# 1927–28 Football League

The 1927–28 season was the 36th 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 on 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 | Everton (C) | 42 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 102 | 66 | 1.545 | 53 | |
| 2 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 91 | 68 | 1.338 | 51 | |
| 3 | Leicester City | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 96 | 72 | 1.333 | 48 | |
| 4 | Derby County | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 96 | 83 | 1.157 | 44 | |
| 5 | Bury | 42 | 20 | 4 | 18 | 80 | 80 | 1.000 | 44 | |
| 6 | Cardiff City | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 70 | 80 | 0.875 | 44 | |
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 81 | 66 | 1.227 | 43 | |
| 8 | Aston Villa | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 78 | 73 | 1.068 | 43 | |
| 9 | Newcastle United | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 79 | 81 | 0.975 | 43 | |
| 10 | Arsenal | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 82 | 86 | 0.953 | 41 | |
| 11 | Birmingham | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 70 | 75 | 0.933 | 41 | |
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 66 | 78 | 0.846 | 41 | |
| 13 | Sheffield United | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 79 | 86 | 0.919 | 40 | |
| 14 | The Wednesday | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 81 | 78 | 1.038 | 39 | |
| 15 | Sunderland | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 74 | 76 | 0.974 | 39 | |
| 16 | Liverpool | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 84 | 87 | 0.966 | 39 | |
| 17 | West Ham United | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 81 | 88 | 0.920 | 39 | |
| 18 | Manchester United | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 72 | 80 | 0.900 | 39 | |
| 19 | Burnley | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 82 | 98 | 0.837 | 39 | |
| 20 | Portsmouth | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 66 | 90 | 0.733 | 39 | |
| 21 | Tottenham Hotspur (R) | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 74 | 86 | 0.860 | 38 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 22 | Middlesbrough (R) | 42 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 81 | 88 | 0.920 | 37 | Relegation to the Second Division |

### Results

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

### Maps
## Second Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Manchester City | 42 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 70 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 32 | 1.695 | 59 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Leeds United | 42 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 63 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 34 | 2.000 | 57 | Promoted |
| 3 | Chelsea | 42 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 46 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 1.667 | 54 | |
| 4 | Preston North End | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 62 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 42 | 1.515 | 53 | |
| 5 | Stoke City | 42 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 34 | 42 | 1.322 | 52 | |
| 6 | Swansea Town | 42 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 46 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 46 | 1.190 | 48 | |
| 7 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 55 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 33 | 1.471 | 46 | |
| 8 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 50 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 40 | 42 | 1.286 | 46 | |
| 9 | Port Vale | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 37 | 1.193 | 44 | |
| 10 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 54 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 47 | 0.988 | 40 | |
| 11 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 41 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 42 | 0.831 | 40 | |
| 12 | Bristol City | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 34 | 61 | 0.962 | 39 | |
| 13 | Barnsley | 42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 43 | 36 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 49 | 0.765 | 39 | |
| 14 | Hull City | 42 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 35 | 0.759 | 39 | |
| 15 | Notts County | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 47 | 26 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 48 | 0.919 | 38 | |
| 16 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 43 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 60 | 0.692 | 36 | |
| 17 | Southampton | 42 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 54 | 40 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 37 | 0.883 | 35 | |
| 18 | Reading | 42 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 53 | 0.707 | 35 | |
| 19 | Blackpool | 42 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 55 | 43 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 58 | 0.822 | 34 | |
| 20 | Clapton Orient | 42 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 60 | 0.647 | 34 | |
| 21 | Fulham | 42 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 46 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 22 | 67 | 0.764 | 33 | Relegated |
| 22 | South Shields | 42 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 41 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 70 | 0.505 | 23 | Relegated |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | BLP | BRI | CHE | CLA | FUL | GRI | HUL | LEE | MCI | NOT | NTC | OLD | PTV | PNE | REA | SOU | SSH | STK | SWA | WBA | WOL |
| Barnsley | | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 8–4 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 2–2 |
| Blackpool | 1–3 | | 6–2 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 4–5 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 5–3 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–6 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 3–0 |
| Bristol City | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 |
| Chelsea | 1–2 | 3–0 | 5–2 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Clapton Orient | 2–0 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 2–1 | | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Fulham | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 7–0 |
| Grimsby Town | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–6 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 0–1 |
| Hull City | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Leeds United | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Manchester City | 7–3 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 3–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 7–4 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Nottingham Forest | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 7–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–5 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 7–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 |
| Notts County | 9–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–4 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Oldham Athletic | 0–1 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Port Vale | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 |
| Preston North End | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | | 4–0 | 1–2 | 7–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 5–4 |
| Reading | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 |
| Southampton | 6–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 3–5 | 3–6 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 |
| South Shields | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 |
| Stoke City | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Swansea Town | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 6–3 | 1–1 | | 3–2 | 6–0 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 1–1 | 6–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 5–2 | | 4–0 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–1 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | |

### Maps
## Third Division North

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Bradford Park Avenue | 42 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 68 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 2.244 | 63 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Lincoln City | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 53 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 38 | 44 | 1.422 | 55 | |
| 3 | Stockport County | 42 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 62 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 37 | 1.745 | 54 | |
| 4 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 59 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 26 | 1.818 | 53 | |
| 5 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 68 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 37 | 44 | 1.458 | 53 | |
| 6 | Bradford City | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 59 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 41 | 1.417 | 48 | |
| 7 | Darlington | 42 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 63 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 46 | 1.203 | 47 | |
| 8 | Southport | 42 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 55 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 46 | 1.129 | 45 | |
| 9 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 45 | 1.134 | 44 | |
| 10 | New Brighton | 42 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 40 | 1.161 | 42 | |
| 11 | Wrexham | 42 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 48 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 48 | 0.955 | 42 | |
| 12 | Halifax Town | 42 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 47 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 47 | 1.028 | 41 | |
| 13 | Rochdale | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 29 | 53 | 0.961 | 41 | |
| 14 | Rotherham United | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 39 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 50 | 0.942 | 39 | |
| 15 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 41 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 46 | 0.852 | 38 | |
| 16 | Chesterfield | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 46 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 49 | 0.910 | 36 | |
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 58 | 0.895 | 34 | |
| 18 | Ashington | 42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 54 | 36 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 67 | 0.748 | 33 | |
| 19 | Barrow | 42 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 41 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 78 | 0.529 | 31 | |
| 20 | Wigan Borough | 42 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 65 | 0.577 | 30 | |
| 21 | Durham City | 42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 70 | 0.530 | 29 | Failed re-election |
| 22 | Nelson | 42 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 50 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 26 | 87 | 0.559 | 26 | Re-elected |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ACC | ASH | BRW | BRA | BPA | CHF | CRE | DAR | DON | DUR | HAL | HAR | LIN | NEL | NWB | ROC | ROT | SOU | STP | TRA | WIG | WRE |
| Accrington Stanley | | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 2–0 |
| Ashington | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 4–5 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 6–3 | 2–1 |
| Barrow | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 2–2 |
| Bradford City | 2–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | | 2–3 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 9–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Bradford Park Avenue | 3–3 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–3 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 |
| Chesterfield | 3–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 2–3 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | | 3–3 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Darlington | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 1–3 | | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 9–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–7 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Doncaster Rovers | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Durham City | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Halifax Town | 3–1 | 6–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 4–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 |
| Hartlepool | 0–2 | 4–1 | 6–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 4–5 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 |
| Lincoln City | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–5 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 |
| Nelson | 1–4 | 1–5 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–3 | | 0–3 | 6–3 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–5 | 3–3 | 4–0 |
| New Brighton | 3–1 | 6–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Rochdale | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Rotherham United | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 0–1 |
| Southport | 5–0 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Stockport County | 3–3 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 8–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 6–3 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 |
| Tranmere | 3–2 | 5–3 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 6–3 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 11–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | | 5–2 | 2–1 |
| Wigan Borough | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | | 3–0 |
| Wrexham | 0–1 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | |

### Maps
## Third Division South

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Millwall | 42 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 87 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 40 | 35 | 2.540 | 65 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 42 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 67 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 41 | 1.594 | 55 | |
| 3 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 1.574 | 53 | |
| 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 45 | 1.174 | 48 | |
| 5 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 23 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 49 | 1.097 | 48 | |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 42 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 60 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 43 | 1.304 | 47 | |
| 7 | Southend United | 42 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 48 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 45 | 1.250 | 46 | |
| 8 | Exeter City | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 49 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 33 | 1.167 | 46 | |
| 9 | Newport County | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 52 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 46 | 0.964 | 45 | |
| 10 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 36 | 1.014 | 43 | |
| 11 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 27 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 43 | 0.857 | 43 | |
| 12 | Brentford | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 49 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 44 | 1.027 | 40 | |
| 13 | Luton Town | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 56 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 38 | 60 | 1.080 | 39 | |
| 14 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 42 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 44 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 55 | 0.911 | 38 | |
| 15 | Watford | 42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 44 | 0.872 | 38 | |
| 16 | Gillingham | 42 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 33 | 26 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 55 | 0.765 | 37 | |
| 17 | Norwich City | 42 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 44 | 0.943 | 36 | |
| 18 | Walsall | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 52 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 66 | 0.743 | 33 | |
| 19 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 41 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 26 | 57 | 0.720 | 32 | |
| 20 | Coventry City | 42 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 40 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 27 | 60 | 0.698 | 31 | |
| 21 | Merthyr Town | 42 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 40 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 51 | 0.582 | 31 | Re-elected |
| 22 | Torquay United | 42 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 27 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 67 | 0.515 | 30 | Re-elected |
* ↑ Walsall had been transferred from Third Division North for this season.
* ↑ New club in the league; elected from Southern League and Western League

### Results

| Home \ Away | B&BA | BRE | B&HA | BRR | CHA | COV | CRY | EXE | GIL | LUT | MER | MIL | NPC | NOR | NWC | PLY | QPR | STD | SWI | TOR | WAL | WAT |
| Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Brentford | 2–1 | | 1–3 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 3–2 | 5–2 | | 5–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Bristol Rovers | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–6 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 |
| Charlton Athletic | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 |
| Coventry City | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–3 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| Crystal Palace | 6–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 |
| Exeter City | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 |
| Gillingham | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| Luton Town | 3–3 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 |
| Merthyr Town | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 8–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 |
| Millwall | 2–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 9–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 9–1 | 7–1 | 4–2 |
| Newport County | 4–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 7–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–6 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 |
| Northampton Town | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 6–5 | 6–0 | 5–2 | 1–2 | | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–4 | 10–0 | 5–0 |
| Norwich City | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 4–2 | | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 2–0 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Southend | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 7–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Swindon Town | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 5–0 | 4–0 |
| Torquay United | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Walsall | 2–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 7–4 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | | 2–0 |
| Watford | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 4–0 | |