# 1953–54 Football League

The 1953–54 season was the 55th completed season of The Football League, which ran from August 1953 until April 1954.

## 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. 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, the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South were required to apply for re-election.

## First Division

Wolverhampton Wanderers won the First Division title for the first time in their history, finishing four points ahead of their local rivals West Bromwich Albion, who lifted their fourth FA Cup in the same season. Defending champions Arsenal slumped to 12th.
Middlesbrough and Liverpool were relegated to the Second Division; this is the last time Liverpool has been relegated from any division. They would compete in the Second Division until promotion in 1962, and have remained in the top flight ever since.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (C) | 42 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 96 | 56 | 1.714 | 57 | |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 86 | 63 | 1.365 | 53 | |
| 3 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 78 | 61 | 1.279 | 51 | |
| 4 | Manchester United | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 73 | 58 | 1.259 | 48 | |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 75 | 60 | 1.250 | 48 | |
| 6 | Blackpool | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 80 | 69 | 1.159 | 48 | |
| 7 | Burnley | 42 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 78 | 67 | 1.164 | 46 | |
| 8 | Chelsea | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 74 | 68 | 1.088 | 44 | |
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 75 | 77 | 0.974 | 44 | |
| 10 | Cardiff City | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 51 | 71 | 0.718 | 44 | |
| 11 | Preston North End | 42 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 87 | 58 | 1.500 | 43 | |
| 12 | Arsenal | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 75 | 73 | 1.027 | 43 | |
| 13 | Aston Villa | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 70 | 68 | 1.029 | 41 | |
| 14 | Portsmouth | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 81 | 89 | 0.910 | 39 | |
| 15 | Newcastle United | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 72 | 77 | 0.935 | 38 | |
| 16 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 65 | 76 | 0.855 | 37 | |
| 17 | Manchester City | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 62 | 77 | 0.805 | 37 | |
| 18 | Sunderland | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 81 | 89 | 0.910 | 36 | |
| 19 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 70 | 91 | 0.769 | 36 | |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 69 | 90 | 0.767 | 33 | |
| 21 | Middlesbrough (R) | 42 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 60 | 91 | 0.659 | 30 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 22 | Liverpool (R) | 42 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 68 | 97 | 0.701 | 28 | Relegation to the Second Division |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ARS | AST | BLP | BOL | BUR | CAR | CHA | CHE | HUD | LIV | MCI | MUN | MID | NEW | POR | PNE | SHU | SHW | SUN | TOT | WBA | WOL |
| Arsenal | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 |
| Aston Villa | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 5–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 1–2 |
| Blackpool | 2–2 | 3–2 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Burnley | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 4–1 |
| Cardiff City | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–6 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Charlton Athletic | 1–5 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 8–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 5–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Chelsea | 0–2 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 2–2 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–2 |
| Huddersfield Town | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Liverpool | 1–2 | 6–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 2–2 | 4–4 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Manchester City | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 0–4 |
| Manchester United | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Middlesbrough | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 |
| Newcastle United | 5–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–7 | 1–2 |
| Portsmouth | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 1–3 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Preston North End | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | | 2–1 | 6–0 | 6–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Sheffield United | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–6 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 3–3 |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 4–4 | 4–2 | 3–2 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| Sunderland | 7–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–5 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | | 4–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–6 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 2–3 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 0–1 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 8–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |

### Maps
## Second Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Leicester City (C, P) | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 97 | 60 | 1.617 | 56 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 2 | Everton (P) | 42 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 92 | 58 | 1.586 | 56 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 86 | 50 | 1.720 | 55 | |
| 4 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 86 | 59 | 1.458 | 52 | |
| 5 | Rotherham United | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 80 | 67 | 1.194 | 49 | |
| 6 | Luton Town | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 64 | 59 | 1.085 | 48 | |
| 7 | Birmingham City | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 78 | 58 | 1.345 | 47 | |
| 8 | Fulham | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 98 | 85 | 1.153 | 44 | |
| 9 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 64 | 58 | 1.103 | 44 | |
| 10 | Leeds United | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 89 | 81 | 1.099 | 43 | |
| 11 | Stoke City | 42 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 71 | 60 | 1.183 | 41 | |
| 12 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 59 | 63 | 0.937 | 41 | |
| 13 | West Ham United | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 67 | 69 | 0.971 | 39 | |
| 14 | Notts County | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 54 | 74 | 0.730 | 39 | |
| 15 | Hull City | 42 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 64 | 66 | 0.970 | 38 | |
| 16 | Lincoln City | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 65 | 83 | 0.783 | 37 | |
| 17 | Bury | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 54 | 72 | 0.750 | 36 | |
| 18 | Derby County | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 64 | 82 | 0.780 | 35 | |
| 19 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 65 | 82 | 0.793 | 34 | |
| 20 | Swansea Town | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 58 | 82 | 0.707 | 34 | |
| 21 | Brentford (R) | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 40 | 78 | 0.513 | 31 | Relegation to the Third Division South |
| 22 | Oldham Athletic (R) | 42 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 40 | 89 | 0.449 | 25 | Relegation to the Third Division North |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BIR | BLB | BRE | BRR | BRY | DER | DON | EVE | FUL | HUL | LEE | LEI | LIN | LUT | NOT | NTC | OLD | PLY | ROT | STK | SWA | WHU |
| Birmingham | | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 3–0 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Brentford | 2–0 | 1–4 | | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Bristol Rovers | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Bury | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 4–4 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Derby County | 2–4 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 2–6 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 |
| Doncaster Rovers | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Everton | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 8–4 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Fulham | 5–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 4–4 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 5–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 3–4 |
| Hull City | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 8–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 |
| Leeds United | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 7–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Leicester City | 3–4 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 5–0 | | 9–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Lincoln City | 0–1 | 8–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Luton Town | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Nottingham Forest | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 5–4 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Notts County | 2–1 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Oldham Athletic | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 5–0 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Rotherham United | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 7–0 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 |
| Stoke City | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 5–0 | 1–1 |
| Swansea Town | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | | 1–1 |
| West Ham United | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 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 | Port Vale (C, P) | 46 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 48 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 3.524 | 69 | Promoted to the Second Division |
| 2 | Barnsley | 46 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 54 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 33 | 1.351 | 58 | |
| 3 | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | 46 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 49 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 32 | 1.375 | 57 | |
| 4 | Gateshead | 46 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 49 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 1.345 | 55 | |
| 5 | Bradford City | 46 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 41 | 1.091 | 53 | |
| 6 | Chesterfield | 46 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 45 | 1.188 | 52 | |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 59 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 29 | 45 | 1.313 | 51 | |
| 8 | Wrexham | 46 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 59 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 49 | 1.191 | 51 | |
| 9 | Bradford Park Avenue | 46 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 57 | 31 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 37 | 1.132 | 50 | |
| 10 | Stockport County | 46 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 57 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 47 | 1.149 | 47 | |
| 11 | Southport | 46 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 34 | 1.050 | 46 | |
| 12 | Barrow | 46 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 46 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 45 | 1.014 | 44 | |
| 13 | Carlisle United | 46 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 53 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 44 | 1.169 | 43 | |
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 36 | 0.843 | 43 | |
| 15 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 41 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 25 | 52 | 0.892 | 42 | |
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 41 | 0.731 | 41 | |
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 62 | 0.662 | 41 | |
| 18 | Hartlepools United | 46 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 44 | 0.908 | 40 | |
| 19 | Rochdale | 46 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 57 | 0.766 | 40 | |
| 20 | Workington | 46 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 36 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 58 | 0.738 | 40 | |
| 21 | Darlington | 46 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 27 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 44 | 0.704 | 38 | |
| 22 | York City | 46 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 54 | 0.744 | 37 | |
| 23 | Halifax Town | 46 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 52 | 0.603 | 34 | Re-elected |
| 24 | Chester | 46 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 45 | 0.716 | 32 | Re-elected |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ACC | BAR | BRW | BRA | BPA | CRL | CHE | CHF | CRE | DAR | GAT | GRI | HAL | HAR | MAN | PTV | ROC | SCU | SOU | STP | TRA | WRK | WRE | YOR |
| Accrington Stanley | | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Barnsley | 5–0 | | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Barrow | 4–3 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Bradford City | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Bradford Park Avenue | 6–4 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | | 2–4 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Carlisle United | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 7–0 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Chester | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Chesterfield | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 0–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Darlington | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| Gateshead | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 7–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Grimsby Town | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Halifax Town | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 |
| Hartlepool | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Mansfield Town | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 7–2 |
| Port Vale | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 6–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 |
| Rochdale | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 6–2 | 1–2 |
| Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | 1–2 | 6–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Southport | 5–3 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Stockport County | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 6–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Tranmere | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–5 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 4–2 | 6–1 | 1–1 |
| Workington | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 5–2 |
| Wrexham | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 8–0 | | 1–1 |
| York City | 1–2 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–2 | |

### Maps
## Third Division South

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 32 | 1.608 | 64 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 57 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 1.410 | 61 | |
| 3 | Bristol City | 46 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 59 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 29 | 48 | 1.333 | 56 | |
| 4 | Watford | 46 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 52 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 46 | 1.232 | 52 | |
| 5 | Northampton Town | 46 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 63 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 37 | 1.491 | 51 | |
| 6 | Southampton | 46 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 51 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 1.206 | 51 | |
| 7 | Norwich City | 46 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 43 | 28 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 38 | 1.106 | 51 | |
| 8 | Reading | 46 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 57 | 33 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 1.178 | 49 | |
| 9 | Exeter City | 46 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 39 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 36 | 1.172 | 48 | |
| 10 | Gillingham | 46 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 44 | 0.924 | 48 | |
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 31 | 47 | 1.082 | 47 | |
| 12 | Millwall | 46 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 53 | 0.961 | 47 | |
| 13 | Torquay United | 46 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 48 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 33 | 55 | 0.920 | 46 | |
| 14 | Coventry City | 46 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 41 | 1.089 | 45 | |
| 15 | Newport County | 46 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 19 | 53 | 0.753 | 44 | |
| 16 | Southend United | 46 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 46 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 49 | 0.972 | 43 | |
| 17 | Aldershot | 46 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 29 | 55 | 0.860 | 43 | |
| 18 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 43 | 0.882 | 42 | |
| 19 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 46 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 47 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 43 | 0.957 | 40 | |
| 20 | Swindon Town | 46 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 48 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 49 | 0.957 | 40 | |
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 48 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 42 | 0.855 | 40 | |
| 22 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 56 | 0.698 | 40 | |
| 23 | Colchester United | 46 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 49 | 0.641 | 30 | Re-elected |
| 24 | Walsall | 46 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 60 | 0.460 | 26 | Re-elected |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALD | B&BA | B&HA | BRI | COL | COV | CRY | EXE | GIL | IPS | LEY | MIL | NPC | NOR | NWC | QPR | REA | SHR | SOU | STD | SWI | TOR | WAL | WAT |
| Aldershot | | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–5 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 3–2 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–3 | 3–3 |
| Bristol City | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Colchester United | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 0–3 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Coventry City | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Crystal Palace | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Exeter City | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 7–0 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Gillingham | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 2–3 |
| Ipswich Town | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Leyton Orient | 1–2 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Millwall | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Newport County | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 |
| Northampton Town | 6–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 |
| Norwich City | 3–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 |
| Reading | 6–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–4 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 4–1 |
| Shrewsbury Town | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 6–4 |
| Southampton | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | | 3–5 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Southend | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Swindon Town | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 6–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| Torquay United | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Walsall | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | | 0–0 |
| Watford | 6–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | |