| Liverpool beat Stoke 3-2 (H) on 30 Aug 1952 |
| Stoke beat Middlesbrough 1-0 (H) on 6 Sep 1952 |
| Middlesbrough beat Burnley 1-0 (A) on 23 Aug 1952 |
| Burnley beat Newcastle 2-1 (H) on 6 Sep 1952 |
| Newcastle beat Preston North End 4-3 (H) on 13 Sep 1952 |
| Preston North End beat West Brom 1-0 (H) on 6 Sep 1952 |
| West Brom beat Cardiff 1-0 (H) on 10 Sep 1952 |
| Cardiff beat Sheffield Wednesday 4-0 (H) on 30 Aug 1952 |
| Sheffield Wednesday beat Tottenham 2-0 (H) on 13 Sep 1952 |
| Tottenham beat Manchester City 1-0 (A) on 27 Aug 1952 |
| Manchester City beat Manchester United 2-1 (H) on 30 Aug 1952 |
| Manchester United beat Bolton 1-0 (H) on 13 Sep 1952 |
| Bolton beat Wolverhampton 2-1 (H) on 1 Sep 1952 |
| Wolverhampton beat Derby 3-2 (A) on 13 Sep 1952 |
| Derby beat Chelsea 3-2 (H) on 3 Sep 1952 |
| Chelsea beat Blackpool 4-0 (H) on 10 Sep 1952 |
| Blackpool beat Aston Villa 5-1 (A) on 6 Sep 1952 |
| Aston Villa beat Sunderland 3-0 (H) on 1 Sep 1952 |
| Sunderland beat Charlton 2-1 (H) on 23 Aug 1952 |
| Charlton beat Arsenal 4-3 (A) on 13 Sep 1952 |
| Arsenal beat Portsmouth 3-1 (H) on 10 Sep 1952 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.