Third Division Table 1970/71

#	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Preston North End	46	22	17	7	63	39	+24	61
2	Fulham	46	24	12	10	68	41	+27	60
3	Halifax Town	46	22	12	12	74	55	+19	56
4	Aston Villa	46	19	15	12	54	46	+8	53
5	Chesterfield	46	17	17	12	66	38	+28	51
6	Bristol Rovers	46	19	13	14	69	50	+19	51
7	Mansfield Town	46	18	15	13	64	62	+2	51
8	Rotherham United	46	17	16	13	64	60	+4	50
9	Wrexham	46	18	13	15	72	65	+7	49
10	Torquay United	46	19	11	16	54	57	-3	49
11	Swansea City	46	15	16	15	59	56	+3	46
12	Barnsley	46	17	11	18	49	52	-3	45
13	Shrewsbury Town	46	16	13	17	58	62	-4	45
14	Brighton and Hove Albion	46	14	16	16	50	47	+3	44
15	Plymouth Argyle	46	12	19	15	63	63	0	43
16	Rochdale	46	14	15	17	61	68	-7	43
17	Port Vale	46	15	12	19	52	59	-7	42
18	Tranmere Rovers	46	10	22	14	45	55	-10	42
19	Bradford City	46	13	14	19	49	62	-13	40
20	Walsall	46	14	11	21	51	57	-6	39
21	Reading	46	14	11	21	48	85	-37	39
22	Bury	46	12	13	21	52	60	-8	37
23	Doncaster Rovers	46	13	9	24	45	66	-21	35
24	Gillingham	46	10	13	23	42	67	-25	33