1979-80

Division 3

Club M V D L G P
1 Grimsby Town 46 26 10 10 73-42 62

Champion

2 Blackburn Rovers 46 25 9 12 58-36 59

Promoted

3 Sheffield Wednesday 46 21 16 9 81-47 58

Promoted

4 Chesterfield 46 23 11 12 71-46 57
5 Colchester United 46 20 12 14 64-56 52
6 Carlisle United 46 18 12 16 66-56 48
7 Reading 46 16 16 14 66-65 48
8 Exeter City 46 19 10 17 60-68 48
9 Chester City 46 17 13 16 49-57 47
10 Swindon Town 46 19 8 19 71-63 46
11 Barnsley 46 16 14 16 53-56 46
12 Sheffield United 46 18 10 18 60-66 46
13 Rotherham United 46 18 10 18 58-66 46
14 Millwall 46 16 13 17 65-59 45
15 Plymouth Argyle 46 16 12 18 59-55 44
16 Gillingham 46 14 14 18 49-51 42
17 Oxford United 46 14 13 19 57-62 41
18 Blackpool 46 15 11 20 62-74 41
19 Brentford 46 15 11 20 59-73 41
20 Hull City 46 12 16 18 51-69 40
21 Bury 46 16 7 23 45-59 39

Relegated

22 Southend United 46 14 10 22 47-58 38

Relegated

23 Mansfield Town 46 10 16 20 47-58 36

Relegated

24 Wimbledon 46 10 14 22 52-81 34

Relegated

1978-79

Division 3

Club M V D L G P
1 Shrewsbury Town 46 21 19 6 61-41 61

Champion

2 Watford 46 24 12 10 83-52 60
3 Swansea City 46 24 12 10 83-61 60
4 Gillingham 46 21 17 8 65-42 59
5 Swindon Town 46 25 7 14 74-52 57
6 Carlisle United 46 15 22 9 53-42 52
7 Colchester United 46 17 17 12 60-55 51
8 Hull City 46 19 11 16 66-61 49
9 Exeter City 46 17 15 14 61-56 49
10 Brentford 46 19 9 18 53-49 47
11 Oxford United 46 14 18 14 44-50 46
12 Blackpool 46 18 9 19 61-59 45
13 Southend United 46 15 15 16 51-49 45
14 Sheffield Wednesday 46 13 19 14 53-53 45
15 Plymouth Argyle 46 15 14 17 67-68 44
16 Chester City 46 14 16 16 57-61 44
17 Rotherham United 46 17 10 19 49-55 44
18 Mansfield Town 46 12 19 15 51-52 43
19 Bury 46 11 20 15 59-65 42
20 Chesterfield 46 13 14 19 51-65 40
21 Peterborough 46 11 14 21 44-63 36
22 Walsall 46 10 12 24 56-71 32
23 Tranmere Rovers 46 6 16 24 45-78 28
24 Lincoln City 46 7 11 28 41-88 25

1977-78

Division 3

Club M V D L G P
1 Wrexham 46 23 15 8 78-45 61

Champion

2 Cambridge United 46 23 12 11 72-51 58

Promoted

3 Preston North End 46 20 16 10 63-38 56

Promoted

4 Peterborough 46 20 16 10 47-33 56
5 Chester City 46 16 22 8 59-56 54
6 Walsall 46 18 17 11 61-50 53
7 Gillingham 46 15 20 11 67-60 50
8 Colchester United 46 15 18 13 55-44 48
9 Chesterfield 46 17 14 15 58-49 48
10 Swindon Town 46 16 16 14 67-60 48
11 Shrewsbury Town 46 16 15 15 63-57 47
12 Tranmere Rovers 46 16 15 15 57-52 47
13 Carlisle United 46 14 19 13 59-59 47
14 Sheffield Wednesday 46 15 16 15 50-52 46
15 Bury 46 13 19 14 62-56 45
16 Lincoln City 46 15 15 16 53-61 45
17 Exeter City 46 15 14 17 49-59 44
18 Oxford United 46 13 14 19 64-67 40
19 Plymouth Argyle 46 11 17 18 61-68 39
20 Rotherham United 46 13 13 20 51-68 39
21 Port Vale 46 8 20 18 46-67 36

Relegated

22 Bradford City 46 12 10 24 56-86 34

Relegated

23 Hereford United 46 9 14 23 34-60 32

Relegated

24 Portsmouth 46 7 17 22 41-75 31

Relegated

1976-77

Division 3

Club M V D L G P
1 Mansfield Town 46 28 8 10 78-42 64

Champion

2 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 25 11 10 83-40 61

Promoted

3 Crystal Palace 46 23 13 10 68-40 59

Promoted

4 Rotherham United 46 22 15 9 69-44 59
5 Wrexham 46 24 10 12 80-54 58
6 Preston North End 46 21 12 13 64-43 54
7 Bury 46 23 8 15 64-59 54
8 Sheffield Wednesday 46 22 9 15 65-55 53
9 Lincoln City 46 19 19 13 77-70 52
10 Shrewsbury Town 46 18 18 17 65-59 47
11 Swindon Town 46 15 15 16 68-75 45
12 Gillingham 46 16 12 18 55-64 44
13 Chester City 46 18 8 20 48-58 44
14 Tranmere Rovers 46 13 17 16 51-53 43
15 Walsall 46 13 15 18 57-65 41
16 Peterborough 46 13 15 18 55-65 41
17 Oxford United 46 12 15 19 55-65 39
18 Chesterfield 46 14 10 22 56-64 38
19 Port Vale 46 11 16 19 47-71 38
20 Portsmouth 46 11 14 21 53-70 36
21 Reading 46 13 9 24 49-73 35

Relegated

22 Northampton Town 46 13 8 25 60-75 34

Relegated

23 Grimsby Town 46 12 9 25 45-69 33

Relegated

24 York City 46 10 12 24 50-89 32

Relegated

1975-76

Division 3

Club M V D L G P
1 Hereford United 46 26 11 9 86-55 63

Champion

2 Cardiff City 46 22 13 11 69-48 57
3 Millwall 46 20 16 10 54-43 56
4 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 22 9 15 78-53 53
5 Crystal Palace 46 18 17 11 61-46 53
6 Wrexham 46 20 12 14 66-55 52
7 Walsall 46 18 14 14 74-61 50
8 Preston North End 46 19 10 17 62-57 48
9 Shrewsbury Town 46 19 10 17 61-59 48
10 Peterborough 46 15 18 13 63-63 48
11 Mansfield Town 46 16 15 15 58-52 47
12 Port Vale 46 15 16 15 55-54 46
13 Bury 46 14 16 16 51-46 44
14 Chesterfield 46 17 9 20 69-69 43
15 Gillingham 46 12 19 15 58-68 43
16 Rotherham United 46 15 12 19 54-65 42
17 Chester City 46 15 12 19 43-62 42
18 Grimsby Town 46 15 10 21 62-74 40
19 Swindon Town 46 16 8 22 62-75 40
20 Sheffield Wednesday 46 12 16 18 48-59 40
21 Aldershot 46 13 13 20 59-75 39

Relegated

22 Colchester United 46 12 14 20 41-65 38

Relegated

23 Southend United 46 12 13 21 65-75 37

Relegated

24 Halifax Town 46 11 13 22 41-61 35

Relegated

1974-75

Division 3

Club M V D L G P
1 Blackburn Rovers 46 22 16 8 68-45 60

Champion

2 Plymouth Argyle 46 24 11 11 79-58 59
3 Charlton Athletic 46 22 11 13 76-61 55
4 Swindon Town 46 21 11 14 64-58 53
5 Crystal Palace 46 18 15 13 66-57 51
6 Port Vale 46 18 15 13 61-54 51
7 Peterborough 46 19 12 15 47-53 50
8 Walsall 46 18 13 15 67-52 49
9 Preston North End 46 19 11 16 63-56 49
10 Gillingham 46 17 14 15 65-60 48
11 Colchester United 46 17 13 16 70-63 47
12 Hereford United 46 16 14 16 64-66 46
13 Wrexham 46 15 15 16 65-55 45
14 Bury 46 16 12 18 53-50 44
15 Chesterfield 46 16 12 18 62-66 44
16 Grimsby Town 46 15 13 18 55-64 43
17 Halifax Town 46 13 17 16 49-65 43
18 Southend United 46 13 16 17 46-51 42
19 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 16 10 20 56-64 42
20 Aldershot 46 14 11 21 53-63 39
21 Bournemouth 46 13 12 21 44-58 38
22 Tranmere Rovers 46 14 9 23 55-57 37
23 Watford 46 10 17 19 52-75 37
24 Huddersfield 46 11 10 25 47-76 32

1973-74

Division 3

Club M V D L G P
1 Oldham Athletic 46 25 12 9 83-47 62

Champion

2 Bristol City 46 22 17 7 65-33 61

Promoted

3 York City 46 21 19 6 67-38 61

Promoted

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 46 17 13 16 56-55 47
11 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

Relegated

22 Shrewsbury Town 46 10 11 25 41-62 31

Relegated

23 Southport 46 6 16 24 35-82 28

Relegated

24 Rochdale 46 2 17 27 38-94 21

Relegated

1972-73

Division 3

Club M V D L G P
1 Bolton Wanderers 46 25 11 10 73-39 61

Champion

2 Notts County 46 23 11 12 67-47 57

Promoted

3 Blackburn Rovers 46 20 15 11 57-47 55
4 Oldham Athletic 46 19 16 11 72-54 54
5 Bristol Rovers 46 20 13 13 77-56 53
6 Port Vale 46 21 11 14 56-69 53
7 Bournemouth 46 17 16 13 66-44 50
8 Plymouth Argyle 46 20 10 16 74-66 50
9 Grimsby Town 46 20 8 18 67-61 48
10 Tranmere Rovers 46 15 16 15 56-52 46
11 Charlton Athletic 46 17 11 18 69-67 45
12 Wrexham 46 14 17 15 55-54 45
13 Rochdale 46 14 17 15 48-54 45
14 Southend United 46 17 10 19 61-54 44
15 Shrewsbury Town 46 15 14 17 46-54 44
16 Chesterfield 46 17 19 20 57-61 43
17 Walsall 46 18 7 21 56-66 43
18 York City 46 13 15 18 42-46 41
19 Watford 46 12 17 17 43-48 41
20 Halifax Town 46 13 15 18 43-53 41
21 Rotherham United 46 17 7 22 51-65 41

Relegated

22 Brentford 46 15 7 24 51-69 37

Relegated

23 Swansea City 46 14 9 23 51-73 37

Relegated

24 Scunthorpe United 46 10 10 26 33-72 30

Relegated

1971-72

Division 3

Club M V D L G P
1 Aston Villa 46 32 6 8 85-32 70

Champion

2 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 27 11 8 82-47 65

Promoted

3 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

Relegated

22 Barnsley 46 9 18 19 32-64 36

Relegated

23 Torquay 46 10 12 24 41-69 32

Relegated

24 Bradford City 46 11 10 25 45-77 32

Relegated