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

Final league tables The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. 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.

First Division

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.

Results

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Second Division

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Third Division North

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Third Division South

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Attendances Source:

Division One No. Club Average 1 Tottenham Hotspur FC 55,509 2 Arsenal FC 50,474 3 Newcastle United FC 46,651 4 Everton FC 42,924 5 Sheffield Wednesday FC 41,222 6 Sunderland AFC 39,766 7 Chelsea FC 39,667 8 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 39,616 9 Manchester United 39,008 10 Aston Villa FC 38,369 11 Liverpool FC 38,294 12 Middlesbrough FC 36,123 13 Bolton Wanderers FC 33,142 14 Portsmouth FC 32,794 15 West Bromwich Albion FC 30,957 16 Fulham FC 30,527 17 Charlton Athletic FC 29,293 18 Burnley FC 28,296 19 Huddersfield Town AFC 27,141 20 Stoke City FC 25,791 21 Blackpool FC 25,595 22 Derby County FC 23,259

Division Two No. Club Average 1 Manchester City FC 35,016 2 Hull City AFC 31,872 3 Preston North End FC 31,259 4 Notts County FC 30,115 5 Cardiff City FC 28,412 6 Sheffield United FC 27,488 7 Leicester City FC 27,293 8 Coventry City FC 26,694 9 Leeds United FC 26,105 10 Blackburn Rovers FC 24,830 11 Birmingham City FC 24,550 12 Doncaster Rovers FC 22,838 13 Southampton FC 21,816 14 West Ham United FC 21,540 15 Brentford FC 19,593 16 Swansea City AFC 19,398 17 Barnsley FC 19,159 18 Queens Park Rangers FC 16,866 19 Grimsby Town FC 16,050 20 Bury FC 15,101 21 Luton Town FC 14,319 22 Chesterfield FC 13,077

Division Three

No. Club Average 1 Norwich City FC 24,503 2 Nottingham Forest FC 22,636 3 Millwall FC 20,161 4 Bristol City FC 18,457 5 Bristol Rovers FC 17,763 6 Plymouth Argyle FC 16,542 7 Reading FC 15,973 8 Crystal Palace FC 13,828 9 Oldham Athletic FC 13,579 10 Ipswich Town FC 13,130 11 Rotherham United FC 12,957 12 AFC Bournemouth 12,730 13 Bradford City AFC 12,512 14 Gillingham FC 12,256 15 Bradford Park Avenue AFC 12,253 16 Carlisle United FC 11,696 17 Newport County AFC 11,506 18 Leyton Orient FC 11,194 19 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 11,163 20 Port Vale FC 10,832 21 Swindon Town FC 10,712 22 Colchester United FC 10,573 23 Lincoln City FC 10,440 24 Southend United FC 10,362 25 Northampton Town FC 10,308 26 Mansfield Town FC 10,262 27 Stockport County FC 10,006 28 Tranmere Rovers 9,869 29 Exeter City FC 9,771 30 Watford FC 9,615 31 Scunthorpe United FC 9,533 32 Shrewsbury Town FC 9,096 33 Wrexham AFC 8,803 34 Walsall FC 8,788 35 Gateshead AFC 8,500 36 Torquay United FC 7,805 37 York City FC 7,513 38 Hartlepool United FC 7,492 39 Aldershot Town FC 7,349 40 Halifax Town AFC 7,199 41 Crewe Alexandra FC 6,736 42 Rochdale AFC 6,519 43 Chester City FC 5,951 44 Barrow AFC 5,778 45 Darlington FC 5,680 46 Southport FC 5,650 47 Accrington Stanley FC 4,562 48 New Brighton AFC 4,046

See also 1950-51 in English football

References

Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.