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Historic Standings (England)

Year selected: 1969-70

Historic standings for England dating back to 1888. The equivalent modern league / tier is provided.
Use the menu to the right (or in the sidebar) to select the year.

League Division 1

Current tier: Premier League - (1)

pos Team WDL Pts
1 Everton 29-5-8 66
2 Leeds United 21-6-15 57
3 Chelsea 21-8-13 55
4 Derby County 22-11-9 53
5 Liverpool 20-11-11 51
6 Coventry City 19-12-11 49
7 Newcastle United 17-12-13 47
8 Manchester United 14-11-17 45
9 Stoke City 15-12-15 45
10 Manchester City 16-15-11 43
11 Tottenham Hotspur 17-16-9 43
12 Arsenal 12-12-18 42
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 12-14-16 40
14 Burnley 12-15-15 39
15 Nottingham Forest 10-14-18 38
16 West Bromwich Albion 14-19-9 37
17 West Ham United 12-18-12 36
18 Ipswich Town 10-21-11 31
19 Southampton 6-19-17 29
20 Crystal Palace 6-21-15 27
21 Sunderland 6-22-14 26
22 Sheffield Wednesday 8-25-9 25


League Division 2

Current tier: Championship - (2)

pos Team WDL Pts
1 Huddersfield Town 24-6-12 60
2 Blackpool 20-9-13 53
3 Leicester City 19-10-13 51
4 Middlesbrough 20-12-10 50
5 Swindon Town 17-9-16 50
6 Sheffield United 22-15-5 49
7 Cardiff City 18-11-13 49
8 Blackburn Rovers 20-15-7 47
9 Queens Park Rangers 17-14-11 45
10 Millwall 15-13-14 44
11 Norwich City 16-15-11 43
12 Carlisle United 14-15-13 41
13 Hull City 15-16-11 41
14 Bristol City 13-16-13 39
15 Oxford United 12-15-15 39
16 Bolton Wanderers 12-18-12 36
17 Portsmouth 13-20-9 35
18 Birmingham City 11-20-11 33
19 Watford 9-20-13 31
20 Charlton Athletic 7-18-17 31
21 Aston Villa 8-21-13 29
22 Preston North End 8-22-12 28


League Division 3

Current tier: League One - (3)

pos Team WDL Pts
1 Leyton Orient 25-9-12 62
2 Luton Town 23-9-14 60
3 Bristol Rovers 20-10-16 56
4 Fulham 20-11-15 55
5 Brighton & Hove Albion 23-14-9 55
6 Mansfield Town 21-14-11 53
7 Barnsley 19-12-15 53
8 Reading 21-14-11 53
9 Rochdale 18-18-10 46
10 Bradford City 17-17-12 46
11 Doncaster Rovers 17-17-12 46
12 Walsall 17-17-12 46
13 Torquay United 14-15-17 45
14 Rotherham United 15-17-14 44
15 Shrewsbury Town 13-15-18 44
16 Tranmere Rovers 14-16-16 44
17 Plymouth Argyle 16-19-11 43
18 Halifax Town 14-17-15 43
19 Bury 15-20-11 41
20 Gillingham 13-20-13 39
21 AFC Bournemouth 12-19-15 39
22 Southport 14-22-10 38
23 Barrow 8-24-14 30
24 Stockport County 6-29-11 23


League Division 4

Current tier: League Two - (4)

pos Team WDL Pts
1 Chesterfield 27-9-10 64
2 Wrexham 26-11-9 61
3 Swansea City 21-7-18 60
4 Port Vale 20-7-19 59
5 Brentford 20-10-16 56
6 Aldershot Town 20-13-13 53
7 Notts County 22-16-8 52
8 Lincoln City 17-13-16 50
9 Peterborough United 17-15-14 48
10 Colchester United 17-15-14 48
11 Chester City 21-19-6 48
12 Scunthorpe United 18-18-10 46
13 York City 16-16-14 46
14 Northampton Town 16-18-12 44
15 Crewe Alexandra 16-18-12 44
16 Grimsby Town 14-17-15 43
17 Southend United 15-21-10 40
18 Exeter City 14-21-11 39
19 Oldham Athletic 13-20-13 39
20 Workington 12-20-14 38
21 Newport County 13-22-11 37
22 Darlington 13-23-10 36
23 Hartlepool United 10-26-10 30
24 Bradford Park Avenue 6-29-11 23


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