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League Division Three

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Aston Villa	46	32	6	8	85	32	53	70
2	Brighton and Hove Albion	46	27	11	8	82	47	35	65
3	AFC Bournemouth	46	23	16	7	73	37	36	62
4	Notts County	46	25	12	9	74	44	30	62
5	Rotherham United	46	20	15	11	69	52	17	55
6	Bristol Rovers	46	21	12	13	75	56	19	54
7	Bolton Wanderers	46	17	16	13	51	41	10	50
8	Plymouth Argyle	46	20	10	16	74	64	10	50
9	Walsall	46	15	18	13	62	57	5	48
10	Blackburn Rovers	46	19	9	18	54	57	-3	47
11	Oldham Athletic	46	17	11	18	59	63	-4	45
12	Shrewsbury Town	46	17	10	19	73	65	8	44
13	Chesterfield	46	18	8	20	57	57	0	44
14	Swansea City	46	17	10	19	46	59	-13	44
15	Port Vale	46	13	15	18	43	59	-16	41
16	Wrexham	46	16	8	22	59	63	-4	40
17	Halifax Town	46	13	12	21	48	61	-13	38
18	Rochdale	46	12	13	21	57	83	-26	37
19	York City	46	12	12	22	57	66	-9	36
20	Tranmere Rovers	46	10	16	20	50	71	-21	36
21	Mansfield Town	46	8	20	18	41	63	-22	36
22	Barnsley	46	9	18	19	32	64	-32	36
23	Torquay United	46	10	12	24	41	69	-28	32
24	Bradford City	46	11	10	25	45	77	-32	32