# 1958–59 Football League

The 1958–59 season was the 60th completed season of The Football League.
This season saw the introduction of the Fourth Division.

## Final league tables

The tables 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. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.
From this season, the bottom four teams of the Fourth Division were required to apply for re-election.

## First Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (C) | 42 | 28 | 5 | 9 | 110 | 49 | 2.245 | 61 | Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Manchester United | 42 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 103 | 66 | 1.561 | 55 | |
| 3 | Arsenal | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 88 | 68 | 1.294 | 50 | |
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 79 | 66 | 1.197 | 50 | |
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 88 | 68 | 1.294 | 49 | |
| 6 | West Ham United | 42 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 85 | 70 | 1.214 | 48 | |
| 7 | Burnley | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 81 | 70 | 1.157 | 48 | |
| 8 | Blackpool | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 66 | 49 | 1.347 | 47 | |
| 9 | Birmingham City | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 84 | 68 | 1.235 | 46 | |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 76 | 70 | 1.086 | 44 | |
| 11 | Newcastle United | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 80 | 80 | 1.000 | 41 | |
| 12 | Preston North End | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 70 | 77 | 0.909 | 41 | |
| 13 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 71 | 74 | 0.959 | 40 | |
| 14 | Chelsea | 42 | 18 | 4 | 20 | 77 | 98 | 0.786 | 40 | |
| 15 | Leeds United | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 57 | 74 | 0.770 | 39 | |
| 16 | Everton | 42 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 71 | 87 | 0.816 | 38 | |
| 17 | Luton Town | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 68 | 71 | 0.958 | 37 | |
| 18 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 85 | 95 | 0.895 | 36 | |
| 19 | Leicester City | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 67 | 98 | 0.684 | 32 | |
| 20 | Manchester City | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 64 | 95 | 0.674 | 31 | |
| 21 | Aston Villa (R) | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 58 | 87 | 0.667 | 30 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 22 | Portsmouth (R) | 42 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 64 | 112 | 0.571 | 21 | Relegation to the Second Division |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ARS | AST | BIR | BLB | BLP | BOL | BUR | CHE | EVE | LEE | LEI | LUT | MCI | MUN | NEW | NOT | POR | PNE | TOT | WBA | WHU | WOL |
| Arsenal | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Aston Villa | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Birmingham City | 4–1 | 4–1 | | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 0–6 | 3–0 | 0–3 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 4–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Blackpool | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | | 1–2 | 6–0 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 6–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Burnley | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Chelsea | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 6–5 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 6–2 |
| Everton | 1–6 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Leeds United | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Leicester City | 2–3 | 6–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Luton Town | 6–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 6–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | | 5–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 |
| Manchester City | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–4 |
| Manchester United | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | | 4–4 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Newcastle United | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–4 |
| Nottingham Forest | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–7 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 |
| Portsmouth | 0–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–6 | 1–2 | 3–5 |
| Preston North End | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–5 | 3–1 | | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 1–4 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 10–4 | 2–3 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 1–2 | | 5–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| West Ham United | 0–0 | 7–2 | 1–2 | 6–3 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 5–3 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 2–0 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 6–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | |

### Maps
## Second Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sheffield Wednesday (C, P) | 42 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 106 | 48 | 2.208 | 62 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 2 | Fulham (P) | 42 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 96 | 61 | 1.574 | 60 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 3 | Sheffield United | 42 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 82 | 48 | 1.708 | 53 | |
| 4 | Liverpool | 42 | 24 | 5 | 13 | 87 | 62 | 1.403 | 53 | |
| 5 | Stoke City | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 72 | 58 | 1.241 | 49 | |
| 6 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 80 | 64 | 1.250 | 48 | |
| 7 | Derby County | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 74 | 71 | 1.042 | 48 | |
| 8 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 92 | 90 | 1.022 | 43 | |
| 9 | Cardiff City | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 65 | 65 | 1.000 | 43 | |
| 10 | Bristol City | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 74 | 70 | 1.057 | 41 | |
| 11 | Swansea Town | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 79 | 81 | 0.975 | 41 | |
| 12 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 74 | 90 | 0.822 | 41 | |
| 13 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 87 | 71 | 1.225 | 40 | |
| 14 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 62 | 55 | 1.127 | 40 | |
| 15 | Sunderland | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 64 | 75 | 0.853 | 40 | |
| 16 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 62 | 77 | 0.805 | 40 | |
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 71 | 78 | 0.910 | 36 | |
| 18 | Scunthorpe United | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 55 | 84 | 0.655 | 33 | |
| 19 | Lincoln City | 42 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 63 | 93 | 0.677 | 29 | |
| 20 | Rotherham United | 42 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 42 | 82 | 0.512 | 29 | |
| 21 | Grimsby Town (R) | 42 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 62 | 90 | 0.689 | 28 | Relegation to the Third Division |
| 22 | Barnsley (R) | 42 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 55 | 91 | 0.604 | 27 | Relegation to the Third Division |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | B&HA | BRI | BRR | CAR | CHA | DER | FUL | GRI | HUD | IPS | LEY | LIN | LIV | MID | ROT | SCU | SHU | SHW | STK | SUN | SWA |
| Barnsley | | 0–2 | 4–7 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 7–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–6 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Bristol City | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 |
| Bristol Rovers | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 7–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–4 |
| Cardiff City | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Charlton Athletic | 4–0 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Derby County | 3–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Fulham | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 6–2 | 6–1 | 6–2 | 1–2 |
| Grimsby Town | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–5 | 3–0 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Huddersfield Town | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Ipswich Town | 3–1 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 |
| Leyton Orient | 5–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 0–0 |
| Lincoln City | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Liverpool | 3–2 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| Middlesbrough | 3–1 | 9–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 6–2 |
| Rotherham United | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 3–3 |
| Scunthorpe United | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 |
| Sheffield United | 5–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 4–1 | 6–0 | 2–1 |
| Stoke City | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Sunderland | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | | 2–1 |
| Swansea Town | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | |

### Maps
## Third Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 55 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 34 | 32 | 1.508 | 62 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Hull City | 46 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 65 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 34 | 1.636 | 61 | Promoted |
| 3 | Brentford | 46 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 49 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 1.551 | 57 | |
| 4 | Norwich City | 46 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 29 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 33 | 1.435 | 57 | |
| 5 | Colchester United | 46 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 46 | 31 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 36 | 1.060 | 52 | |
| 6 | Reading | 46 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 27 | 42 | 1.238 | 50 | |
| 7 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 53 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 45 | 1.224 | 50 | |
| 8 | Southend United | 46 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 52 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 33 | 54 | 1.063 | 50 | |
| 9 | Halifax Town | 46 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 32 | 52 | 1.039 | 50 | |
| 10 | Bury | 46 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 51 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 34 | 1.190 | 48 | |
| 11 | Bradford City | 46 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 51 | 1.105 | 47 | |
| 12 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 46 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 40 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 29 | 51 | 1.000 | 46 | |
| 13 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 49 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 25 | 49 | 0.961 | 46 | |
| 14 | Southampton | 46 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 57 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 31 | 47 | 1.100 | 45 | |
| 15 | Swindon Town | 46 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 25 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 32 | 1.035 | 45 | |
| 16 | Chesterfield | 46 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 38 | 1.047 | 44 | |
| 17 | Newport County | 46 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 43 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 44 | 1.015 | 43 | |
| 18 | Wrexham | 46 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 30 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 47 | 0.818 | 42 | |
| 19 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 42 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 56 | 0.816 | 42 | |
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 42 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 35 | 56 | 0.745 | 41 | |
| 21 | Stockport County | 46 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 32 | 55 | 0.833 | 36 | Relegated |
| 22 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 40 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 58 | 0.556 | 33 | Relegated |
| 23 | Notts County | 46 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 39 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 57 | 0.573 | 29 | Relegated |
| 24 | Rochdale | 46 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 53 | 0.468 | 28 | Relegated |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ACC | B&BA | BRA | BRE | BRY | CHF | COL | DON | HAL | HUL | MAN | NPC | NWC | NTC | PLY | QPR | REA | ROC | SOU | STD | STP | SWI | TRA | WRE |
| Accrington Stanley | | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 5–2 | | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Bradford City | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 7–1 | 2–3 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Brentford | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 2–1 |
| Bury | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 |
| Chesterfield | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Colchester United | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 8–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Doncaster Rovers | 3–0 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–6 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Halifax Town | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 5–1 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| Hull City | 4–2 | 5–3 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | | 5–2 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Mansfield Town | 3–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–6 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 |
| Newport County | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Norwich City | 2–4 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 3–3 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Notts County | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 2–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 8–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 3–1 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 |
| Reading | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Rochdale | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 |
| Southampton | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 6–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 6–1 | | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 |
| Southend | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 4–1 |
| Stockport County | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Swindon Town | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Tranmere | 9–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | | 1–2 |
| Wrexham | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–5 | |

### Maps
## Fourth Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Port Vale (C, P) | 46 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 62 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 48 | 28 | 1.897 | 64 | Promoted to the Third Division |
| 2 | Coventry City (P) | 46 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 50 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 36 | 1.787 | 60 | Promoted to the Third Division |
| 3 | York City (P) | 46 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 37 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 35 | 1.404 | 60 | Promoted to the Third Division |
| 4 | Shrewsbury Town (P) | 46 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 59 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 42 | 39 | 1.603 | 58 | Promoted to the Third Division |
| 5 | Exeter City | 46 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 55 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 37 | 1.426 | 57 | |
| 6 | Walsall | 46 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 56 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 39 | 1.484 | 52 | |
| 7 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 54 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 36 | 44 | 1.268 | 52 | |
| 8 | Northampton Town | 46 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 37 | 53 | 1.090 | 51 | |
| 9 | Millwall | 46 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 30 | 46 | 1.101 | 50 | |
| 10 | Carlisle United | 46 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 35 | 0.954 | 50 | |
| 11 | Gillingham | 46 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 53 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 29 | 50 | 1.065 | 49 | |
| 12 | Torquay United | 46 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 32 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 45 | 1.013 | 44 | |
| 13 | Chester | 46 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 51 | 0.857 | 44 | |
| 14 | Bradford Park Avenue | 46 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 51 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 48 | 0.974 | 43 | |
| 15 | Watford | 46 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 46 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 35 | 43 | 1.025 | 42 | |
| 16 | Darlington | 46 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 37 | 36 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 0.971 | 42 | |
| 17 | Workington | 46 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 40 | 32 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 46 | 0.808 | 41 | |
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 52 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 50 | 0.854 | 40 | |
| 19 | Hartlepools United | 46 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 50 | 41 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 47 | 0.841 | 40 | |
| 20 | Gateshead | 46 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 55 | 0.659 | 40 | |
| 21 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 39 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 55 | 0.702 | 36 | Re-elected |
| 22 | Aldershot | 46 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 45 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 26 | 52 | 0.649 | 35 | Re-elected |
| 23 | Barrow | 46 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 45 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 59 | 0.490 | 28 | Re-elected |
| 24 | Southport | 46 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 61 | 0.477 | 26 | Re-elected |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALD | BRW | BPA | CRL | CHE | COV | CRE | CRY | DAR | EXE | GAT | GIL | HAR | MIL | NOR | OLD | PTV | SHR | SOU | TOR | WAL | WAT | WRK | YOR |
| Aldershot | | 0–1 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 8–1 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Barrow | 3–4 | | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–3 |
| Bradford Park Avenue | 5–1 | 0–2 | | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Carlisle United | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 4–3 | 1–6 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| Chester | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 3–5 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Coventry City | 7–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 5–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–4 |
| Crystal Palace | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 6–2 | | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Darlington | 2–3 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–4 | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Exeter City | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Gateshead | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 |
| Gillingham | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | | 4–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 |
| Hartlepool | 0–3 | 10–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–3 | 1–5 |
| Millwall | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | | 3–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 |
| Northampton Town | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Oldham Athletic | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–5 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–5 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Port Vale | 3–2 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 8–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Shrewsbury Town | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–3 | | 6–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Southport | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Torquay United | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Walsall | 2–4 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 2–2 | | 3–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 |
| Watford | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 2–3 |
| Workington | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 2–2 |
| York City | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | |