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MANCHESTER UNITED
LEAGUE TABLES
1950/1951 - 1959/1960
League Tables

Explore Manchester United’s full Football League tables from the 1950/51 to 1959/60 seasons—an iconic decade marked by the rise of the legendary Busby Babes. This page includes detailed league standings, final positions, and points tallies for each season during a period of exciting youth development, domestic challenges, and the tragic events of the 1958 Munich Air Disaster. Discover how Manchester United built one of football’s most famous teams and remained a competitive force throughout the 1950s. Perfect for historians, fans, and statisticians tracing the roots of United’s modern identity.
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FINAL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE
1950/1951
League Division One Trophy
Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points
1st Tottenham Hotspur (C) 42 25 10 7 82 44 +38 60
2nd MANCHESTER UNITED 42 24 8 10 74 40 +34 56
3rd Blackpool 42 20 10 12 79 53 +26 50
4th Newcastle United 42 18 13 11 62 53 +9 49
5th Arsenal 42 19 9 14 73 56 +17 47
6th Middlesbrough 42 18 11 13 76 65 +11 47
7th Portsmouth 42 16 15 11 71 68 +3 47
8th Bolton Wanderers 42 19 7 16 64 61 +3 45
9th Liverpool 42 16 11 15 53 59 -6 43
10th Burnley 42 14 14 14 48 43 +5 42
11th Derby County 42 16 8 18 81 75 +6 40
12th Sunderland 42 12 16 14 63 73 -9 40
13th Stoke City 42 13 14 15 50 59 -10 40
14th Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 15 8 19 74 61 +13 38
15th Aston Villa 42 12 13 17 66 68 -2 37
16th West Bromwich Albion 42 13 11 18 53 61 -8 37
17th Charlton Athletic 42 14 9 19 63 80 -16 37
18th Fulham 42 13 11 18 52 68 -17 37
19th Huddersfield Town 42 15 6 21 64 92 -28 36
20th Chelsea 42 12 8 22 53 65 -12 32
21st Sheffield Wednesday 42 12 8 22 64 83 -19 32
22nd Everton 42 12 8 22 48 86 -38 32
FINAL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE
1951/1952
League Division One Trophy
Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points
1st MANCHESTER UNITED (C) 42 23 11 8 95 52 +43 57
2nd Tottenham Hotspur 42 22 9 11 76 51 +25 53
3rd Arsenal 42 21 11 10 80 61 +19 53
4th Portsmouth 42 20 8 14 68 58 +10 48
5th Bolton Wanderers 42 19 10 13 65 61 +4 48
6th Aston Villa 42 19 9 14 79 70 +9 47
7th Preston North End 42 17 12 13 74 54 +20 46
8th Newcastle United 42 18 9 15 98 73 +25 45
9th Blackpool 42 18 9 15 64 64 0 45
10th Charlton Athletic 42 17 10 15 68 63 +5 44
11th Liverpool 42 12 19 11 57 61 -4 43
12th Sunderland 42 15 12 15 70 61 +9 42
13th West Bromwich Albion 42 14 13 15 74 77 -3 41
14th Burnley 42 15 10 17 56 63 -7 40
15th Manchester City 42 13 13 16 58 61 -3 39
16th Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 12 14 16 73 73 0 38
17th Derby County 42 15 7 20 63 80 -17 37
18th Middlesbrough 42 15 6 21 64 88 -20 36
19th Chelsea 42 14 8 20 52 72 -24 36
20th Stoke City 42 12 7 23 49 88 -39 31
21st Huddersfield Town (R) 42 10 8 24 49 82 -33 28
22nd Fulham (R) 42 8 11 23 58 77 -19 27
FINAL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE
1952/1953
League Division One Trophy
Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points
1st Arsenal (C) 42 21 12 9 97 64 +33 54
2nd Preston North End 42 21 12 9 85 60 +25 54
3rd Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 19 13 10 86 63 +23 51
4th West Bromwich Albion 42 21 8 13 66 60 +6 50
5th Charlton Athletic 42 19 11 12 77 63 +14 49
6th Burnley 42 18 12 12 67 52 +15 48
7th Blackpool 42 19 9 14 71 70 +1 47
8th MANCHESTER UNITED 42 18 10 14 69 72 -3 46
9th Sunderland 42 15 13 14 68 82 -14 43
10th Tottenham Hotspur 42 15 11 16 78 69 +9 41
11th Aston Villa 42 14 13 15 63 61 +2 41
12th Cardiff City 42 14 12 16 54 46 +8 40
13th Middlesbrough 42 14 11 17 70 77 -7 39
14th Bolton Wanderers 42 15 9 18 61 69 -8 39
15th Portsmouth 42 14 10 18 74 83 -9 38
16th Newcastle United 42 14 9 19 59 70 -11 37
17th Liverpool 42 14 8 20 61 82 -21 36
18th Sheffield Wednesday 42 12 11 19 62 72 -10 35
19th Chelsea 42 12 11 19 56 66 -10 35
20th Manchester City 42 14 7 21 72 87 -15 35
21st Stoke City (R) 42 12 10 20 53 66 -13 34
22nd Derby County (R) 42 11 10 21 59 74 -15 32
FINAL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE
1953/1954
League Division One Trophy
Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points
1st Wolverhampton Wanderers (C) 42 25 7 10 96 56 +40 57
2nd West Bromwich Albion 42 22 9 11 86 63 +23 53
3rd Huddersfield Town 42 20 11 11 78 61 +17 51
4th MANCHESTER UNITED 42 18 12 12 73 58 +15 48
5th Bolton Wanderers 42 18 12 12 75 60 +15 48
6th Blackpool 42 19 10 13 80 69 +11 48
7th Burnley 42 21 4 17 78 67 +11 46
8th Chelsea 42 16 12 14 74 68 +6 44
9th Charlton Athletic 42 19 6 17 75 77 -2 44
10th Cardiff City 42 18 8 16 51 71 -20 44
11th Preston North End 42 19 5 18 87 58 +29 43
12th Arsenal 42 15 13 14 75 73 +2 43
13th Aston Villa 42 16 9 17 70 68 +2 41
14th Portsmouth 42 14 11 17 81 89 -8 39
15th Newcastle United 42 14 10 18 72 77 -5 38
16th Tottenham Hotspur 42 16 5 21 65 76 -11 37
17th Manchester City 42 14 9 19 62 77 -15 37
18th Sunderland 42 14 8 20 81 89 -8 36
19th Sheffield Wednesday 42 15 6 21 70 91 -21 36
20th Sheffield United 42 11 11 20 69 90 -21 33
21st Middlesbrough (R) 42 10 10 22 60 91 -31 30
22nd Liverpool (R) 42 9 10 23 68 97 -29 28
FINAL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE
1954/1955
League Division One Trophy
Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points
1st Chelsea (C) 42 20 12 10 81 57 +24 52
2nd Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 19 10 13 89 70 +19 48
3rd Portsmouth 42 18 12 12 74 62 +12 48
4th Sunderland 42 15 18 9 64 54 +10 48
5th MANCHESTER UNITED 42 20 7 15 84 74 +10 47
6th Aston Villa 42 20 7 15 72 73 -1 47
7th Manchester City 42 18 10 14 76 69 +7 46
8th Newcastle United 42 17 9 16 89 77 +12 43
9th Arsenal 42 17 9 16 69 63 +6 43
10th Burnley 42 17 9 16 51 48 +3 43
11th Everton 42 16 10 16 62 68 -6 42
12th Huddersfield Town 42 14 13 15 63 68 -5 41
13th Sheffield United 42 17 7 18 70 86 -16 41
14th Preston North End 42 16 8 18 83 64 +19 40
15th Charlton Athletic 42 15 10 17 76 75 +1 40
16th Tottenham Hotspur 42 16 8 18 72 73 -1 40
17th West Bromwich Albion 42 16 8 18 76 96 -20 40
18th Bolton Wanderers 42 13 13 16 62 69 -7 39
19th Blackpool 42 14 10 18 60 64 -4 38
20th Cardiff City 42 13 11 18 62 76 -14 37
21st Leicester City (R) 42 12 11 19 74 86 -12 35
22nd Sheffield Wednesday (R) 42 8 10 24 63 100 -37 26
FINAL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE
1955/1956
League Division One Trophy
Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points
1st MANCHESTER UNITED (C) 42 25 10 7 83 51 +32 60
2nd Blackpool 42 20 9 13 86 62 +24 49
3rd Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 20 9 13 89 65 +24 49
4th Manchester City 42 18 10 14 82 69 +13 46
5th Arsenal 42 18 10 14 60 61 -1 46
6th Birmingham City 42 18 9 15 75 57 +18 45
7th Burnley 42 18 8 16 64 54 +10 44
8th Bolton Wanderers 42 18 7 17 71 58 +13 43
9th Sunderland 42 17 9 16 80 95 -15 43
10th Luton Town 42 17 8 17 66 64 +2 42
11th Newcastle United 42 17 7 18 85 70 +15 41
12th Portsmouth 42 16 9 17 78 85 -7 41
13th West Bromwich Albion 42 18 5 19 58 70 -12 41
14th Charlton Athletic 42 17 6 19 75 81 -6 40
15th Everton 42 15 10 17 55 69 -14 40
16th Chelsea 42 14 11 17 64 77 -13 39
17th Cardiff City 42 15 9 18 55 69 -14 39
18th Tottenham Hotspur 42 15 7 20 61 71 -10 37
19th Preston North End 42 14 8 20 73 72 +1 36
20th Aston Villa 42 11 13 18 52 69 -17 35
21st Huddersfield Town (R) 42 14 7 21 54 83 -29 35
22nd Sheffield United (R) 42 12 9 21 63 77 -14 33
FINAL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE
1956/1957
League Division One Trophy
Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points
1st MANCHESTER UNITED (C) 42 28 8 6 103 54 +49 64
2nd Tottenham Hotspur 42 22 12 8 104 56 +48 56
3rd Preston North End 42 23 10 9 84 56 +28 56
4th Blackpool 42 22 9 11 93 65 +28 53
5th Arsenal 42 21 8 13 85 69 +16 50
6th Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 20 8 14 94 70 +24 48
7th Burnley 42 18 10 14 56 50 +6 46
8th Leeds United 42 15 14 13 72 63 +9 44
9th Bolton Wanderers 42 16 12 14 65 65 0 44
10th Aston Villa 42 14 15 13 65 55 +10 43
11th West Bromwich Albion 42 14 14 14 59 61 -2 42
12th Birmingham City 42 15 9 18 69 69 0 39
13th Chelsea 42 13 13 16 73 73 0 39
14th Sheffield Wednesday 42 16 6 20 82 88 -6 38
15th Everton 42 14 10 18 61 79 -18 38
16th Luton Town 42 14 9 19 58 76 -18 37
17th Newcastle United 42 14 8 20 67 87 -20 36
18th Manchester City 42 13 9 20 78 88 -10 35
19th Portsmouth 42 10 13 19 62 92 -30 33
20th Sunderland 42 12 8 22 67 88 -21 32
21st Cardiff City (R) 42 10 9 23 53 88 -35 29
22nd Charlton Athletic (R) 42 9 4 29 62 120 -58 22
FINAL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE
1957/1958
League Division One Trophy
Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points
1st Wolverhampton Wanderers (C) 42 28 8 6 103 47 +56 64
2nd Preston North End 42 26 7 9 100 51 +49 59
3rd Tottenham Hotspur 42 21 9 12 93 77 +16 51
4th West Bromwich Albion 42 18 14 10 92 70 +22 50
5th Manchester City 42 22 5 15 104 100 +4 49
6th Burnley 42 21 5 16 80 74 +6 47
7th Blackpool 42 19 6 17 80 67 +13 44
8th Luton Town 42 19 6 17 69 63 +6 44
9th MANCHESTER UNITED 42 16 11 15 85 75 +10 43
10th Nottingham Forest 42 16 10 16 69 63 +6 42
11th Chelsea 42 15 12 15 83 79 +4 42
12th Arsenal 42 16 7 19 73 85 -12 39
13th Birmingham City 42 14 11 17 76 89 -13 39
14th Aston Villa 42 16 7 19 73 86 -13 39
15th Bolton Wanderers 42 14 10 18 65 87 -22 38
16th Everton 42 13 11 18 65 75 -10 37
17th Leeds United 42 14 9 19 51 63 -12 37
18th Leicester City 42 14 5 23 91 112 -21 33
19th Newcastle United 42 12 8 22 73 81 -8 32
20th Portsmouth 42 12 8 22 73 88 -15 32
21st Sunderland (R) 42 10 12 20 54 97 -43 32
22nd Sheffield Wednesday (R) 42 12 7 23 69 92 -23 31
FINAL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE
1958/1959
League Division One Trophy
Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points
1st Wolverhampton Wanderers (C) 42 28 5 9 110 49 +61 61
2nd MANCHESTER UNITED 42 24 7 11 103 66 +37 55
3rd Arsenal 42 21 8 13 88 68 +20 50
4th Bolton Wanderers 42 20 10 12 79 66 +13 50
5th West Bromwich Albion 42 18 13 11 88 68 +20 49
6th West Ham United 42 21 6 15 85 70 +15 48
7th Burnley 42 19 10 13 81 70 +11 48
8th Blackpool 42 18 11 13 66 49 +17 47
9th Birmingham City 42 20 6 16 84 68 +16 46
10th Blackburn Rovers 42 17 10 15 76 70 +6 44
11th Newcastle United 42 17 7 18 80 80 0 41
12th Preston North End 42 17 7 18 70 77 -7 41
13th Nottingham Forest 42 17 6 19 71 74 -3 40
14th Chelsea 42 18 4 20 77 98 -21 40
15th Leeds United 42 15 9 18 57 74 -17 39
16th Everton 42 17 4 21 71 87 -16 38
17th Luton Town 42 12 13 17 68 71 -3 37
18th Tottenham Hotspur 42 13 10 19 85 95 -10 36
19th Leicester City 42 11 10 21 67 98 -31 32
20th Manchester City 42 11 9 22 64 95 -31 31
21st Aston Villa (R) 42 11 8 23 58 87 -29 30
22nd Portsmouth (R) 42 6 9 27 64 112 -48 21
FINAL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE
1959/1960
League Division One Trophy
Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points
1st Burnley (C) 42 24 7 11 85 61 +24 55
2nd Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 24 6 12 106 67 +39 54
3rd Tottenham Hotspur 42 21 11 10 86 50 +36 53
4th West Bromwich Albion 42 19 11 12 83 57 +26 49
5th Sheffield Wednesday 42 19 11 12 80 59 +21 49
6th Bolton Wanderers 42 20 8 14 59 51 +8 48
7th MANCHESTER UNITED 42 19 7 16 102 80 +22 45
8th Newcastle United 42 18 8 16 82 78 +4 44
9th Preston North End 42 16 12 14 79 76 +3 44
10th Fulham 42 17 10 15 73 80 -7 44
11th Blackpool 42 15 10 17 59 71 -12 40
12th Leicester City 42 13 13 16 66 75 -9 39
13th Arsenal 42 15 9 18 68 80 -12 39
14th West Ham United 42 16 6 20 75 91 -16 38
15th Everton 42 13 11 18 73 78 -5 37
16th Manchester City 42 17 3 22 78 84 -6 37
17th Blackburn Rovers 42 16 5 21 60 70 -10 37
18th Chelsea 42 14 9 19 76 91 -15 37
19th Birmingham City 42 13 10 19 63 80 -17 36
20th Nottingham Forest 42 13 9 20 50 74 -24 35
21st Leeds United (R) 42 12 10 20 65 92 -27 34
22nd Luton Town (R) 42 9 12 21 50 73 -23 30
 

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