Football League Third Division  1961/62

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GA Pts Notes
1st  Portsmouth 46 27 11 8 87 47 1.851 65 ▲Champions
2nd  Grimsby Town 46 28 6 12 80 56 1.429 62 ▲Runners Up
3rd  Bournemouth & Boscambe Athletic 46 21 17 8 69 45 1.533 59 -
4th  Queens Park Rangers 46 24 11 11 111 73 1.521 59 -
5th  Peterborough United 46 26 6 14 107 82 1.305 58 -
6th  Bristol City 46 23 8 15 94 72 1.306 54 -
7th  Reading 46 22 9 15 77 66 1.167 53 -
8th  Northampton Town 46 20 11 15 85 57 1.491 51 -
9th  Swindon Town 46 17 15 14 78 71 1.099 49 -
10th  Hull City 46 20 8 18 67 54 1.241 48 -
11th  Bradford Park Avenue 46 20 7 19 80 78 1.026 47 -
12th  Port Vale 46 17 11 18 65 58 1.121 45 -
13th  Notts County 46 17 9 20 67 74 0.905 43 -
14th  Coventry City 46 16 11 19 64 71 0.901 43 -
15th  Crystal Palace 46 14 14 18 83 80 1.038 42 -
16th  Southend United 46 13 16 17 57 69 0.826 42 -
17th  Watford 46 14 13 19 63 74 0.851 41 -
18th  Halifax Town 46 15 10 21 62 84 0.738 40 -
19th  Shrewsbury Town 46 13 12 21 73 84 0.869 38 -
20th  Barnsley 46 13 12 21 71 95 0.747 36 -
21st  Torquay United 46 15 6 25 76 100 0.760 36 ▼Relegated
22nd  Lincoln City 46 9 17 20 57 87 0.655 35 ▼Relegated
23rd  Brentford 46 13 8 25 53 93 0.570 34 ▼Relegated
24th  Newport County 46 7 8 31 46 102 0.451 22 ▼Relegated

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End of Season Notes

 ▼Bristol Rovers were Relegated from the Football League Second Division
 ▼Brighton & Hove Albion were Relegated from the Football League Second Division
 ▲Portsmouth were Promoted to the Football League Second Division
 ▲Grimsby Town were Promoted to the Football League Second Division
 ▼Torquay United were Relegated to the Football League Fourth Division
 ▼Lincoln City were Relegated to the Football League Fourth Division
 ▼Brentford were Relegated to the Football League Fourth Division
 ▼Newport County were Relegated to the Football League Fourth Division
 ▲Millwall were Promoted from the Football League Fourth Division
 ▲Colchester United were Promoted from the Football League Fourth Division
 ▲Wrexham were Promoted from the Football League Fourth Division
 ▲Carlisle United were Promoted from the Football League Fourth Division