The City Ground

SEASON: 1951-52

Prev Season: 1950-51
Next Season: 1952-53

DIVISION:: English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Billy Walker
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Blackburn Rovers (A) 0-2)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Wally Ardron (29 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	11 times	14 times	8 times	4 times
Conceded	14 times	9 times	7 times	2 times	1 time
Won By	7 times	7 times	3 times	1 time
Lost By	5 times	5 times	2 times

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 40,005
Lowest League Attendance:: 18,975
Average League Attendance:: 28,158
Highest Cup Attendance:: 0
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 0

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 11
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

DIVISION TWO								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA*	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Sheffield Wednesday	42	21	11	10	100	66	14	4	3	54	23	7	7	7	46	43	1.515	53	Promoted as Champions	2-1	1-1
2	Cardiff City	42	20	11	11	72	54	18	2	1	52	15	2	9	10	20	39	1.333	51	Promoted	2-3	1-4
3	Birmingham City	42	21	9	12	67	56	11	6	4	36	21	10	3	8	31	35	1.196	51		0-1	2-0
4	Nottingham Forest	42	18	13	11	77	62	12	6	3	41	22	6	7	8	36	40	1.242	49
5	Leicester City	42	19	9	14	78	64	12	6	3	48	24	7	3	11	30	40	1.219	47		2-2	1-3
6	Leeds United	42	18	11	13	59	57	13	7	1	35	15	5	4	12	24	42	1.035	47		1-1	0-0
7	Everton	42	17	10	15	64	58	12	5	4	42	25	5	5	11	22	33	1.103	44		2-0	0-1
8	Luton Town	42	16	12	14	77	78	9	7	5	46	35	7	5	9	31	43	.987	44		2-0	3-3
9	Rotherham United	42	17	8	17	73	71	11	4	6	40	25	6	4	11	33	46	1.028	42		4-2	2-1
10	Brentford	42	15	12	15	54	55	11	7	3	34	20	4	5	12	20	35	.982	42		2-0	1-1
11	Sheffield United	42	18	5	19	90	76	13	2	6	57	28	5	3	13	33	48	1.184	41		0-2	4-1
12	West Ham United	42	15	11	16	67	77	13	5	3	48	29	2	6	13	19	48	.870	41		0-0	1-3
13	Southampton	42	15	11	16	61	73	11	6	4	40	25	4	5	12	21	48	.836	41		3-0	2-5
14	Blackburn Rovers	42	17	6	19	54	63	11	3	7	35	30	6	3	12	19	33	.857	40		1-0	2-3
15	Notts County	42	16	7	19	71	68	11	5	5	45	27	5	2	14	26	41	1.044	39		3-2	2-2
16	Doncaster Rovers	42	13	12	17	55	60	9	4	8	29	28	4	8	9	26	32	.917	38		1-1	1-0
17	Bury	42	15	7	20	67	69	13	2	6	43	22	2	5	14	24	47	.971	37		1-0	0-2
18	Hull City	42	13	11	18	60	70	11	5	5	44	23	2	6	13	16	47	.857	37		4-0	4-1
19	Swansea Town	42	12	12	18	72	76	10	4	7	45	26	2	8	11	27	50	.947	36		2-2	2-1
20	Barnsley	42	11	14	17	59	72	8	7	6	39	33	3	7	11	20	39	.819	36		3-3	1-1
21	Coventry City	42	14	6	22	59	82	9	5	7	36	33	5	1	15	23	49	.720	34	Relegated	3-1	3-3
22	Queens Park Rangers	42	11	12	19	52	81	8	8	5	35	35	3	4	14	17	46	.642	34	Relegated	3-1	3-4

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Notes
1	Sat Aug 18, 1951	Rotherham United	A	2-1	Win	18,463	6	Johnson (?, ?)
2	Wed Aug 22, 1951	Southampton	H	3-0	Win	32,470	2	Johnson (?), Ardron (?, ?)
3	Sat Aug 25, 1951	Cardiff City	H	2-3	Loss	31,776	3	Ardron (?), Collindridge (?)
4	Wed Aug 29, 1951	Southampton	A	2-5	Loss	19,392	10	Scott (?), Ardron (?)
5	Sat Sep 01, 1951	Birmingham City	A	2-0	Win	23,192	6	Ardron (?), Collindridge (?)
6	Wed Sep 05, 1951	Everton	A	0-1	Loss	33,613	12
7	Sat Sep 08, 1951	Leicester City	H	2-2	Draw	37,642	10	Scott (?), Ardron (?)
8	Wed Sep 12, 1951	Everton	H	2-0	Win	24,253	5	Ardron (?, ?)
9	Sat Sep 15, 1951	Notts County	A	2-2	Draw	44,087	6	Love (?), Collindridge (?)
10	Sat Sep 22, 1951	Brentford	A	1-1	Draw	26,350	7	Love (?)
11	Sat Sep 29, 1951	Doncaster Rovers	H	1-1	Draw	26,713	6	Scott (?)
12	Sat Oct 06, 1951	Luton Town	H	2-0	Win	31,257	5	Ardron (?, ?)
13	Sat Oct 13, 1951	Bury	A	0-2	Loss	16,007	8
14	Sat Oct 20, 1951	Swansea Town	H	2-2	Draw	20,553	8	Johnson (?), Collindridge (?)
15	Sat Oct 27, 1951	Coventry City	A	3-3	Draw	19,250	7	Kelly (?, ?), Johnson (?)
16	Sat Nov 03, 1951	West Ham United	H	0-0	Draw	20,743	7
17	Sat Nov 10, 1951	Sheffield United	A	4-1	Win	40,118	6	Ardron (?, ?), Capel (?, ?)
18	Sat Nov 17, 1951	Barnsley	H	3-3	Draw	23,151	7	Capel (?, ?), Normanton (? OG)
19	Sat Nov 24, 1951	Hull City	A	4-1	Win	24,924	5	Ardron (?, ?), Capel (?), Collindridge (?)
20	Sat Dec 01, 1951	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-0	Win	24,335	5	Scott (?)
21	Sat Dec 08, 1951	Queens Park Rangers	A	3-4	Loss	12,113	6	Ardron (?, ?), Capel (?)
22	Sat Dec 15, 1951	Rotherham United	H	4-2	Win	31,091	5	Ardron (?, ?), Capel (?), Collindridge (?)
23	Sat Dec 22, 1951	Cardiff City	A	1-4	Loss	19,860	6	Capel (?)
24	Tue Dec 25, 1951	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-1	Draw	61,062	7	Kelly (?)
25	Wed Dec 26, 1951	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2-1	Win	39,530	5	Leverton (?), Ardron (?)
26	Sat Dec 29, 1951	Birmingham City	H	0-1	Loss	34,316	7
27	Sat Jan 05, 1952	Leicester City	A	1-3	Loss	31,194	8	Ardron (?)
28	Sat Jan 19, 1952	Notts County	H	3-2	Win	40,005	8	Morley (?), Ardron (?, ?)
29	Sat Jan 26, 1952	Brentford	H	2-0	Win	21,649	5	Moore (?), Ardron (?)
30	Sat Feb 09, 1952	Doncaster Rovers	A	1-0	Win	25,470	3	Capel (?)
31	Sat Feb 16, 1952	Luton Town	A	3-3	Draw	18,369	1	Moore (?), Leverton (?, ?)
32	Sat Mar 01, 1952	Bury	H	1-0	Win	26,221	1	Morley (?)
33	Sat Mar 08, 1952	Swansea Town	A	2-1	Win	22,281	1	Moore (?), Collindridge (?)
34	Sat Mar 15, 1952	Coventry City	H	3-1	Win	31,096	1	Ardron (?), Leverton (?), Mason (? OG)
35	Sat Mar 22, 1952	West Ham United	A	1-3	Loss	23,129	2	Ardron (?)
36	Sat Mar 29, 1952	Sheffield United	H	0-2	Loss	20,543	2
37	Sat Apr 05, 1952	Barnsley	A	1-1	Draw	11,341	3	Moore (?)
38	Fri Apr 11, 1952	Leeds United	H	1-1	Draw	28,808	3	Leverton (?)
39	Sat Apr 12, 1952	Hull City	H	4-0	Win	26,201	3	Ardron (?, ?), Capel (?), Collindridge (?)
40	Mon Apr 14, 1952	Leeds United	A	0-0	Draw	26,511	3
41	Sat Apr 19, 1952	Blackburn Rovers	A	2-3	Loss	24,312	3	Ardron (?), Collindridge (?)
42	Sat Apr 26, 1952	Queens Park Rangers	H	3-1	Win	18,975	4	Moore (?), Ardron (?), Collindridge (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Sat Jan 12, 1952	Blackburn Rovers	3			H	2-2	Draw	-	Scott (?), Capel (?)
Wed Jan 16, 1952	Blackburn Rovers	3	Y	1	A	0-2	Loss	-

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Sat Feb 23, 1952	Bolton Wanderers	England	H	3-3	Draw	-	Moore (?), Capel (?), Ardron (?)
Mon Apr 07, 1952	Bexhill-on-Sea	England	A	12-1	Win	-	Moore (?, ?, ?, ?, ?), Ardron (?, ?, ?), Leverton (?, ?), Capel (?), Morley (?)
Fri May 02, 1952	Brighton and Hove Albion	England	A	4-5	Loss	-	Moore (?), Leverton (?), Ardron (?), Scott (?)
Wed May 14, 1952	Guernsey XI	England	A	5-2	Win	-	Ardron (?, ?), Collindridge (?, ?), Leverton (?)

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Danny Canning	5	2	1	2
GK		Harry Walker	39	16	13	10
GK		William Farmer
D		Bob McKinlay	2		2
D		Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	32	13	12	7
D		Horace Gager	39	17	11	11
D		James Clarke	1			1
M		Alan Orr	24	9	9	6
M		Bill Whare	22	9	6	7
M		Bob McCall	1		1
M		Jack Burkitt	25	10	8	7
M		Jack Hutchinson	33	14	10	9
M		Wally Ardron	41	18	12	11	29
F		Alan Moore	15	8	4	3	5
F		Brian Burton	1		1
F		Collin Collindridge	35	13	11	11	10
F		Freddie Scott	43	18	13	12	5
F		John Love	6		5	1	2
F		Noel Kelly	17	6	6	5	3
F		Roland 'Tot' Leverton	15	7	4	4	5
F		Tom Johnson	11	3	6	2	5
F		Tommy Capel	33	16	7	10	11
F		Tommy Wilson	2	1		1
F		William Morley	42	18	12	12	2

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
29	Wally Ardron	41
11	Tommy Capel	33
10	Collin Collindridge	35
5	Alan Moore	15
5	Freddie Scott	43
5	Roland 'Tot' Leverton	15
5	Tom Johnson	11
3	Noel Kelly	17
2	John Love	6
2	William Morley	42

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1951-52

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Hull City	Sat Nov 24, 1951	A	4-1	Sat Apr 12, 1952	H	4-0
Rotherham United	Sat Aug 18, 1951	A	2-1	Sat Dec 15, 1951	H	4-2