A.F.L. Season 165
Season Review
The 165th season of the A.F.L. Premier Division title was won by Chelsea once more after a pulsating contest involving Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal. After 10 games Chelsea had moved into the lead with 21 points. Manchester United were just behind them on 19 points and Arsenal and Sunderland on 18 points each. Arsenal then took the initiative and after 20 games were leading with 40 points, but Chelsea were not far behind on 38 points with Manchester united further back on 35 points. Arsenal then went into a bit of a slump, and Manchester United took over, moving out to a 7 point lead over Chelsea, which they still held at the 29 match stage. They were looking good for the title at this stage, but following a 3-0 win for Chelsea against Bolton and the Mancunian team suffering a 3-1 loss at their arch rivals Liverpool, the momentum began to change again. Chelsea took 19 points from the final eight games as opposed to United's 9 and won the title by 6 points. The low winning points total of 77 points for Chelsea is testament to the close fought battle for the title this season. This was Chelsea's fifth title overall since season 1, four of those coming in the last 10 seasons. Wigan Athletic again put on a strong performance and qualified for the Euro-League in third place, ensuring that they will qualify directly for the League Stage next season. Arsenal took the last remaining Euro-League qualification spot, and ordinarily would have had to play in the Qualifying Round, but instead they will also progress directly to the Group Stage as Euro-League title holders.
Premier Division
Final Table
Pos |
Team |
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
Pts |
1 | Chelsea (C) | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 87 | 39 |
+48 |
77 |
2 | Manchester United (Q) | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 78 | 45 |
+33 |
71 |
3 | Wigan Athletic (Q) | 38 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 72 | 50 |
+22 |
69 |
4 | Arsenal (Q) |
38 |
19 |
8 |
11 |
80 |
56 |
+24 |
65 |
5 |
Manchester City (Q) |
38 |
18 |
10 |
10 |
64 |
46 |
+18 |
64 |
6 |
Liverpool (Q) |
38 |
17 |
8 |
13 |
54 |
42 |
+12 |
59 |
7 | Fulham | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 57 | 50 |
+7 |
59 |
8 | Reading | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 63 |
55 |
+8 |
57 |
9 | West Ham United | 38 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 65 | 60 |
+5 |
57 |
10 | Everton | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 65 | 58 |
+7 |
56 |
11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 67 | 65 |
+2 |
52 |
12 | Sunderland | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 59 | 65 | -6 | 51 |
13 | Norwich City | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 52 | 59 | -7 | 50 |
14 | Newcastle United | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 59 | 55 |
+4 |
49 |
15 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 45 | 63 | -18 | 42 |
16 | Birmingham City | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 47 | 70 | -23 | 40 |
17 | Hull City | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 43 | 73 | -30 | 39 |
18 | Aston Villa (R) |
38 |
10 |
6 |
22 |
49 |
71 |
-22 |
36 |
19 | Bolton Wanderers (R) | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 38 | 78 | -40 | 31 |
20 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (R) | 38 |
7 |
10 |
21 |
40 |
84 |
-44 |
31 |
Qualified for Euro-League Group Stage1 |
Qualified for Europa Cup Round of 32 |
Qualified for Europa Cup Preliminary Round |
Relegated to Division 1 |
1Arsenal qualified for the Euro-League Group Stage as the Title Holders.
Results
|
ARS |
ASV |
BIR |
BLB |
BOL |
CHE |
EVE |
FUL |
HUL |
LIV |
MNC |
MNU |
NEW |
NRW |
REA |
SUN |
TOT |
WHA |
WIG |
WOL |
Arsenal |
----- |
2 - 1 |
3 - 2 |
0 - 1 |
2 - 1 |
3 - 3 |
4 - 1 |
1 - 1 |
5 - 2 |
1 - 1 |
1 - 2 |
1 - 2 |
3 - 2 |
5 - 1 |
3 - 1 |
2 - 1 |
3 - 2 |
4 - 2 |
3 - 1 |
0 - 1 |
Aston V |
0 - 1 |
----- |
2 - 0 |
0 - 1 |
0 - 1 |
1 - 3 |
0 - 3 |
3 - 1 |
4 - 1 |
1 - 1 |
0 - 2 |
1 - 3 |
1 - 1 |
4 - 2 |
2 - 1 |
2 - 2 |
1 - 3 |
1 - 1 |
3 - 2 |
2 - 0 |
Birmingham |
1 - 0 |
2 - 0 |
----- |
0 - 1 |
1 - 1 |
0 - 1 |
2 - 3 |
2 - 3 |
4 - 3 |
2 - 0 |
1 - 2 |
0 - 1 |
2 - 0 |
1 - 0 |
1 - 4 |
1 - 1 |
3 - 0 |
2 - 2 |
0 - 2 |
4 - 2 |
Blackburn |
0 - 2 |
2 - 0 |
4 - 1 |
----- |
4 - 0 |
1 - 1 |
0 - 3 |
1 - 1 |
2 - 1 |
0 - 2 |
0 - 1 |
1 - 0 |
0 - 0 |
0 - 0 |
0 - 0 |
1 - 3 |
2 - 0 |
3 - 1 |
1 - 2 |
2 - 0 |
Bolton |
0 - 5 |
0 - 0 |
3 - 2 |
3 - 2 |
----- |
2 - 4 |
3 - 0 |
0 - 1 |
1 - 2 |
0 - 2 |
0 - 1 |
0 - 2 |
1 - 2 |
1 - 0 |
0 - 1 |
2 - 3 |
3 - 3 |
1 - 4 |
2 - 1 |
4 - 2 |
Chelsea |
3 - 3 |
0 - 1 |
3 - 0 |
3 - 1 |
3 - 0 |
----- |
2 - 0 |
3 - 1 |
2 - 0 |
0 - 0 |
4 - 2 |
0 - 1 |
1 - 0 |
1 - 0 |
3 - 2 |
5 - 1 |
1 - 3 |
0 - 3 |
4 - 1 |
5 - 0 |
Everton |
3 - 3 |
4 - 0 |
3 - 0 |
4 - 3 |
1 - 1 |
0 - 4 |
----- |
0 - 3 |
1 - 1 |
0 - 1 |
3 - 0 |
3 - 1 |
2 - 1 |
4 - 2 |
0 - 1 |
1 - 2 |
3 - 0 |
3 - 3 |
2 - 1 |
0 - 0 |
Fulham |
2 - 0 |
4 - 3 |
4 - 1 |
4 - 1 |
4 - 1 |
1 - 0 |
2 - 0 |
----- |
4 - 0 |
1 - 0 |
0 - 0 |
3 - 0 |
1 - 3 |
0 - 1 |
1 - 1 |
1 - 2 |
0 - 2 |
2 - 1 |
2 - 0 |
4 - 2 |
Hull |
2 - 2 |
1 - 0 |
2 - 0 |
1 - 0 |
1 - 1 |
0 - 4 |
1 - 2 |
1 - 1 |
----- |
3 - 0 |
2 - 2 |
0 - 6 |
0 - 2 |
0 - 0 |
0 - 2 |
2 - 2 |
2 - 2 |
1 - 2 |
1 - 1 |
0 - 3 |
Liverpool |
1 - 3 |
4 - 2 |
1 - 2 |
3 - 0 |
3 - 0 |
1 - 1 |
0 - 1 |
1 - 1 |
3 - 1 |
----- |
1 - 0 |
3 - 1 |
0 - 0 |
3 - 0 |
1 - 2 |
2 - 0 |
3 - 1 |
1 - 0 |
1 - 1 |
3 - 1 |
Man City |
2 - 0 |
0 - 1 |
0 - 1 |
1 - 1 |
5 - 2 |
2 - 2 |
1 - 1 |
2 - 3 |
1 - 2 |
1 - 0 |
----- |
4 - 1 |
1 - 1 |
1 - 0 |
4 - 0 |
3 - 0 |
2 - 3 |
4 - 1 |
2 - 2 |
1 - 1 |
Man Utd |
1 - 1 |
3 - 1 |
4 - 0 |
4 - 1 |
5 - 0 |
1 - 1 |
1 - 1 |
2 - 0 |
4 - 1 |
1 - 1 |
3 - 1 |
----- |
2 - 2 |
1 - 2 |
3 - 1 |
0 - 0 |
2 - 2 |
2 - 1 |
0 - 1 |
4 - 1 |
Newcastle |
0 - 2 |
4 - 1 |
2 - 2 |
1 - 1 |
3 - 1 |
0 - 3 |
3 - 1 |
3 - 0 |
1 - 2 |
0 - 2 |
1 - 3 |
1 - 3 |
----- |
2 - 3 |
0 - 3 |
2 - 0 |
2 - 2 |
1 - 0 |
2 - 2 |
4 - 0 |
Norwich |
3 - 2 |
3 - 1 |
1 - 1 |
1 - 1 |
1 - 0 |
0 - 3 |
0 - 2 |
3 - 0 |
0 - 0 |
1 - 0 |
1 - 3 |
2 - 1 |
2 - 1 |
----- |
3 - 3 |
3 - 4 |
3 - 1 |
1 - 2 |
2 - 3 |
4 - 0 |
Reading |
3 - 2 |
3 - 2 |
1 - 1 |
2 - 0 |
1 - 1 |
0 - 3 |
4 - 3 |
4 - 0 |
0 - 0 |
4 - 0 |
2 - 0 |
0 - 1 |
2 - 2 |
2 - 2 |
----- |
1 - 1 |
0 - 2 |
1 - 2 |
3 - 2 |
2 - 0 |
Sunderland |
0 - 2 |
2 - 3 |
2 - 0 |
4 - 1 |
1 - 0 |
0 - 2 |
2 - 2 |
2 - 0 |
1 - 2 |
3 - 1 |
2 - 2 |
1 - 4 |
0 - 4 |
1 - 1 |
1 - 3 |
----- |
2 - 3 |
2 - 0 |
1 - 1 |
4 - 1 |
Tottenham |
0 - 0 |
1 - 1 |
4 - 1 |
4 - 2 |
0 - 1 |
3 - 3 |
1 - 1 |
1 - 1 |
0 - 2 |
2 - 3 |
1 - 2 |
1 - 3 |
2 - 1 |
2 - 1 |
3 - 1 |
3 - 1 |
----- |
1 - 3 |
1 - 2 |
4 - 0 |
West Ham |
2 - 1 |
2 - 1 |
2 - 3 |
4 - 1 |
4 - 0 |
3 - 2 |
2 - 2 |
2 - 0 |
1 - 0 |
0 - 3 |
0 - 1 |
1 - 4 |
1 - 2 |
0 - 1 |
3 - 1 |
1 - 3 |
1 - 1 |
----- |
3 - 3 |
2 - 0 |
Wigan |
2 - 3 |
2 - 1 |
3 - 1 |
4 - 1 |
2 - 1 |
2 - 1 |
2 - 1 |
1 - 0 |
5 - 1 |
2 - 0 |
1 - 2 |
4 - 0 |
2 - 0 |
2 - 0 |
1 - 0 |
1 - 0 |
2 - 0 |
0 - 1 |
----- |
6 - 1 |
Wolves |
3 - 2 |
3 - 2 |
0 - 0 |
2 - 2 |
0 - 0 |
0 - 3 |
1 - 1 |
0 - 0 |
2 - 2 |
3 - 2 |
1 - 1 |
1 - 1 |
1 - 3 |
1 - 2 |
2 - 1 |
0 - 2 |
1 - 3 |
1 - 2 |
3 - 0 |
----- |
* Home team score shown first

Premier Cup
Round One |
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Quarter-finals |
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Semi-finals |
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Final |
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Chelsea |
5 |
|
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Blackburn |
0 |
|
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Chelsea |
2 |
|
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Man City |
2 |
|
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Man City |
0 |
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Reading |
1 |
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Chelsea |
2 |
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Wigan |
4 |
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Wigan |
1 |
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Aston V |
3 |
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Wigan |
2 |
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Tottenham |
2 |
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Tottenham |
1 |
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Wolves |
0 |
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Chelsea |
4 |
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Man Utd |
3 |
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West Ham |
2 |
|
Hull |
0 |
|
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Man Utd |
1 |
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Liverpool |
1 |
|
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West Ham |
3 |
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West Ham |
2 |
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West Ham |
2 |
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Arsenal |
4 |
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Arsenal |
0 |
|
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Everton |
0 |
|
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Arsenal |
4 |
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Sunderland |
2 |
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Sunderland |
0 |
|
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Newcastle |
1 |
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A.F.L. Cup
Second Round |
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Third Round |
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Quarter-final |
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Semi-final |
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Final |
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Arsenal |
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2 |
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Nottm F |
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0 |
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Arsenal |
|
4 |
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Brighton |
0 |
2 |
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Charlton |
|
1 |
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Charlton |
0 |
4 |
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Arsenal |
0 |
2 |
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Fulham |
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1 |
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Blackburn |
0 |
0 |
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Blackburn |
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2 |
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Blackburn |
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1 |
Liverpool |
1 |
2 |
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Crystal P |
|
0 |
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Crystal P |
1 |
3 |
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Arsenal |
1 |
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Millwall |
1 |
1 |
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Portsmouth |
0 |
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Portsmouth |
1 |
3 |
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Portsmouth |
|
2 |
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Reading |
|
4 |
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Reading |
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0 |
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Man City |
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0 |
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Portsmouth |
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2 |
Peterborough |
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0 |
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Wolves |
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0 |
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Wolves |
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1 |
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Wolves |
|
2 |
Preston |
|
2 |
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Preston |
|
0 |
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Chelsea |
|
1 |
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Arsenal |
1 |
Colchester |
|
2 |
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Wigan |
0 |
Barnsley |
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1 |
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Colchester |
|
2 |
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Swansea |
3 |
0 |
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Wigan |
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3 |
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Wigan |
3 |
2 |
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Wigan |
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2 |
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Burnley |
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0 |
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Hull |
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0 |
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Hull |
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1 |
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Hull |
1 |
4 |
Bradford |
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1 |
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Bradford |
1 |
2 |
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Grimsby |
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0 |
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WiganP 5-3 |
0 |
Tottenham |
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4 |
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Tottenham |
0 |
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Derby |
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3 |
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Tottenham |
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2 |
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Tranmere |
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2 |
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Tranmere |
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0 |
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Everton |
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1 |
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Tottenham |
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2 |
Newcastle |
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0 |
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Stoke |
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0 |
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Stoke |
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1 |
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Stoke |
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1 |
Sunderland |
1 |
3 |
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Norwich |
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0 |
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Norwich |
1 |
5 |
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Other Divisions
Division 1
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
1 |
Q.P.R. (P) |
42 |
25 |
9 |
8 |
81 |
36 |
+45 |
84 |
2 |
Swansea City (P) |
42 |
22 |
8 |
12 |
81 |
50 |
+31 |
74 |
3 |
Blackpool (P) |
42 |
22 |
8 |
12 |
73 |
57 |
+16 |
74 |
4 |
Burnley |
42 |
20 |
11 |
11 |
71 |
51 |
+20 |
71 |
5 |
West Bromwich Alb |
42 |
20 |
10 |
12 |
64 |
47 |
+17 |
70 |
6 |
Southampton |
42 |
20 |
10 |
12 |
76 |
61 |
+15 |
70 |
7 |
Barnsley |
42 |
19 |
12 |
11 |
64 |
52 |
+12 |
69 |
8 |
Stoke City |
42 |
21 |
6 |
15 |
64 |
57 |
+7 |
69 |
9 |
Middlesbrough |
42 |
18 |
12 |
12 |
71 |
59 |
+12 |
66 |
10 |
Ipswich Town |
42 |
17 |
10 |
15 |
63 |
60 |
+3 |
61 |
11 |
Bristol City |
42 |
15 |
10 |
17 |
58 |
56 |
+2 |
55 |
12 |
Portsmouth |
42 |
14 |
11 |
17 |
62 |
69 |
-7 |
53 |
13 |
Nottingham Forest |
42 |
14 |
10 |
18 |
64 |
67 |
-3 |
52 |
14 |
Leicester City |
42 |
12 |
15 |
15 |
51 |
51 |
0 |
51 |
15 |
Derby County |
42 |
12 |
14 |
16 |
61 |
62 |
-1 |
50 |
16 |
Watford |
42 |
12 |
14 |
16 |
52 |
70 |
-18 |
50 |
17 |
Charlton Athletic |
42 |
13 |
10 |
19 |
53 |
72 |
-19 |
49 |
18 |
Leeds United |
42 |
12 |
11 |
19 |
57 |
64 |
-7 |
47 |
19 |
Bradford City |
42 |
13 |
7 |
22 |
56 |
77 |
-21 |
46 |
20 |
Coventry City (R) |
42 |
12 |
8 |
22 |
57 |
80 |
-23 |
44 |
21 |
Plymouth Argyle (R) |
42 |
9 |
9 |
24 |
50 |
95 |
-45 |
36 |
22 |
Tranmere Rovers (R) |
42 |
7 |
11 |
24 |
43 |
79 |
-36 |
32 |
Automatically promoted to Premier Division |
Qualified for promotion play-offs |
Relegated to Division 2 |
Division 2
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
1 |
Brighton & H A (P) |
42 |
24 |
12 |
6 |
86 |
46 |
+40 |
84 |
2 |
Doncaster Rovers (P) |
42 |
26 |
6 |
10 |
99 |
63 |
+36 |
84 |
3 |
Huddersfield Town (P) |
42 |
23 |
7 |
12 |
81 |
56 |
+25 |
76 |
4 |
Sheffield United |
42 |
23 |
5 |
14 |
66 |
55 |
+11 |
74 |
5 |
Sheffield Wednesday |
42 |
20 |
9 |
13 |
68 |
58 |
+10 |
69 |
6 |
Milton Keynes Dons |
42 |
18 |
9 |
15 |
70 |
62 |
+8 |
63 |
7 |
Millwall |
42 |
19 |
5 |
18 |
59 |
63 |
-4 |
62 |
8 |
Preston North End |
42 |
16 |
13 |
13 |
67 |
52 |
+15 |
61 |
9 |
Yeovil Town |
42 |
18 |
7 |
17 |
67 |
56 |
+11 |
61 |
10 |
Cardiff City |
42 |
17 |
10 |
15 |
64 |
54 |
+10 |
61 |
11 |
Peterborough United |
42 |
19 |
4 |
19 |
67 |
72 |
-5 |
61 |
12 |
Exeter City |
42 |
18 |
4 |
20 |
59 |
72 |
-13 |
58 |
13 |
Bury |
42 |
16 |
10 |
16 |
48 |
61 |
-13 |
58 |
14 |
AFC Bournemouth |
42 |
16 |
5 |
21 |
50 |
62 |
-12 |
53 |
15 |
Carlisle United |
42 |
16 |
5 |
21 |
65 |
78 |
-13 |
53 |
16 |
Crystal Palace |
42 |
11 |
17 |
14 |
55 |
59 |
-4 |
50 |
17 |
Wycombe Wanderers |
42 |
14 |
8 |
20 |
52 |
67 |
-15 |
50 |
18 |
Oldham Athletic |
42 |
14 |
8 |
20 |
53 |
69 |
-16 |
50 |
19 |
Bristol Rovers |
42 |
13 |
6 |
23 |
56 |
73 |
-17 |
45 |
20 |
Walsall (R) |
42 |
12 |
8 |
22 |
70 |
86 |
-16 |
44 |
21 |
Leyton Orient (R) |
42 |
11 |
9 |
22 |
58 |
71 |
-13 |
42 |
22 |
Rochdale (R) |
42 |
11 |
7 |
24 |
45 |
70 |
-25 |
40 |
Automatically promoted to Division 1 |
Qualified for promotion play-offs |
Relegated to Division 3 |
Division 3
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
1 |
Stevenage (P) |
42 |
25 |
8 |
9 |
92 |
50 |
+42 |
83 |
2 |
Swindon Town (P) |
42 |
24 |
7 |
11 |
77 |
55 |
+22 |
79 |
3 |
Crewe Alexandra |
42 |
24 |
6 |
12 |
80 |
53 |
+27 |
78 |
4 |
Scunthorpe United (P) |
42 |
24 |
5 |
13 |
93 |
61 |
+32 |
77 |
5 |
Notts County |
42 |
20 |
11 |
11 |
78 |
61 |
+17 |
71 |
6 |
Chester City |
42 |
20 |
9 |
13 |
62 |
49 |
+13 |
69 |
7 |
Colchester United |
42 |
20 |
8 |
14 |
74 |
57 |
+17 |
68 |
8 |
Brentford |
42 |
16 |
14 |
12 |
58 |
58 |
0 |
62 |
9 |
Shrewsbury Town |
42 |
17 |
10 |
15 |
63 |
61 |
+2 |
61 |
10 |
Hartlepool United |
42 |
15 |
13 |
14 |
70 |
58 |
+12 |
58 |
11 |
Aldershot |
42 |
15 |
12 |
15 |
62 |
58 |
+4 |
57 |
12 |
Rotherham United |
42 |
13 |
18 |
11 |
50 |
58 |
-8 |
57 |
13 |
Accrington |
42 |
16 |
9 |
17 |
54 |
65 |
-11 |
57 |
14 |
Northampton Town |
42 |
16 |
5 |
21 |
63 |
75 |
-12 |
53 |
15 |
Dagenham & Redbr |
42 |
12 |
14 |
16 |
63 |
61 |
+2 |
50 |
16 |
Gillingham |
42 |
13 |
9 |
20 |
56 |
76 |
-20 |
48 |
17 |
Hereford United |
42 |
12 |
9 |
21 |
49 |
64 |
-15 |
45 |
18 |
Lincoln City |
42 |
12 |
9 |
21 |
54 |
73 |
-19 |
45 |
19 |
Darlington |
42 |
11 |
12 |
19 |
59 |
81 |
-22 |
45 |
20 |
Port Vale |
42 |
10 |
12 |
20 |
44 |
69 |
-25 |
42 |
21 |
Grimsby Town (R) |
42 |
11 |
8 |
23 |
46 |
77 |
-31 |
41 |
22 |
Barnet (R) |
42 |
9 |
6 |
27 |
42 |
69 |
-27 |
33 |
Automatically promoted to Division 2 |
Qualified for promotion play-offs |
Relegated from A.F.L. |
TW-29 |