Football : Season Details : 1952

Final English Top Division Football (soccer) Table and Cup Final(s)

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Position	Club	Points	History	Notes
1	Manchester United	57	5-7
2	Tottenham Hotspur	53	4-2
3	Arsenal	53	2-26	FAC-F
4	Portsmouth	48	1-18
5	Bolton Wanderers	48	6-10
6	Aston Villa	47	2-7
7	Preston North End	46	6-1
8	Newcastle United	45	2-4	FAC-W
9	Blackpool	45	2-8
10	Charlton Athletic	44	1-9
11	Liverpool	43	3-36
12	Sunderland	42	1-51
13	West Bromwich Albion	41	5-3
14	Burnley	40	4-5
15	Manchester City	39	6-1
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	2-13
17	Derby County	37	4-19
18	Middlesbrough	36	3-16
19	Chelsea	36	3-15
20	Stoke City	31	4-12
21	Huddersfield Town	28	1-25
22	Fulham	27	1-3

Legend and Abbreviations
Points: 2 for a win : 1 for a draw. Clubs: Red Relegated
History is in the form A-B: A is the number of occasions that the club has been in the Top Division. B is the current number of consecutive seasons in the Top Division.
Notes: FAC FA Cup; W Winners - F Finalists

FA Cup Final

Newcastle United 1 Arsenal 0

History

For only the second time, the two clubs that could win the Championship, played each other on the final day of the season. Arsenal played Manchester United at Old Trafford needing a win by seven goals to become Champions. Manchester United won 6 - 1.

Huddersfield Town were relegated after 25 consecutive seasons in the Top Division.

Newcastle United became the first club in the 20th Century and the first since 1891 to win the FA Cup in consecutive seasons. The final was a repeat of 1932. This is the first time that the two FA Cup finalists are the winners from the previous two seasons.

The first floodlit match was played on 19 September 1951 : a friendy between Arsenal and Hapoel (from Tel Aviv) at Highbury. Arsenal won 6 - 1.

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