Football League Third Division  1981/82

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Burnley 46 21 17 8 66 45 +21 80 ▲Champions
2nd  Carlisle United 46 23 11 12 65 50 +15 80 ▲Runners Up
3rd  Fulham 46 21 15 10 77 51 +26 78 ▲Promoted
4th  Lincoln City 46 21 14 11 66 40 +26 77 -
5th  Oxford United 46 19 14 13 63 49 +14 71 -
6th  Gillingham 46 20 11 15 64 56 +8 71 -
7th   Southend United 46 18 15 13 63 51 +12 69 -
8th  Brentford 46 19 11 16 56 47 +9 68 -
9th  Millwall 46 18 13 15 62 62 0 67 -
10th  Plymouth Argyle 46 18 11 17 64 56 +8 65 -
11th  Chesterfield 46 18 10 18 57 58 -1 64 -
12th  Reading 46 17 11 18 67 75 -8 62 -
13th  Portsmouth 46 14 19 13 56 51 +5 61

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14th  Preston North End 46 16 13 17 50 56 -6 61

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15th  Bristol Rovers 46 18 9 19 58 65 -7  61*

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16th  Newport County 46 14 16 16 54 54 0 58

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17th  Huddersfield Town 46 15 12 19 64 59 +5 57

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18th  Exeter City 46 16 9 21 71 84 -14 57 -
19th  Doncaster Rovers 46 13 17 16 55 68 -13 56 -
20th  Walsall 46 13 14 19 51 55 -4 53 -
21st  Wimbledon 46 14 11 21 61 75 -14 53 ▼Relegated
22nd  Swindon Town 46 13 13 20 55 71 -16 52 ▼Relegated
23rd  Bristol City 46 11 13 22 40 65 -25 46 ▼Relegated
24th  Chester 46 7 11 28 36 78 -42 32 ▼Relegated

 

End of Season Notes

*Bristol Rovers had 2 points deducted for fielding an unregistered player, Steve Bailey, in the 1-1 draw at Newport on 16th March.
 ▼Cardiff City were Relegated from the Football League Second Division
 ▼Wrexham were Relegated from the Football League Second Division
 ▼Orient were Relegated from the Football League Second Division
 ▲Burnley were Promoted to the Football League Second Division
 ▲Carlisle United were Promoted to the Football League Second Division
 ▲Fulham were Promoted to the Football League Second Division
 ▼Wimbledon were Relegated to the Football League Fourth Division
 ▼Swindon Town were Relegated to the Football League Fourth Division
 ▼Bristol City were Relegated to the Football League Fourth Division
 ▼Chester Relegated to the Football League Fourth Division
 ▲Sheffield United were Promoted from the Football League Fourth Division
 ▲Bradford City were Promoted from the Football League Fourth Division
 ▲Wigan Athletic were Promoted from the Football League Fourth Division
 ▲AFC Bournemouth were Promoted from the Football League Fourth Division