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League Division Three

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Reading	46	29	7	10	67	51	16	94
2	Plymouth Argyle	46	26	9	11	88	53	35	87
3	Derby County	46	23	15	8	80	41	39	84
4	Wigan Athletic	46	23	14	9	82	48	34	83
5	Gillingham	46	22	13	11	81	54	27	79
6	Walsall	46	22	9	15	90	64	26	75
7	York City	46	20	11	15	77	58	19	71
8	Notts County	46	19	14	13	71	60	11	71
9	Bristol City	46	18	14	14	69	60	9	68
10	Brentford	46	18	12	16	58	61	-3	66
11	Doncaster Rovers	46	16	16	14	45	52	-7	64
12	Blackpool	46	17	12	17	66	55	11	63
13	Darlington	46	15	13	18	61	78	-17	58
14	Rotherham United	46	15	12	19	61	59	2	57
15	AFC Bournemouth	46	15	9	22	65	72	-7	54
16	Bristol Rovers	46	14	12	20	51	75	-24	54
17	Chesterfield	46	13	14	19	61	64	-3	53
18	Bolton Wanderers	46	15	8	23	54	68	-14	53
19	Newport County	46	11	18	17	52	65	-13	51
20	Bury	46	12	13	21	63	67	-4	49
21	Lincoln City	46	10	16	20	55	77	-22	46
22	Cardiff City	46	12	9	25	53	83	-30	45
23	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	11	10	25	57	98	-41	43
24	Swansea City	46	11	10	25	43	87	-44	43