Historic league table generator

Choose any day in Football League or Premier League history to see the league table as it stood at the end of that day's play.

Dates after the end of a season will return the end of season table for the most recently completed season.

League & table info

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League One end of season table for 2023-24 season

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Portsmouth 46 28 13 5 78 41 37 97
Derby County 46 28 8 10 78 37 41 92
Bolton Wanderers 46 25 12 9 86 51 35 87
Peterborough United 46 25 9 12 89 61 28 84
Oxford United 46 22 11 13 79 56 23 77
Barnsley 46 21 13 12 82 64 18 76
Lincoln City 46 20 14 12 65 40 25 74
Blackpool 46 21 10 15 65 48 17 73
Stevenage 46 19 14 13 57 46 11 71
Wycombe Wanderers 46 17 14 15 60 55 5 65
Leyton Orient 46 18 11 17 53 55 -2 65
Wigan Athletic 46 20 10 16 63 56 7 62
Exeter City 46 17 10 19 46 61 -15 61
Northampton Town 46 17 9 20 57 66 -9 60
Bristol Rovers 46 16 9 21 52 68 -16 57
Charlton Athletic 46 11 20 15 64 65 -1 53
Reading 46 16 11 19 68 70 -2 53
Cambridge United 46 12 12 22 39 61 -22 48
Shrewsbury Town 46 13 9 24 35 67 -32 48
Burton Albion 46 12 10 24 39 67 -28 46
Cheltenham Town 46 12 8 26 41 65 -24 44
Fleetwood Town 46 10 13 23 49 72 -23 43
Port Vale 46 10 11 25 41 74 -33 41
Carlisle United 46 7 9 30 41 81 -40 30
28 Jul 2023     Wigan Athletic were subjected to a four point Sporting Sanction by the Football League with effect from 19 May 2023 which was applied to the 2023-24 season opening table due to the failure to pay player salaries.
29 Jul 2023     Wigan Athletic were subjected to a four point Sporting Sanction by the Football League with effect from 26 May 2023 which was applied to the 2023-24 season opening table due to the failure to meet a funding deadline.
16 Aug 2023     Reading were subjected to a one point Sporting Sanction by the Football League with effect from 16 August 2023 due to the failure to pay player salaries.
13 Sep 2023     Reading were subjected to a three points Sporting Sanction by the Football League with effect from 13 September 2023 due to the failure to comply with a deadline related to EFL regulations.
27 Feb 2024     Reading were subjected to a two points Sporting Sanction by the Football League with effect from 27 February 2024 due to the failure to meet HMRC payment obligations in accordance with EFL regulations

League One Play-Offs

03 May 2024     Barnsley 1-3 Bolton Wanderers
03 May 2024     Oxford United 1-0 Peterborough United
07 May 2024     Bolton Wanderers 2-3 Barnsley
08 May 2024     Peterborough United 1-1 Oxford United
18 May 2024     Bolton Wanderers 0-2 Oxford United
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League table information

Historical variations in league table calculations, and treatment in the 11v11 league table generator.

Historic varations at a glance

Points for a win

Until 1981 English Football Association (FA) leagues awarded 2 points for a win.

Starting with the 1981-82 season, 3 points were awarded to encourage more competitive play.

Discriminating point ties

Teams tied on points are disciminated by goal difference or goal average (depending on FA rules in force at the time), then by goals scored.

Goal average

From seasons 1896-97 to 1995-96, FA leagues used goal average (GAve) to resolve point ties.

Goal "average" (actually a ratio, not an average) is the result of dividing goals for by goals against (GF/GA) to three decimal places.

Goal average and zeros

Where GF > 0 and GA = 0 then GAve = infinity (∞), which (perhaps anomalously) gives a team with 10 goals for and 1 against a worse GAve (10/1 = 10) than a team with 1 for and 0 against (1/0 = ∞).

When GF = 0 and GA > 0, mathematically the value of GF/GA is undefined.

When GF = 0 GA = 0, mathematically the value of GF/GA is indeterminate.

11v11 treatment of zeros in goal average calculations

It is unclear how the Football Leagues treated division of or by 0.

For pragmatic reasons, and in the absence of additional information, 11v11 assumes:

  • When GF = 0 and GA > 0, GAve = -GA (favours teams who have conceded fewer goals)
  • When GF = 0 and GA = 0, GAve = 1 (consistent with GF = n and GA = n)

Additionally:

  • When GF > 0 and GA = 0, GAve of ∞ is represented as 100 (cannot sort on ∞)

Goal difference

Goal difference (GD) is the difference between goals scored and conceded (GF-GA), and replaced goal average in FA leagues starting with the 1976-77 season.

When teams remain tied

For some leagues, if ties are not resolved according to the rules in place at the time, relative position is calculated by considering only those matches the tied teams played against each other, applying the same rules to resolve ties. Effectively these matches are treated as a sort of "mini-league".

Alternatively position may be assigned alphabetically by team name.

Playoffs

League playoffs were introduced for the 1987 season.

For the first 2 seasons they were played between teams in adjacent leagues, but from the 1989 season they were played within each league.

Additional information

Resolving points ties prior to 1896-97

There is some uncertainly regarding how points ties were resolved prior to the 1896-97 season. It may have been goal average, or possibly this situation had not previously arisen.

The 11v11 league table generator uses GAve + GF in the absence of any definitive information to the contrary. [if was never an issue, this not needed]

Calculating position before the league ends using goal average

Using goal average makes tie resolution almost impossible for early-season tables.

This is because teams are most likely to tie when only a few games have been played, but will not usually have played the teams they tie with at that stage in the season, making it impossible to use their mutual encounters to resovle the tie.

It is noteworthy that until SSSS league tables were not published until a few weeks into the season, presumably to avoid the problems of resolving early-season points + GAve + GF ties when so few points or goals had been scored.

Users should note these points so that they are able to interpret early- and mid-season tables appropriately.

Historic league details at a glance

League Seasons Win points Tie resolution Playoffs
Premier League 1993 on 3 GD + GF + team name
League Championship 2005 on 3 GD + GF + team name LC
League One 2005 on 3 GD + GF + team name L1
League Two 2005 on 3 GD + GF + team name L2
League Division 1 1993-2004 3 GD + GF + team name LD1
League Division 2 1993-2004 3 GD + GF + team name LD2
League Division 3 1993-2004 3 GD + GF + team name LD3
League Division One 1889-1976 2 GAve + GF, then mini-league
1977-1981 2 GD + GF + team name
1982-1986 3 GD + GF + team name
1987-1988 3 GD + GF + team name LDs One & Two
1989-1992 3 GD + GF + team name
League Division Two 1893-1976 2 GAve + GF, then mini-league
1977-1981 2 GD + GF + team name
1982-1986 3 GD + GF + team name
1987-1988 3 GD + GF + team name LDs One & Two
1989-1992 3 GD + GF + team name LD Two
League Division Three 1959-1976 2 GAve + GF, then mini-league
1977-1981 2 GD + GF + team name
1982-1986 3 GD + GF + team name
1987-1988 3 GD + GF + team name LDs Two & Three
1989-1992 3 GD + GF + team name LD Three
League Division Four 1959-1976 2 GAve + GF, then mini-league
1977-1981 2 GD + GF + team name
1982-1986 3 GD + GF + team name
1987-1988 3 GD + GF + team name LDs Three & Four
1989-1992 3 GD + GF + team name LD Four
Division Three (North) 1922-1958 2 GAve + GF, then mini-league
Division Three (South) 1921-1958 2 GAve + GF, then mini-league
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