers

Brentford

Bury

Cardiff City

Chesterfield

Coventry

Doncaster

Grimsby Town

Hull

Leeds United

Leicester City

Luton Town

Manchester City

Notts County

Preston North End

QPR

Sheffield United

Southampton

Swansea Town

West Ham

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1950–1951 teams

Third Division North

Football League
Third Division North

Season	1950–51
Champions	Rotherham United (1st title)
Failed re-election	New Brighton
New clubs in League	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United, Shrewsbury Town
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,608 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jack Shaw (Rotherham United), 37 [3]
← 1949–50 1951–52 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Rotherham United	46	16	3	4	55	16	15	6	2	48	25	2.512	71	Division Champions, promoted
2	Mansfield Town	46	17	6	0	54	19	9	6	8	24	29	1.625	64
3	Carlisle United	46	18	4	1	44	17	7	8	8	35	33	1.580	62
4	Tranmere Rovers	46	15	5	3	51	26	9	6	8	32	36	1.339	59
5	Lincoln City	46	18	1	4	62	23	7	7	9	27	35	1.534	58
6	Bradford Park Avenue	46	15	3	5	46	23	8	5	10	44	49	1.250	54
7	Bradford City	46	13	4	6	55	30	8	6	9	35	33	1.429	52
8	Gateshead	46	17	1	5	60	21	4	7	12	24	41	1.355	50
9	Crewe Alexandra	46	11	5	7	38	26	8	5	10	23	34	1.017	48
10	Stockport County	46	15	3	5	45	26	5	5	13	18	37	1.000	48
11	Rochdale	46	11	6	6	38	18	6	5	12	31	44	1.113	45
12	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United[lower-alpha 1]	46	10	12	1	32	9	3	6	14	26	48	1.018	44
13	Chester	46	11	6	6	42	30	6	3	14	20	34	0.969	43
14	Wrexham	46	12	6	5	37	28	3	6	14	18	43	0.775	42
15	Oldham Athletic	46	10	5	8	47	36	6	3	14	26	37	1.000	40
16	Hartlepools United	46	14	5	4	55	26	2	2	19	9	40	0.970	39
17	York City	46	7	12	4	37	24	5	3	15	29	53	0.857	39
18	Darlington	46	10	8	5	35	29	3	5	15	24	48	0.766	39
19	Barrow	46	12	3	8	38	27	4	3	16	13	49	0.671	38
20	Shrewsbury Town[lower-alpha 1]	46	11	3	9	28	30	4	4	15	15	44	0.581	37
21	Southport	46	9	4	10	29	25	4	6	13	27	47	0.778	36
22	Halifax Town	46	11	6	6	36	24	0	6	17	14	45	0.725	34
23	Accrington Stanley	46	10	4	9	28	29	1	6	16	14	72	0.416	32	Re-elected
24	New Brighton	46	7	6	10	22	32	4	2	17	18	58	0.444	30	Failed re-election

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

1. New club in the league

Results

Home \ Away	ACC	BRW	BRA	BPA	CRL	CHE	CRE	DAR	GAT	HAL	HAR	LIN	MAN	NWB	OLD	ROC	ROT	SCU	SHR	SOU	STP	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
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	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	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
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
Hartlepool	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
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	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	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	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	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Accrington Stanley

Barrow

Bradford City

Bradford Park Avenue

Carlisle United

Chester

Crewe Alexandra

Darlington

Gateshead

Halifax T.

Hartlepool

Lincoln City

Mansfield Town

New Brighton

Oldham

Rochdale

Rotherham

Scunthorpe & Lindsey

Shrewsbury

Southport

Stockport

Tranmere

Wrexham

York City

Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams 1950–1951

Third Division South

Football League
Third Division South

Season	1950–51
Champions	Nottingham Forest (1st title)
Failed re-election	none
New clubs in League	Colchester United, Gillingham
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,623 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorer	Wally Ardron (Nottingham Forest), 36 [3]
← 1949–50 1951–52 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Nottingham Forest	46	16	6	1	57	17	14	4	5	53	23	2.750	70	Division Champions, promoted
2	Norwich City	46	16	6	1	42	14	9	8	6	40	31	1.822	64
3	Reading	46	15	6	2	57	17	6	9	8	31	36	1.660	57
4	Plymouth Argyle	46	16	5	2	54	19	8	4	11	31	36	1.545	57
5	Millwall	46	15	6	2	52	23	8	4	11	28	34	1.404	56
6	Bristol Rovers	46	15	7	1	46	18	5	8	10	18	24	1.524	55
7	Southend United	46	15	4	4	64	27	6	6	11	28	42	1.333	52
8	Ipswich Town	46	15	4	4	48	24	8	2	13	21	34	1.190	52
9	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	17	5	1	49	16	5	2	16	16	41	1.140	51
10	Bristol City	46	15	4	4	41	25	5	7	11	23	34	1.085	51
11	Newport County	46	13	4	6	48	25	6	5	12	29	45	1.100	47
12	Port Vale	46	13	6	4	35	24	3	7	13	25	41	0.923	45
13	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	11	8	4	51	31	2	9	12	20	48	0.899	43
14	Exeter City	46	11	4	8	33	30	7	2	14	29	55	0.729	42
15	Walsall	46	12	4	7	32	20	3	6	14	20	42	0.839	40
16	Colchester United[lower-alpha 1]	46	12	5	6	43	25	2	7	14	20	51	0.829	40
17	Swindon Town	46	15	4	4	38	17	3	0	20	17	50	0.821	40
18	Aldershot	46	11	8	4	37	20	4	2	17	19	68	0.636	40
19	Leyton Orient	46	13	2	8	36	28	2	6	15	17	47	0.707	38
20	Torquay United	46	13	2	8	47	39	1	7	15	17	42	0.790	37
21	Northampton Town	46	8	9	6	39	30	2	7	14	16	37	0.821	36
22	Gillingham[lower-alpha 1]	46	10	7	6	41	30	3	2	18	28	71	0.683	35
23	Watford	46	8	5	10	29	28	1	6	16	25	60	0.614	29	Re-elected
24	Crystal Palace	46	6	5	12	18	39	2	6	15	15	45	0.393	27

Source:
Notes:

1. New club in the league

Results

Home \ Away	ALD	B&BA	B&HA	BRI	BRR	COL	CRY	EXE	GIL	IPS	LEY	MIL	NPC	NOR	NWC	NOT	PLY	PTV	REA	STD	SWI	TOR	WAL	WAT
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	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	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	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	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	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	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Leyton Orient

Crystal Palace

Millwall

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams 1950–1951

Aldershot

Bournemouth

Brighton & Hove

Bristol City

Bristol Rovers

Leyton Orient

Colchester

Crystal Palace

Exeter City

Gillingham

Ipswich Town

Millwall

Newport County

Northampton Town

Norwich City

Nottingham Forest

Plymouth Argyle

Port Vale

Southend

Reading

Torquay

Swindon

Walsall

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams 1950–1951

See also

• 1950-51 in English football

References

1. "England 1950-51". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
2. Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
3. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

• Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.