Saturday 1951-03-23

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division North
Third Division South

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	0	1	Portsmouth	Highbury	49,051
	Lineups		Reid D
Blackpool	2	0	Bolton Wanderers	Bloomfield Road	33,627	Largest home gate 1950-51
Mortensen, Johnston	Lineups
Burnley	2	1	Chelsea	Turf Moor	22,266
Holden 2	Lineups		Harris (p)
Fulham	0	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Craven Cottage	47,391	Largest home gate 1950-51
	Lineups		Murphy
Liverpool	1	0	Charlton Athletic	Anfield Road	31,650
Haigh	Lineups
Manchester United	2	0	Derby County	Old Trafford	43,802
Aston, Downie	Lineups
Middlesbrough	1	0	Stoke City	Ayresome Park	36,200
McKennan	Lineups
Newcastle United	2	2	Sunderland	St James' Park	62,173
Harvey, Milburn	Lineups		Wright T, Ford

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Tottenham Hotspur	34	13	2	1	45	17	7	6	5	25	21	1.842	48	W	W	D	W	L	1951-03-24	Portsmouth	A
2	0	Manchester United	34	11	4	3	29	15	7	3	6	23	18	1.576	43	W	W	D	W	W	1951-03-24	Burnley	A
3	0	Middlesbrough	33	11	5	1	46	20	6	4	6	24	26	1.522	43	W	L	D	L	W	1951-03-24	Aston Villa	H
4	1	Newcastle United	31	9	4	1	34	16	6	6	5	20	27	1.256	40	D	D	W	W	D	1951-03-24	Liverpool	H
5	2	Blackpool	33	10	5	2	37	16	5	4	7	27	27	1.488	39	W	D	W	W	W	1951-03-24	Everton	A
6	-2	Arsenal	35	10	4	4	43	24	6	3	8	20	24	1.313	39	L	L	W	L	L	1951-03-24	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
7	-1	Bolton Wanderers	33	10	2	5	28	14	7	3	6	29	33	1.213	39	L	W	W	L	W	1951-03-24	Stoke City	A
8	0	Liverpool	35	10	4	4	26	21	4	5	8	21	28	0.959	37	W	W	D	D	W	1951-03-24	Newcastle United	A
9	1	Burnley	35	8	7	3	25	12	3	7	7	17	24	1.167	36	W	L	D	D	W	1951-03-24	Manchester United	H
10	2	Portsmouth	33	7	6	3	33	25	6	3	8	24	34	0.966	35	W	W	D	L	W	1951-03-24	Tottenham Hotspur	H
11	-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	9	3	5	40	22	5	3	5	22	19	1.512	34	L	W	L	L	L	1951-03-24	Arsenal	A
12	-1	Derby County	33	8	5	4	44	28	5	2	9	21	32	1.083	33	L	W	L	W	L	1951-03-24	Huddersfield Town	A
13	0	Stoke City	35	7	5	5	20	14	2	9	7	17	29	0.86	32	L	L	D	L	L	1951-03-24	Bolton Wanderers	H
14	0	Charlton Athletic	35	8	4	5	30	25	4	4	10	24	43	0.794	32	L	W	D	D	W	1951-03-24	Chelsea	A
15	0	Sunderland	34	6	7	3	23	17	3	6	9	29	47	0.813	31	D	D	D	W	W	1951-03-24	Sheffield Wednesday	A
16	0	Fulham	34	7	4	6	29	28	4	4	9	12	27	0.745	30	L	W	W	W	L	1951-03-24	West Bromwich Albion	A
17	0	Everton	34	7	3	7	24	30	4	3	10	21	38	0.662	28	L	D	L	W	W	1951-03-24	Blackpool	H
18	0	West Bromwich Albion	33	5	3	8	23	20	4	6	7	18	29	0.837	27	L	D	L	W	W	1951-03-24	Fulham	H
19	0	Chelsea	32	6	3	6	21	18	2	4	11	18	32	0.78	23	L	D	L	L	D	1951-03-24	Charlton Athletic	H
20	0	Huddersfield Town	33	5	3	8	32	35	4	2	11	16	45	0.6	23	L	L	L	W	L	1951-03-24	Derby County	H
21	0	Aston Villa	32	6	5	6	27	23	0	5	10	19	33	0.821	22	W	L	L	L	L	1951-03-24	Middlesbrough	A
22	0	Sheffield Wednesday	33	5	5	6	25	26	2	1	14	19	48	0.595	20	L	L	L	D	L	1951-03-24	Sunderland	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	0	0	Cardiff City	St Andrew's	15,054
	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	3	4	Barnsley	Ewood Park	31,060
Fenton, Harris 2	Lineups		McCormack 2, McMorran, Jones
Brentford	3	1	Sheffield United	Griffin Park	23,188
Harper, Dare, Monk	Lineups		Ringstead
Bury	2	2	Chesterfield	Gigg Lane	15,858
Daniel, Milburn OG	Lineups		Massart 2
Doncaster Rovers	5	2	Luton Town	Belle Vue	22,613
Harrison 2, Tindill 2, Lawlor	Lineups		Moore, Davie
Grimsby Town	1	2	Coventry City	Blundell Park	18,841
Cairns	Lineups		Allen, Roberts
Hull City	2	0	Leeds United	Boothferry Park	46,701	Largest home & D 2 gate 1950-51
Carter, Harrison	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	2	0	Southampton	Loftus Road	19,814
Farrow, Smith	Lineups
West Ham United	1	1	Swansea Town	Upton Park	25,385
Hooper	Lineups		Turnbull

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Preston North End	34	13	3	1	46	15	9	1	7	31	22	2.081	48	W	W	W	W	W	1951-03-24	Blackburn Rovers	H
2	0	Blackburn Rovers	35	11	2	5	36	26	6	5	6	25	28	1.13	41	L	L	D	W	L	1951-03-24	Preston North End	A
3	0	Cardiff City	34	10	6	1	30	17	3	8	6	15	20	1.216	40	D	L	D	D	W	1951-03-24	Swansea Town	H
4	2	Coventry City	35	13	2	2	45	20	4	3	11	22	28	1.396	39	W	L	W	L	D	1951-03-24	West Ham United	H
5	0	Birmingham City	34	10	5	2	31	17	6	2	9	22	29	1.152	39	D	W	W	W	W	1951-03-24	Hull City	H
6	-2	Manchester City	32	8	4	3	35	20	6	6	5	31	32	1.269	38	D	L	L	D	W	1951-03-24	Leeds United	H
7	0	Doncaster Rovers	34	8	5	4	34	28	5	7	5	21	28	0.982	38	W	W	D	D	D	1951-03-24	Grimsby Town	A
8	6	Hull City	34	8	5	4	35	25	4	6	7	25	33	1.034	35	W	D	L	W	L	1951-03-24	Birmingham City	A
9	-1	Leeds United	34	9	4	3	26	16	5	3	10	25	34	1.02	35	L	D	L	L	W	1951-03-24	Manchester City	A
10	1	West Ham United	34	9	4	4	37	25	4	5	8	20	32	1	35	D	W	L	L	D	1951-03-24	Coventry City	A
11	4	Brentford	35	11	3	5	35	24	3	4	9	23	38	0.935	35	W	W	W	D	L	1951-03-24	Notts County	A
12	-3	Southampton	34	8	6	2	28	19	5	3	10	25	40	0.898	35	L	W	D	D	L	1951-03-24	Bury	A
13	-3	Leicester City	33	8	4	5	33	21	4	6	6	20	22	1.233	34	L	W	D	W	D	1951-03-24	Luton Town	H
14	2	Barnsley	34	7	3	6	33	18	6	4	8	30	37	1.145	33	W	W	L	L	L	1951-03-24	Queens Park Rangers	A
15	-2	Notts County	33	6	5	5	30	26	6	4	7	22	21	1.106	33	L	D	D	W	W	1951-03-24	Brentford	H
16	-4	Sheffield United	33	9	3	5	36	24	3	6	7	21	28	1.096	33	L	L	D	W	L	1951-03-24	Chesterfield	A
17	0	Queens Park Rangers	34	10	5	3	39	21	1	4	11	17	46	0.836	31	W	D	D	L	D	1951-03-24	Barnsley	H
18	0	Swansea Town	34	11	1	5	26	18	2	2	13	17	45	0.683	29	D	W	W	W	L	1951-03-24	Cardiff City	A
19	1	Bury	35	7	3	8	28	25	2	4	11	22	47	0.694	25	D	L	D	W	L	1951-03-24	Southampton	H
20	1	Chesterfield	35	5	7	5	22	21	2	4	12	13	33	0.648	25	D	L	W	L	W	1951-03-24	Sheffield United	H
21	-2	Luton Town	34	5	7	5	26	20	1	5	11	16	37	0.737	24	L	W	D	D	L	1951-03-24	Leicester City	A
22	0	Grimsby Town	34	5	8	5	36	35	1	3	12	18	47	0.659	23	L	L	D	L	W	1951-03-24	Doncaster Rovers	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Carlisle United	0	0	Rotherham United	Brunton Park	20,454	Largest home gate 1950-51
	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	1	2	Shrewsbury Town	Gresty Road	7,845
Travis	Lineups		Barker, Griffin
Hartlepools United	6	1	Darlington	Victoria Park	10,003
Wildon 3 (3p), McKeown, McClure, Wildon	Lineups		Clark
Lincoln City	2	1	Gateshead	Sincil Bank	11,245
Graver, Troops	Lineups		Callender T (p)
Mansfield Town	5	0	Accrington Stanley	Field Mill	4,504
Coole 2, Fox, Reeve, Barks	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	2	3	Bradford	Boundary Park	21,112
Gemmell, Hardwick	Lineups		Crosbie 2, Brickley
Southport	2	2	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Haig Avenue	8,206
Hacking, Lindsay	Lineups		Comley, Clelland
Tranmere Rovers	1	2	Wrexham	Prenton Park	13,992
Dillon	Lineups		Wyllie, Tunnicliffe
York City	0	2	Barrow	Bootham Crescent	9,714
	Lineups		McLaren, Gordon

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division North	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Rotherham United	36	10	2	4	39	15	13	6	1	43	21	2.278	54	D	W	L	W	W	1951-03-24	Halifax Town	H
2	0	Carlisle United	36	13	3	1	32	11	6	8	5	34	28	1.692	49	D	L	W	W	W	1951-03-24	Crewe Alexandra	H
3	0	Lincoln City	34	15	1	3	54	19	5	6	4	18	17	2	47	W	W	L	W	W	1951-03-24	Wrexham	A
4	1	Mansfield Town	34	13	3	0	41	13	6	4	8	19	28	1.463	45	W	W	W	L	W	1951-03-24	Stockport County	H
5	-1	Tranmere Rovers	34	10	4	3	39	21	7	5	5	24	26	1.34	43	L	L	L	W	D	1951-03-24	Rochdale	H
6	0	Bradford	36	11	1	4	35	18	8	4	8	41	40	1.31	43	W	W	W	D	W	1951-03-24	Chester	H
7	0	Gateshead	36	15	1	3	52	16	2	4	11	15	32	1.396	39	L	L	W	D	L	1951-03-24	York City	A
8	0	Stockport County	34	12	2	4	39	23	5	3	8	15	24	1.149	39	L	L	D	L	W	1951-03-24	Mansfield Town	A
9	0	Crewe Alexandra	34	9	4	6	32	20	5	4	6	15	22	1.119	36	L	L	W	W	L	1951-03-24	Carlisle United	A
10	0	Rochdale	32	8	2	6	28	17	6	5	5	28	28	1.244	35	W	W	W	D	W	1951-03-24	Tranmere Rovers	A
11	0	Bradford City	33	8	4	6	42	29	6	2	7	25	22	1.314	34	W	L	L	W	W	1951-03-24	Southport	A
12	1	Wrexham	33	10	6	0	30	15	2	4	11	15	34	0.918	34	W	L	W	D	W	1951-03-24	Lincoln City	H
13	-1	Chester	34	7	5	4	26	20	6	2	10	19	27	0.957	33	D	W	W	L	D	1951-03-24	Bradford	A
14	1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	36	6	10	1	18	9	2	6	11	23	40	0.837	32	D	L	D	L	W	1951-03-24	Darlington	H
15	-1	Oldham Athletic	34	7	4	6	36	27	5	3	9	21	26	1.075	31	L	W	W	W	W	1951-03-24	Shrewsbury Town	H
16	1	Hartlepools United	36	11	5	4	49	24	1	1	14	7	28	1.077	30	W	W	L	L	L	1951-03-24	Barrow	A
17	-1	Darlington	35	7	6	4	28	25	3	3	12	22	42	0.746	29	L	L	L	D	L	1951-03-24	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
18	1	Shrewsbury Town	35	8	2	8	21	26	4	3	10	14	33	0.593	29	W	L	W	L	L	1951-03-24	Oldham Athletic	A
19	-1	York City	34	5	7	4	27	20	4	3	11	22	43	0.778	28	L	L	W	L	D	1951-03-24	Gateshead	H
20	0	Southport	35	7	3	8	23	22	3	3	11	21	38	0.733	26	D	W	L	D	L	1951-03-24	Bradford City	H
21	0	Halifax Town	34	8	6	5	30	23	0	3	12	10	35	0.69	25	W	D	D	L	L	1951-03-24	Rotherham United	A
22	1	Barrow	36	6	2	8	22	26	4	2	14	12	46	0.472	24	W	W	L	L	L	1951-03-24	Hartlepools United	H
23	-1	Accrington Stanley	35	7	2	7	21	22	1	5	13	14	60	0.427	23	L	D	L	L	W	1951-03-24	New Brighton	H
24	0	New Brighton	34	5	5	8	15	27	3	1	12	11	39	0.394	22	L	L	L	L	L	1951-03-24	Accrington Stanley	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	0	1	Swindon Town	Recreation Ground	8,951
	Lineups		Hudson
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	1	Exeter City	Dean Court	11,017
McGibbon	Lineups		Harrower
Brighton & Hove Albion	5	1	Northampton Town	Goldstone Ground	15,511
McCurley 2, Bennett, Keene, Wilkins	Lineups		McCulloch
Colchester United	3	1	Torquay United	Layer Road	12,443
Keeble, Turner, Elder	Lineups		Shaw
Gillingham	0	0	Southend United	Priestfield Stadium	15,356
	Lineups
Leyton Orient	2	1	Walsall	Brisbane Road	9,827
Deverall, Blair	Lineups		Winter
Millwall	1	1	Plymouth Argyle	The Den, New Cross	23,283
Morgan	Lineups		Astall
Reading	4	2	Bristol City	Elm Park	20,065
Blackman 3, Simpson	Lineups		Eisentrager, Rodgers
Watford	0	2	Ipswich Town	Vicarage Road	7,596
	Lineups		Warne 2

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division South	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Nottingham Forest	33	11	4	1	45	12	10	3	4	36	16	2.893	49	W	W	L	W	L	1951-03-24	Millwall	A
2	0	Norwich City	33	12	6	0	31	8	6	5	4	26	23	1.839	47	W	D	W	W	L	1951-03-24	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
3	1	Reading	36	13	3	2	48	15	6	6	6	26	29	1.682	47	W	L	W	D	W	1951-03-24	Crystal Palace	H
4	-1	Bristol Rovers	33	13	3	0	36	10	5	6	6	16	18	1.857	45	W	L	D	W	W	1951-03-24	Plymouth Argyle	A
5	0	Southend United	36	11	3	3	48	20	6	5	8	26	31	1.451	42	D	W	D	W	W	1951-03-24	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
6	0	Plymouth Argyle	35	13	2	2	41	12	4	4	10	23	31	1.488	40	D	L	W	L	D	1951-03-24	Bristol Rovers	H
7	2	Ipswich Town	36	11	3	3	38	20	7	1	11	16	26	1.174	40	W	L	W	W	L	1951-03-24	Colchester United	H
8	-1	Millwall	34	11	5	2	42	22	5	2	9	20	28	1.24	39	D	W	L	L	L	1951-03-24	Nottingham Forest	H
9	-1	Bristol City	34	12	2	2	30	15	4	4	10	20	31	1.087	38	L	D	D	W	W	1951-03-24	Port Vale	H
10	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	35	14	3	1	41	15	3	1	13	13	37	1.038	38	D	W	D	W	L	1951-03-24	Norwich City	H
11	0	Exeter City	35	8	2	7	27	22	7	2	9	28	38	0.917	34	D	L	L	L	W	1951-03-24	Newport County	H
12	3	Swindon Town	36	13	3	2	29	12	2	0	16	12	41	0.774	33	W	W	L	D	L	1951-03-24	Leyton Orient	A
13	-1	Newport County	32	9	2	6	35	23	4	4	7	16	22	1.133	32	W	L	W	D	D	1951-03-24	Exeter City	A
14	-1	Port Vale	33	10	3	2	24	15	2	5	11	19	33	0.896	32	L	W	D	W	L	1951-03-24	Bristol City	A
15	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	35	8	7	4	36	29	1	7	8	14	36	0.769	32	W	W	D	D	L	1951-03-24	Southend United	A
16	-2	Northampton Town	34	8	6	3	35	20	2	5	10	11	24	1.045	31	L	D	L	W	L	1951-03-24	Gillingham	A
17	1	Colchester United	35	10	3	6	36	22	1	6	9	14	35	0.877	31	W	W	L	L	L	1951-03-24	Ipswich Town	A
18	-2	Aldershot	35	8	6	3	30	18	4	1	13	18	55	0.658	31	L	W	L	D	L	1951-03-26	Swindon Town	A
19	1	Leyton Orient	35	10	2	4	30	17	2	3	14	15	44	0.738	29	W	L	W	W	L	1951-03-24	Swindon Town	H
20	-1	Walsall	37	9	2	7	25	17	2	4	13	15	38	0.727	28	L	L	L	D	W	1951-03-26	Leyton Orient	H
21	1	Gillingham	36	7	7	4	31	22	2	2	14	23	58	0.675	27	D	L	L	D	D	1951-03-24	Northampton Town	H
22	-1	Torquay United	37	10	2	7	38	35	0	4	14	13	39	0.689	26	L	W	L	L	L	1951-03-24	Watford	A
23	0	Watford	36	7	4	8	24	21	1	4	12	21	48	0.652	24	L	L	W	L	L	1951-03-24	Torquay United	H
24	0	Crystal Palace	35	6	3	9	16	29	2	2	13	10	35	0.406	21	L	W	L	D	D	1951-03-24	Reading	A