# 1951–52 Football League

The 1951–52 season was the 53rd completed season of The Football League.

## 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 and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, 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.
From the 1922–23 season, the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South were required to apply for re-election.

## First Division

After the title disappointments of the previous five seasons, Manchester United finally ended their 41-year wait for the First Division title, finishing four points ahead of their nearest rivals, Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal.
Huddersfield Town and Fulham were relegated to the Second Division.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Manchester United (C) | 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 | 0.788 | 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 (R) | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 49 | 82 | 0.598 | 28 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 22 | Fulham (R) | 42 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 58 | 77 | 0.753 | 27 | Relegation to the Second Division |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ARS | AST | BLP | BOL | BUR | CHA | CHE | DER | FUL | HUD | LIV | MCI | MUN | MID | NEW | POR | PNE | STK | SUN | TOT | WBA | WOL |
| Arsenal | | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | |

### Maps
## Second Division

Sheffield Wednesday were champions of the Second Division scoring exactly 100 goals in the process. After a weak start winning only three of their first eleven matches and losing 7-3 to rivals Sheffield United in September, the team found their feet and lost only one of their fourteen last matches. Cardiff City finished second on equal points with Birmingham City and were promoted thanks to a better goal average.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sheffield Wednesday (C, P) | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 100 | 66 | 1.515 | 53 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 2 | Cardiff City (P) | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 72 | 54 | 1.333 | 51 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 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 (R) | 42 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 59 | 82 | 0.720 | 34 | Relegation to the Third Division South |
| 22 | Queens Park Rangers (R) | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 52 | 81 | 0.642 | 34 | Relegation to the Third Division South |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | BIR | BLB | BRE | BRY | CAR | COV | DON | EVE | HUL | LEE | LEI | LUT | NOT | NTC | QPR | ROT | SHU | SHW | SOU | SWA | WHU |
| Barnsley | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 5–4 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Birmingham | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 2–1 | 1–4 | | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Brentford | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Bury | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 8–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 |
| Cardiff City | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Coventry City | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Doncaster Rovers | 1–2 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| Everton | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Hull City | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 |
| Leeds United | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Leicester City | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 5–5 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Luton Town | 4–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 3–3 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 6–1 |
| Nottingham Forest | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Notts County | 4–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 5–4 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 1–4 | | 2–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Rotherham United | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 |
| Sheffield United | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 7–3 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 6–1 |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 3–5 | 1–3 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Southampton | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Swansea Town | 2–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 2–1 |
| West Ham United | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–6 | 4–0 | 2–2 | |

### Maps
## Third Division North

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Lincoln City | 46 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 80 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 29 | 2.327 | 69 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 59 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 31 | 2.133 | 66 | |
| 3 | Stockport County | 46 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 47 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 1.850 | 59 | |
| 4 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 65 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 39 | 1.475 | 57 | |
| 5 | Gateshead | 46 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 41 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 32 | 1.347 | 53 | |
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 37 | 1.217 | 52 | |
| 7 | Carlisle United | 46 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 33 | 1.088 | 51 | |
| 8 | Bradford Park Avenue | 46 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 36 | 1.156 | 50 | |
| 9 | Hartlepools United | 46 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 46 | 1.092 | 50 | |
| 10 | York City | 46 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 53 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 33 | 1.404 | 49 | |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 59 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 42 | 1.070 | 48 | |
| 12 | Barrow | 46 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 42 | 0.934 | 46 | |
| 13 | Chesterfield | 46 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 47 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 50 | 0.985 | 45 | |
| 14 | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | 46 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 39 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 51 | 0.878 | 44 | |
| 15 | Bradford City | 46 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 36 | 0.897 | 42 | |
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 42 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 54 | 0.768 | 42 | |
| 17 | Southport | 46 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 49 | 0.746 | 41 | |
| 18 | Wrexham | 46 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 51 | 0.863 | 39 | |
| 19 | Chester | 46 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 46 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 55 | 0.847 | 39 | |
| 20 | Halifax Town | 46 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 30 | 74 | 0.629 | 35 | |
| 21 | Rochdale | 46 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 34 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 45 | 0.595 | 35 | |
| 22 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 31 | 58 | 0.663 | 32 | |
| 23 | Darlington | 46 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 25 | 69 | 0.621 | 31 | Re-elected |
| 24 | Workington | 46 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 57 | 0.549 | 29 | Re-elected |
* ↑ New club in the league; elected from North Eastern League

### Results

| Home \ Away | ACC | BRW | BRA | BPA | CRL | CHE | CHF | CRE | DAR | GAT | GRI | HAL | HAR | LIN | MAN | OLD | ROC | SCU | SOU | STP | TRA | WRK | WRE | YOR |
| Accrington Stanley | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 |
| Barrow | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Bradford City | 1–3 | 2–2 | | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 |
| Bradford Park Avenue | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 |
| Carlisle United | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Chester | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Chesterfield | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Darlington | 4–5 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Gateshead | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Grimsby Town | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 8–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Halifax Town | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Hartlepool | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Lincoln City | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 11–1 | 7–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 4–3 | | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 |
| Mansfield Town | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Oldham Athletic | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 11–2 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 5–3 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Rochdale | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 0–2 |
| Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Southport | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Stockport County | 6–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Tranmere | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Workington | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Wrexham | 1–0 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 |
| York City | 6–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 | |

### Maps
## Third Division South

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 70 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 34 | 2.019 | 66 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Reading | 46 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 73 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 39 | 37 | 1.867 | 61 | |
| 3 | Norwich City | 46 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 55 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 35 | 1.780 | 61 | |
| 4 | Millwall | 46 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 46 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 1.396 | 58 | |
| 5 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 57 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 39 | 1.381 | 58 | |
| 6 | Newport County | 46 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 45 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 50 | 1.013 | 54 | |
| 7 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 60 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 33 | 1.679 | 52 | |
| 8 | Northampton Town | 46 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 65 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 43 | 1.257 | 49 | |
| 9 | Southend United | 46 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 56 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 49 | 1.136 | 48 | |
| 10 | Colchester United | 46 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 55 | 0.727 | 46 | |
| 11 | Torquay United | 46 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 53 | 42 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 56 | 0.878 | 44 | |
| 12 | Aldershot | 46 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 38 | 62 | 0.876 | 44 | |
| 13 | Port Vale | 46 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 33 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 50 | 0.758 | 43 | Transferred |
| 14 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 46 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 45 | 0.920 | 42 | |
| 15 | Bristol City | 46 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 43 | 0.841 | 42 | |
| 16 | Swindon Town | 46 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 46 | 0.750 | 42 | |
| 17 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 43 | 0.851 | 41 | |
| 18 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 42 | 0.809 | 41 | |
| 19 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 29 | 52 | 0.763 | 39 | |
| 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 29 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 57 | 0.721 | 36 | |
| 21 | Watford | 46 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 23 | 44 | 0.704 | 36 | |
| 22 | Gillingham | 46 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 47 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 50 | 0.877 | 35 | |
| 23 | Exeter City | 46 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 40 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 50 | 0.756 | 35 | Re-elected |
| 24 | Walsall | 46 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 38 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 63 | 0.585 | 31 | Re-elected |
* ↑ Shrewsbury Town had been transferred from Third Division North for this season.

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALD | B&BA | B&HA | BRI | BRR | COL | CRY | EXE | GIL | IPS | LEY | MIL | NPC | NOR | NWC | PLY | PTV | REA | SHR | STD | SWI | TOR | WAL | WAT |
| Aldershot | | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 0–2 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 4–2 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 4–1 |
| Bristol City | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Bristol Rovers | 5–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | | 6–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 |
| Colchester United | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Crystal Palace | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Exeter City | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 4–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 0–3 | 3–4 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Gillingham | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–4 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Ipswich Town | 2–3 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Leyton Orient | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 7–0 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Millwall | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Newport County | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–5 |
| Northampton Town | 6–2 | 5–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 6–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 1–4 |
| Norwich City | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 8–0 | 3–0 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Port Vale | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Reading | 5–1 | 5–0 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | | 6–2 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| Shrewsbury Town | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 |
| Southend | 7–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 5–1 |
| Swindon Town | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Torquay United | 6–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 9–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Walsall | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–5 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | | 3–1 |
| Watford | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–7 | 1–2 | 2–0 | |