Football League Third Division North  1951/52

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GA Pts Notes
1st  Lincoln City 46 30 9 7 121 52 2.327 69 ▲Champions
2nd  Grimsby Town 46 29 8 9 96 45 2.133 66 Runners Up
3rd  Stockport County 46 23 13 10 74 40 1.850 59 -
4th  Oldham Athletic 46 24 9 13 90 61 1.475 57 -
5th  Gateshead 46 21 11 14 66 49 1.347 53 -
6th  Mansfield Town 46 22 8 16 73 60 1.217 52 -
7th  Carlisle United 46 19 13 14 62 57 1.088 51 -
8th  Bradford Park Avenue 46 19 12 15 74 64 1.156 50 -
9th  Hartlepools United 46 21 8 17 71 65 1.092 50 -
10th  York City 46 18 13 15 73 52 1.404 49 -
11th  Tranmere Rovers 46 21 6 19 76 71 1.070 48 -
12th  Barrow 46 17 12 17 57 61 0.934 46 -
13th  Chesterfield 46 17 11 18 65 66 0.985 45 -
14th  Scunthorpe & Lindsey United 46 14 16 16 65 74 0.878 44 -
15th  Bradford City 46 16 10 20 61 68 0.897 42 -
16th  Crewe Alexandra 46 17 8 21 63 82 0.768 42 -
17th  Southport 46 15 11 20 53 71 0.746 41 -
18th  Wrexham 46 15 9 22 63 73 0.863 39 -
19th  Chester 46 15 9 22 72 85 0.847 39 -
20th  Halifax Town 46 14 7 25 61 97 0.629 35 -
21st  Rochdale 46 11 13 22 47 79 0.595 35 -
22nd  Accrington Stanley 46 10 12 24 61 92 0.663 32 -
23rd  Darlington 46 11 9 26 64 103 0.621 31 Re Elected
24th  Workington 46 11 7 28 50 91 0.549 29 Re Elected

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Election for League Membership

The bottom two clubs were required to seek re-election to the League. They were joined in the vote for membership of the Northern section of the Third Division by 4 non-league clubs.
Votes Club End Result
49 Darlington Re Elected to the League
40 Workington Re Elected to the League
9 Wigan Athletic Not Elected to the League
0 Nelson Not Elected to the League
0 New Brighton Not Elected to the League
0 North Shields Not Elected to the League

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End of Season Notes

 - Port Vale Transferred from the Football League Third Division South

 ▲Lincoln City were Promoted to the Football League Second Division

 - Darlington were Re-Elected to the League

 - Workington were Re-Elected to the League