SEASON: 1951-52
- 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)
- Competitive Games:
- 44
- Competitive Goals:
- 79
- Goals per game:
- 1.8
- League Games:
- 42
- League Points:
- 49 out of 84 (2 points per win)
- Points Percentage:
- 58.3%
ALL GAMES
LEAGUE GAMES
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions and
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the positions.
ATTENDANCES (HOME)
MISCELLANEOUS
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GAMES
League
FA Cup
Friendly
TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.
SQUAD
Competitive goals only
LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season
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 |
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Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions and
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the positions.
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 (1951-52)
SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) | Home | Away | Results | |||||||||||||||||||
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Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 3-1 | 3-4 |
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GAMES
League
FA Cup
Date | Opponent | Round | Replay | Count | H/A | Score | Result | Att | Scorers |
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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 | Scorers |
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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 (?) |
TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.
In (6) | Out (4) | |||||||
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Date | Player | Details | Fee | Date | Player | Details | Fee | Alan Moore | Bought | Bob McCall | Sold | Alan Orr | Bought | Danny Canning | Retired | Brian Burton | Bought | John Love | Sold | William Farmer | Bought | Tom Johnson | Sold | Jul 01, 1951 | Noel Kelly | Bought | Oct 06, 1951 | Tommy Wilson | Bought |
SQUAD
Season Record (Competitive Games only) | |||||||||||||
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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 |
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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 |