Football League Third Division 1981/82
Football League Third Division 1981/82 | |
master | Burnley FC |
Climbers | Burnley FC Carlisle United Fulham FC |
Relegated |
Wimbledon FC Swindon Town Bristol City Chester FC |
Teams | 24 |
Games | 552 |
Gates | 1,422 (ø 2.58 per game) |
Top scorer | Gordon Davies ( Fulham FC ) |
← Football League Third Division 1980/81 | |
^ Football League Second Division 1981/82 |
The Football League Third Division 1981/82 was the 55th season of the Football League Third Division as the third highest English football league . Burnley FC became third division champions, and Carlisle United and Fulham FC , who were behind them, also rose to the Football League Second Division . For the three promoted teams in the following third division season 1982/83, the second division clubs Cardiff City , AFC Wrexham and FC Orient, ranked in the table below, took their places. From the Third Division in the Football League Fourth Division dismount the needed FC Wimbledon , Swindon Town , Bristol City and FC Chester . Instead of these clubs, the Fourth Division champions Sheffield United and the Bradford City , Wigan Athletic and AFC Bournemouth placed behind them took the free positions in the following season 1982/83 .
From this season the three-point rule applied .
Closing table
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Burnley FC | 46 | 21st | 17th | 8th | 66:45 | +21 | 80 |
2. | Carlisle United | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 65:50 | +15 | 80 |
3. | Fulham FC | 46 | 21st | 15th | 10 | 77:51 | +26 | 78 |
4th | Lincoln City (N) | 46 | 21st | 14th | 11 | 66:40 | +26 | 77 |
5. | Oxford United | 46 | 19th | 14th | 13 | 63:49 | +14 | 71 |
6th | Gillingham FC | 46 | 20th | 11 | 15th | 64:56 | +8 | 71 |
7th | Southend United (N) | 46 | 18th | 15th | 13 | 63:51 | +12 | 69 |
8th. | Brentford FC | 46 | 19th | 11 | 16 | 56:47 | +9 | 68 |
9. | Millwall FC | 46 | 18th | 13 | 15th | 62:62 | ± 0 | 67 |
10. | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 18th | 11 | 17th | 64:56 | +8 | 65 |
11. | Chesterfield FC | 46 | 18th | 10 | 18th | 57:58 | −1 | 64 |
12. | Reading FC | 46 | 17th | 11 | 18th | 67:75 | −8 | 62 |
13. | Portsmouth FC | 46 | 14th | 19th | 13 | 56:51 | +5 | 61 |
14th | Preston North End (A) | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17th | 50:56 | −6 | 61 |
15th | Bristol Rovers 1 (A) | 46 | 18th | 9 | 19th | 58:65 | −7 | 61 |
16. | Newport County | 46 | 14th | 16 | 16 | 54:54 | ± 0 | 58 |
17th | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 15th | 12 | 19th | 64:59 | +5 | 57 |
18th | Exeter City | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21st | 71:85 | −14 | 57 |
19th | Doncaster Rovers (N) | 46 | 13 | 17th | 16 | 55:68 | −13 | 56 |
20th | Walsall FC | 46 | 13 | 14th | 19th | 51:55 | −4 | 53 |
21st | Wimbledon FC (N) | 46 | 14th | 11 | 21st | 61:75 | −14 | 53 |
22nd | Swindon Town | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20th | 55:71 | −16 | 52 |
23. | Bristol City (A) | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22nd | 41:65 | −24 | 46 |
24. | Chester FC | 46 | 7th | 11 | 28 | 36:78 | −42 | 32 |
Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored
(A) | Relegated from the Football League Second Division 1980/81 |
(N) | Newcomers from the Football League Fourth Division 1980/81 |
Results table
The home teams are listed in the left column.
- | BRE | BRC | BRR | BUR | CLS | CHE | CHF | DON | EXE | FUL | GIL | HUD | LIN | Mil | NPC | OXF | PLY | POR | PNE | REA | SEU | SWI | WHALE | WIM |
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Brentford FC | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 4: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 4: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 3 | |
Bristol City | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 3 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 3: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 4: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 3: 2 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 0: 3 | 0: 1 | 1: 3 | |
Bristol Rovers | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 3: 2 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2: 3 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 4 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | |
Burnley FC | 0-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 3: 3 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 3: 5 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | |
Carlisle United | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | |
Chester FC | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 0: 2 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 0: 2 | 2: 2 | 0: 3 | 3: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 3 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | |
Chesterfield FC | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 3: 5 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 3 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 2 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | |
Doncaster Rovers | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 4: 2 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 4: 3 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 4: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1: 3 | |
Exeter City | 3: 1 | 4-0 | 1: 3 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 0: 3 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 5: 4 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 3: 3 | 4: 3 | 4: 3 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | |
Fulham FC | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 4: 2 | 1: 1 | 4: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 4: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 4: 1 | |
Gillingham FC | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 3: 2 | 3-0 | 2: 3 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 2 | 4: 2 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1: 4 | 6: 1 | |
Huddersfield Town | 1: 1 | 5-0 | 0: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 3 | 6: 1 | 3: 2 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | |
Lincoln City | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 5-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 5: 1 | |
Millwall FC | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 4: 3 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 3: 2 | 0: 2 | 5: 1 | 4: 3 | 1: 2 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | |
Newport County | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 3 | 4: 2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 3: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | |
Oxford United | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 5-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 3 | |
Plymouth Argyle | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 4-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 5: 1 | 0: 2 | 4: 2 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 3 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 4: 1 | 2-0 | |
Portsmouth FC | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 5: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | |
Preston North End | 1: 3 | 1: 3 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | |
Reading FC | 4: 1 | 3: 1 | 0: 3 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 4: 1 | 0: 2 | 3: 3 | 4-0 | 0: 3 | 3: 2 | 1: 2 | 3: 2 | 4-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 3 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | |
Southend United | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 1: 4 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 4-0 | 0: 2 | 2: 2 | 0: 4 | 0: 1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 3: 2 | 2-0 | |
Swindon Town | 0: 3 | 0-0 | 5: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 3: 2 | 1: 4 | 0: 1 | 1: 5 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 0: 2 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 0: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 4: 1 | |
Walsall FC | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 3 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 0: 3 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 5-0 | 1-0 | |
Wimbledon FC | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 3 | 0: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 3 | 2: 3 | 2: 3 | 2: 1 | 3: 2 | 3: 2 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 |
List of goalscorers
player | society | Gates | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Gordon Davies | Fulham FC | 24 |
2 | Tony Kellow | Exeter City | 21st |
3 | Steve Phillips | Northampton Town / Southend United | 20th |
4th | John Sims | Plymouth Argyle | 18th |
= | Alex Bruce | Preston North End | = |
Web links
References and footnotes
- ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
- ^ Rothmans Football Yearbook 1986-87, p. 428