Home Competitions

League Level III

History

The Football League Division 3 (D3) was founded in 1958 with the reorganisation of the old Division 3 South (D3S) and Division 3 North (D3N). Division 3 was renumbered as Division 2 (D2*) in 1992 with the breakaway of the Premier League. It was then rebranded as League One (FL1) in 2004.

The list of champions is as follows: Wigan Athletic (4), Plymouth Argyle (3), Portsmouth (3), Brighton & Hove A (2), Bury (2), Coventry City (2), Hull City (2), Luton Town (2), Oxford United (2), Preston North End (2), Reading (2), Watford (2), Wolverhampton W (2), AFC Bournemouth (1), Aston Villa (1), Birmingham City (1), Blackburn Rovers (1), Bolton Wanderers (1), Bradford City (1), Brentford (1), Bristol City (1), Bristol Rovers (1), Burnley (1), Cambridge United (1), Carlisle United (1), Charlton Athletic (1), Doncaster Rovers (1), Fulham (1), Grimsby Town (1), Hereford United (1), Leicester City (1), Leyton Orient (1), Mansfield Town (1), Millwall (1), Northampton Town (1), Norwich City (1), Oldham Athletic (1), Queens Park Rangers (1), Rotherham United (1), Scunthorpe United (1), Sheffield United (1), Shrewsbury Town (1), Southampton (1), Southend United (1), Stoke City (1), Sunderland (1), Swansea City (1), Swindon Town (1), Wrexham (1).

All-time Table

There is an all-time Level III table, covering completed seasons from 1958.

Summary of Results

PL W D L GF GA GD P3/PL
TOTAL 1431 569 361 501 2119 2018 +101 1.445
HOME 716 388 174 154 1264 768 +496 1.869
AWAY 715 181 187 347 855 1250 −395 1.021

Results by Opponent

PL W D L GF GA GD P3
1 AFC Bournemouth1 46 20 11 15 64 56 +8 71
2 Brentford 42 17 14 11 71 53 +18 65
3 Mansfield Town 32 15 9 8 50 46 +4 54
4 Bristol Rovers 40 15 9 16 48 58 −10 54
5 Swansea City2 24 14 3 7 45 34 +11 45
6 Swindon Town 30 12 9 9 42 40 +2 45
7 Rotherham United 26 12 8 6 39 34 +5 44
8 Wrexham 25 13 3 9 36 29 +7 42
9 Gillingham 34 11 9 14 47 53 −6 42
10 Notts County 24 11 8 5 41 34 +7 41
11 Port Vale 28 12 5 11 35 34 +1 41
12 Exeter City 22 12 4 6 46 33 +13 40
13 Colchester United 28 11 7 10 48 43 +5 40
14 Shrewsbury Town 34 11 7 16 58 66 −8 40
15 Barnsley 24 11 6 7 55 37 +18 39
16 Walsall 36 9 12 15 49 68 −19 39
17 Oldham Athletic 20 11 5 4 36 22 +14 38
18 Blackpool 22 10 8 4 32 21 +11 38
19 Southend United 26 11 5 10 44 38 +6 38
20 Hull City 26 10 8 8 34 29 +5 38
21 Bury 32 11 5 16 39 53 −14 38
22 Doncaster Rovers 16 12 1 3 37 20 +17 37
23 Wigan Athletic 27 10 6 11 31 32 −1 36
24 Tranmere Rovers 22 9 8 5 34 23 +11 35
25 Huddersfield Town 20 10 5 5 25 24 +1 35
26 Northampton Town 22 10 4 8 27 30 −3 34
27 Bradford City 22 10 3 9 33 34 −1 33
28 Chester City3 18 9 5 4 30 19 +11 32
29 Brighton & Hove A 22 9 5 8 26 27 −1 32
30 Leyton Orient4 25 8 8 9 35 39 −4 32
31 Preston North End 24 8 7 9 38 38 0 31
32 Plymouth Argyle 24 8 7 9 33 42 −9 31
33 Millwall 22 8 6 8 31 33 −2 30
34 Chesterfield 28 8 6 14 39 51 −12 30
35 Bristol City 26 8 6 12 31 50 −19 30
36 Torquay United 16 8 4 4 32 18 +14 28
37 Queens Park Rangers 20 8 4 8 35 35 0 28
38 Peterborough Utd 24 7 7 10 31 34 −3 28
39 York City 14 7 5 2 19 12 +7 26
40 Grimsby Town 20 7 5 8 30 27 +3 26
41 Cambridge United 14 7 4 3 23 14 +9 25
42 Oxford United 22 7 3 12 24 33 −9 24
43 Fulham 22 6 6 10 20 29 −9 24
44 Stockport County 14 6 5 3 25 20 +5 23
45 Burnley 14 6 5 3 18 16 +2 23
46 Carlisle United 12 6 4 2 25 14 +11 22
47 Wycombe Wanderers 10 7 1 2 20 13 +7 22
48 Scunthorpe United 10 6 3 1 18 8 +10 21
49 Newport County 18 6 3 9 24 28 −4 21
50 Bolton Wanderers 16 6 3 7 19 24 −5 21
51 Halifax Town 14 5 5 4 24 23 +1 20
52 Stoke City 14 6 2 6 17 18 −1 20
53 Lincoln City 16 5 5 6 23 29 −6 20
54 Watford 18 5 4 9 20 28 −8 19
55 Portsmouth 12 4 2 6 14 21 −7 14
56 Hartlepool United5 8 4 1 3 18 7 +11 13
57 Coventry City 10 3 4 3 17 11 +6 13
58 Workington 6 4 1 1 8 3 +5 13
59 Crewe Alexandra 8 3 4 1 13 10 +3 13
60 Cardiff City 14 3 4 7 16 20 −4 13
61 Darlington 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11
62 Rochdale 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10
63 Sheffield United 8 3 1 4 7 10 −3 10
64 Luton Town 14 2 4 8 17 25 −8 10
65 Bradford Park Avenue 4 3 0 1 12 6 +6 9
66 Crystal Palace 8 2 3 3 9 12 −3 9
67 Southport 6 2 2 2 14 10 +4 8
68 Barrow 6 2 2 2 11 7 +4 8
69 Wimbledon 4 2 2 0 6 2 +4 8
70 Derby County 6 2 2 2 5 7 −2 8
71 Accrington Stanley 4 2 1 1 10 4 +6 7
72 Southampton 4 2 1 1 9 5 +4 7
73 Birmingham City 7 1 4 2 6 9 −3 7
74 Barnet 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6
75 Stevenage 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6
76 Charlton Athletic 5 2 0 3 7 11 −4 6
77 Aldershot Town6 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4
78 Cheltenham Town 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
79 Wolverhampton W 4 1 1 2 6 8 −2 4
80 Macclesfield Town 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
81 Manchester City 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3
82 Norwich City 4 1 0 3 5 8 −3 3
83 Middlesbrough 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
84 Burton Albion 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
= Fleetwood Town 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
86 Blackburn Rovers 2 0 1 1 3 5 −2 1
87 Sheffield Wednesday 4 0 1 3 2 6 −4 1
88 West Bromwich A 4 0 1 3 2 8 −6 1
89 Aston Villa 2 0 0 2 4 7 −3 0
1 includes Bournemouth & BA
2 includes Swansea Town
3 includes Chester
4 includes Orient
5 includes Hartlepool
6 includes Aldershot

Summary of Seasons

PL W D L GF GA GD PTS
6 1958-59 (D3) 46 21 8 17 78 63 +15 50
11 1959-60 (D3) 46 18 10 18 84 77 +7 46
18 1960-61 (D3) 46 14 12 20 72 83 −11 40
7 1961-62 (D3) 46 22 9 15 77 66 +11 53
20 1962-63 (D3) 46 16 8 22 74 78 −4 40
6 1963-64 (D3) 46 21 10 15 79 62 +17 52
13 1964-65 (D3) 46 16 14 16 70 70 0 46
8 1965-66 (D3) 46 19 13 14 70 63 +7 51
4 1966-67 (D3) 46 22 9 15 76 57 +19 53
5 1967-68 (D3) 46 21 9 16 70 60 +10 51
14 1968-69 (D3) 46 15 13 18 67 66 +1 43
8 1969-70 (D3) 46 21 11 14 87 77 +10 53
21 1970-71 (D3) 46 14 11 21 48 85 −37 39
21 1976-77 (D3) 46 13 9 24 49 73 −24 35
7 1979-80 (D3) 46 16 16 14 66 65 +1 48
10 1980-81 (D3) 46 18 10 18 62 62 0 46
12 1981-82 (D3) 46 17 11 18 67 75 −8 62
21 1982-83 (D3) 46 12 17 17 64 79 −15 53
9 1984-85 (D3) 46 19 12 15 68 62 +6 69
1 1985-86 (D3) 46 29 7 10 67 51 +16 94
18 1988-89 (D3) 46 15 11 20 68 72 −4 56
10 1989-90 (D3) 46 15 19 12 57 53 +4 64
15 1990-91 (D3) 46 17 8 21 53 66 −13 59
12 1991-92 (D3) 46 16 13 17 59 62 −3 61
8 1992-93 (D2*) 46 18 15 13 66 51 +15 69
1 1993-94 (D2*) 46 26 11 9 81 44 +37 89
11 1998-99 (D2*) 46 16 13 17 54 63 −9 61
10 1999-2000 (D2*) 46 16 14 16 57 63 −6 62
3 2000-01 (D2*) 46 25 11 10 86 52 +34 86
2 2001-02 (D2*) 46 23 15 8 70 43 +27 84
17 2023-24 (FL1) 46 16 11 19 68 70 −2 53
12 2024-25 (FL1) 5 2 1 2 5 5 0 7