# 1928–29 Football League

The 1928–29 season was the 37th season of The Football League.

## Final league tables

The tables and results below are reproduced here with home and away statistics separated, as per RSSSF and Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79.
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. When two 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, re-election was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South.

## First Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | The Wednesday (C) | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 86 | 62 | 1.387 | 52 | |
| 2 | Leicester City | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 96 | 67 | 1.433 | 51 | |
| 3 | Aston Villa | 42 | 23 | 4 | 15 | 98 | 81 | 1.210 | 50 | |
| 4 | Sunderland | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 93 | 75 | 1.240 | 47 | |
| 5 | Liverpool | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 90 | 64 | 1.406 | 46 | |
| 6 | Derby County | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 86 | 71 | 1.211 | 46 | |
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 72 | 63 | 1.143 | 45 | |
| 8 | Manchester City | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 95 | 86 | 1.105 | 45 | |
| 9 | Arsenal | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 77 | 72 | 1.069 | 45 | |
| 10 | Newcastle United | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 70 | 72 | 0.972 | 44 | |
| 11 | Sheffield United | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 86 | 85 | 1.012 | 41 | |
| 12 | Manchester United | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 66 | 76 | 0.868 | 41 | |
| 13 | Leeds United | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 71 | 84 | 0.845 | 41 | |
| 14 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 73 | 80 | 0.913 | 40 | |
| 15 | Birmingham | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 68 | 77 | 0.883 | 40 | |
| 16 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 70 | 61 | 1.148 | 39 | |
| 17 | West Ham United | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 86 | 96 | 0.896 | 39 | |
| 18 | Everton | 42 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 63 | 75 | 0.840 | 38 | |
| 19 | Burnley | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 81 | 103 | 0.786 | 38 | |
| 20 | Portsmouth | 42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 56 | 80 | 0.700 | 36 | |
| 21 | Bury (R) | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 62 | 99 | 0.626 | 31 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 22 | Cardiff City (R) | 42 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 43 | 59 | 0.729 | 29 | Relegation to the Second Division |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ARS | AST | BIR | BLB | BOL | BUR | BRY | CAR | DER | EVE | HUD | LEE | LEI | LIV | MCI | MUN | NEW | POR | SHU | SUN | WED | WHU |
| Arsenal | | 2–5 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 |
| Aston Villa | 4–2 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–5 | 4–2 | 7–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 5–2 |
| Birmingham | 1–1 | 2–4 | | 4–0 | 0–2 | 3–6 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 5–2 | 2–5 | 4–1 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 1–2 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 0–3 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 |
| Burnley | 3–3 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 |
| Bury | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 2–1 | | 4–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–3 |
| Cardiff City | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 4–0 | | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 |
| Derby County | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 6–0 |
| Everton | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–6 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 |
| Huddersfield Town | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 7–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 6–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| Leeds United | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | | 4–3 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 4–1 |
| Leicester City | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 4–4 | | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 10–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 |
| Liverpool | 2–4 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 8–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 6–3 | | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Manchester City | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 6–4 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 2–2 | 4–2 |
| Manchester United | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 |
| Newcastle United | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–7 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 5–0 | | 0–1 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Portsmouth | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–4 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 2–3 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| Sheffield United | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 10–0 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 |
| Sunderland | 5–1 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 4–4 | | 4–3 | 4–1 |
| The Wednesday | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | | 6–0 |
| West Ham United | 3–4 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 8–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 3–2 | |

### Maps
## Second Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 54 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 35 | 1.614 | 55 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 49 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 33 | 37 | 1.344 | 53 | Promoted |
| 3 | Bradford Park Avenue | 42 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 62 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 26 | 48 | 1.257 | 48 | |
| 4 | Southampton | 42 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 48 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 38 | 1.233 | 48 | |
| 5 | Notts County | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 51 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 41 | 1.200 | 47 | |
| 6 | Stoke City | 42 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 35 | 1.451 | 46 | |
| 7 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 54 | 1.013 | 46 | |
| 8 | Blackpool | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 49 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 43 | 58 | 1.211 | 45 | |
| 9 | Chelsea | 42 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 35 | 0.985 | 44 | |
| 10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 50 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 55 | 0.926 | 43 | |
| 11 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 37 | 1.014 | 42 | |
| 12 | Hull City | 42 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 38 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 39 | 0.921 | 40 | |
| 13 | Preston North End | 42 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 58 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 52 | 0.987 | 39 | |
| 14 | Millwall | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 51 | 0.826 | 39 | |
| 15 | Reading | 42 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 48 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 56 | 0.733 | 39 | |
| 16 | Barnsley | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 51 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 38 | 1.045 | 38 | |
| 17 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 36 | 50 | 0.951 | 37 | |
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 51 | 0.720 | 37 | |
| 19 | Swansea Town | 42 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 46 | 26 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 49 | 0.827 | 36 | |
| 20 | Bristol City | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 47 | 0.806 | 36 | |
| 21 | Port Vale | 42 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 53 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 61 | 0.826 | 34 | Relegated |
| 22 | Clapton Orient | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 47 | 0.625 | 32 | Relegated |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | BLP | BPA | BRI | CHE | CLA | GRI | HUL | MID | MIL | NOT | NTC | OLD | PTV | PNE | REA | SOU | STK | SWA | TOT | WBA | WOL |
| Barnsley | | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Blackpool | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 |
| Bradford Park Avenue | 2–1 | 5–2 | | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 7–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 |
| Bristol City | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 2–5 | 0–4 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 |
| Chelsea | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 0–2 |
| Clapton Orient | 3–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Grimsby Town | 2–1 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 6–1 | | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Hull City | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 |
| Middlesbrough | 1–0 | 4–1 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 4–5 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 8–3 |
| Millwall | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 0–5 |
| Nottingham Forest | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Notts County | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 0–3 | 4–5 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Oldham Athletic | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–4 |
| Port Vale | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 8–1 | 1–4 |
| Preston North End | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 7–1 | | 7–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 |
| Reading | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 5–3 | 3–0 |
| Southampton | 1–2 | 8–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Stoke City | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–3 |
| Swansea Town | 2–1 | 5–5 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–5 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | | 4–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 6–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 3–2 | | 0–2 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3–1 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | |

### Maps
## Third Division North

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Bradford City | 42 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 82 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 46 | 25 | 2.977 | 63 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Stockport County | 42 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 77 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 35 | 1.914 | 62 | |
| 3 | Wrexham | 42 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 59 | 25 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 44 | 1.319 | 52 | |
| 4 | Wigan Borough | 42 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 55 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 33 | 1.673 | 51 | |
| 5 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 46 | 1.152 | 50 | |
| 6 | Lincoln City | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 58 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 33 | 49 | 1.358 | 48 | |
| 7 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 55 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 24 | 56 | 1.026 | 47 | |
| 8 | Carlisle United | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 61 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 50 | 1.117 | 46 | |
| 9 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 33 | 45 | 1.176 | 44 | |
| 10 | South Shields | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 57 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 50 | 1.122 | 44 | |
| 11 | Chesterfield | 42 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 46 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 49 | 0.922 | 41 | |
| 12 | Southport | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 52 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 58 | 0.882 | 40 | |
| 13 | Halifax Town | 42 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 42 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 38 | 1.016 | 39 | |
| 14 | New Brighton | 42 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 40 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 43 | 0.901 | 39 | |
| 15 | Nelson | 42 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 48 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 62 | 0.856 | 39 | |
| 16 | Rotherham United | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 54 | 0.779 | 39 | |
| 17 | Rochdale | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 55 | 34 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 62 | 0.823 | 36 | |
| 18 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 26 | 60 | 0.829 | 34 | |
| 19 | Darlington | 42 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 47 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 17 | 62 | 0.727 | 33 | |
| 20 | Barrow | 42 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 42 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 22 | 56 | 0.688 | 28 | |
| 21 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 24 | 74 | 0.527 | 26 | Re-elected |
| 22 | Ashington | 42 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 52 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 63 | 0.391 | 23 | Failed re-election |
* ↑ New club in the league; elected from North Eastern League

### Results

| Home \ Away | ACC | ASH | BRW | BRA | CRL | CHF | CRE | DAR | DON | HAL | HAR | LIN | NEL | NWB | ROC | ROT | SOU | SSH | STP | TRA | WIG | WRE |
| Accrington Stanley | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 |
| Ashington | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 2–8 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 4–2 | 4–7 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Barrow | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 7–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Bradford City | 4–1 | 2–0 | 8–0 | | 4–2 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 11–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 8–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| Carlisle United | 4–3 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 8–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 0–5 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Chesterfield | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–5 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 4–0 | 7–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 |
| Darlington | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Doncaster Rovers | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Halifax Town | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Hartlepool | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | | 3–2 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 |
| Lincoln City | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 7–1 | | 5–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Nelson | 0–2 | 5–0 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–4 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| New Brighton | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 6–1 | 0–1 | | 6–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Rochdale | 2–1 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 7–4 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 4–4 |
| Rotherham United | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 |
| Southport | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 |
| South Shields | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 6–3 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 10–1 | 4–0 | | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| Stockport County | 6–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 7–3 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 7–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 7–1 | | 4–1 | 2–1 | 6–2 |
| Tranmere | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Wigan Borough | 5–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | | 1–1 |
| Wrexham | 4–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | |

### Maps
## Third Division South

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 51 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 38 | 1.433 | 54 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 40 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 42 | 1.209 | 54 | |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 42 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 68 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 34 | 1.684 | 52 | |
| 4 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 51 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 38 | 1.627 | 52 | |
| 5 | Fulham | 42 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 31 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 41 | 40 | 1.423 | 52 | |
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 50 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 39 | 1.344 | 52 | |
| 7 | Luton Town | 42 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 64 | 28 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 45 | 1.219 | 49 | |
| 8 | Watford | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 55 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 43 | 1.068 | 48 | |
| 9 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 54 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 46 | 1.091 | 47 | |
| 10 | Swindon Town | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 27 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 45 | 1.042 | 43 | |
| 11 | Coventry City | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 34 | 1.088 | 42 | |
| 12 | Southend United | 42 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 44 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 48 | 1.067 | 41 | |
| 13 | Brentford | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 39 | 0.933 | 38 | |
| 14 | Walsall | 42 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 47 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 54 | 0.924 | 38 | |
| 15 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 48 | 0.763 | 38 | |
| 16 | Newport County | 42 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 32 | 58 | 0.802 | 35 | |
| 17 | Norwich City | 42 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 49 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 52 | 0.852 | 34 | |
| 18 | Torquay United | 42 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 46 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 48 | 0.786 | 34 | |
| 19 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 21 | 51 | 0.759 | 33 | |
| 20 | Merthyr Town | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 42 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 75 | 0.534 | 30 | |
| 21 | Exeter City | 42 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 49 | 40 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 48 | 0.761 | 29 | Re-elected |
| 22 | Gillingham | 42 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 21 | 59 | 0.518 | 29 | Re-elected |

### Results

| Home \ Away | B&BA | BRE | B&HA | BRR | CHA | COV | CRY | EXE | FUL | GIL | LUT | MER | NPC | NOR | NWC | PLY | QPR | STD | SWI | TOR | WAL | WAT |
| Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 6–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 3–3 |
| Brentford | 0–0 | | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 4–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Bristol Rovers | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Charlton Athletic | 6–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 |
| Coventry City | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Crystal Palace | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Exeter City | 6–3 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 2–3 | 1–2 | | 1–4 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Fulham | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–3 |
| Gillingham | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 |
| Luton Town | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 8–0 | | 2–0 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 5–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Merthyr Town | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 3–4 | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Newport County | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 6–1 | | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Northampton Town | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 8–1 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 7–0 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 |
| Norwich City | 5–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 8–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| Southend | 4–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 |
| Swindon Town | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 5–1 | 5–0 |
| Torquay United | 4–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 6–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 2–4 | | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Walsall | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 7–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 4–0 |
| Watford | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 6–3 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | |