A·F·L Season 177
Season Summary
A·F·L Season 178 Summary |
Premier Division |
Tottenham Hotspur |
Relegated |
Southampton Leicester City Norwich City |
Division One |
Crystal Palace |
Also Promoted |
West Ham United Millwall |
Relegated |
Nottingham Forest Birmingham City Bolton Wanderers |
Division Two |
Crewe Alexandra |
Also Promoted |
Charlton Athletic Rotherham United |
Relegated |
Sheffield United Yeovil Town Crawley Town Mansfield Town |
Division Three |
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
Also Promoted |
Scunthorpe United Southend United Preston North End |
Relegated |
Oxford United Torquay United |
Promoted to Division Three |
AFC Wimbledon Northampton Town |
A·F·L Cup |
Blackburn Rovers |
Super Cup |
Manchester City |
← Season 176 |
Season 178 → |
Season 177 of the A·F·L kicked off with the new Super Cup, inaugurated as a direct replacement for the Premier Cup. The latter was for Premier League clubs only but with the creation of the Super League, with two divisions, the Super Cup incorporates all 40 clubs in this league. In the first round of the competition the clubs are drawn into groups of five teams each, seeded according to their final positions in the previous season. Groups 1 - 4 comprise clubs from the Premier Division, and groups 5 - 8 comprise those from the Division One. Each team plays the other four once, two at home and two away, and the top two qualify for the knock-out stages. These are seeded, group winners at home to group runners up, Premier Division vs Division One. The remaining rounds are also seeded in a similar fashion, until we reach the final, which is the only round played on a neutral ground.
Manchester City were the first winners of the tournament, beating West Bromwich Albion 2—1 after extra time in the final. Ipswich Town were the Division One side that progressed the furthest in the tournament, reaching the semi-final where they lost 0—3 at home to West Bromwich Albion. They had beaten Manchester United (away) and Stoke City (home).
As mentioned above the league has been reorganised into two main leagues, each with two divisions. The top league is the Super League, with 40 clubs in two divisions of 20 (the Premier Division and the Division One). Below this we have the National League, with 48 clubs in two divisions of 24 (Division Two and Division Three). Promotion and relegation between each division is three up and three down, except between Division Two and Division Three, which have four up and four down. Two teams drop out from the National League and are replaced by two non-league teams as before.
Tottenham and Arsenal set the pace in the Premier Division and at the halfway stage the two North London teams topped the table, with Spurs on 48 and Arsenal on 43. Fellow London side Chelsea moved into 3rd place on 40 points after a 2—1 win against Manchester United. At the bottom, Hull City and Southampton trailed with just 16 points apiece. In the Division One Crystal Palace were the pace setters and topped the table with 47 points, 8 points clear of West Ham (the London teams were doing well in both leagues). Bournemouth, Middlesbrough, Fulham and Reading were in the play-off spots, with Aston Villa, Millwall and Q.P.R. not far behind. At the bottom, newcomers Colchester were struggling with just 12 points, with a group of 8 clubs with only 4 points separating them just above that, trying to stave off relegation fears.
In the second half of the season, Tottenham consolidated their position at the top and eventually won the title for the 15th time in their history. Stoke City finished well and took second place on goal difference from Liverpool. Manchester United finished fourth. Arsenal, who had challenged Tottenham in the early stages of the season, slumped badly in the second half of the season, dropping to fifth place, but did manage to clinch a place in next season's Euro-Cup. Blackburn Rovers, who finished 14th, also clinched a Euro-Cup spot by winning the A.F.L. Cup, winning 3—1 against Norwich City, who finished bottom of the Premier Division table. Southampton and Leicester City took the drop to the Division One, as Hull City pulled themselves out of the dropzone and survived by a margin of four points. All three promoted teams, Wigan Athletic, Swansea City and Huddersfield Town, remain in the Premier Division for another season.
In the Division One, Crystal Palace and West Ham United clinched the automatic promotion spots, whilst Bournemouth and Reading held on to clinch play-off places. Brighton and Hove Albion and Millwall had excellent form in the second half of the season to clinch the other two play-off places. Millwall were the surprise winners of the play-offs and will play in the Premiership for the first time since Season 127 next season. At the bottom Nottingham Forest, Birmingham City and Bolton Wanderers dropped out of the Super League.
Premier Division
League Table
Premier Division |
Season |
177 |
Champions |
Tottenham Hotspur |
Relegated |
Southampton Leicester City Norwich City |
Euro-League Qualifiers |
Tottenham Hotspur Stoke City Liverpool Manchester United |
Euro-Cup Qualifiers |
Arsenal Blackburn Rovers West Bromwich Albion |
Biggest home win |
Liverpool 7—1 Huddersfield |
Biggest away win |
Blackburn 1—6 Tottenham |
Highest scoring |
9 goals (Man Utd 6—3 Chelsea) |
Home Wins |
172 |
Away Wins |
129 |
Draws |
79 |
Matches Played |
380 |
Goals Scored |
1,203 |
Goals per Match |
3.17 |
Qual | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur (C) | 38 | 27 | 1 | 10 | 100 | 36 | 64 | 82 |
| 2 | Stoke City | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 80 | 47 | 33 | 75 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 38 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 80 | 49 | 31 | 75 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 91 | 47 | 44 | 72 |
| 5 | Arsenal | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 67 | 49 | 18 | 59 |
| 6 | West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 57 | 51 | 6 | 59 |
| 7 | Chelsea | 38 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 76 | 60 | 16 | 58 |
| 8 | Newcastle United | 38 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 62 | 64 | -2 | 58 |
| 9 | Sunderland | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 61 | 58 | 3 | 55 |
| 10 | Manchester City | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 60 | 58 | 2 | 52 |
| 11 | Everton | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 45 | 51 | -6 | 49 |
| 12 | Wigan Athletic (p) | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 41 | 59 | -18 | 49 |
| 13 | Derby County | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 63 | 79 | -16 | 46 |
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers (CW) | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 54 | 78 | -24 | 46 |
| 15 | Swansea City (p) | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 50 | 61 | -11 | 44 |
| 16 | Huddersfield Town (p) | 38 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 42 | 71 | -29 | 41 |
| 17 | Hull City | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 47 | 67 | -20 | 39 |
| 18 | Southampton | 38 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 38 | 67 | -29 | 35 |
| 19 | Leicester City | 38 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 49 | 74 | -25 | 34 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 40 | 77 | -37 | 33 |
Qualification to Euro-League;
Qualification to Euro-Cup;
Relegation to Division One;
(C) Champions; (CW) Cup winners; (p) Promoted in previous season
Results
Home−Away | ARS | BLB | CHE | DER | EVE | HUD | HUL | LEI | LIV | MNC | MNU | NWC | NRW | SOT | STK | SND | SWA | TOT | WBA | WIG |
Arsenal | | 4−0 | 3−1 | 1−1 | 3−0 | 0−1 | 1−0 | 2−2 | 1−1 | 0−1 | 1−3 | 2−1 | 2−1 | 4−0 | 3−4 | 1−3 | 0−2 | 0−2 | 4−0 | 1−0 |
Blackburn | 1−1 | | 1−0 | 4−0 | 0−2 | 4−1 | 1−3 | 4−1 | 1−1 | 1−0 | 1−4 | 2−3 | 3−1 | 1−1 | 1−1 | 1−1 | 2−0 | 1−6 | 2−1 | 1−2 |
Chelsea | 4−0 | 5−1 | | 5−1 | 4−0 | 0−2 | 4−1 | 2−1 | 3−2 | 4−1 | 2−1 | 6−1 | 1−0 | 0−0 | 1−2 | 0−3 | 2−0 | 3−2 | 2−1 | 0−1 |
Derby | 0−5 | 4−1 | 2−4 | | 0−0 | 4−1 | 4−0 | 2−0 | 1−0 | 3−1 | 2−1 | 2−1 | 2−3 | 1−3 | 1−3 | 2−0 | 2−3 | 0−2 | 3−4 | 3−3 |
Everton | 0−0 | 4−1 | 1−0 | 2−1 | | 0−1 | 1−0 | 1−1 | 2−4 | 1−2 | 2−2 | 1−2 | 0−0 | 3−2 | 3−3 | 1−2 | 1−1 | 0−2 | 3−1 | 0−0 |
Huddersfield | 0−4 | 1−1 | 1−2 | 1−3 | 0−1 | | 3−2 | 1−1 | 0−2 | 0−1 | 1−0 | 0−2 | 3−0 | 0−0 | 2−1 | 2−4 | 0−3 | 1−0 | 1−1 | 3−1 |
Hull | 2−3 | 2−2 | 3−3 | 3−1 | 1−1 | 0−1 | | 2−1 | 1−1 | 3−0 | 1−5 | 0−1 | 1−1 | 0−0 | 1−4 | 2−2 | 2−0 | 1−0 | 1−3 | 1−1 |
Leicester | 1−4 | 2−1 | 2−1 | 2−3 | 1−1 | 0−1 | 2−2 | | 1−2 | 2−2 | 1−1 | 0−1 | 1−3 | 2−2 | 0−0 | 1−3 | 1−2 | 1−3 | 0−0 | 2−1 |
Liverpool | 1−3 | 6−1 | 3−1 | 3−2 | 1−1 | 7−1 | 0−1 | 3−1 | | 2−1 | 1−2 | 4−2 | 3−1 | 3−0 | 2−0 | 4−1 | 1−1 | 0−5 | 0−1 | 2−0 |
Man City | 1−1 | 2−1 | 1−3 | 4−1 | 1−1 | 2−1 | 0−2 | 5−2 | 2−3 | | 2−2 | 2−1 | 1−1 | 5−0 | 5−1 | 0−3 | 2−1 | 4−0 | 0−2 | 0−0 |
Man Utd | 4−0 | 0−1 | 6−3 | 1−1 | 1−1 | 4−2 | 3−1 | 5−1 | 1−1 | 1−0 | | 0−1 | 5−0 | 5−1 | 2−1 | 4−2 | 2−0 | 1−2 | 4−0 | 4−0 |
Newcastle | 1−0 | 5−1 | 2−0 | 4−2 | 4−1 | 1−3 | 2−1 | 3−2 | 0−3 | 2−3 | 3−3 | | 1−0 | 0−0 | 0−3 | 1−2 | 0−3 | 1−4 | 1−1 | 5−0 |
Norwich | 1−4 | 1−2 | 1−1 | 3−1 | 0−2 | 1−0 | 1−1 | 1−2 | 1−2 | 1−1 | 0−1 | 3−2 | | 1−3 | 0−5 | 0−1 | 1−0 | 0−5 | 1−2 | 4−1 |
Southampton | 2−2 | 2−1 | 2−2 | 1−1 | 0−1 | 3−2 | 4−0 | 0−0 | 0−1 | 0−1 | 1−3 | 1−2 | 1−1 | | 0−4 | 1−0 | 2−0 | 1−4 | 1−1 | 1−3 |
Stoke | 2−1 | 4−2 | 0−3 | 3−3 | 1−0 | 5−1 | 0−0 | 1−1 | 3−0 | 4−3 | 3−1 | 3−1 | 0−0 | 2−1 | | 4−0 | 2−1 | 2−2 | 1−0 | 0−1 |
Sunderland | 1−1 | 2−0 | 2−1 | 4−1 | 1−2 | 1−1 | 2−2 | 1−2 | 1−4 | 1−3 | 1−2 | 2−1 | 5−0 | 1−1 | 0−1 | | 2−0 | 2−0 | 1−0 | 0−3 |
Swansea | 1−0 | 0−2 | 2−0 | 1−2 | 2−0 | 1−0 | 3−1 | 2−2 | 2−3 | 1−0 | 2−2 | 0−2 | 2−2 | 4−1 | 1−2 | 3−3 | | 1−4 | 3−3 | 0−2 |
Tottenham | 1−2 | 5−0 | 2−0 | 0−1 | 2−0 | 5−2 | 4−1 | 5−1 | 1−2 | 2−1 | 0−1 | 1−2 | 5−1 | 5−0 | 1−0 | 3−1 | 4−1 | | 2−0 | 5−1 |
West Brom | 3−2 | 0−1 | 3−2 | 0−0 | 4−1 | 1−0 | 0−1 | 0−2 | 3−1 | 2−0 | 3−3 | 3−0 | 5−1 | 1−0 | 1−1 | 1−0 | 4−1 | 0−3 | | 0−1 |
Wigan | 0−1 | 0−3 | 3−1 | 2−0 | 0−4 | 3−1 | 2−1 | 1−4 | 0−1 | 2−0 | 2−1 | 0−0 | 0−3 | 0−0 | 2−4 | 2−0 | 0−0 | 0−1 | 1−2 | |
* Home team score shown first
Division One
League Table
Division One |
Season |
177 |
Champions |
Crystal Palace |
Promoted |
West Ham United Millwall |
Relegated |
Nottingham Forest Birmingham City Bolton Wanderers |
Biggest home win |
Crystal P 7—2 Leeds Utd |
Biggest away win |
Nottm F 1—6 West Ham |
Highest scoring |
9 goals (Crystal P 7—2 Leeds) |
Home Wins |
183 |
Away Wins |
104 |
Draws |
93 |
Matches Played |
380 |
Goals Scored |
1,305 |
Goals per Match |
3.43 |
Qual | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 103 | 44 | 59 | 85 |
| 2 | West Ham United | 38 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 106 | 48 | 58 | 80 |
| 3 | Reading | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 67 | 48 | 19 | 66 |
| 4 | Millwall ¶ | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 64 | 61 | 3 | 65 |
| 5 | AFC Bournemouth | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 72 | 53 | 19 | 64 |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 69 | 54 | 15 | 64 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 76 | 62 | 14 | 59 |
| 8 | Fulham (r) | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 62 | 54 | 8 | 56 |
| 9 | Queen's Park Rangers (r) | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 82 | 72 | 10 | 53 |
| 10 | Sheffield Wednesday | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 59 | 74 | -15 | 50 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 70 | 59 | 11 | 49 |
| 12 | Ipswich Town | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 51 | 68 | -17 | 47 |
| 13 | Watford | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 60 | 69 | -9 | 45 |
| 14 | Burnley | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 47 | 75 | -28 | 42 |
| 15 | Cardiff City (r) | 38 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 57 | 74 | -17 | 40 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 67 | 90 | -23 | 38 |
| 17 | Colchester United (p) | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 51 | 77 | -26 | 37 |
| 18 | Nottingham Forest (p) | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 46 | 78 | -32 | 37 |
| 19 | Birmingham City | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 56 | 75 | -19 | 36 |
| 20 | Bolton Wanderers | 38 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 40 | 70 | -30 | 34 |
Promotion to Premier Division;
Qualification to Promotion Play-offs;
Relegation to Division Two;
¶ Play-off winners;
(p/r) Promoted/relegated in previous season.
Results
Home−Away | ASV | BIR | BOL | BOU | BHA | BRN | CRD | COL | CPA | FUL | IPS | LEE | MID | MIL | NFO | QPR | REA | SHW | WAT | WHU |
Aston V | | 5−0 | 1−1 | 2−2 | 4−0 | 1−1 | 5−1 | 1−0 | 1−2 | 1−2 | 3−0 | 5−2 | 0−0 | 0−2 | 0−1 | 2−3 | 4−1 | 3−1 | 4−2 | 0−0 |
Birmingham | 2−0 | | 2−0 | 2−2 | 0−0 | 0−2 | 1−2 | 1−3 | 2−2 | 2−2 | 3−0 | 3−1 | 4−1 | 5−0 | 3−2 | 2−2 | 0−1 | 2−3 | 4−1 | 2−4 |
Bolton | 2−2 | 3−0 | | 1−1 | 0−1 | 0−2 | 3−2 | 1−1 | 0−4 | 3−1 | 2−2 | 1−3 | 1−4 | 0−0 | 1−2 | 1−3 | 0−1 | 3−2 | 0−0 | 1−4 |
Bournemouth | 2−4 | 1−0 | 2−1 | | 2−1 | 3−1 | 3−0 | 0−0 | 1−2 | 2−0 | 1−0 | 5−0 | 5−3 | 3−1 | 3−1 | 3−1 | 1−2 | 2−0 | 0−1 | 2−1 |
Brighton | 0−2 | 0−1 | 5−1 | 0−0 | | 2−0 | 3−1 | 5−0 | 3−3 | 1−1 | 3−3 | 2−3 | 2−3 | 0−3 | 0−0 | 4−3 | 0−0 | 3−1 | 3−2 | 2−1 |
Burnley | 3−2 | 2−0 | 1−1 | 2−1 | 1−2 | | 4−3 | 4−2 | 0−5 | 0−2 | 0−1 | 4−3 | 2−2 | 0−2 | 2−1 | 1−2 | 0−0 | 1−3 | 0−3 | 1−2 |
Cardiff | 2−0 | 2−1 | 3−2 | 3−3 | 3−3 | 1−1 | | 0−1 | 1−1 | 2−1 | 1−0 | 1−1 | 2−4 | 1−2 | 0−0 | 2−1 | 1−4 | 0−0 | 2−0 | 3−3 |
Colchester | 0−0 | 2−3 | 0−0 | 1−3 | 1−2 | 4−2 | 1−1 | | 1−2 | 3−2 | 2−3 | 3−2 | 1−1 | 1−3 | 2−1 | 2−1 | 3−3 | 1−0 | 2−2 | 2−5 |
Crystal Palace | 4−1 | 4−1 | 0−0 | 3−2 | 1−1 | 4−1 | 2−1 | 0−0 | | 2−2 | 3−1 | 7−2 | 5−1 | 4−0 | 4−1 | 4−1 | 0−0 | 2−1 | 3−1 | 2−3 |
Fulham | 2−2 | 3−1 | 1−1 | 0−2 | 2−0 | 2−0 | 2−1 | 2−1 | 0−0 | | 2−0 | 1−1 | 3−1 | 2−2 | 1−0 | 1−1 | 0−2 | 3−1 | 6−1 | 2−0 |
Ipswich | 2−2 | 3−0 | 1−0 | 1−1 | 1−2 | 0−3 | 2−2 | 0−0 | 2−3 | 1−0 | | 3−1 | 1−0 | 2−0 | 1−2 | 3−2 | 0−2 | 1−2 | 3−2 | 1−3 |
Leeds | 2−2 | 2−2 | 1−3 | 4−3 | 1−4 | 2−1 | 1−1 | 5−0 | 2−2 | 1−1 | 1−2 | | 2−0 | 1−0 | 3−3 | 2−1 | 3−4 | 2−3 | 1−1 | 1−1 |
Middlesbrough | 3−0 | 3−2 | 0−1 | 3−1 | 1−2 | 5−0 | 5−2 | 3−2 | 2−3 | 3−1 | 2−2 | 0−0 | | 5−1 | 4−1 | 1−3 | 1−1 | 4−1 | 3−2 | 1−0 |
Millwall | 3−2 | 2−1 | 1−2 | 2−2 | 1−2 | 1−0 | 3−3 | 2−1 | 1−5 | 3−1 | 4−1 | 3−2 | 2−2 | | 0−2 | 2−0 | 2−0 | 4−1 | 0−0 | 0−4 |
Nottm F | 0−3 | 1−0 | 1−1 | 1−2 | 0−4 | 0−0 | 1−1 | 4−2 | 1−5 | 0−2 | 2−0 | 2−3 | 1−3 | 0−1 | | 1−0 | 3−2 | 2−0 | 0−1 | 1−6 |
Q.P.R. | 2−2 | 3−1 | 5−2 | 3−3 | 0−2 | 1−2 | 3−0 | 3−0 | 1−4 | 5−2 | 3−4 | 4−3 | 1−0 | 2−2 | 2−2 | | 2−0 | 5−0 | 2−0 | 3−4 |
Reading | 0−0 | 3−0 | 5−0 | 2−0 | 1−1 | 5−0 | 3−3 | 2−1 | 2−1 | 3−1 | 0−1 | 3−1 | 2−0 | 0−2 | 4−1 | 2−2 | | 1−0 | 2−1 | 2−5 |
Sheff Wed | 3−2 | 2−1 | 4−1 | 3−0 | 0−3 | 3−1 | 1−0 | 2−1 | 1−2 | 0−2 | 0−0 | 1−0 | 2−0 | 2−4 | 4−3 | 3−3 | 2−1 | | 3−3 | 1−4 |
Watford | 1−1 | 2−1 | 0−0 | 1−1 | 4−1 | 1−2 | 2−2 | 1−3 | 1−2 | 3−2 | 5−2 | 4−1 | 0−0 | 1−1 | 3−2 | 3−1 | 2−1 | 1−1 | | 1−5 |
West Ham | 5−1 | 4−1 | 2−0 | 0−2 | 3−0 | 3−0 | 1−1 | 5−1 | 2−1 | 2−2 | 4−1 | 4−1 | 1−2 | 1−2 | 5−0 | 0−2 | 4−0 | 3−2 | 2−1 | |
Play-offs
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Reading |
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Millwall |
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AFC Bournemouth |
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Millwall |
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Division Two
Qual | Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 30 | 7 | 9 | 93 | 57 | +36 | 97 |
| 2 | Charlton Athletic (r) | 46 | 29 | 7 | 10 | 88 | 54 | +34 | 94 |
| 3 | Rotherham United ¶ | 46 | 28 | 5 | 13 | 84 | 46 | +38 | 89 |
| 4 | Brentford | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 88 | 49 | +39 | 88 |
| 5 | Bristol City (r) | 46 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 93 | 55 | +38 | 85 |
| 6 | Swindon Town (p) | 46 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 85 | 60 | +25 | 84 |
| 7 | Milton Keynes Dons | 46 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 83 | 57 | +26 | 79 |
| 8 | Walsall | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 82 | 58 | +24 | 78 |
| 9 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 24 | 6 | 16 | 73 | 65 | +8 | 78 |
| 10 | Coventry City | 46 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 84 | 66 | +18 | 76 |
| 11 | Bradford City | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 83 | 63 | +20 | 73 |
| 12 | Port Vale | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 69 | 56 | +13 | 73 |
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 75 | 80 | -5 | 63 |
| 14 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 64 | 63 | +1 | 58 |
| 15 | Barnsley | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 66 | 75 | -9 | 53 |
| 16 | Blackpool | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 62 | 75 | -13 | 51 |
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 56 | 85 | -29 | 48 |
| 18 | Stevenage | 46 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 61 | 91 | -30 | 47 |
| 19 | Gillingham (p) | 46 | 13 | 6 | 27 | 54 | 83 | -29 | 45 |
| 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 55 | 92 | -37 | 42 |
| 21 | Sheffield United | 46 | 12 | 5 | 29 | 63 | 105 | -42 | 41 |
| 22 | Yeovil Town (r) | 46 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 48 | 80 | -32 | 39 |
| 23 | Crawley Town (r) | 46 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 52 | 95 | -43 | 36 |
| 24 | Mansfield Town (p) | 46 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 54 | 105 | -51 | 30 |
Promotion to Division One;
Qualification to Promotion Play-offs;
Relegation to Division Three;
¶ Play-off winners;
(p/r) Promoted/relegated in previous season.
Play-offs
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Rotherham United |
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Brentford (1) |
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Bristol City |
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Brentford |
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Division Three
Qual | Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 46 | 31 | 5 | 10 | 106 | 60 | +46 | 98 |
| 2 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 95 | 55 | +40 | 95 |
| 3 | Southend United | 46 | 29 | 7 | 10 | 109 | 53 | +56 | 94 |
| 4 | Notts County (r) | 46 | 28 | 7 | 11 | 89 | 58 | +31 | 91 |
| 5 | Preston North End ¶ | 46 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 96 | 57 | +39 | 89 |
| 6 | Fleetwood Town | 46 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 80 | 56 | +24 | 79 |
| 7 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 84 | 65 | +19 | 79 |
| 8 | Peterborough United | 46 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 83 | 57 | +26 | 77 |
| 9 | Chesterfield | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 83 | 59 | +24 | 75 |
| 10 | Morecambe | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 79 | 59 | +20 | 75 |
| 11 | Portsmouth | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 83 | 71 | +12 | 73 |
| 12 | Rochdale (r) | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 78 | 72 | +6 | 65 |
| 13 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 59 | 76 | -17 | 58 |
| 14 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 72 | 87 | -15 | 55 |
| 15 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 68 | 83 | -15 | 54 |
| 16 | Carlisle United (r) | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 56 | 93 | -37 | 53 |
| 17 | Bury | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 70 | 76 | -6 | 52 |
| 18 | Exeter City | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 59 | 92 | -33 | 52 |
| 19 | Burton Albion | 46 | 14 | 6 | 26 | 60 | 69 | -9 | 48 |
| 20 | Newport County | 46 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 61 | 97 | -36 | 41 |
| 21 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 11 | 6 | 29 | 52 | 82 | -30 | 39 |
| 22 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 63 | 99 | -36 | 38 |
| 23 | Oxford United | 46 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 47 | 108 | -61 | 34 |
| 24 | Torquay United | 46 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 50 | 98 | -48 | 30 |
Promotion to Division Two;
Qualification to Promotion Play-offs;
Relegation from A·F·L;
¶ Play-off winners;
(p/r) Promoted/relegated in previous season.
Play-offs
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Notts County |
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Fleetwood Town |
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Promoted to A·F·L
A.F.C. Wimbledon and Northampton Town.
Cup Competitions
Super Cup
GROUP 1 | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS |
Man Utd | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 10 |
Arsenal | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 |
Chelsea | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
Liverpool | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 4 |
Norwich | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 1 |
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GROUP 5 | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS |
Crystal Palace | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 12 |
Q.P.R. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 |
Brighton | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 4 |
Birmingham | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
Leeds | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 2 |
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GROUP 2 | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS |
Blackburn | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 10 |
Man City | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 10 |
Tottenham | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 3 |
Wigan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 3 |
Newcastle | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 3 |
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GROUP 6 | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS |
Cardiff | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 9 |
West Ham | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 9 |
Burnley | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
Aston V | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 3 |
Bournemouth | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 3 |
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GROUP 3 | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS |
Everton | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 8 |
Hull | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 |
Southampton | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
Leicester | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 4 |
Swansea | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 1 |
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GROUP 7 | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS |
Bolton | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 9 |
Fulham | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 6 |
Millwall | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 |
Middlesbrough | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 4 |
Colchester | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 4 |
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GROUP 4 | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS |
West Brom | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 9 |
Stoke | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 7 |
Huddersfield | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 7 |
Derby | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 5 |
Sunderland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 0 |
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GROUP 8 | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS |
Sheff Wed | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 8 |
Ipswich | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 |
Watford | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 5 |
Nottm F | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Reading | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 1 |
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A·F·L Cup
First Round |
| Bradford City | 0 – 1 | Stevenage | |
| Crewe Alexandra | 1 – 1 | Doncaster Rovers | | Replay | Doncaster Rovers | 2 – 1 | Crewe Alexandra | |
| Oldham Athletic | 4 – 0 | Wycombe Wanderers | |
| Leyton Orient | 1 – 2 | Mansfield Town | |
| Burton Albion | 0 – 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | |
| Crawley Town | 1 – 1 | Oxford United | | Replay | Oxford United | 0 – 1 | Crawley Town | (aet) |
| Exeter City | 1 – 2 | Morecambe | |
| Newport County | 0 – 3 | Rotherham United | |
| Brentford | 2 – 3 | Preston North End | |
| Peterborough United | 1 – 0 | Portsmouth | |
| Walsall | 1 – 1 | Blackpool | | Replay | Blackpool | 2 – 1 | Walsall | (aet) |
| Scunthorpe United | 1 – 1 | Bristol Rovers | | Replay | Bristol Rovers | 1 – 2 | Scunthorpe United | |
| Gillingham | 1 – 2 | Yeovil Town | |
| Charlton Athletic | 2 – 1 | Swindon Town | |
| Fleetwood Town | 1 – 0 | Carlisle United | |
| Chesterfield | 4 – 1 | Hartlepool United | |
| Shrewsbury Town | 3 – 1 | Bury | |
| Rochdale | 1 – 1 | Accrington Stanley | | Replay | Accrington Stanley | 0 – 2 | Rochdale | |
| Milton Keynes Dons | 3 – 0 | Sheffield United | |
| Cheltenham Town | 1 – 1 | Plymouth Argyle | | Replay | Plymouth Argyle | 2 – 3 | Cheltenham Town | |
| Notts County | 3 – 4 | Coventry City | |
| Port Vale | 3 – 3 | Southend United | | Replay | Southend United | 3 – 0 | Port Vale | |
| Barnsley | 0 – 0 | Torquay United | | Replay | Torquay United | 3 – 0 | Barnsley | |
| Bristol City | 1 – 1 | Tranmere Rovers | | Replay | Tranmere Rovers | 1 – 2 | Bristol City | |
Second Round |
| Colchester United | 0 – 1 | Manchester City | |
| Torquay United | 2 – 2 | Doncaster Rovers | | Replay | Doncaster Rovers | 1 – 0 | Torquay United | |
| Shrewsbury Town | 2 – 4 | Aston Villa | |
| Rochdale | 4 – 2 | Crawley Town | |
| West Bromwich Albion | 1 – 1 | Sunderland | | Replay | Sunderland | 3 – 0 | West Bromwich Albion | |
| Fulham | 1 – 0 | Southend United | |
| Oldham Athletic | 2 – 3 | Scunthorpe United | |
| Burnley | 1 – 0 | Birmingham City | |
| Chelsea | 5 – 1 | Ipswich Town | |
| Leicester City | 3 – 0 | Arsenal | |
| Reading | 0 – 0 | Tottenham Hotspur | | Replay | Tottenham Hotspur | 5 – 1 | Reading | |
| Preston North End | 1 – 2 | Rotherham United | |
| Huddersfield Town | 3 – 1 | Stevenage | |
| Wigan Athletic | 1 – 0 | Derby County | |
| Swansea City | 1 – 1 | Nottingham Forest | | Replay | Nottingham Forest | 2 – 3 | Swansea City | |
| Milton Keynes Dons | 4 – 2 | Cheltenham Town | |
| Middlesbrough | 2 – 1 | Morecambe | |
| Charlton Athletic | 3 – 4 | Southampton | |
| Millwall | 1 – 1 | Blackburn Rovers | | Replay | Blackburn Rovers | 2 – 0 | Millwall | (aet) |
| Queen's Park Rangers | 3 – 1 | Yeovil Town | |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 4 – 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | |
| Peterborough United | 1 – 4 | Newcastle United | |
| Manchester United | 0 – 2 | Crystal Palace | |
| Cardiff City | 3 – 1 | Stoke City | |
| Coventry City | 2 – 0 | Fleetwood Town | |
| AFC Bournemouth | 2 – 3 | Everton | |
| Hull City | 4 – 0 | Chesterfield | |
| Mansfield Town | 3 – 0 | Brighton & Hove Albion | |
| Norwich City | 4 – 2 | Bristol City | |
| Watford | 4 – 1 | Blackpool | |
| Bolton Wanderers | 2 – 2 | West Ham United | | Replay | West Ham United | 4 – 2 | Bolton Wanderers | |
| Leeds United | 1 – 3 | Liverpool | |
Third Round |
| Mansfield Town | 1 – 2 | Huddersfield Town | |
| Norwich City | 3 – 0 | Manchester City | |
| Blackburn Rovers | 4 – 1 | Hull City | |
| Chelsea | 1 – 1 | Everton | | Replay | Everton | 2 – 2 | Chelsea | (2 – 3 pens) |
| Watford | 2 – 0 | Swansea City | |
| Milton Keynes Dons | 2 – 2 | Cardiff City | | Replay | Cardiff City | 3 – 0 | Milton Keynes Dons | |
| Fulham | 3 – 2 | Wigan Athletic | |
| Burnley | 0 – 1 | West Ham United | |
| Scunthorpe United | 1 – 4 | Crystal Palace | |
| Southampton | 7 – 1 | Rochdale | |
| Queen's Park Rangers | 1 – 2 | Sheffield Wednesday | |
| Sunderland | 2 – 0 | Liverpool | |
| Doncaster Rovers | 0 – 0 | Aston Villa | | Replay | Aston Villa | 2 – 1 | Doncaster Rovers | |
| Coventry City | 1 – 2 | Middlesbrough | |
| Newcastle United | 5 – 0 | Rotherham United | |
| Leicester City | 3 – 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | |
Fourth Round |
| Chelsea | 4 – 1 | Middlesbrough | |
| Fulham | 0 – 0 | Crystal Palace | | Replay | Crystal Palace | 1 – 2 | Fulham | |
| Norwich City | 5 – 1 | Cardiff City | |
| Huddersfield Town | 4 – 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | |
| Blackburn Rovers | 2 – 1 | Aston Villa | |
| Watford | 3 – 0 | Southampton | |
| Leicester City | 2 – 3 | Newcastle United | |
| West Ham United | 3 – 0 | Sunderland | |
Quarter-Final |
| Blackburn Rovers | 2 – 1 | Newcastle United | |
| Fulham | 1 – 2 | Huddersfield Town | |
| Chelsea | 1 – 1 | West Ham United | | Replay | West Ham United | 2 – 0 | Chelsea | |
| Watford | 0 – 2 | Norwich City | |
Semi-Final |
| Blackburn Rovers | 4 – 3 | West Ham United | |
| Huddersfield Town | 2 – 2 | Norwich City | | Replay | Norwich City | 2 – 1 | Huddersfield Town | |
Final |
| Blackburn Rovers | 3 – 1 | Norwich City | |
Clubs in Europe
Euro-League
- Manchester United — Round of 16
- Manchester City — Quarter-Final
- Everton — Group Stage
- West Bromwich Albion — Group Stage
Euro-Cup
- Arsenal — Winners
- Liverpool — Semi-Final
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