Season

1951-52

Manchester UnitedSir Matt Busby

1stleague finish

Champions of the First Division

+1.0
goal difference
2.2 scored · 1.3 conceded
43
Played
53%
Win rate

Season in brief

Won the First Division — the club's 4th league title on record. Home form carried the season — 68% of home matches won against 38% away. Jack Rowley led the scoring with 30 goals (scorer data covers 100% of the 95 United scored).

The First Division table

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

  1. 1Manchester United42P · 23W 11D 8L · GD +4357
  2. 2Tottenham Hotspur42P · 22W 9D 11L · GD +2553
  3. 3Arsenal42P · 21W 11D 10L · GD +1953
  5. 21Huddersfield Town42P · 10W 8D 24L · GD -3328
  6. 22Fulham42P · 8W 11D 23L · GD -1927

Slice: the final First Division table for 1951-52, 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

43 matches
18 Aug 1951 @ West Bromwich Albion: 3–322 Aug 1951 v Middlesbrough: 4–225 Aug 1951 v Newcastle United: 2–129 Aug 1951 @ Middlesbrough: 4–11 Sep 1951 @ Bolton Wanderers: 0–15 Sep 1951 v Charlton Athletic: 3–28 Sep 1951 v Stoke City: 4–012 Sep 1951 @ Charlton Athletic: 2–215 Sep 1951 @ Manchester City: 2–122 Sep 1951 @ Tottenham Hotspur: 0–229 Sep 1951 v Preston North End: 1–26 Oct 1951 v Derby County: 2–113 Oct 1951 @ Aston Villa: 5–220 Oct 1951 v Sunderland: 0–127 Oct 1951 @ Wolverhampton Wanderers: 2–03 Nov 1951 v Huddersfield Town: 1–110 Nov 1951 @ Chelsea: 2–417 Nov 1951 v Portsmouth: 1–324 Nov 1951 @ Liverpool: 0–01 Dec 1951 v Blackpool: 3–18 Dec 1951 @ Arsenal: 3–115 Dec 1951 v West Bromwich Albion: 5–122 Dec 1951 @ Newcastle United: 2–225 Dec 1951 v Fulham: 3–226 Dec 1951 @ Fulham: 3–329 Dec 1951 v Bolton Wanderers: 1–05 Jan 1952 @ Stoke City: 0–012 Jan 1952 v Hull City: 0–219 Jan 1952 v Manchester City: 1–126 Jan 1952 v Tottenham Hotspur: 2–09 Feb 1952 @ Preston North End: 2–116 Feb 1952 @ Derby County: 3–01 Mar 1952 v Aston Villa: 1–18 Mar 1952 @ Sunderland: 2–115 Mar 1952 v Wolverhampton Wanderers: 2–022 Mar 1952 @ Huddersfield Town: 2–35 Apr 1952 @ Portsmouth: 0–111 Apr 1952 @ Burnley: 1–112 Apr 1952 v Liverpool: 4–014 Apr 1952 v Burnley: 6–119 Apr 1952 @ Blackpool: 2–221 Apr 1952 v Chelsea: 3–026 Apr 1952 v Arsenal: 6–1
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Every match in order — wins above the line, losses below, bar height the goal margin.