# 1932–33 Football League

The 1932–33 season was the 41st season of The Football League.

## Final league tables

Match results are drawn from The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website and Rothmans for the First Division and from Rothmans for the Second Division and for the two Third Divisions.
From the 1922–23 season onwards, re-election was required of the bottom two teams of both the Third Division North and Third Division South leagues.

## First Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Arsenal (C) | 42 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 118 | 61 | 1.934 | 58 | |
| 2 | Aston Villa | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 92 | 67 | 1.373 | 54 | |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 80 | 68 | 1.176 | 51 | |
| 4 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 83 | 70 | 1.186 | 49 | |
| 5 | Newcastle United | 42 | 22 | 5 | 15 | 71 | 63 | 1.127 | 49 | |
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 66 | 53 | 1.245 | 47 | |
| 7 | Derby County | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 76 | 69 | 1.101 | 44 | |
| 8 | Leeds United | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 59 | 62 | 0.952 | 44 | |
| 9 | Portsmouth | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 74 | 76 | 0.974 | 43 | |
| 10 | Sheffield United | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 74 | 80 | 0.925 | 43 | |
| 11 | Everton | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 81 | 74 | 1.095 | 41 | |
| 12 | Sunderland | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 63 | 80 | 0.788 | 40 | |
| 13 | Birmingham | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 57 | 57 | 1.000 | 39 | |
| 14 | Liverpool | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 79 | 84 | 0.940 | 39 | |
| 15 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 76 | 102 | 0.745 | 38 | |
| 16 | Manchester City | 42 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 68 | 71 | 0.958 | 37 | |
| 17 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 63 | 73 | 0.863 | 37 | |
| 18 | Chelsea | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 63 | 73 | 0.863 | 35 | |
| 19 | Leicester City | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 75 | 89 | 0.843 | 35 | |
| 20 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 80 | 96 | 0.833 | 35 | |
| 21 | Bolton Wanderers (R) | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 78 | 92 | 0.848 | 33 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 22 | Blackpool (R) | 42 | 14 | 5 | 23 | 69 | 85 | 0.812 | 33 | Relegation to the Second Division |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ARS | AST | BIR | BLB | BLP | BOL | CHE | DER | EVE | HUD | LEE | LEI | LIV | MCI | MID | NEW | POR | SHU | SHW | SUN | WBA | WOL |
| Arsenal | | 5–0 | 3–0 | 8–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 8–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 9–2 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Aston Villa | 5–3 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 6–2 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–6 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 |
| Birmingham | 0–1 | 3–2 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 2–3 | 0–5 | 2–0 | | 6–5 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–4 | 1–0 |
| Blackpool | 1–2 | 6–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 1–3 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Chelsea | 1–3 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Derby County | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 4–4 |
| Everton | 1–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–2 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 6–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 |
| Huddersfield Town | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Leeds United | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Leicester City | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 6–2 | 2–2 |
| Liverpool | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 7–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 5–1 |
| Manchester City | 2–3 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Middlesbrough | 3–4 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 2–3 | 5–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Newcastle United | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 5–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 |
| Portsmouth | 1–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Sheffield United | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 6–2 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Sunderland | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 7–4 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | | 4–1 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–7 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 6–4 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 3–5 | 0–2 | 3–3 | |

### Maps
## Second Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Stoke City (C, P) | 42 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 78 | 39 | 2.000 | 56 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur (P) | 42 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 96 | 51 | 1.882 | 55 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 3 | Fulham | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 78 | 65 | 1.200 | 50 | |
| 4 | Bury | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 84 | 59 | 1.424 | 49 | |
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 67 | 59 | 1.136 | 49 | |
| 6 | Manchester United | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 71 | 68 | 1.044 | 43 | |
| 7 | Millwall | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 59 | 57 | 1.035 | 43 | |
| 8 | Bradford Park Avenue | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 77 | 71 | 1.085 | 42 | |
| 9 | Preston North End | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 74 | 70 | 1.057 | 42 | |
| 10 | Swansea Town | 42 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 50 | 54 | 0.926 | 42 | |
| 11 | Bradford City | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 65 | 61 | 1.066 | 41 | |
| 12 | Southampton | 42 | 18 | 5 | 19 | 66 | 66 | 1.000 | 41 | |
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 79 | 84 | 0.940 | 41 | |
| 14 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 63 | 67 | 0.940 | 41 | |
| 15 | Notts County | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 67 | 78 | 0.859 | 40 | |
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 67 | 80 | 0.838 | 38 | |
| 17 | Port Vale | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 66 | 79 | 0.835 | 38 | |
| 18 | Lincoln City | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 72 | 87 | 0.828 | 37 | |
| 19 | Burnley | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 67 | 79 | 0.848 | 36 | |
| 20 | West Ham United | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 75 | 93 | 0.806 | 35 | |
| 21 | Chesterfield (R) | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 61 | 84 | 0.726 | 34 | Relegation to the Third Division North |
| 22 | Charlton Athletic (R) | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 60 | 91 | 0.659 | 31 | Relegation to the Third Division South |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BRA | BPA | BUR | BRY | CHA | CHF | FUL | GRI | LIN | MUN | MIL | NOT | NTC | OLD | PLY | PTV | PNE | SOU | STK | SWA | TOT | WHU |
| Bradford City | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 7–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 |
| Bradford Park Avenue | 2–0 | | 0–4 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 |
| Burnley | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Bury | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–3 | | 3–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 |
| Charlton Athletic | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | | 2–5 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 |
| Chesterfield | 1–2 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Fulham | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 |
| Grimsby Town | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 5–5 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 6–1 | 5–5 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Lincoln City | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 3–0 | 6–3 | | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 6–0 |
| Manchester United | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | | 7–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Millwall | 3–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 |
| Nottingham Forest | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Notts County | 2–0 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | | 2–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Oldham Athletic | 6–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 3–2 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 |
| Port Vale | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 9–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 4–1 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Preston North End | 1–4 | 2–3 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–6 | 4–1 |
| Southampton | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 6–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 |
| Stoke City | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Swansea Town | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 7–0 | | 2–2 |
| West Ham United | 2–4 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 0–1 | 7–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 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 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 69 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 2.222 | 59 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Wrexham | 42 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 75 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 36 | 2.078 | 57 | |
| 3 | Stockport County | 42 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 69 | 30 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 28 | 1.707 | 54 | |
| 4 | Chester | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 57 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 37 | 41 | 1.424 | 52 | Welsh Cup winners |
| 5 | Walsall | 42 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 53 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 43 | 1.293 | 48 | |
| 6 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 52 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 53 | 0.975 | 48 | |
| 7 | Gateshead | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 33 | 42 | 1.164 | 47 | |
| 8 | Barnsley | 42 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 49 | 1.150 | 46 | |
| 9 | Barrow | 42 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 36 | 1.000 | 43 | |
| 10 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 57 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 23 | 68 | 0.952 | 43 | |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 35 | 1.061 | 42 | |
| 12 | Southport | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 54 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 47 | 1.045 | 41 | |
| 13 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 55 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 47 | 1.026 | 40 | |
| 14 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 56 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 31 | 87 | 0.750 | 39 | |
| 15 | Halifax Town | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 32 | 67 | 0.789 | 38 | |
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 57 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 27 | 78 | 0.840 | 35 | |
| 17 | Rotherham United | 42 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 63 | 0.714 | 34 | |
| 18 | Rochdale | 42 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 26 | 47 | 0.725 | 33 | |
| 19 | Carlisle United | 42 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 17 | 50 | 0.680 | 33 | |
| 20 | York City | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 54 | 0.783 | 32 | |
| 21 | New Brighton | 42 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 42 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 52 | 0.716 | 32 | Re-elected |
| 22 | Darlington | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 24 | 77 | 0.606 | 28 | Re-elected |
* ↑ Mansfield Town was transferred from Third Division South for this season.

### Results

| Home \ Away | ACC | BAR | BRW | CRL | CHE | CRE | DAR | DON | GAT | HAL | HAR | HUL | MAN | NWB | ROC | ROT | SOU | STP | TRA | WAL | WRE | YOR |
| Accrington Stanley | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 7–1 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 5–4 | 0–3 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 5–3 | 5–0 |
| Barnsley | 4–0 | | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 7–1 | 6–2 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 1–1 |
| Barrow | 5–0 | 2–3 | | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Carlisle United | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 |
| Chester | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | | 3–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 6–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 5–0 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 2–4 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 8–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Darlington | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 3–4 | | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Doncaster Rovers | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 3–1 | | 3–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Gateshead | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 2–2 |
| Halifax Town | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Hartlepool | 3–1 | 6–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 6–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 |
| Hull City | 4–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 4–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Mansfield Town | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 7–1 | 2–1 | | 5–0 | 4–1 | 9–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| New Brighton | 2–2 | 3–5 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 7–1 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–3 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Rochdale | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 |
| Rotherham United | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Southport | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 6–3 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 |
| Stockport County | 2–0 | 5–4 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 8–5 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 6–0 | 6–2 | 3–5 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Tranmere | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Walsall | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 8–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | | 2–3 | 4–2 |
| Wrexham | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 7–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 8–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 3–1 |
| York City | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 2–6 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–3 | |

### Maps
## Third Division South

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Brentford | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 30 | 1.837 | 62 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Exeter City | 42 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 57 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 35 | 1.833 | 58 | |
| 3 | Norwich City | 42 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 39 | 38 | 1.600 | 57 | |
| 4 | Reading | 42 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 68 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 35 | 41 | 1.451 | 51 | |
| 5 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 43 | 1.219 | 46 | |
| 6 | Coventry City | 42 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 75 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 31 | 53 | 1.377 | 44 | |
| 7 | Gillingham | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 54 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 37 | 1.180 | 44 | |
| 8 | Northampton Town | 42 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 22 | 55 | 1.152 | 44 | |
| 9 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 34 | 1.089 | 44 | |
| 10 | Torquay United | 42 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 51 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 41 | 1.075 | 44 | |
| 11 | Watford | 42 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 37 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 41 | 1.048 | 44 | |
| 12 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 45 | 1.015 | 42 | |
| 13 | Southend United | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 55 | 0.793 | 41 | |
| 14 | Luton Town | 42 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 60 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 46 | 1.000 | 39 | |
| 15 | Bristol City | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 59 | 37 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 53 | 0.922 | 37 | |
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 48 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 24 | 55 | 0.828 | 37 | |
| 17 | Aldershot | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 24 | 51 | 0.847 | 36 | |
| 18 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 42 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 44 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 54 | 0.741 | 36 | |
| 19 | Cardiff City | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 48 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 69 | 0.697 | 31 | |
| 20 | Clapton Orient | 42 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 35 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 58 | 0.634 | 29 | |
| 21 | Newport County | 42 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 42 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 63 | 0.581 | 29 | Re-elected |
| 22 | Swindon Town | 42 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 24 | 76 | 0.571 | 29 | Re-elected |
* ↑ New club in the league; elected from Southern League
* ↑ Returned after one season absence, spent in the Southern League

### Results

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