Third Division Table 1980/81

#	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Rotherham United	46	24	13	9	62	32	+30	61
2	Barnsley	46	21	17	8	72	45	+27	59
3	Charlton Athletic	46	25	9	12	63	44	+19	59
4	Huddersfield Town	46	21	14	11	71	40	+31	56
5	Chesterfield	46	23	10	13	72	48	+24	56
6	Portsmouth	46	22	9	15	55	47	+8	53
7	Plymouth Argyle	46	19	14	13	56	44	+12	52
8	Burnley	46	18	14	14	60	48	+12	50
9	Brentford	46	14	19	13	52	49	+3	47
10	Reading	46	18	10	18	62	62	0	46
11	Exeter City	46	16	13	17	62	66	-4	45
12	Newport County	46	15	13	18	64	61	+3	43
13	Fulham	46	15	13	18	57	64	-7	43
14	Oxford United	46	13	17	16	39	47	-8	43
15	Gillingham	46	12	18	16	48	58	-10	42
16	Millwall	46	14	14	18	43	60	-17	42
17	Swindon Town	46	13	15	18	51	56	-5	41
18	Chester City	46	15	11	20	38	48	-10	41
19	Carlisle United	46	14	13	19	56	70	-14	41
20	Walsall	46	13	15	18	59	74	-15	41
21	Sheffield United	46	14	12	20	65	63	+2	40
22	Colchester United	46	14	11	21	45	65	-20	39
23	Blackpool	46	9	14	23	45	75	-30	32
24	Hull City	46	8	16	22	40	71	-31	32