# 1948–49 Football League

The 1948–49 season was the 50th completed season of The Football League.

## Final league 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

Portsmouth, the 1939 FA Cup winners, won their second major trophy by finishing as champions of the First Division, five points ahead of their nearest challengers Manchester United and Derby County. Portsmouth clinched the title on 23 April 1949 with three matches left to play.
The relegation battle was tighter than those of the previous two seasons. Sheffield United and Preston North End finished the season in the bottom two places, a single point behind Huddersfield Town and Middlesbrough. A mere five points separated the bottom 10 teams in the final table.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Portsmouth (C) | 42 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 84 | 42 | 2.000 | 58 | |
| 2 | Manchester United | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 77 | 44 | 1.750 | 53 | |
| 3 | Derby County | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 74 | 55 | 1.345 | 53 | |
| 4 | Newcastle United | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 70 | 56 | 1.250 | 52 | |
| 5 | Arsenal | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 74 | 44 | 1.682 | 49 | |
| 6 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 79 | 66 | 1.197 | 46 | |
| 7 | Manchester City | 42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 47 | 51 | 0.922 | 45 | |
| 8 | Sunderland | 42 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 49 | 58 | 0.845 | 43 | |
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 63 | 67 | 0.940 | 42 | |
| 10 | Aston Villa | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 60 | 76 | 0.789 | 42 | |
| 11 | Stoke City | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 66 | 68 | 0.971 | 41 | |
| 12 | Liverpool | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 53 | 43 | 1.233 | 40 | |
| 13 | Chelsea | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 69 | 68 | 1.015 | 38 | |
| 14 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 59 | 68 | 0.868 | 38 | |
| 15 | Burnley | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 43 | 50 | 0.860 | 38 | |
| 16 | Blackpool | 42 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 54 | 67 | 0.806 | 38 | |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 42 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 36 | 38 | 0.947 | 37 | |
| 18 | Everton | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 41 | 63 | 0.651 | 37 | |
| 19 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 46 | 57 | 0.807 | 34 | |
| 20 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 40 | 69 | 0.580 | 34 | |
| 21 | Preston North End (R) | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 62 | 75 | 0.827 | 33 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 22 | Sheffield United (R) | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 57 | 78 | 0.731 | 33 | Relegation to the Second Division |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ARS | AST | BIR | BLP | BOL | BUR | CHA | CHE | DER | EVE | HUD | LIV | MCI | MUN | MID | NEW | POR | PNE | SHU | STK | SUN | WOL |
| Arsenal | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 5–3 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 |
| Aston Villa | 1–0 | | 0–3 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 |
| Birmingham City | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Blackpool | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 5–3 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–5 |
| Burnley | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Charlton Athletic | 4–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 |
| Chelsea | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 0–3 | 6–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 |
| Derby County | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| Everton | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 0–5 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Huddersfield Town | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Liverpool | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Manchester City | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–4 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 |
| Manchester United | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Middlesbrough | 0–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–4 |
| Newcastle United | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–5 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Portsmouth | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 |
| Preston North End | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–6 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Sheffield United | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | | 2–2 | 2–5 | 1–1 |
| Stoke City | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Sunderland | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 3–3 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | |

### Maps
## Second Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Fulham (C, P) | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 77 | 37 | 2.081 | 57 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion (P) | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 69 | 39 | 1.769 | 56 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 3 | Southampton | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 69 | 36 | 1.917 | 55 | |
| 4 | Cardiff City | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 62 | 47 | 1.319 | 51 | |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 72 | 44 | 1.636 | 50 | |
| 6 | Chesterfield | 42 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 51 | 45 | 1.133 | 47 | |
| 7 | West Ham United | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 56 | 58 | 0.966 | 46 | |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 63 | 56 | 1.125 | 43 | |
| 9 | Barnsley | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 62 | 61 | 1.016 | 40 | |
| 10 | Luton Town | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 55 | 57 | 0.965 | 40 | |
| 11 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 72 | 76 | 0.947 | 40 | |
| 12 | Bury | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 67 | 76 | 0.882 | 40 | |
| 13 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 44 | 62 | 0.710 | 39 | |
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 53 | 63 | 0.841 | 38 | |
| 15 | Leeds United | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 55 | 63 | 0.873 | 37 | |
| 16 | Coventry City | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 55 | 64 | 0.859 | 37 | |
| 17 | Bradford Park Avenue | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 65 | 78 | 0.833 | 37 | |
| 18 | Brentford | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 42 | 53 | 0.792 | 36 | |
| 19 | Leicester City | 42 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 62 | 79 | 0.785 | 36 | |
| 20 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 49 | 64 | 0.766 | 36 | |
| 21 | Nottingham Forest (R) | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 50 | 54 | 0.926 | 35 | Relegation to the Third Division South |
| 22 | Lincoln City (R) | 42 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 53 | 91 | 0.582 | 28 | Relegation to the Third Division North |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | BLB | BPA | BRE | BRY | CAR | CHF | COV | FUL | GRI | LEE | LEI | LIN | LUT | NOT | PLY | QPR | SHW | SOU | TOT | WBA | WHU |
| Barnsley | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 5–3 | | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Bradford Park Avenue | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 |
| Brentford | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 8–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Bury | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Cardiff City | 0–3 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 3–4 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 |
| Chesterfield | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Coventry City | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Fulham | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 7–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Grimsby Town | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 2–3 | | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Leeds United | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 6–3 | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 |
| Leicester City | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 6–2 | | 5–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 |
| Lincoln City | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–6 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 4–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 4–3 |
| Luton Town | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | | 4–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Nottingham Forest | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Southampton | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 4–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 2–0 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 2–1 |
| West Ham United | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |

### Maps
## Third Division North

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Hull City | 42 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 65 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 3.321 | 65 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Rotherham United | 42 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 47 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 43 | 29 | 1.957 | 62 | |
| 3 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 27 | 28 | 1.325 | 50 | |
| 4 | Darlington | 42 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 41 | 38 | 1.122 | 46 | |
| 5 | Gateshead | 42 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 28 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 1.190 | 45 | |
| 6 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 49 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 39 | 1.119 | 45 | |
| 7 | Rochdale | 42 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 37 | 1.038 | 45 | |
| 8 | Stockport County | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 40 | 1.089 | 43 | |
| 9 | Wrexham | 42 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 40 | 0.903 | 43 | |
| 10 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 1.083 | 42 | |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 38 | 0.807 | 41 | |
| 12 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 56 | 0.703 | 41 | |
| 13 | Barrow | 42 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 35 | 0.854 | 40 | |
| 14 | York City | 42 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 49 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 46 | 1.000 | 39 | |
| 15 | Carlisle United | 42 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 46 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 45 | 0.779 | 39 | |
| 16 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 33 | 0.776 | 38 | |
| 17 | New Brighton | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 39 | 0.793 | 36 | |
| 18 | Chester | 42 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 37 | 1.018 | 35 | |
| 19 | Halifax Town | 42 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 35 | 0.726 | 35 | |
| 20 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 41 | 0.859 | 34 | |
| 21 | Southport | 42 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 35 | 0.703 | 31 | Re-elected |
| 22 | Bradford City | 42 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 46 | 0.623 | 29 | Re-elected |

### Results

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

### Maps
## Third Division South

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Swansea Town | 42 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 2.559 | 62 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Reading | 42 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 48 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 1.540 | 55 | |
| 3 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 42 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 31 | 1.438 | 52 | |
| 4 | Swindon Town | 42 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 38 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 36 | 1.143 | 51 | |
| 5 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 1.196 | 48 | |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 26 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 23 | 29 | 1.000 | 48 | |
| 7 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 53 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 47 | 1.013 | 45 | |
| 8 | Millwall | 42 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 42 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 41 | 0.984 | 45 | |
| 9 | Torquay United | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 44 | 0.929 | 45 | |
| 10 | Norwich City | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 39 | 1.367 | 44 | |
| 11 | Notts County | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 68 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 34 | 49 | 1.500 | 43 | |
| 12 | Exeter City | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 50 | 0.829 | 40 | |
| 13 | Port Vale | 42 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 33 | 0.944 | 39 | |
| 14 | Walsall | 42 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 36 | 0.875 | 38 | |
| 15 | Newport County | 42 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 27 | 57 | 0.739 | 37 | |
| 16 | Bristol City | 42 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 28 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 38 | 0.710 | 36 | |
| 17 | Watford | 42 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 33 | 0.759 | 35 | |
| 18 | Southend United | 42 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 28 | 0.891 | 34 | |
| 19 | Leyton Orient | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 51 | 0.725 | 34 | |
| 20 | Northampton Town | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 42 | 0.823 | 33 | |
| 21 | Aldershot | 42 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 0.814 | 33 | Re-elected |
| 22 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 49 | 0.500 | 27 | Re-elected |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALD | B&BA | B&HA | BRI | BRR | CRY | EXE | IPS | LEY | MIL | NPC | NOR | NWC | NTC | PTV | REA | STD | SWA | SWI | TOR | WAL | WAT |
| Aldershot | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–6 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 0–4 | 1–6 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Bristol City | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–6 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Bristol Rovers | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–6 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Crystal Palace | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 |
| Exeter City | 3–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Ipswich Town | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Leyton Orient | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 5–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Millwall | 1–1 | 4–0 | 6–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Newport County | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Northampton Town | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Norwich City | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Notts County | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 9–0 | 9–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 11–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Port Vale | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 |
| Reading | 2–0 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Southend | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Swansea Town | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 4–0 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Swindon Town | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Torquay United | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 3–1 | | 5–1 | 3–1 |
| Walsall | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 5–6 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 0–1 |
| Watford | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |

### Maps
## Attendances

| # | Football club | Home games | Average attendance |
| 1 | Newcastle United | 21 | 53,839 |
| 2 | Arsenal FC | 21 | 51,478 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 21 | 48,808 |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 21 | 47,320 |
| 5 | Chelsea FC | 21 | 46,362 |
| 6 | Sunderland AFC | 21 | 45,220 |
| 7 | Everton FC | 21 | 45,138 |
| 8 | Liverpool FC | 21 | 44,031 |
| 9 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 21 | 43,690 |
| 10 | Charlton Athletic | 21 | 40,216 |
| 11 | Manchester City | 21 | 38,699 |
| 12 | Birmingham City | 21 | 38,453 |
| 13 | Portsmouth FC | 21 | 37,082 |
| 14 | Sheffield United | 21 | 34,387 |
| 15 | Middlesbrough FC | 21 | 34,292 |
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 21 | 34,113 |
| 17 | Preston North End | 21 | 33,226 |
| 18 | Burnley FC | 21 | 30,290 |
| 19 | Stoke City | 21 | 29,943 |
| 20 | Derby County | 21 | 29,798 |
| 21 | Blackpool FC | 21 | 24,882 |
| 22 | Huddersfield Town | 21 | 22,151 |