Final League Table -
Division I
Teams in a silver box denotes a player
representing England in 1950-51
Teams in
italics were
relegated to the second division for the following season |
|
Team |
P |
Home |
Away |
₧
|
|
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
|
Tottenham Hotspur |
42 |
17 |
2 |
2 |
54 |
21 |
8 |
8 |
5 |
28 |
23 |
60 |
|
Manchester United |
42 |
14 |
4 |
3 |
42 |
16 |
10 |
4 |
7 |
32 |
24 |
56 |
|
Blackpool |
42 |
12 |
6 |
3 |
43 |
19 |
8 |
4 |
9 |
36 |
34 |
50 |
|
Newcastle United |
42 |
10 |
6 |
5 |
36 |
22 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
26 |
31 |
49 |
|
Arsenal |
42 |
11 |
5 |
5 |
47 |
28 |
8 |
4 |
9 |
26 |
28 |
47 |
|
Middlesbrough |
42 |
12 |
7 |
2 |
51 |
25 |
6 |
4 |
11 |
25 |
40 |
47 |
|
Portsmouth |
42 |
8 |
10 |
3 |
39 |
30 |
8 |
5 |
8 |
32 |
38 |
47 |
|
Bolton Wanderers |
42 |
11 |
2 |
8 |
31 |
20 |
8 |
5 |
8 |
33 |
41 |
45 |
|
Liverpool |
42 |
11 |
5 |
5 |
28 |
25 |
5 |
6 |
10 |
25 |
34 |
43 |
|
Burnley |
42 |
9 |
7 |
5 |
27 |
16 |
5 |
7 |
9 |
21 |
27 |
42 |
|
Derby
County |
42 |
10 |
5 |
6 |
53 |
33 |
6 |
3 |
12 |
28 |
42 |
40 |
|
Sunderland |
42 |
8 |
9 |
4 |
30 |
21 |
4 |
7 |
10 |
33 |
52 |
40 |
|
Stoke City |
42 |
10 |
5 |
6 |
28 |
19 |
3 |
9 |
9 |
22 |
40 |
40 |
|
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
42 |
9 |
3 |
9 |
44 |
30 |
6 |
5 |
10 |
30 |
31 |
38 |
|
Aston Villa |
42 |
9 |
6 |
6 |
39 |
29 |
3 |
7 |
11 |
27 |
39 |
37 |
|
West Bromwich Albion |
42 |
7 |
4 |
10 |
30 |
27 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
23 |
34 |
37 |
|
Charlton Athletic |
42 |
9 |
4 |
8 |
35 |
31 |
5 |
5 |
11 |
28 |
49 |
37 |
|
Fulham |
42 |
8 |
5 |
8 |
35 |
37 |
5 |
6 |
10 |
17 |
31 |
37 |
|
Huddersfield Town |
42 |
8 |
4 |
9 |
40 |
40 |
7 |
2 |
12 |
24 |
52 |
36 |
|
Chelsea |
42 |
9 |
4 |
8 |
31 |
25 |
3 |
4 |
14 |
22 |
40 |
32 |
|
Sheffield Wednesday |
42 |
9 |
6 |
6 |
43 |
32 |
3 |
2 |
16 |
21 |
51 |
32 |
|
Everton |
42 |
7 |
5 |
9 |
26 |
35 |
5 |
3 |
13 |
22 |
51 |
32 |
|
Tottenham Hotspur
recorded an eight-match winning run from 30 September 1950::
Aston V.
(a) 3-2, Burnley (h) 1-0, Chelsea (a) 2-0, Stoke (h) 6-1,
West Brom (a) 2-1, Portsmouth (h) 5-1, Everton (a) 2-1, Newcastle (h) 7-0, before
losing 3-2 at Huddersfield on 25 November 1950.
Blackburn
Rovers and Preston North End from the second division, also
had players representing England.
|
|
How The League Was Won 1950-51 Season |
|
Timeline |
|
38 Saturdays from 19 August 1950 to 5 May 1951, plus the first four
midweeks of
the season, Christmas Day (Monday, 25th December 1950), Boxing Day (Tuesday, 26th December 1950),
Good Friday,
23 March 1951 and Easter Monday, 26 March 1951.
Apart from the Christmas and Boxing Day
fixtures, there were no midweek games played between 13 September
1950 and 26 February 1951, when there was one game played on the
last Monday in February, and two, two days later. An additional
game was played on a Wednesday in March,
with two on the day after Easter Monday. Nine games were played on Wednesdays
in April,
with three on the first Wednesday in May. The
FA Cup took precedence on six weekends from the
third round on 6 January 1951 to the
final on 28 April 1951.
There were two weeks between
each round, apart from three weeks before the fourth round,
and seven weeks before the
final. Last
league games were on Saturday, 5 May 1951.
|
Saturday, 21 April 1951 |
Middlesbrough 1 Tottenham Hotspur 1
Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough
(36,689)
Spuhler
29
~ Murphy 21 |
Although United moved a point
closer to Tottenham, the newly-promoted Spurs had only to win
one of their two remaining home games to clinch their first
title. |
Newcastle United 0 Manchester United 2
St James' Park, Newcastle
(45,209)
Rowley 8,
Pearson 36 |
|
|
Saturday, 28 April 1951 |
3.00pm BST
Manchester United 6 Huddersfield Town 0
Old Trafford, Manchester
(28,310)
McShane 6, 74, Rowley 26,
Aston 40, 64, Downie
50 |
Another emphatic win for United,
their eighth in nine games, still couldn't dislodge the leaders,
who added their first league title to the previous year's
second-division championship, with their innovative 'push and
run' tactics. United had to settle for runners-up for the fourth
time in the five post-war seasons. Meanwhile,
at Wembley,
twelve miles from Tottenham,
Newcastle United were beating Blackpool in the FA Cup Final. |
3.15pm BST
Tottenham Hotspur 1 Sheffield Wednesday 0
White Hart Lane, London
(46,645)
Duquemin
44 |
|
|
|
The Elite League 1950-51 Season
(games between the top four) |
Only Manchester United remained from the previous season's top four.
Blackpool, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur replaced
Portsmouth,
Sunderland and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Games played between the top two:-
|
Saturday, 9 September 1950 |
Tottenham Hotspur 1 Manchester United 0
White Hart Lane, London
(60,621)
Walters |
|
Saturday, 13 January 1951 |
Manchester United 2 Tottenham Hotspur 1
Old Trafford, Manchester
(45,104)
Birch, Rowley
~ Baily |
|
|
The Continuous Post-War League
1946-51
(five seasons) |
|
United increased their lead to
22 points. |
|
Champions: Tottenham Hotspur |
Manager:
Arthur
Rowe
1950-51
Most Appearances
by England Players |
|
Name |
Played |
Goals |
|
Harry Clarke |
42 |
|
|
Ted Ditchburn |
42 |
|
|
Bill Nicholson |
41 |
1 |
|
Eddie Baily |
40 |
12 |
|
Alf Ramsey |
40 |
4 |
|
Arthur Willis |
39 |
|
|
Les Medley |
35 |
11 |
|
Ted Ditchburn did not play for England in the 1950-51 season,
Bill Nicholson did not play for England until the end of the season,
Arthur Willis did not play for England until the following season,
and Harry Clarke did not play for England
until 1954. |
|
|
Blackpool's Stan Mortensen was top scorer
with thirty goals. Second on the list
was Derby's Jack Lee, with 28.
|
|
|
England and the Football
League 1950-51 Season |
|
England's impact on the Football League |
Including the two matches at the end of the season, 14 of the 22 first division clubs were
represented, plus Blackburn Rovers and Preston North End from the
second division.
17 Football League games had a direct impact on
two of England's games, on 7 October 1950 and 14 April 1951,
including in the days prior to the Scotland game.
As a
result, on 7 October, England took Blackpool's Stan Matthews,
Bolton's Bobby Langton, Burnley's Tommy Cummings, Derby's Jackie Lee, Manchester United's Jack Aston
and Allenby Chilton,
Middlesbrough's Wilf Mannion, Newcastle's Jackie Milburn, Portsmouth's Jimmy Dickinson,
Tottenham's Eddie Baily and Alf Ramsey, and Bert Williams and Billy
Wright of Wolves. On
14 April, Mannion, Matthews, Milburn,
Ramsey, Williams and Wright were again missing from their
clubs, as were Blackburn's Bill Eckersley, Blackpool's Harry
Johnston and Stan Mortensen, Huddersfield's Harold Hassall,
Manchester United's Henry Cockburn, Portsmouth's Jack Froggatt, and
Tom Finney of Preston.
Three days before the game, on 11
April, Froggatt, MIlburn, Williams and Wright were unavailable for
the first of two club fixtures, due to their England call-ups. |
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