A·F·L Season 176
Season Summary
A·F·L Season 176 |
Premier Division |
Manchester United |
Relegated |
Queen's Park Rangers Cardiff City Fulham |
Division One |
Wigan Athletic |
Also Promoted |
Swansea City Huddersfield Town |
Relegated |
Charlton Athletic Yeovil Town Bristol City Crawley Town |
Division Two |
Colchester United |
Also Promoted |
Nottingham Forest |
Relegated |
Notts County Rochdale Carlisle United |
Division Three |
Swindon Town |
Also Promoted |
Gillingham Mansfield Town |
Relegated |
(No relegation) |
A·F·L Cup |
Arsenal |
Premier Cup |
Everton |
← Season 175 |
Season 177 → |
The season began with the pre-season Premier Cup competition, which was won by Everton who defeated Arsenal 2–1 in the final. This season, for the first time, the bottom four seeds were included in the competition, necessitating a preliminary round involving the bottom 8 seeds, the top 12 seeds receiving a bye to the First Round. There were many upsets, with Tottenham, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City going out in the Round of 16 to lesser opposition. Queen's Park Rangers had the most impressive performance, defeating Newcastle (away), Chelsea (away) and Manchester United (home) to reach the Semi-final, where they finally succumbed to Everton. Arsenal reached yet another final, but were edged out by Everton by a score of 2–1.
In the league, Manchester United won their 17th title with relative ease, by a comfortable margin of 16 points over their rivals Manchester City and Everton. United are now second overall in title wins, equal with Leeds United and 8 behind Arsenal's tally of 25, and it is their first title for 13 seasons. At the other end of the table, Queen's Park Rangers could not stay up and dropped back to Division One just one season after having been promoted, going down with Cardiff City and Fulham. The other newcomers were Derby County, who diced with relegation for most of the season before clinching their survival late on by just 1 point, and West Bromwich Albion, who were the surprise package of the season, finishing fourth and clinching a Euro-League qualifying spot for next season.
In Division One, early pace-setters Huddersfield's attempt at automatic promotion petered away in the final matches of the season, and Wigan and Swansea took the promotion places in what turned out to be a close contest amongst the top 6 or 7 teams. Huddersfield eventually clinched their place in the Premier Division, only one season after begin relegated, by winning the play-off final 2–1 against Ipswich Town. At the bottom, Bristol City dropped straight back to Division Two after just one season and were joined by Charlton, Yeovil and Crawley.
In the A.F.L. Cup we had an unusual repetition of last season's final, with Arsenal and Chelsea playing out a 1–1 draw and the Gunners winning the cup on penalties, this time by a score of 3–2. Arsenal have now won the most A.F.L. Cups jointly with Manchester City, with 11 wins each.
In other news, it is intended that at the end of this season Division One will be reduced to 20 teams, and an additional two teams will be added to the league overall. As a result, Divisions Two and Three will have 24 teams instead of the current 22, with overall membership of the A·F·L increasing to 88 teams. Promotion and relegation will remain at 3-up, 3-down between the top three divisions, but will be increased to 4-up, 4-down between Divisions Two and Three. Two teams will be relegated from Division Three as at present.
To achieve the change, four teams will be relegated from Division One to Division Two in Season 176, and only two will be promoted from Division Two to Division One (the champions will achieve automatic promotion and those finishing in positions two to five will play-off for the second promotion spot). Also, there will be no relegation from Division Three, but there will, as usual, be two teams promoted to Division Three from the lower leagues. All other promotion and relegation scenarios will be unchanged.
A·F·L Premier Division
Latest Table
Premier Division Statistics |
Season |
176 |
Champions |
Manchester United |
Relegated |
Queen's Park Cardiff City Fulham |
Euro-League Qualifiers |
Manchester United Manchester City Everton West Bromwich Albion |
Euro-Cup Qualifiers |
Arsenal Liverpool |
Biggest home win |
Man Utd 7–0 Newcastle |
Biggest away win |
Arsenal 0–4 Everton Norwich 0–4 Man Utd |
Highest scoring |
(8) Man Utd 6–2 Arsenal |
Home Wins |
167 |
Away Wins |
137 |
Draws |
76 |
Matches Played |
380 |
Goals Scored |
1,125 |
Goals per Match |
2.96 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
1 | Manchester United (C) | 38 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 92 | 44 | 48 | 79 |
2 | Manchester City | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 67 | 45 | 22 | 63 |
3 | Everton | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 64 | 55 | 9 | 63 |
4 | West Bromwich Albion (p) | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 60 | 48 | 12 | 61 |
5 | Liverpool | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 57 | 42 | 15 | 59 |
6 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 52 | 58 | -6 | 59 |
7 | Hull City | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 64 | 63 | 1 | 58 |
8 | Sunderland | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 55 | 46 | 9 | 57 |
9 | Arsenal (CW) | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 60 | 55 | 5 | 56 |
10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 63 | 55 | 8 | 55 |
11 | Southampton | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 60 | 53 | 7 | 55 |
12 | Stoke City | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 53 | 50 | 3 | 55 |
13 | Chelsea | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 58 | 59 | -1 | 50 |
14 | Newcastle United | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 50 | 62 | -12 | 48 |
15 | Leicester City | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 52 | 65 | -13 | 46 |
16 | Derby County (p) | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 51 | 64 | -13 | 43 |
17 | Norwich City | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 43 | 62 | -19 | 43 |
18 | Queen's Park Rangers (R)(p) | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 40 | 57 | -17 | 42 |
19 | Cardiff City (R) | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 42 | 68 | -26 | 37 |
20 | Fulham (R) | 38 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 42 | 74 | -32 | 35 |
Key
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Champions & Qualification to Euro-League Group Stage |
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Qualification to Euro-League Group Stage |
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Qualification to Euro-League Second Qualifying Round |
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Qualification to Euro-Cup Round of 32 |
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Qualification to Euro-Cup Second Qualifying Round |
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Relegation to A·F·L Division One |
(C) Champions, (R) Relegated, (p) Promoted in previous season, (CW) Cup winners
Results
Home−Away | ARS | BLB | CRD | CHE | DER | EVE | FUL | HUL | LEI | LIV | MNC | MNU | NEC | NRW | QPR | SOA | STK | SUN | TOT | WBR |
Arsenal | | 1−2 | 2−1 | 1−1 | 0−1 | 0−4 | 2−1 | 1−3 | 3−0 | 0−1 | 2−2 | 0−1 | 1−2 | 5−1 | 0−0 | 1−1 | 1−1 | 1−0 | 3−2 | 1−0 |
Blackburn | 1−3 | | 1−0 | 1−0 | 0−4 | 1−4 | 1−0 | 4−1 | 3−0 | 1−1 | 2−0 | 1−2 | 0−2 | 2−2 | 0−2 | 2−0 | 1−2 | 2−2 | 3−1 | 3−1 |
Cardiff | 1−2 | 4−0 | | 1−3 | 4−3 | 1−0 | 1−0 | 2−4 | 2−2 | 1−1 | 0−3 | 1−3 | 1−0 | 0−0 | 1−4 | 2−0 | 2−0 | 0−3 | 1−4 | 1−2 |
Chelsea | 1−0 | 3−2 | 2−2 | | 1−1 | 4−1 | 4−1 | 4−3 | 1−1 | 1−2 | 2−0 | 3−3 | 3−1 | 0−2 | 1−2 | 1−0 | 1−1 | 0−1 | 2−2 | 2−3 |
Derby | 1−4 | 1−3 | 2−1 | 3−1 | | 0−2 | 1−3 | 3−3 | 0−1 | 1−0 | 3−1 | 2−1 | 0−2 | 4−1 | 1−2 | 2−1 | 1−1 | 0−1 | 1−1 | 1−4 |
Everton | 2−2 | 0−1 | 3−0 | 2−0 | 1−1 | | 4−0 | 1−1 | 1−0 | 3−2 | 0−4 | 1−4 | 4−0 | 1−1 | 3−3 | 2−1 | 1−3 | 0−3 | 0−3 | 1−2 |
Fulham | 0−3 | 0−1 | 2−1 | 3−1 | 3−1 | 1−2 | | 1−3 | 1−3 | 1−2 | 1−4 | 0−4 | 3−0 | 1−2 | 1−2 | 1−2 | 2−1 | 0−2 | 1−0 | 0−3 |
Hull | 3−0 | 0−2 | 0−0 | 3−0 | 1−0 | 0−2 | 1−1 | | 2−2 | 1−1 | 1−2 | 0−2 | 2−0 | 3−2 | 4−0 | 4−3 | 0−1 | 4−2 | 2−1 | 0−2 |
Leicester | 3−2 | 3−2 | 3−1 | 3−4 | 0−1 | 2−0 | 1−3 | 3−0 | | 3−0 | 1−0 | 3−4 | 0−0 | 1−1 | 0−1 | 0−0 | 0−3 | 2−2 | 2−1 | 3−2 |
Liverpool | 1−1 | 3−1 | 2−1 | 0−0 | 2−2 | 0−1 | 1−1 | 0−1 | 5−0 | | 4−1 | 2−0 | 3−0 | 0−1 | 1−0 | 1−0 | 2−2 | 3−1 | 4−1 | 2−1 |
Man City | 4−3 | 0−1 | 4−1 | 1−0 | 1−0 | 2−3 | 1−1 | 4−0 | 3−2 | 0−2 | | 4−1 | 2−2 | 3−1 | 1−1 | 4−0 | 1−1 | 0−0 | 4−0 | 2−1 |
Man Utd | 6−2 | 4−1 | 3−0 | 3−1 | 2−1 | 0−1 | 1−2 | 4−1 | 5−1 | 2−1 | 3−0 | | 7−0 | 1−1 | 4−1 | 4−2 | 3−1 | 1−0 | 0−1 | 3−1 |
Newcastle | 0−2 | 4−0 | 1−1 | 1−3 | 2−0 | 2−2 | 4−2 | 1−2 | 1−1 | 1−0 | 0−3 | 1−1 | | 2−1 | 1−2 | 1−2 | 1−1 | 1−2 | 3−1 | 1−2 |
Norwich | 0−0 | 1−1 | 0−2 | 2−1 | 3−2 | 0−2 | 3−1 | 3−0 | 1−0 | 0−1 | 1−0 | 0−4 | 0−2 | | 0−2 | 0−3 | 0−1 | 0−2 | 2−4 | 1−2 |
Q.P.R. | 1−3 | 0−2 | 2−0 | 0−2 | 1−1 | 0−1 | 0−2 | 0−1 | 1−1 | 1−2 | 0−1 | 3−0 | 0−2 | 0−0 | | 1−0 | 0−2 | 4−2 | 0−1 | 0−2 |
Southampton | 0−1 | 1−1 | 4−1 | 3−1 | 5−0 | 2−0 | 4−1 | 4−3 | 4−2 | 2−1 | 0−0 | 3−0 | 1−2 | 2−2 | 1−0 | | 1−0 | 2−0 | 1−1 | 0−3 |
Stoke | 3−0 | 1−2 | 1−1 | 0−1 | 3−1 | 3−2 | 0−0 | 1−3 | 1−0 | 3−2 | 0−2 | 1−4 | 2−2 | 2−2 | 4−1 | 2−1 | | 1−1 | 1−4 | 0−0 |
Sunderland | 0−3 | 1−0 | 1−2 | 2−1 | 1−0 | 0−2 | 4−0 | 2−2 | 0−1 | 2−1 | 2−2 | 0−2 | 2−1 | 3−1 | 3−0 | 1−2 | 3−0 | | 1−1 | 1−1 |
Tottenham | 4−2 | 4−0 | 0−1 | 0−2 | 1−2 | 2−3 | 0−0 | 1−2 | 3−1 | 2−0 | 0−0 | 1−0 | 1−1 | 1−2 | 3−1 | 4−1 | 1−3 | 2−1 | | 2−1 |
West Brom | 0−2 | 0−1 | 1−0 | 2−0 | 0−3 | 4−2 | 4−1 | 1−0 | 1−1 | 2−1 | 3−1 | 0−0 | 2−3 | 1−3 | 3−2 | 1−1 | 0−0 | 1−1 | 1−2 | |
* Home team score shown first
Other Divisions
A·F·L Division One
POS | CLUB | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
1 | Wigan Athletic (P) | 42 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 77 | 49 | +28 | 78 |
2 | Swansea City (P) | 42 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 86 | 55 | +31 | 77 |
3 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 82 | 52 | +30 | 77 |
4 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 83 | 50 | +33 | 76 |
5 | Huddersfield Town ¶(r) | 42 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 81 | 51 | +30 | 76 |
6 | West Ham United (r) | 42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 71 | 46 | +25 | 73 |
7 | Millwall | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 84 | 60 | +24 | 73 |
8 | Watford | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 71 | 58 | +13 | 71 |
9 | Leeds United | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 89 | 63 | +26 | 68 |
10 | Aston Villa | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 68 | 51 | +17 | 65 |
11 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 60 | 63 | -3 | 59 |
12 | Sheffield Wednesday (r) | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 66 | 68 | -2 | 57 |
13 | Birmingham City (p) | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 56 | 70 | -14 | 53 |
14 | Burnley | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 63 | 69 | -6 | 50 |
15 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 56 | 77 | -21 | 46 |
16 | Reading | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 56 | 81 | -25 | 46 |
17 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 53 | 72 | -19 | 43 |
18 | AFC Bournemouth (p) | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 50 | 78 | -28 | 43 |
19 | Charlton Athletic (R) | 42 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 56 | 85 | -29 | 42 |
20 | Yeovil Town (R) | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 53 | 80 | -27 | 41 |
21 | Bristol City (R)(p) | 42 | 12 | 5 | 25 | 49 | 84 | -35 | 41 |
22 | Crawley Town (R) | 42 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 30 | 78 | -48 | 25 |
Key
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Promotion to A·F·L Premier Division |
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Qualification to promotion play-offs |
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Relegation to A·F·L Division Two |
(P) Promoted, (R) Relegated, ¶ Play-off winners, (p/r) Promoted/relegated in previous season,
Results
Home-Away | ASV | BIR | BOL | BOU | BRI | BRC | BRN | CHA | CRA | CPA | HUD | IPS | LEE | MID | MIL | REA | SHW | SWA | WAT | WHA | WIG | YEO |
Aston V | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 |
Birmingham | 0–0 | | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 |
Bolton | 1–4 | 1–2 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 |
Bournemouth | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 |
Brighton | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | | 4–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 |
Bristol C | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 2–1 |
Burnley | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 4–1 |
Charlton | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–5 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
Crawley | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 |
Crystal Palace | 0–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 7–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
Huddersfield | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 4–3 | | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
Ipswich | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 7–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
Leeds | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 |
Middlesbrough | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–4 | | 2–4 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 |
Millwall | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–2 | | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 |
Reading | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | | 2–4 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
Sheff Wed | 0–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
Swansea | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 |
Watford | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
West Ham | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 0–2 | 4–2 |
Swansea | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | | 5–1 |
Watford | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
Play-offs
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Ipswich Town |
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West Ham United |
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A·F·L Division Two
POS | CLUB | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
1 | Colchester United (P) | 42 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 102 | 55 | +47 | 86 |
2 | Nottingham Forest ¶(r) | 42 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 95 | 42 | +53 | 85 |
3 | Walsall (p) | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 70 | 46 | +24 | 81 |
4 | Brentford | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 87 | 52 | +35 | 75 |
5 | Barnsley (r) | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 73 | 48 | +25 | 75 |
6 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 68 | 48 | +20 | 74 |
7 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 82 | 57 | +25 | 72 |
8 | Milton Keynes Dons | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 74 | 51 | +23 | 71 |
9 | Coventry City | 42 | 22 | 2 | 18 | 67 | 64 | +3 | 68 |
10 | Bradford City | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 64 | 63 | +1 | 64 |
11 | Blackpool | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 84 | 72 | +12 | 62 |
12 | Rotherham United (r) | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 66 | 64 | +2 | 59 |
13 | Leyton Orient | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 57 | 66 | -9 | 54 |
14 | Port Vale | 42 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 62 | 77 | -15 | 54 |
15 | Sheffield United | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 51 | 59 | -8 | 51 |
16 | Stevenage | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 51 | 72 | -21 | 47 |
17 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 55 | 83 | -28 | 45 |
18 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 57 | 86 | -29 | 43 |
19 | Shrewsbury Town | 42 | 11 | 4 | 27 | 56 | 89 | -33 | 37 |
20 | Notts County (R)(p) | 42 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 40 | 89 | -49 | 32 |
21 | Rochdale (R)(p) | 42 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 43 | 82 | -39 | 29 |
22 | Carlisle United (R) | 42 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 52 | 91 | -39 | 28 |
Key
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Promotion to A·F·L Division One |
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Qualification to promotion play-offs |
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Relegation to A·F·L Division Three |
(P) Promoted, (R) Relegated, ¶ Play-off winners, (p/r) Promoted/relegated in previous season,
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Walsall |
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Barnsley |
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A·F·L Division Three
POS | CLUB | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
1 | Swindon Town (P) | 42 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 109 | 53 | +56 | 95 |
2 | Gillingham (P)(r) | 42 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 82 | 44 | +38 | 86 |
3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (r) | 42 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 88 | 48 | +40 | 85 |
4 | Scunthorpe United | 42 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 82 | 48 | +34 | 79 |
5 | Mansfield Town ¶ | 42 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 83 | 55 | +28 | 77 |
6 | Preston North End | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 73 | 52 | +21 | 68 |
7 | Southend United | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 66 | 61 | +5 | 67 |
8 | Peterborough United (r) | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 76 | 49 | +27 | 66 |
9 | Portsmouth | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 63 | 61 | +2 | 66 |
10 | Morecambe | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 62 | 58 | +4 | 65 |
11 | Hartlepool United | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 68 | 60 | +8 | 64 |
12 | Bury | 42 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 69 | 65 | +4 | 62 |
13 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 57 | 66 | -9 | 57 |
14 | Chesterfield | 42 | 16 | 4 | 22 | 59 | 62 | -3 | 52 |
15 | Wycombe Wanderers (p) | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 59 | 78 | -19 | 50 |
16 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 61 | 87 | -26 | 41 |
17 | Cheltenham Town | 42 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 35 | 61 | -26 | 40 |
18 | Torquay United | 42 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 51 | 86 | -35 | 40 |
19 | Burton Albion | 42 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 53 | 84 | -31 | 39 |
20 | Exeter City (p) | 42 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 46 | 89 | -43 | 33 |
21 | Newport County | 42 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 57 | 97 | -40 | 30 |
22 | Oxford United | 42 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 33 | 68 | -35 | 28 |
Key
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Promotion to A·F·L Division Two |
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Qualification to promotion play-offs |
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Relegation to A·F·L Conference |
(P) Promoted, (R) Relegated, ¶ Play-off winners, (p/r) Promoted/relegated in previous season,
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0 (4) |
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Wolverhampton Wanderers |
0 (3) |
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Preston North End |
0 |
0 |
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Wolverhampton W |
4 |
3 |
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Promoted to A·F·L Two: Fleetwood Town and Bristol Rovers
Cup Competitions
Premier Cup
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Preliminary Round |
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Round of 16 |
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Quarter-final |
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Semi-final |
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Final |
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1 |
Tottenham |
0 |
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16 |
Blackburn (5)
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3
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16 |
Blackburn
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1
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17 |
Leicester (3)
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3 |
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16
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Blackburn
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0
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8
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Everton
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2
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- |
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8 |
Everton
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2
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9 |
Cardiff
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0
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8
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Everton |
4
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20
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Q.P.R.
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0
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- |
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4 |
Chelsea
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0
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13 |
Newcastle |
0
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20
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Q.P.R |
2
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20 |
Q.P.R. |
3 |
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20
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Q.P.R.
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1
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5
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Man Utd
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0
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5 |
Man Utd
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5
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12 |
Fulham |
1
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8
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Everton
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2
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2
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Arsenal
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1
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2
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Arsenal
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2
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14 |
Southampton |
0
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18
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West Brom
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1
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19 |
West Brom
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2
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2 |
Arsenal
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4
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7
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Hull
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0
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- |
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7
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Hull
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3
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10 |
Sunderland
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0
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2
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Arsenal
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1
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19
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Derby
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0
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3
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Liverpool
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0
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15 |
Norwich |
1
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19
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Derby
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2
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18 |
Derby |
2
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19
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Derby
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3
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11
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Stoke
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1
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6
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Man City
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1
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11 |
Stoke
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2
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* Penalty scores shown in parentheses.
A·F·L Cup
First Round |
| Sheffield United | 2 – 2 | Gillingham | | Replay | Gillingham | 0 – 1 | Sheffield United | |
| Wycombe Wanderers | 3 – 0 | Cheltenham Town | |
| Milton Keynes Dons | 0 – 0 | Barnsley | | Replay | Barnsley | 1 – 0 | Milton Keynes Dons | |
| Crewe Alexandra | 1 – 1 | Peterborough United | | Replay | Peterborough United | 3 – 2 | Crewe Alexandra | |
| Scunthorpe United | 0 – 0 | Blackpool | | Replay | Blackpool | 3 – 3 | Scunthorpe United | (5 – 3 pens) |
| Morecambe | 2 – 3 | Bradford City | |
| Notts County | 2 – 1 | Brentford | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3 – 2 | Swindon Town | |
| Oldham Athletic | 2 – 1 | Newport County | |
| Doncaster Rovers | 0 – 0 | Oxford United | | Replay | Oxford United | 0 – 2 | Doncaster Rovers | |
| Port Vale | 2 – 2 | Stevenage | | Replay | Stevenage | 2 – 0 | Port Vale | |
| Rochdale | 1 – 3 | Walsall | |
| Portsmouth | 1 – 0 | Nottingham Forest | |
| Accrington Stanley | 4 – 2 | Burton Albion | |
| Exeter City | 1 – 1 | Mansfield Town | | Replay | Mansfield Town | 2 – 3 | Exeter City | |
| Carlisle United | 3 – 2 | Preston North End | |
| Southend United | 1 – 1 | Bury | | Replay | Bury | 1 – 2 | Southend United | |
| Torquay United | 0 – 2 | Coventry City | |
| Tranmere Rovers | 2 – 3 | Hartlepool United | |
| Colchester United | 2 – 0 | Rotherham United | |
| Chesterfield | 1 – 2 | Plymouth Argyle | |
| Leyton Orient | 4 – 1 | Shrewsbury Town | |
Second Round |
| Sunderland | 3 – 1 | Walsall | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 4 – 1 | Leyton Orient | |
| Notts County | 0 – 0 | Colchester United | | Replay | Colchester United | 4 – 3 | Notts County | |
| Hartlepool United | 3 – 2 | Yeovil Town | |
| Derby County | 4 – 2 | Crawley Town | |
| Plymouth Argyle | 1 – 2 | Birmingham City | |
| Wigan Athletic | 2 – 2 | Everton | | Replay | Everton | 2 – 0 | Wigan Athletic | |
| Fulham | 3 – 1 | Crystal Palace | |
| Southampton | 1 – 0 | Accrington Stanley | |
| Sheffield United | 1 – 1 | Wycombe Wanderers | | Replay | Wycombe Wanderers | 2 – 4 | Sheffield United | |
| Stevenage | 1 – 2 | Oldham Athletic | |
| Burnley | 3 – 3 | Ipswich Town | | Replay | Ipswich Town | 3 – 1 | Burnley | |
| Liverpool | 5 – 1 | Millwall | |
| Hull City | 1 – 0 | Leeds United | |
| Norwich City | 0 – 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | |
| Queen's Park Rangers | 0 – 3 | Blackburn Rovers | |
| Watford | 5 – 2 | Southend United | |
| Charlton Athletic | 1 – 0 | Barnsley | |
| Swansea City | 2 – 2 | Huddersfield Town | | Replay | Huddersfield Town | 2 – 1 | Swansea City | |
| Bradford City | 2 – 1 | Bolton Wanderers | |
| Chelsea | 4 – 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | |
| AFC Bournemouth | 1 – 3 | Manchester United | |
| West Ham United | 1 – 0 | Stoke City | |
| Leicester City | 0 – 1 | Reading | |
| Middlesbrough | 2 – 2 | Peterborough United | | Replay | Peterborough United | 3 – 0 | Middlesbrough | |
| Manchester City | 4 – 0 | West Bromwich Albion | |
| Coventry City | 2 – 2 | Blackpool | | Replay | Blackpool | 2 – 3 | Coventry City | |
| Exeter City | 0 – 3 | Cardiff City | |
| Newcastle United | 6 – 2 | Portsmouth | |
| Carlisle United | 1 – 3 | Aston Villa | |
| Bristol City | 1 – 3 | Doncaster Rovers | |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 1 – 2 | Arsenal | |
Third Round |
| Peterborough United | 1 – 4 | Reading | |
| Arsenal | 1 – 0 | Birmingham City | |
| Chelsea | 4 – 1 | Fulham | |
| Ipswich Town | 2 – 2 | Charlton Athletic | | Replay | Charlton Athletic | 4 – 2 | Ipswich Town | |
| Bradford City | 1 – 0 | Colchester United | |
| Huddersfield Town | 2 – 1 | Newcastle United | |
| Manchester United | 1 – 1 | Blackburn Rovers | | Replay | Blackburn Rovers | 1 – 3 | Manchester United | |
| Sunderland | 0 – 1 | Aston Villa | |
| Hartlepool United | 1 – 1 | Hull City | | Replay | Hull City | 7 – 0 | Hartlepool United | |
| Liverpool | 3 – 0 | Sheffield United | |
| Everton | 4 – 1 | West Ham United | |
| Oldham Athletic | 1 – 2 | Derby County | |
| Coventry City | 4 – 3 | Doncaster Rovers | |
| Watford | 0 – 1 | Manchester City | |
| Southampton | 1 – 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2 – 1 | Cardiff City | |
Fourth Round |
| Derby County | 0 – 1 | Bradford City | |
| Chelsea | 3 – 2 | Coventry City | |
| Reading | 1 – 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | | Replay | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1 – 0 | Reading | |
| Huddersfield Town | 0 – 3 | Charlton Athletic | |
| Liverpool | 2 – 0 | Brighton & Hove Albion | |
| Hull City | 1 – 0 | Aston Villa | |
| Manchester United | 4 – 1 | Everton | |
| Arsenal | 2 – 1 | Manchester City | |
Quarter-Final |
| Bradford City | 0 – 1 | Charlton Athletic | |
| Arsenal | 4 – 2 | Liverpool | |
| Manchester United | 5 – 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | |
| Hull City | 2 – 2 | Chelsea | | Replay | Chelsea | 2 – 0 | Hull City | |
Semi-Final |
| Charlton Athletic | 2 – 3 | Arsenal | |
| Chelsea | 1 – 1 | Manchester United | (3 – 2 pens) |
Final |
| Arsenal | 1 – 1 | Chelsea | (3 – 2 pens) |
Clubs in Europe
Euro-League
- Tottenham Hotspur — Round of 16
- Arsenal — Round of 16
- Liverpool — Group Stage
- Chelsea — Semi-Final
Euro-Cup
- Manchester United — Semi-Final
- Manchester City — Third Qualifying Round
- Hull City — Round of 32
XV–06
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