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(Top) 1 Final league tables 2 First Division 2.1 Results 2.2 Maps 3 Second Division 3.1 Results 3.2 Maps 4 Third Division North 4.1 Results 4.2 Maps 5 Third Division South 5.1 Results 5.2 Maps 6 See also 7 References

1950–51 Football League

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The Football League
Season	1950–51
Champions	Tottenham Hotspur
Relegated	New Brighton
New clubs in League	Colchester United, Gillingham, Scunthorpe & Lindsey United, Shrewsbury Town
← 1949–50 1951–52 →

The 1950–51 season was the 52nd completed season of The Football League.

Final league tables

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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 1888–89 to 1978–79,^[2] with home and away statistics separated.

Beginning with the season 1894–95, 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 1976–77 season.

From the 1922–23 season, the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South were required to apply for re-election.^[2]

First Division

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First Division
Season	1950–51
Champions	Tottenham Hotspur 1st English title
Relegated	Sheffield Wednesday Everton
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,413 (3.06 per match)
Top goalscorer	Stan Mortensen (30 goals)^[3]
← 1949–50 1951–52 →

Newly promoted Tottenham Hotspur won the First Division title for the first time in their history, and achieved the rare distinction of lifting the First Division title one season after promotion. They finished four points ahead of their nearest rivals Manchester United.

Sheffield Wednesday and Everton were relegated to the Second Division, bracketed together at the bottom of the First Division on 32 points. Chelsea survived on goal average.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Tottenham Hotspur (C)	42	25	10	7	82	44	1.864	60
2	Manchester United	42	24	8	10	74	40	1.850	56
3	Blackpool	42	20	10	12	79	53	1.491	50
4	Newcastle United	42	18	13	11	62	53	1.170	49
5	Arsenal	42	19	9	14	73	56	1.304	47
6	Middlesbrough	42	18	11	13	76	65	1.169	47
7	Portsmouth	42	16	15	11	71	68	1.044	47
8	Bolton Wanderers	42	19	7	16	64	61	1.049	45
9	Liverpool	42	16	11	15	53	59	0.898	43
10	Burnley	42	14	14	14	48	43	1.116	42
11	Derby County	42	16	8	18	81	75	1.080	40
12	Sunderland	42	12	16	14	63	73	0.863	40
13	Stoke City	42	13	14	15	50	59	0.847	40
14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	15	8	19	74	61	1.213	38
15	Aston Villa	42	12	13	17	66	68	0.971	37
16	West Bromwich Albion	42	13	11	18	53	61	0.869	37
17	Charlton Athletic	42	14	9	19	63	80	0.788	37
18	Fulham	42	13	11	18	52	68	0.765	37
19	Huddersfield Town	42	15	6	21	64	92	0.696	36
20	Chelsea	42	12	8	22	53	65	0.815	32
21	Sheffield Wednesday (R)	42	12	8	22	64	83	0.771	32	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Everton (R)	42	12	8	22	48	86	0.558	32	Relegation to the Second Division

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away	ARS	AST	BLP	BOL	BUR	CHA	CHE	DER	EVE	FUL	HUD	LIV	MUN	MID	NEW	POR	SHW	STK	SUN	TOT	WBA	WOL
Arsenal		2–1	4–4	1–1	0–1	2–5	0–0	3–1	2–1	5–1	6–2	1–2	3–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	3–0	0–3	5–1	2–2	3–0	2–1
Aston Villa	1–1		0–3	0–1	3–2	0–0	4–2	1–1	3–3	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–3	0–1	3–0	3–3	2–1	6–2	3–1	2–3	2–0	1–0
Blackpool	0–1	1–1		2–0	1–2	0–0	3–2	3–1	4–0	4–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	3–0	3–2	3–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–1
Bolton Wanderers	3–0	1–0	1–2		1–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	0–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	0–2	4–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–4	0–2	2–1
Burnley	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–0		5–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–0
Charlton Athletic	1–3	2–2	2–3	4–3	0–0		1–2	1–2	2–1	0–0	3–2	1–0	1–2	3–0	1–3	0–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–3	3–2
Chelsea	0–1	1–1	0–2	4–0	0–2	2–3		1–2	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–4	4–0	1–1	3–0	0–2	1–1	2–1
Derby County	4–2	4–2	4–1	2–2	1–1	5–0	1–0		0–1	3–2	3–0	1–2	2–4	6–0	1–2	2–3	4–1	1–1	6–5	1–1	1–1	1–2
Everton	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–2		1–0	3–2	1–3	1–4	3–2	3–1	1–5	0–0	0–3	3–1	1–2	0–3	1–1
Fulham	3–2	2–1	2–2	0–1	4–1	1–3	1–2	3–5	1–5		1–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–4	4–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–1
Huddersfield Town	2–2	4–2	2–1	0–4	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–2		2–2	2–3	2–3	0–0	2–1	3–4	3–1	3–4	3–2	1–2	1–2
Liverpool	1–3	0–0	1–0	3–3	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–4		2–1	0–0	2–4	2–1	2–1	0–0	4–0	2–1	1–1	1–4
Manchester United	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–3	1–1	3–0	4–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	6–0	1–0		1–0	1–2	0–0	3–1	0–0	3–5	2–1	3–0	2–1
Middlesbrough	2–1	2–1	4–3	1–1	3–3	7–3	3–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	8–0	1–1	1–2		2–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–2
Newcastle United	2–1	0–1	4–2	0–1	2–1	3–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	6–0	1–1	0–2	1–0		0–0	2–0	3–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–1
Portsmouth	1–1	3–3	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–3	1–3	2–2	6–3	1–0	1–0	1–3	0–0	1–1	0–0		4–1	5–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–4
Sheffield Wednesday	0–2	3–2	3–1	3–4	0–1	1–2	2–2	4–3	6–0	2–2	3–2	4–1	0–4	0–1	0–0	2–1		1–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	2–2
Stoke City	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–3	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–2	1–1		2–4	0–0	1–1	0–1
Sunderland	0–2	3–3	0–2	1–2	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–0	4–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	5–1	1–1		0–0	1–1	0–0
Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	3–2	1–4	4–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–2	3–1	1–0	3–3	7–0	5–1	1–0	6–1	1–1		5–0	2–1
West Bromwich Albion	2–0	2–0	1–3	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	2–3	1–2	5–0	1–3	1–1	3–1	1–2		3–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	2–3	1–1	7–1	0–1	2–3	2–1	2–3	4–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–0	3–4	0–1	2–3	4–0	2–3	2–1	2–1	3–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Preston North End (C, P)	42	26	5	11	91	49	1.857	57	Promotion to the First Division
2	Manchester City (P)	42	19	14	9	89	61	1.459	52	Promotion to the First Division
3	Cardiff City	42	17	16	9	53	45	1.178	50
4	Birmingham City	42	20	9	13	64	53	1.208	49
5	Leeds United	42	20	8	14	63	55	1.145	48
6	Blackburn Rovers	42	19	8	15	65	66	0.985	46
7	Coventry City	42	19	7	16	75	59	1.271	45
8	Sheffield United	42	16	12	14	72	62	1.161	44
9	Brentford	42	18	8	16	75	74	1.014	44
10	Hull City	42	16	11	15	74	70	1.057	43
11	Doncaster Rovers	42	15	13	14	64	68	0.941	43
12	Southampton	42	15	13	14	66	73	0.904	43
13	West Ham United	42	16	10	16	68	69	0.986	42
14	Leicester City	42	15	11	16	68	58	1.172	41
15	Barnsley	42	15	10	17	74	68	1.088	40
16	Queens Park Rangers	42	15	10	17	71	82	0.866	40
17	Notts County	42	13	13	16	61	60	1.017	39
18	Swansea Town	42	16	4	22	54	77	0.701	36
19	Luton Town	42	9	14	19	57	70	0.814	32
20	Bury	42	12	8	22	60	86	0.698	32
21	Chesterfield (R)	42	9	12	21	44	69	0.638	30	Relegation to the Third Division North
22	Grimsby Town (R)	42	8	12	22	61	95	0.642	28	Relegation to the Third Division North

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Rotherham United	46	16	3	4	55	16	15	6	2	48	25	2.512	71	Division Champions, promoted
2	Mansfield Town	46	17	6	0	54	19	9	6	8	24	29	1.625	64
3	Carlisle United	46	18	4	1	44	17	7	8	8	35	33	1.580	62
4	Tranmere Rovers	46	15	5	3	51	26	9	6	8	32	36	1.339	59
5	Lincoln City	46	18	1	4	62	23	7	7	9	27	35	1.534	58
6	Bradford Park Avenue	46	15	3	5	46	23	8	5	10	44	49	1.250	54
7	Bradford City	46	13	4	6	55	30	8	6	9	35	33	1.429	52
8	Gateshead	46	17	1	5	60	21	4	7	12	24	41	1.355	50
9	Crewe Alexandra	46	11	5	7	38	26	8	5	10	23	34	1.017	48
10	Stockport County	46	15	3	5	45	26	5	5	13	18	37	1.000	48
11	Rochdale	46	11	6	6	38	18	6	5	12	31	44	1.113	45
12	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United^[a]	46	10	12	1	32	9	3	6	14	26	48	1.018	44
13	Chester	46	11	6	6	42	30	6	3	14	20	34	0.969	43
14	Wrexham	46	12	6	5	37	28	3	6	14	18	43	0.775	42
15	Oldham Athletic	46	10	5	8	47	36	6	3	14	26	37	1.000	40
16	Hartlepools United	46	14	5	4	55	26	2	2	19	9	40	0.970	39
17	York City	46	7	12	4	37	24	5	3	15	29	53	0.857	39
18	Darlington	46	10	8	5	35	29	3	5	15	24	48	0.766	39
19	Barrow	46	12	3	8	38	27	4	3	16	13	49	0.671	38
20	Shrewsbury Town^[a]	46	11	3	9	28	30	4	4	15	15	44	0.581	37	Transferred
21	Southport	46	9	4	10	29	25	4	6	13	27	47	0.778	36
22	Halifax Town	46	11	6	6	36	24	0	6	17	14	45	0.725	34
23	Accrington Stanley	46	10	4	9	28	29	1	6	16	14	72	0.416	32	Re-elected
24	New Brighton	46	7	6	10	22	32	4	2	17	18	58	0.444	30	Failed re-election

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Nottingham Forest	46	16	6	1	57	17	14	4	5	53	23	2.750	70	Division Champions, promoted
2	Norwich City	46	16	6	1	42	14	9	8	6	40	31	1.822	64
3	Reading	46	15	6	2	57	17	6	9	8	31	36	1.660	57
4	Plymouth Argyle	46	16	5	2	54	19	8	4	11	31	36	1.545	57
5	Millwall	46	15	6	2	52	23	8	4	11	28	34	1.404	56
6	Bristol Rovers	46	15	7	1	46	18	5	8	10	18	24	1.524	55
7	Southend United	46	15	4	4	64	27	6	6	11	28	42	1.333	52
8	Ipswich Town	46	15	4	4	48	24	8	2	13	21	34	1.190	52
9	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	17	5	1	49	16	5	2	16	16	41	1.140	51
10	Bristol City	46	15	4	4	41	25	5	7	11	23	34	1.085	51
11	Newport County	46	13	4	6	48	25	6	5	12	29	45	1.100	47
12	Port Vale	46	13	6	4	35	24	3	7	13	25	41	0.923	45
13	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	11	8	4	51	31	2	9	12	20	48	0.899	43
14	Exeter City	46	11	4	8	33	30	7	2	14	29	55	0.729	42
15	Walsall	46	12	4	7	32	20	3	6	14	20	42	0.839	40
16	Colchester United^[a]	46	12	5	6	43	25	2	7	14	20	51	0.829	40
17	Swindon Town	46	15	4	4	38	17	3	0	20	17	50	0.821	40
18	Aldershot	46	11	8	4	37	20	4	2	17	19	68	0.636	40
19	Leyton Orient	46	13	2	8	36	28	2	6	15	17	47	0.707	38
20	Torquay United	46	13	2	8	47	39	1	7	15	17	42	0.790	37
21	Northampton Town	46	8	9	6	39	30	2	7	14	16	37	0.821	36
22	Gillingham^[a]	46	10	7	6	41	30	3	2	18	28	71	0.683	35
23	Watford	46	8	5	10	29	28	1	6	16	25	60	0.614	29	Re-elected
24	Crystal Palace	46	6	5	12	18	39	2	6	15	15	45	0.393	27	Re-elected

v t e 1950–51 in European football
Domestic leagues	Albania '50 '51 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '50 '51 Cyprus Czechoslovakia '50 '51 Denmark England Faroe Islands '50 '51 Finland '50 '51 France East Germany West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary '50 '51 Iceland '50 '51 Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '50 '51 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '50 '51 Scotland Soviet Union '50 '51 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey (National Division '50, Football Championship '50 '51) Yugoslavia '50 '51
Domestic cups	Albania '50 '51 Bulgaria Cyprus England France Greece Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Northern Ireland Norway '50 '51 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '50 '51 Spain Sweden '50 '51 Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia '50 '51
League cups	Scotland
Super cups	Turkey '50
International competitions	Zentropa Cup