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Before this season

• Aldershot were promoted from Division Four to Division Three
• Bolton Wanderers were promoted from Division Three to Division Two
• Brentford were relegated from Division Three to Division Four
• Brighton & Hove Albion were relegated from Division Two to Division Three
• Burnley were promoted from Division Two to Division One
• Cambridge United were promoted from Division Four to Division Three
• Crystal Palace were relegated from Division One to Division Two
• Hereford United were promoted from Division Four to Division Three
• Huddersfield Town were relegated from Division Two to Division Three
• Notts County were promoted from Division Three to Division Two
• Queens Park Rangers were promoted from Division Two to Division One
• Rotherham United were relegated from Division Three to Division Four
• Scunthorpe United were relegated from Division Three to Division Four
• Southport were promoted from Division Four to Division Three
• Swansea City were relegated from Division Three to Division Four
• West Bromwich Albion were relegated from Division One to Division Two

Final League Tables

 DIVISION ONE
 Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 1 Leeds United 42 24 14 4 66 31 62
 2 Liverpool 42 22 13 7 52 31 57
 3 Derby County 42 17 14 11 52 42 48
 4 Ipswich Town 42 18 11 13 67 58 47
 5 Stoke City 42 15 16 11 54 42 46
 6 Burnley 42 16 14 12 56 53 46
 7 Everton 42 16 12 14 50 48 44
 8 Queens Park Rangers 42 13 17 12 56 52 43
 9 Leicester City 42 13 16 13 51 41 42
 10 Arsenal 42 14 14 14 49 51 42
 11 Tottenham Hotspur 42 14 14 14 45 50 42
 12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 13 15 14 49 49 41
 13 Sheffield United 42 14 12 16 44 49 40
 14 Manchester City 42 14 12 16 39 46 40
 15 Newcastle United 42 13 12 17 49 48 38
 16 Coventry City 42 14 10 18 43 54 38
 17 Chelsea 42 12 13 17 56 60 37
 18 West Ham United 42 11 15 16 55 60 37
 19 Birmingham City 42 12 13 17 52 64 37
 20 Southampton 42 11 14 17 47 68 36
 21 Manchester United 42 10 12 20 38 48 32
 22 Norwich City 42 7 15 20 37 62 29
 DIVISION TWO
 Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 1 Middlesbrough 42 27 11 4 77 30 65
 2 Luton Town 42 19 12 11 64 51 50
 3 Carlisle United 42 20 9 13 61 48 49
 4 Orient 42 15 18 9 55 42 48
 5 Blackpool 42 17 13 12 57 40 47
 6 Sunderland 42 19 9 14 58 44 47
 7 Nottingham Forest 42 15 15 12 57 43 45
 8 West Bromwich Albion 42 14 16 12 48 45 44
 9 Hull City 42 13 17 12 46 47 43
 10 Notts County 42 15 13 14 55 60 43
 11 Bolton Wanderers 42 15 12 15 44 40 42
 12 Millwall 42 14 14 14 51 51 42
 13 Fulham 42 16 10 16 39 43 42
 14 Aston Villa 42 13 15 14 48 45 41
 15 Portsmouth 42 14 12 16 45 62 40
 16 Bristol City 42 14 10 18 47 54 38
 17 Cardiff City 42 10 16 16 49 62 36
 18 Oxford United 42 10 16 16 35 46 36
 19 Sheffield Wednesday 42 12 11 19 51 63 35
 20 Crystal Palace 42 11 12 19 43 56 34
 21 Preston North End 42 9 14 19 40 62 31 *
 22 Swindon Town 42 7 11 24 36 72 25
* - Preston North End 1 point deducted for fielding an ineligble player
 DIVISION THREE
 Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 1 Oldham Athletic 46 25 12 9 83 47 62
 2 Bristol Rovers 46 22 17 7 65 33 61
 3 York City 46 21 19 6 67 38 61
 4 Wrexham 46 22 12 12 63 43 56
 5 Chesterfield 46 21 14 11 55 42 56
 6 Grimsby Town 46 18 15 13 67 50 51
 7 Watford 46 19 12 15 64 56 50
 8 Aldershot 46 19 11 16 65 52 49
 9 Halifax Town 46 14 21 11 48 51 49
 10 Huddersfield Town 46 17 13 16 56 55 47
 11 A F C Bournemouth 46 16 15 15 54 58 47
 12 Southend United 46 16 14 16 62 62 46
 13 Blackburn Rovers 46 18 10 18 62 64 46
 14 Charlton Athletic 46 19 8 19 66 73 46
 15 Walsall 46 16 13 17 57 48 45
 16 Tranmere Rovers 46 15 15 16 50 44 45
 17 Plymouth Argyle 46 17 10 19 59 54 44
 18 Hereford United 46 14 15 17 53 57 43
 19 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 16 11 19 52 58 43
 20 Port Vale 46 14 14 18 52 58 42
 21 Cambridge United 46 13 9 24 48 81 35
 22 Shrewsbury Town 46 10 11 25 41 62 31
 23 Southport 46 6 16 24 35 82 28
 24 Rochdale 46 2 17 27 38 94 21
 DIVISION FOUR
 Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 1 Peterborough United 46 27 11 8 75 38 65
 2 Gillingham 46 25 12 9 90 49 62
 3 Colchester United 46 24 12 10 73 36 60
 4 Bury 46 24 11 11 81 49 59
 5 Northampton Town 46 20 13 13 63 48 53
 6 Reading 46 16 19 11 58 37 51
 7 Chester 46 17 15 14 54 55 49
 8 Bradford City 46 17 14 15 58 52 48
 9 Newport County 46 16 14 16 56 65 45 *
 10 Exeter City 45 18 8 19 58 55 44
 11 Hartlepool 46 16 12 18 48 47 44
 12 Lincoln City 46 16 12 18 63 67 44
 13 Barnsley 46 17 10 19 58 64 44
 14 Swansea City 46 16 11 19 45 46 43
 15 Rotherham United 46 15 13 18 56 58 43
 16 Torquay United 46 13 17 16 52 57 43
 17 Mansfield Town 46 13 17 16 62 69 43
 18 Scunthorpe United 45 14 12 19 47 64 42 #
 19 Brentford 46 12 16 18 48 50 40
 20 Darlington 46 13 13 20 40 62 39
 21 Crewe Alexandra 46 14 10 22 43 71 38
 22 Doncaster Rovers 46 12 11 23 47 80 35
 23 Workington 46 11 13 22 43 74 35
 24 Stockport County 46 7 20 19 44 69 34
* - Newport County 1 point deducted for fielding an ineligible player
# - Scunthorpe United v Exeter City not played, points awarded to Scunthorpe United

Following this season

• Bristol Rovers were promoted from Division Three to Division Two
• Bury were promoted from Division Four to Division Three
• Cambridge United were relegated from Division Three to Division Four
• Carlisle United were promoted from Division Two to Division One
• Colchester United were promoted from Division Four to Division Three
• Crystal Palace were relegated from Division Two to Division Three
• Gillingham were promoted from Division Four to Division Three
• Luton Town were promoted from Division Two to Division One
• Manchester United were relegated from Division One to Division Two
• Middlesbrough were promoted from Division Two to Division One
• Norwich City were relegated from Division One to Division Two
• Oldham Athletic were promoted from Division Three to Division Two
• Peterborough United were promoted from Division Four to Division Three
• Preston North End were relegated from Division Two to Division Three
• Rochdale were relegated from Division Three to Division Four
• Shrewsbury Town were relegated from Division Three to Division Four
• Southampton were relegated from Division One to Division Two
• Southport were relegated from Division Three to Division Four
• Swindon Town were relegated from Division Two to Division Three
• York City were promoted from Division Three to Division Two

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