Easter Saturday 1952-04-12

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Bolton Wanderers	2	1	Arsenal	Burnden Park	47,940
Moir, Lofthouse	Lineups		Forbes
Burnley	0	2	Huddersfield Town	Turf Moor	23,081
	Lineups		Metcalfe, Glazzard
Charlton Athletic	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	The Valley	30,906
Vaughan	Lineups
Fulham	0	1	Sunderland	Craven Cottage	26,922
	Lineups		Shackleton
Manchester United	4	0	Liverpool	Old Trafford	42,970
Byrne 2, Downie, Rowley	Lineups
Middlesbrough	2	0	Aston Villa	Ayresome Park	36,448
McCrae, Delapenha	Lineups
Newcastle United	1	0	Manchester City	St James' Park	46,645
Robledo G	Lineups
Preston North End	1	0	Chelsea	Deepdale	28,081
Morrison	Lineups
Stoke City	2	3	Blackpool	Victoria Ground	24,895
Siddall, Malkin	Lineups		Brown 3
Tottenham Hotspur	3	1	Portsmouth	White Hart Lane	66,988
Duquemin, Baily 2	Lineups		Phillips
West Bromwich Albion	1	0	Derby County	The Hawthorns	27,733
Allen	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	0	Manchester United	38	12	3	3	40	19	8	7	5	38	29	1.625	50	W	D	L	L	W	1952-04-14	Burnley	H
2	0	Arsenal	37	11	6	1	45	27	8	4	7	24	22	1.408	48	L	D	W	D	W	1952-04-14	Blackpool	H
3	0	Portsmouth	39	13	3	4	41	23	7	5	7	26	31	1.241	48	L	W	W	L	W	1952-04-14	Derby County	A
4	0	Tottenham Hotspur	38	15	1	4	43	20	5	6	7	27	29	1.429	47	W	W	D	W	W	1952-04-14	Preston North End	A
5	1	Blackpool	39	12	4	4	38	25	6	4	9	23	31	1.089	44	W	D	W	W	W	1952-04-14	Arsenal	A
6	1	Bolton Wanderers	39	10	7	3	33	25	7	3	9	27	33	1.034	44	W	W	L	D	L	1952-04-14	Fulham	H
7	-2	Liverpool	39	6	10	3	29	22	6	8	6	26	32	1.019	42	L	W	W	D	W	1952-04-14	Manchester City	H
8	1	Preston North End	39	9	4	6	34	21	6	7	7	33	31	1.288	41	W	L	W	D	D	1952-04-14	Tottenham Hotspur	H
9	1	Charlton Athletic	38	11	4	3	36	22	5	5	10	27	38	1.05	41	W	D	W	D	L	1952-04-14	Stoke City	H
10	1	Newcastle United	37	11	4	4	55	23	5	4	9	31	41	1.344	40	W	L	L	L	D	1952-04-14	Middlesbrough	A
11	-3	Aston Villa	37	11	3	5	40	27	5	5	8	26	34	1.082	40	L	W	W	D	L	1952-04-14	Chelsea	A
12	3	Sunderland	39	7	6	7	38	27	7	4	8	26	30	1.123	38	W	W	D	W	D	1952-04-15	Huddersfield Town	A
13	-1	Burnley	39	8	6	6	31	19	6	4	9	22	34	1	38	L	D	W	L	L	1952-04-14	Manchester United	A
14	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	8	5	6	37	27	4	8	7	32	34	1.131	37	L	L	L	D	L	1952-04-14	West Bromwich Albion	A
15	-1	Manchester City	39	7	5	8	29	25	5	8	6	26	29	1.019	37	L	L	L	D	D	1952-04-14	Liverpool	A
16	0	Derby County	38	9	3	6	40	33	5	3	12	20	40	0.822	34	L	L	W	L	W	1952-04-14	Portsmouth	H
17	1	West Bromwich Albion	36	6	8	4	32	26	4	4	10	28	44	0.857	32	W	W	L	D	D	1952-04-14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
18	-1	Chelsea	35	9	2	7	25	24	4	3	10	18	31	0.782	31	L	W	L	W	W	1952-04-14	Aston Villa	H
19	0	Middlesbrough	37	9	4	5	29	24	3	2	14	24	57	0.654	30	W	W	L	D	L	1952-04-14	Newcastle United	H
20	0	Stoke City	38	6	6	7	28	29	4	1	14	14	48	0.545	27	L	L	W	L	D	1952-04-14	Charlton Athletic	A
21	0	Huddersfield Town	39	8	2	9	29	33	1	5	14	17	46	0.582	25	W	L	W	L	W	1952-04-15	Sunderland	H
22	0	Fulham	38	3	7	9	34	31	3	3	13	17	42	0.699	22	L	L	L	D	D	1952-04-14	Bolton Wanderers	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	1	0	Queens Park Rangers	St Andrew's	28,286
Trigg	Lineups
Brentford	1	1	Barnsley	Griffin Park	19,912
Goodwin	Lineups		Normanton
Cardiff City	1	0	Notts County	Ninian Park	24,178
Chisholm	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	2	1	Sheffield United	Belle Vue	22,870
Lawlor 2	Lineups		Ringstead
Everton	2	0	West Ham United	Goodison Park	36,498
Clinton, Hickson	Lineups
Leeds United	2	1	Bury	Elland Road	23,004
Mills 2	Lineups		Daniel
Leicester City	2	1	Blackburn Rovers	Filbert Street	24,418
Rowley 2 (1p)	Lineups		Quigley
Nottingham Forest	4	0	Hull City	City Ground	26,201
Ardron 2, Collindridge, Capel	Lineups
Rotherham United	0	1	Luton Town	Millmoor	17,309
	Lineups		Mitchell
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Swansea Town	Hillsborough	49,002
Quixall	Lineups		Beech C
Southampton	2	2	Coventry City	The Dell	20,790
Judd, Bates	Lineups		Lockhart 2

				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	Birmingham City	39	10	6	4	33	20	10	3	6	30	27	1.34	49	W	W	W	D	W	1952-04-14	Cardiff City	A
2	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	39	13	3	3	50	21	6	7	7	44	43	1.469	48	D	W	W	W	D	1952-04-14	Brentford	H
3	0	Nottingham Forest	39	11	6	3	38	21	6	6	7	34	37	1.241	46	W	D	D	L	L	1952-04-14	Leeds United	A
4	1	Leeds United	38	12	6	1	32	14	5	4	10	22	35	1.102	44	W	D	L	W	D	1952-04-14	Nottingham Forest	H
5	2	Cardiff City	37	14	2	1	40	12	2	8	10	18	37	1.184	42	W	L	D	D	W	1952-04-14	Birmingham City	H
6	0	Leicester City	38	11	5	3	45	23	6	3	10	28	39	1.177	42	W	L	L	L	W	1952-04-14	Rotherham United	A
7	-3	Rotherham United	38	11	4	4	39	20	6	4	9	32	41	1.164	42	L	W	W	D	D	1952-04-14	Leicester City	H
8	1	Everton	39	12	4	4	41	24	4	5	10	20	31	1.109	41	W	W	L	W	L	1952-04-14	Hull City	A
9	-1	Sheffield United	38	13	2	4	55	24	4	3	12	30	44	1.25	39	L	L	W	W	L	1952-04-14	Queens Park Rangers	A
10	2	Luton Town	37	7	6	5	38	30	7	5	7	28	35	1.015	39	W	W	L	W	W	1952-04-14	Coventry City	H
11	-1	Southampton	39	11	6	3	40	24	3	5	11	20	44	0.882	39	D	D	W	L	W	1952-04-14	Doncaster Rovers	A
12	-1	Brentford	37	10	5	3	31	18	4	5	10	19	29	1.064	38	D	L	W	L	W	1952-04-14	Sheffield Wednesday	A
13	1	Doncaster Rovers	38	9	4	6	29	26	4	7	8	25	30	0.964	37	W	D	W	W	D	1952-04-14	Southampton	H
14	-1	West Ham United	38	12	5	3	44	29	2	4	12	16	44	0.822	37	L	W	D	W	L	1952-04-14	Notts County	A
15	0	Blackburn Rovers	38	10	3	7	32	28	5	2	11	15	28	0.839	35	L	W	L	D	L	1952-04-14	Barnsley	A
16	0	Notts County	39	9	5	5	39	27	5	1	14	25	40	0.955	34	L	L	L	L	D	1952-04-14	West Ham United	H
17	1	Barnsley	38	8	6	5	37	30	3	6	10	17	34	0.844	34	D	L	D	W	L	1952-04-14	Blackburn Rovers	H
18	-1	Bury	39	12	2	6	40	21	1	5	13	22	44	0.954	33	L	W	L	L	W	1952-04-14	Swansea Town	A
19	0	Swansea Town	39	9	4	6	41	23	1	8	11	24	49	0.903	32	D	L	D	L	L	1952-04-14	Bury	H
20	1	Coventry City	38	8	5	6	31	29	5	1	13	21	44	0.712	32	D	W	L	W	L	1952-04-14	Luton Town	A
21	-1	Hull City	39	9	5	5	39	22	1	6	13	15	47	0.783	31	L	L	W	D	D	1952-04-14	Everton	H
22	0	Queens Park Rangers	38	6	8	5	30	33	2	4	13	14	42	0.587	28	L	D	L	D	L	1952-04-14	Sheffield United	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	1	1	Tranmere Rovers	Peel Park	6,247
Watkinson (p)	Lineups		McDevitt
Barrow	0	0	York City	Holker Street	5,703
	Lineups
Bradford	2	0	Darlington	Park Avenue	9,538
Turner, Smith	Lineups
Carlisle United	3	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Brunton Park	6,981
Ashman, Caton, Jackson	Lineups
Chesterfield	1	0	Oldham Athletic	Saltergate Recreation Ground	10,945
Harrison (p)	Lineups
Grimsby Town	2	1	Bradford City	Blundell Park	16,892
Maddison, Cairns	Lineups		Ward
Halifax Town	0	1	Gateshead	The Shay	7,553
	Lineups		Wilbert
Mansfield Town	2	1	Crewe Alexandra	Field Mill	8,136
Fox, Reeve	Lineups		Smith
Rochdale	1	0	Southport	Spotland	3,916
Foulds	Lineups
Stockport County	1	1	Lincoln City	Edgeley Park	18,736
Connor	Lineups		Finch
Workington	2	2	Chester	Borough Park	5,584
McDowall 2 (1p)	Lineups		Coffin, Astbury
Wrexham	0	0	Hartlepools United	Racecourse Ground	7,788
	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	42	16	2	2	67	22	10	7	5	39	28	2.12	61	D	W	D	L	W	1952-04-14	Southport	H
2	0	Grimsby Town	40	16	2	2	50	13	9	4	7	33	29	1.976	56	W	W	L	W	W	1952-04-14	Stockport County	A
3	0	Stockport County	41	11	8	2	44	16	11	2	7	25	20	1.917	54	D	L	D	W	W	1952-04-14	Grimsby Town	H
4	0	Oldham Athletic	40	16	2	1	54	16	5	6	10	24	37	1.472	50	L	W	W	L	L	1952-04-14	Hartlepools United	A
5	0	Carlisle United	42	10	7	5	31	22	9	5	6	27	26	1.208	50	W	W	D	D	D	1952-04-14	Wrexham	A
6	0	Mansfield Town	40	15	3	3	43	19	5	5	9	19	26	1.378	48	W	W	W	L	W	1952-04-14	Halifax Town	A
7	0	Gateshead	42	13	6	2	36	15	6	3	12	21	31	1.239	47	W	L	L	W	L	1952-04-14	York City	H
8	0	Bradford	40	13	5	3	49	25	5	5	9	19	26	1.333	46	W	W	W	W	D	1952-04-14	Rochdale	A
9	0	Hartlepools United	42	16	2	2	42	16	3	5	14	22	45	1.049	45	D	L	W	L	L	1952-04-14	Oldham Athletic	H
10	0	Barrow	41	13	5	4	32	17	4	5	10	22	37	1	44	D	W	D	W	L	1952-04-14	Workington	A
11	0	York City	40	14	3	2	47	16	2	7	12	18	31	1.383	42	D	W	W	W	L	1952-04-14	Gateshead	A
12	1	Chesterfield	41	14	6	1	43	14	2	4	14	17	41	1.091	42	W	L	L	W	L	1952-04-14	Accrington Stanley	H
13	-1	Tranmere Rovers	41	15	2	4	53	26	3	4	13	16	38	1.078	42	D	W	W	L	L	1952-04-14	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
14	0	Bradford City	41	10	4	5	33	26	4	4	14	19	34	0.867	36	L	L	D	W	W	1952-04-14	Darlington	H
15	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	40	9	8	2	35	21	3	4	14	25	51	0.833	36	L	L	W	W	L	1952-04-14	Tranmere Rovers	H
16	0	Crewe Alexandra	41	10	6	5	40	28	4	2	14	18	47	0.773	36	L	L	W	L	W	1952-04-14	Chester	A
17	0	Southport	40	11	5	4	34	20	2	5	13	14	43	0.762	36	L	L	L	W	D	1952-04-14	Lincoln City	A
18	0	Wrexham	42	13	3	4	37	20	1	4	17	20	48	0.838	35	D	L	L	D	D	1952-04-14	Carlisle United	H
19	0	Chester	41	12	2	6	42	28	2	5	14	25	52	0.838	35	D	W	D	W	D	1952-04-14	Crewe Alexandra	H
20	1	Rochdale	40	10	4	7	31	30	0	7	12	12	41	0.606	31	W	L	D	L	L	1952-04-14	Bradford	H
21	1	Accrington Stanley	41	5	8	8	23	30	4	3	13	30	53	0.639	29	D	W	L	D	L	1952-04-14	Chesterfield	A
22	-2	Darlington	42	9	5	7	36	32	1	4	16	22	63	0.611	29	L	W	W	L	D	1952-04-14	Bradford City	A
23	0	Halifax Town	41	8	4	8	28	23	2	3	16	26	70	0.581	27	L	L	L	L	W	1952-04-14	Mansfield Town	H
24	0	Workington	41	7	3	11	30	33	3	2	15	15	43	0.592	25	D	L	L	L	W	1952-04-14	Barrow	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	1	1	Ipswich Town	Recreation Ground	7,451
Menzies	Lineups		Garneys (p)
Bristol Rovers	5	0	Gillingham	Eastville	12,877
Roost 2, Lambden, Bradford, Petherbridge	Lineups
Colchester United	1	0	Southend United	Layer Road	11,967
McCurley	Lineups
Crystal Palace	1	1	Newport County	Selhurst Park	14,933
McGeachie (p)	Lineups		Lunn
Exeter City	2	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	St James Park	7,890
Howells, Mackay	Lineups		Cross, Gaynor
Leyton Orient	2	1	Northampton Town	Brisbane Road	8,776
Rees, Brown	Lineups		Adams
Norwich City	1	0	Millwall	Carrow Road	21,214
Ashman	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	2	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Home Park	32,288
Ratcliffe, Tadman	Lineups		McNichol 2
Shrewsbury Town	2	0	Bristol City	Gay Meadow	11,119
McCulloch 2	Lineups
Swindon Town	2	0	Reading	County Ground	17,984	Largest home gate 1951-52
Millar, Owen	Lineups
Walsall	3	0	Port Vale	Fellows Park	7,518
O'Neill 2, Evans	Lineups
Watford	1	2	Torquay United	Vicarage Road	8,452
Haigh	Lineups		Collins 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	0	Plymouth Argyle	41	19	2	1	68	17	8	5	6	32	27	2.273	61	D	W	W	D	W	1952-04-14	Exeter City	A
2	0	Reading	41	16	1	2	60	20	10	1	11	39	35	1.8	54	L	L	W	L	W	1952-04-14	Southend United	H
3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	41	14	3	3	52	20	9	5	7	30	37	1.439	54	D	L	D	L	W	1952-04-14	Bristol City	H
4	0	Norwich City	40	14	1	4	38	15	8	8	5	33	31	1.543	53	W	W	W	D	W	1952-04-14	Torquay United	H
5	0	Millwall	41	13	5	2	38	19	7	6	8	25	28	1.34	51	L	D	L	W	L	1952-04-19	Exeter City	H
6	0	Newport County	40	11	6	3	43	26	7	4	9	29	47	0.986	46	D	W	L	W	W	1952-04-14	Walsall	A
7	0	Bristol Rovers	40	11	4	4	46	17	6	7	8	26	27	1.636	45	W	L	D	W	L	1952-04-14	Colchester United	H
8	0	Northampton Town	39	14	1	5	52	27	5	3	11	23	32	1.271	42	L	W	W	W	L	1952-04-14	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
9	1	Colchester United	40	11	5	4	29	20	5	5	10	22	41	0.836	42	W	W	W	W	L	1952-04-14	Bristol Rovers	A
10	-1	Southend United	40	12	6	1	42	14	3	4	14	17	43	1.035	40	L	W	D	L	D	1952-04-14	Reading	A
11	0	Bristol City	39	12	5	4	40	25	2	5	11	12	31	0.929	38	L	W	W	W	L	1952-04-14	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
12	0	Ipswich Town	40	11	3	6	39	27	4	5	11	18	35	0.919	38	D	D	W	W	W	1952-04-14	Gillingham	H
13	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	40	9	4	7	34	26	5	5	10	22	33	0.949	37	D	L	L	W	W	1952-04-14	Northampton Town	H
14	1	Torquay United	41	7	3	10	45	40	7	6	8	31	47	0.874	37	W	W	D	D	W	1952-04-14	Norwich City	A
15	-2	Port Vale	41	8	11	1	29	15	3	4	14	16	44	0.763	37	L	D	W	W	W	1952-04-19	Shrewsbury Town	H
16	2	Swindon Town	39	7	8	4	24	19	5	4	11	22	42	0.754	36	W	L	L	L	L	1952-04-14	Aldershot	H
17	-1	Crystal Palace	40	8	5	7	25	23	6	2	12	29	44	0.806	35	D	L	L	W	L	1952-04-14	Watford	H
18	2	Leyton Orient	41	10	4	6	32	24	4	3	14	15	37	0.77	35	W	L	L	L	L	1952-04-14	Shrewsbury Town	H
19	0	Aldershot	40	8	4	8	31	25	6	2	12	33	58	0.771	34	D	W	L	L	W	1952-04-14	Swindon Town	A
20	-3	Watford	41	6	7	9	31	36	6	3	10	23	36	0.75	34	L	W	L	W	L	1952-04-14	Crystal Palace	A
21	1	Shrewsbury Town	41	10	3	9	32	28	1	7	11	24	48	0.737	32	W	L	D	D	D	1952-04-14	Leyton Orient	A
22	-1	Gillingham	40	8	7	5	39	28	1	5	14	22	42	0.871	30	L	D	W	L	D	1952-04-14	Ipswich Town	A
23	1	Walsall	41	10	3	8	36	30	2	2	16	15	53	0.614	29	W	L	L	L	D	1952-04-14	Newport County	H
24	-1	Exeter City	41	8	4	9	37	36	2	4	14	19	44	0.7	28	D	D	L	L	L	1952-04-14	Plymouth Argyle	H