# 1949–50 Football League

The 1949–50 season was the 51st completed season of The Football League.

## 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

Portsmouth retained the First Division title, finishing level on points with Wolverhampton Wanderers. Sunderland finished a single point behind the leading pair, with Manchester United and Newcastle United completing the top five. Sixth placed Arsenal, the 1948 champions, finished four points off the top of the table but beat Liverpool to win their first postwar FA Cup.
Manchester City and Birmingham City went down to the Second Division.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Portsmouth (C) | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 74 | 38 | 1.947 | 53 | |
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 76 | 49 | 1.551 | 53 | |
| 3 | Sunderland | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 83 | 62 | 1.339 | 52 | |
| 4 | Manchester United | 42 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 69 | 44 | 1.568 | 50 | |
| 5 | Newcastle United | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 77 | 55 | 1.400 | 50 | |
| 6 | Arsenal | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 79 | 55 | 1.436 | 49 | |
| 7 | Blackpool | 42 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 46 | 35 | 1.314 | 49 | |
| 8 | Liverpool | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 64 | 54 | 1.185 | 48 | |
| 9 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 59 | 48 | 1.229 | 47 | |
| 10 | Burnley | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 40 | 40 | 1.000 | 45 | |
| 11 | Derby County | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 69 | 61 | 1.131 | 44 | |
| 12 | Aston Villa | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 61 | 61 | 1.000 | 42 | |
| 13 | Chelsea | 42 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 58 | 65 | 0.892 | 40 | |
| 14 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 47 | 53 | 0.887 | 40 | |
| 15 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 52 | 73 | 0.712 | 37 | |
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 45 | 59 | 0.763 | 34 | |
| 17 | Fulham | 42 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 41 | 54 | 0.759 | 34 | |
| 18 | Everton | 42 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 42 | 66 | 0.636 | 34 | |
| 19 | Stoke City | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 45 | 75 | 0.600 | 34 | |
| 20 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 53 | 65 | 0.815 | 32 | |
| 21 | Manchester City (R) | 42 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 36 | 68 | 0.529 | 29 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 22 | Birmingham City (R) | 42 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 31 | 67 | 0.463 | 28 | Relegation to the Second Division |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ARS | AST | BIR | BLP | BOL | BUR | CHA | CHE | DER | EVE | FUL | HUD | LIV | MCI | MUN | MID | NEW | POR | STK | SUN | WBA | WOL |
| Arsenal | | 1–3 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Aston Villa | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 |
| Birmingham City | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Blackpool | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–4 |
| Burnley | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Charlton Athletic | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 6–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 |
| Chelsea | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Derby County | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 7–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Everton | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Fulham | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Huddersfield Town | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Liverpool | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Manchester City | 0–2 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Manchester United | 2–0 | 7–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Middlesbrough | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | | 1–0 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Newcastle United | 0–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 |
| Portsmouth | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Stoke City | 2–5 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 |
| Sunderland | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 1–1 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3–0 | 2–3 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | |

### Maps
## Second Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur (C, P) | 42 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 81 | 35 | 2.314 | 61 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 2 | Sheffield Wednesday (P) | 42 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 67 | 48 | 1.396 | 52 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 3 | Sheffield United | 42 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 68 | 49 | 1.388 | 52 | |
| 4 | Southampton | 42 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 64 | 48 | 1.333 | 52 | |
| 5 | Leeds United | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 54 | 45 | 1.200 | 47 | |
| 6 | Preston North End | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 60 | 49 | 1.224 | 45 | |
| 7 | Hull City | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 64 | 72 | 0.889 | 45 | |
| 8 | Swansea Town | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 53 | 49 | 1.082 | 43 | |
| 9 | Brentford | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 44 | 49 | 0.898 | 43 | |
| 10 | Cardiff City | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 41 | 44 | 0.932 | 42 | |
| 11 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 74 | 73 | 1.014 | 40 | |
| 12 | Coventry City | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 55 | 55 | 1.000 | 39 | |
| 13 | Barnsley | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 64 | 67 | 0.955 | 39 | |
| 14 | Chesterfield | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 43 | 47 | 0.915 | 39 | |
| 15 | Leicester City | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 55 | 65 | 0.846 | 39 | |
| 16 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 55 | 60 | 0.917 | 38 | |
| 17 | Luton Town | 42 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 41 | 51 | 0.804 | 38 | |
| 18 | Bury | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 60 | 65 | 0.923 | 37 | |
| 19 | West Ham United | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 53 | 61 | 0.869 | 36 | |
| 20 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 40 | 57 | 0.702 | 34 | |
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle (R) | 42 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 44 | 65 | 0.677 | 32 | Relegation to the Third Division South |
| 22 | Bradford Park Avenue (R) | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 51 | 77 | 0.662 | 31 | Relegation to the Third Division North |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | BLB | BPA | BRE | BRY | CAR | CHF | COV | GRI | HUL | LEE | LEI | LUT | PLY | PNE | QPR | SHU | SHW | SOU | SWA | TOT | WHU |
| Barnsley | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 7–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 4–0 | | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Bradford Park Avenue | 1–3 | 2–2 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 |
| Brentford | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 |
| Bury | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Cardiff City | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Chesterfield | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Coventry City | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 5–1 |
| Grimsby Town | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 3–2 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 |
| Hull City | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Leeds United | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| Leicester City | 2–2 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Luton Town | 3–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Preston North End | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 0–5 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Sheffield United | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 6–2 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Southampton | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Swansea Town | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2–0 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | | 4–1 |
| West Ham United | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | |

### Maps
## Third Division North

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 23 | 1.737 | 55 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Gateshead | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 51 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 36 | 31 | 1.611 | 53 | |
| 3 | Rochdale | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 28 | 1.659 | 51 | |
| 4 | Lincoln City | 42 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 30 | 1.538 | 51 | |
| 5 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 1.063 | 49 | |
| 6 | Rotherham United | 42 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 31 | 1.356 | 48 | |
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 28 | 1.236 | 48 | |
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 34 | 1.222 | 48 | |
| 9 | Carlisle United | 42 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 1.333 | 47 | |
| 10 | Stockport County | 42 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 31 | 1.058 | 45 | |
| 11 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 31 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 32 | 0.921 | 43 | |
| 12 | Chester | 42 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 47 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 46 | 0.886 | 40 | |
| 13 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 41 | 0.919 | 39 | |
| 14 | New Brighton | 42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 38 | 0.714 | 38 | |
| 15 | Barrow | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 0.887 | 37 | |
| 16 | Southport | 42 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 29 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 45 | 0.718 | 37 | |
| 17 | Darlington | 42 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 42 | 0.812 | 35 | |
| 18 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 44 | 0.658 | 33 | |
| 19 | Bradford City | 42 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 38 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 44 | 0.803 | 32 | |
| 20 | Wrexham | 42 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 37 | 0.722 | 32 | |
| 21 | Halifax Town | 42 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 54 | 0.682 | 32 | Re-elected |
| 22 | York City | 42 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 33 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 37 | 0.743 | 31 | Re-elected |

### Results

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

### Maps
## Third Division South

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Notts County | 42 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 60 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 38 | 1.900 | 58 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 42 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 43 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 1.440 | 51 | |
| 3 | Southend United | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 33 | 1.375 | 51 | |
| 4 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 1.718 | 49 | |
| 5 | Torquay United | 42 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 40 | 1.048 | 48 | |
| 6 | Watford | 42 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 1.286 | 45 | |
| 7 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 33 | 1.019 | 44 | |
| 8 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 45 | 0.826 | 44 | |
| 9 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 17 | 33 | 1.000 | 43 | |
| 10 | Reading | 42 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 48 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 43 | 1.094 | 42 | |
| 11 | Norwich City | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 42 | 1.032 | 42 | |
| 12 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 37 | 1.018 | 42 | |
| 13 | Port Vale | 42 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 29 | 1.119 | 41 | |
| 14 | Swindon Town | 42 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 32 | 0.952 | 41 | |
| 15 | Bristol City | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 42 | 0.984 | 40 | |
| 16 | Exeter City | 42 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 48 | 0.840 | 39 | |
| 17 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 50 | 0.663 | 35 | |
| 18 | Leyton Orient | 42 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 55 | 0.624 | 35 | |
| 19 | Walsall | 42 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 37 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 37 | 0.984 | 34 | |
| 20 | Aldershot | 42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 44 | 0.800 | 34 | |
| 21 | Newport County | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 64 | 0.684 | 34 | Re-elected |
| 22 | Millwall | 42 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 39 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 34 | 0.873 | 32 | Re-elected |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALD | B&BA | B&HA | BRI | BRR | CRY | EXE | IPS | LEY | MIL | NPC | NOR | NWC | NOT | NTC | PTV | REA | STD | SWI | TOR | WAL | WAT |
| Aldershot | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–5 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Bristol City | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Bristol Rovers | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Crystal Palace | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 5–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Exeter City | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Ipswich Town | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–4 | 1–0 | | 4–4 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 |
| Leyton Orient | 2–7 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Millwall | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Newport County | 6–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 6–4 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–3 | | 1–4 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 |
| Northampton Town | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Norwich City | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Nottingham Forest | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Notts County | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Port Vale | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Reading | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 5–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Southend | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Swindon Town | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 7–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 1–2 | 4–3 | 0–1 |
| Torquay United | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Walsall | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 7–1 | | 1–1 |
| Watford | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |