Tuesday 1951-12-25

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	4	1	Portsmouth	Highbury	51,241
Cox, Goring, Lewis, Logie	Lineups		Scoular
Aston Villa	3	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Villa Park	49,525
Walsh, Dixon, Goffin	Lineups		Baxter, Smith, Wilshaw
Bolton Wanderers	3	2	West Bromwich Albion	Burnden Park	32,562
Moir 2 (1p), Lofthouse	Lineups		Dudley, Rickaby
Burnley	0	2	Preston North End	Turf Moor	36,468
	Lineups		Wayman 2
Charlton Athletic	0	3	Tottenham Hotspur	The Valley	37,711
	Lineups		Medley, Bennett, Robb
Chelsea	0	3	Manchester City	Stamford Bridge	34,850
	Lineups		Westcott, Broadis, Meadows
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Derby County	Leeds Road	28,418
Simpson	Lineups		Morris (p)
Liverpool	1	1	Blackpool	Anfield Road	41,198
Payne	Lineups		Mortensen
Manchester United	3	2	Fulham	Old Trafford	35,697
Berry, Bond, Rowley	Lineups		Thomas 2
Sunderland	1	4	Newcastle United	Roker Park	52,274
Ford	Lineups		Foulkes, Milburn, Robledo G 2

				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	2	Arsenal	24	8	4	1	33	19	5	1	5	16	13	1.531	31	W	D	W	L	L	1951-12-26	Portsmouth	A
2	0	Manchester United	24	8	1	3	29	17	5	4	3	25	19	1.5	31	W	D	W	W	W	1951-12-26	Fulham	A
3	-2	Portsmouth	23	8	1	3	25	17	6	2	3	18	17	1.265	31	L	W	L	D	D	1951-12-26	Arsenal	H
4	0	Bolton Wanderers	23	8	4	1	22	14	4	2	4	17	21	1.114	30	W	D	D	L	W	1951-12-26	West Bromwich Albion	A
5	0	Preston North End	24	6	1	4	22	12	6	4	3	27	18	1.633	29	W	W	L	D	D	1951-12-29	West Bromwich Albion	H
6	0	Newcastle United	23	7	2	2	33	11	5	3	4	28	29	1.525	29	W	D	W	D	W	1951-12-26	Sunderland	H
7	1	Tottenham Hotspur	24	8	1	2	24	13	4	3	6	21	24	1.216	28	W	L	W	L	L	1951-12-26	Charlton Athletic	H
8	-1	Liverpool	24	4	7	2	20	16	4	4	3	16	15	1.161	27	D	D	W	D	W	1951-12-26	Blackpool	A
9	1	Aston Villa	24	7	3	2	23	17	3	3	6	18	25	0.976	26	D	D	D	D	W	1951-12-26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
10	-1	Charlton Athletic	25	7	2	3	26	19	3	3	7	17	23	1.024	25	L	L	L	L	W	1951-12-26	Tottenham Hotspur	A
11	0	Blackpool	24	5	3	4	23	22	4	3	5	17	18	1	24	D	W	L	W	L	1951-12-26	Liverpool	H
12	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	5	2	3	24	18	3	5	4	27	24	1.214	23	D	D	D	W	D	1951-12-26	Aston Villa	H
13	2	Manchester City	23	5	2	4	18	14	4	3	5	18	21	1.029	23	W	W	D	L	L	1951-12-26	Chelsea	H
14	-1	Derby County	23	6	2	3	28	19	3	3	6	12	21	1	23	D	D	L	W	L	1951-12-26	Huddersfield Town	H
15	-1	Burnley	24	5	5	2	17	11	2	3	7	11	25	0.778	22	L	W	W	D	D	1951-12-29	Middlesbrough	H
16	0	West Bromwich Albion	23	4	6	2	24	17	2	2	7	21	33	0.9	20	L	W	L	D	L	1951-12-26	Bolton Wanderers	H
17	0	Chelsea	23	6	1	6	17	22	2	3	5	13	18	0.75	20	L	D	W	W	D	1951-12-26	Manchester City	A
18	0	Sunderland	22	3	3	5	17	18	3	2	6	16	22	0.825	17	L	L	W	D	W	1951-12-26	Newcastle United	A
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	24	2	3	6	21	21	2	2	9	11	26	0.681	13	L	L	W	L	D	1951-12-26	Manchester United	H
22	0	Huddersfield Town	24	4	2	7	19	27	0	3	8	9	25	0.538	13	D	L	L	W	L	1951-12-26	Derby County	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	3	1	Queens Park Rangers	Oakwell	15,067
Baxter, McMorran, Wood	Lineups		Hatton
Birmingham City	4	0	Rotherham United	St Andrew's	27,531
Smith 3, Purdon	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	1	0	Hull City	Ewood Park	34,077	Largest home gate 1951-52
Quigley	Lineups
Brentford	1	2	Southampton	Griffin Park	25,841
Dare	Lineups		Judd, Dudley
Bury	0	2	Coventry City	Gigg Lane	16,001
	Lineups		Allen, Lockhart
Doncaster Rovers	3	1	Everton	Belle Vue	23,526
Tindill, Doherty, Harrison	Lineups		Buckle
Leicester City	1	2	Leeds United	Filbert Street	24,498
Hines	Lineups		Iggleden, Mills
Notts County	3	1	Sheffield United	Meadow Lane	30,019
McCormack, Adamson, McPherson I	Lineups		Brook
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Hillsborough	61,187
Rickett	Lineups		Kelly
Swansea Town	1	1	Cardiff City	Vetch Field	19,260
Baker OG	Lineups		Tiddy
West Ham United	3	0	Luton Town	Upton Park	20,403
Hawkins, Gazzard, Gregory	Lineups

				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	Sheffield Wednesday	24	9	2	1	31	12	3	4	5	25	27	1.436	30	D	W	D	W	W	1951-12-26	Nottingham Forest	A
2	3	Cardiff City	23	9	1	1	29	10	2	5	5	10	17	1.444	28	D	W	L	D	W	1951-12-26	Swansea Town	H
3	-1	Brentford	23	9	1	1	20	6	2	5	5	9	15	1.381	28	L	D	W	L	W	1951-12-26	Southampton	A
4	-1	Rotherham United	23	9	1	1	29	10	3	3	6	22	32	1.214	28	L	D	L	L	W	1951-12-26	Birmingham City	H
5	3	Birmingham City	24	6	5	2	19	11	4	3	4	15	18	1.172	28	W	W	L	W	W	1951-12-26	Rotherham United	A
6	-2	Sheffield United	23	9	2	1	37	15	2	3	6	21	26	1.415	27	L	L	D	D	L	1951-12-26	Notts County	H
7	-1	Nottingham Forest	24	5	5	1	22	13	4	4	5	25	26	1.205	27	D	L	W	L	W	1951-12-26	Sheffield Wednesday	H
8	-1	Luton Town	23	4	4	2	22	16	5	4	4	16	20	1.056	26	L	W	W	L	L	1951-12-26	West Ham United	H
9	0	Leicester City	23	7	4	2	33	16	2	3	5	14	21	1.27	25	L	L	W	W	W	1951-12-26	Leeds United	A
10	0	Leeds United	23	5	5	1	18	10	4	2	6	16	23	1.03	25	W	D	L	L	D	1951-12-26	Leicester City	H
11	0	Doncaster Rovers	24	7	3	2	24	10	1	5	6	11	20	1.167	24	W	D	D	L	L	1951-12-26	Everton	A
12	0	Notts County	24	7	3	3	27	15	3	1	7	12	24	1	24	W	W	W	L	L	1951-12-26	Sheffield United	A
13	1	Barnsley	23	7	4	2	27	18	1	3	6	10	21	0.949	23	W	D	D	W	W	1951-12-26	Queens Park Rangers	A
14	-1	Everton	24	5	3	3	20	19	3	3	7	16	25	0.818	22	L	L	W	L	W	1951-12-26	Doncaster Rovers	H
15	2	West Ham United	24	7	4	2	27	21	1	2	8	9	27	0.75	22	W	L	W	L	W	1951-12-26	Luton Town	A
16	0	Swansea Town	24	6	3	3	26	14	0	6	6	15	30	0.932	21	D	L	L	W	D	1951-12-26	Cardiff City	A
17	1	Southampton	24	4	5	2	18	13	3	2	8	16	37	0.68	21	W	D	L	D	L	1951-12-26	Brentford	H
18	-3	Bury	23	6	2	3	26	11	1	4	7	16	25	1.167	20	L	L	W	D	L	1951-12-26	Coventry City	A
19	1	Coventry City	23	4	4	3	19	19	3	0	9	14	29	0.688	18	W	W	L	W	L	1951-12-26	Bury	H
20	2	Blackburn Rovers	23	5	1	6	18	18	2	2	7	8	19	0.703	17	W	W	D	W	L	1951-12-26	Hull City	A
21	-2	Hull City	24	4	3	5	20	19	1	3	8	11	23	0.738	16	L	W	D	W	L	1951-12-26	Blackburn Rovers	H
22	-1	Queens Park Rangers	23	4	5	3	22	22	0	3	8	7	29	0.569	16	L	L	L	W	L	1951-12-26	Barnsley	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	3	2	Halifax Town	Valley Parade	15,142
Anders, Gray, Murphy	Lineups		Frost, Moss
Chesterfield	2	0	Chester	Saltergate Recreation Ground	10,032
Smith, Knight	Lineups
Darlington	4	5	Accrington Stanley	Feethams Ground	4,835
Yates 2, Murray 2	Lineups		Roberts 3, Watkinson, Spencer
Gateshead	1	1	Carlisle United	Redheugh Park	8,848
Winters	Lineups		Whitehouse
Grimsby Town	3	2	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Blundell Park	19,351
Cairns, Bloomer, Maddison	Lineups		Powell 2
Hartlepools United	2	0	Mansfield Town	Victoria Park	10,542
Wildon, Newton	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	1	1	Rochdale	Boundary Park	23,001
Gemmell	Lineups		Betts
Southport	4	2	Workington	Haig Avenue	7,845
Lindsay, Billingham, Livesey (p), Musgrave	Lineups		McDowall 2
Stockport County	4	2	Crewe Alexandra	Edgeley Park	11,521
Haddington 3 (1p), Oliver	Lineups		McGuigan 2
Tranmere Rovers	3	1	Barrow	Prenton Park	5,686
Davies, Atkinson 2	Lineups		Keen A
Wrexham	4	2	Lincoln City	Racecourse Ground	11,087
Young OG, Hewitt 2, Tunnicliffe	Lineups		Whittle, Troops
York City	1	0	Bradford	Bootham Crescent	8,786
Fenton	Lineups

				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	22	8	1	2	39	15	6	2	3	24	19	1.853	31	L	W	W	W	W	1951-12-26	Wrexham	H
2	0	Stockport County	23	5	6	1	15	10	7	1	3	14	8	1.611	31	W	D	W	L	D	1951-12-26	Crewe Alexandra	A
3	1	Oldham Athletic	21	7	2	1	20	6	4	4	3	15	13	1.842	28	D	W	W	L	L	1951-12-26	Rochdale	A
4	-1	Mansfield Town	23	10	1	1	29	10	2	3	6	8	15	1.48	28	L	W	L	L	L	1951-12-26	Hartlepools United	H
5	0	Gateshead	22	7	3	0	21	6	4	2	6	15	17	1.565	27	D	L	W	W	L	1951-12-26	Carlisle United	A
6	0	Carlisle United	22	5	2	3	15	13	6	3	3	18	13	1.269	27	D	W	L	W	L	1951-12-26	Gateshead	H
7	1	Grimsby Town	22	7	2	2	18	8	3	3	5	13	17	1.24	25	W	L	W	D	W	1951-12-26	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
8	2	Southport	22	8	2	2	22	11	1	5	4	7	14	1.16	25	W	W	W	D	L	1951-12-26	Workington	A
9	-2	Bradford	22	8	2	1	31	11	2	2	7	9	17	1.429	24	L	W	L	W	W	1951-12-26	York City	H
10	2	York City	22	8	1	2	25	11	2	3	6	10	16	1.296	24	W	W	W	D	L	1951-12-26	Bradford	A
11	-2	Barrow	22	6	2	2	14	5	3	3	6	15	22	1.074	23	L	W	L	W	W	1951-12-26	Tranmere Rovers	H
12	-1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	22	5	5	1	19	13	2	4	5	18	27	0.925	23	L	W	W	D	D	1951-12-26	Grimsby Town	H
13	1	Bradford City	22	6	3	2	22	15	3	1	7	8	14	1.034	22	W	L	W	L	L	1951-12-26	Halifax Town	A
14	1	Hartlepools United	23	10	0	1	28	9	0	2	10	12	31	1	22	W	L	W	D	L	1951-12-26	Mansfield Town	A
15	-2	Crewe Alexandra	23	4	5	2	24	18	4	1	7	11	26	0.795	22	L	W	W	D	L	1951-12-26	Stockport County	H
16	0	Chesterfield	22	5	6	1	21	11	1	3	6	8	15	1.115	21	W	W	L	D	W	1951-12-26	Chester	A
17	0	Tranmere Rovers	22	9	1	2	26	12	0	2	8	6	20	1	21	W	L	W	L	L	1951-12-26	Barrow	A
18	2	Accrington Stanley	22	3	4	5	16	19	3	2	5	21	28	0.787	18	W	L	D	D	D	1951-12-26	Darlington	H
19	2	Wrexham	23	8	1	3	23	15	0	1	10	10	33	0.688	18	W	L	L	W	W	1951-12-26	Lincoln City	A
20	-1	Rochdale	22	7	2	3	18	11	0	2	8	4	22	0.667	18	D	D	L	W	W	1951-12-26	Oldham Athletic	H
21	-3	Chester	23	7	0	4	24	15	0	3	9	12	28	0.837	17	L	L	L	L	D	1951-12-26	Chesterfield	H
22	0	Workington	22	5	1	4	12	13	2	1	9	11	26	0.59	16	L	L	L	L	W	1951-12-26	Southport	H
23	0	Halifax Town	23	4	2	5	16	16	0	3	9	13	36	0.558	13	L	L	L	W	L	1951-12-26	Bradford City	H
24	0	Darlington	24	4	3	5	20	21	0	1	11	12	41	0.516	12	L	L	L	W	L	1951-12-26	Accrington Stanley	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3	2	Leyton Orient	Dean Court	10,739
Eyre, Stroud, Tippett	Lineups		Sherratt (p), Woan
Bristol Rovers	4	1	Port Vale	Eastville	16,691
Lambden 2, Petherbridge, Bradford	Lineups		Pitt OG
Crystal Palace	1	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Selhurst Park	15,439
Burgess	Lineups		Reed, Garbutt
Exeter City	4	0	Torquay United	St James Park	8,459
Smart, Walton, Armes, Mackay	Lineups
Gillingham	1	2	Colchester United	Priestfield Stadium	9,774
Briggs	Lineups		Aitchison, Keeble
Ipswich Town	0	2	Norwich City	Portman Road	15,821
	Lineups		Hollis, Kinsey
Newport County	3	1	Shrewsbury Town	Somerton Park	10,182
Moore 2, Parker	Lineups		Jackson
Plymouth Argyle	2	2	Bristol City	Home Park	16,911
Rattray 2	Lineups		Atyeo, Rogers
Reading	5	1	Aldershot	Elm Park	14,232
Simpson, Henley, Blackman, Edelston, Bainbridge	Lineups		Flint
Swindon Town	2	2	Millwall	County Ground	9,060
Owen, Millar	Lineups		Hartburn 2 (1p)
Walsall	2	0	Southend United	Fellows Park	7,484
O'Neill, Bridgett	Lineups
Watford	2	4	Northampton Town	Vicarage Road	7,847
Thompson, Haigh	Lineups		English, Patton OG, McCulloch 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	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	23	8	1	3	28	13	7	1	3	16	15	1.571	32	W	D	W	W	W	1951-12-26	Crystal Palace	H
2	-1	Plymouth Argyle	22	9	1	1	33	10	5	2	4	22	18	1.964	31	D	W	L	W	W	1951-12-26	Bristol City	A
3	0	Northampton Town	22	9	0	1	33	11	4	3	5	16	19	1.633	29	W	D	W	L	D	1951-12-26	Watford	H
4	0	Norwich City	23	7	1	2	19	9	4	6	3	18	19	1.321	29	W	D	W	L	W	1951-12-26	Ipswich Town	H
5	0	Millwall	22	7	2	1	22	13	4	4	4	13	16	1.207	28	D	D	D	W	L	1951-12-26	Swindon Town	H
6	0	Reading	22	7	1	2	34	15	5	1	6	25	22	1.595	26	W	W	W	W	W	1951-12-26	Aldershot	A
7	2	Bristol Rovers	22	6	4	2	32	12	3	3	4	11	13	1.72	25	W	L	W	W	W	1951-12-26	Port Vale	A
8	-1	Swindon Town	22	4	6	2	14	11	4	3	3	20	16	1.259	25	D	W	D	D	D	1951-12-26	Millwall	A
9	-1	Southend United	22	7	3	0	21	7	2	3	7	10	20	1.148	24	L	W	D	L	D	1951-12-26	Walsall	H
10	1	Newport County	21	6	2	1	22	13	4	2	6	14	28	0.878	24	W	L	D	L	W	1951-12-26	Shrewsbury Town	A
11	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	22	4	3	4	19	14	4	4	3	15	13	1.259	23	W	W	L	D	L	1951-12-26	Leyton Orient	A
12	-2	Leyton Orient	23	6	3	3	15	12	3	2	6	8	15	0.852	23	L	D	L	W	D	1951-12-26	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
13	0	Gillingham	22	6	3	3	26	15	1	4	5	16	21	1.167	21	L	L	L	L	D	1951-12-26	Colchester United	A
14	3	Colchester United	22	3	4	3	14	14	3	4	5	19	26	0.825	20	W	D	D	D	W	1951-12-26	Gillingham	H
15	-1	Watford	22	1	5	5	14	24	5	3	3	15	15	0.744	20	L	L	W	D	D	1951-12-26	Northampton Town	A
16	-1	Crystal Palace	22	5	1	6	15	15	4	0	6	17	24	0.821	19	L	D	W	W	L	1951-12-26	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
17	4	Walsall	23	6	3	4	21	18	2	0	8	7	22	0.7	19	W	L	L	W	W	1951-12-26	Southend United	A
18	-2	Ipswich Town	22	6	1	5	25	18	2	1	7	9	20	0.895	18	L	W	L	D	W	1951-12-26	Norwich City	A
19	1	Bristol City	22	4	3	3	13	13	2	3	7	9	19	0.688	18	D	L	L	L	L	1951-12-26	Plymouth Argyle	H
20	-1	Shrewsbury Town	23	6	1	6	19	18	1	2	7	16	29	0.745	17	L	W	L	W	L	1951-12-26	Newport County	H
21	-3	Aldershot	22	5	1	5	15	12	2	2	7	17	32	0.727	17	L	W	L	W	L	1951-12-26	Reading	H
22	0	Torquay United	23	3	2	7	17	25	3	3	5	16	30	0.6	17	L	L	W	L	W	1951-12-26	Exeter City	H
23	0	Port Vale	23	2	8	1	13	11	1	1	10	7	27	0.526	15	L	D	L	W	L	1951-12-26	Bristol Rovers	H
24	0	Exeter City	22	5	1	5	19	22	0	3	8	9	24	0.609	14	W	L	L	L	D	1951-12-26	Torquay United	A