Football League Third Division North 1950/51
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | Notes |
| 1st | Rotherham United | 46 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 103 | 41 | 2.512 | 71 | ▲Champions |
| 2nd | Mansfield Town | 46 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 78 | 48 | 1.625 | 64 | Runners Up |
| 3rd | Carlisle United | 46 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 79 | 50 | 1.580 | 62 | - |
| 4th | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 83 | 62 | 1.339 | 59 | - |
| 5th | Lincoln City | 46 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 89 | 58 | 1.534 | 58 | - |
| 6th | Bradford Park Avenue | 46 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 90 | 72 | 1.250 | 54 | - |
| 7th | Bradford City | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 90 | 63 | 1.429 | 52 | - |
| 8th | Gateshead | 46 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 84 | 62 | 1.355 | 50 | - |
| 9th | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 61 | 60 | 1.017 | 48 | - |
| 10th | Stockport County | 46 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 63 | 63 | 1.000 | 48 | - |
| 11th | Rochdale | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 69 | 62 | 1.113 | 45 | - |
| 12th | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | 46 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 58 | 57 | 1.018 | 44 | - |
| 13th | Chester | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 62 | 64 | 0.969 | 43 | - |
| 14th | Wrexham | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 55 | 71 | 0.775 | 42 | - |
| 15th | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 73 | 73 | 1.000 | 40 | - |
| 16th | Hartlepools United | 46 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 64 | 66 | 0.970 | 39 | - |
| 17th | York City | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 66 | 77 | 0.857 | 39 | - |
| 18th | Darlington | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 59 | 77 | 0.766 | 39 | - |
| 19th | Barrow | 46 | 16 | 6 | 24 | 51 | 76 | 0.671 | 38 | - |
| 20th | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 15 | 7 | 24 | 43 | 74 | 0.581 | 37 | Transferred |
| 21st | Southport | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 56 | 72 | 0.778 | 36 | - |
| 22nd | Halifax Town | 46 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 50 | 69 | 0.725 | 34 | - |
| 23rd | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 42 | 101 | 0.416 | 32 | Re Elected |
| 24th | New Brighton | 46 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 40 | 90 | 0.444 | 30 | ▼Not Re Elected |
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Election for League Membership |
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| 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 6 non-league clubs. | ||
| Votes | Club | End Result |
| 46 | Accrington Stanley | Re Elected to the League |
| 28 | Workington | ▲ Elected to the League |
| 18 | New Brighton | ▼Not Elected to the League |
| 4 | Wigan Athletic | Not Elected to the League |
| 1 | Nelson | Not Elected to the League |
| 1 | North Shields | Not Elected to the League |
| 0 | Northwich Victoria | Not Elected to the League |
| 0 | South Liverpool | Not Elected to the League |
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End of Season Notes |
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▼Chesterfield were Relegated from the Football League Second Division |
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▼Grimsby Town were Relegated from the Football League Second Division |
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▲Rotherham United were Promoted to the Football League Second Division |
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- Shrewsbury Town Transferred to the Football League Third Division South |
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- Accrington Stanley were Re-Elected to the League |
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▼New Brighton were Not Re-Elected to the League |
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▲Workington were Elected to the League |
