Third Division. Chesterfield was last
with 37 points.
Doncaster Rovers was 23rd
with 38 points.
Wrexham - 22nd with 51
points.
Reading - 21st with 53
points.
These four were relegated.
Wigan Athletic - 18th with
54 points. Nobody was crazy enough to suggest that Wigan will play
top league football in the 21st century in these years.
Southend United - 15th with
59 points.
Gillingham - 13th with 61
points.
Sheffield United – reduced to
insignificant third division existence. 11th with 64
points.
Walsall - 10th with 64
points, ahead of Sheffield United on better goal-difference.
Brentford - 9th with also 64
points.
Plymouth Argyle - 8th with
65 points.
Lincoln City - 6th with 76
points.
Oxford United - 5th with 78
points.
Newport County was lucky – they
bested Oxford by a single goal. That was the whole difference.
Huddersfield Town ended 3rd
with 82 points. After hitting rock-bottom at the end of the 70s, the
club seemingly was coming back. May be all the way to its former
place in First Division? Nobody could tell, but already they moved to
Second Division.
Cardiff City - 2nd with 86
points. One more former First Division member climbing up.
Portsmouth was almost unchallenged
favourite this season and won the league with 91 points. Well done.
So, going to play in the upper league
next year: Portsmouth, Cardiff City, and Huddersfield Town. Good
luck.
