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 |
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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 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 |
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- Port Vale Transferred from the Football League Third Division South |
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▲Lincoln City were Promoted to the Football League Second Division |
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- Darlington were Re-Elected to the League |
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- Workington were Re-Elected to the League |
