# 1937–38 Football League

The 1937–38 season was the 46th season of The Football League. Manchester City, champions in 1936–37, were relegated, the only time this has happened in the English top flight.

## 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 if they had scored more than they had conceded, whereas among teams who had conceded more than they had scored the system favoured teams who scored more. 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Arsenal (C) | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 77 | 44 | 1.750 | 52 | |
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 72 | 49 | 1.469 | 51 | |
| 3 | Preston North End | 42 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 64 | 44 | 1.455 | 49 | |
| 4 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 65 | 51 | 1.275 | 46 | |
| 5 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 72 | 65 | 1.108 | 46 | |
| 6 | Brentford | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 69 | 59 | 1.169 | 45 | |
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 64 | 60 | 1.067 | 45 | |
| 8 | Sunderland | 42 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 55 | 57 | 0.965 | 44 | |
| 9 | Leeds United | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 64 | 69 | 0.928 | 43 | |
| 10 | Chelsea | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 65 | 65 | 1.000 | 41 | |
| 11 | Liverpool | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 65 | 71 | 0.915 | 41 | |
| 12 | Blackpool | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 61 | 66 | 0.924 | 40 | |
| 13 | Derby County | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 66 | 87 | 0.759 | 40 | |
| 14 | Everton | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 79 | 75 | 1.053 | 39 | |
| 15 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 55 | 68 | 0.809 | 39 | |
| 16 | Leicester City | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 54 | 75 | 0.720 | 39 | |
| 17 | Stoke City | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 58 | 59 | 0.983 | 38 | |
| 18 | Birmingham | 42 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 58 | 62 | 0.935 | 38 | |
| 19 | Portsmouth | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 62 | 68 | 0.912 | 38 | |
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 51 | 68 | 0.750 | 38 | |
| 21 | Manchester City (R) | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 80 | 77 | 1.039 | 36 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 22 | West Bromwich Albion (R) | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 74 | 91 | 0.813 | 36 | Relegation to the Second Division |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ARS | BIR | BLP | BOL | BRE | CHA | CHE | DER | EVE | GRI | HUD | LEE | LEI | LIV | MCI | MID | POR | PNE | STK | SUN | WBA | WOL |
| Arsenal | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 |
| Birmingham | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Blackpool | 2–1 | 0–3 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–5 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Brentford | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Charlton Athletic | 0–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| Chelsea | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Derby County | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 4–0 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–7 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 5–3 | 1–2 |
| Everton | 1–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 3–5 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 5–3 | 0–1 |
| Grimsby Town | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 |
| Huddersfield Town | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Leeds United | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Leicester City | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | | 2–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Liverpool | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Manchester City | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | | 1–6 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 7–1 | 2–4 |
| Middlesbrough | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 |
| Portsmouth | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 |
| Preston North End | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Stoke City | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 8–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Sunderland | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 0–0 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–6 | | 2–2 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 10–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | |

### Maps
## Second Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Aston Villa (C, P) | 42 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 73 | 35 | 2.086 | 57 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 2 | Manchester United (P) | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 82 | 50 | 1.640 | 53 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 3 | Sheffield United | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 73 | 56 | 1.304 | 53 | |
| 4 | Coventry City | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 66 | 45 | 1.467 | 52 | |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 76 | 54 | 1.407 | 44 | |
| 6 | Burnley | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 54 | 54 | 1.000 | 44 | |
| 7 | Bradford Park Avenue | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 69 | 56 | 1.232 | 43 | |
| 8 | Fulham | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 61 | 57 | 1.070 | 43 | |
| 9 | West Ham United | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 53 | 52 | 1.019 | 42 | |
| 10 | Bury | 42 | 18 | 5 | 19 | 63 | 60 | 1.050 | 41 | |
| 11 | Chesterfield | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 63 | 63 | 1.000 | 41 | |
| 12 | Luton Town | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 89 | 86 | 1.035 | 40 | |
| 13 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 57 | 65 | 0.877 | 40 | |
| 14 | Norwich City | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 56 | 75 | 0.747 | 39 | |
| 15 | Southampton | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 55 | 77 | 0.714 | 39 | |
| 16 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 71 | 80 | 0.888 | 38 | |
| 17 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 49 | 56 | 0.875 | 38 | |
| 18 | Swansea Town | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 45 | 73 | 0.616 | 38 | |
| 19 | Newcastle United | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 51 | 58 | 0.879 | 36 | |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 47 | 60 | 0.783 | 36 | |
| 21 | Barnsley (R) | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 50 | 64 | 0.781 | 36 | Relegation to the Third Division North |
| 22 | Stockport County (R) | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 43 | 70 | 0.614 | 31 | Relegation to the Third Division North |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AST | BAR | BLB | BPA | BUR | BRY | CHF | COV | FUL | LUT | MUN | NEW | NWC | NOT | PLY | SHU | SHW | SOU | STP | SWA | TOT | WHU |
| Aston Villa | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 7–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Barnsley | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 1–0 | 5–3 | | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Bradford Park Avenue | 1–2 | 4–3 | 7–1 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Burnley | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Bury | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 | | 4–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–3 |
| Chesterfield | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 4–0 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 1–7 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Coventry City | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Fulham | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 | | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 8–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Luton Town | 3–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 6–4 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 |
| Manchester United | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 |
| Newcastle United | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Norwich City | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Nottingham Forest | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Sheffield United | 0–0 | 6–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 |
| Southampton | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 3–6 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 |
| Stockport County | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| Swansea Town | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 |
| West Ham United | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | |

### Maps
## Third Division North

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 57 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 1.976 | 56 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 1.510 | 54 | |
| 3 | Hull City | 42 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 51 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 1.860 | 53 | |
| 4 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 1.457 | 51 | |
| 5 | Gateshead | 42 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 53 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 39 | 1.424 | 51 | |
| 6 | Rotherham United | 42 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 45 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 35 | 1.214 | 50 | |
| 7 | Lincoln City | 42 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 48 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 33 | 1.320 | 46 | |
| 8 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 47 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 36 | 1.340 | 45 | |
| 9 | Chester | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 41 | 1.069 | 44 | |
| 10 | Wrexham | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 48 | 0.921 | 43 | |
| 11 | York City | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 43 | 1.029 | 42 | |
| 12 | Carlisle United | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 48 | 0.851 | 39 | |
| 13 | New Brighton | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 43 | 0.984 | 38 | |
| 14 | Bradford City | 42 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 48 | 0.957 | 38 | |
| 15 | Port Vale | 42 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 45 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 46 | 0.890 | 38 | Transferred to the Third Division South |
| 16 | Southport | 42 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 56 | 0.646 | 38 | |
| 17 | Rochdale | 42 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 38 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 29 | 51 | 0.859 | 37 | |
| 18 | Halifax Town | 42 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 47 | 0.667 | 36 | |
| 19 | Darlington | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 48 | 0.684 | 32 | |
| 20 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 60 | 0.663 | 32 | |
| 21 | Barrow | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 51 | 0.577 | 32 | Re-elected |
| 22 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 31 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 43 | 0.600 | 29 | Re-elected |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ACC | BRW | BRA | CRL | CHE | CRE | DAR | DON | GAT | HAL | HAR | HUL | LIN | NWB | OLD | PTV | ROC | ROT | SOU | TRA | WRE | YOR |
| Accrington Stanley | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 |
| Barrow | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Bradford City | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Carlisle United | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 1–3 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Chester | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 0–3 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 7–2 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 |
| Darlington | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 5–3 | 2–2 |
| Doncaster Rovers | 5–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Gateshead | 1–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–3 | | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Halifax Town | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Hartlepool | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Hull City | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 10–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 |
| Lincoln City | 2–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 7–1 | 2–0 |
| New Brighton | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Oldham Athletic | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 6–2 |
| Port Vale | 4–1 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Rochdale | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 4–5 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 0–0 |
| Rotherham United | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Southport | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 |
| Tranmere | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 7–2 | | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Wrexham | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 6–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | | 1–1 |
| York City | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |

### Maps
## Third Division South

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Millwall | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 53 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 2.243 | 56 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Bristol City | 42 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 1.700 | 55 | |
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 30 | 1.702 | 53 | |
| 4 | Watford | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 28 | 1.698 | 53 | |
| 5 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 1.455 | 51 | |
| 6 | Reading | 42 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 42 | 1.127 | 51 | |
| 7 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 1.426 | 48 | |
| 8 | Swindon Town | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 1.000 | 44 | |
| 9 | Northampton Town | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 38 | 0.895 | 43 | |
| 10 | Cardiff City | 42 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 57 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 32 | 1.241 | 42 | |
| 11 | Notts County | 42 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 1.000 | 41 | |
| 12 | Southend United | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 45 | 1.029 | 40 | |
| 13 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 42 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 37 | 0.982 | 40 | |
| 14 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 41 | 0.925 | 39 | |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 41 | 0.754 | 39 | |
| 16 | Newport County | 42 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 37 | 0.827 | 38 | |
| 17 | Exeter City | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 32 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 38 | 0.814 | 38 | |
| 18 | Aldershot | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 45 | 0.661 | 35 | |
| 19 | Clapton Orient | 42 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 42 | 0.689 | 33 | |
| 20 | Torquay United | 42 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 45 | 0.521 | 30 | |
| 21 | Walsall | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 51 | 0.591 | 29 | Re-elected |
| 22 | Gillingham | 42 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 52 | 0.468 | 26 | Failed re-election |
* ↑ Mansfield Town had been transferred from Third Division North for this season.

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALD | B&BA | B&HA | BRI | BRR | CAR | CLA | CRY | EXE | GIL | MAN | MIL | NPC | NOR | NTC | QPR | REA | STD | SWI | TOR | WAL | WAT |
| Aldershot | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 5–4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Bristol City | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Bristol Rovers | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 0–2 |
| Cardiff City | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Clapton Orient | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Crystal Palace | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| Exeter City | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 3–5 | 4–0 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Gillingham | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Mansfield Town | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Millwall | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 7–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Newport County | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Northampton Town | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Notts County | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 6–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Reading | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Southend | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Swindon Town | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Torquay United | 1–5 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Walsall | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–8 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 0–0 | | 3–1 |
| Watford | 5–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | |