-Football League Third Division South  1957/58

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GA Pts Notes
1st  Brighton & Hove Albion 46 24 12 10 88 64 1.375 60 ▲Champions
2nd  Brentford 46 24 10 12 82 56 1.464 58 Transferred to FL3
3rd  Plymouth Argyle 46 25 8 13 67 48 1.396 58 Transferred to FL3
4th  Swindon Town 46 21 15 10 79 50 1.580 57 Transferred to FL3
5th  Reading 46 21 13 12 79 51 1.549 55 Transferred to FL3
6th  Southampton 46 22 10 14 112 72 1.556 54 Transferred to FL3
7th  Southend United 46 21 12 13 90 58 1.552 54 Transferred to FL3
8th  Norwich City 46 19 15 12 75 70 1.071 53 Transferred to FL3
9th  Bournemouth & Boscambe Athletic 46 21 9 16 81 74 1.095 51 Transferred to FL3
10th  Queens Park Rangers 46 18 14 14 64 65 0.985 50 Transferred to FL3
11th  Newport County 46 17 14 15 73 67 1.090 48 Transferred to FL3
12th  Colchester United 46 17 13 16 77 79 0.975 47 Transferred to FL3
13th  Northampton Town 46 19 6 21 87 79 1.101 44 Transferred to FL4
14th  Crystal Palace 46 15 13 18 70 72 0.972 43 Transferred to FL4
15th  Port Vale 46 16 10 20 67 58 1.155 42 Transferred to FL4
16th  Watford 46 13 16 17 59 77 0.766 42 Transferred to FL4
17th  Shrewsbury Town 46 15 10 21 49 71 0.690 40 Transferred to FL4
18th  Aldershot 46 12 16 18 59 89 0.663 40 Transferred to FL4
19th  Coventry City 46 13 13 20 61 81 0.753 39 Transferred to FL4
20th  Walsall 46 14 9 23 61 75 0.813 37 Transferred to FL4
21st  Torquay United 46 11 13 22 49 74 0.662 35 Transferred to FL4
22nd  Gillingham 46 13 9 24 52 81 0.642 35 Transferred to FL4
23rd  Millwall 46 11 9 26 63 91 0.692 31 Transferred to FL4
24th  Exeter City 46 11 9 26 57 99 0.576 31 Transferred to FL4

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Election for League Membership
The bottom two clubs were required to seek re-election to the League. With the end of the regionalised Third Divisions the bottom two in the Northern & Southern sections joined together in the vote for League membership with the 12 non-league clubs who applied to join the League.
Votes Club End Result
46 Millwall Re Elected to the League
43 Exeter City Re Elected to the League
42 Southport Re Elected to the League
35 Crewe Alexandra Re Elected to the League
15 Peterborough United Not Elected to the League
4 Wigan Athletic Not Elected to the League
3 Hereford United Not Elected to the League
2 Bedford Town Not Elected to the League
2 Headington United Not Elected to the League
2 King's Lynn Not Elected to the League
1 Kettering Town Not Elected to the League
1 South Shields Not Elected to the League
0 Burton Albion Not Elected to the League
0 Gloucester City Not Elected to the League
0 Morecambe Not Elected to the League
0 Yeovil Town Not Elected to the League

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End of Season Notes

 ▼Notts County were Relegated from the Football League Second Division

 ▼Doncaster Rovers were Relegated from the Football League Second Division

 ▲Brighton & Hove Albion were Promoted to the Football League Second Division

 - The Football League ended its regionalised Third Division North and South and reverted to 2 national Divisions - the Third Division and Fourth Division, the North and South split its teams with the higher placed teams playing in the new Third Division and the bottom half placed teams were placed in the new Fourth Division.

 - Millwall were Re-Elected to the League

 - Exeter City were Re-Elected to the League

 - Bournemouth & Boscambe Athletic, Brentford, Colchester United, Newport County, Norwich City, Plymouth Argyle, Queens Park Rangers, Reading, Southampton, Southend United, and Swindon Town were placed in the Football League Third Division

 - Aldershot, Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Exeter City, Gillingham, Millwall, Northampton Town, Port Vale, Shrewsbury Town, Torquay United, Walsall and Watford were placed in the Football League Fourth Division.