1982–83 Football League
# 1982–83 Football League

The 1982–83 season was the 84th completed season of the English Football League.

Bob Paisley’s last season as Liverpool manager ended on a high as they topped the First Division with a comfortable lead. Paisley retired as Liverpool manager with a record 21 prizes in nine years. His successor was the club's long-serving coach Joe Fagan. Newly promoted Watford were the shock of the season, finishing in second place in their first season in the top flight.

Manchester City were relegated despite a four-year spending spree totalling around £5million. Swansea City were also relegated after only their second season as a First Division club. They had finished sixth a year earlier and at several stages had topped the league table. Brighton & Hove Albion joined them on the way down.

Queens Park Rangers, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Leicester City won promotion to the First Division. Rotherham United, Burnley and Bolton Wanderers were relegated to the Third Division. It was another blow for Bolton, who had been relegated from the First Division three years earlier.

Charlton Athletic and Wolverhampton Wanderers both came within hours of going bankrupt but were both saved by respective new owners.

Portsmouth’s revival continued as they ran away with the Third Division championship, followed closely behind by runners-up Cardiff City and third-placed Huddersfield Town. Newport County finished 4th, their highest post-World War II position in the Football League. Occupying the four relegation places were Reading, Wrexham, Doncaster Rovers and Chesterfield.

Wimbledon were crowned Fourth Division champions. Hull City, Port Vale and Scunthorpe United occupied the other three promotion places. The re-election system went in favour of the bottom four sides in the Fourth Division, all of whom were re-elected for the following season, but had things gone differently then Blackpool could have gone out of the Football League little over a decade after they had been a First Division side.

At the end of the season, Fourth Division strugglers Crewe Alexandra appointed Milan-born ex-Wimbledon manager Dario Gradi as their new manager.

## Final league tables and results

The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website, with home and away statistics separated.

During the first five seasons of the league, that is, until the season 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league. From the 1922–23 season on it was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South. Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the re-election process has concerned the bottom four clubs in that division.

## First Division

Liverpool were dominant throughout Bob Paisley's final season as manager, retaining the league title and winning a third successive League Cup. Paisley, who had won 21 major trophies in nine seasons as manager, handed over the reins to his assistant Joe Fagan.

Second place in the league went to Watford, who took the First Division by storm in their first season at this level. Manchester United won the FA Cup in Ron Atkinson's second season as manager, and also finished third in the league for the second consecutive season. Tottenham Hotspur continued to thrive, finishing fourth and qualifying for the UEFA Cup, although they failed to add any silverware to the FA Cup victories of 1981 and 1982. Nottingham Forest finished fifth and secured a place in the UEFA Cup.

Brighton, who took Manchester United to a replay in the FA Cup final, went down in bottom place after four seasons in the First Division. Swansea City, who had finished sixth on their First Division debut a year earlier, were unable to maintain their fine form for a second season, and went down in second place from bottom. The final relegation place went to Manchester City, whose 17-year stay in the First Division was ended in the final minutes of the final game of the season, when a Raddy Antic goal gave visitors Luton Town a 1-0 victory and saved them from an immediate return to the Second Division.

For the first time in eight years, there were no English clubs winning European trophies this season.

### Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Liverpool (C) | 42 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 87 | 37 | +50 | 82 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Watford | 42 | 22 | 5 | 15 | 74 | 57 | +17 | 71 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Manchester United | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 56 | 38 | +18 | 70 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 65 | 50 | +15 | 69 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 62 | 50 | +12 | 69 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Aston Villa | 42 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 62 | 50 | +12 | 68 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Everton | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 66 | 48 | +18 | 64 | |
| 8 | West Ham United | 42 | 20 | 4 | 18 | 68 | 62 | +6 | 64 | |
| 9 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 64 | 50 | +14 | 58 | |
| 10 | Arsenal | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 58 | 56 | +2 | 58 | |
| 11 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 51 | 49 | +2 | 57 | |
| 12 | Southampton | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 54 | 58 | −4 | 57 | |
| 13 | Stoke City | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 53 | 64 | −11 | 57 | |
| 14 | Norwich City | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 52 | 58 | −6 | 54 | |
| 15 | Notts County | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 55 | 71 | −16 | 52 | |
| 16 | Sunderland | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 48 | 61 | −13 | 50 | |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 40 | 55 | −15 | 50 | |
| 18 | Luton Town | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 65 | 84 | −19 | 49 | |
| 19 | Coventry City | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 48 | 59 | −11 | 48 | |
| 20 | Manchester City (R) | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 47 | 70 | −23 | 47 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 21 | Swansea City (R) | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 51 | 69 | −18 | 41 | Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round and relegation to the Second Division |
| 22 | Brighton & Hove Albion (R) | 42 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 38 | 68 | −30 | 40 | Relegation to the Second Division |

* ↑ Manchester United qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1982–83 FA Cup winners.
* ↑ Swansea City qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round as the 1983 Welsh Cup winners.

### Results

| Home \ Away | ARS | AST | BIR | BHA | COV | EVE | IPS | LIV | LUT | MCI | MUN | NWC | NOT | NTC | SOU | STK | SUN | SWA | TOT | WAT | WBA | WHU |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arsenal | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–3 |
| Aston Villa | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Birmingham City | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Coventry City | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 |
| Everton | 2–3 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–5 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Ipswich Town | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 1–2 |
| Liverpool | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 3–3 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Luton Town | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 5–3 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Manchester City | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Manchester United | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Norwich City | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Nottingham Forest | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Notts County | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Southampton | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| Stoke City | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 5–2 |
| Sunderland | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Swansea City | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–5 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Watford | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 8–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | | 1–2 |
| West Ham United | 1–3 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ipswich Town | Bobby Robson | Signed by England | 30 May 1982 | Pre-season | Bobby Ferguson | 1 June 1982 |
| West Bromwich Albion | Ronnie Allen | Became general manager | 1 June 1982 | Pre-season | Ron Wylie | 1 June 1982 |
| Notts County | Jimmy Sirrel | Became general manager | 8 June 1982 | Pre-season | Howard Wilkinson | 8 June 1982 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | Mike Bailey | Sacked | 6 December 1982 | 18th | Jimmy Melia | 6 December 1982 |
| Manchester City | John Bond | Sacked | 3 February 1983 | 9th | John Benson | 3 February 1983 |

## Second Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Queens Park Rangers (C, P) | 42 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 77 | 36 | +41 | 85 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (P) | 42 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 68 | 44 | +24 | 75 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 3 | Leicester City (P) | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 72 | 44 | +28 | 70 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 4 | Fulham | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 64 | 47 | +17 | 69 | |
| 5 | Newcastle United | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 75 | 53 | +22 | 67 | |
| 6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 60 | 47 | +13 | 63 | |
| 7 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 64 | 47 | +17 | 61 | |
| 8 | Leeds United | 42 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 60 | |
| 9 | Shrewsbury Town | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 59 | |
| 10 | Barnsley | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 57 | 55 | +2 | 57 | |
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 57 | |
| 12 | Cambridge United | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 42 | 60 | −18 | 51 | |
| 13 | Derby County | 42 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 49 | 58 | −9 | 49 | |
| 14 | Carlisle United | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 68 | 70 | −2 | 48 | |
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 48 | |
| 16 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 46 | 67 | −21 | 48 | |
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 63 | 86 | −23 | 48 | |
| 18 | Chelsea | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 51 | 61 | −10 | 47 | |
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 45 | 70 | −25 | 47 | |
| 20 | Rotherham United (R) | 42 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 45 | 68 | −23 | 45 | Relegation to the Third Division |
| 21 | Burnley (R) | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 56 | 66 | −10 | 44 | Relegation to the Third Division |
| 22 | Bolton Wanderers (R) | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 42 | 61 | −19 | 44 | Relegation to the Third Division |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | BLB | BOL | BUR | CAM | CRL | CHA | CHE | CRY | DER | FUL | GRI | LEE | LEI | MID | NEW | OLD | QPR | ROT | SHW | SHR | WOL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Barnsley | | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 |
| Burnley | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 4–1 | 7–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Cambridge United | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Carlisle United | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 |
| Charlton Athletic | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–3 |
| Chelsea | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Crystal Palace | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–4 |
| Derby County | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Fulham | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| Grimsby Town | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Leeds United | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Leicester City | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 5–0 |
| Middlesbrough | 2–0 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Newcastle United | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Oldham Athletic | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| Rotherham United | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 0–0 | | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–4 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Shrewsbury Town | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 0–2 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |

## Third Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Portsmouth | 46 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 22 | +33 | 91 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Cardiff City | 46 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 36 | +26 | 86 | Promoted |
| 3 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 56 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 31 | +35 | 82 | Promoted |
| 4 | Newport County | 46 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 40 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 36 | 34 | +22 | 78 | |
| 5 | Oxford United | 46 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 41 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 30 | +18 | 78 | |
| 6 | Lincoln City | 46 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 55 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 29 | +26 | 76 | |
| 7 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 55 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 37 | +26 | 75 | |
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 43 | −5 | 65 | |
| 9 | Brentford | 46 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 50 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 38 | 49 | +11 | 64 | |
| 10 | Walsall | 46 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 44 | +1 | 64 | |
| 11 | Sheffield United | 46 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 44 | −2 | 64 | |
| 12 | Bradford City | 46 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 42 | −1 | 61 | |
| 13 | Gillingham | 46 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 29 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 30 | −1 | 61 | |
| 14 | Bournemouth | 46 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 48 | −9 | 61 | |
| 15 | Southend United | 46 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 41 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 37 | +1 | 59 | |
| 16 | Preston North End | 46 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 35 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 25 | 52 | −9 | 58 | |
| 17 | Millwall | 46 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 41 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 53 | −13 | 55 | |
| 18 | Wigan Athletic | 46 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 39 | −12 | 54 | |
| 19 | Exeter City | 46 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 49 | 43 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 61 | −23 | 54 | |
| 20 | Orient | 46 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 44 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 50 | −24 | 54 | |
| 21 | Reading | 46 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 37 | 28 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 51 | −15 | 53 | Relegated |
| 22 | Wrexham | 46 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 26 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 50 | −20 | 51 | Relegated |
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 44 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 53 | −40 | 38 | Relegated |
| 24 | Chesterfield | 46 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 40 | −25 | 37 | Relegated |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BOU | BRA | BRE | BRR | CAR | CHF | DON | EXE | GIL | HUD | LIN | MIL | NPC | ORI | OXF | PLY | POR | PNE | REA | SHU | STD | WAL | WIG | WRE |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bournemouth | | 2–2 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Bradford City | 2–3 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Brentford | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 5–1 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 4–1 |
| Bristol Rovers | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 |
| Cardiff City | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Chesterfield | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 3–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 |
| Doncaster Rovers | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–4 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 6–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 7–5 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–6 | 1–1 |
| Exeter City | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–7 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | | 2–2 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 3–3 |
| Gillingham | 2–5 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–4 | | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Huddersfield Town | 0–0 | 6–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Lincoln City | 9–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | | 3–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Millwall | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Newport County | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Orient | 5–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–5 | | 1–5 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Oxford United | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Portsmouth | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Preston North End | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| Reading | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Sheffield United | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Southend United | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Walsall | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Wigan Athletic | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | | 3–1 |
| Wrexham | 1–0 | 0–4 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | |

## Fourth Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Wimbledon | 46 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 57 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 22 | +51 | 98 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Hull City | 46 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 48 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 20 | +41 | 90 | Promoted |
| 3 | Port Vale | 46 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 18 | +33 | 88 | Promoted |
| 4 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 25 | +29 | 83 | Promoted |
| 5 | Bury | 46 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 26 | +28 | 81 | |
| 6 | Colchester United | 46 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 51 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 36 | +20 | 81 | |
| 7 | York City | 46 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 59 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 39 | +30 | 79 | |
| 8 | Swindon Town | 46 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 27 | +7 | 68 | |
| 9 | Peterborough United | 46 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 29 | +6 | 64 | |
| 10 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 44 | −9 | 61 | |
| 11 | Halifax Town | 46 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 43 | −7 | 60 | |
| 12 | Torquay United | 46 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 38 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 35 | −9 | 58 | |
| 13 | Chester City | 46 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 36 | −5 | 56 | |
| 14 | Bristol City | 46 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 45 | −11 | 56 | |
| 15 | Northampton Town | 46 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 43 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 46 | −10 | 54 | |
| 16 | Stockport County | 46 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 48 | −19 | 54 | |
| 17 | Darlington | 46 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 41 | −10 | 52 | |
| 18 | Aldershot | 46 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 35 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 47 | −21 | 51 | |
| 19 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 42 | −22 | 50 | |
| 20 | Rochdale | 46 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 48 | −18 | 49 | |
| 21 | Blackpool | 46 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 51 | −19 | 49 | Re-elected |
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 52 | −30 | 48 | Re-elected |
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 39 | −18 | 41 | Re-elected |
| 24 | Hereford United | 46 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 23 | 56 | −37 | 41 | Re-elected |

* ↑ Blackpool had two points deducted.

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALD | BLP | BRI | BRY | CHE | COL | CRE | DAR | HAL | HAR | HER | HUL | MAN | NOR | PET | PTV | ROC | SCU | STP | SWI | TOR | TRA | WDN | YOR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aldershot | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–6 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 6–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Blackpool | 4–1 | | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Bristol City | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 |
| Bury | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 |
| Chester City | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Colchester United | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 4–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | | 2–5 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Darlington | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| Halifax Town | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Hartlepool United | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Hereford United | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 |
| Hull City | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Mansfield Town | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Northampton Town | 1–1 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Peterborough United | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 |
| Port Vale | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Rochdale | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Scunthorpe United | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Stockport County | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 |
| Swindon Town | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| Torquay United | 4–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Tranmere Rovers | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 0–2 | 3–0 |
| Wimbledon | 6–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | | 4–3 |
| York City | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | |

## Election/Re-election to the Football League

This year Enfield, the winners of the Alliance Premier League, could not apply for election because they did not meet Football League requirements, so 2nd placed Maidstone United won the right to apply for election to the Football League to replace one of the four bottom sides in the 1982–83 Football League Fourth Division. The vote went as follows:

| Club | Final Position | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| Blackpool | 21st (Fourth Division) | 52 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 23rd (Fourth Division) | 49 |
| Hereford United | 24th (Fourth Division) | 49 |
| Hartlepool United | 22nd (Fourth Division) | 36 |
| Maidstone United | 2nd (Alliance Premier League) | 26 |

As a result of this, all four Football League teams were re-elected, and Maidstone United were denied membership of the League.

