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First Division Table 1950s

Combined Football League Division One Table for the 1950s

Cumulative table of the Top Flight of the English Football League from season 1949-50 to 1958-59. Goal Average was used to separate clubs on the same number of points up to season 1975-76
when it was replaced with Goal Difference, which has been used ever since.

Football League Division One in the 1950s – Seasons 1949-50 to 1958-59


Pos	Club		Pld	Home					Away					F	A	GD	Pts
Pos	Club		Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1		Manchester United	420	130	42	38	468	247	84	56	70	370	339	838	586	252	526
2		Wolverhampton Wanderers	420	134	38	38	553	262	72	57	81	337	341	890	603	287	507
3		Arsenal	420	120	46	44	479	285	68	52	90	300	370	779	655	124	474
4		Blackpool	420	118	52	40	430	228	68	46	96	295	370	725	598	127	470
5		Burnley	420	117	45	48	369	205	60	50	100	252	356	621	561	60	449
6		West Bromwich Albion	420	104	55	51	394	260	64	52	94	305	419	699	679	20	443
7		Bolton Wanderers	420	115	47	48	415	264	47	57	106	237	391	652	655	-3	428
8		Newcastle United	420	105	42	63	447	299	55	50	105	315	424	762	723	39	412
9		Tottenham Hotspur	378	111	31	47	455	278	54	50	85	261	334	716	612	104	411
10		Aston Villa	420	103	54	53	397	271	45	52	113	262	427	659	698	-39	402
11		Portsmouth	420	101	60	49	432	310	47	44	119	287	465	719	775	-56	400
12		Chelsea	420	99	45	66	390	296	47	62	101	281	424	671	720	-49	399
13		Preston North End	336	93	29	46	360	212	60	40	68	296	280	656	492	164	375
14		Sunderland	378	86	65	38	368	262	45	41	103	262	439	630	701	-71	368
15		Manchester City	378	90	42	57	367	281	41	43	105	265	433	632	714	-82	347
16		Charlton Athletic	336	82	37	49	328	242	41	25	102	221	382	549	624	-75	308
17		Everton	294	59	41	47	226	209	38	26	83	178	321	404	530	-126	261
18		Huddersfield Town	252	60	25	41	211	174	27	29	70	149	285	360	459	-99	228
19		Middlesbrough	210	56	24	25	200	130	21	21	63	129	239	329	369	-40	199
20		Liverpool	210	44	37	24	181	139	24	25	56	122	214	303	353	-50	198
21		Sheffield Wednesday	252	62	28	36	263	201	13	20	93	147	325	410	526	-116	198
22		Birmingham City	210	52	24	29	219	147	22	25	58	116	203	335	350	-15	197
23		Cardiff City	210	46	26	33	176	148	24	23	58	99	202	275	350	-75	189
24		Luton Town	168	46	17	21	171	101	16	19	49	90	173	261	274	-13	160
25		Derby County	168	40	20	24	183	125	19	15	50	89	165	272	290	-18	153
26		Stoke City	168	38	19	27	124	105	10	24	50	73	183	197	288	-91	139
27		Leeds United	126	28	21	14	103	68	16	11	36	77	132	180	200	-20	120
28		Sheffield United	126	27	14	22	115	107	13	13	37	87	146	202	253	-51	107
29		Leicester City	126	27	16	20	136	109	10	10	43	96	187	232	296	-64	100
30		Fulham	126	21	18	24	97	87	10	18	35	54	112	151	199	-48	98
31		Nottingham Forest	84	19	8	15	78	59	14	8	20	62	78	140	137	3	82
32		West Ham United	42	15	3	3	59	29	6	3	12	26	41	85	70	15	48
33		Blackburn Rovers	42	12	3	6	48	28	5	7	9	28	42	76	70	6	44
Two Points for a Win awarded for all matches