1989-90

Division 3

Club M V D L G P
1 Bristol Rovers 46 26 15 5 71-35 67

Champion

2 Bristol City 46 27 10 9 76-40 64

Promoted

3 Notts County 46 25 12 9 73-53 62

Promoted

4 Tranmere Rovers 46 23 11 12 86-49 57
5 Bury 46 21 11 14 70-49 53
6 Bolton Wanderers 46 18 15 13 59-48 51
7 Birmingham City 46 18 12 16 60-59 48
8 Huddersfield 46 17 14 15 61-62 48
9 Rotherham United 46 17 13 16 71-62 47
10 Reading 46 15 19 12 57-56 49
11 Shrewsbury Town 46 16 15 15 59-54 47
12 Crewe Alexandra 46 15 17 14 56-54 47
13 Brentford 46 18 7 21 66-66 43
14 Leyton Orient 46 16 10 20 52-56 42
15 Mansfield Town 46 16 7 23 50-65 39
16 Chester City 46 13 15 18 43-55 41
17 Swansea City 46 14 12 20 45-63 40
18 Wigan Athletic 46 13 14 19 46-64 40
19 Preston North End 46 14 10 22 65-79 38
20 Fulham 46 12 15 19 55-66 39
21 Cardiff City 46 12 14 20 51-70 38

Relegated

22 Northampton Town 46 11 14 21 51-68 36

Relegated

23 Blackpool 46 10 16 20 49-73 36

Relegated

24 Walsall 46 9 14 23 40-72 32

Relegated

1988-89

Division 3

Club M V D L G P
1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 26 14 6 96-49 92

Champion

2 Sheffield United 46 25 9 12 93-54 84

Promoted

3 Port Vale 46 24 12 10 78-48 84
4 Fulham 46 22 9 15 69-67 75
5 Bristol Rovers 46 19 17 10 67-51 74
6 Preston North End 46 19 15 12 79-60 72
7 Brentford 46 18 14 14 66-61 68
8 Chester City 46 19 11 16 64-61 68
9 Notts County 46 18 13 15 64-54 67
10 Bolton Wanderers 46 16 16 14 58-54 64
11 Bristol City 46 18 9 19 53-55 63
12 Swansea City 46 15 16 15 51-53 61
13 Bury 46 16 13 17 55-67 61
14 Huddersfield 46 17 9 20 63-73 60
15 Mansfield Town 46 14 17 15 48-52 59
16 Cardiff City 46 14 15 17 44-56 57
17 Wigan Athletic 46 14 14 18 55-53 56
18 Reading 46 15 11 20 68-72 56
19 Blackpool 46 14 13 19 56-59 55
20 Northampton Town 46 16 6 24 66-76 54
21 Southend United 46 13 15 18 56-75 54

Relegated

22 Chesterfield 46 14 7 25 51-86 49

Relegated

23 Gillingham 46 12 4 30 47-81 40

Relegated

24 Aldershot 46 8 13 25 48-78 37

Relegated

1987-88

Division 3

Club M V D L G P
1 Sunderland 46 27 12 7 92-48 93

Champion

2 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 23 15 8 69-47 84

Promoted

3 Walsall 46 23 13 10 68-50 82
4 Notts County 46 23 12 11 82-49 81
5 Bristol City 46 21 12 13 77-62 75
6 Northampton Town 46 18 19 9 70-51 73
7 Wigan Athletic 46 20 12 14 70-61 72
8 Bristol Rovers 46 18 12 16 68-56 66
9 Fulham 46 19 9 18 69-60 66
10 Blackpool 46 17 14 15 71-62 65
11 Port Vale 46 18 11 17 58-56 65
12 Brentford 46 16 14 16 53-59 62
13 Gillingham 46 14 17 15 77-61 59
14 Bury 46 15 14 17 58-57 59
15 Chester City 46 14 16 16 51-62 58
16 Preston North End 46 15 13 18 48-59 58
17 Southend United 46 14 13 19 65-83 55
18 Chesterfield 46 15 10 21 41-70 55
19 Mansfield Town 46 14 12 20 48-59 54
20 Aldershot 46 15 8 23 64-74 53
21 Rotherham United 46 12 16 18 50-66 52
22 Grimsby Town 46 12 14 20 48-58 50

Relegated

23 York City 46 8 9 29 48-91 33

Relegated

24 Doncaster Rovers 46 8 9 29 40-84 33

Relegated

1986-87

Division 3

Club M V D L G P
1 Bournemouth 46 29 10 7 76-40 97

Champion

2 Middlesbrough 46 28 10 8 67-30 94

Promoted

3 Swindon Town 46 25 12 9 77-47 87

Promoted

4 Wigan Athletic 46 25 10 11 83-60 85
5 Gillingham 46 23 9 14 65-48 78
6 Bristol City 46 21 14 11 63-36 77
7 Notts County 46 21 13 12 77-56 76
8 Walsall 46 22 9 15 80-67 75
9 Blackpool 46 16 16 14 74-59 64
10 Mansfield Town 46 15 16 15 52-55 61
11 Brentford 46 15 15 16 64-66 60
12 Port Vale 46 15 12 19 76-70 57
13 Doncaster Rovers 46 14 15 17 56-62 57
14 Rotherham United 46 15 12 19 48-57 57
15 Chester City 46 13 17 16 61-59 56
16 Bury 46 14 13 19 54-60 55
17 Chesterfield 46 13 15 18 56-69 54
18 Fulham 46 12 17 17 59-77 53
19 Bristol Rovers 46 13 12 21 49-75 51
20 York City 46 12 13 21 55-79 49
21 Bolton Wanderers 46 10 15 21 46-58 45

Relegated

22 Carlisle United 46 10 8 28 46-58 38

Relegated

23 Darlington 46 7 16 23 39-78 37

Relegated

24 Newport County 46 8 13 25 49-86 37

Relegated

1985-86

Division 3

Club M V D L G P
1 Reading 46 29 7 10 67-51 94

Champion

2 Plymouth Argyle 46 26 9 11 88-53 87

Promoted

3 Derby County 46 23 15 8 80-41 84

Promoted

4 Wigan Athletic 46 23 14 9 82-48 83
5 Gillingham 46 22 13 11 81-54 79
6 Walsall 46 22 9 15 90-64 75
7 York City 46 20 11 15 77-58 71
8 Notts County 46 19 14 13 71-60 71
9 Bristol City 46 18 14 14 69-60 68
10 Brentford 46 18 12 16 58-61 66
11 Doncaster Rovers 46 16 16 14 45-52 64
12 Blackpool 46 17 12 17 66-55 63
13 Darlington 46 15 13 18 61-78 58
14 Rotherham United 46 15 12 19 61-59 57
15 Bournemouth 46 15 9 22 65-72 54
16 Bristol Rovers 46 14 12 20 51-75 54
17 Chesterfield 46 13 14 19 61-64 53
18 Bolton Wanderers 46 15 8 23 54-68 53
19 Newport County 46 11 18 17 52-65 51
20 Bury 46 12 13 21 63-67 49
21 Lincoln City 46 10 16 20 55-77 46

Relegated

22 Cardiff City 46 12 9 25 53-83 45

Relegated

23 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 11 10 25 57-98 43

Relegated

24 Swansea City 46 11 10 25 43-87 43

Relegated

1984-85

Division 3

Club M V D L G P
1 Bradford City 46 28 10 8 77-45 94

Champion

2 Millwall 46 26 12 8 73-42 90

Promoted

3 Hull City 46 25 12 9 78-49 87

Promoted

4 Gillingham 46 25 8 13 80-62 83
5 Bristol City 46 24 9 13 74-47 81
6 Bristol Rovers 46 21 12 13 66-48 75
7 Derby County 46 19 13 14 65-54 70
8 York City 46 20 9 17 70-57 69
9 Reading 46 19 12 15 68-62 69
10 Bournemouth 46 19 11 16 57-46 68
11 Walsall 46 18 13 15 58-52 67
12 Rotherham United 46 18 11 17 55-55 65
13 Brentford 46 16 14 16 62-64 62
14 Doncaster Rovers 46 17 8 21 72-74 59
15 Plymouth Argyle 46 15 14 17 62-65 59
16 Wigan Athletic 46 15 14 17 60-64 59
17 Bolton Wanderers 46 16 6 24 69-75 54
18 Newport County 46 13 13 20 55-67 52
19 Lincoln City 46 11 18 17 50-51 51
20 Swansea City 46 12 11 23 53-80 47
21 Burnley 46 11 13 22 60-73 46

Relegated

22 Leyton Orient 46 11 13 22 51-76 46

Relegated

23 Preston North End 46 13 7 26 51-100 46

Relegated

24 Cambridge United 46 4 9 33 37-95 21

Relegated

1983-84

Division 3

Club M V D L G P
1 Oxford United 46 28 11 7 91-50 95

Champion

2 Wimbledon 46 26 9 11 97-76 87

Promoted

3 Sheffield United 46 24 11 11 86-53 83

Promoted

4 Hull City 46 23 14 9 71-38 83
5 Bristol Rovers 46 22 13 11 68-54 79
6 Walsall 46 22 9 15 68-61 75
7 Bradford City 46 20 11 15 73-65 71
8 Gillingham 46 20 10 16 74-69 70
9 Millwall 46 18 13 15 71-65 67
10 Bolton Wanderers 46 18 10 18 56-60 64
11 Leyton Orient 46 18 9 19 71-81 63
12 Burnley 46 16 14 16 76-61 62
13 Newport County 46 16 14 16 58-75 62
14 Lincoln City 46 17 10 19 59-62 61
15 Wigan Athletic 46 16 13 17 46-56 61
16 Preston North End 46 15 11 20 66-66 56
17 Bournemouth 46 16 7 23 63-73 55
18 Rotherham United 46 15 9 22 57-64 54
19 Plymouth Argyle 46 13 12 21 56-62 51
20 Brentford 46 11 16 19 69-79 49
21 Scunthorpe United 46 9 19 18 54-73 46

Relegated

22 Southend United 46 10 14 22 55-76 44

Relegated

23 Port Vale 46 11 10 25 51-83 43

Relegated

24 Exeter City 46 6 15 25 50-84 33

Relegated

1982-83

Division 3

Club M V D L G P
1 Portsmouth 46 27 10 9 74-41 91

Champion

2 Cardiff City 46 25 11 10 76-50 86

Promoted

3 Huddersfield 46 23 13 10 84-49 82

Promoted

4 Newport County 46 23 9 14 76-54 78
5 Oxford United 46 22 12 12 71-53 78
6 Lincoln City 46 23 7 16 77-51 76
7 Bristol Rovers 46 22 9 15 84-58 75
8 Plymouth Argyle 46 19 8 19 61-66 65
9 Brentford 46 18 10 18 88-77 64
10 Walsall 46 17 13 16 64-63 64
11 Sheffield United 46 19 7 20 62-64 64
12 Bradford City 46 16 13 17 68-69 61
13 Gillingham 46 16 13 17 58-59 61
14 Bournemouth 46 16 13 17 59-68 61
15 Southend United 46 15 14 17 66-65 59
16 Preston North End 46 15 13 18 60-69 58
17 Millwall 46 14 13 19 64-77 55
18 Wigan Athletic 46 15 9 22 60-72 54
19 Exeter City 46 14 12 20 81-104 54
20 Leyton Orient 46 15 9 22 64-88 54
21 Reading 46 12 17 17 64-79 53

Relegated

22 Wrexham 46 12 15 19 56-76 51

Relegated

23 Doncaster Rovers 46 9 11 26 57-97 38

Relegated

24 Chesterfield 46 8 13 25 43-68 37

Relegated

1981-82

Division 3

Club M V D L G P
1 Burnley 46 21 17 8 66-45 80

Champion

2 Carlisle United 46 23 11 12 65-50 80

Promoted

3 Fulham 46 21 15 10 77-51 78

Promoted

4 Lincoln City 46 21 14 11 66-40 77
5 Oxford United 46 19 14 13 63-49 71
6 Gillingham 46 20 11 15 64-56 71
7 Southend United 46 18 15 13 63-51 69
8 Brentford 46 19 11 16 56-47 68
9 Millwall 46 18 13 15 62-62 67
10 Plymouth Argyle 46 18 11 17 64-56 65
11 Chesterfield 46 18 10 18 57-58 64
12 Reading 46 17 11 18 67-75 62
13 Portsmouth 46 14 19 13 56-51 61
14 Preston North End 46 16 13 17 50-56 61
15 Bristol Rovers 46 18 9 19 58-65 61
16 Newport County 46 14 16 16 54-54 58
17 Huddersfield 46 15 12 19 64-59 57
18 Exeter City 46 16 9 21 71-84 57
19 Doncaster Rovers 46 13 17 16 55-68 56
20 Walsall 46 13 14 19 51-55 53
21 Wimbledon 46 14 11 21 61-75 53

Relegated

22 Swindon Town 46 13 13 20 55-71 52

Relegated

23 Bristol City 46 11 13 22 40-65 46

Relegated

24 Chester City 46 7 11 28 36-78 32

Relegated

1980-81

Division 3

Club M V D L G P
1 Rotherham United 46 24 13 9 62-32 61

Champion

2 Barnsley 46 21 17 8 72-45 59

Promoted

3 Charlton Athletic 46 25 9 12 63-44 59

Promoted

4 Huddersfield 46 21 14 11 71-40 56
5 Chesterfield 46 23 10 13 72-48 56
6 Portsmouth 46 22 9 15 55-47 53
7 Plymouth Argyle 46 19 14 13 56-44 52
8 Burnley 46 18 14 14 60-48 50
9 Brentford 46 14 19 13 52-49 47
10 Reading 46 18 10 18 62-62 46
11 Exeter City 46 16 13 17 62-66 45
12 Newport County 46 15 13 18 64-61 43
13 Fulham 46 15 13 18 57-64 43
14 Oxford United 46 13 17 16 39-47 43
15 Gillingham 46 12 18 16 48-58 42
16 Millwall 46 14 14 18 43-60 42
17 Swindon Town 46 13 15 18 51-56 41
18 Chester City 46 15 11 20 38-48 41
19 Carlisle United 46 14 13 19 56-70 41
20 Walsall 46 13 15 18 59-74 41
21 Sheffield United 46 14 12 20 65-63 40

Relegated

22 Colchester United 46 14 11 21 45-65 39

Relegated

23 Blackpool 46 9 14 23 45-75 32

Relegated

24 Hull City 46 8 16 22 40-71 32

Relegated