# 1929–30 Football League

The 1929–30 season was the 38th season of The Football League.

## Final league tables

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 and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated.
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 onwards, 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 | Sheffield Wednesday (C) | 42 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 105 | 57 | 1.842 | 60 | |
| 2 | Derby County | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 90 | 82 | 1.098 | 50 | |
| 3 | Manchester City | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 91 | 81 | 1.123 | 47 | |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 42 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 92 | 83 | 1.108 | 47 | |
| 5 | Leeds United | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 79 | 63 | 1.254 | 46 | |
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 99 | 93 | 1.065 | 45 | |
| 7 | West Ham United | 42 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 86 | 79 | 1.089 | 43 | |
| 8 | Leicester City | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 86 | 90 | 0.956 | 43 | |
| 9 | Sunderland | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 76 | 80 | 0.950 | 43 | |
| 10 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 63 | 69 | 0.913 | 43 | |
| 11 | Birmingham | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 67 | 62 | 1.081 | 41 | |
| 12 | Liverpool | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 63 | 79 | 0.797 | 41 | |
| 13 | Portsmouth | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 66 | 62 | 1.065 | 40 | |
| 14 | Arsenal | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 78 | 66 | 1.182 | 39 | |
| 15 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 74 | 74 | 1.000 | 39 | |
| 16 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 82 | 84 | 0.976 | 38 | |
| 17 | Manchester United | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 67 | 88 | 0.761 | 38 | |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 73 | 89 | 0.820 | 37 | |
| 19 | Newcastle United | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 71 | 92 | 0.772 | 37 | |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 91 | 96 | 0.948 | 36 | |
| 21 | Burnley (R) | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 79 | 97 | 0.814 | 36 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 22 | Everton (R) | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 80 | 92 | 0.870 | 35 | Relegation to the Second Division |

### Results

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

### Maps
## Second Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Blackpool (C, P) | 42 | 27 | 4 | 11 | 98 | 67 | 1.463 | 58 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 2 | Chelsea (P) | 42 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 74 | 46 | 1.609 | 55 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 3 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 90 | 51 | 1.765 | 53 | |
| 4 | Bradford Park Avenue | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 91 | 70 | 1.300 | 50 | |
| 5 | Bury | 42 | 22 | 5 | 15 | 78 | 67 | 1.164 | 49 | |
| 6 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 105 | 73 | 1.438 | 47 | |
| 7 | Southampton | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 77 | 76 | 1.013 | 45 | |
| 8 | Cardiff City | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 61 | 59 | 1.034 | 44 | |
| 9 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 77 | 79 | 0.975 | 41 | |
| 10 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 55 | 69 | 0.797 | 41 | |
| 11 | Stoke City | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 74 | 72 | 1.028 | 40 | |
| 12 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 59 | 61 | 0.967 | 39 | |
| 13 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 59 | 63 | 0.937 | 39 | |
| 14 | Millwall | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 57 | 73 | 0.781 | 39 | |
| 15 | Swansea Town | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 57 | 61 | 0.934 | 37 | |
| 16 | Preston North End | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 65 | 80 | 0.813 | 37 | |
| 17 | Barnsley | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 56 | 71 | 0.789 | 36 | |
| 18 | Bradford City | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 60 | 77 | 0.779 | 36 | |
| 19 | Reading | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 54 | 67 | 0.806 | 35 | |
| 20 | Bristol City | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 61 | 83 | 0.735 | 35 | |
| 21 | Hull City (R) | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 51 | 78 | 0.654 | 35 | Relegation to the Third Division North |
| 22 | Notts County (R) | 42 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 54 | 70 | 0.771 | 33 | Relegation to the Third Division South |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | BLP | BRA | BPA | BRI | BRY | CAR | CHA | CHE | HUL | MIL | NOT | NTC | OLD | PNE | REA | SOU | STK | SWA | TOT | WBA | WOL |
| Barnsley | | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| Blackpool | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Bradford City | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Bradford Park Avenue | 4–4 | 5–0 | 0–2 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 |
| Bristol City | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 2–6 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Bury | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 2–0 | | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 |
| Cardiff City | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| Charlton Athletic | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 4–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Chelsea | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Hull City | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Millwall | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Nottingham Forest | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 5–0 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 5–2 |
| Notts County | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| Oldham Athletic | 3–2 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 6–0 |
| Preston North End | 3–1 | 4–6 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Reading | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–6 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| Southampton | 4–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–3 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 |
| Stoke City | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 |
| Swansea Town | 0–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 0–2 | 4–2 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 4–2 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 6–2 | 4–3 | | 7–3 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3–0 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 4–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–4 | |

### Maps
## Third Division North

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Port Vale | 42 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 64 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 19 | 2.784 | 67 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Stockport County | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 67 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 24 | 2.409 | 63 | |
| 3 | Darlington | 42 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 71 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 44 | 1.479 | 50 | |
| 4 | Chesterfield | 42 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 53 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 41 | 1.357 | 50 | |
| 5 | Lincoln City | 42 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 54 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 38 | 1.361 | 48 | |
| 6 | York City | 42 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 43 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 34 | 44 | 1.203 | 46 | |
| 7 | South Shields | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 49 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 42 | 1.041 | 46 | |
| 8 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 50 | 1.095 | 45 | |
| 9 | Southport | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 31 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 43 | 1.095 | 43 | |
| 10 | Rochdale | 42 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 57 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 32 | 61 | 0.978 | 43 | |
| 11 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 55 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 27 | 43 | 1.155 | 42 | |
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 57 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 51 | 0.965 | 41 | |
| 13 | New Brighton | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 57 | 0.873 | 40 | |
| 14 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 47 | 0.899 | 39 | |
| 15 | Carlisle United | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 63 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 27 | 67 | 0.891 | 39 | |
| 16 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 55 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 51 | 1.037 | 37 | |
| 17 | Wrexham | 42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 25 | 60 | 0.761 | 34 | |
| 18 | Wigan Borough | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 62 | 0.682 | 33 | |
| 19 | Nelson | 42 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 55 | 0.638 | 33 | |
| 20 | Rotherham United | 42 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 46 | 40 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 73 | 0.593 | 30 | |
| 21 | Halifax Town | 42 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 53 | 0.557 | 28 | Re-elected |
| 22 | Barrow | 42 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 70 | 0.418 | 27 | Re-elected |
* ↑ New club in the league; elected from Midland League
* ↑ After this season South Shields moved to Gateshead and became Gateshead A.F.C.

### Results

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

### Maps
## Third Division South

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 63 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 26 | 2.579 | 68 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Brentford | 42 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 2.136 | 61 | |
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 42 | 1.176 | 51 | |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 42 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 53 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 29 | 38 | 1.414 | 50 | |
| 5 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 54 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 43 | 1.381 | 50 | |
| 6 | Coventry City | 42 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 54 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 48 | 1.205 | 47 | |
| 7 | Fulham | 42 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 54 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 50 | 1.048 | 47 | |
| 8 | Norwich City | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 55 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 49 | 1.143 | 46 | |
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 56 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 48 | 1.095 | 46 | |
| 10 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 37 | 1.180 | 43 | |
| 11 | Southend United | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 40 | 1.169 | 43 | |
| 12 | Clapton Orient | 42 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 38 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 41 | 0.887 | 41 | |
| 13 | Luton Town | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 53 | 0.821 | 40 | |
| 14 | Swindon Town | 42 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 31 | 58 | 0.880 | 38 | |
| 15 | Watford | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 43 | 0.822 | 38 | |
| 16 | Exeter City | 42 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 45 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 44 | 0.918 | 35 | |
| 17 | Walsall | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 26 | 54 | 0.910 | 34 | |
| 18 | Newport County | 42 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 48 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 26 | 56 | 0.871 | 34 | |
| 19 | Torquay United | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 50 | 38 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 56 | 0.681 | 31 | |
| 20 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 45 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 62 | 0.720 | 30 | |
| 21 | Gillingham | 42 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 52 | 0.638 | 30 | Re-elected |
| 22 | Merthyr Town | 42 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 39 | 49 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 21 | 86 | 0.444 | 21 | Failed re-election |

### Results

| Home \ Away | B&BA | BRE | B&HA | BRR | CLA | COV | CRY | EXE | FUL | GIL | LUT | MER | NPC | NOR | NWC | PLY | QPR | STD | SWI | TOR | WAL | WAT |
| Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Brentford | 1–0 | | 5–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 6–2 | 5–0 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 4–3 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 6–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| Bristol Rovers | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Clapton Orient | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Coventry City | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 5–2 | | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 |
| Crystal Palace | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–3 | | 1–1 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 |
| Exeter City | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 6–4 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Fulham | 3–3 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 6–1 |
| Gillingham | 1–5 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 6–0 | 5–0 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Luton Town | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 2–0 | | 4–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 |
| Merthyr Town | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–8 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 |
| Newport County | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 10–0 | | 2–1 | 4–4 | 0–2 | 4–5 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Northampton Town | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Norwich City | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 10–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 4–3 | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | | 4–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | | 2–5 | 8–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Southend | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Swindon Town | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 6–3 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 5–1 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 |
| Torquay United | 7–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 5–2 | 4–0 |
| Walsall | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 7–0 | | 1–2 |
| Watford | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |