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Final League Tables


      DIVISION ONE
 Pos  Name                            Pld    W    D    L   GF   GA  Pts
   1  Derby County                     42   24   10    8   69   33   58
   2  Leeds United                     42   24    9    9   73   31   57
   3  Liverpool                        42   24    9    9   64   30   57
   4  Manchester City                  42   23   11    8   77   45   57
   5  Arsenal                          42   22    8   12   58   40   52
   6  Tottenham Hotspur                42   19   13   10   63   42   51
   7  Chelsea                          42   18   12   12   58   49   48
   8  Manchester United                42   19   10   13   69   61   48
   9  Wolverhampton Wanderers          42   18   11   13   65   57   47
  10  Sheffield United                 42   17   12   13   61   60   46
  11  Newcastle United                 42   15   11   16   49   52   41
  12  Leicester City                   42   13   13   16   41   46   39
  13  Ipswich Town                     42   11   16   15   39   53   38
  14  West Ham United                  42   12   12   18   47   51   36
  15  Everton                          42    9   18   15   37   48   36
  16  West Bromwich Albion             42   12   11   19   42   54   35
  17  Stoke City                       42   10   15   17   39   56   35
  18  Coventry City                    42    9   15   18   44   67   33
  19  Southampton                      42   12    7   23   52   80   31
  20  Crystal Palace                   42    8   13   21   39   65   29
  21  Nottingham Forest                42    8    9   25   47   81   25
  22  Huddersfield Town                42    6   13   23   27   59   25

      DIVISION TWO
 Pos  Name                            Pld    W    D    L   GF   GA  Pts
   1  Norwich City                     42   21   15    6   60   36   57
   2  Birmingham City                  42   19   18    5   60   31   56
   3  Millwall                         42   19   17    6   64   46   55
   4  Queens Park Rangers              42   20   14    8   57   28   54
   5  Sunderland                       42   17   16    9   67   57   50
   6  Blackpool                        42   20    7   15   70   50   47
   7  Burnley                          42   20    6   16   70   55   46
   8  Bristol City                     42   18   10   14   61   49   46
   9  Middlesbrough                    42   19    8   15   50   48   46
  10  Carlisle United                  42   17    9   16   61   57   43
  11  Swindon Town                     42   15   12   15   47   47   42
  12  Hull City                        42   14   10   18   49   53   38
  13  Luton Town                       42   10   18   14   43   48   38
  14  Sheffield Wednesday              42   13   12   17   51   58   38
  15  Oxford United                    42   12   14   16   43   55   38
  16  Portsmouth                       42   12   13   17   59   68   37
  17  Orient                           42   14    9   19   50   61   37
  18  Preston North End                42   12   12   18   52   58   36
  19  Cardiff City                     42   10   14   18   56   69   34
  20  Fulham                           42   12   10   20   45   68   34
  21  Charlton Athletic                42   12    9   21   55   77   33
  22  Watford                          42    5    9   28   24   75   19

      DIVISION THREE
 Pos  Name                            Pld    W    D    L   GF   GA  Pts
   1  Aston Villa                      46   32    6    8   85   32   70
   2  Brighton & Hove Albion           46   27   11    8   82   47   65
   3  A F C Bournemouth                46   23   16    7   73   37   62
   4  Notts County                     46   25   12    9   74   44   62
   5  Rotherham United                 46   20   15   11   69   52   55
   6  Bristol Rovers                   46   21   12   13   75   56   54
   7  Bolton Wanderers                 46   17   16   13   51   41   50
   8  Plymouth Argyle                  46   20   10   16   74   64   50
   9  Walsall                          46   15   18   13   62   57   48
  10  Blackburn Rovers                 46   19    9   18   54   57   47
  11  Oldham Athletic                  46   17   11   18   59   63   45
  12  Shrewsbury Town                  46   17   10   19   73   65   44
  13  Chesterfield                     46   18    8   20   57   57   44
  14  Swansea City                     46   17   10   19   46   59   44
  15  Port Vale                        46   13   15   18   43   59   41
  16  Wrexham                          46   16    8   22   59   63   40
  17  Halifax Town                     46   13   12   21   48   61   38
  18  Rochdale                         46   12   13   21   57   83   37
  19  York City                        46   12   12   22   57   66   36
  20  Tranmere Rovers                  46   10   16   20   50   71   36
  21  Mansfield Town                   46    8   20   18   41   63   36
  22  Barnsley                         46    9   18   19   32   64   36
  23  Torquay United                   46   10   12   24   41   69   32
  24  Bradford City                    46   11   10   25   45   77   32

      DIVISION FOUR
 Pos  Name                            Pld    W    D    L   GF   GA  Pts
   1  Grimsby Town                     46   28    7   11   88   56   63
   2  Southend United                  46   24   12   10   81   55   60
   3  Brentford                        46   24   11   11   76   44   59
   4  Scunthorpe United                46   22   13   11   56   37   57
   5  Lincoln City                     46   21   14   11   77   59   56
   6  Workington                       46   16   19   11   50   34   51
   7  Southport                        46   18   14   14   66   46   50
   8  Peterborough United              46   17   16   13   82   64   50
   9  Bury                             46   19   12   15   73   59   50
  10  Cambridge United                 46   17   14   15   62   60   48
  11  Colchester United                46   19   10   17   70   69   48
  12  Doncaster Rovers                 46   16   14   16   56   63   46
  13  Gillingham                       46   16   13   17   61   67   45
  14  Newport County                   46   18    8   20   60   72   44
  15  Exeter City                      46   16   11   19   61   68   43
  16  Reading                          46   17    8   21   56   76   42
  17  Aldershot                        46    9   22   15   48   54   40
  18  Hartlepool                       46   17    6   23   58   69   40
  19  Darlington                       46   14   11   21   64   82   39
  20  Chester                          46   10   18   18   47   56   38
  21  Northampton Town                 46   12   13   21   66   79   37
  22  Barrow                           46   13   11   22   40   71   37
  23  Stockport County                 46    9   14   23   55   87   32
  24  Crewe Alexandra                  46   10    9   27   43   69   29

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