Season

1950-51

Manchester UnitedSir Matt Busby

2ndleague finish

of 22 in the First Division

+0.9
goal difference
1.8 scored · 0.9 conceded
46
Played
59%
Win rate

Season in brief

2nd of 22 in the First Division, up from 4th the year before. Stan Pearson led the scoring with 23 goals (scorer data covers 100% of the 83 United scored).

The First Division table

Final standings · 22 clubs · United and the clubs around them

  1. 1Tottenham Hotspur42P · 25W 10D 7L · GD +3860
  2. 2Manchester United42P · 24W 8D 10L · GD +3456
  3. 3Blackpool42P · 20W 10D 12L · GD +2650
  4. 4Newcastle United42P · 18W 13D 11L · GD +949
  6. 21Sheffield Wednesday42P · 12W 8D 22L · GD -1932
  7. 22Everton42P · 12W 8D 22L · GD -3832

Slice: the final First Division table for 1950-51, every club computed from the full league results.

Coverage: complete — all results known.

Points follow the era’s rule (two then three for a win); the order uses goal average before 1976–77 and goal difference after. The faint foot marks the lower reaches — exact relegation places varied by era.

The season, match by match

46 matches
19 Aug 1950 v Fulham: 1–023 Aug 1950 @ Liverpool: 1–226 Aug 1950 @ Bolton Wanderers: 0–130 Aug 1950 v Liverpool: 1–02 Sep 1950 v Blackpool: 1–04 Sep 1950 @ Aston Villa: 3–19 Sep 1950 @ Tottenham Hotspur: 0–113 Sep 1950 v Aston Villa: 0–016 Sep 1950 v Charlton Athletic: 3–023 Sep 1950 @ Middlesbrough: 2–130 Sep 1950 @ Wolverhampton Wanderers: 0–07 Oct 1950 v Sheffield Wednesday: 3–114 Oct 1950 @ Arsenal: 0–321 Oct 1950 v Portsmouth: 0–028 Oct 1950 @ Everton: 4–14 Nov 1950 v Burnley: 1–111 Nov 1950 @ Chelsea: 0–118 Nov 1950 v Stoke City: 0–025 Nov 1950 @ West Bromwich Albion: 1–02 Dec 1950 v Newcastle United: 1–29 Dec 1950 @ Huddersfield Town: 3–216 Dec 1950 @ Fulham: 2–223 Dec 1950 v Bolton Wanderers: 2–325 Dec 1950 @ Sunderland: 1–226 Dec 1950 v Sunderland: 3–56 Jan 1951 v Oldham Athletic: 4–113 Jan 1951 v Tottenham Hotspur: 2–120 Jan 1951 @ Charlton Athletic: 2–127 Jan 1951 v Leeds United: 4–03 Feb 1951 v Middlesbrough: 1–010 Feb 1951 v Arsenal: 1–017 Feb 1951 v Wolverhampton Wanderers: 2–124 Feb 1951 @ Birmingham City: 0–126 Feb 1951 @ Sheffield Wednesday: 4–03 Mar 1951 v Arsenal: 3–110 Mar 1951 @ Portsmouth: 0–017 Mar 1951 v Everton: 3–023 Mar 1951 v Derby County: 2–024 Mar 1951 @ Burnley: 2–126 Mar 1951 @ Derby County: 4–231 Mar 1951 v Chelsea: 4–17 Apr 1951 @ Stoke City: 0–214 Apr 1951 v West Bromwich Albion: 3–021 Apr 1951 @ Newcastle United: 2–028 Apr 1951 v Huddersfield Town: 6–05 May 1951 @ Blackpool: 1–1
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Every match in order — wins above the line, losses below, bar height the goal margin.