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Historic Standings (England)

Year selected: 1984-85

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.

Canon League Division 1

Current tier: Premier League - (1)

pos Team WDL Pts
1 Everton 28-8-6 90
2 Liverpool 22-9-11 77
3 Tottenham Hotspur 23-11-8 77
4 Manchester United 22-10-10 76
5 Southampton 19-12-11 68
6 Chelsea 18-12-12 66
7 Arsenal 19-14-9 66
8 Sheffield Wednesday 17-11-14 65
9 Nottingham Forest 19-16-7 64
10 Aston Villa 15-16-11 56
11 Watford 14-15-13 55
12 West Bromwich Albion 16-19-7 55
13 Luton Town 15-18-9 54
14 Newcastle United 13-16-13 52
15 Leicester City 15-21-6 51
16 West Ham United 13-17-12 51
17 Ipswich Town 13-18-11 50
18 Coventry City 15-22-5 50
19 Queens Park Rangers 13-18-11 50
20 Norwich City 13-19-10 49
21 Sunderland 10-22-10 40
22 Stoke City 3-31-8 17


Canon League Division 2

Current tier: Championship - (2)

pos Team WDL Pts
1 Oxford United 25-8-9 84
2 Birmingham City 25-10-7 82
3 Manchester City 21-10-11 74
4 Portsmouth 20-8-14 74
5 Blackburn Rovers 21-11-10 73
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 20-10-12 72
7 Leeds United 19-11-12 69
8 Shrewsbury Town 18-13-11 65
9 Fulham 19-15-8 65
10 Grimsby Town 18-16-8 62
11 Barnsley 14-12-16 58
12 AFC Wimbledon 16-16-10 58
13 Huddersfield Town 15-17-10 55
14 Oldham Athletic 15-19-8 53
15 Crystal Palace 12-18-12 48
16 Carlisle United 13-21-8 47
17 Charlton Athletic 11-19-12 45
18 Sheffield United 10-18-14 44
19 Middlesbrough 10-22-10 40
20 Notts County 10-25-7 37
21 Cardiff City 9-25-8 35
22 Wolverhampton Wanderers 8-25-9 33


Canon League Division 3

Current tier: League One - (3)

pos Team WDL Pts
1 Bradford City 28-8-10 94
2 Millwall 26-8-12 90
3 Hull City 25-9-12 87
4 Gillingham 25-13-8 83
5 Bristol City 24-13-9 81
6 Bristol Rovers 21-13-12 75
7 Derby County 19-14-13 70
8 York City 20-17-9 69
9 Reading 19-15-12 69
10 AFC Bournemouth 19-16-11 68
11 Walsall 18-15-13 67
12 Rotherham United 18-17-11 65
13 Brentford 16-16-14 62
14 Doncaster Rovers 17-21-8 59
15 Plymouth Argyle 15-17-14 59
16 Wigan Athletic 15-17-14 59
17 Bolton Wanderers 16-24-6 54
18 Newport County 13-20-13 52
19 Lincoln City 11-17-18 51
20 Swansea City 12-23-11 47
21 Burnley 11-22-13 46
22 Leyton Orient 11-22-13 46
23 Preston North End 13-26-7 46
24 Cambridge United 4-33-9 21


Canon League Division 4

Current tier: League Two - (4)

pos Team WDL Pts
1 Chesterfield 26-7-13 91
2 Blackpool 24-8-14 86
3 Darlington 24-9-13 85
4 Bury 24-10-12 84
5 Hereford 22-13-11 77
6 Tranmere Rovers 24-19-3 75
7 Colchester United 20-12-14 74
8 Swindon Town 21-16-9 72
9 Scunthorpe United 19-13-14 71
10 Crewe Alexandra 18-16-12 66
11 Peterborough United 16-16-14 62
12 Port Vale 14-14-18 60
13 Aldershot Town 17-21-8 59
14 Mansfield Town 13-15-18 57
15 Wrexham 15-22-9 54
16 Chester City 15-22-9 54
17 Rochdale 13-19-14 53
18 Exeter City 13-19-14 53
19 Hartlepool United 14-22-10 52
20 Southend United 13-22-11 50
21 Halifax Town 15-26-5 50
22 Stockport County 13-25-8 47
23 Northampton Town 14-27-5 47
24 Torquay United 9-23-14 41


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