Season | 1952β53 |
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Champions | Arsenal |
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The 1952β 53 season was the 54th completed season of The Football League.
The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website [1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888β89 to 1978β79, [2] with home and away statistics separated.
Beginning with the season 1894β95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976β77 season.
From the 1922β23 season, the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South were required to apply for re-election. [2]
Season | 1952β53 |
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Champions |
Arsenal 7th English title |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,508 (3.26 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Charlie Wayman (24 goals) [3] [4] |
Biggest home win |
Tottenham Hotspur 7β1
Middlesbrough (25 December 1952) Aston Villa 6β0 Portsmouth (18 February 1953) Cardiff City 6β0 Manchester City (21 February 1953) |
Biggest away win |
Bolton Wanderers 0β5
Portsmouth (20 September 1952) Preston North End 0β5 Manchester United (18 October 1952) |
Highest scoring |
Blackpool 8β4
Charlton Athletic (27 September 1952) |
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Arsenal won their second league title of the postwar era, finishing ahead of runners-up Preston North End on goal average - denying them a first league title since they won the first two English Football League titles more than 60 years earlier. Wolverhampton Wanderers bounced back after two disappointing seasons to finish third, three points short of the title. They finished one point ahead of their local rivals West Bromwich Albion. Defending champions Manchester United, in a period of transition as the team captained by Johnny Carey started to make way for a younger generation of players,[ citation needed] finished eighth.
Stoke City and Derby County, who had been among the First Division's leading lights in the first few postwar seasons, went down to the Second Division after several seasons of gradually declining form.[ citation needed] Liverpool, the 1947 champions, avoided the drop by just two points.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
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1 | Arsenal (C) | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 97 | 64 | 1.516 | 54 | |
2 | Preston North End | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 85 | 60 | 1.417 | 54 | |
3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 86 | 63 | 1.365 | 51 | |
4 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 66 | 60 | 1.100 | 50 | |
5 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 77 | 63 | 1.222 | 49 | |
6 | Burnley | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 67 | 52 | 1.288 | 48 | |
7 | Blackpool | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 71 | 70 | 1.014 | 47 | |
8 | Manchester United | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 69 | 72 | 0.958 | 46 | |
9 | Sunderland | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 68 | 82 | 0.829 | 43 | |
10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 78 | 69 | 1.130 | 41 | |
11 | Aston Villa | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 63 | 61 | 1.033 | 41 | |
12 | Cardiff City | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 54 | 46 | 1.174 | 40 | |
13 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 70 | 77 | 0.909 | 39 | |
14 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 61 | 69 | 0.884 | 39 | |
15 | Portsmouth | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 74 | 83 | 0.892 | 38 | |
16 | Newcastle United | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 59 | 70 | 0.843 | 37 | |
17 | Liverpool | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 61 | 82 | 0.744 | 36 | |
18 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 62 | 72 | 0.861 | 35 | |
19 | Chelsea | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 56 | 66 | 0.848 | 35 | |
20 | Manchester City | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 72 | 87 | 0.828 | 35 | |
21 | Stoke City (R) | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 53 | 66 | 0.803 | 34 | Relegation to the Second Division |
22 | Derby County (R) | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 59 | 74 | 0.797 | 32 |
Season | 1952β53 |
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Champions | Sheffield United |
Promoted |
Sheffield United Huddersfield Town |
Relegated |
Southampton Barnsley |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,535 (3.32 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Arthur Rowley (39 goals) [4] |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Sheffield United (C, P) | 42 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 97 | 55 | 1.764 | 60 | Promotion to the First Division |
2 | Huddersfield Town (P) | 42 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 84 | 33 | 2.545 | 58 | |
3 | Luton Town | 42 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 84 | 49 | 1.714 | 52 | |
4 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 65 | 60 | 1.083 | 49 | |
5 | Leicester City | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 89 | 74 | 1.203 | 48 | |
6 | Birmingham City | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 71 | 66 | 1.076 | 48 | |
7 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 77 | 67 | 1.149 | 44 | |
8 | Fulham | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 81 | 71 | 1.141 | 44 | |
9 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 68 | 65 | 1.046 | 44 | |
10 | Leeds United | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 71 | 63 | 1.127 | 43 | |
11 | Swansea Town | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 78 | 81 | 0.963 | 42 | |
12 | Rotherham United | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 75 | 74 | 1.014 | 41 | |
13 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 58 | 64 | 0.906 | 40 | |
14 | West Ham United | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 58 | 60 | 0.967 | 39 | |
15 | Lincoln City | 42 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 64 | 71 | 0.901 | 39 | |
16 | Everton | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 71 | 75 | 0.947 | 38 | |
17 | Brentford | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 59 | 76 | 0.776 | 37 | |
18 | Hull City | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 57 | 69 | 0.826 | 36 | |
19 | Notts County | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 60 | 88 | 0.682 | 36 | |
20 | Bury | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 53 | 81 | 0.654 | 35 | |
21 | Southampton (R) | 42 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 68 | 85 | 0.800 | 33 | Relegation to the Third Division South |
22 | Barnsley (R) | 42 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 47 | 108 | 0.435 | 18 | Relegation to the Third Division North |
Season | 1952β53 |
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Champions | Oldham Athletic (1st title) |
Failed re-election | none |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1,604 (2.91 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jimmy Whitehouse ( Carlisle United), 29 [4] |
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Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Oldham Athletic (C, P) | 46 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 1.711 | 59 | Promoted to the Second Division |
2 | Port Vale [a] | 46 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 41 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 1.914 | 58 | |
3 | Wrexham | 46 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 59 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 42 | 1.303 | 56 | |
4 | York City | 46 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 1.333 | 53 | |
5 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 1.271 | 52 | |
6 | Southport | 46 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 42 | 1.050 | 51 | |
7 | Bradford Park Avenue | 46 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 37 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 38 | 1.230 | 50 | |
8 | Gateshead | 46 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 36 | 1.267 | 49 | |
9 | Carlisle United | 46 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 57 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 44 | 1.206 | 49 | |
10 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 46 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 40 | 1.029 | 48 | |
11 | Stockport County | 46 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 61 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 43 | 1.188 | 47 | |
12 | Chesterfield | 46 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 40 | 1.032 | 47 | |
13 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 20 | 47 | 1.032 | 47 | |
14 | Halifax Town | 46 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 31 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 37 | 1.000 | 47 | |
15 | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | 46 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 35 | 1.107 | 46 | |
16 | Bradford City | 46 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 54 | 29 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 51 | 0.938 | 46 | |
17 | Hartlepools United | 46 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 45 | 0.934 | 46 | |
18 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 34 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 37 | 0.887 | 46 | |
19 | Barrow | 46 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 48 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 51 | 0.930 | 44 | |
20 | Chester | 46 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 58 | 0.753 | 37 | |
21 | Darlington | 46 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 25 | 69 | 0.604 | 34 | |
22 | Rochdale | 46 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 56 | 0.747 | 33 | |
23 | Workington | 46 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 40 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 58 | 0.604 | 32 | Re-elected |
24 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 60 | 0.438 | 27 |
Season | 1952β53 |
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Champions | Bristol Rovers (1st title) |
Failed re-election | none |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1,745 (3.16 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Geoff Bradford ( Bristol Rovers), 33 [4] |
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Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 55 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 27 | 2.000 | 64 | Division Champions, promoted |
2 | Millwall | 46 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 46 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 28 | 1.864 | 62 | |
3 | Northampton Town | 46 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 75 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 40 | 1.557 | 62 | |
4 | Norwich City | 46 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 56 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 43 | 38 | 1.800 | 60 | |
5 | Bristol City | 46 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 62 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 1.557 | 59 | |
6 | Coventry City | 46 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 52 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 40 | 1.242 | 50 | |
7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 48 | 30 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 45 | 1.080 | 50 | |
8 | Southend United | 46 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 53 | 0.932 | 49 | |
9 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 46 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 49 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 46 | 1.072 | 47 | |
10 | Watford | 46 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 39 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 42 | 0.984 | 47 | |
11 | Reading | 46 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 53 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 46 | 1.078 | 46 | |
12 | Torquay United | 46 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 61 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 26 | 60 | 0.989 | 45 | |
13 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 40 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 56 | 0.805 | 43 | |
14 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 52 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 45 | 0.932 | 42 | |
15 | Newport County | 46 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 48 | 0.854 | 42 | |
16 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 41 | 0.870 | 41 | |
17 | Exeter City | 46 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 40 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 47 | 0.859 | 40 | |
18 | Swindon Town | 46 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 33 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 46 | 0.810 | 40 | |
19 | Aldershot | 46 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 48 | 0.792 | 39 | |
20 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 37 | 34 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 48 | 0.744 | 39 | |
21 | Gillingham | 46 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 48 | 0.743 | 39 | |
22 | Colchester United | 46 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 40 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 47 | 0.776 | 38 | |
23 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 35 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 56 | 0.747 | 36 | Re-elected |
24 | Walsall | 46 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 72 | 0.475 | 24 |
Season | 1952β53 |
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Champions | Arsenal |
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The 1952β 53 season was the 54th completed season of The Football League.
The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website [1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888β89 to 1978β79, [2] with home and away statistics separated.
Beginning with the season 1894β95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976β77 season.
From the 1922β23 season, the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South were required to apply for re-election. [2]
Season | 1952β53 |
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Champions |
Arsenal 7th English title |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,508 (3.26 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Charlie Wayman (24 goals) [3] [4] |
Biggest home win |
Tottenham Hotspur 7β1
Middlesbrough (25 December 1952) Aston Villa 6β0 Portsmouth (18 February 1953) Cardiff City 6β0 Manchester City (21 February 1953) |
Biggest away win |
Bolton Wanderers 0β5
Portsmouth (20 September 1952) Preston North End 0β5 Manchester United (18 October 1952) |
Highest scoring |
Blackpool 8β4
Charlton Athletic (27 September 1952) |
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Arsenal won their second league title of the postwar era, finishing ahead of runners-up Preston North End on goal average - denying them a first league title since they won the first two English Football League titles more than 60 years earlier. Wolverhampton Wanderers bounced back after two disappointing seasons to finish third, three points short of the title. They finished one point ahead of their local rivals West Bromwich Albion. Defending champions Manchester United, in a period of transition as the team captained by Johnny Carey started to make way for a younger generation of players,[ citation needed] finished eighth.
Stoke City and Derby County, who had been among the First Division's leading lights in the first few postwar seasons, went down to the Second Division after several seasons of gradually declining form.[ citation needed] Liverpool, the 1947 champions, avoided the drop by just two points.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
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1 | Arsenal (C) | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 97 | 64 | 1.516 | 54 | |
2 | Preston North End | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 85 | 60 | 1.417 | 54 | |
3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 86 | 63 | 1.365 | 51 | |
4 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 66 | 60 | 1.100 | 50 | |
5 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 77 | 63 | 1.222 | 49 | |
6 | Burnley | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 67 | 52 | 1.288 | 48 | |
7 | Blackpool | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 71 | 70 | 1.014 | 47 | |
8 | Manchester United | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 69 | 72 | 0.958 | 46 | |
9 | Sunderland | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 68 | 82 | 0.829 | 43 | |
10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 78 | 69 | 1.130 | 41 | |
11 | Aston Villa | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 63 | 61 | 1.033 | 41 | |
12 | Cardiff City | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 54 | 46 | 1.174 | 40 | |
13 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 70 | 77 | 0.909 | 39 | |
14 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 61 | 69 | 0.884 | 39 | |
15 | Portsmouth | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 74 | 83 | 0.892 | 38 | |
16 | Newcastle United | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 59 | 70 | 0.843 | 37 | |
17 | Liverpool | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 61 | 82 | 0.744 | 36 | |
18 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 62 | 72 | 0.861 | 35 | |
19 | Chelsea | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 56 | 66 | 0.848 | 35 | |
20 | Manchester City | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 72 | 87 | 0.828 | 35 | |
21 | Stoke City (R) | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 53 | 66 | 0.803 | 34 | Relegation to the Second Division |
22 | Derby County (R) | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 59 | 74 | 0.797 | 32 |
Season | 1952β53 |
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Champions | Sheffield United |
Promoted |
Sheffield United Huddersfield Town |
Relegated |
Southampton Barnsley |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,535 (3.32 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Arthur Rowley (39 goals) [4] |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Sheffield United (C, P) | 42 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 97 | 55 | 1.764 | 60 | Promotion to the First Division |
2 | Huddersfield Town (P) | 42 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 84 | 33 | 2.545 | 58 | |
3 | Luton Town | 42 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 84 | 49 | 1.714 | 52 | |
4 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 65 | 60 | 1.083 | 49 | |
5 | Leicester City | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 89 | 74 | 1.203 | 48 | |
6 | Birmingham City | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 71 | 66 | 1.076 | 48 | |
7 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 77 | 67 | 1.149 | 44 | |
8 | Fulham | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 81 | 71 | 1.141 | 44 | |
9 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 68 | 65 | 1.046 | 44 | |
10 | Leeds United | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 71 | 63 | 1.127 | 43 | |
11 | Swansea Town | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 78 | 81 | 0.963 | 42 | |
12 | Rotherham United | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 75 | 74 | 1.014 | 41 | |
13 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 58 | 64 | 0.906 | 40 | |
14 | West Ham United | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 58 | 60 | 0.967 | 39 | |
15 | Lincoln City | 42 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 64 | 71 | 0.901 | 39 | |
16 | Everton | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 71 | 75 | 0.947 | 38 | |
17 | Brentford | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 59 | 76 | 0.776 | 37 | |
18 | Hull City | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 57 | 69 | 0.826 | 36 | |
19 | Notts County | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 60 | 88 | 0.682 | 36 | |
20 | Bury | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 53 | 81 | 0.654 | 35 | |
21 | Southampton (R) | 42 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 68 | 85 | 0.800 | 33 | Relegation to the Third Division South |
22 | Barnsley (R) | 42 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 47 | 108 | 0.435 | 18 | Relegation to the Third Division North |
Season | 1952β53 |
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Champions | Oldham Athletic (1st title) |
Failed re-election | none |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1,604 (2.91 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jimmy Whitehouse ( Carlisle United), 29 [4] |
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Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Oldham Athletic (C, P) | 46 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 1.711 | 59 | Promoted to the Second Division |
2 | Port Vale [a] | 46 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 41 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 1.914 | 58 | |
3 | Wrexham | 46 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 59 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 42 | 1.303 | 56 | |
4 | York City | 46 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 1.333 | 53 | |
5 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 1.271 | 52 | |
6 | Southport | 46 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 42 | 1.050 | 51 | |
7 | Bradford Park Avenue | 46 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 37 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 38 | 1.230 | 50 | |
8 | Gateshead | 46 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 36 | 1.267 | 49 | |
9 | Carlisle United | 46 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 57 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 44 | 1.206 | 49 | |
10 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 46 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 40 | 1.029 | 48 | |
11 | Stockport County | 46 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 61 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 43 | 1.188 | 47 | |
12 | Chesterfield | 46 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 40 | 1.032 | 47 | |
13 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 20 | 47 | 1.032 | 47 | |
14 | Halifax Town | 46 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 31 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 37 | 1.000 | 47 | |
15 | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | 46 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 35 | 1.107 | 46 | |
16 | Bradford City | 46 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 54 | 29 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 51 | 0.938 | 46 | |
17 | Hartlepools United | 46 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 45 | 0.934 | 46 | |
18 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 34 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 37 | 0.887 | 46 | |
19 | Barrow | 46 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 48 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 51 | 0.930 | 44 | |
20 | Chester | 46 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 58 | 0.753 | 37 | |
21 | Darlington | 46 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 25 | 69 | 0.604 | 34 | |
22 | Rochdale | 46 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 56 | 0.747 | 33 | |
23 | Workington | 46 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 40 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 58 | 0.604 | 32 | Re-elected |
24 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 60 | 0.438 | 27 |
Season | 1952β53 |
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Champions | Bristol Rovers (1st title) |
Failed re-election | none |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1,745 (3.16 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Geoff Bradford ( Bristol Rovers), 33 [4] |
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Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 55 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 27 | 2.000 | 64 | Division Champions, promoted |
2 | Millwall | 46 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 46 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 28 | 1.864 | 62 | |
3 | Northampton Town | 46 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 75 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 40 | 1.557 | 62 | |
4 | Norwich City | 46 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 56 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 43 | 38 | 1.800 | 60 | |
5 | Bristol City | 46 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 62 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 1.557 | 59 | |
6 | Coventry City | 46 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 52 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 40 | 1.242 | 50 | |
7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 48 | 30 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 45 | 1.080 | 50 | |
8 | Southend United | 46 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 53 | 0.932 | 49 | |
9 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 46 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 49 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 46 | 1.072 | 47 | |
10 | Watford | 46 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 39 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 42 | 0.984 | 47 | |
11 | Reading | 46 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 53 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 46 | 1.078 | 46 | |
12 | Torquay United | 46 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 61 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 26 | 60 | 0.989 | 45 | |
13 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 40 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 56 | 0.805 | 43 | |
14 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 52 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 45 | 0.932 | 42 | |
15 | Newport County | 46 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 48 | 0.854 | 42 | |
16 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 41 | 0.870 | 41 | |
17 | Exeter City | 46 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 40 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 47 | 0.859 | 40 | |
18 | Swindon Town | 46 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 33 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 46 | 0.810 | 40 | |
19 | Aldershot | 46 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 48 | 0.792 | 39 | |
20 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 37 | 34 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 48 | 0.744 | 39 | |
21 | Gillingham | 46 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 48 | 0.743 | 39 | |
22 | Colchester United | 46 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 40 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 47 | 0.776 | 38 | |
23 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 35 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 56 | 0.747 | 36 | Re-elected |
24 | Walsall | 46 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 72 | 0.475 | 24 |