Saturday 1951-04-21

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	1	Bolton Wanderers	Highbury	42,050
Lishman	Lineups		Lofthouse
Burnley	0	2	Fulham	Turf Moor	19,929
	Lineups		Thomas 2
Chelsea	1	0	Liverpool	Stamford Bridge	30,134
Smith	Lineups
Everton	1	2	Aston Villa	Goodison Park	45,245
McIntosh	Lineups		Dixon, Smith H
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Charlton Athletic	Leeds Road	24,109
Taylor	Lineups		Hurst
Middlesbrough	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Ayresome Park	36,689
Spuhler	Lineups		Murphy
Newcastle United	0	2	Manchester United	St James' Park	45,209
	Lineups		Rowley, Pearson
Portsmouth	2	2	Derby County	Fratton Park	29,016
Mundy, Reid D	Lineups		Stamps, Revell
Sheffield Wednesday	3	1	Blackpool	Hillsborough	53,420	Largest home gate 1950-51
Woodhead, Sewell, Witcomb	Lineups		Mortensen
Stoke City	2	4	Sunderland	Victoria Ground	23,398
Mountford (p), Hedley OG	Lineups		Ford 2, Shackleton, Bingham
West Bromwich Albion	3	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	The Hawthorns	39,066
Barlow 2, Allen	Lineups		Broadbent, Hancocks

				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	40	15	2	2	50	20	8	8	5	28	23	1.814	56	D	L	W	W	W	1951-04-28	Sheffield Wednesday	H
2	0	Manchester United	40	13	4	3	36	16	10	3	7	31	23	1.718	53	W	W	L	W	W	1951-04-28	Huddersfield Town	H
3	0	Blackpool	40	12	5	2	42	17	8	4	9	36	34	1.529	49	L	W	L	W	W	1951-05-02	Arsenal	H
4	0	Middlesbrough	40	12	7	2	51	25	6	4	9	25	36	1.246	47	D	L	L	D	L	1951-04-28	Charlton Athletic	A
5	1	Arsenal	41	11	5	5	47	28	7	4	9	25	28	1.286	45	D	L	L	W	D	1951-05-02	Blackpool	A
6	-1	Newcastle United	40	9	6	5	35	22	7	7	6	25	31	1.132	45	L	L	W	D	L	1951-05-02	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
7	1	Bolton Wanderers	40	10	2	8	29	19	8	5	7	33	37	1.107	43	D	W	L	D	L	1951-04-28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
8	1	Portsmouth	40	7	10	3	37	29	7	5	8	28	37	0.985	43	D	D	D	D	W	1951-05-02	Fulham	A
9	-2	Burnley	41	9	7	5	27	16	5	7	8	20	25	1.146	42	L	L	W	W	W	1951-05-05	Portsmouth	A
10	0	Liverpool	40	11	4	5	28	25	5	6	9	24	31	0.929	42	L	W	W	L	D	1951-04-25	Aston Villa	H
11	0	Stoke City	41	10	5	6	28	19	3	9	8	20	34	0.906	40	L	W	W	L	W	1951-05-05	Aston Villa	A
12	1	Derby County	40	10	5	5	53	32	5	3	12	26	41	1.082	38	D	L	W	L	W	1951-04-28	Everton	H
13	1	Sunderland	40	8	7	4	29	20	4	7	10	33	52	0.861	38	W	W	D	L	W	1951-04-28	West Bromwich Albion	H
14	-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	9	3	8	44	29	6	4	8	28	27	1.286	37	L	L	W	D	L	1951-04-25	Chelsea	A
15	0	Fulham	40	8	5	6	33	31	5	6	10	17	31	0.806	37	W	W	D	D	L	1951-04-28	Chelsea	H
16	1	West Bromwich Albion	41	7	4	10	30	27	6	6	8	22	33	0.867	36	W	L	W	L	W	1951-04-28	Sunderland	A
17	-1	Huddersfield Town	41	8	4	9	40	40	7	2	11	24	46	0.744	36	D	W	W	W	W	1951-04-28	Manchester United	A
18	0	Charlton Athletic	40	8	4	7	31	29	5	5	11	28	49	0.756	35	D	L	L	L	W	1951-04-28	Middlesbrough	H
19	0	Aston Villa	40	8	6	6	33	27	3	6	11	27	39	0.909	34	W	D	D	W	W	1951-04-25	Liverpool	A
20	0	Sheffield Wednesday	40	8	6	6	37	32	3	2	15	21	50	0.707	30	W	W	W	D	L	1951-04-28	Tottenham Hotspur	A
21	0	Everton	40	7	5	9	26	35	4	3	12	21	45	0.588	30	L	L	D	L	D	1951-04-28	Derby County	A
22	0	Chelsea	39	7	4	8	25	24	2	4	14	20	39	0.714	26	W	L	L	D	L	1951-04-25	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	0	1	Leeds United	St Andrew's	23,809
	Lineups		Stevenson
Bury	3	1	Doncaster Rovers	Gigg Lane	13,586
Plant, Daniel, Bellis	Lineups		Harrison
Cardiff City	2	1	Luton Town	Ninian Park	28,022
Grant, Owen OG	Lineups		Stobbart
Chesterfield	4	1	Blackburn Rovers	Saltergate Recreation Ground	8,995
Marron 2, Harrison, Holmes	Lineups		Harris
Coventry City	2	3	Sheffield United	Highfield Road	17,533
Roberts, Chisholm	Lineups		Ringstead, Hawksworth, Hitchen
Grimsby Town	0	1	West Ham United	Blundell Park	10,674
	Lineups		Gazzard
Leicester City	3	1	Southampton	Filbert Street	17,000
Baldwin, Dryburgh 2	Lineups		Dudley
Manchester City	6	0	Barnsley	Maine Road	39,838
Smith 2, Clarke 2, Meadows, Hart	Lineups
Notts County	3	2	Swansea Town	Meadow Lane	17,787
Broome, Crookes, Adamson	Lineups		Allchurch I (p), Burns
Preston North End	1	0	Hull City	Deepdale	37,827
Finney	Lineups
Footnotes
Grimsby Town relegated
Preston North End champions

				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	41	16	3	2	53	18	10	2	8	38	29	1.936	57	W	L	L	D	W	1951-04-26	Doncaster Rovers	A
2	0	Manchester City	39	12	5	3	51	23	7	6	6	36	36	1.475	49	W	L	W	W	W	1951-04-28	Sheffield United	A
3	0	Cardiff City	40	13	7	1	36	20	4	8	7	17	23	1.233	49	W	W	D	L	W	1951-04-28	Leeds United	A
4	0	Birmingham City	40	12	5	3	36	19	7	3	10	25	32	1.196	46	L	D	W	W	L	1951-04-25	Brentford	H
5	0	Coventry City	41	15	3	3	51	25	4	3	13	23	33	1.276	44	L	L	D	L	W	1951-04-28	Luton Town	A
6	2	Leeds United	40	12	4	3	32	17	6	4	11	27	38	1.073	44	W	W	D	W	W	1951-04-28	Cardiff City	H
7	-1	Blackburn Rovers	41	12	3	5	37	26	6	5	10	26	39	0.969	44	L	W	L	D	L	1951-04-25	Queens Park Rangers	H
8	-1	Brentford	40	13	3	5	44	25	5	4	10	29	46	1.028	43	W	W	W	L	W	1951-04-25	Birmingham City	A
9	0	Sheffield United	40	11	3	6	44	27	5	7	8	27	34	1.164	42	W	D	L	L	W	1951-04-28	Manchester City	H
10	4	West Ham United	40	10	4	5	43	31	6	5	10	24	36	1	41	W	W	W	L	L	1951-04-28	Birmingham City	H
11	-1	Doncaster Rovers	40	8	5	6	34	31	6	7	8	27	36	0.91	40	L	L	W	L	L	1951-04-26	Preston North End	H
12	-1	Southampton	40	9	8	2	35	25	5	4	12	28	46	0.887	40	L	W	D	D	D	1951-04-28	Chesterfield	H
13	-1	Barnsley	41	9	4	7	42	22	6	5	10	32	46	1.088	39	L	D	W	D	L	1951-04-28	Leicester City	H
14	-1	Hull City	40	10	5	4	41	25	4	6	11	27	42	1.015	39	L	W	L	W	L	1951-04-28	Notts County	H
15	1	Leicester City	40	10	4	7	42	28	4	6	9	23	28	1.161	38	W	L	L	L	L	1951-04-28	Barnsley	A
16	1	Notts County	39	7	6	6	35	31	6	6	8	24	25	1.054	38	W	L	D	D	D	1951-04-28	Hull City	A
17	-2	Queens Park Rangers	40	12	5	3	44	23	2	5	13	23	55	0.859	38	W	W	L	L	D	1951-04-25	Blackburn Rovers	A
18	0	Swansea Town	40	14	1	5	33	22	2	3	15	20	50	0.736	36	L	W	D	W	W	1951-04-28	Grimsby Town	H
19	1	Bury	41	9	4	8	33	27	3	4	13	25	56	0.699	32	W	L	D	W	L	1951-05-05	Queens Park Rangers	A
20	-1	Luton Town	40	7	8	5	33	22	2	5	13	20	42	0.828	31	L	D	W	W	W	1951-04-28	Coventry City	H
21	0	Chesterfield	41	7	7	7	30	28	2	4	14	13	40	0.632	29	W	L	L	L	W	1951-04-28	Southampton	A
22	0	Grimsby Town	40	6	8	7	37	38	1	3	15	19	54	0.609	25	L	L	L	L	L	1951-04-28	Swansea Town	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	1	0	Halifax Town	Peel Park	4,550
Wilson	Lineups
Barrow	3	1	Lincoln City	Holker Street	6,983
McLaren, Clough, Collins	Lineups		Young
Bradford	1	1	Crewe Alexandra	Park Avenue	9,427
Deplidge	Lineups		Meaney
Carlisle United	2	2	Stockport County	Brunton Park	10,154
Jackson, Brown	Lineups		Finney, Cocker
Mansfield Town	2	1	Chester	Field Mill	10,239
Coole, Fox	Lineups		Burgess
Oldham Athletic	3	1	New Brighton	Boundary Park	9,827
Hardwick (p), Gemmell, Ormond	Lineups		Ball OG
Rotherham United	2	0	Shrewsbury Town	Millmoor	15,906
Guest, Tomlinson	Lineups
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	3	0	Rochdale	Old Showground	9,229
Cumner 2, Comley	Lineups
Southport	3	0	Hartlepools United	Haig Avenue	3,990
Nuttall 2, Hitchen	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	2	2	Gateshead	Prenton Park	8,928
Dillon 2	Lineups		Ingham, Winters
Wrexham	0	3	Bradford City	Racecourse Ground	4,283
	Lineups		Williamson, Connor J, Millar
York City	1	1	Darlington	Bootham Crescent	6,214
Linaker	Lineups		Hewitt

				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	43	14	3	4	49	15	14	6	2	46	25	2.375	65	W	D	W	W	L	1951-04-28	Lincoln City	A
2	1	Mansfield Town	42	16	4	0	47	16	9	5	8	23	28	1.591	59	W	W	D	W	D	1951-04-23	Wrexham	H
3	-1	Carlisle United	43	16	4	1	40	15	7	8	7	35	32	1.596	58	D	W	L	W	W	1951-04-26	Halifax Town	H
4	0	Lincoln City	43	17	1	3	58	20	7	7	8	27	32	1.635	56	L	L	D	W	L	1951-04-28	Rotherham United	H
5	0	Tranmere Rovers	42	14	5	3	50	26	8	5	7	29	31	1.386	54	D	W	L	W	W	1951-04-25	York City	A
6	0	Bradford	44	15	3	4	46	22	8	4	10	41	46	1.279	53	D	W	L	W	D	1951-04-28	New Brighton	A
7	0	Gateshead	44	17	1	4	59	18	4	6	12	22	39	1.421	49	D	L	W	W	W	1951-04-30	Southport	H
8	0	Crewe Alexandra	43	11	4	7	37	25	8	5	8	22	28	1.113	47	D	W	W	L	W	1951-04-28	Tranmere Rovers	H
9	0	Bradford City	41	11	4	6	53	30	8	4	8	30	27	1.456	46	W	D	W	D	W	1951-04-23	Darlington	A
10	0	Stockport County	43	13	3	5	42	26	5	5	12	18	34	1	44	D	D	D	L	L	1951-04-28	York City	H
11	0	Rochdale	42	10	5	6	36	18	6	5	10	30	39	1.158	42	L	W	L	D	D	1951-04-24	Oldham Athletic	A
12	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	43	9	12	1	29	9	3	6	12	25	43	1.038	42	W	D	L	W	W	1951-04-28	Chester	A
13	0	Chester	42	9	5	6	33	26	6	3	13	20	33	0.898	38	L	D	L	W	L	1951-04-25	New Brighton	H
14	0	Hartlepools United	43	13	5	4	54	26	2	2	17	9	36	1.016	37	L	L	W	D	W	1951-04-25	Accrington Stanley	A
15	1	Oldham Athletic	42	9	4	8	43	34	6	3	12	25	33	1.015	37	W	L	L	L	W	1951-04-24	Rochdale	H
16	-1	Wrexham	42	11	6	5	34	27	2	5	13	16	40	0.746	37	L	L	L	L	L	1951-04-23	Mansfield Town	A
17	1	Barrow	45	12	3	8	38	27	4	2	16	12	48	0.667	37	W	D	W	L	W	1951-04-28	Darlington	A
18	-1	York City	42	6	11	4	33	24	5	3	13	27	49	0.822	36	D	D	L	D	W	1951-04-25	Tranmere Rovers	H
19	0	Shrewsbury Town	42	10	2	9	23	27	4	4	13	15	39	0.576	34	L	D	W	L	W	1951-04-25	Bradford City	A
20	2	Southport	44	9	4	10	29	25	3	5	13	22	44	0.739	33	W	D	L	L	W	1951-04-30	Gateshead	A
21	-1	Darlington	42	8	7	5	30	27	3	4	15	24	48	0.72	33	D	L	W	L	D	1951-04-23	Bradford City	H
22	-1	Halifax Town	43	10	6	6	35	24	0	5	16	14	44	0.721	31	L	D	W	D	L	1951-04-26	Carlisle United	A
23	1	Accrington Stanley	42	9	3	8	24	25	1	6	15	14	71	0.396	29	W	L	D	W	L	1951-04-25	Hartlepools United	H
24	-1	New Brighton	42	6	5	10	18	29	4	2	15	15	51	0.413	27	L	W	W	L	L	1951-04-25	Chester	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	0	0	Torquay United	Dean Court	10,594
	Lineups
Bristol City	2	0	Swindon Town	Ashton Gate	14,422
Rodgers 2	Lineups
Exeter City	0	5	Nottingham Forest	St James Park	10,928
	Lineups		Ardron 2, Johnson 3
Gillingham	3	0	Aldershot	Priestfield Stadium	10,492
Burtenshaw W, Hales, Thomas	Lineups
Ipswich Town	2	1	Newport County	Portman Road	10,330
Brown J, Warne	Lineups		Moore
Leyton Orient	2	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Brisbane Road	9,405
Rees, Walton	Lineups		Tennant
Millwall	2	0	Colchester United	The Den, New Cross	17,776
Hurrell, Morgan	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	2	1	Norwich City	Home Park	20,451
Dews 2	Lineups		Foulkes
Reading	2	0	Northampton Town	Elm Park	13,401
Henley, Amor	Lineups
Southend United	1	1	Port Vale	Greyhound Stadium	8,554
French	Lineups		Griffiths
Walsall	0	0	Crystal Palace	Fellows Park	7,838
	Lineups
Watford	1	0	Bristol Rovers	Vicarage Road	6,135
Thompson	Lineups

				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	1	Nottingham Forest	41	14	5	1	50	14	12	4	5	48	21	2.8	61	W	W	W	L	W	1951-04-25	Northampton Town	H
2	-1	Norwich City	42	15	6	0	38	10	9	6	6	36	27	2	60	L	W	W	W	W	1951-04-25	Newport County	A
3	0	Reading	43	15	5	2	56	16	6	8	7	31	35	1.706	55	W	D	L	W	D	1951-04-28	Port Vale	A
4	1	Plymouth Argyle	43	16	5	2	54	19	5	4	11	24	33	1.5	51	W	W	L	W	D	1951-04-26	Leyton Orient	A
5	2	Millwall	42	14	6	2	47	23	7	3	10	26	32	1.327	51	W	W	W	W	W	1951-04-25	Exeter City	H
6	0	Southend United	44	14	4	4	59	26	6	6	10	28	39	1.338	50	D	L	D	W	L	1951-04-28	Nottingham Forest	A
7	-3	Bristol Rovers	41	13	5	0	38	12	5	8	10	18	24	1.556	49	L	D	D	L	L	1951-04-23	Watford	H
8	1	Bristol City	42	15	4	3	41	23	4	6	10	20	31	1.13	48	W	W	D	L	D	1951-04-25	Colchester United	H
9	-1	Ipswich Town	44	14	4	4	46	24	7	2	13	18	33	1.123	48	W	L	L	L	D	1951-04-28	Norwich City	A
10	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	15	5	1	44	16	4	2	15	15	40	1.054	45	D	D	L	W	W	1951-04-25	Aldershot	H
11	0	Exeter City	42	11	4	8	33	30	7	2	10	28	41	0.859	42	L	W	W	D	L	1951-04-25	Millwall	A
12	0	Newport County	41	11	2	6	43	24	6	5	11	28	43	1.06	41	L	L	W	W	L	1951-04-25	Norwich City	H
13	1	Port Vale	40	12	4	2	31	20	3	6	13	24	40	0.917	40	D	D	L	W	W	1951-04-23	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
14	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	10	8	4	50	31	1	9	10	19	44	0.92	39	L	W	W	D	D	1951-04-23	Port Vale	A
15	0	Swindon Town	43	14	4	3	34	14	3	0	19	16	48	0.806	38	L	L	L	W	D	1951-04-28	Gillingham	H
16	3	Leyton Orient	43	13	2	6	35	24	2	5	15	17	47	0.732	37	W	L	D	L	W	1951-04-26	Plymouth Argyle	H
17	1	Walsall	43	11	4	7	31	20	2	6	13	17	40	0.8	36	D	W	D	W	D	1951-04-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
18	-2	Colchester United	43	12	3	6	41	23	1	7	14	18	51	0.797	36	L	D	W	L	L	1951-04-25	Bristol City	A
19	-2	Aldershot	42	9	8	3	33	19	4	2	16	19	64	0.627	36	L	D	W	L	D	1951-04-25	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
20	1	Torquay United	44	12	2	8	45	39	1	7	14	17	41	0.775	35	D	L	W	D	W	1951-04-28	Exeter City	H
21	-1	Northampton Town	43	8	9	5	38	27	2	5	14	13	34	0.836	34	L	D	D	L	L	1951-04-25	Nottingham Forest	A
22	0	Gillingham	43	9	7	5	38	27	3	2	17	28	69	0.688	33	W	L	W	L	L	1951-04-28	Swindon Town	A
23	0	Watford	43	8	5	9	28	25	1	5	15	24	56	0.642	28	W	L	L	L	D	1951-04-23	Bristol Rovers	A
24	0	Crystal Palace	42	6	4	12	17	38	2	5	13	12	37	0.387	25	D	L	D	D	L	1951-04-26	Port Vale	A