Saturday 1951-03-31

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	2	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Villa Park	29,321
Walsh, Thompson	Lineups		Woodhead
Blackpool	3	0	Stoke City	Bloomfield Road	23,106
Mortensen 2, Brown	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	0	2	West Bromwich Albion	Burnden Park	21,860
	Lineups		Barlow, Gordon
Charlton Athletic	0	1	Portsmouth	The Valley	34,341
	Lineups		Harris
Derby County	6	0	Middlesbrough	Baseball Ground	16,788
Morris 2, Harrison, Lee, McLaren, Mays	Lineups
Fulham	1	1	Newcastle United	Craven Cottage	28,107
Campbell	Lineups		Walker
Liverpool	1	4	Huddersfield Town	Anfield Road	27,915
Haigh	Lineups		Hassall, Spicer OG, Glazzard, Metcalfe
Manchester United	4	1	Chelsea	Old Trafford	25,779
Pearson 3, McShane	Lineups		Willemse
Sunderland	0	2	Arsenal	Roker Park	31,505
	Lineups		Marden, Roper
Tottenham Hotspur	3	0	Everton	White Hart Lane	46,651
Walters, Bennett, Murphy	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	1	Burnley	Molineux	20,572
	Lineups		Lyons

				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	37	15	2	1	50	18	7	7	5	26	22	1.9	53	W	W	D	W	W	1951-04-07	Newcastle United	A
2	0	Manchester United	37	12	4	3	33	16	9	3	6	29	21	1.676	49	W	W	W	W	W	1951-04-07	Stoke City	A
3	1	Blackpool	36	11	5	2	40	16	7	4	7	31	28	1.614	45	W	W	W	W	D	1951-04-04	West Bromwich Albion	A
4	-1	Middlesbrough	36	12	5	1	48	21	6	4	8	24	34	1.309	45	L	L	W	W	L	1951-04-07	Bolton Wanderers	H
5	0	Arsenal	38	11	4	4	45	25	7	4	8	23	25	1.36	44	W	D	W	L	L	1951-04-07	Liverpool	H
6	0	Newcastle United	34	9	5	1	35	17	6	7	6	22	30	1.213	42	D	L	D	D	D	1951-04-04	Aston Villa	H
7	1	Burnley	38	8	7	4	26	14	5	7	7	20	24	1.211	40	W	W	L	W	L	1951-04-07	Derby County	H
8	-1	Bolton Wanderers	36	10	2	7	29	18	7	3	7	30	35	1.113	39	L	L	L	L	W	1951-04-07	Middlesbrough	A
9	1	Portsmouth	36	7	8	3	35	27	7	3	8	25	34	0.984	39	W	D	D	W	W	1951-04-07	Sunderland	H
10	-1	Liverpool	37	10	4	5	27	25	4	6	8	22	29	0.907	38	L	D	W	W	D	1951-04-07	Arsenal	A
11	0	Stoke City	38	9	5	5	24	15	2	9	8	17	32	0.872	36	L	W	W	L	L	1951-04-07	Manchester United	H
12	2	Derby County	36	9	5	5	52	32	5	2	10	21	34	1.106	35	W	L	L	L	W	1951-04-07	Burnley	A
13	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	9	3	7	42	26	5	3	7	23	22	1.354	34	L	L	L	L	L	1951-04-07	Everton	A
14	-1	Charlton Athletic	37	8	4	6	30	26	5	4	10	27	45	0.803	34	L	W	L	W	D	1951-04-07	West Bromwich Albion	A
15	0	Sunderland	37	7	7	4	25	20	3	6	10	29	50	0.771	33	L	W	L	D	D	1951-04-07	Portsmouth	A
16	1	West Bromwich Albion	37	5	4	9	23	22	6	6	7	22	30	0.865	32	W	W	L	D	L	1951-04-04	Blackpool	H
17	-1	Fulham	37	7	5	6	30	29	4	5	10	13	29	0.741	32	D	L	D	L	W	1951-04-07	Sheffield Wednesday	A
18	1	Huddersfield Town	37	6	3	9	35	37	6	2	11	22	46	0.687	29	W	L	W	W	L	1951-04-07	Blackpool	H
19	-1	Everton	37	7	4	8	24	32	4	3	11	21	41	0.616	29	L	D	L	L	D	1951-04-07	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
20	0	Aston Villa	36	8	5	6	30	24	1	5	11	23	37	0.869	28	W	W	W	L	W	1951-04-04	Newcastle United	A
21	0	Chelsea	35	6	3	8	23	23	2	4	12	19	36	0.712	23	L	L	L	L	D	1951-04-07	Aston Villa	H
22	0	Sheffield Wednesday	35	6	5	6	28	26	2	2	14	19	48	0.635	23	D	W	L	L	L	1951-03-31	Aston Villa	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	2	3	Bury	Oakwell	11,967
McMorran, Baxter	Lineups		Walton, Plant, Glover OG
Blackburn Rovers	0	0	Notts County	Ewood Park	17,626
	Lineups
Brentford	5	1	Grimsby Town	Griffin Park	15,777
Kelly, Monk, Dare, Paton 2	Lineups		Cairns
Doncaster Rovers	0	1	Birmingham City	Belle Vue	16,091
	Lineups		Trigg
Hull City	2	0	Cardiff City	Boothferry Park	20,239
Ackerman, Gerrie	Lineups
Leeds United	2	1	Leicester City	Elland Road	14,397
Burden 2	Lineups		Hines
Luton Town	3	0	Chesterfield	Kenilworth Road	13,055
Taylor, Moore, Davie	Lineups
Sheffield United	2	0	Queens Park Rangers	Bramall Lane	16,035
Brook, Ringstead	Lineups
Southampton	3	3	Preston North End	The Dell	27,306	Largest home gate 1950-51
Brown 2, Edwards	Lineups		Wayman, Horton 2
Swansea Town	2	1	Coventry City	Vetch Field	20,567
Allchurch I, Lucas	Lineups		Beech OG
West Ham United	2	4	Manchester City	Upton Park	21,533
Barrett, Woodgate	Lineups		Smith 2, Westcott, Hart
Footnotes
Preston North End promoted

				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	38	15	3	1	52	17	10	2	7	37	27	2.023	55	D	W	W	W	W	1951-04-07	West Ham United	H
2	0	Cardiff City	37	12	6	1	33	18	3	8	7	15	22	1.2	44	L	W	W	D	L	1951-04-07	Barnsley	H
3	0	Coventry City	38	15	2	2	47	20	4	3	12	23	30	1.4	43	L	W	W	W	L	1951-04-07	Southampton	H
4	0	Manchester City	35	9	5	3	39	21	7	6	5	35	34	1.345	43	W	D	W	D	L	1951-04-04	Queens Park Rangers	H
5	0	Birmingham City	37	11	5	2	33	18	7	2	10	24	31	1.163	43	W	L	W	D	W	1951-04-07	Sheffield United	H
6	0	Blackburn Rovers	38	11	3	5	36	26	6	5	8	25	34	1.017	42	D	L	L	L	L	1951-04-07	Manchester City	A
7	1	Sheffield United	36	11	3	5	43	25	4	6	7	23	28	1.245	39	W	W	W	L	L	1951-04-07	Birmingham City	A
8	1	Leeds United	37	11	4	3	31	17	5	3	11	26	38	1.036	39	W	W	L	L	D	1951-04-07	Notts County	A
9	1	Brentford	38	12	3	5	40	25	4	4	10	27	45	0.957	39	W	L	W	W	W	1951-04-07	Leicester City	A
10	-3	Doncaster Rovers	37	8	5	5	34	29	5	7	7	22	32	0.918	38	L	L	L	W	W	1951-04-07	Chesterfield	A
11	3	Hull City	37	9	5	4	37	25	4	6	9	26	38	1	37	W	L	L	W	D	1951-04-07	Queens Park Rangers	A
12	0	Southampton	37	8	8	2	33	24	5	3	11	25	41	0.892	37	D	D	L	L	W	1951-04-07	Coventry City	A
13	-2	Leicester City	37	9	4	6	38	25	4	6	8	23	27	1.173	36	L	L	L	W	L	1951-04-07	Brentford	H
14	-1	Barnsley	37	8	3	7	38	21	6	4	9	31	39	1.15	35	L	W	L	W	W	1951-04-07	Cardiff City	A
15	1	Notts County	36	6	5	6	32	29	6	6	7	22	21	1.08	35	D	D	L	L	D	1951-04-07	Leeds United	H
16	-1	West Ham United	37	9	4	5	39	29	4	5	10	22	36	0.938	35	L	L	L	D	W	1951-04-07	Preston North End	A
17	0	Queens Park Rangers	37	11	5	3	41	22	1	5	12	19	50	0.833	34	L	D	W	W	D	1951-04-04	Manchester City	A
18	0	Swansea Town	37	13	1	5	31	21	2	2	14	17	46	0.716	33	W	W	L	D	W	1951-04-07	Bury	A
19	0	Bury	38	8	3	8	29	25	3	4	12	25	52	0.701	29	W	L	W	D	L	1951-04-07	Swansea Town	H
20	1	Luton Town	37	7	7	5	32	21	1	5	12	17	40	0.803	28	W	W	L	L	W	1951-04-07	Grimsby Town	A
21	-1	Chesterfield	38	6	7	6	25	23	2	4	13	13	36	0.644	27	L	W	L	D	L	1951-04-07	Doncaster Rovers	H
22	0	Grimsby Town	37	6	8	5	37	35	1	3	14	19	53	0.636	25	L	L	W	L	L	1951-04-07	Luton Town	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	7	0	Accrington Stanley	Valley Parade	9,025
Carr 3, Walshaw 2, Gray, Williamson (p)	Lineups
Chester	1	3	Tranmere Rovers	Sealand Road	5,730
Kirkpatrick	Lineups		Dillon, Iceton, Rosenthal
Crewe Alexandra	2	4	York City	Gresty Road	4,236
Parker S, Smith	Lineups		Patrick A 2, Spence R, Storey
Darlington	1	1	Wrexham	Feethams Ground	2,436
Ward	Lineups		Tunnicliffe
Gateshead	1	0	Barrow	Redheugh Park	2,916
Ingham	Lineups
Halifax Town	0	1	Mansfield Town	The Shay	5,537
	Lineups		Coole
Hartlepools United	3	1	Rotherham United	Victoria Park	8,706
Wildon, Harden, Noble OG	Lineups		Shaw
Lincoln City	2	0	Oldham Athletic	Sincil Bank	10,383
Graver 2	Lineups
New Brighton	0	1	Carlisle United	Tower Athletic Grounds	2,668
	Lineups		McCue
Rochdale	1	1	Southport	Spotland	3,781
Whitehouse	Lineups		Graham
Shrewsbury Town	1	0	Bradford	Gay Meadow	7,598
Jackson	Lineups
Stockport County	1	2	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Edgeley Park	6,401
Cocker	Lineups		Cumner, Clelland

				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	39	12	2	4	44	15	13	6	2	44	24	2.256	58	L	W	W	D	W	1951-04-07	Rochdale	H
2	0	Lincoln City	37	16	1	3	56	19	7	6	4	23	20	2.026	53	W	W	W	W	W	1951-04-07	Carlisle United	A
3	0	Carlisle United	39	14	3	1	34	12	7	8	6	35	31	1.605	53	W	L	W	D	L	1951-04-07	Lincoln City	H
4	0	Mansfield Town	37	14	3	0	43	14	8	4	8	22	28	1.548	51	W	W	W	W	W	1951-04-07	Bradford City	H
5	1	Tranmere Rovers	37	11	4	3	41	22	8	5	6	28	29	1.353	47	W	L	W	L	L	1951-04-07	Halifax Town	H
6	-1	Bradford	39	13	1	4	40	19	8	4	9	41	41	1.35	47	L	W	W	W	W	1951-04-07	Hartlepools United	H
7	1	Gateshead	39	16	1	4	54	18	2	5	11	16	33	1.373	42	W	L	D	L	L	1951-04-04	New Brighton	A
8	-1	Stockport County	38	13	2	5	42	26	5	3	10	16	27	1.094	41	L	L	W	L	L	1951-04-04	Chester	A
9	0	Bradford City	37	10	4	6	51	30	7	2	8	26	26	1.375	40	W	W	L	W	W	1951-04-07	Mansfield Town	A
10	1	Rochdale	36	9	3	6	33	18	6	5	7	30	32	1.26	38	D	L	W	L	W	1951-04-07	Rotherham United	A
11	-1	Crewe Alexandra	37	9	4	7	34	24	6	4	7	17	24	1.063	38	L	W	L	L	L	1951-04-04	Southport	H
12	0	Wrexham	36	11	6	1	34	19	2	5	11	16	35	0.926	37	D	W	L	W	L	1951-04-04	Oldham Athletic	H
13	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	39	7	11	1	20	9	3	6	11	25	41	0.9	37	W	D	W	D	L	1951-04-07	New Brighton	H
14	2	Hartlepools United	39	12	5	4	52	25	2	1	15	8	31	1.071	34	W	W	L	W	W	1951-04-07	Bradford	A
15	-1	Oldham Athletic	37	8	4	6	38	28	5	3	11	22	31	1.017	33	L	L	W	L	W	1951-04-04	Wrexham	A
16	-1	Chester	36	7	5	5	27	23	6	2	11	19	29	0.885	33	L	L	D	W	W	1951-04-04	Stockport County	H
17	0	York City	37	5	8	4	28	21	5	3	12	26	47	0.794	31	W	L	D	L	L	1951-04-07	Shrewsbury Town	H
18	1	Shrewsbury Town	38	9	2	9	22	27	4	3	11	15	35	0.597	31	W	L	L	W	L	1951-04-07	York City	A
19	-1	Darlington	38	7	7	5	29	27	3	3	13	22	44	0.718	30	D	L	L	L	L	1951-04-07	Accrington Stanley	A
20	1	Southport	38	7	3	9	23	23	3	5	11	22	39	0.726	28	D	D	L	D	W	1951-04-04	Crewe Alexandra	A
21	-1	Barrow	39	8	2	8	27	26	4	2	15	12	47	0.534	28	L	W	W	W	W	1951-04-07	Chester	H
22	0	Halifax Town	38	9	6	6	31	24	0	3	14	11	39	0.667	27	L	W	L	L	W	1951-04-07	Tranmere Rovers	A
23	0	Accrington Stanley	38	7	3	8	22	25	1	5	14	14	67	0.391	24	L	L	D	L	D	1951-04-07	Darlington	H
24	0	New Brighton	36	5	5	9	15	28	3	2	12	12	40	0.397	23	L	D	L	L	L	1951-04-04	Gateshead	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	1	Watford	Recreation Ground	5,558
Bonnar (p)	Lineups		Laing
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Reading	Goldstone Ground	10,469
Garbutt	Lineups		Farquhar
Bristol Rovers	1	1	Ipswich Town	Eastville	16,885
Sampson	Lineups		Roberts
Colchester United	1	0	Leyton Orient	Layer Road	9,291
Church	Lineups
Crystal Palace	0	1	Plymouth Argyle	Selhurst Park	10,411
	Lineups		Astall
Newport County	6	1	Southend United	Somerton Park	9,544
Moore 2, Shergold 2, Parker, Birch	Lineups		Tippett
Northampton Town	0	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	County Ground	6,260
	Lineups		Boxshall
Norwich City	3	0	Exeter City	Carrow Road	21,732
Gavin 2, Kinsey	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	0	0	Bristol City	City Ground	16,733
	Lineups
Port Vale	4	3	Gillingham	Vale Park	5,947
Aveyard 2, Griffiths, Barber	Lineups		Hales 3
Swindon Town	1	1	Walsall	County Ground	7,413
Lunn	Lineups		Hughes
Torquay United	2	1	Millwall	Plainmoor	7,014
Calland (p), Reid	Lineups		Constantine

				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	36	12	5	1	47	13	10	4	4	37	17	2.8	53	D	W	D	W	W	1951-04-07	Gillingham	A
2	0	Norwich City	36	14	6	0	36	9	6	6	4	26	23	1.938	52	W	W	D	W	D	1951-04-02	Port Vale	A
3	0	Reading	39	13	4	2	49	16	6	8	6	30	33	1.612	50	D	D	D	W	L	1951-04-07	Newport County	H
4	0	Bristol Rovers	36	13	4	0	37	11	5	7	7	17	20	1.742	47	D	L	D	W	L	1951-04-07	Leyton Orient	A
5	0	Southend United	39	13	3	3	55	21	6	5	9	27	37	1.414	46	L	W	W	D	W	1951-04-07	Norwich City	H
6	0	Ipswich Town	39	13	3	3	43	21	7	2	11	17	27	1.25	45	D	W	W	W	L	1951-04-07	Crystal Palace	H
7	0	Plymouth Argyle	38	13	4	2	43	14	5	4	10	24	31	1.489	44	W	D	D	D	L	1951-04-07	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
8	1	Bristol City	37	13	3	2	36	19	4	5	10	20	31	1.12	42	D	D	W	L	D	1951-04-04	Aldershot	H
9	-1	Millwall	37	11	6	2	43	23	5	3	10	23	32	1.2	41	L	D	D	D	W	1951-04-07	Aldershot	H
10	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	38	14	4	1	41	15	4	1	14	15	39	1.037	41	W	L	D	D	W	1951-04-07	Port Vale	H
11	0	Exeter City	38	9	3	7	31	25	7	2	10	28	41	0.894	37	L	W	D	D	L	1951-04-04	Torquay United	H
12	1	Port Vale	36	11	3	2	28	18	3	5	12	22	36	0.926	36	W	W	L	L	W	1951-04-02	Norwich City	H
13	-1	Swindon Town	39	14	4	2	34	13	2	0	17	13	43	0.839	36	D	W	L	W	W	1951-04-07	Watford	A
14	0	Newport County	35	10	2	6	41	24	4	5	8	19	26	1.2	35	W	L	D	W	L	1951-04-05	Northampton Town	A
15	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	8	8	4	37	30	1	8	9	15	39	0.754	34	D	D	L	W	W	1951-04-07	Plymouth Argyle	A
16	2	Colchester United	38	11	3	6	37	22	1	6	11	15	42	0.813	33	W	L	L	W	W	1951-04-07	Walsall	A
17	-1	Northampton Town	37	8	7	4	35	21	2	5	11	12	27	0.979	32	L	D	L	L	D	1951-04-05	Newport County	H
18	-1	Leyton Orient	38	11	2	4	32	18	2	4	15	16	46	0.75	32	L	D	W	W	L	1951-04-07	Bristol Rovers	H
19	0	Aldershot	37	8	7	3	31	19	4	1	14	18	59	0.628	32	D	L	L	W	L	1951-04-04	Bristol City	A
20	0	Torquay United	40	12	2	7	44	37	0	5	14	15	41	0.756	31	W	W	D	L	W	1951-04-04	Exeter City	A
21	0	Walsall	39	9	3	7	26	18	2	5	13	16	39	0.737	30	D	D	L	L	L	1951-04-07	Colchester United	H
22	0	Gillingham	39	8	7	4	34	23	2	2	16	26	66	0.674	29	L	L	W	D	L	1951-04-07	Nottingham Forest	H
23	0	Watford	39	7	5	8	26	23	1	5	13	23	51	0.662	26	D	L	D	L	L	1951-04-07	Swindon Town	H
24	0	Crystal Palace	38	6	3	11	16	32	2	3	13	11	36	0.397	22	L	L	D	L	W	1951-04-07	Ipswich Town	A