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Historic Standings (England)

Year selected: 1970-71

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 Arsenal 29-6-7 65
2 Leeds United 27-5-10 64
3 Tottenham Hotspur 19-9-14 52
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 22-12-8 52
5 Liverpool 17-8-17 51
6 Chelsea 18-9-15 51
7 Southampton 17-13-12 46
8 Manchester United 16-15-11 43
9 Derby County 16-16-10 42
10 Coventry City 16-16-10 42
11 Manchester City 12-13-17 41
12 Newcastle United 14-15-13 41
13 Stoke City 12-17-13 37
14 Everton 12-17-13 37
15 Huddersfield Town 11-17-14 36
16 Nottingham Forest 14-20-8 36
17 West Bromwich Albion 10-17-15 35
18 Crystal Palace 12-19-11 35
19 Ipswich Town 12-20-10 34
20 West Ham United 10-18-14 34
21 Burnley 7-22-13 27
22 Blackpool 4-23-15 23
22 Blackpool 4-23-15 23


League Division 2

Current tier: Championship - (2)

pos Team WDL Pts
1 Leicester City 23-6-13 59
2 Sheffield United 21-7-14 56
3 Cardiff City 20-9-13 53
4 Carlisle United 20-9-13 53
5 Hull City 19-10-13 51
6 Luton Town 18-11-13 49
7 Middlesbrough 17-11-14 48
8 Millwall 19-14-9 47
9 Birmingham City 17-13-12 46
10 Norwich City 15-13-14 44
11 Queens Park Rangers 16-15-11 43
12 Swindon Town 15-15-12 42
13 Sunderland 15-15-12 42
14 Oxford United 14-14-14 42
15 Sheffield Wednesday 12-18-12 36
16 Portsmouth 10-18-14 34
17 Leyton Orient 9-17-16 34
18 Watford 10-19-13 33
19 Bristol City 10-21-11 31
20 Charlton Athletic 8-20-14 30
21 Blackburn Rovers 6-21-15 27
22 Bolton Wanderers 7-25-10 24


League Division 3

Current tier: League One - (3)

pos Team WDL Pts
1 Preston North End 22-7-17 61
2 Fulham 24-10-12 60
3 Halifax Town 22-12-12 56
4 Aston Villa 19-12-15 53
5 Chesterfield 17-12-17 51
6 Bristol Rovers 19-14-13 51
7 Mansfield Town 18-13-15 51
8 Rotherham United 17-13-16 50
9 Wrexham 18-15-13 49
10 Torquay United 19-16-11 49
11 Swansea City 15-15-16 46
12 Barnsley 17-18-11 45
13 Shrewsbury Town 16-17-13 45
14 Brighton & Hove Albion 14-16-16 44
15 Plymouth Argyle 12-15-19 43
16 Rochdale 14-17-15 43
17 Port Vale 15-19-12 42
18 Tranmere Rovers 10-14-22 42
19 Bradford City 13-19-14 40
20 Walsall 14-21-11 39
21 Reading 14-21-11 39
22 Bury 12-21-13 37
23 Doncaster Rovers 13-24-9 35
24 Gillingham 10-23-13 33


League Division 4

Current tier: League Two - (4)

pos Team WDL Pts
1 Notts County 30-7-9 69
2 AFC Bournemouth 24-10-12 60
3 Oldham Athletic 24-11-11 59
4 York City 23-13-10 56
5 Chester City 24-15-7 55
6 Colchester United 21-13-12 54
7 Northampton Town 19-14-13 51
8 Southport 21-19-6 48
9 Exeter City 17-15-14 48
10 Workington 18-16-12 48
11 Stockport County 16-16-14 46
12 Darlington 17-18-11 45
13 Aldershot Town 14-15-17 45
14 Brentford 18-20-8 44
15 Crewe Alexandra 18-20-8 44
16 Peterborough United 18-21-7 43
17 Scunthorpe United 15-18-13 43
18 Southend United 14-17-15 43
19 Grimsby Town 18-21-7 43
20 Cambridge United 15-18-13 43
21 Lincoln City 13-20-13 39
22 Newport County 10-28-8 28
23 Hartlepool United 8-26-12 28
24 Barrow 7-31-8 22


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