# 1923–24 Football League

The 1923–24 season was the 32nd season of The Football League. It began on 25 August 1923 and ended on 3 May 1924.

## 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 | Huddersfield Town (C) | 42 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 60 | 33 | 1.818 | 57 | |
| 2 | Cardiff City | 42 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 61 | 34 | 1.794 | 57 | |
| 3 | Sunderland | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 71 | 54 | 1.315 | 53 | |
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 68 | 34 | 2.000 | 50 | |
| 5 | Sheffield United | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 69 | 49 | 1.408 | 50 | |
| 6 | Aston Villa | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 52 | 37 | 1.405 | 49 | |
| 7 | Everton | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 62 | 53 | 1.170 | 49 | |
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 54 | 50 | 1.080 | 45 | |
| 9 | Newcastle United | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 60 | 54 | 1.111 | 44 | |
| 10 | Notts County | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 44 | 49 | 0.898 | 42 | |
| 11 | Manchester City | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 54 | 71 | 0.761 | 42 | |
| 12 | Liverpool | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 49 | 48 | 1.021 | 41 | |
| 13 | West Ham United | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 40 | 43 | 0.930 | 41 | |
| 14 | Birmingham | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 41 | 49 | 0.837 | 39 | |
| 15 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 50 | 56 | 0.893 | 38 | |
| 16 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 51 | 62 | 0.823 | 38 | |
| 17 | Burnley | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 55 | 60 | 0.917 | 36 | |
| 18 | Preston North End | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 52 | 67 | 0.776 | 34 | |
| 19 | Arsenal | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 40 | 63 | 0.635 | 33 | |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 42 | 64 | 0.656 | 32 | |
| 21 | Chelsea (R) | 42 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 31 | 53 | 0.585 | 32 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 22 | Middlesbrough (R) | 42 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 37 | 60 | 0.617 | 22 | Relegation to the Second Division |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ARS | AST | BIR | BLB | BOL | BUR | CAR | CHE | EVE | HUD | LIV | MCI | MID | NEW | NOT | NTC | PNE | SHU | SUN | TOT | WBA | WHU |
| Arsenal | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Aston Villa | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Birmingham | 0–2 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 7–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Burnley | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 5–1 |
| Cardiff City | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Chelsea | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Everton | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Huddersfield Town | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Liverpool | 0–0 | 0–1 | 6–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Manchester City | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 |
| Middlesbrough | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Newcastle United | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Nottingham Forest | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Notts County | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Preston North End | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Sheffield United | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | | 1–1 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Sunderland | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | | 0–0 |
| West Ham United | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |

### Maps
## Second Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Leeds United | 42 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 1.743 | 54 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Bury | 42 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 42 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 28 | 1.800 | 51 | Promoted |
| 3 | Derby County | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 52 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 1.786 | 51 | |
| 4 | Blackpool | 42 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 35 | 1.532 | 49 | |
| 5 | Southampton | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 1.677 | 48 | |
| 6 | Stoke | 42 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 32 | 1.048 | 46 | |
| 7 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 40 | 0.865 | 45 | |
| 8 | The Wednesday | 42 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 42 | 1.059 | 44 | |
| 9 | South Shields | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 34 | 0.980 | 44 | |
| 10 | Clapton Orient | 42 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 26 | 1.111 | 43 | |
| 11 | Barnsley | 42 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 45 | 0.934 | 43 | |
| 12 | Leicester City | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 38 | 1.185 | 42 | |
| 13 | Stockport County | 42 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 31 | 0.846 | 42 | |
| 14 | Manchester United | 42 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 29 | 1.182 | 40 | |
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 46 | 0.815 | 39 | |
| 16 | Port Vale | 42 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 29 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 37 | 0.758 | 38 | |
| 17 | Hull City | 42 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 0.902 | 37 | |
| 18 | Bradford City | 42 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 0.729 | 37 | |
| 19 | Coventry City | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 45 | 0.765 | 35 | |
| 20 | Fulham | 42 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 36 | 0.804 | 34 | |
| 21 | Nelson | 42 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 43 | 0.541 | 33 | Relegated |
| 22 | Bristol City | 42 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 39 | 0.492 | 29 | Relegated |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | BLP | BRA | BRI | BRY | CLA | COV | CRY | DER | FUL | HUL | LEE | LEI | MUN | NEL | OLD | PTV | SOU | SSH | STP | STK | WED |
| Barnsley | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Blackpool | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Bradford City | 3–2 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Bristol City | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–8 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Bury | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| Clapton Orient | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Coventry City | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 |
| Crystal Palace | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 |
| Derby County | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | | 3–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Fulham | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| Hull City | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Leeds United | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Leicester City | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 |
| Manchester United | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Nelson | 4–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Oldham Athletic | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Port Vale | 4–1 | 2–6 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 |
| Southampton | 6–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| South Shields | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Stockport County | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Stoke | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 |
| The Wednesday | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |

### Maps
## Third Division North

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 2.815 | 63 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Rochdale | 42 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 2.308 | 62 | |
| 3 | Chesterfield | 42 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 54 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 1.795 | 54 | |
| 4 | Rotherham County | 42 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 46 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 30 | 1.628 | 52 | |
| 5 | Bradford Park Avenue | 42 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 50 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 1.605 | 52 | |
| 6 | Darlington | 42 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 51 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 34 | 1.321 | 48 | |
| 7 | Southport | 42 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 32 | 1.048 | 46 | |
| 8 | Ashington | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 40 | 0.967 | 44 | |
| 9 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 36 | 1.113 | 42 | |
| 10 | Wigan Borough | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 38 | 1.038 | 42 | |
| 11 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 40 | 1.043 | 41 | |
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 39 | 0.850 | 41 | |
| 13 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 40 | 0.787 | 40 | |
| 14 | Halifax Town | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 42 | 0.712 | 40 | |
| 15 | Durham City | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 37 | 0.983 | 39 | |
| 16 | Wrexham | 42 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 32 | 0.841 | 38 | Welsh Cup winners |
| 17 | Walsall | 42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 39 | 0.746 | 36 | |
| 18 | New Brighton | 42 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 43 | 0.755 | 35 | |
| 19 | Lincoln City | 42 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 37 | 0.814 | 32 | |
| 20 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 34 | 0.552 | 27 | |
| 21 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 46 | 0.471 | 25 | Re-elected |
| 22 | Barrow | 42 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 56 | 0.438 | 25 | Re-elected |
* ↑ New club in the league; elected from Midland League
* ↑ New club in the league; elected from Lancashire Combination

### Results

| Home \ Away | ACC | ASH | BRW | BPA | CHF | CRE | DAR | DON | DUR | GRI | HAL | HAR | LIN | NWB | ROC | ROT | SOU | TRA | WAL | WIG | WOL | WRE |
| Accrington Stanley | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Ashington | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–7 | 0–2 |
| Barrow | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Bradford Park Avenue | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Chesterfield | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Darlington | 2–1 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Doncaster Rovers | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Durham City | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 4–3 |
| Grimsby Town | 2–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Halifax Town | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Hartlepools United | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 |
| Lincoln City | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 |
| New Brighton | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Rochdale | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6–2 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Rotherham County | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Southport | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Tranmere Rovers | 2–0 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Walsall | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Wigan Borough | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | | 3–0 |
| Wrexham | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | |

### Maps
## Third Division South

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Portsmouth | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 57 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 2.900 | 59 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 46 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 19 | 2.059 | 55 | |
| 3 | Millwall | 42 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 1.684 | 54 | |
| 4 | Swansea Town | 42 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 38 | 1.250 | 52 | |
| 5 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 56 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 1.838 | 51 | |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 42 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 33 | 1.318 | 47 | |
| 7 | Luton Town | 42 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 1.136 | 46 | |
| 8 | Northampton Town | 42 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 32 | 1.362 | 45 | |
| 9 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 31 | 1.130 | 43 | |
| 10 | Newport County | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 49 | 0.875 | 43 | |
| 11 | Norwich City | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 41 | 1.017 | 40 | |
| 12 | Aberdare Athletic | 42 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 40 | 0.776 | 38 | |
| 13 | Merthyr Town | 42 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 33 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 46 | 0.692 | 38 | |
| 14 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 0.844 | 37 | |
| 15 | Gillingham | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 43 | 0.741 | 37 | |
| 16 | Exeter City | 42 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 35 | 0.712 | 37 | |
| 17 | Brentford | 42 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 21 | 50 | 0.761 | 36 | |
| 18 | Reading | 42 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 37 | 0.895 | 35 | |
| 19 | Southend United | 42 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 65 | 0.631 | 34 | |
| 20 | Watford | 42 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 36 | 0.833 | 33 | |
| 21 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 42 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 46 | 0.615 | 33 | Re-elected |
| 22 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 51 | 0.481 | 31 | Re-elected |
* ↑ New club in the league; elected from Southern League

### Results

| Home \ Away | ADE | B&BA | BRE | B&HA | BRR | CHA | EXE | GIL | LUT | MER | MIL | NPC | NOR | NWC | PLY | POR | QPR | REA | STD | SWA | SWI | WAT |
| Aberdare Athletic | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 |
| Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 0–1 | | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Brentford | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Bristol Rovers | 2–0 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 |
| Charlton Athletic | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Exeter City | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Gillingham | 3–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Luton Town | 1–0 | 6–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–4 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| Merthyr Town | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Millwall | 2–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 6–0 | | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Newport County | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Northampton Town | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 8–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Norwich City | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Portsmouth | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | | 7–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Reading | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Southend United | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 |
| Swansea Town | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Swindon Town | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 |
| Watford | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 8–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | |