Up until 1976-7 the table was decided using the Goal Average (GA) calculation rather than todays method of Goal Difference (GD). Both columns are shown in these tables.

195960 Results

Pos	Team	P	HW	HD	HL	HF	HA	AW	AD	AL	AF	AA	GD	GA	Pts
1	Aston Villa	42	17	3	1	62	19	8	6	7	27	24	46	2.07	59
2	Cardiff City	42	15	2	4	55	36	8	10	3	35	26	28	1.45	58
3	Liverpool	42	15	3	3	59	28	5	7	9	31	38	24	1.36	50
4	Sheffield United	42	12	5	4	43	22	7	7	7	25	29	17	1.33	50
5	Middlesbrough	42	14	5	2	56	21	5	5	11	34	43	26	1.41	48
6	Huddersfield Town	42	13	3	5	44	20	6	6	9	29	32	21	1.4	47
7	Charlton Athletic	42	12	7	2	55	28	5	6	10	35	59	3	1.03	47
8	Rotherham United	42	9	9	3	31	23	8	4	9	30	37	1	1.02	47
9	Bristol Rovers	42	12	6	3	42	28	6	5	10	30	50	-6	0.92	47
10	Leyton Orient	42	12	4	5	47	25	3	10	8	29	36	15	1.25	44
11	Ipswich Town	42	12	5	4	48	24	7	1	13	30	44	10	1.15	44
12	Swansea City	42	12	6	3	54	32	3	4	14	28	52	-2	0.98	40
13	Lincoln City	42	11	3	7	41	25	5	4	12	34	53	-3	0.96	39
14	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	7	8	6	35	32	6	4	11	32	44	-9	0.88	38
15	Scunthorpe United	42	9	7	5	38	26	4	3	14	19	45	-14	0.8	36
16	Sunderland	42	8	6	7	35	29	4	6	11	17	36	-13	0.8	36
17	Stoke City	42	8	3	10	40	38	6	4	11	26	45	-17	0.8	35
18	Derby County	42	9	4	8	31	28	5	3	13	30	49	-16	0.79	35
19	Plymouth Argyle	42	10	6	5	42	36	3	3	15	19	53	-28	0.69	35
20	Portsmouth	42	6	6	9	36	36	4	6	11	23	41	-18	0.77	32
21	Hull City	42	7	6	8	27	30	3	4	14	21	46	-28	0.63	30
22	Bristol City	42	8	3	10	27	31	3	2	16	33	66	-37	0.62	27

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