1946–47 Football League
# 1946–47 Football League

The 1946–47 season was the 48th completed season of The Football League.

This season was the first to feature a full football programme since the 1938–39 campaign. Division placings were the same as in the unfinished 1939–40 Football League.

## Final division tables

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

From the 1922–23 season, the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South were required to apply for re-election.

## First Division

After a tight title race involving several clubs in the First Division, Liverpool won their fifth league title, finishing one point ahead of their nearest rivals Manchester United (who won two league titles before the World War I) and Wolverhampton Wanderers (who had yet to win a First Division title). Stoke City and Blackpool completed the top five.

Leeds United were relegated in bottom place after just six wins all season. They were joined by a Brentford side who failed to match their promising pre-war form, and they would not return to the top flight until 2021.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Liverpool (C) | 42 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 84 | 52 | 1.615 | 57 | |
| 2 | Manchester United | 42 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 95 | 54 | 1.759 | 56 | |
| 3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 98 | 56 | 1.750 | 56 | |
| 4 | Stoke City | 42 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 90 | 53 | 1.698 | 55 | |
| 5 | Blackpool | 42 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 71 | 70 | 1.014 | 50 | |
| 6 | Sheffield United | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 89 | 75 | 1.187 | 49 | |
| 7 | Preston North End | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 76 | 74 | 1.027 | 47 | |
| 8 | Aston Villa | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 67 | 53 | 1.264 | 45 | |
| 9 | Sunderland | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 65 | 66 | 0.985 | 44 | |
| 10 | Everton | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 62 | 67 | 0.925 | 43 | |
| 11 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 73 | 68 | 1.074 | 42 | |
| 12 | Portsmouth | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 66 | 60 | 1.100 | 41 | |
| 13 | Arsenal | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 72 | 70 | 1.029 | 41 | |
| 14 | Derby County | 42 | 18 | 5 | 19 | 73 | 79 | 0.924 | 41 | |
| 15 | Chelsea | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 69 | 84 | 0.821 | 39 | |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 61 | 82 | 0.744 | 38 | |
| 17 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 45 | 53 | 0.849 | 36 | |
| 18 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 57 | 69 | 0.826 | 34 | |
| 19 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 57 | 71 | 0.803 | 34 | |
| 20 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 53 | 79 | 0.671 | 33 | |
| 21 | Brentford (R) | 42 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 45 | 88 | 0.511 | 25 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 22 | Leeds United (R) | 42 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 45 | 90 | 0.500 | 18 | Relegation to the Second Division |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ARS | AST | BLB | BLP | BOL | BRE | CHA | CHE | DER | EVE | GRI | HUD | LEE | LIV | MUN | MID | POR | PNE | SHU | STK | SUN | WOL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arsenal | | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 6–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Aston Villa | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Blackpool | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–5 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 2–0 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Brentford | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 4–1 |
| Charlton Athletic | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 2–3 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–4 |
| Chelsea | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Derby County | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 5–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 |
| Everton | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | | 3–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 0–2 |
| Grimsby Town | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–6 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Huddersfield Town | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–4 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Leeds United | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Liverpool | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 7–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–5 |
| Manchester United | 5–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 5–0 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 |
| Middlesbrough | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–4 | | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 5–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Portsmouth | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 4–4 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Preston North End | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 6–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Sheffield United | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 6–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 |
| Stoke City | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Sunderland | 1–4 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 0–1 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 6–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 6–4 | 7–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |

## Second Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Manchester City (C, P) | 42 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 78 | 35 | 2.229 | 62 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 2 | Burnley (P) | 42 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 65 | 29 | 2.241 | 58 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 3 | Birmingham City | 42 | 25 | 5 | 12 | 74 | 33 | 2.242 | 55 | |
| 4 | Chesterfield | 42 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 58 | 44 | 1.318 | 50 | |
| 5 | Newcastle United | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 95 | 62 | 1.532 | 48 | |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 65 | 53 | 1.226 | 48 | |
| 7 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 88 | 75 | 1.173 | 48 | |
| 8 | Coventry City | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 66 | 59 | 1.119 | 45 | |
| 9 | Leicester City | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 69 | 64 | 1.078 | 43 | |
| 10 | Barnsley | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 84 | 86 | 0.977 | 42 | |
| 11 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 69 | 74 | 0.932 | 40 | |
| 12 | West Ham United | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 70 | 76 | 0.921 | 40 | |
| 13 | Luton Town | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 71 | 73 | 0.973 | 39 | |
| 14 | Southampton | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 69 | 76 | 0.908 | 39 | |
| 15 | Fulham | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 63 | 74 | 0.851 | 39 | |
| 16 | Bradford Park Avenue | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 65 | 77 | 0.844 | 39 | |
| 17 | Bury | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 80 | 78 | 1.026 | 36 | |
| 18 | Millwall | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 56 | 79 | 0.709 | 36 | |
| 19 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 14 | 5 | 23 | 79 | 96 | 0.823 | 33 | |
| 20 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 67 | 88 | 0.761 | 32 | |
| 21 | Swansea Town (R) | 42 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 55 | 83 | 0.663 | 29 | Relegation to the Third Division South |
| 22 | Newport County (R) | 42 | 10 | 3 | 29 | 61 | 133 | 0.459 | 23 | Relegation to the Third Division South |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | BIR | BPA | BUR | BRY | CHF | COV | FUL | LEI | LUT | MCI | MIL | NEW | NPC | NOT | PLY | SHW | SOU | SWA | TOT | WBA | WHU |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Barnsley | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 4–4 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Birmingham | 1–2 | | 4–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Bradford Park Avenue | 1–3 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 |
| Burnley | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Bury | 4–4 | 2–0 | 6–3 | 2–2 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 7–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 |
| Chesterfield | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Coventry City | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Fulham | 6–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| Leicester City | 6–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–5 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Luton Town | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 6–3 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Manchester City | 5–1 | 1–0 | 7–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 |
| Millwall | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | | 1–4 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Newcastle United | 4–2 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 7–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | | 13–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–3 |
| Newport County | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 4–2 | | 2–5 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–7 | 1–1 |
| Nottingham Forest | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 6–1 | | 5–1 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Southampton | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 3–1 | | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 |
| Swansea Town | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–6 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 2–5 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | | 2–3 |
| West Ham United | 4–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | |

## Third Division North

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 67 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 56 | 24 | 3.075 | 72 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Rotherham United | 42 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 34 | 2.151 | 64 | |
| 3 | Chester | 42 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 42 | 38 | 1.863 | 56 | Welsh Cup winners |
| 4 | Stockport County | 42 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 50 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 28 | 34 | 1.472 | 50 | |
| 5 | Bradford City | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 1.319 | 50 | |
| 6 | Rochdale | 42 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 39 | 1.250 | 48 | |
| 7 | Wrexham | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 43 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 1.275 | 46 | |
| 8 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 48 | 0.946 | 43 | |
| 9 | Barrow | 42 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 38 | 0.871 | 41 | |
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 43 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 23 | 44 | 0.857 | 41 | |
| 11 | Hull City | 42 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 0.925 | 40 | |
| 12 | Lincoln City | 42 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 52 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 34 | 55 | 0.989 | 39 | |
| 13 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 47 | 0.877 | 39 | |
| 14 | Gateshead | 42 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 39 | 0.861 | 38 | |
| 15 | York City | 42 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 35 | 42 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 39 | 0.827 | 37 | |
| 16 | Carlisle United | 42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 55 | 0.753 | 37 | |
| 17 | Darlington | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 48 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 54 | 0.850 | 36 | |
| 18 | New Brighton | 42 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 47 | 0.740 | 36 | |
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 49 | 0.688 | 32 | |
| 20 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 37 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 19 | 54 | 0.609 | 32 | |
| 21 | Southport | 42 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 41 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 44 | 0.624 | 25 | Re-elected |
| 22 | Halifax Town | 42 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 56 | 0.467 | 22 | Re-elected |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ACC | BRW | BRA | CRL | CHE | CRE | DAR | DON | GAT | HAL | HAR | HUL | LIN | NWB | OLD | ROC | ROT | SOU | STP | TRA | WRE | YOR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Accrington Stanley | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 8–4 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Barrow | 1–3 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Bradford City | 3–1 | 5–0 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Carlisle United | 4–2 | 4–1 | 4–3 | | 3–2 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Chester | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 5–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Darlington | 5–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 4–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Doncaster Rovers | 5–0 | 8–0 | 4–3 | 9–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 |
| Gateshead | 2–1 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 6–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 |
| Halifax Town | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Hartlepool | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–4 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Hull City | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Lincoln City | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–5 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 0–3 | | 5–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| New Brighton | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–5 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 4–2 | | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Oldham Athletic | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 2–2 |
| Rochdale | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Rotherham United | 4–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 8–0 | 3–3 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 3–2 | 6–1 |
| Southport | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Stockport County | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 |
| Tranmere | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Wrexham | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 3–1 |
| York City | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 4–4 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | |

## Third Division South

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cardiff City | 42 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 19 | 3.100 | 66 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 25 | 1.850 | 57 | |
| 3 | Bristol City | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 56 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 36 | 1.679 | 51 | |
| 4 | Swindon Town | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 56 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 48 | 1.151 | 49 | |
| 5 | Walsall | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 42 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 34 | 1.254 | 46 | |
| 6 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 32 | 1.151 | 46 | |
| 7 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 34 | 1.333 | 44 | |
| 8 | Southend United | 42 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 33 | 38 | 1.183 | 44 | |
| 9 | Reading | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 53 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 44 | 1.122 | 43 | |
| 10 | Port Vale | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 35 | 1.079 | 43 | |
| 11 | Torquay United | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 38 | 0.852 | 42 | |
| 12 | Notts County | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 44 | 1.000 | 40 | |
| 13 | Northampton Town | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 46 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 42 | 0.960 | 40 | |
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 43 | 0.855 | 40 | |
| 15 | Exeter City | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 23 | 42 | 0.870 | 39 | |
| 16 | Watford | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 22 | 49 | 0.803 | 39 | |
| 17 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 37 | 0.750 | 38 | |
| 18 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 43 | 0.790 | 37 | |
| 19 | Leyton Orient | 42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 47 | 0.720 | 32 | |
| 20 | Aldershot | 42 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 52 | 0.615 | 32 | |
| 21 | Norwich City | 42 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 38 | 48 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 52 | 0.640 | 28 | Re-elected |
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 38 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 58 | 0.500 | 28 | Re-elected; transferred |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALD | B&BA | B&HA | BRI | BRR | CAR | CRY | EXE | IPS | LEY | MAN | NOR | NWC | NTC | PTV | QPR | REA | STD | SWI | TOR | WAL | WAT |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aldershot | | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–6 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Bristol City | 9–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Bristol Rovers | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–4 |
| Cardiff City | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 6–2 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Crystal Palace | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Exeter City | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Ipswich Town | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Leyton Orient | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Mansfield Town | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 1–3 | | 3–2 | 4–4 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Northampton Town | 2–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–8 | 4–1 |
| Norwich City | 2–3 | 1–6 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 |
| Notts County | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| Port Vale | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | | 2–2 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Reading | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 10–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 7–2 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Southend | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 5–0 |
| Swindon Town | 7–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 2–4 | 4–1 | 5–0 |
| Torquay United | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–5 | | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Walsall | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 1–3 |
| Watford | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | |
