Football League Third Division South  1951/52

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GA Pts Notes
1st  Plymouth Argyle 46 29 8 9 107 53 2.019 66 ▲Champions
2nd  Reading 46 29 3 14 112 60 1.867 61 Runners Up
3rd  Norwich City 46 26 9 11 89 50 1.780 61 -
4th  Millwall 46 23 12 11 74 53 1.396 58 -
5th  Brighton & Hove Albion 46 24 10 12 87 63 1.381 58 -
6th  Newport County 46 21 12 13 77 76 1.013 54 -
7th  Bristol Rovers 46 20 12 14 89 53 1.679 52 -
8th  Northampton Town 46 22 5 19 93 74 1.257 49 -
9th  Southend United 46 19 10 17 75 66 1.136 48 -
10th  Colchester United 46 17 12 17 56 77 0.727 46 -
11th  Torquay United 46 17 10 19 86 98 0.878 44 -
12th  Aldershot 46 18 8 20 78 89 0.876 44 -
13th  Port Vale 46 14 15 17 50 66 0.758 43 Transferred
14th  Bournemouth & Boscambe Athletic 46 16 10 20 69 75 0.920 42 -
15th  Bristol City 46 15 12 19 58 69 0.841 42 -
16th  Swindon Town 46 14 14 18 51 68 0.750 42 -
17th  Ipswich Town 46 16 9 21 63 74 0.851 41 -
18th  Leyton Orient 46 16 9 21 55 68 0.809 41 -
19th  Crystal Palace 46 15 9 22 61 80 0.762 39 -
20th  Shrewsbury Town 46 13 10 23 62 86 0.721 36 -
21st  Watford 46 13 10 23 57 81 0.704 36 -
22nd  Gillingham 46 11 13 22 71 81 0.877 35 -
23rd  Exeter City 46 13 9 24 65 86 0.756 35 Re Elected
24th  Walsall 46 13 5 28 55 94 0.585 31 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 Southern section of the Third Division by 6 non-league clubs.
Votes Club End Result
47 Exeter City Re Elected to the League
45 Walsall Re Elected to the League
3 Worcester City Not Elected to the League
1 Bath City Not Elected to the League
1 Merthyr Tydfil Not Elected to the League
1 Peterborough United Not Elected to the League
0 Headington United Not Elected to the League
0 Yeovil Town Not Elected to the League

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End of Season Notes

 ▼Coventry City were Relegated from the Football League Second Division

 ▼Queens Park Rangers were Relegated from the Football League Second Division

 ▲Plymouth Argyle were Promoted to the Football League Second Division

 - Port Vale Transferred to the Football League Third Division North

 - Exeter City were Re-Elected to the League

 - Walsall were Re-Elected to the League