Saturday 1951-12-29

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	1	2	Manchester City	Villa Park	37,319
Dixon	Lineups		Meadows, Williamson
Burnley	7	1	Middlesbrough	Turf Moor	26,057
Holden 3, Morris 3, Shannon	Lineups		Mochan
Charlton Athletic	3	0	Fulham	The Valley	19,587
Kiernan, Cullum 2	Lineups
Chelsea	1	1	Portsmouth	Stamford Bridge	43,389
Smith R	Lineups		Clarke
Huddersfield Town	1	2	Liverpool	Leeds Road	25,500
Glazzard	Lineups		Liddell, Payne
Manchester United	1	0	Bolton Wanderers	Old Trafford	55,073
Pearson	Lineups
Preston North End	1	0	West Bromwich Albion	Deepdale	32,814
Foster	Lineups
Stoke City	3	1	Derby County	Victoria Ground	27,382
Malkin, Oscroft, Smyth	Lineups		Barrowcliffe
Sunderland	4	1	Arsenal	Roker Park	47,045
Shackleton, Ford 2, Bingham	Lineups		Goring
Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	Newcastle United	White Hart Lane	55,219
Walters, Medley	Lineups		Robledo G
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	0	Blackpool	Molineux	32,496
Whitfield 3	Lineups

				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	1	Manchester United	26	9	1	3	30	17	5	5	3	28	22	1.487	34	W	D	W	D	W	1952-01-05	Stoke City	A
2	1	Portsmouth	25	8	2	3	26	18	6	3	3	19	18	1.25	33	D	D	L	W	L	1952-01-01	Manchester City	A
3	-2	Arsenal	26	8	4	1	33	19	5	2	6	18	18	1.378	32	L	D	W	D	W	1952-01-05	Aston Villa	H
4	2	Preston North End	25	7	1	4	23	12	6	4	3	27	18	1.667	31	W	W	W	L	D	1952-01-01	Burnley	H
5	-1	Newcastle United	25	7	3	2	35	13	5	3	5	29	31	1.455	30	L	D	W	D	W	1952-01-05	Preston North End	H
6	1	Tottenham Hotspur	26	9	1	3	28	17	4	3	6	21	24	1.195	30	W	L	W	L	W	1952-01-05	Bolton Wanderers	A
7	-2	Bolton Wanderers	25	8	4	1	22	14	4	2	6	19	25	1.051	30	L	L	W	D	D	1952-01-05	Tottenham Hotspur	H
8	1	Liverpool	26	4	7	2	20	16	5	4	4	18	18	1.118	29	W	L	D	D	W	1952-01-05	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
9	1	Charlton Athletic	27	8	2	3	29	19	4	3	7	20	25	1.114	29	W	W	L	L	L	1952-01-05	Middlesbrough	A
10	-2	Aston Villa	26	7	3	3	24	19	4	3	6	20	26	0.978	28	L	W	D	D	D	1952-01-05	Arsenal	A
11	1	Manchester City	25	6	2	4	21	15	5	3	5	20	22	1.108	27	W	W	W	W	D	1952-01-01	Portsmouth	H
12	-1	Blackpool	26	6	3	4	25	22	4	3	6	17	21	0.977	26	L	W	D	W	L	1952-01-05	Sunderland	H
13	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	6	2	4	28	20	3	5	4	27	24	1.25	25	W	L	D	D	D	1952-01-01	Sunderland	A
14	-1	Derby County	25	7	2	3	30	20	3	3	7	13	24	0.977	25	L	W	D	D	L	1952-01-05	Manchester City	A
15	1	Burnley	25	6	5	2	24	12	2	3	7	11	25	0.946	24	W	L	W	W	D	1952-01-01	Preston North End	A
16	-1	West Bromwich Albion	25	5	6	2	27	19	2	2	8	21	34	0.906	22	L	W	L	W	L	1952-01-05	Burnley	H
17	0	Chelsea	25	6	2	6	18	23	2	3	6	14	21	0.727	21	D	L	L	D	W	1952-01-05	Fulham	A
18	0	Sunderland	24	4	3	5	21	19	3	3	6	18	24	0.907	20	W	D	L	L	W	1952-01-01	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
19	0	Stoke City	26	5	2	6	23	25	3	1	9	10	34	0.559	19	W	L	D	L	W	1952-01-05	Manchester United	H
20	0	Middlesbrough	24	4	3	4	18	18	2	1	10	19	39	0.649	16	L	W	L	L	L	1952-01-05	Charlton Athletic	H
21	0	Fulham	26	2	4	6	24	24	2	2	10	11	29	0.66	14	L	D	L	L	W	1952-01-05	Chelsea	H
22	0	Huddersfield Town	26	4	2	8	20	29	0	3	9	10	27	0.536	13	L	L	D	L	L	1952-01-05	Portsmouth	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brentford	1	1	Cardiff City	Griffin Park	27,547
Paton	Lineups		Tiddy
Bury	2	1	Notts County	Gigg Lane	14,942
Plant, Bodle	Lineups		Broome
Coventry City	1	2	Blackburn Rovers	Highfield Road	22,413
Nutt	Lineups		Quigley 2
Doncaster Rovers	0	3	Rotherham United	Belle Vue	29,267	Largest home gate 1951-52
	Lineups		Shaw 2, Grainger
Everton	2	0	Leeds United	Goodison Park	37,616
Eglington 2	Lineups
Luton Town	1	2	Leicester City	Kenilworth Road	17,992
Watkins	Lineups		Dryburgh 2
Nottingham Forest	0	1	Birmingham City	City Ground	34,166
	Lineups		Briggs
Sheffield United	1	2	Barnsley	Bramall Lane	37,237
Brook	Lineups		Pattison, McMorran
Southampton	1	4	Sheffield Wednesday	The Dell	21,534
Dudley	Lineups		Dooley 2, Finney 2
Swansea Town	2	3	Queens Park Rangers	Vetch Field	16,146
Turnbull, Lucas (p)	Lineups		Gilberg, Hill, Addinall
West Ham United	2	0	Hull City	Upton Park	19,631
Parker, Tucker	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	1	Sheffield Wednesday	26	9	2	1	31	12	4	4	6	30	30	1.452	32	W	L	D	W	D	1952-01-05	Sheffield United	H
2	1	Birmingham City	26	6	5	2	19	11	6	3	4	18	19	1.233	32	W	W	W	W	L	1952-01-05	Brentford	H
3	-2	Cardiff City	25	10	1	1	32	10	2	6	5	11	18	1.536	31	D	W	D	W	L	1952-01-05	Doncaster Rovers	H
4	4	Rotherham United	25	9	1	2	30	12	4	3	6	25	32	1.25	30	W	L	L	D	L	1952-01-05	Everton	H
5	-1	Sheffield United	25	10	2	2	39	17	2	3	6	21	26	1.395	29	L	W	L	L	D	1952-01-01	Bury	A
6	0	Brentford	25	9	2	1	21	7	2	5	6	10	17	1.292	29	D	L	L	D	W	1952-01-05	Birmingham City	A
7	-2	Nottingham Forest	26	6	5	2	24	15	4	4	5	25	26	1.195	29	L	W	D	L	W	1952-01-05	Leicester City	A
8	-1	Luton Town	25	5	4	3	29	19	5	4	4	16	20	1.154	28	L	W	L	W	W	1952-01-05	Notts County	A
9	1	Leicester City	25	7	4	2	33	16	3	3	6	17	24	1.25	27	W	L	L	L	W	1952-01-05	Nottingham Forest	H
10	-1	Leeds United	25	6	5	1	20	11	4	2	7	16	25	1	27	L	W	W	D	L	1952-01-05	Southampton	H
11	2	Barnsley	25	7	4	2	27	18	2	4	6	13	23	0.976	26	W	D	W	D	D	1952-01-05	West Ham United	H
12	-1	Doncaster Rovers	26	7	3	3	24	13	1	6	6	12	21	1.059	25	L	D	W	D	D	1952-01-05	Cardiff City	A
13	1	Everton	26	6	4	3	23	20	3	3	7	16	25	0.867	25	W	D	L	L	W	1952-01-05	Rotherham United	A
14	-2	Notts County	26	7	3	3	27	15	3	1	9	13	27	0.952	24	L	L	W	W	W	1952-01-05	Luton Town	H
15	1	West Ham United	26	8	4	2	29	21	1	2	9	10	33	0.722	24	W	L	W	L	W	1952-01-05	Barnsley	A
16	-1	Southampton	26	5	5	3	21	18	3	2	8	16	37	0.673	23	L	W	W	D	L	1952-01-05	Leeds United	A
17	1	Bury	25	7	2	3	28	12	1	4	8	16	28	1.1	22	W	L	L	L	W	1952-01-01	Sheffield United	H
18	-1	Swansea Town	26	6	3	4	28	17	0	6	7	15	33	0.86	21	L	L	D	L	L	1952-01-05	Blackburn Rovers	A
19	0	Coventry City	25	5	4	4	23	21	3	0	9	14	29	0.74	20	L	W	W	W	L	1952-01-05	Hull City	A
20	1	Blackburn Rovers	25	5	1	6	18	18	3	2	8	10	23	0.683	19	W	L	W	W	D	1952-01-01	Queens Park Rangers	H
21	1	Queens Park Rangers	25	4	6	3	23	23	1	3	8	10	31	0.611	19	W	D	L	L	L	1952-01-01	Blackburn Rovers	A
22	-2	Hull City	26	5	3	5	23	19	1	3	9	11	25	0.773	18	L	W	L	W	D	1952-01-05	Coventry City	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Barrow	1	1	Mansfield Town	Holker Street	7,585
McLaren	Lineups		Reeve
Bradford City	1	0	Chester	Valley Parade	10,992
Anders (p)	Lineups
Carlisle United	2	0	Crewe Alexandra	Brunton Park	10,406
Hogan 2	Lineups
Chesterfield	2	1	York City	Saltergate Recreation Ground	8,748
Wilson, Mitchell	Lineups		Hughes
Darlington	2	2	Tranmere Rovers	Feethams Ground	5,041
Murray, Johnston	Lineups		Davies, Tilston
Gateshead	3	0	Southport	Redheugh Park	6,461
Callender J, Buchan, Johnson	Lineups
Grimsby Town	8	1	Halifax Town	Blundell Park	13,548
Johnston 2 (2p), Hernon 2, Cairns 2, Maddison, Bloomer	Lineups		Hindle (p)
Hartlepools United	1	1	Lincoln City	Victoria Park	11,420
Wildon	Lineups		Graver
Oldham Athletic	2	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Boundary Park	16,332
Gemmell, Ormond	Lineups
Stockport County	6	0	Accrington Stanley	Edgeley Park	11,278
Black 4, Connor 2	Lineups
Workington	1	1	Rochdale	Borough Park	6,244
McDowall	Lineups		Middlebrough
Wrexham	3	2	Bradford	Racecourse Ground	8,148
Hewitt 2, Tunnicliffe	Lineups		Deplidge, Smith

				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	24	9	1	2	42	17	6	3	3	25	20	1.811	34	D	W	L	W	W	1952-01-01	Tranmere Rovers	A
2	0	Stockport County	25	6	6	1	21	10	7	1	4	14	9	1.842	33	W	L	W	D	W	1952-01-05	Carlisle United	A
3	0	Oldham Athletic	23	8	2	1	22	6	4	5	3	17	15	1.857	31	W	D	D	W	W	1952-01-05	Lincoln City	A
4	0	Gateshead	24	8	3	0	24	6	4	3	6	15	17	1.696	30	W	D	D	L	W	1952-01-05	Tranmere Rovers	A
5	1	Carlisle United	24	6	3	3	17	13	6	3	3	18	13	1.346	30	W	D	D	W	L	1952-01-01	Chesterfield	H
6	1	Grimsby Town	24	8	2	2	26	9	4	3	5	16	18	1.556	29	W	W	W	L	W	1952-01-05	Mansfield Town	A
7	-2	Mansfield Town	25	10	1	2	29	11	2	4	6	9	16	1.407	29	D	L	L	W	L	1952-01-05	Grimsby Town	H
8	0	Bradford	24	9	2	1	33	12	2	2	8	11	20	1.375	26	L	W	L	W	L	1952-01-05	Chesterfield	H
9	0	Barrow	24	7	3	2	17	6	3	3	6	15	22	1.143	26	D	W	L	W	L	1952-01-05	Rochdale	A
10	4	Bradford City	24	7	3	2	23	15	3	2	7	9	15	1.067	25	W	D	W	L	W	1952-01-05	York City	A
11	1	Hartlepools United	25	10	1	1	29	10	1	2	10	13	31	1.024	25	D	W	W	L	W	1952-01-01	Wrexham	H
12	-2	Southport	24	8	2	2	22	11	1	5	6	8	23	0.882	25	L	L	W	W	W	1952-01-05	Crewe Alexandra	H
13	-2	York City	24	8	1	2	25	11	2	3	8	12	20	1.194	24	L	L	W	W	W	1952-01-05	Bradford City	H
14	-1	Crewe Alexandra	25	5	5	2	25	18	4	1	8	11	28	0.783	24	L	W	L	W	W	1952-01-05	Southport	A
15	1	Chesterfield	24	6	6	1	23	12	1	3	7	8	18	1.033	23	W	L	W	W	L	1952-01-01	Carlisle United	A
16	-1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	24	5	5	2	20	16	2	4	6	18	29	0.844	23	L	L	L	W	W	1952-01-05	Darlington	H
17	0	Tranmere Rovers	24	9	1	2	26	12	0	3	9	8	24	0.944	22	D	L	W	L	W	1952-01-01	Lincoln City	H
18	4	Wrexham	25	9	1	3	26	17	0	1	11	12	36	0.717	20	W	L	W	L	L	1952-01-01	Hartlepools United	A
19	0	Rochdale	24	7	3	3	20	13	0	3	8	5	23	0.694	20	D	D	D	D	L	1952-01-05	Barrow	H
20	-2	Chester	25	8	0	4	27	15	0	3	10	12	29	0.886	19	L	W	L	L	L	1952-01-05	Hartlepools United	H
21	0	Workington	24	6	2	4	19	15	2	1	9	11	26	0.732	19	D	W	L	L	L	1952-01-01	Halifax Town	H
22	-2	Accrington Stanley	24	3	4	6	17	22	3	2	6	21	34	0.679	18	L	L	W	L	D	1952-01-05	Workington	H
23	1	Darlington	26	4	4	5	22	23	1	1	11	15	42	0.569	15	D	W	L	L	L	1952-01-05	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
24	-1	Halifax Town	25	4	3	5	17	17	0	3	10	14	44	0.508	14	L	D	L	L	L	1952-01-01	Workington	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	3	Bristol Rovers	Recreation Ground	6,019
Laird	Lineups		Pitt, Bradford, Lambden
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Dean Court	12,847
Stroud, Tippett, Cross	Lineups		Sirrel
Bristol City	2	0	Northampton Town	Ashton Gate	18,733
Eisentrager (p), Rogers	Lineups
Colchester United	2	0	Swindon Town	Layer Road	7,407
Keeble, McKim	Lineups
Crystal Palace	1	1	Millwall	Selhurst Park	20,834
Marsden	Lineups		Monkhouse
Exeter City	6	1	Leyton Orient	St James Park	7,363
McClelland 3 (2p), Walton 2, Armes	Lineups		Bryant
Newport County	1	2	Torquay United	Somerton Park	11,650
Parker	Lineups		Stroud OG, Thomas
Norwich City	8	0	Walsall	Carrow Road	18,661
Hollis 5, Jones, Rackham, Kinsey	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	6	1	Shrewsbury Town	Home Park	16,940
Dews 2, Rattray 2, Tadman, Govan	Lineups		Brown
Reading	4	0	Ipswich Town	Elm Park	14,852
Blackman 3, Lewis (p)	Lineups
Southend United	3	1	Gillingham	Greyhound Stadium	8,563
Stubbs, Anderson, Wakefield	Lineups		Lewis
Watford	2	0	Port Vale	Vicarage Road	9,023
Eggleston, Haigh	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	Plymouth Argyle	24	10	1	1	39	11	5	3	4	23	19	2.067	34	W	D	D	W	L	1952-01-05	Aldershot	A
2	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	25	9	1	3	32	16	7	1	4	17	18	1.441	34	L	W	W	D	W	1952-01-05	Southend United	H
3	0	Norwich City	25	9	1	2	29	9	4	6	3	18	19	1.679	33	W	W	W	D	W	1952-01-05	Shrewsbury Town	A
4	2	Reading	24	8	1	2	38	15	6	1	6	27	22	1.757	30	W	W	W	W	W	1952-01-05	Torquay United	A
5	0	Millwall	24	7	3	1	22	13	4	5	4	14	17	1.2	30	D	D	D	D	D	1952-01-05	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
6	-2	Northampton Town	24	9	0	2	34	15	4	3	6	16	21	1.389	29	L	L	W	D	W	1952-01-05	Ipswich Town	A
7	0	Bristol Rovers	24	6	4	2	32	12	4	4	4	15	15	1.741	28	W	D	W	L	W	1952-01-05	Watford	A
8	1	Southend United	24	9	3	0	27	8	2	3	7	10	20	1.321	28	W	W	L	W	D	1952-01-05	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
9	-1	Swindon Town	24	4	6	2	14	11	4	4	4	20	18	1.172	26	L	D	D	W	D	1952-01-05	Crystal Palace	H
10	0	Newport County	23	6	2	2	23	15	5	2	6	18	29	0.932	26	L	W	W	L	D	1952-01-05	Gillingham	A
11	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	24	5	3	4	22	15	4	4	4	15	14	1.276	25	W	L	W	W	L	1952-01-05	Millwall	A
12	-1	Leyton Orient	25	7	3	3	16	12	3	2	7	9	21	0.758	25	L	W	L	D	L	1952-01-05	Colchester United	H
13	0	Colchester United	24	5	4	3	17	14	3	4	5	19	26	0.9	24	W	W	W	D	D	1952-01-05	Leyton Orient	A
14	0	Watford	24	2	5	5	16	24	6	3	3	19	16	0.875	24	W	W	L	L	W	1952-01-05	Bristol Rovers	H
15	0	Gillingham	24	6	3	3	26	15	1	4	7	17	25	1.075	21	L	L	L	L	L	1952-01-05	Newport County	H
16	1	Bristol City	24	5	4	3	16	14	2	3	7	9	19	0.758	21	W	D	D	L	L	1952-01-05	Port Vale	H
17	1	Torquay United	25	4	2	7	22	26	4	3	5	18	31	0.702	21	W	W	L	L	W	1952-01-05	Reading	H
18	-2	Crystal Palace	24	5	2	6	16	16	4	0	7	20	28	0.818	20	D	L	L	D	W	1952-01-05	Swindon Town	A
19	0	Walsall	25	6	3	4	21	18	2	0	10	7	33	0.549	19	L	L	W	L	L	1952-01-05	Exeter City	H
20	0	Ipswich Town	24	6	1	5	25	18	2	1	9	9	26	0.773	18	L	L	L	W	L	1952-01-05	Northampton Town	H
21	1	Aldershot	24	5	1	7	16	17	2	2	7	17	32	0.673	17	L	L	L	W	L	1952-01-05	Plymouth Argyle	H
22	-1	Shrewsbury Town	25	6	1	7	20	22	1	2	8	17	35	0.649	17	L	L	L	W	L	1952-01-05	Norwich City	H
23	1	Exeter City	24	6	1	5	25	23	0	3	9	10	29	0.673	16	W	L	W	L	L	1952-01-05	Walsall	A
24	-1	Port Vale	25	2	9	1	14	12	1	1	11	7	29	0.512	16	L	D	L	D	L	1952-01-05	Bristol City	A