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1951-52

First Division

Finished 6th of 22 · P42 W19 D9 L14 · 79 scored, 70 conceded

Results

Date		Opponent	Score
18 Aug 1951	A	Bolton Wanderers	2–5	L
25 Aug 1951	H	Derby County	4–1	W
27 Aug 1951	H	Sunderland	2–1	W
1 Sept 1951	A	Manchester City	2–2	D
5 Sept 1951	A	Sunderland	3–1	W
8 Sept 1951	H	Arsenal	1–0	W
10 Sept 1951	H	Huddersfield Town	1–0	W
15 Sept 1951	A	Blackpool	3–0	W
19 Sept 1951	A	Huddersfield Town	1–3	L
22 Sept 1951	H	Liverpool	2–0	W
29 Sept 1951	A	Portsmouth	0–2	L
6 Oct 1951	A	Stoke City	1–4	L
13 Oct 1951	H	Manchester United	2–5	L
20 Oct 1951	A	Tottenham Hotspur	0–2	L
27 Oct 1951	H	Preston North End	3–2	W
3 Nov 1951	A	Burnley	1–2	L
10 Nov 1951	H	Charlton Athletic	0–2	L
17 Nov 1951	A	Fulham	2–2	D
24 Nov 1951	H	Middlesbrough	2–0	W
1 Dec 1951	A	West Bromwich Albion	2–1	W
8 Dec 1951	H	Newcastle United	2–2	D
15 Dec 1951	H	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	D
22 Dec 1951	A	Derby County	1–1	D
25 Dec 1951	H	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–3	D
26 Dec 1951	A	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	W
29 Dec 1951	H	Manchester City	1–2	L
5 Jan 1952	A	Arsenal	1–2	L
19 Jan 1952	H	Blackpool	4–0	W
26 Jan 1952	A	Liverpool	2–1	W
9 Feb 1952	H	Portsmouth	2–0	W
16 Feb 1952	H	Stoke City	2–3	L
1 Mar 1952	A	Manchester United	1–1	D
8 Mar 1952	H	Tottenham Hotspur	0–3	L
15 Mar 1952	A	Preston North End	2–2	D
22 Mar 1952	H	Burnley	4–1	W
5 Apr 1952	H	Fulham	4–1	W
12 Apr 1952	A	Middlesbrough	0–2	L
14 Apr 1952	A	Chelsea	2–2	D
15 Apr 1952	H	Chelsea	7–1	W
19 Apr 1952	H	West Bromwich Albion	2–0	W
24 Apr 1952	A	Charlton Athletic	1–0	W
26 Apr 1952	A	Newcastle United	1–6	L

Scores are shown Villa first. League matches only; cup ties not included.

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Manchester United	42	23	11	8	95	52	+43	57
2	Tottenham Hotspur	42	22	9	11	76	51	+25	53
3	Arsenal	42	21	11	10	80	61	+19	53
4	Portsmouth	42	20	8	14	68	58	+10	48
5	Bolton Wanderers	42	19	10	13	65	61	+4	48
6	Aston Villa	42	19	9	14	79	70	+9	47
7	Preston North End	42	17	12	13	74	54	+20	46
8	Newcastle United	42	18	9	15	98	73	+25	45
9	Blackpool	42	18	9	15	64	64	0	45
10	Charlton Athletic	42	17	10	15	68	63	+5	44
11	Liverpool	42	12	19	11	57	61	-4	43
12	Sunderland	42	15	12	15	70	61	+9	42
13	West Bromwich Albion	42	14	13	15	74	77	-3	41
14	Burnley	42	15	10	17	56	63	-7	40
15	Manchester City	42	13	13	16	58	61	-3	39
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	12	14	16	73	73	0	38
17	Derby County	42	15	7	20	63	80	-17	37
18	Middlesbrough	42	15	6	21	64	88	-24	36
19	Chelsea	42	14	8	20	52	72	-20	36
20	Stoke City	42	12	7	23	49	88	-39	31
21	Huddersfield Town	42	10	8	24	49	82	-33	28
22	Fulham	42	8	11	23	58	77	-19	27

Positions decided on goal average, as the rules of the day had it. Two points for a win.

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Sources: engsoccerdata (1888–2025) and football-data.co.uk (recent seasons), compiled by the Villa Blog results pipeline.