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      DIVISION 3 (North)   1951/52
     
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  Leading League goalscorer:
Andy Graver 
(Lincoln City)
 36  goals

On September 29th 1951 Lincoln City recorded what is still their highest League score - beating Crewe Alexandra 11-1 at Sincil Bank. Lincoln's 121 League goal in 1951/52 is the 8th best goals scored total in the history of the Football League - full list

   Results 1 Lincoln City 46 30 9 7 121 52 69

Promoted
    2 Grimsby Town 46 29 8 9 96 45 66
    3 Stockport County 46 23 13 10 74 40 59
    4 Oldham Athletic 46 24 9 13 90 61 57
    5 Gateshead 46 21 11 14 66 49 53
    6 Mansfield Town 46 22 8 16 73 60 52
    7 Carlisle United 46 19 13 14 62 57 51
    8 Bradford Park Avenue 46 19 12 15 74 64 50
    9 Hartlepools United 46 21 8 17 71 65 50
    10 York City 46 18 13 15 73 52 49
    11 Tranmere Rovers 46 21 6 19 76 71 48
      12 Barrow 46 17 12 17 57 61 46
      Results 13 Chesterfield 46 17 11 18 65 66 45
      14 Scunthorpe & Lindsey Un. 46 14 16 16 65 74 44
      15 Bradford City 46 16 10 20 61 68 42
      16 Crewe Alexandra 46 17 8 21 63 82 42
      17 Southport 46 15 11 20 53 71 41
      18 Wrexham 46 15 9 22 63 73 39
      19 Chester 46 15 9 22 72 85 39
      20 Halifax Town 46 14 7 25 61 97 35
      21 Rochdale 46 11 13 22 47 79 35
      22 Accrington Stanley 46 10 12 24 61 92 32
      23 Darlington 46 11 9 26 64 103 31 Re-election position
      24 Workington 46 11 7 28 50 91 29 Re-election position
     
     

R 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. Voting -
49 votes 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
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 


The most League goals scored in a season is 134 by Peterborough in 1960/61. Although rare now clubs have scored a century of League goals 140 times. For facts and figures, including a full listing

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