Football League Third Division South  1950/51

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GA Pts Notes
1st  Nottingham Forest 46 30 10 6 110 40 2.750 70 ▲Champions
2nd  Norwich City 46 25 14 7 82 45 1.822 64 Runners Up
3rd  Reading 46 21 15 10 88 53 1.660 57 -
4th  Plymouth Argyle 46 24 9 13 85 55 1.545 57 -
5th  Millwall 46 23 10 13 80 57 1.404 56 -
6th  Bristol Rovers 46 20 15 11 64 42 1.524 55 -
7th  Southend United 46 21 10 15 92 69 1.333 52 -
8th  Ipswich Town 46 23 6 17 69 58 1.190 52 -
9th  Bournemouth & Boscambe Athletic 46 22 7 17 65 57 1.140 51 -
10th  Bristol City 46 20 11 15 64 59 1.085 51 -
11th  Newport County 46 19 9 18 77 70 1.100 47 -
12th  Port Vale 46 16 13 17 60 65 0.923 45 -
13th  Brighton & Hove Albion 46 13 17 16 71 79 0.899 43 -
14th  Exeter City 46 18 6 22 62 85 0.729 42 -
15th  Walsall 46 15 10 21 52 62 0.839 40 -
16th  Colchester United 46 14 12 20 63 76 0.829 40 -
17th  Swindon Town 46 18 4 24 55 67 0.821 40 -
18th  Aldershot 46 15 10 21 56 88 0.636 40 -
19th  Leyton Orient 46 15 8 23 53 75 0.707 38 -
20th  Torquay United 46 14 9 23 64 81 0.790 37 -
21st  Northampton Town 46 10 16 20 55 67 0.821 36 -
22nd  Gillingham 46 13 9 24 69 101 0.683 35 -
23rd  Watford 46 9 11 26 54 88 0.614 29 Re Elected
24th  Crystal Palace 46 8 11 27 33 84 0.393 27 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 8 non-league clubs.
Votes Club End Result
48 Watford Re Elected to the League
45 Crystal Palace Re Elected to the League
3 Bath City Not Elected to the League
1 Merthyr Tydfil Not Elected to the League
1 Worcester City Not Elected to the League
0 Chelmsford City Not Elected to the League
0 Hereford United Not Elected to the League
0 LIanelly Not Elected to the League
0 Peterborough United Not Elected to the League
0 Yeovil Town Not Elected to the League

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End of Season Notes

 - Shrewsbury Town Transferred from the Football League Third Division North

 ▲Nottingham Forest were Promoted to the Football League Second Division

 - Watford were Re-Elected to the League

 - Crystal Palace were Re-Elected to the League