League Level III South
History
The Football League Division 3 South (D3S) was founded in 1920 when the old Southern League Division 1 was amalgamated in the Football League as Division 3 with the exception of Cardiff, who were elected straight to Division 2, and Grimsby, who were relegated from Division 2. It became Division 3 South the following season with the formation of a corresponding Division 3 North, with Grimsby transferring and being replaced with Charlton. With an extension to 24 teams each in 1950, the two regional sections continued until 1958 when they were reorganised as the national Division 3 and Division 4.
The list of southern champions is as follows: Bristol City (3), Charlton Athletic (2), Ipswich Town (2), Millwall (2), Notts County (2), Plymouth Argyle (2), Swansea City (2), Brentford (1), Brighton & Hove A (1), Bristol Rovers (1), Cardiff City (1), Coventry City (1), Crystal Palace (1), Fulham (1), Leyton Orient (1), Luton Town (1), Newport County (1), Norwich City (1), Nottingham Forest (1), Portsmouth (1), Queens Park Rangers (1), Reading (1), Southampton (1). Note that a number of teams played in both Division 3 South and Division 3 North (namely Coventry, Grimsby, Mansfield, Port Vale, Shrewsbury and Walsall) but none won titles in both sections.
All-time Table
There is an all-time Division 3 South table, ranked by two points per win and goal average.
Summary of Results
PL | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | P3/PL | |
TOTAL | 1124 | 480 | 260 | 384 | 1892 | 1585 | +307 | 1.512 |
HOME | 562 | 353 | 107 | 102 | 1231 | 581 | +650 | 2.075 |
AWAY | 562 | 127 | 153 | 282 | 661 | 1004 | −343 | 0.950 |
Results by Opponent
PL | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | P3 | ||
1 | Northampton Town | 52 | 28 | 10 | 14 | 103 | 73 | +30 | 94 |
2 | Exeter City | 52 | 29 | 7 | 16 | 94 | 73 | +21 | 94 |
3 | Watford | 52 | 24 | 8 | 20 | 90 | 74 | +16 | 80 |
4 | Newport County | 48 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 85 | 64 | +21 | 78 |
5 | Southend United | 52 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 90 | 82 | +8 | 74 |
6 | Swindon Town | 52 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 78 | 74 | +4 | 74 |
7 | Queens Park Rangers | 44 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 64 | 49 | +15 | 72 |
8 | Aldershot Town1 | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 93 | 57 | +36 | 70 |
9 | Crystal Palace | 44 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 82 | 54 | +28 | 67 |
10 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 74 | 59 | +15 | 66 |
11 | Torquay United | 40 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 87 | 62 | +25 | 65 |
12 | Brighton & Hove A | 52 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 81 | 78 | +3 | 65 |
13 | AFC Bournemouth2 | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 73 | 63 | +10 | 64 |
14 | Norwich City | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 74 | 65 | +9 | 64 |
15 | Millwall | 40 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 57 | 41 | +16 | 63 |
16 | Leyton Orient3 | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 74 | 42 | +32 | 58 |
17 | Gillingham | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 62 | 57 | +5 | 56 |
18 | Bristol City | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 59 | 66 | −7 | 51 |
19 | Luton Town | 24 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 41 |
20 | Walsall | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 41 |
21 | Coventry City | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 38 |
22 | Colchester United | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 40 | 23 | +17 | 31 |
23 | Cardiff City | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 30 |
24 | Port Vale | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 29 |
25 | Ipswich Town | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 29 |
26 | Brentford | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 29 |
27 | Charlton Athletic | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 23 |
28 | Shrewsbury Town | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 20 |
29 | Merthyr Town | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 19 |
30 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 19 |
31 | Notts County | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 16 |
32 | Mansfield Town | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 15 |
33 | Southampton | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 26 | −10 | 15 |
34 | Aberdare Athletic | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 14 |
35 | Swansea City4 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 13 |
36 | Portsmouth | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 7 |
37 | Nottingham Forest | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 5 |
38 | Thames | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 4 |
39 | Fulham | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 4 |
40 | Grimsby Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 |
1 includes Aldershot 2 includes Bournemouth & BA 3 includes Clapton Orient 4 includes Swansea Town |
Summary of Seasons
PL | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS | ||
20 | 1920-21 (D3) | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 42 | 59 | −17 | 31 |
13 | 1921-22 (D3S) | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 38 |
19 | 1922-23 (D3S) | 42 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 36 | 55 | −19 | 34 |
18 | 1923-24 (D3S) | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 51 | 57 | −6 | 35 |
14 | 1924-25 (D3S) | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 38 |
1 | 1925-26 (D3S) | 42 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 77 | 52 | +25 | 57 |
2 | 1931-32 (D3S) | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 97 | 67 | +30 | 55 |
4 | 1932-33 (D3S) | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 103 | 71 | +32 | 51 |
3 | 1933-34 (D3S) | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 82 | 50 | +32 | 54 |
2 | 1934-35 (D3S) | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 89 | 65 | +24 | 53 |
3 | 1935-36 (D3S) | 42 | 26 | 2 | 14 | 87 | 62 | +25 | 54 |
5 | 1936-37 (D3S) | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 76 | 60 | +16 | 49 |
6 | 1937-38 (D3S) | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 71 | 63 | +8 | 51 |
5 | 1938-39 (D3S) | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 69 | 59 | +10 | 46 |
9 | 1946-47 (D3S) | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 83 | 74 | +9 | 43 |
10 | 1947-48 (D3S) | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 56 | 58 | −2 | 41 |
2 | 1948-49 (D3S) | 42 | 25 | 5 | 12 | 77 | 50 | +27 | 55 |
10 | 1949-50 (D3S) | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 70 | 64 | +6 | 42 |
3 | 1950-51 (D3S) | 46 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 88 | 53 | +35 | 57 |
2 | 1951-52 (D3S) | 46 | 29 | 3 | 14 | 112 | 60 | +52 | 61 |
11 | 1952-53 (D3S) | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 69 | 64 | +5 | 46 |
8 | 1953-54 (D3S) | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 86 | 73 | +13 | 49 |
18 | 1954-55 (D3S) | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 65 | 73 | −8 | 41 |
17 | 1955-56 (D3S) | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 70 | 79 | −9 | 39 |
13 | 1956-57 (D3S) | 46 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 80 | 81 | −1 | 45 |
5 | 1957-58 (D3S) | 46 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 79 | 51 | +28 | 55 |