Saturday 1951-12-22

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	2	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Highbury	43,644
Lewis 2	Lineups		Smith, Walker
Blackpool	3	1	Huddersfield Town	Bloomfield Road	14,923
Mortensen 2, Brown	Lineups		Gunn
Bolton Wanderers	1	1	Stoke City	Burnden Park	19,235
Moir	Lineups		Smyth
Charlton Athletic	0	2	Portsmouth	The Valley	28,059
	Lineups		Henderson, Reid
Derby County	1	1	Aston Villa	Baseball Ground	21,833
McLaren	Lineups		Thompson
Fulham	1	2	Burnley	Craven Cottage	20,102
Campbell	Lineups		Shannon, Adamson
Liverpool	1	1	Chelsea	Anfield Road	26,459
Liddell	Lineups		D'Arcy
Manchester City	3	1	Sunderland	Maine Road	28,626
Westcott 2, Clarke	Lineups		Ford
Middlesbrough	2	5	Preston North End	Ayresome Park	16,899
Mannion, Delapenha (p)	Lineups		Finney 2, Horton, Wayman, Whittaker OG
Newcastle United	2	2	Manchester United	St James' Park	45,414
Foulkes, Milburn	Lineups		Bond, Cockburn
West Bromwich Albion	3	1	Tottenham Hotspur	The Hawthorns	30,094
Dudley 2, Allen	Lineups		Murphy

				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	Portsmouth	22	8	1	3	25	17	6	2	2	17	13	1.4	31	W	L	D	D	W	1951-12-25	Arsenal	A
2	0	Manchester United	23	7	1	3	26	15	5	4	3	25	19	1.5	29	D	W	W	W	D	1951-12-25	Fulham	H
3	0	Arsenal	23	7	4	1	29	18	5	1	5	16	13	1.452	29	D	W	L	L	W	1951-12-25	Portsmouth	H
4	0	Bolton Wanderers	22	7	4	1	19	12	4	2	4	17	21	1.091	28	D	D	L	W	L	1951-12-25	West Bromwich Albion	H
5	2	Preston North End	23	6	1	4	22	12	5	4	3	25	18	1.567	27	W	L	D	D	D	1951-12-25	Burnley	A
6	-1	Newcastle United	22	7	2	2	33	11	4	3	4	24	28	1.462	27	D	W	D	W	W	1951-12-25	Sunderland	A
7	1	Liverpool	23	4	6	2	19	15	4	4	3	16	15	1.167	26	D	W	D	W	D	1951-12-25	Blackpool	H
8	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	23	8	1	2	24	13	3	3	6	18	24	1.135	26	L	W	L	L	L	1951-12-25	Charlton Athletic	A
9	0	Charlton Athletic	24	7	2	2	26	16	3	3	7	17	23	1.103	25	L	L	L	W	D	1951-12-25	Tottenham Hotspur	H
10	0	Aston Villa	23	7	2	2	20	14	3	3	6	18	25	0.974	25	D	D	D	W	W	1951-12-25	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
11	2	Blackpool	23	5	3	4	23	22	4	2	5	16	17	1	23	W	L	W	L	W	1951-12-25	Liverpool	A
12	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	5	2	3	24	18	3	4	4	24	21	1.231	22	D	D	W	D	D	1951-12-25	Aston Villa	A
13	-1	Derby County	22	6	2	3	28	19	3	2	6	11	20	1	22	D	L	W	L	W	1951-12-25	Huddersfield Town	A
14	0	Burnley	23	5	5	1	17	9	2	3	7	11	25	0.824	22	W	W	D	D	W	1951-12-25	Preston North End	H
15	0	Manchester City	22	5	2	4	18	14	3	3	5	15	21	0.943	21	W	D	L	L	L	1951-12-25	Chelsea	A
16	1	West Bromwich Albion	22	4	6	2	24	17	2	2	6	19	30	0.915	20	W	L	D	L	L	1951-12-25	Bolton Wanderers	A
17	-1	Chelsea	22	6	1	5	17	19	2	3	5	13	18	0.811	20	D	W	W	D	D	1951-12-25	Manchester City	H
18	0	Sunderland	21	3	3	4	16	14	3	2	6	16	22	0.889	17	L	W	D	W	D	1951-12-25	Newcastle United	H
19	0	Stoke City	24	4	2	6	20	24	3	1	8	10	31	0.545	17	D	L	W	W	L	1951-12-26	Middlesbrough	A
20	0	Middlesbrough	22	3	3	4	15	18	2	1	9	18	32	0.66	14	L	L	L	L	L	1951-12-26	Stoke City	H
21	0	Fulham	23	2	3	6	21	21	2	2	8	9	23	0.682	13	L	W	L	D	D	1951-12-25	Manchester United	A
22	0	Huddersfield Town	23	4	1	7	18	26	0	3	8	9	25	0.529	12	L	L	W	L	L	1951-12-25	Derby County	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	2	0	Leicester City	St Andrew's	22,500
Briggs, Wardle	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	3	1	West Ham United	Ewood Park	19,617
Nightingale, Quigley, Glover	Lineups		O'Farrell
Cardiff City	4	1	Nottingham Forest	Ninian Park	19,860
Sherwood (p), Blair 2, Grant	Lineups		Capel
Hull City	2	1	Sheffield United	Boothferry Park	26,998
Gerrie 2	Lineups		Brook
Leeds United	0	0	Doncaster Rovers	Elland Road	21,793
	Lineups
Luton Town	2	1	Bury	Kenilworth Road	12,931
Taylor, Stobbart	Lineups		Plant
Notts County	2	0	Swansea Town	Meadow Lane	22,184
Broome, McCormack	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	1	4	Coventry City	Loftus Road	12,888
Smith	Lineups		Roberts, Chisholm 2, Lockhart
Rotherham United	1	1	Brentford	Millmoor	14,809
Tomlinson	Lineups		Monk
Sheffield Wednesday	4	0	Everton	Hillsborough	38,882
Dooley 4	Lineups
Southampton	1	1	Barnsley	The Dell	15,735
Judd	Lineups		Smith

				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	3	Sheffield Wednesday	23	9	1	1	30	11	3	4	5	25	27	1.447	29	W	D	W	W	W	1951-12-25	Nottingham Forest	H
2	0	Brentford	22	9	1	0	19	4	2	5	5	9	15	1.474	28	D	W	L	W	D	1951-12-25	Southampton	H
3	0	Rotherham United	22	9	1	1	29	10	3	3	5	22	28	1.342	28	D	L	L	W	D	1951-12-25	Birmingham City	A
4	-3	Sheffield United	22	9	2	1	37	15	2	3	5	20	23	1.5	27	L	D	D	L	W	1951-12-25	Notts County	A
5	2	Cardiff City	22	9	1	1	29	10	2	4	5	9	16	1.462	27	W	L	D	W	D	1951-12-25	Swansea Town	A
6	-1	Nottingham Forest	23	5	5	1	22	13	4	3	5	24	25	1.211	26	L	W	L	W	W	1951-12-25	Sheffield Wednesday	A
7	1	Luton Town	22	4	4	2	22	16	5	4	3	16	17	1.152	26	W	W	L	L	D	1951-12-25	West Ham United	A
8	1	Birmingham City	23	5	5	2	15	11	4	3	4	15	18	1.034	26	W	L	W	W	W	1951-12-25	Rotherham United	H
9	-3	Leicester City	22	7	4	1	32	14	2	3	5	14	21	1.314	25	L	W	W	W	L	1951-12-25	Leeds United	H
10	0	Leeds United	22	5	5	1	18	10	3	2	6	14	22	1	23	D	L	L	D	W	1951-12-25	Leicester City	A
11	1	Doncaster Rovers	23	6	3	2	21	9	1	5	6	11	20	1.103	22	D	D	L	L	L	1951-12-25	Everton	H
12	3	Notts County	23	6	3	3	24	14	3	1	7	12	24	0.947	22	W	W	L	L	D	1951-12-25	Sheffield United	H
13	-2	Everton	23	5	3	3	20	19	3	3	6	15	22	0.854	22	L	W	L	W	D	1951-12-25	Doncaster Rovers	A
14	2	Barnsley	22	6	4	2	24	17	1	3	6	10	21	0.895	21	D	D	W	W	D	1951-12-25	Queens Park Rangers	H
15	-2	Bury	22	6	2	2	26	9	1	4	7	16	25	1.235	20	L	W	D	L	L	1951-12-25	Coventry City	H
16	-2	Swansea Town	23	6	2	3	25	13	0	6	6	15	30	0.93	20	L	L	W	D	L	1951-12-25	Cardiff City	H
17	0	West Ham United	23	6	4	2	24	21	1	2	8	9	27	0.688	20	L	W	L	W	D	1951-12-25	Luton Town	H
18	0	Southampton	23	4	5	2	18	13	2	2	8	14	36	0.653	19	D	L	D	L	L	1951-12-25	Brentford	A
19	1	Hull City	23	4	3	5	20	19	1	3	7	11	22	0.756	16	W	D	W	L	L	1951-12-25	Blackburn Rovers	A
20	1	Coventry City	22	4	4	3	19	19	2	0	9	12	29	0.646	16	W	L	W	L	W	1951-12-25	Bury	A
21	-2	Queens Park Rangers	22	4	5	3	22	22	0	3	7	6	26	0.583	16	L	L	W	L	L	1951-12-25	Barnsley	A
22	0	Blackburn Rovers	22	4	1	6	17	18	2	2	7	8	19	0.676	15	W	D	W	L	W	1951-12-25	Hull City	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	0	2	Carlisle United	Peel Park	3,873
	Lineups		Whitehouse, Ashman
Bradford	3	2	Grimsby Town	Park Avenue	12,169
Crosbie, Haines, Lyons	Lineups		Cairns, Bloomer
Chester	0	1	York City	Sealand Road	2,998
	Lineups		Fenton
Chesterfield	3	0	Wrexham	Saltergate Recreation Ground	7,315
Wilson 2, Capel	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	4	2	Gateshead	Gresty Road	6,434
Mitcheson, Basford, Catterick 2	Lineups		Callender T (p), Winters
Halifax Town	0	1	Barrow	The Shay	5,126
	Lineups		Keen A
Lincoln City	2	1	Bradford City	Sincil Bank	11,204
Garvie, Graver	Lineups		Anders
Mansfield Town	3	2	Workington	Field Mill	6,127
Donaldson, Fox, Evans	Lineups		Robson, Dick
Rochdale	0	0	Stockport County	Spotland	5,857
	Lineups
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	2	0	Hartlepools United	Old Showground	7,320
Powell, Cumner	Lineups
Southport	3	0	Darlington	Haig Avenue	3,397
Hitchen, Cookson, Livesey	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	0	4	Oldham Athletic	Prenton Park	4,865
	Lineups		McIlvenny, Gemmell, McKennan, Gibson OG

				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	Lincoln City	21	8	1	2	39	15	6	2	2	22	15	2.033	31	W	W	W	W	D	1951-12-25	Wrexham	A
2	0	Stockport County	22	4	6	1	11	8	7	1	3	14	8	1.563	29	D	W	L	D	D	1951-12-25	Crewe Alexandra	H
3	1	Mansfield Town	22	10	1	1	29	10	2	3	5	8	13	1.609	28	W	L	L	L	W	1951-12-25	Hartlepools United	A
4	1	Oldham Athletic	20	7	1	1	19	5	4	4	3	15	13	1.889	27	W	W	L	L	D	1951-12-25	Rochdale	H
5	-2	Gateshead	21	7	2	0	20	5	4	2	6	15	17	1.591	26	L	W	W	L	D	1951-12-25	Carlisle United	H
6	0	Carlisle United	21	5	2	3	15	13	6	2	3	17	12	1.28	26	W	L	W	L	L	1951-12-25	Gateshead	A
7	1	Bradford	21	8	2	1	31	11	2	2	6	9	16	1.481	24	W	L	W	W	W	1951-12-25	York City	A
8	-1	Grimsby Town	21	6	2	2	15	6	3	3	5	13	17	1.217	23	L	W	D	W	D	1951-12-25	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
9	0	Barrow	21	6	2	2	14	5	3	3	5	14	19	1.167	23	W	L	W	W	L	1951-12-25	Tranmere Rovers	A
10	0	Southport	21	7	2	2	18	9	1	5	4	7	14	1.087	23	W	W	D	L	W	1951-12-25	Workington	H
11	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	21	5	5	1	19	13	2	4	4	16	24	0.946	23	W	W	D	D	W	1951-12-25	Grimsby Town	A
12	0	York City	21	7	1	2	24	11	2	3	6	10	16	1.259	22	W	W	D	L	L	1951-12-25	Bradford	H
13	2	Crewe Alexandra	22	4	5	2	24	18	4	1	6	9	22	0.825	22	W	W	D	L	W	1951-12-25	Stockport County	A
14	-1	Bradford City	21	5	3	2	19	13	3	1	7	8	14	1	20	L	W	L	L	W	1951-12-25	Halifax Town	H
15	-1	Hartlepools United	22	9	0	1	26	9	0	2	10	12	31	0.95	20	L	W	D	L	W	1951-12-25	Mansfield Town	H
16	1	Chesterfield	21	4	6	1	19	11	1	3	6	8	15	1.038	19	W	L	D	W	D	1951-12-25	Chester	H
17	-1	Tranmere Rovers	21	8	1	2	23	11	0	2	8	6	20	0.935	19	L	W	L	L	D	1951-12-25	Barrow	H
18	0	Chester	22	7	0	4	24	15	0	3	8	12	26	0.878	17	L	L	L	D	W	1951-12-25	Chesterfield	A
19	2	Rochdale	21	7	2	3	18	11	0	1	8	3	21	0.656	17	D	L	W	W	L	1951-12-25	Oldham Athletic	A
20	-1	Accrington Stanley	21	3	4	5	16	19	2	2	5	16	24	0.744	16	L	D	D	D	D	1951-12-25	Darlington	A
21	-1	Wrexham	22	7	1	3	19	13	0	1	10	10	33	0.63	16	L	L	W	W	L	1951-12-25	Lincoln City	H
22	0	Workington	21	5	1	4	12	13	2	1	8	9	22	0.6	16	L	L	L	W	L	1951-12-25	Southport	A
23	0	Halifax Town	22	4	2	5	16	16	0	3	8	11	33	0.551	13	L	L	W	L	L	1951-12-25	Bradford City	A
24	0	Darlington	23	4	3	4	16	16	0	1	11	12	41	0.491	12	L	L	W	L	L	1951-12-25	Accrington Stanley	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	2	0	Watford	Recreation Ground	4,986
Bonnar, Laird	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	0	Millwall	Goldstone Ground	18,247
	Lineups
Bristol City	1	3	Reading	Ashton Gate	14,680
Eisentrager	Lineups		Bainbridge, Simpson, Blackman
Crystal Palace	2	2	Colchester United	Selhurst Park	11,618
Burgess 2	Lineups		McKim 2
Gillingham	0	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Priestfield Stadium	10,296
	Lineups		Cross, Stroud
Ipswich Town	3	1	Newport County	Portman Road	9,619
Driver, McCrory, Dobson	Lineups		Beattie
Leyton Orient	3	3	Norwich City	Brisbane Road	10,335
Pacey, Rees, Blair	Lineups		Kinsey, Hollis 2
Port Vale	0	0	Northampton Town	Vale Park	8,973
	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	2	1	Bristol Rovers	Gay Meadow	7,408
Reagan (p), Jackson	Lineups		Lambden
Swindon Town	3	1	Exeter City	County Ground	8,614
May, Bain, Owen	Lineups		Digby
Torquay United	1	3	Southend United	Plainmoor	6,533
Collins	Lineups		Wakefield 2, Grant
Walsall	2	5	Plymouth Argyle	Fellows Park	7,991
Bridgett 2	Lineups		Tadman 3, Govan, Russon OG

				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	Plymouth Argyle	21	9	0	1	31	8	5	2	4	22	18	2.038	30	W	L	W	W	W	1951-12-25	Bristol City	H
2	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	8	1	3	28	13	6	1	3	14	14	1.556	30	D	W	W	W	L	1951-12-25	Crystal Palace	A
3	0	Northampton Town	21	9	0	1	33	11	3	3	5	12	17	1.607	27	D	W	L	D	W	1951-12-25	Watford	A
4	0	Norwich City	22	7	1	2	19	9	3	6	3	16	19	1.25	27	D	W	L	W	L	1951-12-25	Ipswich Town	A
5	0	Millwall	21	7	2	1	22	13	4	3	4	11	14	1.222	27	D	D	W	L	D	1951-12-25	Swindon Town	A
6	1	Reading	21	6	1	2	29	14	5	1	6	25	22	1.5	24	W	W	W	W	W	1951-12-25	Aldershot	H
7	1	Swindon Town	21	4	5	2	12	9	4	3	3	20	16	1.28	24	W	D	D	D	D	1951-12-25	Millwall	H
8	1	Southend United	21	7	3	0	21	7	2	3	6	10	18	1.24	24	W	D	L	D	W	1951-12-25	Walsall	A
9	-3	Bristol Rovers	21	5	4	2	28	11	3	3	4	11	13	1.625	23	L	W	W	W	D	1951-12-25	Port Vale	H
10	1	Leyton Orient	22	6	3	3	15	12	3	2	5	6	12	0.875	23	D	L	W	D	W	1951-12-25	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
11	-1	Newport County	20	5	2	1	19	12	4	2	6	14	28	0.825	22	L	D	L	W	W	1951-12-25	Shrewsbury Town	H
12	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	21	3	3	4	16	12	4	4	3	15	13	1.24	21	W	L	D	L	L	1951-12-25	Leyton Orient	H
13	-1	Gillingham	21	6	3	2	25	13	1	4	5	16	21	1.206	21	L	L	L	D	D	1951-12-25	Colchester United	H
14	-1	Watford	21	1	5	4	12	20	5	3	3	15	15	0.771	20	L	W	D	D	L	1951-12-25	Northampton Town	H
15	0	Crystal Palace	21	5	1	5	14	13	4	0	6	17	24	0.838	19	D	W	W	L	L	1951-12-25	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
16	4	Ipswich Town	21	6	1	4	25	16	2	1	7	9	20	0.944	18	W	L	D	W	L	1951-12-25	Norwich City	H
17	-1	Colchester United	21	3	4	3	14	14	2	4	5	17	25	0.795	18	D	D	D	W	L	1951-12-25	Gillingham	A
18	4	Aldershot	21	5	1	5	15	12	2	2	6	16	27	0.795	17	W	L	W	L	D	1951-12-25	Reading	A
19	2	Shrewsbury Town	22	6	1	6	19	18	1	2	6	15	26	0.773	17	W	L	W	L	L	1951-12-25	Newport County	A
20	-3	Bristol City	21	4	3	3	13	13	2	2	7	7	17	0.667	17	L	L	L	L	D	1951-12-25	Plymouth Argyle	A
21	-3	Walsall	22	5	3	4	19	18	2	0	8	7	22	0.65	17	L	L	W	W	W	1951-12-25	Southend United	H
22	-3	Torquay United	22	3	2	7	17	25	3	3	4	16	26	0.647	17	L	W	L	W	W	1951-12-25	Exeter City	A
23	0	Port Vale	22	2	8	1	13	11	1	1	9	6	23	0.559	15	D	L	W	L	L	1951-12-25	Bristol Rovers	A
24	0	Exeter City	21	4	1	5	15	22	0	3	8	9	24	0.522	12	L	L	L	D	L	1951-12-25	Torquay United	H